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Plans to turn a former magistrates' court into a new budget supermarket have been revealed.

German chain Aldi announced earlier this year that it was hoping to secure permission to demolish the old court building in Homer Road and open a new store.

New designs of how the revamped site will look have now been unveiled after the supermarket lodged its plans with Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council.

The new 22,915 sq ft store will sit next to the town's Touchwood shopping centre and a nearby Waitrose which opened in Homer Road in 2017.

CGI of the new Aldi as seen from Homer Road
CGI of the new Aldi as seen from Homer Road

It will have parking for 81 vehicles and is expected to create around 40 new jobs and support a further 100 during the construction phase.

The application site consist of an existing two-storey building and separate two storey annex and the complex is currently being used by Aldi as a regional training centre for new and existing employees.

Newly submitted documents reveal that a mixed-use, multi-storey development had been proposed which would have seen an Aldi topped by apartments.

However, this plan was dismissed on the grounds that it was not considered possible to achieve such a scheme that could have accommodated and delivered the operational requirements of both retail and residential elements in a commercially viable and timely manner.

The project has been designed by Birmingham-based STOAS Architects.

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How the new Aldi in Solihull could look

A design statement said: "The current building on the site is dated and of a poor design, relative to what has been built in the street scene in more recent times.

"The proposal will bring a further improvement to the street (and) complement the existing town centre environment via its appropriate scale, height, massing and sense of enclosure.

"The Aldi development will strengthen the retail mix within the locale, increase main food store provision and help meet the retail needs of the resident local catchment area and workers by enhancing consumer choice."

Solihull Magistrates' Court has lain empty since 2016 when the Ministry of Justice closed it although judicial services ceased at the court in 2014.

The closure, alongside four others in the Midlands region, was part of a Government move to save cash as the Solihull court cost £250,000 to run.


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A University of Warwick undergraduate's hi-tech design has won him a place in the final of a competition to find the country's most enterprising student.

David Hewett, a fourth year mathematics degree student at the University of Warwick, will compete in the national event in London on October 18.

The 22-year-old was the winner of the West Midland Regional Final of the STEP 2005 programme, after being named runnerup in the Coventry and Warwickshire final.

Over eight weeks of the summer holiday, David has been working at Tailor Made Systems based on the University of Warwick Science Park. The company developed a Mobile Airfield Lighting Monitoring System (MALMS) which is used to test the effectiveness of lighting on airfields across the world.

This lighting is necessary to guide pilots safely onto and around the airfield at night or in bad weather conditions.

David spent his placement building a computer model to simulate the system to investigate if it could be made more accurate or cheaper to manufacture. His model led him to recommend a new, smaller lightweight design for smaller airfields and a prototype is currently being constructed.

David said: ?I am slightly shocked but delighted to have won the West Midlands final and I am looking forward to the national final.

?It was such an exciting and challenging opportunity to apply the skills I had learnt at university ? my STEP project has pushed the boundaries of what I thought I could achieve.?

? The prototype will maintain the high standards set by the existing MALMS product but opens up a potential new market for smaller airports.?

Vernon Taylor, managing director of Tailor Made Systems, said he was not surprised by David?s success.

?His work has had a real impact on the company,? he said. ?The information it has provided will also be used in new promotional material to demonstrate the quality of MALMS measurement technique and the results of the model are also enabling us to configure a new, lower cost system to extend our product range.?

David Grindrod, chairman of the local judging panel and deputy director of the University of Warwick Science Park, congratulated David on his success.

Mr Grindrod said: ?This competition in its current form is in its 12th year and the quality of the work of the students never fails to impress me. We have had national finalists and winners in recent years and we wish David all the best.?

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A prime example of this is the exhibition hall. It’s like a candy store for legal IT pros and you can bet they stop to sample the tastiest tidbits.  We saw a fair share of attendees at the Biscom booth as they lined up to take our Biscom Security Challenge and this also gave us a great opportunity to discuss what they see trending in terms of security concerns.

    1. Security – Does it surprise anyone that legal IT pros are obsessed with security? Lawyers are constantly handling confidential information and content that falls under the prevue of government regulations such as medical records or social security numbers.  Hackers have identified law firms as potential weak links making them primary targets for unauthorized access. One wrong keystroke error from an employee can add to that risk. Initial questions for technology providers usually amounted to these: Where is our data housed? How is it protected?
    2. Ease-of-Use – There is a concerted fatigue from legal IT and attorneys when it comes to new technology. This fatigue stems from multitudes of complicated implementations and clunky, non-user-friendly interfaces. Both parties keen for software that is as easy to use and it is to administer.
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I was very interested to attend a recent business meeting organised by the Bank of Scotland where one of the topics covered was the Food & Drink Industry. They discussed the importance of this sector to the UK economy, and Scotland in particular.  I was very interested to hear about the contribution that Scotland’s Food & Drink Industry is making to the whole economy and that Scottish food exports in 2014 surpassed £1.1b and total food and & drink exports valued at £5.1billion.

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what drives us to shop, ego or insecurity?

what drives us to shop, ego or insecurity?

I ask myself lots of questions, on a daily basis, and often drive myself mad. So in a bid to not go mad, I decided a while ago that I’d find out the answers, rather than speculating about them, and share my thoughts with you. Hopefully you’ll find them of interest!

For some time now I’ve been intrigued about our relationship with our perception of self worth, ego, insecurity and the values that drive us to purchase a particular item. After a great chat with Kate Nightingale, head consumer psychologist & founder of Style Psychology I can now piece together an answer.

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs uses the principle that we are 'motivated to achieve certain needs and that some needs take precedence over others. Our most basic need is for physical survival, and this will be the first thing that motivates our behaviour. Once that level is fulfilled the next level up is what motivates us, and so on'.

Our initial state of how we enter into a buying experience is very important. If we have low self esteem, body image issues or are suffering from depression our relationship to the purchase will be very different to that of one where our esteem needs are met. Even buying the same item we can have a different relationship with buying it a different point or emotional state in our life.

Our perception of luxury is derived from our social status, money, how we were raised, family values, culture, social classes etc. Each individual has a slightly different view on what luxury is and what makes us feel ‘worth it’.

From a branding and marketing perspective we are never going to be able to tailor our message to individuals but we can look to using Maslow’s principles to consider where we are positioning our brands. For example if your brand’s target market is operating the love & belonging part of Maslow’s needs, customers will value social gatherings, making new friends, enjoying experiences together, hence why social media is so popular, and business are focusing on experiential retail, creating flagship stores where you don’t actually need to buy something at that exact time.

If we think of ethical or luxury fashion consumption we are certainly concerning ourselves with the upper two tiers of needs. Which brings me back to another question, is ethical fashion (buying) just for the middle classes? After considering Maslow’s needs the answer is yes. However creating an ethical and sustainable fashion industry affects society as whole, especially those who are trying to climb up the pyramid from the bottom, who work long hours for little reward.

In short the answer to my question is both ego and insecurity drive us to purchase, it just depends from what emotional state you start your shopping journey from.

Transcendence refers to the very highest and most inclusive or holistic levels of human consciousness, behaving and relating, as ends rather than means, to oneself, to significant others, to human beings in general, to other species, to nature, and to the cosmos.
— Abraham H. Maslow, Farther Reaches of Human Nature, New York 1971

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Kate Nightingale is head consumer psychologist & founder of style psychology who works with brands including Harvey Nichols and Debenhams to help them connect on a deeper level with their customers.
They help businesses create brands which are in tune with how human mind works; brands that not only sell very well but which also connect and generate advocates not just consumers. Based on their scientific expertise style psychology understand that consumers’ minds do not perceive channels; they rather see brands in a holistic manner. Therefore services are not based on communication channels but rather key areas of business that have an impact on how consumers perceive brands.

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Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh

Submitted to the AFRO by Mayor Catherine Pugh

Nearly 70% of U.S. colleges and universities, both public and private, with 2500 or more students – which comes to more than 4000 schools — have sworn, armed police officers to provide law enforcement services on campus. Every public institution in Baltimore has an armed police department, including Morgan State University, all of the University of Maryland’s professional schools, the University of Baltimore and Coppin State University.

A report on college campus crime clearly states that crime on these campuses is on the rise, by anywhere from 68-75%. The idea of a campus police force dates back to the late 1800s, when Yale University began an agreement with the New Haven Police Department to have two of their officers assigned exclusively to the campus as a means of deterring crime and improving student-police relations.

There is not a single person who can say they are satisfied with where our city is right now as it relates to crime. Too many shootings, too many illegal guns on our streets, just too many violent acts and too many people dying unnecessarily in our streets.  Creating jobs and apprenticeship programs while addressing homelessness and drug addiction remain a part of improving the quality of life in Baltimore.

Our efforts to drive down crime also include intervention programs like Safe Streets (which we are expanding) and ROCA, among many others, helped us reduce crime in every single category last year. Unfortunately, we are currently experiencing a spike in crime. In response, we are working to add more police to our team, even though last year, despite a significant increase in applications, we lost 36 officers more than we hired. Not acceptable. We were already at a deficit when I took office two years and two months ago, with 545 less officers than budgeted. That will improve. Since putting the applications on line they have tripled. We’ve also certified our cadet program which will help us attract more residents from Baltimore.

With the introduction of Michael Harrison to be our Police Commissioner, BPD is preparing to undergo a complete makeover.  Also, with the support of the state, the Department will significantly upgrade our technology platforms, thereby improving transparency, oversight and accountability.

Four days a week, at eight o’clock in the morning, our Violence Reduction Initiative team meets at Police Headquarters to dissect the crime occurring in the streets and, with various city agencies, attack the issues at the heart of crime.  Then, once a week, the engaged team walks with me through crime-ridden neighborhoods to observe what’s going on, engage community leaders and offer solutions. Everyone in our city deserves to feel safe — residents, business owners, employees, students and visitors. I remember Mr. Flan Couch, Jr., who headed the police department at Morgan when I was a student. We all felt safe because of his forces’ presence.

Newly nominated Police Commissioner Michael Harrison says that in New Orleans they have seven universities – five private and two public; all of them have private armed police departments. He says the formation of a Hopkins police force would be good for Baltimore if we craft a detailed memorandum of understanding (MOU) that would make a Hopkins police force accountable to the city. I agree. It helps Baltimore.  Because just like Morgan, the University of Baltimore, Coppin and the University of Maryland, we don’t have to patrol their campus grounds.

The MOU would require an agreement with the Baltimore Police Department that Hopkins be in compliance with our consent decree. It could also restrict the number of police they can hire. The MOU could require Hopkins officers to be trained by BPD, just like Coppin State University Police, as we are required by the consent decree to change the cultural behavior of the department, provide constitutional training, as well as community engagement and bias free policing. The MOU would also require that all serious crimes be investigated by the Baltimore Police Department. This strategy works in other cities and could work in Baltimore.  Baltimore needs all the assistance it can get in reducing violence. Spikes in crime impede progress on every front and are a serious drain on the quality of life that all our citizens deserve. We’re working to reduce violence, improve the quality of life in our city and make all residents, business owners, employees and students feel safe in Baltimore. A Hopkins police team with city oversight can work for everybody.

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Watch Out, OPEC: Busiest U.S. Oil Play Heads for Record Spending

(Bloomberg) -- Bad news for OPEC: the epicenter of the shale boom is headed for record spending this year.

The Permian Basin in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico, the nation’s busiest oilfield, claims nearly $2 out of every $10 spent on oilfield services and equipment around the globe, according to Tulsa, Oklahoma, consulting firm Spears & Associates.

Spending in the dusty terrain -- an area larger than the entire state of Florida -- is expected to climb 50 percent this year from the boom times of 2014 to a record $45 billion, Richard Spears, vice president at Spears & Associates, wrote Friday in a note to investors.

“The oil is a half day’s drive from the global headquarters of most oil companies, sits smack in the middle of the world’s largest consuming nation, the natives are friendly, and the government’s ‘take’ is light,” Spears wrote. “We are confident that the Permian will grow from here.”

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"When they heard the report, all the believers lifted their voices united in prayer to God." - Acts 4: 24

Greetings, sisters and brothers in the gracious name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ:

Today begins a momentous week for us as the United Methodist Church. After years of study, preparation, and conversation, our 864 elected delegates from across the globe are preparing to come together for the Special Called Session of General Conference in St. Louis taking place Saturday, February 23 through Tuesday, February 26th. Over these few days, the delegates will be hearing petitions, including the three proposed plans submitted by the Commission, for finding The Way Forward which seeks harmony among our differences around the issue of human sexuality and unity in our shared Mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.

For many of us, we may wonder what we can do to remain faithful and make a difference during the week and months ahead. One of the most important ways to make a difference is to come together and pray. Prayer has the power to accomplish what we alone cannot, because prayer is our communion with God, our person-to-Person connection that connects our hearts with God’s heart and has the ability to align our will with the will of God.

In Acts 4, we hear the story of Peter and John being arrested for preaching the name of Jesus, and when the believers heard these reports, they responded by lifting their voices, united in prayer to God. As a result, we hear that the building where they were gathered shook and the Holy Spirit moved among them to create such unity in the Spirit so that all the believers were united in heart and mind and there were no needs among them.

Jesus teaches us that we are to be bold and persistent in our prayers, never giving up, as did the widow in Matthew 6 and the neighbor knocking on the door in Luke 11. We are to ask, and we shall receive, to seek, and we will find, to knock and the door will be open.

So friends, now is the time for us to PUSH forward in prayer, not pushing any particular agenda but rather Praying Until Something Happens. For over 30 years, we have been at an impasse as a denomination. Now it’s time for a breakthrough.

Over the past year, I have prayed what I refer to as a breakthrough prayerfor our United Methodist Church which is simple, bold and persistent in the asking:

Lord, I am praying for a breakthrough for the United Methodist Church that will open the way to lead us on the path, Lord, to glorifying you.

Over the next several day and weeks, I invite you to pray daily this prayer (or another) with me.

We need to ASK for a breakthrough that will open the way.

We need to SEEK the way forward that will expand and strengthen our Mission.

We need to KNOCK so that new doors will be opened so that, as in Acts 4, the needs of all God’s children will be met.

Additionally, I invite you to join us for a District-Wide Prayer Vigil this Thursday, February 21, 2019 at Central UMC in Asheville from 6:00-7:00 pm. During this time, we will also be praying for our delegates from WNCC and all 864 delegates from around the world. Please pray daily for our delegates listed here below (clergy names in italics):

Jennifer Davis (Chair of Delegation)
Kimberly Ingram
Jennifer Burton
Amy Coles
Lynne Gilbert
David Christy
Coley Hooker
Ashley Crowder Stanley
Amy Johnson
In-Yong Lee
Shannon Sherfey
James Howell
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Jeremy Troxler
Hank Dozier
Sam Moore
Robert Upchurch
John Boggs
Tonya Lanier
Jeff Patterson

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Sally M. Queen
Andrew Woods
Shelly Webb

Please also remember Bishop Paul Leeland, our bishop, in your prayers as he and the others from the Council of Bishops continue to lead us faithfully during the days of General Conference and beyond. In case you missed it or would like to view it again, here is a Pre-Conference message from Bishop Leeland.

Following General Conference, Bishop Leeland will be in each district for a time of worship, communion, and discussion regarding the outcomes of General Conference. Bishop Leeland will be with us for the opening of our Blue Ridge District Leadership Conference on Sunday, March 3rd from 1:30-5:30. You can register for that event here.

I don’t know exactly what the breakthrough will be or what specific outcomes or changes will occur. But this I do know: God is faithful, and God is still moving among the people called Methodist. And I believe and know that the Movement and Mission will continue!

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The BMW M3 has a reserved spot in all car enthusiasts’ hearts, regardless of whether or not you like BMW. The icon was born in …

The BMW M3 has a reserved spot in all car enthusiasts’ hearts, regardless of whether or not you like BMW. The icon was born in 1986 and after four generations we have now reached the fifth; F80, for those who prefer BMW-terminology. The M3 started off as a momentum car but has progressed into being more of a power car. With 431 horsepower going to the rear wheels, the tail is as light as helium. Although, now BMW has released the so-called Competition Package for the M3. The Competition Package increases performance but also tightens up the car making it more focused. Let’s find out how iconic the M3 actually is by setting off in High Velocity.

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The M3 we drove was, as mentioned, equipped with the Competition Package – an option costing the equivalent of $8000 USD. For that money you are getting an additional 19 horsepower (450 instead of 431), a 0 to 62 time of 4 seconds flat instead of 4.1, updated driving modes and differential, exclusive lightweight sports seats, unique rims and black details. The car we tested also had ceramic brakes for $7650 USD and in combination with the seven speed dual clutch gearbox it was more track-oriented. According to BMW, the M3 is a car you drive to the track, drive around like a total hooligan, and then drive home without shortening the life span of your car.

A car such as the M3 is meant to offer unbelievable performance in a package which fits into every-day shenanigans. With the Competition Package and 20 inch rims the car is on the limit of what one actually can live with. During the test week, I drove down to a city in south of Sweden and back – circa 800 miles. One thing which is safe to say is that the cars sensational performance regardless of what speed you are doing means that you’ll get wherever is that you’re going in record time. The biggest issue with a BMW M3 without the Competition Package is that it would much rather do donuts in a corner than dance through it. When I drove a regular M3 on track it was extremely keen on kicking its tail out and one really had to modulate the throttle properly. By equipping the M3 with a Competition Package, BMW has managed to discipline the car – instead of trying to demolish rear tires, it prefers actually putting the power down.

Just as one would expect, the car is glued to the ground and in order to properly awaken it is necessary to really push hard. With the straight six’s aggressive howl one is pushed to driving it in such a manner that will make it possible to tell people what jail is like. According to some people the M3 sounds way too artificial although I personally think it sounds fantastic. In efficiency mode the car is somewhat tame, as long as you keep the foot off the gas. However, you will still end up waking the neighbors.

Despite the speed you’re carrying, the way the M3 delivers power is impressive. It is a linear experience which sticks with you all the way to about 160 miles per hour where the laws of physics eventually step in. The car also feels excited – it’s on constant alert and truly communicates as to what going on beneath the car. That means you cannot really drive the car halfheartedly: if you are going to drive it, do it properly. It’s a matter of grabbing the M3 by neck so it doesn’t do the opposite. The steering is good but not brilliant; one has to trust the tires in order to get an idea on how close to the limit one is.

The BMW M3 with the Competition Package turns the M3 from a hooligan with a thirst for mischief to a hooligan with an ankle bracelet. The Competition Package tightens up the experience and if you’re shopping for the M3 there is no reason not to buy it. Depending on if it’s going to be used as a daily driver or only on weekend and track days it’s definitely worth it. Sure, $8000 is a lot of money but it takes the M3 one step further and adds a dimension to driving. It turns the M3 to what it should have been from the beginning. BMW M3 – the icon lives on.

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7 Benefits of Hot Yoga and Other Hot Classes

Hot Yoga and other hot classes have become increasingly popular over the last few years. Those who are devoted to the practice say hot classes have a variety of benefits.

While they can be a challenge for some, you’ll be sure to work up a sweat and feel satisfied and rejuvenated after a class.

We offer hot yoga, hot Pilates and hot barre at Body Refinery Gym with trained yoga professionals who can ensure your safety while participating. Participants are welcome to lay on the ground when he or she is feeling a little too hot or can step out of the room at any time. There are no rules here. We are focused on providing you with a beneficial and safe workout.

Hot yoga systematically works the entire body, toning muscles, promoting weight loss, reducing stress and increasing overall vitality.

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You might become a little surprised at how flexible you become during one of our hot yoga classes. The heat will allow you to safely reach new level of personal flexibility in beginner’s postures. This is therapeutic for your body (and feels great after being sore from working so hard in the gym!).

Believe it or not, hot yoga is also a great cardio workout. Your heart can work the same way doing yoga in a heated room as it does when running a mile  and you never leave your mat! A 60-minute class can burn up to 400 calories. Stretching and compressing your internal organs while doing various poses can also stimulate metabolism so you are burning calories quicker after the class.

Many participants find that they are quite sore after trying hot yoga for the first time. Why? You’re using your body as your own gym! Yoga is low impact and uses muscles you didn’t even know you had. A key focus is spine strength, which is key to a long and healthy life. Hot yoga systematically works the entire body, toning muscles and promoting overall weight loss.

That’s right – get ready to sweat! The stretching postures themselves are detoxifying for your muscles, organs and glands but the sweating even further detoxifies your body. Our heated rooms get up to 100-105 degrees with 50-80% humidity. You will leave a little drenched and very detoxified.

The routine of postures and breathing exercises help you advance your practice of yoga through repetition. As you advance, you gain tremendous focus and determination. The ability to focus carries over to your daily life where you are able to focus on the task at hand. The breathing exercises can also be translated to everyday life where you can relax and reduce stress at an easier rate.

Yoga is known as a healing therapy. With regular practice, these postures can help to heal old injuries and prevent them in the future. This is especially true for back pain. Hot yoga is also known to reduce the symptoms of conditions and illnesses including diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure, depression, arthritis and obesity. Even professional athletes do yoga to help focus and prevent injury.

“Basketball is an endurance sport, and you have to learn to control your breath; that’s the essence of yoga. So, I consciously began using yoga techniques in my practice and playing. I think yoga helped reduce the number and severity of injuries I suffered. As a preventative medicine, it’s unequaled.” – Kareem Abdul–Jabbar

According to Patanjail’s Yoga Sutra, yoga slows down the mental loops of frustration, regret, anger, fear and desire that can cause stress. By quieting your mind, you’ll be likely to live longer and healthier. If you practice regularly with an intention of self-examination and betterment, you can access a different side of yourself and increase your self-esteem.

Yoga can also benefit your relationships and help you develop friendliness, compassion and greater equanimity. Yoga’s philosophy places emphasis on avoiding harm to others, telling the truth and taking only what you need. All of these aspects can help build your inner strength and improve your lifestyle.

Avoid eating 2 hour prior to class.
Drink plenty of water the day of your class.
Replenish after class with water and electrolytes, maybe add an EMERGEN-C packet to your water.
During hot classes try not to drink too much water, to avoid cramping.
Avoid wearing cotton, pants, and long sleeves during hot classes.

If you are pregnant, have high blood pressure or a heart condition then seek advise from your doctor prior to taking a hot class.
Please tell the instructor of any injuries or physical conditions you have and avoid stressing these areas.
Always listen to your body! If you ever feel tired or nauseous then lay down or go into child’s pose.
Know your body and do not overdo yourself. Be safe and listen to your body. If you feel pain then you have gone too far.
If you feel you must leave due to the heat then please let instructor and the front desk staff know. To insure you are not suffering a heat stroke.

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Hand towel to wipe the sweat from your face
Large bath towel to lay on top of mat (HOT YOGA)
Moisture wicking workout attire (avoid wearing cotton in hot classes). Less is more here.

NO cell phones or other devices (this is your place to escape)
Try to minimize chatter during class
Remove socks and shoes for better balance and traction
Avoid going in and out of a hot class. If you need to leave early that is ok and just let the instructor know before class.
If you leave from the heat then please let instructor and the front desk staff know.

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Six tips on interviewing a bankruptcy lawyer.

Choosing a skilled, experienced bankruptcy lawyer is essential to getting a fresh financial start.

Most good bankruptcy lawyers do not charge for an initial consultation in their office. During this first meeting, the lawyer should be able to assess your financial situation, understand your goals and outline the legal options that are available to you.

You will want to determine whether you and the lawyer communicate well. Also, at the end of the meeting you want to have confidence that your case will be professionally handled with care and competence and that you’ll be treated with the respect you deserve.

Here are six tips to help make your meeting productive.

1.  Before the meeting, write down all of your questions so you will be sure to gather the information that is important to you. Check out any online reviews about the firm. Ask your family, friends and pastor is they would recommend them.

2.  Find out what percentage of the lawyer’s practice is in personal bankruptcy. You want to work with a specialist lawyer whose sole focus is your interest – bankruptcy. Look around at the office. Is it tidy and professional?

3.  Ask how long they have been practicing bankruptcy. Bankruptcy is complicated and you want a lawyer with experience and a team of dedicated professionals to complete all of the paperwork and forms for you and to ensure that all of the details are handled properly. Are you being treated with compassion and respect.

4.  Pay attention to how your questions are answered. Do you understand everything completely? Is the lawyer willing to provide additional explanation and clarification? Ask if a lawyer from the firm will personally meet you, stand with you and speak for you in hearings or in court.

5.  Determine if there are any unique or troublesome issues in your case. If there are, ask about the possible consequences and any additional costs. Are there any charges if you call later with questions?

6.  Review the pricing of the services. Most lawyers charge a flat fee for a bankruptcy but sometimes there can be additional costs. Has the lawyer fully explained the differences between Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcies and why one or the other may be better suited to your particular goals. Get the fee agreement and other provisions in writing.

At the conclusion of the initial, free meeting, you should have a clear understanding of your options and have a good idea about how well you can work with the lawyer and their firm. If you have any concerns, it is OK to leave that first meeting without retaining the lawyer and to interview other lawyers who may be more suitable.

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The 16 lawyers and 35 professional staff at Boleman Law will help you through the often confusing and emotional bankruptcy process. We will complete all of the paperwork for you. To save time filings are sent electronically. Home foreclosure or vehicle repossession may be stopped immediately. We stay with you throughout the course of your bankruptcy.

Boleman Law is the largest consumer bankruptcy firm in Virginia. Since 1991 we have helped more than 106,000 Virginians regain their financial health.

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Russell “Rusty” Boleman III, Chairman of Boleman Law Firm, P.C. and his wife, Gayle have enjoyed almost fifty years of marriage and working together. Their early days were spent in Virginia, Illinois, Wisconsin and finally Texas, where Rusty worked as a technical recruiter in the oil industry. Then, suddenly, the American oil industry collapsed with low oil prices. Rusty and Gayle, along with thousands of American oil workers, experienced loss of jobs and income.

As Boleman Law clients know all too well, during a financial crisis, bad things can happen to anyone. The poor treatment Rusty and Gayle received as they sought solutions to financial problems led them to believe that there was a need for a change in bankruptcy law practice.  At age 40, those experiences led Rusty to law school in Richmond -much later in life than most of his law school colleagues.  He worked all through law school with Gayle at his side.  After graduation, they founded Boleman Law Firm in 1991 with the goal of treating everyone who came to them seeking help with respect and dignity, while providing excellence in customer service and legal advice.

Rusty’s strong commitment to legal knowledge, ethics and community service has made him one of Virginia’s leading lawyers, Rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell and a Virginia Lawyers Weekly 2017 Virginia Leader in the Law. Almost 30 years later, the firm that bears his name has helped almost 110,000 Virginians regain their financial health. The 22 lawyers and 45 staff members carry on the traditions of excellence and compassion as they provide assistance to over 10,000 folks each year.

Rusty and Gayle are proud parents of one daughter and grandparents of two grandchildren.  They and their two cats are now enjoying semi-retirement and spending time with their family. But, no matter where they are, they are never far from their other family, the lawyers and staff who strive every day to make Boleman Law Firm a safe and happy place for both clients and employees.

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The legendary Hollywood Hills are home to wealth, fame, and power--passing through the neighborhood, it's hard not to get a little greedy.
LAPD veteran "Hollywood Nate" Weiss could take or leave the opulence, but he wouldn't say no to onscreen fame. He may get his shot when he catches the appreciative eye of B-list director Rudy Ressler, and his troublemaking fiancee, Leona Brueger, the older-but-still-foxy widow of a processed-meat tycoon. Nate tries to elude her crafty seductions, but consents to keep an eye on their estate in the Hollywood Hills while they're away.
Also minding the mansion is Raleigh Dibble, a hapless ex-con trying to put the past behind him. Raleigh is all too happy to be set up for the job--as butler-cum-watchdog--by Nigel Wickland, Leona's impeccably dressed art dealer. What Raleigh doesn't realize is that under the natty clothes and posh accent, Nigel has a nefarious plan: two paintings hanging on the mansion's walls will guarantee them more money than they've ever seen.
Everyone's dreams are just within reach--the only problem is, this is Hollywood. A circle of teenage burglars that the media has dubbed The Bling Ring has taken to pillaging the homes of Hollywood celebutants like Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, and when a pair of drug-addled young copycats stumbles upon Nigel's heist, that's just the beginning of the disaster to come. Soon Hollywood Nate, surfer cops Flotsam and Jetsam, and the rest of the team at Hollywood Station have a deadly situation on their hands.
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Jacob Thompson. –Michelle Thompson Simard via Facebook

Michelle Thompson Simard says her son Jacob was admitted last month to Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital in Portland, Maine, “for the last time.”

Doctors said the 9-year-old’s Stage 4 neuroblastoma spread throughout his head, and his hip is “peppered by tumors,” according to a GoFundMe page created by Simard.

She added: “It is expected Jacob may pass away within the month.”

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Jacob even received a shoutout from the cast of the TV medical drama Code Black, as well as numerous celebrities.

In addition to the cards, Jacob’s family is working to crowdfund money for his funeral assistance, according to the online fundraiser. Simard said that she and Jacob’s father, Roger Guay, were “sticker shocked” upon making prearrangements.

“No one thinks about having to do this type of planning for their child and because of that we […] do not have life insurance on him,” she wrote. “We are asking for some assistance from family and friends to help support this.”

As of Saturday morning, the campaign had raised more than $80,000 of its $100,000 goal.

In an update Thursday, Simard wrote the response had been “great.”

Those wishing to send Jacob cards can mail them to:

Maine Medical
22 Bramhall St.
Room 653
Portland, Maine 04102

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What Is SQL Server 2008?

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is the first version of SQL Server to have built-in functionality for doing geographic spatial queries.

This tutorial is similar to our Part 1: Getting Started with PostGIS: An almost Idiot's Guide but written to provide a similar quick primer for SQL Server 2008 users and also just as a parallel exercise in mirroring the camps. Think of it as a big welcome to the new kid on the block who is an old family friend.

We will assume a windows environment for this tutorial since SQL Server only runs on Windows and preferably Windows XP and above (not sure if it works on Windows 2000). All our examples will be using Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express which is a free version of SQL Server 2008. SQL Server 2008 Express is allowed for both non-hoster commercial and private use. Please note that the spatial functionality in the SQL Server 2008 Express family is just as good as in the Standard and Enterprise versions with the limitation on database size, mirroring, partitioning and some other minor things which are not spatial specific. SQL Server 2008 Standard, Web and Enterprise work on only servers while SQL Server Express 2008 works on both Servers and Workstations.

Installing SQL Server 2008 Express

SQL Server 2008 Express comes in 3 flavors:

  • SQL Server 2008 Express - which is just the engine (~60-80 MB download)
  • SQL Server 2008 Express with Tools - which is the engine plus the management studio express. If you don't have 2008 Studio or Express Studio already, we highly suggest using at a minimum this one. - approximately 250 MB
  • SQL Server 2008 Express with Advanced Services - this is a much bigger install which includes Full-text engine and Reporting Services. ~500 MB

For the below exercise, we will assume you have downloaded at a minimum SQL Server 2008 express with Tools, or that you already have 2008 Express Studio already installed.

Some gotchas before we start:

  1. You need to install .NET Framework 3.5 with SP1
  2. If you have prior VS 2008 Pre SP1 you'll need to uninstall them or upgrade them to SP1 which you can get from if you are running professional or above. If you are running express family item, you need to reinstall the VS 2008 Express family item with SP1 and backup your IDE settings if you care about them.
  3. You also need Windows Powershell installed

Lets get on to Installing
  1. Download and install .NET Framework 3.5 with SP1 if you don't have it installed from and then restart your computer.
  2. If you don't have windows powershell - download and install from
  3. Download one of the above from:
  4. Run the executable for SQL Server Express.
  5. Click on Installation link and Choose first option - New SQL Server Stand-alone installation and once its done with checks click OK. You may be forced to restart after the support file install step.
  6. Under install options - choose everything. Replication is optional.
  7. for SQL Server Instance - choose named instance and call it - Spatial or whatever you want. Note you can use default instance if you have no other SQL Server installs on your pc.
  8. For service account - you can just run under NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM, though for production installs, that need to interact with network, you may want to create a domain account with run as service rights and use that account.
  9. Then click use same account for all SQL Server Services and pick NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
  10. For account provisioning - we often use mixed mode which is useful if you will have non-domain access such as from a stand-alone web server.
  11. In section specify SQL Server adminstrators, click add Current User.
  12. At this point you may get an error if you have installed prior Visual Studio 2008 things. You will need to uninstall those or upgrade them to SP1. If you get to this this point it should be smooth sailing.
  13. click click click install - go get a large cup of coffee.
  14. Next - hopefully you'll get a message that says SQL Server 2008 completed successfully.

Creating a database

Once SQL Server 2008 express is installed with management tools do the following

  1. On windows Start->Programs->Microsoft SQL Server 2008->SQL Server Managment Studio. If by chance you can't find it in your Programs because you have so many - its installed in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE\Ssms.exe
  2. You should see something like computernamehere\SPATIAL and now login with sa (Standard mode) or just the windows account assuming you gave current user admin rights.
  3. Select Databases -> Right mouse click -> New Database New database on SQL Server 2008
  4. Give database a name and click the OK button.

Loading GIS Data Into the Database

Now we have a nice fully functional GIS database with no spatial data. So to do some neat stuff, we need to get some data to play with.

First off we have to install a loader. You can use the freely available Which comes with both an ESRI shape loader and SQL Server spatial viewer. To use simply download and extract.

WARNING: One of our friends noted that the SharpGIS Loader comes up with a very suboptimal spatial grid index that will throw of queries relying on a spatial index. This is particularly an issue for data loaded into the geometry planar data type. As a result, SQL Server queries may be unusually slow and you may get a bad impression of SQL Server's performance. This wil be fixed in a later version of the loader.

Get the Data

Download data from the MassGIS site.
For this simple exercise just download Towns with Coast

Extract the file into some folder. We will only be using the _POLY files for these exercises.

Bringing in Towns As Planar

First of all, what is Planar - Planar is a class of spatial reference systems that projects a round earth onto a flat model. SQL Server 2008 supports both a Geometry (Planar) and a Geography (round-earth model). For data brought in as Planar, SQL Server 2008 does not do any validation to ensure it is in the sys.spatial_reference_systems table, and in fact SQL Server 2008 only contains spherical spatial reference systems in that meta table. So if you want to bring in as planar, as long as all your data is in the same planar projection, you should be fine. SQL Server 2008 has no mechanism of transforming data from one planar projection to another.

Those who are familiar with the PostGIS equivalent exercise of this know that MassGIS data is in Massachusetts state plane Meters (Spatial_Reference_ID = 26986 which is a planar projection) so bringing it in as Geometry works fine, but trying to push it into Geodetic we shall find is a little trickier.

Now lets move some data:

  1. Launch the Shape2Sql.exe packaged in the SharpGIS tools zip file
  2. Your screen should look something like this Shp2SQL connection dialog SQL Server 2008
  3. Point at the towns file you downloaded - Your screen should look something like this when you are done: Shp2SQL Load Towns
  4. Now click the Upload to Database

Querying the data and visualizing it

What good is spatial data if you can't drop your jaws at its fantastic beauty. So lets look at what this animal looks like:

  1. Launch the SQLSpatial.exe which is also packaged in the SharpGIS tools.
  2. Type in the following SQL statement:
    SELECT * FROM towns_planar WHERE town = 'BOSTON'
  3. Click the !Execute button, and mouse over a geometry and you should see something like this: SQL 2008 Planar View
  4. File New Query and type this: SELECT TOP 1 geom.STCentroid().STAsText() FROM towns_planar WHERE town = 'BOSTON'
    Should toggle to the table view and give you this - POINT (230137.48055381927 888512.01928805024)
  5. Now lets pick the first geometry in Boston, find the centroid, buffer the centroid 1000 meters and find all fragments of towns in the buffer. People familiar with spatial queries will recognize this as clipping geometries to a buffer.
    File-> New Query and do this: - evidentally there are some Massachusetts towns that SQL Server doesn't like thus the need for the IsValid check.
    SELECT town, geom.STIntersection(buf.aBuffer) As newgeom
    FROM towns_planar INNER JOIN
    (SELECT TOP 1 geom.STCentroid().STBuffer(1000) As aBuffer
    FROM towns_planar WHERE town = 'BOSTON') As buf
    ON (towns_planar.geom.STIntersects(buf.aBuffer) = 1)
    WHERE geom.STIsValid() = 1

    Map and table views of the above query are shown below:
    SQL 2008 Buffer intersection map
    SQL 2008 Buffer intersection table

Bringing in Towns As Geodetic -- To Be continued

If you have data measured in degrees e.g. WGS84 longlat (4326) or NAD 83 LongLat (4269 standard TIGER US Census format), bringing in your data as geodetic is simple since 4326 and 4269 are already listed in the sys.spatial_reference_systems. A simple query confirms that -
SELECT * FROM sys.spatial_reference_systems WHERE spatial_reference_id IN(4269,4326);

To do so - you simply follow the prior steps but choose Geography (Spheric) instead.

But what if we want to bring planar data in such as MassGIS towns as Geodetic. Then you need to first transform the data which SQL Server has no mechanism for and then bring it in. We shall go over this in part 2.

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An older couple was walking along Tigertail Beach on Marco Island recently when they saw a woman in a bathing suit holding a small cloth bag and looking forlorn as she stood at the edge of the inlet. “What seems to be the problem,” she was asked. The woman said she was on vacation and hoped to search for sand dollars on the beach across the inlet but was afraid to cross to the other side.

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It was a Bitter Cup of Tea Then, and the Same is True Today

I’m begging anyone in these parts with green bloodlines to please put down the “tea.” Every time anyone in or around Boston, or the rest of Massachusetts, imbibes the Tea Party brew, a historical fog envelops him or her. The lessons of the past evaporate, the concoction’s residue a soggy, sorry blend of simplistic bromides, cultural, racial, and ethnic epithets, and distortion of the past.

What’s old is new – but your ancestors, who left behind the old sod in search of something better, would recognize and recoil from today’s Tea Party. In all likelihood they would let you have a proverbial piece of their mind if you are drinking from this fetid cup. They would remind you that in their day, a band of “real Americans” bellowed, “I want my country back!” They would remind you of the coffin ships that carried them from famine-wracked Ireland, of the “Irish Need Not Apply” signs they encountered, and of worse. In their day, the 1840s and 1850s, it was the Tea Party’s antecedent – the Nativists – who infected the local and national landscape, a hate-filled party that not only appeared locally and nationwide, but also ruled Massachusetts and other regions politically for a few years. They called themselves the “Know-Nothings.”
What they knew all too well was that they loathed anything Irish, anything Catholic, any immigrant, anything they deemed “un-American.” They proclaimed that they needed to save the nation from going broke to pay for “Paddy and Bridget,” who were arriving in unprecedented waves. In short, the Nativists “wanted their country back.” Sound familiar?
The Tea Party’s predecessor was attractive to many men in and around Boston, and in the spring of 1854, they carried elections in Boston, Salem, and other cities. With the fall Massachusetts legislative and gubernatorial races looming, the Know Nothings had their collective eye on higher office, from which they could enact laws targeting foreigners and Catholics. Across the nation, the movement’s ranks had swelled to over a million by 1854, their confidence leading them to anoint themselves the “American Party.” They always invoked the patriots of the American Revolution – the real Americans. Again, sound familiar?
We hear today’s Tea Partiers similarly evoking the heroes of the Revolution, anointing themselves as the modern incarnations of the men who so loathed “taxation without representation” that they dumped British tea into Boston Harbor. They identify with the “shot heard round the world” in April 1775 – even as their pinup Congresswoman, Michelle Bachman, crows that the legendary shot sounded above the green in Concord, New Hampshire. For anyone who needs reminding about the real Tea Party, not the present-day band, please pick up a copy of the great historian Jill Lepore’s The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party’s Revolution and the Battle over American History. It was not simply about taxes.
But back to the Boston Irish. The immigrants of the 1840s and 1850s were subjected to similar distortions about the Revolution, the Founding Fathers, and the new nation’s “Judeo-Christian” principles. Anyone who was not a native-born, Anglo-Protestant was not a real American, but, rather, the outsider, the other. We hear that the Tea Party is about nothing more or less than America’s skyrocketing debt and taxation. Our Irish ancestors would not be fooled. The words “I want my country back” would reveal the faces of many Tea Partiers for what they are. This is not to say that there aren’t many of them who honestly believe that tax, debt, and policy issues drive the movement. The nation’s fiscal woes worry me, too. However, at Tea Party gatherings, the placards and portrayals of the “other” who sits in the White House cannot be dismissed as merely the “lunatic fringe.” While our Boston Irish ancestors and all African-Americans obviously have had a troubled history, the Irish of the mid-nineteenth century in Massachusetts were most certainly “the other.”
In the 1854 gubernatorial race, Henry Gardner, a staunch Know-Nothing, won as his party took every Massachusetts Congressional election, all statewide offices, all forty Massachusetts Senate seats, and every Massachusetts House seat save three. Stunned by the rising tide of Nativism in Boston and beyond, Charles Francis Adams wrote in his diary, “The political news is amazing. The new mysterious order has carried every office in the state. … There has been no revolution so complete since the organization of government.” Those same words ring true in regard to the November 2010 elections that swept Tea Partyers into power in the U.S. House.
I believe that for the Tea Party, and for our nation’s future, there’s a historical lesson in the Know Nothing/American Party’s fate. The ascendancy of the Know-Nothings proved mercurial. In 1856, the American Party ran Millard Fillmore in the presidential election. While many Boston voters likely cast their ballots for the former president, he won but one state, Maryland. The onset of the Civil War would shove the Know-Nothings into the backwaters of history. While prejudice toward immigrants would endure, the Boston Irish had been galvanized by what the Know-Nothings had done: Seize power through the ballot box. The immigrants proved far better at holding on to that clout than had the nativist bigots. Which is why today’s Boston Irish should think long and hard and remember their own families’ history before sipping the tea. As countless adages preach, we ignore the past at our peril. Distorting and oversimplifying the past carries similar danger.
Peter F. Stevens is a member of the BIR staff.


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