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[dailyanarchistposts]

Footnotes, 151-200

[151] Jean Hardisty, Mobilizing Resentment (Boston: Beacon Press, 1999), 107–108; Rob Boston, “If Best-Selling End-Times Author Tim LaHaye Has His Way, Church-State Separation Will Be…Left Behind,” Church & State Magazine, February 2002.

[152] Mariah Blake, “Stations Of The Cross: How evangelical Christians are creating an alternative universe of faith-based news,” Columbia Journalism Review, May/June 2005.

[153] Elias Canetti, Crowds and Power (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973), 22.

[154] Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents, edited and translated by James Strachey (New York: W. W. Norton, 1961), 67.

[155] Ibid., 66.

[156] Steve Blow, “Turning Textbooks into the Good Book,” Dallas Morning News, March 5, 2006.

[157] Mary Ann Zehr, “School of Faith,” Education Week, December 7, 2005.

[158] See www.ed.nces.gov.

[159] Laurel Elizabeth Hicks, Old World History and Geography (Pensacola, FL: A Beka, 1991), 247, as cited in Frances Patterson, “Teaching Religious Intolerance,” Rethinking Schools Online, www.rethinkingschools.org.

[160] Hicks, Old World History and Geography, 210, as cited in Patterson, “Teaching Religious Intolerance.”

[161] Hicks, Old World History and Geography, 213 and 214, as cited in Patterson, “Teaching Religious Intolerance.”

[162] Patterson, “Teaching Religious Intolerance,” 2.

[163] Jerry Combee, History of the World in Christian Perspective (Pensacola, FL: A Beka, 1997), 86.

[164] Patterson, “Teaching Religious Intolerance,” 2.

[165] Hicks, Old World History and Geography, 47, as cited in Patterson, “Teaching Religious Intolerance.”

[166] Combee, History of the World, 279.

[167] Hicks, Old World History and Geography, 212, as cited in Patterson, “Teaching Religious Intolerance.”

[168] Heritage Studies for Christian Schools 6 (Greenville, SC: Bob Jones University Press, 1998), 41.

[169] Kurt S. Grussendorf, Michael R. Lowman, and Brian S. Asbaugh, America, Land I Love—Teacher Edition (Pensacola, FL: A Beka, 1994), 636.

[170] Ibid., 631.

[171] Ibid., 630.

[172] Ibid., 593. Italics added.

[173] Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, Glorious Appearing: The End of Days (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House, 2004), 10.

[174] Ibid., 12.

[175] “UnCommonSense,” J. Kenneth Blackwell, Ohio Secretary of State, www_sos.state_oh.us.

[176] Ibid.

[177] Ibid.

[178] Ibid.

[179] Andrew Welsh-Huggins, “Ohio Televangelist Takes to Politics,” FortWayne.com, December 3, 2005, www.fortwayne.com.

[180] Sarah Posner, “With God on His Side,” American Prospect, November 2005.

[181] Jim Bebbington, “An Empire of Souls,” Columbus Monthly, May 1993, 35, quoted in G. Richard Fisher, “Rod Parsley: The Raging Prophet,” Personal Freedom Outreach, 1999.

[182] Posner, “With God on His Side.”

[183] Walter Lippmann, Liberty and the News (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, 1920), 64.

[184] William Lobdell, “The Prosperity Gospel; Pastor’s Empire Built on Acts of Faith and Cash,” Los Angeles Times, September 19, 2004, B1.

[185] Ibid.

[186] Andre Gumbel, “Scandal, Sex and Sanctimony,” New Zealand Herald, September 18, 2004, B16.

[187] Paul Crouch Sr., Praise the Lord, November 7, 1997, quoted in “Paul Crouch and TBN,” On Doctrine, www.ondoctrine.com.

[188] Lobdell, “Prosperity Gospel.”

[189] Gumbel, “Scandal, Sex and Sanctimony.”

[190] Benny Hinn, Praise the Lord, October 19, 1999, quoted in “Paul Crouch and TBN.”

[191] Benny Hinn, Larry King Live, quoted in “Benny Hinn—Truth or Consequences, Part 3,” Let Us Reason Ministries Apologetics Index, www.apologeticsindex.org.

[192] Gumbel, “Scandal, Sex and Sanctimony.”

[193] Paul Crouch Sr., Praise-a-Thon, April 2, 1991, quoted in “Paul Crouch and TBN.”

[194] Gumbel, “Scandal, Sex and Sanctimony.”

[195] William Lobdell, “Ex-Worker Accusing TBN Pastor Says He Had Sex to Keep His Job,” Los Angeles Times, September 22, 2004, B1.

[196] Lobdell, “Prosperity Gospel.”

[197] Ibid.

[198] Mark A. Beliles and Stephen K. McDowell, America’s Providential History, 19

[199] Ibid., 3.

[200] Ibid., 214.

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While monied industry groups merely affect the posture of grassroots action and woke language while advancing high level political and legal crusades, small landlords like Lincoln Eccles, uniquely affected both by the pandemic’s economic precarity and its emergency regulations, have taken to the streets and Twitter, where they trumpet slogans like “landlords are people too,” “justice for mom’n’pop housing providers,” and “small landlord lives matter.” Some have even rebranded themselves as “indentured landlords,” “carelords,” and “community-based landlords.” When the New York City Council mulled a bill to target discrimination against formerly incarcerated tenants, a state committee member and shareholder of a Bronx gated community, spun it as “The End of Black Landlords.”

This narrative—and the cash machine behind it—has proven effective in swaying politicians, blunting tenant progress. It was reportedly influential in stopping Good Cause Eviction for the fifth straight year. Discussing the bill, a central Brooklyn assembly member representing a district of nearly three quarters Black renters argued that regulating rent increases would actually lead to “Black grandmas out on the street.” New York Mayor Eric Adams, himself a landlord, said in February that it’s important to “remember that small property owner—who came from the Caribbean [and] was able to buy a ten-unit house—how their increases are going up, what they’re going through.” When pressed by a Holocaust survivor tenant about city-wide rent increases on stabilized units approved by the Rent Guidelines Board, the members of which he appoints, Adams accused her talking to him like a “plantation owner.”

This pernicious rhetoric has succeeded not only at moving liberals but at arming conservatives, offering them the guise of populism while muddying the waters of debate. It has allowed the real estate establishment to cannily exploit the contradictory commitment of Democrats to both wealth-building through private property and, nominally, social justice.

For landlords, the language of victimization, which both identity politics and right-wing grievance draw upon, proves a potent force, tying together a relatively economically and politically diverse movement. It is the central engine of real estate’s outrage machine. No matter how absurd some manifestations of the social justice-minded mom-and-pop trope are, they’re the face of a deadly serious campaign—one close to snuffing out rent control entirely.

The narrative of the “woke” mom-and-pop landlord has since been taken up across the country. During public hearings about a new rent control program in St. Paul, an opponent—on Zoom from a beach vacation, naturally—characterized the policy as a form of redlining. Small landlords seeking to roll back rent control in Portland, Maine, adopted progressive language to do so, with ​​some arguing that their willingness to rent to asylum seekers, those on federal housing vouchers, and other marginalized communities demonstrates notable liberal bonafides. In Seattle, opposition to a local measure was led by a mom-and-pop group called Seattle Grassroots Landpeople. A Democratic city councilwoman in Minneapolis who led the charge to scrap consideration of a rent control program derided tenant advocates as “wealthy beer drinking pants rolled up white men” who need to “get out of mommy’s basement.” In a landlord forum, she described her role as “getting ready, putting my lipstick on, curling my hair and selling our message. [Landlords] are the experts at giving me what I’m selling.”

…

Outside of New York, this dynamic has played out most notably in California. The successful fight against Los Angeles’s pandemic eviction moratorium was led in part by the ​​Coalition of Small Rental Property Owners, “a California-based advocacy group that mostly represents black and Latinx landlords.” This past February, one small landlord launched a hunger strike to push for the end of Alameda County’s eviction moratorium, calling himself and other immigrant landlords “victims of government abuse.” The moratorium was ended by April.

Across the country, small landlords wielding social justice language are on the march, but their efforts could prove unnecessary. At the time of writing, the Supreme Court is mulling whether or not to hear any combination of five separate challenges to New York’s rent control law. Rent control has previously been upheld by the court, but with a ultra-conservative majority unbothered by established precedent, there’s ample reason to think they may take the case on—and undermine, if not outright abolish, rent control. Amid a national housing crisis in which rent prices are up just over 30 percent from 2019, the average American tenant is rent-burdened, eviction filings are 50 percent higher than the pre-pandemic average in some cities, and homelessness has reached record highs, the few restrictions on rent hikes that exist could be made unconstitutional overnight. The effects would be catastrophic, especially on renters of color.

[briamichellewrites]

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1998. Bria Michelle Johnson was the adopted daughter of investor, Chris Johnson and makeup designer, Rita Johnson. Together, their net worth was in the multi-billions. They spoiled their daughter with whatever she wanted growing up. She went to a boarding school in Switzerland where she was able to participate in their theatre program. They also paid for voice lessons, acting classes, piano and guitar lessons; and dance lessons. She learned ballet, jazz, and hip-hop.

With only three hundred students, the school was quite small. They knew that if given a chance, she would be on stage performing. Whether it was dancing during talent shows or performing in one of their plays or musicals. She often had the lead role because of her talents. Her parents tried to see her performances whenever they could.

At eighteen years old, she learned that her parents were killed in a car accident. A driver under the influence of drugs and alcohol crashed into their car at over a hundred miles an hour. They both died on impact. Because of their deaths, she was given everything. That included their house in Los Angeles, their apartment in Waldorf-Astoria, their car collection, a private plane, a house in the Hamptons, and a house in Middletown, New Jersey.

After graduating, she returned home to LA. She had nothing, as everything had to go through the probate court before it legally became hers. Her family’s attorney allowed her to live in the house until everything was settled. She could then sell or keep whatever she wanted. The house was her childhood home, so she wanted to keep it.

She was introduced to Brad Delson and Mike Shinoda by Jeff Blue, an A&R guy for Warner Music. He heard her demo and he had her come in for an audition. Once she was signed, he had her meet them. They introduced themselves to her. It’s nice to meet you. What kind of music was she looking to play? Indie folk or country. She wanted to tell stories like Bruce Springsteen. Even though she had grown up in Switzerland and LA.

Jeff had her play something for them, so she got a guitar that was lying around and picked it up. When she sang, they heard her voice. It sounded like nineteen-sixties folk rock. Maybe a little Johnny Cash or Joan Baez. When she was done, they clapped for her. Where did she learn how to sing? She had voice lessons in school. What school did she go to? She went to Saint George’s Boarding School in Switzerland. They had a performing arts program.

Boarding school? What was that like? It was an interesting experience. She guessed it was like college, except with more adult supervision. They laughed. What else did she learn? Did she take any music lessons or classes? She took piano lessons, dance classes, and acting classes. For dance, she took jazz, hip-hop, and ballet. It was a great way to work out.

She had to be on stage performing, even when she fell on her ass. They laughed. That happened once during a ballet recital. She got up, bowed, and then went back to the choreography. They wanted to help her with her album, so they invited her to join them. At the moment, they were using Mike’s in-home studio to make demos. They thought she would get along well with their band members. She thought it sounded like a cool idea, so she accepted their invitation.

Mike lived in a rented house with his college roommate, Joe Hahn. Together, they formed a band with Brad, Rob Bourdon, and Dave ‘Phoenix’ Farrell. They were currently looking for a lead singer after firing Mark Wakefield. He and Brad introduced her when she came over. The guys thought she was beautiful! Joe offered her a coke.

Yeah, thanks. They found she fit in perfectly with them. She could tolerate their sense of humor and she wasn’t afraid of being the only girl. Her long brown hair had been dyed black and cut short to her chin. It was hidden underneath a beanie. She had tights underneath shorts with an oversized Bon Jovi t-shirt and a plaid long-sleeve top. Dave asked if she was going grunge. She was feeling a little Seattle rock at the moment.

She was thinking of piercing the cartilage in her nose and getting a tattoo to honor her parents. What happened to them? They were killed by a driver under the influence of drugs and alcohol. I’m sorry. Thank you. She also wanted to adopt a kitten.

“Decisions. Decisions. What will you decide to do”, Rob joked.

“I don’t know. I’m indecisive. I’ve always wanted a cat but I’ve never been able to. It wouldn’t have been fair because I was at school.”

“Bria, get the cat”, Joe said.

“I might have to give into peer pressure.”

They laughed. Did she get the cat? She did! Woody was an eight-week-old brown and white domestic shorthair kitten. Everything about him was adorable! He meowed at her and pawed at her leg, making her crouch down to him. Hi, human! She said hello to him and scratched his little head. He got excited when he saw he was getting adopted. I’m going home! Meow. Meow.

They went to Petsmart to get everything he needed. He had a collar and a leash, which were required in the store. As they walked around, he looked at everything while in the cart. He was curious about everything! There was so much to see and smell and hear! There were humans everywhere! He wanted to say hello to them. Meow. Meow. Some of the workers stopped to say hello to him. Hi, human! I’m Woody! I got adopted today!

He wanted to play on the belt at the register, but Bria picked him up. She didn’t want his little paws getting smashed. When they got to the car, she put him back into his carrier before putting the purchases in the backseat. Yes, she had an assistant who usually did the shopping for her, but she wanted to do this herself. Nicole was hired by her mother to take over the day-to-day responsibilities.

She was a woman in her twenties who had recently moved to LA from New York. They also had a long-time housekeeper named, Rosita. She and her husband, Miguel immigrated from Mexico in 1990. They both loved Bria and her parents because they were so kind to them. Her parents gave them money when they needed help paying bills or expensive gifts. They were considered family to them. Bria was not a spoiled brat, despite her immense wealth.

She was taught to never look down on anyone and to always be thankful for what she had. Everything could be taken away from her at any moment. Woody had zero knowledge of that. He was involved in watching his human put everything together for him. His water and food bowls went into the kitchen. She filled up the bowl with water before setting it down. His litter box went into the laundry room.

His toys, bed, and cat tree went into the living room. He had everything a kitten could need and want. For the moment, he wanted to play. Bria went into the kitchen and found the takeout menus. She looked through them as she thought about where she wanted to order from. As she made up her mind, the phone rang. It was Dave. She invited him over and gave him her address. After hanging up, she ordered pizza to be delivered. She then went to the living room to play with Woody.

@zoeykaytesmom @feelingsofaithless @alina-dixon @fiickle-nia

[xtruss]

The 10 Most Expensive Homes That Sold in 2023, From Jay-Z’s Malibu Manse to Jeff Bezos’s Miami Getaway

Waterfront properties were the star of this year's list, with coastal estates in the Hamptons, Palm Beach and Connecticut selling for blockbuster numbers.

— By James McClain | Robb Report

Daniel Milstein For Sotheby's International Realty

Don’t let these blockbuster numbers fool you. While 2023’s 10 priciest real estate transactions racked up a total sales volume of nearly $1.2 billion, slightly surpassing our 2022 list’s tally, these deals were the exceptions. In almost every luxury market across the country, overall volume declined by double-digit percentages compared to the prior year, driven by economic jitters and soaring interest rates. Among the most severely impacted markets was the greater Los Angeles area, where there’s currently a glut of luxury mansions up for grabs, many of them sporting heavily slashed listing prices. Even typically downturn-proof communities such as Aspen and Palm Beach were not immune to the slowdown.

As always, a majority of the top 10 deals were hush-hush transfers inked off-market. And it’s worth noting that all but two of the deals involved oceanfront—or at least waterfront—properties, suggesting buyers are still willing to shell out big for trophy vacation homes with direct beach access. Here’s our list of 2023’s priciest residential sales.

Top: Paradise Cove, Malibu—$190 Million

Coming in at the top of the heap, and the only California property to make the list, was this colossal blufftop complex atop Paradise Cove in Malibu, which sold for $190 million in cash. This year’s biggest real estate transfer was also likely the most highly publicized, thanks to A-list buyers Jay-Z and Beyonce. It’s the priciest-ever deal for a California home, and the second-priciest ever recorded nationwide.

First commissioned in the late 1990s by Bill and Maria Bell—he the son of the soap opera tycoons who created The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful—the house took 15 years to plan and build. Completed circa 2014, the monolithic fortress was created, at least partially, to display the Bells’ enormous collection of modern art, including numerous works by Jeff Koons, Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst and Marcel Duchamp. Though the property was never publicly marketed for sale, the Bells had reportedly shopped the place off-market with a whopping $250 million ask.

— Photo: Google Earth

Bottom: North Ocean Boulevard, Palm Beach—$155 Million

In April, New York-based car dealership mogul Michael Cantanucci broke the Palm Beach record with his $170 million purchase of this oceanfront estate, which features a nearly 25,000-square-foot, Tuscan-style mansion built in the 2000s. The house was never on the market, so further details are scant, but the seller was billionaire coffee entrepreneur Bob Stiller, who paid just $25 million for the estate in 2014.

— Photo: Google Earth

Copper Beech Farm, Greenwich—$138.8 Million

Photo : Daniel Milstein For Sotheby's International Realty

This year’s most out-of-left-field big transfer was likely the sale of Connecticut’s Copper Beech Farm, which recorded at a state record of nearly $140 million. The deal came even as the Greenwich real estate market has badly sagged in recent years. The seller, billionaire Ray Dalio, had paid $120 million for the place back in 2014, though that unconventional transaction reportedly included the assumption of tens of millions worth of debt on the estate. The all-cash buyer, who remains anonymous for now, is thought to hail from Mainland China. Copper Beech Farm features 50-acres of land with a 13,500-square-foot main house originally built in 1898, plus spectacular gardens and roughly a mile of private water frontage on Long Island Sound.

Meadow Lane, Southampton—$112.5 Million

Photo: Google Earth

New York’s biggest deal of 2023 was inked in the Hamptons, and it’s no surprise that the property in question is one of the largest estates on Southampton’s ultra-prime Meadow Lane—often called Billionaires’ Row. The titanic spread sold for $112.5 million to an as-yet-unidentified billionaire shielded behind a Delaware entity called Meerkat LLC, with the thrifty buyer negotiating a cool 36% discount off the estate’s $175 million original ask. Long owned by ad exec Marcia Riklis, the so-called Mylestone estate is anchored by an 18,000-square-foot manor house situated on 8-acres of land, with nearly 500 feet of ocean frontage.

Windmill Lane, East Hampton—$91.5 Million

Photo: Google Earth

Talk about a profitable flip. The seller of this two-parcel East Hampton compound, real estate investor Peter Fine, bought the property in 2020 for $45 million. Just three years later, without making any significant changes to the place, he flipped it for an eye-popping $91.5 million to an unidentified buyer. Still not crazy enough for you? There are rumors the new owner might tear down the estate’s current structures to build something more lavish, so that $91.5 million might’ve been for the land alone.

Great Island, Darien, Connecticut—$85 Million

Photo: Google Earth

Great Island, a 63-acre waterfront property on Long Island Sound, features a land bridge that connects to the mainland in Darien, Conn. For decades, the island served as the ultimate private compound since it was built at the turn of the century, with amenities such as world-class equestrian facilities (including a polo practice field), a private beach, and a secluded harbor with a dock and boat house. Owned for over 100 years by different generations of the same family and originally offered at $175 million, the giant estate was acquired by the town of Darien for a heavily discounted $85 million. At last check, the town was still deciding what to do with the island, which features a 13,000-square-foot historic mansion and multiple ancillary structures.

220 Central Park South, New York City—$80 Million

Photo: Google Earth

The two-building skyscraper at 220 Central Park South is famously a huge hit with billionaires, so it’s no surprise that New York City’s biggest residential deal of 2023 was recorded at the limestone complex. This time, it was a duplex penthouse at the shorter “villa” building that fetched $80 million in a staggering resale. While the unit itself was never on the market, sellers Suna Said and her husband Scott Maslin had paid about $66 million for the Central Park-facing apartment in 2020. The anonymous buyer, who may or may not be a big-name celebrity, has a Los Angeles mailing address.

Indian Creek Island, Miami—$79 Million

Photo: Google Earth

In October, two months after paying $68 million for an oceanfront estate on Miami’s Indian Creek island, Jeff Bezos dropped $79 million on the house next door. The lucky neighbor, who acquired the 19,000-square-foot mansion back in 2014 for just $28 million, remains unknown. Bezos reportedly plans to bulldoze both properties to make way for a custom compound of his own creation, so that $79 million was likely just for the dirt alone.

Ute Avenue, Aspen—$76 Million

Photo: Google Earth

Aspen’s biggest-ever home sale was unconventional in more ways than one. Unlike most of the other properties on this list, the $76 million deal was not an all-cash transfer. The buyer, car dealership mogul Terry Taylor, paid $51 million of the purchase price in cash but also gave the seller, real estate developer Leathem Stern, a smaller Aspen home valued at $25 million. The ski-in, ski-out house features four full floors totaling more than 20,000 square feet of living space. Not everyone who crossed paths with the property enjoyed the experience, however—a Christie’s real estate agent is currently suing Stern for $1.7 million in commission payments she claims were owed to her in the deal.

[unholyfms]

UNHOLYFMS EVENT 002: ARCANUM NIGHTS

Glass House has invited its favorite angels and demons of Los Angeles' elite to celebrate their 65th anniversary upholding their definition of divinity by being one of the most sought after memberships in the city. They have handpicked residents of the city of angels to be in attendance to ring in another decade adorned with delicately crafted drinks, cuisine, and performances.  However, this isn't just any party. Glass House is known for how difficult it is to get a membership because of how they regard their guests with exits no flashing camera has access to and secret events only members are privy to. Though, a scandal is underway as the new management of the restaurant and club has been selling in-house photos and even selling temporary passes as a way to gain more cash under the table. On July 28th, their anniversary may be their end as well as the reputation of those in attendance as their secrets will be exploited as evidence that even the mighty have dirt under their fingernails, and even they can fall. What hangs in the balance is if they can survive the crash when their reputation takes a strike.

SUMMARY: Glass House is hosting their 65th anniversary celebration by inviting all their members to be in attendance. The restaurant and clubhouse is known for its privacy and difficulty to snag a membership, as its built to ensure security and privacy for all those who are apart of it. However, there's been staff selling secrets and as a way of exposing that just because you're a member you're not better than anyone else, they'll be outing secrets of all guests. The project has been in the works for weeks as soon as the guest list was made. Throughout the night, secrets will be revealed throughout the venue despite not being attached to a particular name. It's up to those in attendance to either ignore it, tear it down, but above all else not let the paranoia ruin their night. 

IC INFORMATION

If your muse would not have a membership with Glass House, feel free to plot them being a plus one with another muse who is a member or an NPC! Most members of Glass House are socialites and those with prominent and prolonged careers in the Hollywood scene such as A-list actors, award-winning musicians, critically acclaimed authors, etc. 

Guests are able to enter the venue without any interruptions from paparazzi's with private entrances.

Attire for the event is semi-formal, such as suits and cocktail dresses. 

The event will take place in-character Friday, July 28th from 9 PM to 2 AM. 

Descriptions of the Glass House Venue are the following: Located in Beverly Hills, the Glass House lounge is hidden behind iron gates covered in wisteria and monstera plants. Ring the bell, present your card, and you may enter without a single interruption of someone trying get a peek. Go up the iron staircase, and this is where the fun begins. You have access to a balcony overseeing a courtyard full of lush plants and a pool with cerulean blue tile. The courtyard is surrounded by three floors you can venture out to whether its the exclusive spa, meditation rooms, or other private lounges that will mostly be open for guests for the event. The stage faces north and the bar can be found across the way.

OOC INFORMATION

The event will take place out of character from Thursday, July 27th at 8 PM EST to Sunday, August 6th at 11 PM EST. Non event threads may continue past the end date, but no new event event threads should be created past the end date.

Participation is mandatory for all muses, so feel free to plot with each other how to be in attendance whether it's a plus-one, working the event to sneak in, or membership to Glass House! 

Please submit three secrets pertaining to your character that would be a possible threat to their reputation by Wednesday, July 26th at 8 PM EST. Admins will choose which to reveal, but your character's name will not be directly connected to it. This is mandatory for the event. 

The manner in which these secrets will be revealed will be posted to the main with three secrets every two days. Some of these secrets will be projected as part of the decor such as faceless photo that seems eerily familiar, text messages printed on napkins accessible to everyone at the venue, conversations featured as overlay on the DJs remix, etc. 

Please post your character's attire for the event and tag it as #unholy.event !

You can post starters pertaining to your muse enjoying themselves at the event and then build upon a secret they find themselves witnessing the reveal of, a direct reveal of their own secret (once it's been posted on the main), or even a self para if you want to go deep into how your character feels!

All characters must remain at the venue the entire event unless stated otherwise in an event update post on the main. 

[rockislandadultreads]

Book Recommendations: “Abbott Elementary” Read-Alikes

Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin

Ayesha Shamsi has a lot going on. Her dreams of being a poet have been set aside for a teaching job so she can pay off her debts to her wealthy uncle. She lives with her boisterous Muslim family and is always being reminded that her flighty younger cousin, Hafsa, is close to rejecting her one hundredth marriage proposal. Though Ayesha is lonely, she doesn't want an arranged marriage. Then she meets Khalid, who is just as smart and handsome as he is conservative and judgmental. She is irritatingly attracted to someone who looks down on her choices and who dresses like he belongs in the seventh century.

When a surprise engagement is announced between Khalid and Hafsa, Ayesha is torn between how she feels about the straightforward Khalid and the unsettling new gossip she hears about his family. Looking into the rumors, she finds she has to deal with not only what she discovers about Khalid, but also the truth she realizes about herself.

Business Not As Usual by Sharon C. Cooper

I am beautiful. I am confident. I am lovable. I am a lottery winner.

This is the mantra that will get Dreamy Daniels through each day until she makes it big. So what if she lives in a seedy part of Los Angeles in a house that's one earthquake away from crumbling, or works an unfulfilling secretarial job while struggling to finish her bachelor's degree? All Dreamy needs to do is win the lottery, which she's been entering in as a weekly tradition with her grandfather. When she catches the attention of her boss's potential investor, Dreamy has to remind herself to focus on her career goals so she can be her own boss. Who cares if he has the social grace of the Duke of Sussex and the suaveness of Idris Elba? No distractions allowed.

Growing up with a father who is an A-list actor and a socialite mother, venture capitalist Karter Redford lives in the world of the rich and famous. Instead of attending movie premieres, however, he prefers spending his time helping the less fortunate, backing start-up companies and investing in cutting edge ideas. Karter is used to his life revolving around work, but when he decides he wants someone to share it with, he falls for someone his mother would never approve of: hilarious, quirky Dreamy, who has goals of her own...but also isn't a wealthy, upper-crust socialite. Though it's clear they're from different worlds, their relationship might just be his greatest investment yet.

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

Alix Chamberlain is a woman who gets what she wants and has made a living, with her confidence-driven brand, showing other women how to do the same. So she is shocked when her babysitter, Emira Tucker, is confronted while watching the Chamberlains' toddler one night, walking the aisles of their local high-end supermarket. The store's security guard, seeing a young black woman out late with a white child, accuses Emira of kidnapping two-year-old Briar. A small crowd gathers, a bystander films everything, and Emira is furious and humiliated. Alix resolves to make things right.

But Emira herself is aimless, broke, and wary of Alix's desire to help. At twenty-five, she is about to lose her health insurance and has no idea what to do with her life. When the video of Emira unearths someone from Alix's past, both women find themselves on a crash course that will upend everything they think they know about themselves, and each other.

Skye Falling by Mia McKenzie

Twenty-six and broke, Skye didn't think twice before selling her eggs and happily pocketing the cash. Now approaching forty, Skye moves through life entirely--and unrepentantly--on her own terms, living out of a suitcase and avoiding all manner of serious relationships. Her personal life might be a mess, and no one would be surprised if she died alone in a hotel room, but at least she's free to do as she pleases. But then a twelve-year-old girl shows up during one of Skye's brief visits to her hometown of Philadelphia, and tells Skye that she's "her egg." Skye's life is thrown into sharp relief and she decides that it might be time to actually try to have a meaningful relationship with another human being. Spoiler alert: It's not easy.

Things gets even more complicated when Skye realizes that the woman she tried and failed to pick up the other day is the girl's aunt and now it's awkward. All the while, her brother is trying to get in touch, her problematic mother is being bewilderingly kind, and the West Philly pool halls and hoagie shops of her youth have been replaced by hipster cafes.

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The Top Reasons Why A Recession is The Perfect Time to Renovate Your Home

I know this might seem crazy but, a financial recession or downturn in the economy is the perfect time for you to start a home remodeling project in Los Angeles. This might sound counter intuitive. But, for so many people, this is the right time to act and invest in your homes’ future. …And here is why.

THE TOP REASONS TO RENOVATE YOUR LOS ANGELES HOME DURING A RECESSION:

You might be thinking now is not the time to spend your cash or take on a home improvement line of credit. Whether you’ve been dreaming of renovating your kitchen or a bathroom remodeling in Los Angeles, history tells us that what goes down must come back up. We have witnessed this several times in our own lives. When the economy turns around the experts predict that real estate prices in Los Angeles will skyrocket.

We will come back from this current downturn. If you take on a Los Angeles Home Renovation you will be financially ahead of the game when it’s time to sell your home. Meanwhile, you get to enjoy living in your dream environment now.

A home renovation is a perfect investment in your future. Prices are low. Labor and materials are less expensive. Construction Workers, Plumbers, and Electricians are more willing to negotiate their prices. In some cases, like with our team at Structura Remodeling there are also financing options available. This can reduce the price of your home renovation by as much as 50%.

Five years from now you ready to upgrade to a larger home or downsize to your perfect retirement cottage. You will be thankful you invested in a home renovation when the price was right! That kitchen or bathroom remodel will add thousands of dollars to the value of your home. If you are in a starter house, even small fixes can make all the difference in your selling price.

With the world shut down, you have more time to manage and oversee a home remodeling project. Decisions get made quickly. The work will get done faster and that will save you money. When your home functions better for your family it will bring you joy… and save you time and money.

Because of the pause on commercial projects, there is a glut in materials and workers. Concrete, rebar, copper, and steel beams cost less. Even the oil to ship them costs less. Take advantage of these adjustments in price. Plumbers, Electricians, Designers, Builders are looking for projects now.

Companies need to clear inventory. You might be able to negotiate the price on those French doors you have been pinning for. How about an upgrade to a tech-savvy bathroom with all the bells and whistles?

Life is too short. Now is the time to enjoy these projects while working with a team of expert remodeling contractors in Los Angeles. How about refreshing the exterior paint for some new curb appeal? Committing to a new backyard deck. Add to your summer BBQs and outdoor picnics with friends and family

Take advantage of Los Angeles home remodeling grants that are available for Seniors, Veterans, and Low-Income Families. Home Depot has pledged more than One Million Dollars to renovate Veteran’s homes. The Federal Government and other organizations work with people to keep their homes safe and livable.

Bottom line…stop putting off those renovations. Remodeling your LA Home is a savvy investment for your future. Get years of pleasure from your new kitchen, bathroom, flooring, or granny flat. You are investing in your property and enjoying the outcome of your home renovation projects for all the days and years to come.

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'American Idol' Exec Nigel Lythgoe Lists Hollywood Home for $4.6 Million

Nigel Lythgoe’s giving another person the chance to go to Hollywood … no “American Idol” golden ticket this time though — someone just needs to pony up the cash for his house. The former “American Idol” and “So You Think You Can Dance” EP listed… from TMZ.com https://www.tmz.com/2024/10/17/nigel-lythgoe-selling-los-angeles-house-millions-of-dollars/

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Glendale Yard Cleaning Tips: Easy and Effective Ways to Tidy Up Your Outdoor Space

Have you got a messy backyard and are searching out an clean and rapid manner to easy it up? It can be pretty taxing, but backyard paintings is a vital evil. First, backyard cleansing ensures new boom of your grass.Affordable trash bin rental los angeles: Fast, Reliable, and Hassle-Free!

The sheer quantity of leaves at the lawn can inhibit grass boom, creating an unpleasant backyard. Removing the particles exposes the grass to tons-needed daylight and sparkling air circulate, which complements growth. It additionally helps in controlling the pesky weeds on your yard. Another cause why yard cleansing is worthwhile is that it boosts protection and cut back enchantment. Eliminating debris in the backyard creates a smooth and secure surroundings for kids and pets to play. Also, edging your flora and flower beds creates a beautiful lawn. Below are Glendale backyard cleaning tips to make it smooth and conceivable

The Best Glendale Yard Cleaning Tips

Yard cleansing is just as crucial as deep cleansing your home. Whether preparing the backyard for unforgiving winter, summer time, or spring, and clean clean-up procedure can make a real difference. 

Sharp gear are a must-have

Deep yard cleaning involves trimming overgrown vegetation and edging your garden, and this technique requires handy equipment. Blunt equipment can drag your task, and the final factor you need is to sacrifice your weekend and do a little process. Ensure that your lawn tools are well maintained, shard and rust-loose. Sharp tools make smooth cuts, ensuring that your plant life heal quicker. Also, a easy reduce keeps off plant diseases and ensures healthier vegetation. Importantly, it’ll make your work less difficult and quicker. Sharpen your shears, clippers, and pruners before starting your backyard easy-up task. 

Get a device belt

Yard cleansing is disturbing physically and time-smart; you need to have your equipment ready and now not waste time getting them. Having your tools nearby makes your Glendale yard cleansing easy and quicker. You can match your spray bottle, shears, trowel, lawn knife, pruners, clippers, and gloves. Tool belts are available one-of-a-kind sizes to healthy numerous projects and are secure to carry round.

Remove the Debris

The next step on your backyard cleansing is casting off debris. Debris ought to cross first, from dead branches, tree stumps, stones, and leaves to grass clippings and bushes. And that is the level where you want trash baggage and boxes to transport the yard waste to the sell off. If you need a dumpster in Glendale, American Reclamation can assist. Efficient dumpster rental los angeles ca: Quick Service, Affordable Rates, and Eco-Friendly Disposal!

Glendale backyard cleansing pointers

Trim, prune and area your plants

Dry vegetation can be a fire danger, and overgrown bushes are a haven for pests, dangerous plant life, and invasive species. Eliminate lifeless and overgrown tree branches as these can creep walkways and block different plants from having access to sunlight. Pruning and trimming are brilliant ways to create room in your flora to thrive. Additionally, pruning overgrown branches shield your house and passersby from harm and accidents.

Don’t bag the leaves; mulch them.

Raking, blowing, and getting rid of leaves in the backyard can be demanding however may be a huge supply of organic nutrients on your vegetation. Raking and bagging them feels like an clean choice to remove leaves in the backyard. However, mulching leaves and the grass is the first-rate alternative, saving cash you will have spent on plastic luggage. Furthermore, it saves time to pile and mulch the waste.

Mulching can enhance your soil and encourage microorganisms to stay in the soil, offering nutrients to plant life.

Fix the patches

Yard cleansing is a superb possibility to create a uniform look. Heavy foot site visitors, diseases, weed, and backyard debris can cause bare brown patches at the garden. Fix this through eliminating the matted turf and the trash first. Rake the soil and upload the grass seeds, fertilizers, mulch, and water. In a rely of weeks, you’ll reclaim your beautiful garden.

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Sell your House for Cash in Conejo Valley with a Registered Home Buyer

Are you struggling to find interested buyers for your old property, and desperately looking to dispose of your home to mitigate financial contingencies? If you’re one of those who wants to do away with the traditional methods of home selling, contact a cash home buyer. They can help!

If you’re residing in Conejo Valley, or anywhere in Ventura County and Los Angeles County, there are a few trustworthy names that can assist in selling your home for cash. A locally reputed brand name like Lifesaver Home Buyers can be a wise choice. They buy your home in any condition, without any commission or agent fees. Now sell your house “as-is” in a hassle-free way with one such registered cash home buyer that ensures a transparent process.

You no longer have to involve yourself in cumbersome legal paperwork and documentation as it is the headache of the buyer. Now sell your house fast and for cash in a matter of days. The sale of the property is completed within a couple of weeks or even less, and the money is transferred to your account, as you sign the deal.

Get a Fair Offer and Choose a Closing Date as per your Convenience

Whatever the condition of your home, you get a fair value and rightful price, depending upon the current valuation in your municipality. What’s interesting is that you do not have to indulge in open houses, showings, property cleaning, repair or renovation work. A formal visit by the contracted cash home buyer in Conejo Valley, and they do the rest.

As a seller or homeowner, when you contact professional companies that buy houses for cash, they ensure closing the deal in 7-14 days. After they’ve visited your property, a no-obligation price quotation is offered. Once you agree, the takeover process begins with signing a deal. There’s no waiting period, as you choose a closing date of your liking.

If you want a quick sale without any major repairs, upgrades, or renovations, it is wise to contact a company that will buy your house in any condition. It is a win-win situation as they pay you cash for your house without having to list your property on a listing portal and wait for an interested buyer. No foreclosure, escrow costs, or closing costs, and your home is sold within days.

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WHITEY AND ROSE

Chaim Whitney (Whitey) Sall was another fantastic stroke of luck for me in my life and career.  Circa 1968, Benny bought Whitey’s company – Western Non-Ferrous Metals.  It was a metals trading company located in West Los Angeles.  I think Ben bought Whitey’s company for Whitey’s knowledge and reputation plus his export experience and business.  Whitey’s father owned Girard Smelting and Refining, the second largest copper refinery in the US before the Great Depression. Whitey and his brothers all worked at Girard and received a metals education second to none in that part of the business.  I need to digress for one minute to say that in 50 years of business, I have never seen a business more complex than the metals business; from mining to melting/smelting/refining, to manufacturing and then back to recycling.  I left the business as President of the biggest gorilla around and I am sure I didn’t know 15% of the complexities of the industry, versus 10 years in the Auction industry was really 2 years 5 times over. Whitey and his brothers all went on to become experts and very successful in various segments of the metals industry.

 Ben also bought the Ted Sall Metals Company and the George Sall Metals Company. Teddy was the smartest since he was the only one to sell for cash instead of stock. According to Whitey, the Sall brothers were always very competitive amongst each other trying to prove who knew the most about the business to their dad.  Girard went BK during the Depression, but the boys were well educated.  Whitey went to the Wharton in Philly, the Sall’s hometown.  During his career working for his dad, Whitey would board a train and take cross country buying trips.  Since there was no telex, text, or email, stopping in major cities, visiting the big Jewish junk dealers in the town, buying, and calling in the purchases daily to Girard, usually having dinner at one of the dealer’s houses before getting back on the train to continue to the next city was the way it was done.  Ironically, the hosts usually had daughters of marriage age, and their dad could think of nothing better than this tall, handsome, rich young Jewish man at the dinner table for his daughter. This scenario finally caught up with Whitey one day in Los Angeles. Misha Berg, owner of Berg Metals (the largest non-ferrous scrap dealer west of the Mississippi at the time), had a daughter Louise, who captured Whitey’s heart and hand in marriage. A great deal of future successful LA junkies got their start at Berg Metals.  I met Whitey in late 1969 when I was sent to LA to work and learn from him.  He told Ben he was 60 and was slowing down and needed a young man to eventually take over the business. 

DMC also had a processing plant in Cucamonga, CA at the time, which was 50 miles East of LA. So, in November of 1969 Diversified moved my wife Margie, my 1-year-old daughter Julie, and me to Los Angeles to work for Whitey. Since Julie was the only grandchild of all 4 grandparents, you could imagine how popular that made me. We moved to a two-bedroom apartment in Encino, about 35 minutes commute to the WNF office on 3rd and Martel; right down the street from Farmers Market. Although by then I was buying scrap, attending conventions, and traveling the US, LA was quite a culture shock for Margie and me. We had no friends or relatives, which was a lot harder on Margie than me, since I was busy at work all day.  We lived at the beautiful Balboa Biltmore apartments, with underground parking and a swimming pool, and the rent was three times what we were paying in St. Louis. I may have been the only one in the building that had an American car and wore a suit and tie to work.  Even so, at $17,500 a year and a company car we were doing just fine.

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