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Prime Naukuchiatal Land: Lake Views, Endless Potential

This 5 Nali land in Naukuchiatal offers breathtaking lake views and is perfect for a luxury Airbnb, yoga retreat, or your dream home.

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SINGER NIALL HORAN INVESTS IN FENWAY SPORTS, MCILROY TGL TEAM

Singer-songwriter Niall Horan will tee it up as the latest investor in TGL, the tech-infused team golf league backed by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. Horan, who first gained fame as a member of boy band One Direction, invested in Boston Common Golf through his investment vehicle Greenbridge Ventures.

Boston Common Golf is one of the six inaugural TGL teams and owned by Fenway Sports Group and McIlroy’s investment firm, Symphony Ventures.

McIlroy and Horan both hail from Ireland and have been longtime friends. “Golf has been a lifelong passion of mine,” Horan said in a statement. “Being able to combine my love for the game and my friendship with Rory into a relationship that helps launch a new concept in golf is truly special.”

TGL teams will each feature four golfers hitting shots into a golf simulator screen until they are within 50 yards of the hole and the action transfers to a short game area that transforms between holes. The season includes 15 matches, plus playoffs.

Horan will also serve as an ambassador for Boston Common Golf, which will benefit from his massive social media following, which includes 72 million combined followers on Instagram and Twitter—Woods has 10 million and McIlroy 6 million.

In 2015, Horan launched a sports agency focused on golf, Modest! Golf Management, with his business partner, Mark McDonnell. Their clients include Tyrrell Hatton, who has won six European Tour events and one on the PGA Tour. That same year, Horan served as McIlroy’s caddie in the Masters’ annual Par 3 Contest.

In addition to his singing career, Horan was a coach the past year on The Voice and coached the winner in back-to-back seasons. He is currently on the North American leg of his global tour.

TGL was slated to start play this January, but delayed its inaugural season to begin Jan. 7, 2025 after a power failure caused the dome of the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens to deflate. The required repairs led the TGL to delay a year. Last month, Horan visited TGL’s performance lab to preview the technology that will be used in the competition.

The SoFi Center will boast a 3,000-square-foot simulator screen and a 22,475-square-foot customizable short game area. TGL rules also include a shot clock, and the league plans for players to be mic’d up during the action. A seating area for 1,500 has been designed around the playing zone.

Matches will be broadcast on ESPN and ESPN+.

The six, location-tied teams for TGL’s inaugural season: Atlanta Drive GC, Boston, Jupiter Links GC, Los Angeles Golf Club, New York Golf Club and the Bay Golf Club, have attracted heavy hitters in the sports space, including Arthur Blank, Steve Cohen, Alexis Ohanian and Marc Lasry, as well as athletes Serena Williams, Stephen Curry and Giannis Antetokounmpo. Woods partnered with David Blitzer for the Jupiter franchise.

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Christen Press, a two-time World Cup champion and the first player the team signed, said the facility will help make Angel City a destination.

“For the last three years, when we go as a club and talk to top players in the world, we didn’t have this facility to offer,” she said. “It’s a huge part of our day-to-day experience as an athlete and it matters.”

Angel City unveils new facility in effort ‘to build a winning culture’

When Willow Bay and her husband, Disney CEO Bob Iger, became controlling owners of Angel City last July, they inherited a women’s soccer team that had lost more games than it had won, had fewer playoff appearances than it had suspensions from the league and would end the year by parting ways with its second general manager and second head coach in three seasons.

So on Tuesday, when Bay cut the ribbon on the team’s massive new performance center at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, it was with the hope that would mark the start of Angel City’s turnaround as well.

“This is the vision of this team that we’re helping support and execute,” said Bay, dean of the USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism, who joined her husband in investing $50 million in cash for the team to expand its budget and ease its losses. “It was very clear that we needed to invest in football operations here and support the leadership and support the players and making sure they had all the resources they needed to build a winning culture.”

The opening of the performance center comes six days after Angel City announced the hiring of Mark Parsons, one of the most successful coaches in NWSL history, as its sporting director. Parsons said the new training facility will be a big help in recruiting women to come play for his new team.

“If I can get them here and get them to walk around, then it’s going to be very hard for people not wanting to be in this environment,” he said. “When I think of Angel City and why I want to be here, what has started with an ownership group and investors to build a brand that is world-leading, how female athletes should be supported, knowing the ambition now and putting in a performance center that no other women’s sports team has in the world, you’ve kind of touched everything.”

The performance center is part of a 9-acre training base Angel City inherited from the Rams when the NFL team moved to Woodland Hills in August. It is the largest and most modern in the NWSL history, boasting a 5,400-square-foot gym, three locker rooms, a film room, a medical treatment and hydrotherapy area, and a children’s playroom, among other things. There is one full soccer pitch and an adjoining half field.

It’s a big step up from the last three seasons when Angel City worked out of a pair of temporary trailers in a far corner of the CLU campus and used a weight room that wasn’t actually a room, but a huge tent. Angel City would not say exactly how much it spent on refurbishing the facility but said it was a “multimillion-dollar custom rebuild.”

The move into the new facility comes at a time when the league is adjusting to radical new rules that have altered the building of rosters. Last September the NWSL became the first major professional league in the U.S. to ditch the draft, which bound players to the team that selected them. The new collective-bargaining agreement between the league and the players’ association also allows for out-of-contract players to negotiate with every team in the league and gives players the right to block trades to teams they don’t want to play for.

As a result, signing players now means recruiting them first.

“My job has just got much, much more easy with this facility,” Parsons said. “A few more clubs over the last few years have been investing. [But] this is unlike nowhere else. I’m excited to be a part of an organization that cares that much.

“But I’m also excited that my skill set just got a bit easier, because everyone’s going to want to be here.”

Christen Press, a two-time World Cup champion and the first player the team signed, said the facility will help make Angel City a destination.

“For the last three years, when we go as a club and talk to top players in the world, we didn’t have this facility to offer,” she said. “It’s a huge part of our day-to-day experience as an athlete and it matters.”

Whether it will be enough to turn around a team that lost a franchise-record 13 games last season, finishing 12th in the 14-team NWSL, remains to be seen. In the last month Matt Wade, the assistant general manager, and technical director Mark Wilson agreed to a one-year contract extension along with Press, added French forward Julie Dufour and Australian defender Alanna Kennedy, and signed Mississippi State midfielder Macey Hodge.

Still, the team will begin preseason training Wednesday without a permanent replacement for coach Becki Tweed and with Parsons just a week into his job replacing general manager Angela Mangano Hucles.

Parsons said the team has signed Sam Laity, who formerly worked in Seattle and Houston, to manage the club on an interim basis as he searches for a permanent coach.

“Getting the right person is the priority,” Parsons said. “If the right person is available sooner rather than later, fine. If we have to wait for that right person and they’re not available until the summer, then we’re open to that as well.”

For the time being, Bay is promising to be patient and supportive. The results, however, must follow eventually.

“Bob and I were very clear about investing the resources in this team and the people who lead and manage it. And most certainly the women who play for it,” she said.

But, she added, “we know how important it is to do our best to bring a championship to this city.”

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Merrymount Colony

Merrymount Colony (1624-1630 CE) was a settlement first established in New England as Mount Wollaston in 1624 CE but renamed Mount Ma-re (referred to as Merrymount) in 1626 CE by the lawyer, writer, and colonist Thomas Morton (l. c. 1579-1647 CE), best-known, primarily, from his book New English Canaan (a treatise on the Native Americans of the region, natural history, and satiric critique of his colonist neighbors) and the work Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford (l. 1590-1657 CE), second governor of Plymouth Colony, in which he is referred to as the “heathen” who established a “school of Atheism” at Merrymount.

Unlike Plymouth Colony, or the later Massachusetts Bay Colony, Merrymount was more of a trade center than a residential/agricultural community but, owing to Morton's liberal attitude toward religion, and the rapport he developed with the Native Americans, became (according to Morton) more successful and popular than its neighbors. Morton encouraged a celebratory atmosphere and, in 1627 CE, had an 80-foot (24 m) tall Maypole erected in the town square and, declaring himself the community's host, welcomed colonists and Native Americans to a days-long festival.

Bradford sent his militia's commander Myles Standish (l. c. 1584-1656 CE) to arrest Morton in 1628 CE, and he was deported back to England. He returned in 1629 CE, however, and again took up residence at Merrymount until he was again arrested and deported and Merrymount burned in 1630 CE. The story of the colony is given in a number of 17th-century CE sources, including those by Morton, Bradford, and John Winthrop (l. c. 1588-1649 CE) of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The site of Merrymount is now a residential development in Quincy, Massachusetts, but the memory of the settlement as a progressive alternative to the Puritan or separatist models is still celebrated there occasionally by admirers of Morton in the present day.

Mount Wollaston Becomes Merrymount

Morton was employed as a lawyer by the merchant and investor Sir Ferdinando Gorges (l. c. 1565-1647 CE) in 1622 CE, went on a reconnaissance mission for him to North America, returning in 1623 CE, and was then sent back in 1624 CE on an expedition, led by Captain Richard Wollaston (d. 1626 CE) and comprised of 30 indentured servants, to establish a permanent colony for trade some 40 miles (64 km) away from Plymouth Colony. Plymouth Colony had a profitable fur trade established with the Native Americans of the region by this time and, based on Bradford's work, seem to have taken little notice of the new colony, named Mount Wollaston, at first.

In 1626 CE, according to Bradford, Wollaston took some of the indentured servants to Jamestown and hired them out to others. He died at some point the same year and, also according to Bradford, Morton convinced the servants left at Mount Wollaston to rebel against the second-in-command Wollaston had left there (a man named Fitcher), and join him in a venture in which they would all share the profits equally. Once this was accomplished, Morton renamed the settlement Mount Ma-re (from the French mer for “sea” as it was near the coast but a play on “merry”), later known as Merrymount.

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Daniel Thomas - from a FB comment on the meme:

- [ ] The crowd was ostensibly angry but it was a somewhat joyful tone that split the morning air as the convicted and Removed President, wearing an appropriate red felon jumpsuit, with a black silken hood over his head, was led 40 feet up the stairs to the impressive stainless steel guillotine erected in Times Square this brisk fall morning. We are receiving reports from those near to where the Correctional Officers from Ryker’s Island and Federal Marshalls guide The dethroned president who would have been King through the stoic but bitter gathering of watchers saying they hear a childlike whimpering emanating from underneath the black hood.

- [ ] We watch the unprecedented procession unfold before our Nation as a definitive Day of Retribution for the nation, after this man had ransacked our very name throughout the world, destroyed our alliances, and flushed billions of dollars down the toilet while paying, or having his actually wealthy backers pay, complicit news organizations to cast him in a favorable light to their unsuspecting followers.

- [ ] On an informative note, let us also share that the Farmers of America, auto workers and NYPD have helped in a united effort to have this massive but oddly beautiful Stainless Steel Guillotine designed and built with state of the art failsafes to insure that the ex-President’s neck will be severed instantly and completely. A co-operative project between the engineers from Boeing and Lockheed, with some ancillary from the Disney Corporation, this 87 foot tall Madame Guillotine shall, after serving its intended purpose, be relocated to a picturesque spot near the New White House, which has been in recent years called the House of White Power due to the the thankfully short lived rise of The Nationalist Movement in the US. It will embody a significance comparable to the Statue of Liberty or the Washington Monument for our true citizens, and a palpable warning to Nationalist thinking in this country, which has now been so palpably ostracized by the vast majority as to be simply ridiculed, yes, even In some places like Alabama! Some experts have intimated that, in fact, this criminal to mankind will very probably have a moment or perhaps most of a minute or two to perceive the crowd and perhaps his own headless body if his head lands in the basket at the proper angle, and if his own blood doesn’t obscure his view.

- [x] The crowd is getting louder now, we can hear. As there will be a few minutes before the climactic moment, we break briefly for commercial. The commercials for this spectacular event are clearly surpassing in sheer ostentatiousness the Super Bowl ads of fame, and some are quite provocative, ladies and gentlemen, given the reestablishment of our democracy and the hope we all share of finally undoing and obliterating all the self-serving acts this ex-president has engendered.

- [ ] So we cut now to Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream!!

and a FB answer to some MAGAs crying tears about the meme above:

It’s a WARNING!

When rights are taken away, you never get them back easily. Trying to make people understand where fascism leads, such as beheading your “enemies”. (Not always literally.)

This country, founded on the IDEA that people should be able to make their own rules, design their own laws, appoint their own leaders and everyone is equal under the law.

For years right wing politicians have been determined to change America into a country RULED by ELITES. All these years later while telling you the “elites” are celebrities, TV newscasters, athletes, or authors, we find out the true elites are real estate investors, tech entrepreneurs, and corrupt SC Justices.

They aren’t fiercely determined to fix our crumbling infrastructure, they aren’t concerned about lack of healthcare for Americans, they have NO PLANS to make life better in any way in our country.

They intend to OWN, PROFIT FROM, TAKE, SELL OFF, BARGAIN WITH, LIE ABOUT, DECEIVE, WHATEVER IS NEEDED TO TAKE EVERY DIME THEY CAN FROM AND GIVE ZERO BACK TO you!

You could have researched them and found they have left a long line of lied to, defrauded, embezzled, broke people in their wake.

They are concerned with POWER, MONEY, POWER

But they have you complaining about a singer, a movie star, or a meme.

Keeping you busy while they steal food right out of your mouth.

STEP 1 Cut Social Security and Medicare to have money to give billionaires another tax cut.

STEP 2 deport ENOUGH immigrants to make it LOOK GOOD. Keeping their “personal” illegals hidden away from sight. Arrangements CAN be made for swaths of illegals to work for chicken plants, vegetable farms and such, FOR A PRICE. That’s what this whole, “they’re criminals, drug dealers, murderers, they’ll slit your throat for nothing.” Business is all about.

FIGURING OUT HOW TO MAKE A BUCK FROM ILLEGALS BY BEING IN CHARGE OF DISTRIBUTING THEM!

They’re gonna make sure you have plenty to worry about, while they SELL our military to others, bargain with our nuclear capabilities for highest payment, use our tax money to build another tower, rocket, or AI project, and you won’t even notice you have become a third world society, living in the richest nation in the world, with NO ALLIES, NO ABILITY TO RAISE YOUR STANDARD OF LIVING, and NO JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS.

Maybe some country out there will someday allow YOU an immigrant from America to seek ASYLUM!

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Singer-songwriter Niall Horan will tee it up as the latest investor in TGL, the tech-infused team golf league backed by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy. Horan, who first gained fame as a member of boy band One Direction, invested in Boston Common Golf through his investment vehicle Greenbridge Ventures.

Boston Common Golf is one of the six inaugural TGL teams and owned by Fenway Sports Group and McIlroy’s investment firm, Symphony Ventures.

McIlroy and Horan both hail from Ireland and have been longtime friends. “Golf has been a lifelong passion of mine,” Horan said in a statement. “Being able to combine my love for the game and my friendship with Rory into a relationship that helps launch a new concept in golf is truly special.”

TGL teams will each feature four golfers hitting shots into a golf simulator screen until they are within 50 yards of the hole and the action transfers to a short game area that transforms between holes. The season includes 15 matches, plus playoffs.

Horan will also serve as an ambassador for Boston Common Golf, which will benefit from his massive social media following, which includes 72 million combined followers on Instagram and Twitter—Woods has 10 million and McIlroy 6 million.

In 2015, Horan launched a sports agency focused on golf, Modest! Golf Management, with his business partner, Mark McDonnell. Their clients include Tyrrell Hatton, who has won six European Tour events and one on the PGA Tour. That same year, Horan served as McIlroy’s caddie in the Masters’ annual Par 3 Contest.

In addition to his singing career, Horan was a coach the past year on The Voice and coached the winner in back-to-back seasons. He is currently on the North American leg of his global tour.

TGL was slated to start play this January, but delayed its inaugural season to begin Jan. 7, 2025 after a power failure caused the dome of the SoFi Center in Palm Beach Gardens to deflate. The required repairs led the TGL to delay a year. Last month, Horan visited TGL’s performance lab to preview the technology that will be used in the competition.

The SoFi Center will boast a 3,000-square-foot simulator screen and a 22,475-square-foot customizable short game area. TGL rules also include a shot clock, and the league plans for players to be mic’d up during the action. A seating area for 1,500 has been designed around the playing zone.

Matches will be broadcast on ESPN and ESPN+.

The six, location-tied teams for TGL’s inaugural season: Atlanta Drive GC, Boston, Jupiter Links GC, Los Angeles Golf Club, New York Golf Club and the Bay Golf Club, have attracted heavy hitters in the sports space, including Arthur Blank, Steve Cohen, Alexis Ohanian and Marc Lasry, as well as athletes Serena Williams, Stephen Curry and Giannis Antetokounmpo. Woods partnered with David Blitzer for the Jupiter franchise.

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County Fair Potatoes, Inc. - Revolutionizing the Potato Industry

Welcome to County Fair Potatoes, Inc., a start-up featuring the unique combination of a multi-generational Idaho potato farmer, real estate, development, and potato processing experts, with the goal of capitalizing on the strong demand for French fries and frozen potato products in the U.S. and abroad. CFP will occupy 74,000 square feet in a new 280,000-square-foot facility that will be constructed by Fall 2025. This deal is unique because of vertical integration (food processing, lease income, cold storage services, etc.); the idea of adding various types of income into the financial model, thus increasing the value of the company, real estate footprint, and mitigating the risk of failure.

Why County Fair Potatoes?

Rapid Growth: The demand for French Fries is skyrocketing both in the US and internationally. Industry experts highlight that current production levels are not meeting this increasing demand.

Vertical Integration: Our company encompasses food manufacturing, sales, transportation, and facilities management. This approach minimizes costs, enhances efficiency, reduces food waste, and maximizes profitability.

Global Reach: By implementing a unique online B2B e-commerce strategy, we enable customers worldwide to sell genuine Idaho-certified potato products at reduced costs, with white-label capacity.

Eco-Friendly Products: Our potatoes are organic, non-GMO, low in salt, sugar, and preservatives, and incredibly tasty!

Investor Benefits

High Returns: Enjoy an impressive IRR of 167.7% and a real estate exit multiple of 2.5X.

Join Us: Interested in becoming an owner? Visit our crowdfunding site for more information: https://www.invown.com/app/pitch/cfp

Join us in transforming the potato industry and bringing the best Idaho potatoes to tables around the world!

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Upgrading To New Property In Mumbai

Upgrading to new property in other hand you are upgrading your lifestyle. As Mumbai residential properties has major competitions for having top tier environment & amenities to showcase power builds & modern marvels in infrastructure sectors. People living in suburbs nearby mumbai, dream to having their Mumbai Home & always passionate about it. Many of them succesfull to grab opportunities to invest in thier dream home. Periodically Pricing of residential houses Increasing Day by Day, hence here many hurdles to cross any Investor or Buyer To fulfill their demands. Here, We Described catergories where people currently Interested.

Residential Real Estate

Luxury Living Mumbai's real estate is the pricey in India but also highly regarded. Buyers can Upgrade from high-rise apartments to standalone villas in exclusive areas like Juhu, Bandra West, Cuffe Parade, Malabar Hill, and Worli. These luxury apartments often have beautiful sea views and cost around Rs 40,000 per square foot or more.

Affordable Homes While housing in Mumbai is expensive, some areas offer more affordable options. Neighborhoods like Borivali, Ghatkopar, Vikhroli, Malad, and Chembur have flats averaging around Rs 20,000 per square foot. These areas have good schools, hospitals, restaurants, and entertainment options, with easy access to the rest of Mumbai. Commuting to the Bandra-Kurla Complex, a major business area, usually takes 30 to 45 minutes from these neighborhoods. Mumbai is a popular choice not just for luxury buyers but also for the middle class. Major mumbai residents choose these areas as per their financial stablity.

Commercial Properties

As India's financial capital, Mumbai hosts many local and international companies. It's also a popular spot for startups, increasing the need for office space. The Bandra-Kurla Complex is a prime business district with many government and private offices. Other important business areas include Lower Parel, Andheri, and Nariman Point.

Hurdles While Upgrading To New Property

Lack Of Resources & Capital. While Upgarding To New Property, Investor Needed financial stabilty to use his earned savings / capital. Lack of this many of them choose the way of loans & EMI to Get Their Dream Homes.

Change Of Location & Adapting To New Neighbourhood This A common difficulty to each person of the family to adapt in new neighbourhood while upgrading to new homes. For The childrens shifting them to new schools & Grand Parents to introduce in new community is a big task in this upgrade process.

Update In Relocation Of Documents It's A major part, after shifting to their new homes, it's mandate to chnage in their permanant aadresses Or postal addresses to new one, This becomes Important because of government documents like passport, adhar cards, etc were Linked to old addresses & for further usage of these its needed to give them proof of relocation, while upgrading to new homes at new loaction.

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Grace King Morgan Stanley Senior Banker, Senior Vice President of Wealth Management

Ms. Grace is the first woman from mainland China admitted to Columbia University. After graduation, Ms. Grace started working on Wall Street in the 1980s. She has served the most famous institutions and investors on Wall Street and has extensive and rich personal relationships.

This investment banking giant is known as "Mogul" in the Chinese industry. It is headquartered in a 750,000-square-foot office building in Manhattan, New York City. Its business areas include stocks, bonds, foreign exchange, funds, futures, investment banking, Securities underwriting, corporate financial consulting, institutional corporate marketing, real estate, private wealth management, direct investment, institutional investment management, etc.

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Adnan Vadria: Unveiling the Promise of Growth in Investing in Commercial Real Estate

Delve into the world of commercial real estate investment with Adnan Vadria as your trusted guide. In this enlightening exploration, Adnan Vadria reveals how every square foot of commercial property holds the potential for significant growth and prosperity. With an expert's eye, he navigates the dynamic landscape of commercial real estate, sharing strategic insights, market trends, and valuable considerations for aspiring investors. Whether you are venturing into your first commercial property investment or expanding your portfolio, Adnan Vadria's expertise empowers you to seize lucrative opportunities and make well-informed decisions. Embrace the promise of growth in investing in commercial real estate with the guidance of Adnan Vadria, an industry authority, and visionary entrepreneur.

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Reliaable Developers: The Advantages of Investing in BDA Approved Plots

Investing in real estate has always been a profitable­ endeavor, and one of the­ most secure options in this sphere­ is opting for BDA (Bangalore Development Authority) approved plots. Bangalore, as a flourishing metropolis, offers numerous opportunities for real estate investors, and BDA-approve­d plots include numerous bene­fits making them a good sele­ction. In this blog, we will explore the­ primary advantages of investing in BDA-approved plots.

Understanding BDA Approval:

BDA approval is a hallmark of credibility and reliability in the real estate sector. BDA rigorously inspe­cts and sanctions plots only after validating that they adhere­ to each of the require­d rules and standards. This ensures that your investment is in a legally sound and secure property.

Application Process:

Check the BDA website: Visit the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) website for information on available plots, regulations, and application forms.

Eligibility Criteria: Ensure you meet the eligibility criteria specified by BDA for plot allotment.

Application Submission: Fill out the application form and submit it along with the required documents and application fee.

Lottery or Auction: BDA may conduct a lottery or auction for plot allotment. Participate as per the specified procedure.

Verification: After allotment, undergo verification processes to complete the purchase. This step involves confirming the authenticity of your documents and ensuring compliance with BDA regulations.

Payment: Pay the cost of the plot as per the allotted rate within the stipulated time. This step is crucial for securing your plot and completing the transaction. Timely payment is essential to avoid forfeiture of the allotted plot.

BDA's systematic application process, including thorough eligibility checks, lotteries or auctions, and subsequent verifications, ensures a fair and transparent allocation of plots.

Appreciation and Value Addition:

One of the­ big advantages of investing in plots approved by the­ Bangalore Developme­nt Authority is the potential for significant appreciation and value addition. These plots are often strategically located in areas earmarked for development and growth. As Bangalore e­xpands, the need for land in approve­d layouts increases, leading to a big rise­ in property value over a long time­. The cost of BDA-approved plots in Bangalore varie­s based on place, size, and ame­nities. On average, price­s can go from INR 2,000 to INR 10,000 per square foot. For instance, Reliaable Residenza, a BDA-approved plot is located near the Konappana Agrahara metro station and an Anugrahaa Hospital. This positioning enhances the property's value over time, offering investors a handsome return on investment. 

Legal Assurance and Risk Mitigation:

BDA approval provides a robust legal framework for your investment. The authority conducts a thorough check to make sure the land has cle­ar ownership papers and is free from any encumbrances. This greatly lowers the­ risks of legal disputes and makes sure owne­rship is a smooth and hassle-free experience.  With the right documents and le­gal approval, investors can feel safe­ knowing their investment in plots from reputable developers like Reliaable Developers who have received positive Reliaable Developers Reviews is secure and legally authorized.

Planned Infrastructure around BDA Plots:

One significant be­nefit of investing in plots approved by the­ Bangalore Developme­nt Authority is the planned infrastructure that typically accompanie­s them. Layouts sanctioned by the BDA commonly include­ well-constructed roads, drainage systems, parks, and othe­r crucial facilities. By prioritizing organized growth, the authority e­nhances livability in these ne­ighborhoods. The commitme­nt to planned developme­nt raises the overall standard of living, cre­ating desirable areas for living and working. Reliaable Dollars Colony is one of the examples which is well-planned with good road connectivity and well-maintained roads. The development provides many amenities like a 24-hour water supply, a gated community, a swimming pool, a clubhouse, and more, contributing to an enhanced quality of life in the area. This planned infrastructure not only adds value to the property but also contributes to a thriving and well-connected community.

Conclusion: In conclusion, investing in BDA-approved plots in Bangalore offers a range of advantages that make it a prudent choice for real estate investors. The credibility and legal assurance provided by BDA approval, coupled with the potential for significant appreciation and well-planned infrastructure which creates a winning combination for those who are looking to build a secure and profitable real estate portfolio. As Bangalore continues to evolve as a dynamic city, BDA-approved plots stand out as a reliable and promising investment opportunity in the ever-expanding real estate landscape.

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Kausani Land for Sale: Invest in Square-Foot Blocks in Uttarakhand’s Hidden Gem

Secure your piece of Kausani’s pristine landscape with square-foot plots designed for investors looking for valuable real estate. Discover exclusive square-foot investment opportunities in the serene hill station of Kausani. Ideal for both high returns and long-term wealth.

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

October obliterated temperature records, virtually guaranteeing 2023 will be hottest year on record (AP) This October was the hottest on record globally, 1.7 degrees Celsius (3.1 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than the pre-industrial average for the month—and the fifth straight month with such a mark in what will now almost certainly be the warmest year ever recorded. October was a whopping 0.4 degrees Celsius (0.7 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than the previous record for the month in 2019, surprising even Samantha Burgess, deputy director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the European climate agency. “The amount that we’re smashing records by is shocking,” Burgess said. After the cumulative warming of these past several months, it’s virtually guaranteed that 2023 will be the hottest year on record, according to Copernicus.

U.S. service members’ data is easy and cheap to purchase online, study finds (NBC News) Duke University published a study on Monday about how easy and affordable it is to obtain personal information about active-duty U.S. service members—and the answer is “very.” Researchers bought nearly 50,000 service members’ records for a little over $10,000 throughout the course of the study. In fact, researchers say they purchased everything from names, phone numbers, and addresses to names of service members’ children, marital status, net worth, and credit ratings for as little as 12 cents per person. The study has shed light on a concern that not properly regulating data brokers has, essentially, led to a national security risk.

Panama’s deadly protests (Washington Post) On the surface, the protests that have shaken Panama the past two weeks are about a government contract that allows a Canadian company to expand its copper mining operations here. But what’s at stake, all sides say, is a much larger question: What kind of country is this Central American isthmus going to be—one that preserves its natural riches or develops them? And if the answer is development, another question: Should a country that owes its existence to U.S. exploitation—Theodore Roosevelt broke it off from Colombia in 1903 so the United States could finish and control the Panama Canal—continue in 2023 to surrender its natural advantages to foreign investors? Two more protesters were killed on Tuesday, police said, bringing the total during the demonstrations to at least four.

Portugal’s prime minister resigns as his government is involved in a corruption investigation (AP) Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa resigned Tuesday after his government was involved in a widespread corruption probe, sending a shock wave through the normally tranquil politics of the European Union member. The 62-year-old Costa, Portugal’s Socialist leader since 2015, asserted his innocence but said in a nationally televised address that “in these circumstances, obviously, I have presented my resignation to the president of the republic.” The announcement came hours after police arrested his chief of staff while raiding several public buildings and other properties as part of the probe.

In Switzerland, Most People Rent for Life (NYT) In any other country, Philip Skiba, a well-paid analyst working in the finance industry, might not hesitate to buy a home. But in the town where he lives, on the outskirts of Zurich, even the ugly houses, as he describes them, go for millions. Last year, a simple, beige stucco home in his neighborhood went up for sale. The price: 7.5 million Swiss francs, or about $8.3 million. Buying a single-family home anywhere near Zurich is not just a luxury. “It’s beyond luxury,” Mr. Skiba said. “Two kids, a house, a garden, two cars—I don’t know anybody who has that.” Switzerland’s nine million residents are some of the wealthiest people on the planet—and they are mostly renters. The average price for a studio apartment in Zurich is $1.1 million. On a square-foot basis, Zurich is about 80 percent more expensive than Paris. Switzerland offers the world a glimpse of a post-ownership society. Around 36 percent of the Swiss own their homes or apartments, the lowest rate in the West and well below the 70 percent average in the European Union, and the 67 percent in the United States. In the United States and many other countries, homeownership is generally considered a rite of passage. In Switzerland, where the terrain is 70 percent mountains and expensive real estate on limited buildable land has been the reality for generations, a lifetime of renting is not considered a personal failure or a shortcoming of the system.

What’s Up With Ukraine? (Politico/Guardian) While all eyes have been on Gaza, the war in Ukraine has heated up. Over the weekend, the two sides traded strikes, trying to eke out victories as winter threatens to slow down larger military operations. Mykola Oleshchuk, commander of the Ukrainian Air Forces, claimed that his country had destroyed a Russian Kalibr missile carrier docked at a port in Russian-held Crimea on Saturday. He hinted that Ukraine had used French SCALP cruise missiles in the attack. Russia confirmed in a statement that the carrier had been damaged, but it’s unclear if it was fully destroyed. In response, Russia attacked the Odesa region on Sunday, causing damage to an art museum and port infrastructure with a combination of suicide drones and missiles. On the diplomatic front, a Ukrainian deputy prime minister promised that the country would complete the reforms necessary for it to join the European Union within two years.

Jailed Iranian Nobel laureate begins hunger strike (BBC) Jailed Iranian human right activist Narges Mohammadi has begun a hunger strike, a month after she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, her family says. The 51-year-old is protesting against Iran’s denial of medical care to her and other inmates and its mandatory hijab law, according to a statement. She needs treatment for heart and lung conditions but a prosecutor is blocking her transfer to hospital, it says. Last week, her family said that was because she refused to cover her hair. The chairwoman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee—which awarded Ms Mohammadi the peace prize for “her fight against the oppression of women in Iran”—said it was deeply concerned. “The requirement that female inmates must wear a hijab in order to be hospitalised is inhumane and morally unacceptable.”

Under Scrutiny Over Gaza, Israel Points to Civilian Toll of U.S. Wars (NYT) Falluja. Mosul. Hiroshima. Facing global criticism over a bloody military campaign in Gaza that has killed thousands of civilians, Israeli officials have turned to history in their defense. And the names of several infamous sites of death and destruction have been on their lips. In public statements and private diplomatic conversations, the officials have cited past Western military actions in urban areas dating from World War II to the post-9/11 wars against terrorism. Their goal is to help justify a campaign against Hamas that is claiming thousands of Palestinian lives. In those earlier conflicts, innocent civilians paid the price for the defeat of enemies. In Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as many as 200,000 civilians perished after the United States dropped atomic bombs to force Japan’s surrender. In Iraq, hundreds of civilians were killed in Falluja as U.S. forces fought Iraqi insurgents, and thousands died in Mosul in Iraqi and American battles against the Islamic State. Israel insists that it is trying to limit civilian casualties in a war against a terrorist enemy, which began when Hamas killed 1,400 people on Oct. 7 in southern Israel, most of them civilians. Human rights advocates and many governments in Europe and the Middle East scoff at that. They accuse Israel of committing war crimes in the weeks of airstrikes that have leveled entire city blocks in Gaza, destroying schools, mosques and other seemingly nonmilitary targets.

Netanyahu faces rising anger from within Israel (CBS News) While Israel’s government continues to wage its war against Hamas, public support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in freefall. According to a recent poll by an Israeli news station, 76% of respondents say that Netanyahu should resign. The main cause of this backlash is his government’s failure to preemptively stop the October 7 attacks by Hamas. Officials from both the U.S. and Egypt claim that Egypt had warned Israel of the attacks before they happened, but the country ignored the warning. Israel has said that those claims are “absolutely false.” The opposition to Netanyahu is nothing new, though. Prior to the October 7 attacks, he was already facing massive political backlash for his attempts to erode the power of Israel’s Supreme Court.

Jordan’s Queen Rania says being pro-Palestinian does not equal being ‘antisemitic’ (CNN) Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan has called for a ceasefire in Israel’s war against Hamas, saying that supporting the protection of Palestinian lives does not equal being antisemitic or pro-terrorism. “Let me be very, very clear. Being pro-Palestinian is not being antisemitic, being pro-Palestinian does not mean you’re pro-Hamas or pro-terrorism,” Rania told CNN’s Becky Anderson on Sunday. “What we’ve seen in recent years is the charge of antisemitism being weaponized in order to silence any criticism of Israel,” she said. “I want to absolutely and wholeheartedly condemn antisemitism and Islamophobia…but I also want to remind everyone that Israel does not represent all the Jewish people around the world. Israel is a state and it alone is responsible for its own crimes.”

Why There’s No End in Sight For the Israel-Hamas War (Slate) One month has passed since the Israel-Hamas war began, and no end seems to be in sight. There are three reasons why. First, both sides have maximalist goals: Hamas, to wipe the state of Israel off the map; Israel, to destroy Hamas as a political force that rules Gaza and as a military force that can threaten Israel ever again. Neither goal is achievable. Israel isn’t going anywhere, and even if the Israeli army kills every Hamas commander, others will rise to take their place. Second, neither side’s leaders are inclined to compromise. Israelis view Hamas as an existential threat. Its Oct. 7 attack killed 1,400 people—more Jews killed in one day than at any time since the Holocaust. Hamas’ commanders, having achieved what they see as a glorious success, which has roused global support for Palestinians on a scale never before seen, may see the conflict as the last chance to strike a big blow. Third, only outside pressure can moderate the two combatants’ goals, much less stop the fighting, but there are limits on what outsiders can—or want to—do. The United States, which is fast becoming Israel’s only powerful ally, has held back Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his unity wartime Cabinet to some degree, but just some. Meanwhile, the neighboring Arab nations make grand declarations of support for Palestinians, but they aren’t doing very much to help them, and never have. Egypt has blockaded Gaza’s southern border as fervently, and for as long, as Israel has blockaded from the north. Its leaders have no interest in hosting Gazan refugees from Israel’s bombing. Neither do the rulers of Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan, or the others.

Chaos as Optus outage disconnects half of Australia (Reuters) For millions of Australians who could not pay for goods, book rides, get medical care or even make phone calls, a nine-hour near-total service blackout from the company which provides 40% of the country's internet became a lesson in the risks of a society that has moved almost entirely online. In the three years to 2022, Australian cash transactions halved to 16% as pandemic restrictions sped up a longer-term trend toward so-called contactless payments, according to the Reserve Bank of Australia. One-quarter of the country's doctor appointments are online or by phone, government data shows. Optus gave no explanation for the outage except to say it was investigating it. Most of its services were restored by the afternoon. Until then, even taking a walk became more difficult, at least for people who needed directions. "I'm looking for a bank, and when you can't go onto your phone and Google pretty much you are lost," said Angela Ican, a security officer in Sydney's central business district.

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Merrymount Colony

Merrymount Colony (1624-1630 CE) was a settlement first established in New England as Mount Wollaston in 1624 CE but renamed Mount Ma-re (referred to as Merrymount) in 1626 CE by the lawyer, writer, and colonist Thomas Morton (l. c. 1579-1647 CE), best-known, primarily, from his book New English Canaan (a treatise on the Native Americans of the region, natural history, and satiric critique of his colonist neighbors) and the work Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford (l. 1590-1657 CE), second governor of Plymouth Colony, in which he is referred to as the “heathen” who established a “school of Atheism” at Merrymount.

Unlike Plymouth Colony, or the later Massachusetts Bay Colony, Merrymount was more of a trade center than a residential/agricultural community but, owing to Morton's liberal attitude toward religion, and the rapport he developed with the Native Americans, became (according to Morton) more successful and popular than its neighbors. Morton encouraged a celebratory atmosphere and, in 1627 CE, had an 80-foot (24 m) tall Maypole erected in the town square and, declaring himself the community's host, welcomed colonists and Native Americans to a days-long festival.

Bradford sent his militia's commander Myles Standish (l. c. 1584-1656 CE) to arrest Morton in 1628 CE, and he was deported back to England. He returned in 1629 CE, however, and again took up residence at Merrymount until he was again arrested and deported and Merrymount burned in 1630 CE. The story of the colony is given in a number of 17th-century CE sources, including those by Morton, Bradford, and John Winthrop (l. c. 1588-1649 CE) of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The site of Merrymount is now a residential development in Quincy, Massachusetts, but the memory of the settlement as a progressive alternative to the Puritan or separatist models is still celebrated there occasionally by admirers of Morton in the present day.

Mount Wollaston Becomes Merrymount

Morton was employed as a lawyer by the merchant and investor Sir Ferdinando Gorges (l. c. 1565-1647 CE) in 1622 CE, went on a reconnaissance mission for him to North America, returning in 1623 CE, and was then sent back in 1624 CE on an expedition, led by Captain Richard Wollaston (d. 1626 CE) and comprised of 30 indentured servants, to establish a permanent colony for trade some 40 miles (64 km) away from Plymouth Colony. Plymouth Colony had a profitable fur trade established with the Native Americans of the region by this time and, based on Bradford's work, seem to have taken little notice of the new colony, named Mount Wollaston, at first.

In 1626 CE, according to Bradford, Wollaston took some of the indentured servants to Jamestown and hired them out to others. He died at some point the same year and, also according to Bradford, Morton convinced the servants left at Mount Wollaston to rebel against the second-in-command Wollaston had left there (a man named Fitcher), and join him in a venture in which they would all share the profits equally. Once this was accomplished, Morton renamed the settlement Mount Ma-re (from the French mer for “sea” as it was near the coast but a play on “merry”), later known as Merrymount.

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March 15, 2023

Heather Cox Richardson

The Justice Department today announced the arrest of Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui, also known as Ho Wan Kwok and Miles Guo, charged with defrauding followers of more than $1 billion. The 12-count indictment for wire fraud, securities fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering says Guo and a co-conspirator, Kin Ming Je, raised money by promising stock in Guo’s GTV Media Group, a high-end club, or cryptocurrency but then used the money themselves for items that included a $53,000 fireplace log holder, a watch storage box that cost almost $60,000, and two $36,000 mattresses, as well as more typical luxury items: a 50,000-square-foot mansion, a Lamborghini, and designer furniture.

The U.S. government seized more than $630 million from multiple bank accounts as well as other assets purchased with illicit money. If convicted, Guo faces up to 20 years in prison. Guo has attracted donors by developing the idea that he is a principled opponent of the Chinese Communist Party, but Dan Friedman, who writes on lobbying and corruption for Mother Jones, points out that this persona appears to be a grift. Guo is close to sometime Trump ally Steve Bannon, who was reading a book on Guo’s yacht, Lady May, when federal officers arrested him in 2020 for defrauding donors of $25 million in his “We Build the Wall” fundraising campaign. Rather than constructing a wall, Bannon and three associates funneled that money to themselves. Trump pardoned Bannon for that scheme hours before he left office. Friedman points out that prosecutors say Guo’s criminal conspiracy began in 2018, which is the year that Guo and Bannon launched The Rule of Law Foundation and the Rule of Law Society. They claimed the organizations would defend human rights in China and then, according to prosecutors, lured donors to other products. In April 2020, Guo and Bannon formed the GTV Media Group, which flooded the news with disinformation before the 2020 election, especially related to Hunter Biden and the novel coronavirus. Sued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in September 2021 for the illegal sale of cryptocurrency, GTV paid more than $539 million to settle the case. Bannon’s War Room webcast features Guo performing its theme song. One of the entities Guo and Bannon created together is the “New Federal State of China,” which sponsored the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., earlier this month. In other money news, Hugo Lowell of The Guardian reported today that $8 million of the loans that bankrolled Trump’s social media platform Truth Social came from two entities that are associated with Anton Postolnikov, a relation of an ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin named Aleksandr Smirnov. Banks continue to writhe, in Europe this time, as Credit Suisse disclosed problems in its reporting and its largest investor, Saudi National Bank, said it would not inject more cash into the institution. The government of Switzerland says it will backstop the bank. In the U.S., Michael Brown, a venture partner at Shield Capital and former head of the Defense Department’s Defense Innovation Unit, told Marcus Weisgerber and Patrick Tucker of Defense One that the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank had the potential to be a big problem for national security, since a number of the affected start-ups were working on projects for the defense sector. “If you want to kind of knock out the seed corn for the next decade or two of innovative tech, much of which we need for the competition with China, [collapsing SVB] would have been a very effective blow. [Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin] would have been cheering to see so many companies fail.” Federal and state investigators are looking into the role of Representative George Santos (R-NY) in the sale of a $19 million yacht from one of his wealthy donors to another, for which he collected a broker’s fee. In an interview with Semafor last December, Santos explained that his income had jumped from $55,000 in 2020 to enough money to loan his 2022 campaign $705,000 because he had begun to act as a broker for boat or plane sales. He told Semafor: “If you’re looking at a $20 million yacht, my referral fee there can be anywhere between $200,000 and $400,000.” Today’s emphasis on money and politics brings to mind the speech then–FBI director Robert Mueller gave in New York in 2011, warning about a new kind of national security threat: “so-called ‘iron triangles’ of organized criminals, corrupt government officials, and business leaders” allied not by religion or political inclinations, but by greed. It also brings to mind the adamant opposition of then–National Republican Senatorial Committee chair Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to campaign finance reform in 1997 after he raised a record-breaking amount of money for Republican candidates, saying that political donations are simply a form of free speech. The Supreme Court read that interpretation into law in the 2010 Citizens United decision, but the increasingly obvious links between money, politics, and national security suggest it might be worth revisiting. Money and politics are in the news in another way today, too, as part of the ongoing budget debates. A letter yesterday from the Congressional Budget Office to Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Ron Wyden (D-OR), answering their questions about how to eliminate the deficit by 2033, says that it is impossible to balance the budget by that year without either raising revenue or cutting either Social Security, Medicare, or defense spending. Even zeroing out all discretionary spending is not sufficient. Led by House speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Republicans have promised they can do so, but they have not yet produced a budget. This CBO information makes their job harder. And finally, today, in Amarillo, Texas, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk held a hearing on the drug mifepristone, used in about half of medically induced abortions. The right-wing “Alliance Defending Freedom,” acting on behalf of antiabortion medical organizations and four doctors, is challenging the approval process the Food and Drug Administration used 22 years ago to argue that the drug should be prohibited. While the approval process took more than four years, it was conducted under an expedited process that speeds consideration of drugs that address life-threatening illnesses. “Pregnancy is not an illness,” senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom Julie Marie Blake said. And yet mifepristone is commonly used in case of miscarriage and for a number of other medical conditions. And Texas’s Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Review, released in December 2022, concluded that from March 2021 to December 2022, at least 118 deaths in Texas were related to pregnancy. In 2020, 861 deaths in the U.S. were related to pregnancy, up from 754 in 2019. Public health officials note that extensive research both in the U.S. and in Europe has proven the medication is safe and effective. They warn that a judge’s overturning a drug’s FDA approval 20 years after the fact could upend the country’s entire drug-approval system, as approvals for coronavirus treatments, for example, become plagued by political challenges. Kacsmaryk was appointed by Trump and is well known for his right-wing views on abortion and same-sex marriage. Initially, he kept the hearing over a nationwide ban on the key drug used for medicated abortion off the docket, and in a phone call last Friday he asked lawyers not to publicize today’s hearing, saying he was concerned about safety. Legal observers were outraged at the attack on judicial transparency—a key part of our justice system—and Chris Geidner of LawDork outlined the many times Kacsmaryk had taken a stand in favor of the “public’s right to know.” According to Ian Millhiser of Vox, Kacsmaryk let 19 members of the press and 19 members of the public into today’s hearing.

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