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Dangerous tornadoes rip across Midwest 

Dangerous tornadoes rip across Midwest 

Published by Sam Flores

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Midlothian homeowner may have to rip out ‘intrusive’ decking built without permission

Midlothian homeowner may have to rip out ‘intrusive’ decking built without permission

Published by Sam Flores

A home owner faces having to rip up new garden decking after complaints it overlooked their neighbours bedrooms. The work at a house on Otterburn Gardens, in Bonnyrigg, was carried out without planning permission and drew objections from three other residents. And when the applicant applied for retrospective planning permission for the new decking it was rejected by Midlothian planners who said it breached their privacy rules. A report by planning officers said the work was ‘neat’ and could not be seen from the street, but it said it raised the garden, which was already on a slope and naturally raised, too high while reducing the fence between the house and neighbours to less than a metre high. They said of one neighbouring property: “The raised ground levels within the application site allowed for overlooking to the rear windows and some overlooking over the garden ground . “However, this overlooking is significantly increased as a result of the new deck and new low fencing (0.9m high) above the deck allowing for clear and direct views …

“The Rip” is a new low for Netflix’s mindless filmmaking

“The Rip” is a new low for Netflix’s mindless filmmaking

Published by Sam Flores

Several times throughout Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s new Netflix police procedural thriller, “The Rip,” Damon’s character — the disheartened and disillusioned Lieutenant Dane Dumars, who heads up a Miami-based tactical narcotics team — glances at his phone. It seems like a curious inclusion, given that the only thing to see on Dane’s phone is a picture of his late son, who died of childhood cancer. The loss inevitably took a toll on Dane, and in most movies, this would be the kind of foundational character detail expressed once early in the film, something that would give reason to all of Dane’s ensuing actions and behavior. But that assumes the viewer is paying attention. Under the Netflix original movie model — where characters often announce what they’re doing, while they’re doing it, so viewers who are half-watching while scrolling on their phone or loading the dishwasher can follow along — Dane must look at his phone anywhere from three-to-eight more times. Audiences at home must understand that Dane misses his son, and that his grief …