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Overcoming the pay gap as a woman of color
It's no secret women earn less than men, but many women of color have even more to ground to make up
Tamara E. Holmes
To Her Credit offers targeted advice about personal finance based on unique challenges faced by women. It is authored by women with different financial backgrounds, dedicated to encouraging empowerment through financial literacy.
It's no secret that women earn less than men. On average, women earn 82 cents less for every dollar their male counterparts make.
But for women of color, the story is more complicated. Because of myriad social factors rooted in systemic racism, women of color earn less than men, and some – including Black and Hispanic women – earn less than white women, too.
The ramifications of these disparities cut across all aspects of life, affecting the schools we go to, the neighborhoods we live in, the way we raise our children and even our ability to retire. While statistics show that the odds are against women of color achieving parity when it comes to pay, there are steps we can take to increase our chances of earning what we are worth.
Overcoming the pay gap for women of color
The gender pay gap by race and ethnicity
Why the gender pay gap by race and ethnicity exists
Benefits of greater earning equality
What to consider when looking for a job
How to ask for your worth as a woman of color
How to be an ally to your women of color colleagues
The gender pay gap is the difference between what men are paid and what women earn. On top of that, there is a pay gap by race and ethnicity.
While non-Hispanic white women make, on average, 79 cents for every dollar made by non-Hispanic white men:
Asian women make 89 cents for every dollar.*
Black women earn 62 cents for every dollar.
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander women make 61 cents for every dollar.
American Indian or Alaska Native women make 57 cents for every dollar.
Hispanic women earn 54 cents for every dollar.
Years and years of earning less has put women of color at a disadvantage when it comes to paying for the most basic necessities in life. In fact, according to the National Partnership for Women & Families, if there was no gender or racial wage gap, Black women would earn enough money to pay for more than two and a half additional years of college tuition, nearly 31 additional months of child care or more than 16 additional months of health insurance premiums.
Women of color need to become strategists regarding their upward financial mobility.
Yasmeen Dunca, founder of The Sisterhood Society for Women of Color
Because of this stark reality, "women of color need to become strategists regarding their upward financial mobility," says Yasmeen Duncan, a human resources leader and founder of The Sisterhood Society for Women of Color, a nonprofit that supports multicultural women in the workplace.
There are many factors that contribute to women of color earning less. You can't have a conversation about the pay gap by race and ethnicity without acknowledging the role of racism and discrimination.
Among women who hold full-time, year-round jobs, the median annual pay for white women is $48,390, compared to $38,036 for Black women, $33,540 for Hispanic women, $34,466 for Native American women and $55,569 for Asian American women. According to the National Partnership for Women & Families, "the gaps represent the tangible consequences of sexism and white supremacy in the United States and how our country systematically devalues women of color and their labor."
You can't have a conversation about the pay gap by race and ethnicity without acknowledging the role of racism and discrimination.
However, other factors can compound the problem.
The impact of education
Asian and white adults are more likely to have a higher level of education attainment than Black, Hispanic and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander adults, according to a report by the American Council on Education.
That could be the result of a number of factors. Since Black and Hispanic families earn less, they would likely have less money to help their children pay for college. Also, students of color are more likely to attend public schools in low income areas where they may not have access to the educational resources they need to get into a competitive college.
The toll of occupational segregation
One of the effects of having fewer educational opportunities is occupational segregation. With less access to education, women of color may find themselves disproportionately in lower-paying service jobs.
Black women are, in fact, more likely to work in low-paying service fields such as domestic work and healthcare assistance than any other industry, according to the American Association of University Women (AAUW). On the flip side, Black women make up just 1% of engineers and 3% of computing, two of the highest paying fields for women.
The effects of motherhood and child care
Having children can contribute to the racial pay gap for women. Motherhood can complicate the careers of working women who must juggle demanding work schedules with caring for their children.
See related: The true costs of child care and how to manage them
But women also sacrifice earning potential when they have children. Mothers who work outside of the home typically earn 70 cents for every dollar earned by fathers. However, Black mothers earn significantly less, bringing in only 50 cents for every $1 by earned by non-Hispanic white fathers, according to the National Women's Law Center.
Motherhood can also keep women of color from advancing in their careers to higher-paid positions. According to a study by the Center for American Progress, mothers of color have a more difficult time finding child care than white mothers. For example, Hispanic families are more likely than other groups to live in an area that has no nearby child care facilities, and Black mothers are more likely than white mothers to cite costs as a barrier to child care.
For women of color, the ability to earn a fair wage can be life transforming.
With more money, women of color could have better housing and live in better neighborhoods with better schools for their children. They would be able to put more money away for retirement and have more money available for healthcare. Their children would be in a better position to attend college, perhaps without having to take out as many student loans. Those children would then be positioned to go after better jobs, leading to a cycle of generational wealth rather than generational poverty.
Every step a woman of color takes today to increase her earning potential can have a massive effect on her future and that of future generations.
Every step a woman of color takes today to increase her earning potential can have a massive effect on her future and that of future generations. The wage gap is a statistic that reflects today's reality, but by being proactive in our careers, we can be empowered to work toward a better tomorrow.
As a woman of color, you can benefit from identifying companies that are known for valuing diversity. Some organizations, such as GreatPlacestoWork.com, publish lists of the top companies to work for if you are concerned about diversity. Such lists can give you a good place to start your job search.
Networking is a great way to find such companies, particularly through race and ethnicity-based organizations such as the Black MBA Association or the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, says Angie P. Kirk, a human capital consultant in Washington, D.C. "Attend industry events, even if they are likely to be on Zoom now. It's very easy to connect from your home to learn a little bit more about your industry."
When you form close connections, you may feel comfortable talking with those colleagues about money and perhaps how much a certain job can pay. Identifying mentors is another way to get inside information from professionals in your field, who can help you identify high-paying positions before they are posted and put in a good word for you if an attractive opportunity becomes available.
Since the odds of starting at the high end of the pay scale are against you as a woman of color, you have to make a greater effort to make the case for more money. That's one reason why Janelle Harris Dixon, a writer based in Washington, D.C., took a class on improving her salary negotiation skills.
"I've been self-employed for almost 10 years, and even after all of that time, I still have a hard time speaking up for myself when it comes to money, especially asking for a higher pay rate," she says.
But she recognized that if she didn't ask for more, chances are nobody was going to volunteer to give her more. The class she took helped her think through and practice the language she would use to negotiate her rate. It also included role-playing so she could practice asking for more money.
"I think that one exercise empowered me to ask for what I want without apologizing, overexplaining or chickening out altogether," Dixon says.
Our Take: As a Hispanic woman, it's disheartening to learn that women like me only make 54 cents for every dollar made by a non-Hispanic white man. That knowledge has followed me into every job change and promotion throughout my career, especially when moving from a lower-income, minority-dense community to a bigger, whiter town. Even in the most progressive of workplaces, it is a difficult subject to broach. But I'm working to be more open with my coworkers (who are in turn more open with me) and see my worth and what is fair. It's scary to talk about – and in some workplaces, it might not feel safe to – but nothing will change until we start the conversation.
-Adriana
There are also resources you can tap to become a better negotiator. For example, the AAUW offers free in-person workshops and a virtual course that can help you learn such skills as how to determine the going rate for a particular position, as well as how to create your own negotiation strategy.
Do your research first
It is also critical to find out as much salary information as you can about a potential position.
Websites such as Glassdoor and Payscale can help you get an idea of the market pay for a particular role. Also, employees in a number of industries have recently tackled the pay gap head-on by creating and circulating spreadsheets in which workers post their salaries and positions anonymously. Such efforts throw the curtains back on salary data. If you can't find one for your field, you can always start your own.
Have a negotiation plan
When it's time to come to the negotiation table:
Don't always give all your info. "As an HR leader, I have witnessed specifically women of color shortchange themselves in fear of being counted out," Duncan says. One mistake candidates make: They tell the employer what they are currently making. As women of color, the stats suggest you have already been making less than your white counterparts, so sharing this information is a mistake. "When discussing compensation in an interview, the only information you need to give is your desired salary," Duncan adds.
Prepare to negotiate down. "When discussing compensation in an interview, ask for a minimum of $10,000-$15,000 more than the market rate," Duncan advises. "This way, if you end up negotiating, you may come away with more than the market minimum."
Consider your future earning potential. When you're discussing an offer, don't be afraid to ask about what may come later down the line. "You might ask, 'Is this salary at the end of your budget or is there room for me to still grow?'," Kirk suggests. The answer they provide to that question will let you know whether the position is likely to bring you long-term financial growth.
You don't have to be a woman of color to appreciate fairness and equality. If you want to do your part to ensure a level-playing field in the workplace, there are tangible actions you can take.
Our Take: I think one of the easiest ways for me to be an ally to my coworkers of color is being transparent about my own salary and job history. It's impossible to know that you need to ask for more if you aren't aware that you are starting behind. It's a small step, certainly, but an easy one for any white woman to take.
An advocate is someone who helps a woman of color be more visible in the workplace. If it's a manager, he or she may offer the woman of color stretch projects or partner them with individuals at higher levels in the organization, Duncan says. "An ally is a vocal advocate who uses their voice to bring attention to me by speaking up for me and others that are disadvantaged."
*Equal pay figures for this community vary widely by ethnicity.
Tamara E. Holmes is a freelance journalist who has written extensively about personal finance, health and business. She has reported and edited for print and online news organizations for more than 15 years, with her work appearing in numerous magazines, newspapers and websites.
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ALAN BARRY, MB, BCh, BAO, AND TOM FAHEY, MD, Health Research Board, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Am Fam Physician. 2020;101(12):758-759
Author disclosure: No relevant financial affiliations.
Which patients presenting with symptoms of acute rhinosinusitis have acute bacterial rhinosinusitis?
Evidence Summary
Acute rhinosinusitis in adults is defined as sinonasal inflammation that lasts less than four weeks and is associated with the sudden onset of symptoms.1 In the 2012 National Health Interview Survey, 12% of respondents reported being diagnosed with rhinosinusitis in the previous 12 months.2 In 2016, there were 8 million U.S. ambulatory visits for acute sinusitis.3 Acute bacterial rhinosinusitis develops in only 0.5% to 2% of all upper respiratory tract infections.4
A 2018 Cochrane review demonstrated that the potential benefit of antibiotics for the treatment of acute rhinosinusitis, diagnosed clinically or confirmed with imaging, is marginal.5 Without antibiotics, rhinosinusitis resolved in 46% of patients after one week and in 64% of patients after 14 days.5 Antibiotics can shorten time to resolution but in only five to 11 more people per 100 compared with placebo or no treatment.5 Despite this, approximately 86% of U.S. ambulatory visits for acute rhinosinusitis result in oral antibiotic prescriptions.1 In Europe, antibiotic prescription rates for acute rhinosinusitis in primary care range from 72% to 92%.6
There is no consensus on the diagnostic criteria for acute bacterial rhinosinusitis. A 2007 European position paper states that acute bacterial rhinosinusitis should be suspected with the presence of at least three of the following symptoms or signs: discolored discharge with unilateral predominance and purulent secretion in the nasal cavity, severe local pain with unilateral predominance, fever greater than 100.4°F (38°C), elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate or C-reactive protein (CRP) level, and double sickening (i.e., deterioration after an initial milder phase of illness).7
The American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery recommends diagnosing acute bacterial rhinosinusitis when symptoms or signs of acute rhinosinusitis (purulent nasal drainage accompanied by nasal obstruction, facial pain/pressure/fullness, or both) persist without evidence of improvement for at least 10 days after the onset of symptoms, or when symptoms or signs of acute rhinosinusitis worsen within 10 days of initial improvement or milder phase of illness (double sickening).8 However, a 2016 international consensus statement on rhinosinusitis concluded that symptoms such as purulent nasal discharge, fever, or facial pain alone cannot distinguish between viral and bacterial infection and that further studies are needed.1
In 2017, a clinical prediction rule (Table 1) was created for the diagnosis of acute rhinosinusitis and acute bacterial rhinosinusitis using 175 adult Danish patients in whom acute maxillary sinusitis was clinically suspected.9 CRP and erythrocyte sedimentation rate were measured and computed tomography of the sinuses was performed; antral puncture was also performed if computed tomography showed mucosal thickening or fluid. If a culture of antral fluid was positive for bacteria, the patient was deemed to have acute bacterial rhinosinusitis (about one-third of all patients). Of those with a low risk based on the clinical prediction rule (score of −1 to 3 points), 16% had acute bacterial rhinosinusitis, whereas of those with moderate risk (4 to 6 points) or high risk (7 to 8 points), 49% and 73% had acute bacterial rhinosinusitis, respectively.9 About one-third of patients with acute rhinosinusitis have a bacterial cause.10
Clinical finding
C-reactive protein > 1.5 mg per dL (15 mg per L) 2
Maxillary toothache 2
Tender maxillary sinus (unilateral) 2
Purulent nasal discharge 1
Preceding respiratory tract infection 1
History of sinusitis −1
Total (range: −1 to 8): ____________
Risk group Likelihood of acute bacterial rhinosinusitis
Low (−1 to 3) 13/80 (16%)
Moderate (4 to 6) 35/71 (49%)
High (7 or 8) 11/15 (73%)
This clinical prediction rule is limited by the need for a point-of-care CRP measurement, which is unavailable in many primary care practices. In addition, a number of other clinical factors, including double sickening, transillumination, and prolonged symptoms, were not taken into consideration in the study. Although internally validated, the rule should also be externally validated in a different population. Nevertheless, it does help identify the key elements of the history and examination.
In a recent systematic review and meta-analysis, the physician's overall clinical impression (clinical gestalt) was shown to predict acute bacterial rhinosinusitis.10 Using inspection or culture of antral fluid as a reference standard, clinical gestalt had a positive likelihood ratio (LR+) of 3.9 (95% CI, 2.4 to 5.9) and a negative likelihood ratio (LR–) of 0.33 (95% CI, 0.20 to 0.50) for the diagnosis of acute bacterial rhinosinusitis in adults.10 A further study of patients presenting with sinus symptoms found a 31% prevalence of imaging-confirmed acute bacterial rhinosinusitis. The best predictors of the diagnosis were clinical gestalt (LR+ = 3.8; LR– = 0.34), cacosmia (fetid breath odor; LR+ = 4.3; LR– = 0.86), and teeth pain (LR+ = 2.0; LR– = 0.77).11
Because no clinical prediction rule for acute bacterial rhinosinusitis has been validated and undergone impact analysis, physicians must rely on guidance from existing studies and guidelines. Moreover, because the benefits of antibiotics for acute rhinosinusitis are marginal,5 focusing on treating symptoms or providing a delayed antibiotic prescription may be considered initially if bacterial infection is not suspected. Patients who are more likely to have acute bacterial rhinosinusitis, and thus more likely to benefit from antibiotics, may be those with tender maxillary sinuses, maxillary toothache, a preceding upper respiratory tract infection, cacosmia, or an overall positive physician impression.
Applying the Evidence
A 35-year-old man presents to the primary care clinic with a four-day history of nasal congestion, purulent nasal discharge, and facial pain and pressure that worsen when he bends forward. On examination, he is afebrile, and purulent discharge is visible in his nose and posterior pharynx. He has facial pain with percussion of his sinuses.
Because the role of antibiotics for acute rhinosinusitis is marginal, and the diagnosis of acute bacterial rhinosinusitis is a clinical challenge in primary care, the patient is treated with analgesics and intranasal steroids and given a delayed prescription for an antibiotic to be filled if his symptoms persist or worsen significantly in the next week.
This guide is one in a series that offers evidence-based tools to assist family physicians in improving their decision-making at the point of care.
This series is coordinated by Mark H. Ebell, MD, MS, deputy editor for evidence-based medicine.
A collection of Point-of-Care Guides published in AFP is available at https://www.aafp.org/afp/poc.
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Enrica studied traditional and contemporary composition in Italy, gradually bringing her mastery and experience to screen composition since 2006. Ennio Morricone, John Corigliano and Ryuichi Sakamoto are among the composers who recognised her talent and achievements (respectively, at the III Premio Petrassi International Composition Competition in 2009, at the ISFMF Awards in 2014 and at Berlinale Talent Campus 2012 mentoring scheme). Other awards include the 2012 Peer Raben award at Soundtrack Cologne; 2012 Jerry Goldsmith Award in Music for Adverts, Spain; RMA-LA grant at the 2012 ASCAP workshop in Los Angeles; Leverhulme Trust, Fabrica Dei Talenti Scholarship and J. Horovitz award in composition for screen (2008-2010, RCM); SABAM award as nominated best young composer 2016 at World Soundtrack Awards in Gent.
In 2012 she has been one of the three composers selected for the Score Competition at Berlinale Talent Campus, scoring J.P.Zaramella Luminaris (recorded at Babelsberg Studios by Babelsberg Orchestra, Potsdam, Germany).
In the same year she has been selected among the 12 participants of the prestigious ASCAP TV and film scoring workshop with Richard Bellis, recording with the Hollywood Studio Orchestra at Fox studios, Los Angeles.
Together with her own professional commitments, she also worked as assistant for Academy award winning composer Luis Bacalov (2005-2007) and as score programmer and assistant for Emmy award winner Javier Navarrete (2012, Wrath of the Titans; 2014, Zhongkui).
She has composed soundtracks worldwide for several award-winning independent films, documentaries, animations and TV commercials. Recent feature-lengths commitments include American Fango (2016, US/Italy, romantic drama), Love Of My Life (2013, UK/Australia, drama/thriller), The Serbian Lawyer (2014, UK/Serbia, documentary), We Are Many (2014, UK, documentary) and A Quintet (2014, drama).
She is currently developing an original project in music narrative exploring the potential of programmatic music and audience responses, bringing her experience as screen composer back to the concert hall: as part of this project, she has been commissioned by renown ensemble PSAPPHA a new concert piece performed in 2015 in Manchester (as winner of the call for new works organised by Curated Place and Moving Classics – European Network for New Music supported by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union).
Her style is identified by lush melodies, quirky twists and - when not kidnapped by the fascination of the orchestral palette, for which she has a special preference - interesting blends of acoustic and electronic sounds, but always with a strong interest for enhancing the potential of live instruments and the natural musicianship of the performers.
Jerry Goldsmith Award Nomination for Big Ben (2011) at Ubeda Festival, Spain.
First prize at the International Composition Competition Premio Petrassi (head of jury: Ennio Morricone; Italy, 2009).
J. Horovitz Award in Composition for Screen (Royal College of Music, London, 2009), not assigned since 2004, when Michael McEvoy, the former area leader of the course in Composition for screen, received it.
Special Award at the International Composition Competition Premio Petrassi (head of jury: Ennio Morricone; Italy, 2007).
Master in composition for screen at National Cinema School of Rome (2004).
A Quintet, omnibus feature film, has been released. Happy to share this news and to celebrate with director Roberto Cuzzillo and all the team of Polaroid.
The soundtrack of feature film Love Of My Life has been released on Itunes, Amazon, Spotify and other music platforms.
Skinship, short art film by Nichola Wong, has been succesfully completed and it is entering the festival circuit.
Some tracks of mine have been included in the feature documentary film 'We Are Many' about the political protest on 15th February 2003.
I have completed the soundtrack for feature documentary 'The Serbian Lawyer', by Aleks Nikolic.
National TV advert for Mondadori Bookstore.
Lunantica (solo piano piece) has been used by talented videoartist Tamarin Norwood to be her inspiration for her new work. Screening at Central S. Martins, London, friday 7th, 6.30pm.
Release of Composer Vol. II, album performed by renown cello-piano duo Luca Pincini - Gilda Buttà. Among the works, my composition Petite Pavane.
Completion of Hell To Pay, short film made by award-winning director and writer Karen Hope.
Recording of Love Of My Life soundtrack, feature film. More news soon!
Natural Cycle soundtrack won the 2012 Jerry Goldsmith Award as best music in advertising.
Getting ready for going to Los Angeles. I've been selected for the prestigious ASCAP Film and Television Scoring Workshop 2012.
Selected for the Berlinale Talent Campus Score Competition in February 2012.
Working on Wrath of The Titans as Javier Navarrete's assistant and score preparator for Nicholas Dodd.
I have started working for the Royal College of Music as Professor in Composition for Screen. I'm honoured to represent such a great Institution.
My work Lunantica for piano and Pavane for Cello and Piano to be performed at the Italian Cultural Institute of London by Stefania Passamonte and Lora Marinova, as part of the cultural busy agenda of the Institute.
Leonardo Da Vinci Grant for a fellowship at RCM, teaching and supporting students of the Composition for Screen course.
The soundtrack for Big Ben has been nominated for the Peer Raben Award at the Soundtrack of Cologne Festival.


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While working with clients recently responsible for compliance requirements for SharePoint, I was surprised by the lack of communication between SharePoint administrators and compliance officers. I realized quickly that administrators were coming to AvePoint for guidance because they were not getting the help and direction they needed internally.
Here are three steps that a SharePoint Administrator can take to prepare for conversations with compliance officers about SharePoint. Taking these steps now will reap great benefits in the long run to improve the environment and reduce risk.
What are the moving pieces? Do intranets, extranets, public sites, file shares, and email relate to a compliance project in SharePoint? Can you estimate how big of a risk each of these pose?
With whom are they sharing? Do you know which individuals outside of your organization have access to your content?
Your compliance team is concerned with regulations, audits, and risk—not with the technical particulars of any given system. Be ready to discuss MySites, the Newsfeed, and other content stored in the User Profile Service in addition to Lists and Libraries. It is a good idea to gather information about how compliance projects have progressed in other enterprise systems such as email, file systems, and instant messaging to get a sense of how it may work with SharePoint.
A fundamental tenant of compliance is that users should have appropriate access to information and are blocked from information that is inappropriate for them. When applied to SharePoint, this means having a strong permissions policy.
Now that we have information from step one on who the users are and what the content is, being able to define and successfully configure permissions is possible.
The next phase is developing systematic and repeatable processes of planning, execution, and auditing. This means that once a permissions policy has been developed, an administrator needs to show successful deployment and be able to report regularly on the status of the environment—including who has permissions to particular pieces of content, and also what actions users have performed on what content.
Then you must tackle the difficulties that come with collecting and building reports with audit data and permission hierarchies in SharePoint. This can take the form of native or third-party solutions, but the important thing is to gather this data in order to track usage and permission changes.
There are some more advanced functionality and requirements that may come into play in your SharePoint environment, including external sharing, temporary permissions, and ongoing permissions recertification. There are excellent resources available to get you started with planning.
As with any enterprise platform, there is only so much that can be done using out-of-the-box features. It's important to consider other Data Loss Prevention and Governance, Risk Management & Compliance solutions to address any requirements that out-of-the-box features in SharePoint cannot address. Based on the data discovered and requirements established in earlier steps, you can begin evaluating third-party solutions that can identify and remediate those compliance risks.
Compliance is a complex and challenging subject to tackle in SharePoint. However, you can start to validate active management of compliance risk in your environment by being proactive.
With small steps, you can ensure you understand the compliance landscape, advance proper permissions and reporting, and identify native and third-party solutions to fill any other compliance-related needs in your SharePoint environment.
Edmund X. White - Edmund X. White is a Senior Technical Solutions Professional at AvePoint working with enterprise accounts to support business initiatives with SharePoint. He has a strong background in delivering enterprise solutions and services in the SharePoint space since 2007, as well as broad experience in supporting Microsoft technologies across the enterprise.


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Banking in the Cannabis Industry
In this inaugural episode of CannaCast, Eric Altstadter, Partner and leader of EisnerAmper's Cannabis and Hemp Group, speaks with Peter Su, Managing Partner at BNB Bank, about banking in the Cannabis industry.
Eric Altstadter: Good morning, everyone. Thanks for tuning into the introductory episode of EisnerAmper's CannaCast. I'm your host Eric Altstadter, EisnerAmper's National Cannabis and Hemp Practice Leader. Today, we're going to discuss where the banking industry has been and where it's headed with respect to the cannabis sector with Peter Su. Peter is the Vice President of Private Banking and Cannabis Banking Team Leader for BNB Bank. Welcome, Peter.
Peter Su: Hey, Eric. Good morning. Thank you for having me on.
EA:Great. Peter, the first question is, how did you get involved in the cannabis space?
PS: Well, I can give you a fancy answer or I can tell you the truth, which is I kind of fell into it. When I came over here, I knew that they were starting a cannabis program, that is to say, BNB was, and I kind of thought that I couldn't really compete in the wide open space. And I guess after a bit they recognized the talent, and they asked me to run it.
EA: By the way, we always like the true answer, I always think that's the way to go. The next thing is, there's been a lot of banking regulation being proposed of late. The two big ones are the Secure and Fair Enforcement Act, known as the Safe Banking Act, which was first introduced in 2019. What is the status of that Safe Banking Act?
PS: Sure. Yeah. At the moment, I guess, it's stalled. So, it's hard to say which way it's going to go. And with politics, who knows, right? I think there's a lot of optimism with the new administration and the key personnel that we see sort of moving into place and/or moving out of place. I would say most people are very optimistic that that may go through.
EA: And Peter, if the Safe Banking Act is passed, how will that affect the cannabis industry and how will it affect the banks within the industry?
PS:Sure. Honestly, my view might be slightly contrarian. I don't necessarily think that any number of these measures, Safe Banking included, will have that profound of an impact. If you think about how we, meaning the banks, get into, or not, for that matter, into this space, we mainly follow guidelines. So, FinCEN guidelines are available. So, any bank today that wants to bank cannabis certainly can. And they've already made that decision, obviously. So, Safe Banking would just be another band-aid on top of the situation.
So really, unless it's something like federal deschedulization, I don't know that yet another band-aid move would necessarily move the dial. Now, obviously I say that without knowing what the final language would be. Because if it has something like, I don't know, credit cards, for example, if credit cards suddenly become available, that would be a sea change because I think a lot of banks don't jump in right now because of the overabundance of cash in the industry.
EA: Peter, you also spoke about deschedulization. That's an interesting term, especially for cannabis companies, and there is often discussions about whether or not cannabis can be deschedulized. What is your view of the next four years under the Biden administration? Do you see cannabis being deschedulized? And by that, I mean coming off Schedule I or even Schedule II.
PS:Yeah. Here, I guess, we really get nuanced. If it becomes rescheduled, so, to your point, it comes down one notch or two, that might actually be disastrous for the current industry as it exists. So, for example, it goes full medical. Then, really, it becomes a pharma kind of product. So, to be clear, we're talking about descheduling, right? Like, it's going to completely come off of sort of federal/illegal lists, if you will? For me to prognosticate that, that I'm not sure about. But, again, looking at sort of the key players that we already know, or we believe, Biden will have in place, yeah, a lot of optimism around serious movement of that in this administration.
Timeframe? That's hard to say. Politics has its own pace. I know that here in New York State, we've been talking to Norman Birenbaum's office as well as State Senator Sanders on the banking end. And they're very bullish here in New York about us being able to put some sort of program together and/or just putting a lot of legislation around it to make the industry more fluid.
EA:Right. And besides the Safe Banking Act, what other legislation is needed for cannabis to be like, say, alcohol or any other commercial enterprise?
PS:Yeah. Well, specifically on the banking end, honestly I think just more guidance. I don't necessarily think any legislation has to do... I don't think we have to go crazy and reinvent the wheel because, if you look around, the reality is that the industry is banked. Now, the question is how, and how many banks are involved, and how much?
And if there was simply just more and clear guidance from our primary regulators, FinCEN, OCC, if there was just simply more of that, I think you would see a big difference in banks being able and being willing to jump into this space. From my perspective, it really doesn't need to go as far as propose legislation and "let's create another act."
I think one of the things that's interesting is, if you look around, let's say hemp and/or CBD. So, hemp is legal, but you don't necessarily see the big banks jumping into this space. And why is that? Well, you've probably seen it's suffering death by agency. Now, it's trickling down to the various, FDA and DEA, and then everyone's got the proposed legislation.
EA: On your side, when you're dealing with a cannabis prospect, how is the client acceptance policies or the due diligence you go through before accepting a client different for a cannabis company, as opposed to any other commercial enterprise?
PS:That's a good question. It's not that much, actually. Really, I look at it, it's no different than any process, anyone coming in looking to open an account. We just simply do more. And what I mean by that is, well, in our case, we're doing background checks, we're running criminal checks. We are asking a lot more questions. We do get a lot more granular as far as what sort of transactions you might want to do. And certainly we drill down further in terms of the ownership, so actual beneficial ownership, of that business. So, much deeper than we would on a "regular account."
But aside from that, it's nothing crazy. It is just the normal corporate docs and IDs for the principles and stuff like that. Again, on the back end we are doing more. I'll put it this way: if it's a legit business with legit owners, no criminals or anything like that, it's going to be smooth sailing.
EA:Have you found in the last year or two that more and more banks are open to operating in this space? And by that, I'm not necessarily talking about lending, but just more operating in this space to allow companies to bank, therefore avoiding the danger of kind of operating day-to-day activities in cash?
PS:A little bit of both. Believe it or not, I've seen some banks drop out. And it's a little surprising, I guess, because you would think the pendulum was swinging the other way. So, yeah. On the one hand, obviously you see it, that there is a move in terms of acceptance overall, society, as companies. As recently as a few years ago, you couldn't go to a firm like EisnerAmper and get professional service, so I think the same thing with banking.
But oddly enough, you're seeing that certain banks that have jumped in in the early days are starting to jump back out. And I think that goes back to what I said earlier about guidance. The guidance that currently exists is not super clear, and what is there can be onerous. So, a bank might decide, "Okay, let's try it," and then realize, "Oh, my God. This is a lot of work," and "We can't charge for it," or "We can't charge enough for it." Or, it's just not worth it, or, hey, maybe they got fined.
So, I guess a little bit of both. I do see them more banks are having these discussions, I get inquiries sometimes, I've had other banks reach out to me. But at the same time, I also know on the ground that certain banks are actually jumping out of this space.
EA: Peter, you also touched briefly before on credit card processing. What do you see going on as far as the industry now with credit card processing? Is it moving in the right direction?
PS: It's not moving at all. Well, what's interesting is, it's actually a very simple reason, I guess. And Eric, you probably see this, that there's so many options out there, so many solutions, so to speak. But all of them are some form of workaround. Because at the end of the day, MasterCard and Visa has come out and they've said, "We don't want it. Don't put it on our rails."
And so anyone that is doing that, and let's be honest, you can walk into any number of dispensaries and see that they're taking credit cards, so it's one of those "world's worst kept secret" kind of thing. Anyone that is doing that in any location that you walk in that's offering a cashless ATM, a debit solution, credit solution, they're all violating their terms in some way, shape, or form. And they're violating it by employing some sort of a workaround.
Now, don't get me wrong. Most of them work, and most of them will work for perhaps a long period of time. At the end of the day, there is some form of lying going on. So, what do I see going on? I think you're seeing a lot of these solutions out there being employed and they work. At some point, they may get shut down. And you've probably seen, some time back there was a big lawsuit with Eaze where the guy's actually on charges for bank fraud, $100 million worth of bank fraud. So, yeah. I think that goes back to the same question in the beginning, which is until that gets more clarity on the federal level and the big networks decide, "Okay, here's how we can do it," anything that you seed out there is not sustainable.
EA:Great. Well, Peter, thank you for joining us this morning. It's been very interesting to listen to your thoughts on the industry. And thanks to all our listeners for listening to this episode of CannaCast, which is part of EisnerAmper's podcast series. Please visit eisneramper.com/cannabis for more information and podcasts. And please join us for our next CannaCast podcast where we'll discuss other budding issues.
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Legal Issues Facing the Cannabis Industry
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Plans have been drawn up for the layout of the office and we are anxious to see construction begin. Estimated open date is the beginning of July. It can't come soon enough for some of us. Once open we plan on having a big party, Go style of course, and this is where I need your help. Since an office like Go's is a fresh new concept in this area we need to throw the freshest party that anyone has seen on this side of town. Pig pickin'...been there, done that. Boom Box...loved it, but not the right fit. There's a $50 gift card in it for ya if you can come up with our launch party concept!


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HAPPY NEW YEAR! It's been a while….in fact, it's been a long long while since we've updated the blog. Tonnes of reasons why, the main one being our continued [healthy] obsession with Instagram. Who needs words when a picture speaks volumes….
By 'we' we're referring primarily to Mrs Monkfish who with her new iPhone 6S permanently attached to her hip she just can't help snapping away at any given moment.
Here's a small selection of the pics we've captured over the last few months to whet your appetite and to leave you wanting more during 2016. We've been eating and drinking a lot of late, both here (Edinburgh) and in other lovely places (most recently London), and I'm sure that will continue during the course of this year.
A particular highlight from December 2015 was dinner at Aizle, (St Leonard's Street, Edinburgh), chef owner Stuart Ralston just gets better and better, we urge you to go ASAP. And probably second to that is our relentless mission to find the BEST coffee in Edinburgh, we've found a few great places you'll be glad to hear but quite frequently venture down the coast a bit to the brilliant Steampunk which is always a pleasure. For an Edinburgh coffee hit the shout goes out to Artisan Roast Stockbridge where you can sip your chosen cup sat in a flower shop. You don't get that in Costa.
Swing on over to @mymonkfish on Instagram for more.
FOOD BLOGGERS ARE DEAD….OH, AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!
The food blogger is dead.
That's us told. Thank you William Sitwell. We did like some of your other thoughts particularly about Anna Jones. Mrs M got her new book for Christmas, 'a modern way to eat', if you've not seen it yet check it out.
See you next time where we're going to try really hard not to make any predictions at all, we'll try really hard not to bore you with our self regarding opinions and pointless scrolling text. Bet you can't wait… Oh, and at the same time we'll be ramping up our Instagram feed so that we can keep up with 'Clerkenwell Boy' and his cronies….we are food bloggers, and we're ok with that!
TODAY'S BBC RADIO SCOTLAND'S KITCHEN CAFE….AS IT HAPPENS!
Hello and welcome to today's BBC Radio Scotland's Kitchen Cafe.
I (Mrs M) will be live blogging throughout the show…think the Guardian live TV blog but undoubtedly not as funny….although I'll try to be as thoroughly entertaining as possible within my limited realms of comedic talent.
I'll be updating this post, adding new posts, tweeting, posting photos on twitter @mymonkfish Instagram mymonkfish and the perhaps the odd Facebook post on mymonkfish.
Why do it? What makes a good blog? Is it all personal opinion? Are there too many food blogs? How do you stand out from the crowd? Do you want to?
Please please please leave your comments on any of these, the more the merrier. We want to get to the bottom of #foodblogging !
We are go! And clearly that wasn't me reading out a recent post about DATE NIGHT!
Cate Devine currently telling us what she likes about food blogs…..scottish food, good photograhpy….honesty…. she's claiming she's not a dinosaur and she's right!
Major effort required for food blogging…constant pressure on us bloggers!
Twitter is going mad….keep those comments coming! Introducing Paul Wedgwood from the Edinburgh broom cupboard….
Paul DOESN'T read that many food blogs…int-er-esting!
Paul thinks blogging is a blessing and a curse….
Clare and Gillian in full flow….
Thanks to Su for the chilli…wish we had some here in the studio, not eaten since breakfast!
Yep Leila, that blog name is a tough one to pronounce!
Very interesting point to mention is that most food bloggers are girls….and most of the tweets currently being read out by Gillian are from girls….
Influence of food bloggers….what do you think? Have food bloggers got a power?
FREE LUNCH ANYONE???!?!!? Blogger or blagger?
Can food bloggers carve out careers? Definitely….so many cook books have been written by food bloggers….but it's mostly a labour of love for sure.
OK, let's defend the GOOD bloggers as there are loads and there are LOTS and LOTS of GREAT blogs that I read and love – yes, I'm shouting! Blogging is the future, it's here to stay, technology is moving so fast and lots of us feel like we've got something to say!
Winding up here in the studio with a few final words about blogging….
Finding blogs that you like? Tricky one, there's sooooo many! It's a jungle out there but you will definitely stumble upon one you like so keep looking!
Chef Paul Wedgwood gives his recipes out – yippeeeee!
Almost done, it's been brilliant fun and my fingers are exhausted….sorry again for the noisy keys!
Cate is about to start her own blog on The Herald website – the A-Z of Scottish Food. Follow her on twitter @CateDvineWriter to find out more!
And I'm finally home from sunny Glasgow, Halloween party in full flow here at Monkfish Towers. Brilliant day spent with the BBC Kitchen Cafe crew….hope to be live on the airwaves again soon. Have a great weekend y'all!
As Mrs Monkfish makes her way to the BBC studios in sunny (?) Glasgow we'd love to hear from you ahead of today's Kitchen Cafe which is on air at 1pm. Do you have a food blog? Why? What do you love about blogging? What makes a good blog?
Mrs M will be blogging live during the programme (eeeek, this will be multi tasking at it's best…live blogging AND talking, how will she do it….) and hope to post a few photos, put a few thoughts down in words and chat to a few bloggers throughout the show.
Also live in the studio is the lovely Cate Devine of The Herald and chef Paul Wedgwood.
Follow us on twitter @mymonkfish and also check out our Facebook page at mymonkfish.


A photographer captured this amazingly beautiful photo of a bride in her wedding dress as she kisses her groom while they stand on top of a cliff in Yosemite National Park at sunset. It was the most picture perfect spot and as you can see below… such a wonderful photo.
The photographer has just one question: He had no clue who they were!
Mike Karas is a photographer who is also an adventure lover and his group was hiking through Yosemite this past Thursday when he saw the couple and snapped the photograph. While he was the ideal distance away from the action to get the pic, he was too far away to catch up with the couple.
Karas posted the photo online and was hoping someone would know this couple and reach out to him with the details so he can satisfy his own curiosity and to make sure the newlyweds got to see their special shot in front of the setting sun at Taft Point on the Pohono Trail at Yosemite National Park.
What a gorgeous wedding photo that has such a fun story to go along with it!


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Baltimore Students, Out of School After Riots, Try to Process Events
By Evie Blad — April 28, 2015 5 min read
What is the role of schools in helping students process big, distressing events in their cities? And, in sitations like the unrest in Baltimore, how much are children absorbing? What do they expect from their parents and teachers?
Many students in Baltimore—off school Tuesday after riots in parts of the city led to burned cars, looted buildings, and injured police officers Monday night—gathered to talk about the tension;about Freddie Gray, a black man who died after he was injured in police custody this month; and about the racial and social factors behind the events.
They were concerned about how people in other parts of the country would perceive their city after viewing images of the destruction. And they were concerned about how their own city viewed them after some teens were involved in an initial clash with police Monday afternoon.
Will their teachers talk about Gray's death and the response that followed when they return to the classroom? The students said they hope so. Before announcing plans to close schools Monday night, the Baltimore city school district said its response to demonstrations in the city would include classroom discussions.
"We are also communicating with each one of our school leaders around effective instructional strategies to heighten student awareness and understanding of social justice issues," the district said in a statement. "We are deeply concerned about our students and community, and we hope to treat this situation not only as a teachable moment but also a time for thoughtful reflection on how we can reduce conflict and violence in our society."
Around Baltimore Tuesday, community organizations, coffee shops, churches, and libraries opened to feed students who may rely on free and reduced-price meals normally provided in school. They also provided a place for students to reflect.
A Sensitive Topic
While students have been discussing Gray's death at school, many teachers have been reluctant to bring it into whole class discussions, they said.
"It's like discussing religion in class almost," sophomore Katie Arevalo said. "It's difficult because you don't know the different perspectives or how people are feeling."
Arevalo and classmate Rodney Moore, a senior, spent the day volunteering and passing out flyers about a march planned in response to Gray's death. She said she wants her teachers' discussions to extend beyond how students are feeling about what's happening in their city toward underlying economic, social, and racial factors.
"If everyday is the same discussion, I don't know how productive that is," Arevalo said.
Moore said he's led a protest at school since Gray's death. While the frustration rioters showed Monday night may be "somewhat justified," they took that anger in the wrong direction, he said. And because the riots were frightening and overwhelming to some students, Moore said he understood why the district cancelled school.
"It would have been hard for us to go to school," he said.
"It's Not Right"
Blair Pierce, 9, attended a peaceful march with his mother, Kimberly Clark, over the weekend.
"The police kept killing people, young people," Blair said when asked why people are protesting.
Blair didn't understand everything that happened Monday night, but he saw images of fires and destruction on TV. "They shouldn't do stuff like that," he said. "It's not right."
Clark said she hopes her son's teachers will talk about the riots at school because such responses "aren't teaching young people anything."
"I think they should talk about it now so that when they get older, they know how to deal with situations like that," she said.
Not a Spokesperson
Hylah Johnson, a 14-year-old black girl who attends private school in Baltimore County, said her mostly white classmates can sometimes see her as a representative of all African-American people in discussions involving race, including discussions about Gray's death.
"They're going to automatically assume I know what's going on," she said. "It started out intimidating, but you get used to it."
Arevalo agreed.
"I think it's necessary to put yourself in that position sometimes, especially if you're socially aware," she said.
Not a Day Off
In the basement of Baltimore's Teach for America headquarters, a community group led students in a discussion of what's happening in the city.
Students broke into groups to discuss what contributed to the riots and then they had a whole-room discussion, arranging their ideas into a timeline. That timeline started not with Gray's death but with colonialism in Africa. Events and ideas included on the timeline: segregative housing policies, the 1968 riots in Baltimore, Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, the neglect of some poor neighborhoods in the city, and the death of Trayvon Martin.
Adult volunteers, including many teachers, helped facilitate the discussions.
"Kids have a lot to say. They also have a lot of questions," said Julie Oxenhandler, a 6th grade math teacher at the discussion. She said she's been working to learn more about the demonstrations over the weekend so that she can answer student questions when school resumes. "Freddie Gray could have been my students' brother or cousin," Oxenhandler said.
Teachers volunteered because they knew students would need to process events, and they wanted to help them do it, they said.
"I don't think any teacher should see this as a day off," Oxenhandler said. "Our responsibility just looks a little different."
Schools received some criticism for Monday's cancellation from parents and advocates who argued that school would provide children with stability and a place to discuss the riots.
Baltimore City Schools Chief Executive Officer Gregory Thornton acknowledged those criticisms in a letter to the community Tuesday evening. The district plans to resume school Wednesday, he wrote, and teachers, counselors, and administrators are "planning activities that will help students learn from the past days' events."
"Despite that it came after days of rising tension, yesterday's violence felt like a shockwave across the city. But I am writing to tell you that it will not overwhelm us," Thornton's letter said. "At this time, we are moving forward to open schools tomorrow as scheduled. With students, staff, family members, partners, volunteers, and community members, City Schools is more than 100,000 strong—and in the coming days and weeks we'll be marshaling our strength in support of our students and a successful end to their school year."
Related reading: President Obama's comments on Baltimore included a call to support education programs, Politics K-12 reports.
Top photo: A sign outside of Red Emma's coffeeshop, which offered free lunches to students Monday.
Middle photo: Arevalo and Moore
Bottom photo: Discussion prompts at a meeting for students.
Staff Writer, Education Week
Evie Blad is a reporter for Education Week who covers education politics and policy.
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A version of this news article first appeared in the Rules for Engagement blog.
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Transience short film
Directed and written by Tan See Yun
Starring Timothy J Cox and Joshua Michael Payne
Short Film Review by Rachel Pullen
Youth is a hard thing to let go of, we all want to be ''forever young'' but time catches up with us all and of course that comes with downfalls but also joys, such as starting a family and committing to the one you love.
Short film Transience is an exploration of that feeling, in silence...
Plunged into a black and white silent movie is something we don't come across very often in modern cinema, it's a bold move from director Tan See Yun and one that I was so unaccustomed to that I believed the audio had been lost on the device I was viewing the film on for the first few seconds.
We follow the story of Tom and George, a married couple who live very opposite lives, George is a professional business man with a budding career and his partner Tom lives in the shadows, clinging to his youth and the freedom that comes with it, a freedom he is unsure that he wants to let go of.
Tom only realises what he has, and of course what he may lose when he sees a vision of an aging George, alone without his lover in a park, and so he makes amends and decided that commitment maybe not such a bad choice, good for you Tom.
And it is in the closing moment of this short film that Tan See Yun breaks the silence, adding a gentle classical piece of music over that final scene, a simple one of two lovers enjoying a meal, enjoying the others company, and as an audience we are treated to an enjoyable ending.
The choice to break the silence in those final moments was immensely powerful, we feel a rush of relief as well as calm in the decision that Tom has made, ensuring a emotional response from anyone watching.
Timothy J. Cox and Joshua Michal Payne's performances in this short are outstanding, we are able to fully understand their feelings and desires from the emotions that they emit from facial expressions and movement, for unlike some silent films Transience does not have an written narrative and so we must decipher the story line from these two characters and their abilities, a challenge I'm sure for both actors but one that has great reward.
Transience offers a simple story line set within a simple and humble backdrop but there is nothing simple about this outstanding and though provoking piece.
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Dr. Carrie Moylan is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at Michigan State University and a core faculty member with both the Research Consortium on Gender-Based Violence and the Center for Gender in a Global Context. She earned her BA from Oberlin College, MSW from the University of Michigan, and PhD from the University of Washington. Dr. Moylan has over 18 years of experience in the fields of domestic and sexual violence, both as a practitioner and as a researcher. Dr. Moylan's program of research focuses on the promotion of effective, evidence-based, and trauma-informed interventions, policies, and services aimed at preventing sexual violence and responding to the needs of survivors. Currently, Dr. Moylan is engaged in a number of research projects focused on both sexual violence prevention and on how colleges and universities are implementing policies regarding campus sexual assault. She is currently the evaluator for the Region 6 Center for Sexual Violence Prevention in New York State, a partnership with three local victim service organizations. She has also conducted research on the functioning of multidisciplinary Sexual Assault Response Teams (for which she was awarded the Society for Social Work and Research Outstanding Social Work Doctoral Dissertation award) and on outcomes associated with childhood exposure to domestic violence in the home. Dr. Moylan has research expertise in both qualitative and quantitative research methods, as well as program evaluation. Dr. Moylan's work has been published in Trauma, Violence & Abuse, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Violence Against Women, Journal of Family Violence, Social Service Review, Affilia, Journal of Research on Adolescence, Qualitative Social Work, and Journal of Social Work Education.
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Here are a few ideas from amazines.com that may get those creative juices flowing!
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There are tons of ways that you can implement a loyalty program with plastic cards or key tags. Use these ideas and implement your loyalty program or spring off of them and make up your very own successful game plan to rocket your company into success!
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Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction is set for possible improvement: and when experience is not retained, as among savages, infancy is perpetual. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. In the first stage of life the mind is frivolous and easily distracted; it misses progress by failing in consecutiveness and persistence. This is the condition of children and barbarians, in which instinct has learned nothing from experience.
Progressive liberals seem incapable of stating the obvious truth: that we who are well off should be willing to share more of what we have with poor people not for the poor people's sake but for our own; i. e., we should share what we have in order to become less narrow and frightened and lonely and self-centered people.
Progress in science is governed by the laws of repulsion, every step forward is made by refutation of prevalent errors and false theories. Forward steps in art are governed by the law of attraction, are the result of imitation of and admiration for beloved predecessors.
Progress everywhere today does seem to come so very heavily diguised as Chaos.
Progress is not accomplished in one stage.
Progress is the goal, the ideal is the type. What is this ideal? It is God. Ideal, absolute, perfection, infinity: identical words.
Progress is a fine thing, but it's gone on long enough.


Another scorcher around here this weekend. Too hot to do the chores I planned outside, so I'll stay inside and watch movies and play games instead.
Last week's gaming was pretty much all Doom for me and the end is near. I think I'm at the final boss now and I was too tired the other night to take it on after two attempts (and two deaths).
I'm somewhat happy with the Ultra Violence difficulty, though I would prefer the game a little harder overall. The general combat encounters are relatively easy, especially later on when you are uber powerful. However, there are some encounters and bosses that make me cringe a little when thinking of playing them on Nightmare difficulty. Though, now that I know the bosses' behaviours, I am not sure that they would be as challenging a second time. Most of the difficulty with the bosses in Doom is the trial and error involved in learning the patterns. With most things in Doom being generally awesome, I find the bosses to be the least exciting and weakest of the game's elements.
I feel like I am ready for Doom to be over, not that I didn't have a fantastic time, but it is getting to the point of wearing out its welcome. Part of the problem is that there isn't very much new and exciting in the later stages and the rooms full of monsters start feeling a little routine. However, the bigger problem is the level design. The early levels in the game are amazing and this high caliber design carries on for about two-thirds of the game. The last few levels in the game are disappointingly linear and lack a lot of the height and complexity of the earlier levels.
Still, it is an amazing game and a wonderful engine to play in. I am very excited to see what comes out of the idTech6 engine in the future and I'm glad to see Doom back in such a big way. Doom is not going to crack my top 10 favourite first person shooters, but it is undeniably fun and a great surprise for 2016.
My wife and I didn't get to any Uncharted: Drake's Fortune as the new season of Orange Is The New Black won out. We'll likely be done with that this coming week and then back to finding El Dorado.
My family managed quite a bit of Rock Band 4 last week and it is nice to finally have our vocals somewhat back in shape. I imagine this muggy weekend will see more Rock Band 4 and maybe some Rock Band 3 in the (cold) basement now that we have a full size midi keyboard hooked up to the 360 down there. After I finish off Doom then I'll be on to inFamous: Second Son which I bought not long ago on PSN for $13. I was hoping Far Cry 4 would be cheaper than it is on the Steam Sale, so I guess I won't be playing that. Anyone else not that impressed with the Steam sale prices? At this point all I've bought is Pony Island, The Vanishing Of Ethan Carter, and Miasmata.
Oh yeah, I will be away August 20 and 27 and I was hoping to get someone to fill in for the TAY Weekend posts for those dates. Over three years of weekend posts and we haven't missed a weekend. Let me know if you feel up to it.