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According to Derek Hale , Kitsunes have auras that they learn to conceal as they grow. It is shaped like a fox with large pointed ears and muzzle. In Season 5 , the aura is revealed to be a manifestation of the fox spirit within their human body that can take control at will if it becomes stronger than the human in mentality and power. It can be seen with digital photographs and by those with enhanced vision like a Werewolf.

Traditionally, tails are symbols of how powerful kitsunes are. They appear to only have nine tails. Tails are achieved when a kitsune becomes more powerful. For example, Kira got her first tail from a piece of obsidian in Mexico that she used to unlock her healing ability. The age of the "tail" also denotes its power level such as. The older it is, the more potent in power it is.

Somehow, kitsunes can be represented in physical items like Noshiko's knives or Kira's hira-shuriken. This transformation of "tails" into the physical knives went unexplained during Season 3. Destroying a tail weakens a kitsune's powers regardless of the intent. It appears to allow certain magic to be performed such as Noshiko summoning Oni or when Void Stiles used one to take control of the demons.

Her tails were broken from most recent to the oldest due to the older tails being stronger Letharia Vulpina , Insatiable. She explains that, according to myth, when a Kitsune rubs its tails together it can create fire or lightning called "foxfire.

The most famous Japanese fox wife is Kuzunoha , the mother of strong magic user Abe no Seimei. When rain is falling on a clear sky, Japanese people say two kitsune are getting married.

Of course, this is considered to be a good omen. Maybe the idea of having a Japanese kitsune near you is not appealing at all.

Or perhaps someone you know is possessed by a Japanese kitsune. Here is a handy step-by-step guide to recognize and expel an unwanted kitsune, according to Japanese folklore. If none of these steps seem to work, bring your friend to your local Inari shrine, and they will take care of it. There are not many tips on how to attract a Japanese kitsune in case you want a devoted kitsune wife. However, to attract a kitsune, try leaving some fried tofu on your doorstep. Of course, you could also spend some time at an Inari Shrine in Japan and see if you can find a kitsune.

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Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation : One of the film's extras is a female, posh-looking kitsune, being the only Eastern creature among a cast made up entirely of Western monsters. White Snake : The owner of the Precious Jade Workshop is a fox-demon appearing as a child-sized woman with a human face on one side of her head and a fox face on the other.

She returns in the sequel as a more prominent character, and at one point even transforms into her true form — a colossal nine-tailed fox. Film — Live-Action. One of the three sons of the elderly Great Lord has a wife who is clearly manipulating him to his downfall. She has her husband send his right hand man off to kill a rival woman and return with her head encased in salt.

The would-be assassin takes a page from Zhuge Liang and returns telling a tall tale about how he beheaded a kitsune. He opens his satchel and reveals the head of a kitsune statue, then curses the "demon" who got away, likes to disguise itself as a beautiful woman, and seeks to corrupt and ruin men.

The wife reacts with fury. Sadly, the son does nothing. It doesn't end well. Akira Kurosawa's Dreams has a segment in which a little boy wanders into the woods and seeks a kitsune wedding procession. Specific Films 47 Ronin : Witch is a malevolent kitsune with heterochromia who serves as The Dragon to the main antagonist.

Painted Skin stars a malicious nine-tailed huli jing named Xiao Wei, who maintains her youthful human form by eating men's hearts, but who falls in love with a human general who saves her life. She conspires to take the place of his wife, and nearly succeeds, but ultimately sacrifices her power in order to undo the damage she caused. In the sequel, set years later, she escapes the glacier she was imprisoned in and conspires to become a human by getting a human to willfully give her their heart during a solar eclipse , initiating a love triangle between herself, a Rebellious Princess with a scarred visage , and the princess' Bodyguard Crush to accomplish this.

FX has three tails and is pretty weak though he eventually earns a two-tail upgrade for extreme valor. Ako has nine tails. She's also "the bearer of some of the most noble blood Under- or Above- Hill.

One makes a brief yet important appearance in the Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms series in Fortune's Fool , giving the female lead a magic paper crane that comes in handy. Specific works In American Gods , also by Neil Gaiman , some background characters are implied to be kitsune; during the battle between the old gods and the American Gods, two Asian women are killed and upon dying they turn into foxes.

Fengshen Yanyi : Daji is presented as one of the main antagonists, a sadistic nine-tailed fox-demon sent by the goddess Nu Wa to punish King Zhou for his blasphemy towards her.

Fox Demon Cultivation Manual : The titular fox demons are huli-jing , the Chinese equivalent of kitsune. Rong Bai is a nine-tailed fox spirit, and through drinking his blood Song Ci also becomes a fox spirit though he has fewer tails than Rong Bai.

Kij Johnson wrote a short story about a Japanese fox spirit and it was so popular that she later expanded it into a full novel, Fox Woman , after doing extensive research to make it historically accurate. In Fudoki , another novel by Johnson, a male kistune plays an important role as part of a warband that the main character joins. Despite actually being named Kitsune, no one except the main character seems to realize his true nature.

In the Goosebumps book Return to Ghost Camp, the snatcher is fox-like ghost that murders one camper from Camp Full Moon each year and can shape-shift into a human to fool its victims. In the former, Silver Snow's maid is a kitsune, while in the latter it's left ambiguous as to whether any of the characters are literally kitsune, but the trope is at least toyed with. In Journey to the West there are two notable fox demons, and one of them is even a nine-tailed vixen.

They're the uncle and mother of the two demon kings Kinkaku and Ginkaku, making them half- huli jing demons though they're usually depicted as massive oni-like monsters. In a case perhaps of Unbuilt Trope , the mother is actually an old crone, while the uncle Hu Aqi isn't much of a trickster but rather a ferocious warrior who fights with an halberd.

A more classical vixen demon reappears later as the mistress of Niumowang, the Ox Demon King. Additionally, another fox spirit appears near the end in the form of the concubine of a human king secretly making him sick and then manipulating him to order the creation of a fake medicine using the hearts of children.

Celia persuades Poppet to ride it, rather than the gryphon, by telling its story. In The Machineries of Empire , a nine-tailed fox - called a ninefox or an eyefox note it has eyes on each of its tails - is the symbol of the Shuos faction, comprised of assassins, spies and saboteurs with love of games. In The Night Mothers Heir Ink Drop is a Kitsune, he has the ability to transform ito different things depending on how many tails he has.

Technically she's half human, but she has the same powers and abilities as a full-blood kitsune and is treated as one by everyone else. However she has only one tail, nine-tailed fox-spirits are mythological in that world though at one point she casts a shadow that seems to have multiple tails , and can only assume three specific forms: a Talking Animal fox, a "fur" form halfway between fox and human, and a third that looks almost human save for her pointed ears and tail.

Other animal spirits seen can assume similar forms. Brandon Sanderson 's Starsight has the kitsen, talking foxlike aliens that were the origin of Earth's kitsune myths, when some of them with the ability to teleport between planets ended up in medieval Japan. Wearing the Cape : Officially, Japanese superspy Kitsune is a Breakthrough with powers that perfectly mimic the mythological kitsune.

Or maybe he's a delusional Breakthrough who truly believes he's a kitsune. Or maybe he's a projection produced by another Breakthrough, a self-sustaining supernatural entity that sprung out of a dying man's wish for a guardian kitsune. Or maybe he really is a kitsune , centuries old and only returned to the world recently, and magic is real after all. The one thing that's clear is that he finds it hilarious to keep people guessing. Specifically, he is a snow fox who lived long enough and grew powerful enough to gain human intelligence.

He is a master of light and dream madra , and the Wei clan follows in his footsteps, practicing the Path of the White Fox.

Elder Whisper acts as a Stealth Mentor for Lindon early on, pushing him to improve himself despite the rest of the clan telling him he's worthless. Live-Action TV. The Fuchsbau Wesen in Grimm are very similar to Kitsunes. There is also a type of Wesen known as Kitsune, and according to legend, are one of the very few Wesens to have a tail—nine, in fact.

Several kitsune show up among the various fae in Lost Girl , though it's constantly mispronounced as "kit-soon". Perhaps unsurprisingly, the portrayal of the creature is almost wholly inaccurate.

Here, the kitsune is presented as a being of human appearance with the ability to transform its hands into deadly claws.

Amy and others like her must feed on human brains in order to survive and can only be killed with a stab to the heart. About the only thing the show's kitsune have in common with the mythical creature is their foxlike eyes. Super Sentai Kyuemon Izayoi from Shuriken Sentai Ninninger , who fits the trickster archetype because he's extremely secretive, manipulative, and you never really know where his loyalties lie until late in the series, where it turns out he's Big Bad Gengetsu Kibaoni's firstborn son.

Kitsune have appeared as a Monster of the Week in certain series: Kagaku Sentai Dynaman : Fox Evo, while nominally based on a normal fox, possesses many of the magical powers associated with kitsune like shapeshifting and illusions.

Ninja Sentai Kakuranger featured a nine-tailed kitsune who wrapped most of her tails around her body like feather boas. Samurai Sentai Shinkenger : The ayakashi Isagitsune is based on kitsune and In-Universe is the basis for them , which is exemplified by the array of magic spells that he uses to befuddle and overpower the Shinkengers.

He appeared in Power Rangers Samurai as Vulpes. On Teen Wolf , the second half of the third season deals with kitsune mythology. Kira Yukimura is revealed to be a kitsune and possesses a golden spiritual aura in the shape of a fox.

In keeping with the idea that the kitsune can create fire or lightning by rubbing its tails together, Kira has the ability to manipulate electrical currents. Her mother has these powers as well. There are said to be 13 different types of kitsune, including the nogitsune — a trickster spirit that feeds on chaos, strife and pain. The latter seems to currently be in possession of Stiles' body. Appropriately for a series inspired by Japanese fairy tales, Ultraman Taro had a kitsune kaiju called Migeon as a Monster of the Week.

While its appearance was rather reptilian for a fox, Miegon possessed all the qualities one would expect, like nine tails, illusory tricks, and various fire-based abilities.

The kitsune is a recurring motif for Japanese band Babymetal , and is the main theme for the song "Megitsune". Which has the narrator falling for a girl who turns out to be a Kitsune, and disappears in fox form every now and then.

Until she gets run over by a car while in that form. The ending is somewhat ambiguous as to whether she survives or not. In Akiko Shikata 's song "Otoshimono" from her album Wokashi , a girl speaks of her brother who was taken by foxes as a child, and apparently turned into a kitsune himself.

Mythology and Religion. Chinese Mythology : Daji — featured as an antagonist in the Fengshen Yanyi — was a woman possessed by a sadistic nine-tailed fox who became the favorite consort of King Zhou of Shang and brought about the downfall of his dynasty to the point that fox cults were outlawed in China.

According to legend, a noble named Abe no Yasuna was travelling to Shinoda shrine when he came across a hunter who had trapped a white fox, intending to harvest its liver for medicine. Yasuna fought off the hunter and freed the fox, but was wounded in the process. A beautiful young woman named Kuzunoha appeared and helped him to his home, and they eventually married and had a son, Seimei.

Eventually, Kuzunoha is revealed to be the fox that Yasuna saved, but due to her true nature having been revealed she must return to the forest. She leaves a poem asking Yasuna and Seimei to come find her, and it is revealed she is the kami of Shinoda shrine, bestowing Seimei with the power to understand animals.

The earliest version of the narrative had the fox-spirit commit suicide out of despair, and some later iterations have Kuzunoha be a human woman who Yasuna was in love with, and who the kitsune impersonates to woo him.

The gender-ambiguous and occasionally tripartite kami Inari has white kitsune as servants, and is often depicted as being one - though this is discouraged by Shinto and Buddhist priests. Due to Inari's close association with kitsune, shrines and temples dedicated to them have statues of foxes wearing red votive bibs. Warring States period warlord Shingen Takeda is said to have caused the downfall of his clan by forcibly marrying a kitsune in human form.

Tamamo-no-Mae was a beautiful fortune teller who could answer any question, and whose beauty was never tarnished. The Emperor Konoe fell in love with her and made her one of his courtesans, but after several years the Emperor fell seriously ill.

Eventually, Abe no Yasuchika, an onmyoji descended from Abe no Seimei, told him that Tamamo was a powerful kitsune — in later versions the same fox-spirit as Daji from the Fengshen Yanyi — that had been poisoning him - though whether she was doing so willingly or on the orders of an evil daimyo hoping to usurp the throne depends on the version being told. Her identity exposed, Tamamo fled, and the Emperor sent Kazusa-no-suke and Miura-no-suke, the two most powerful warriors in Japan, to kill her.

Kazusa-no-suke and Miura-no-suke tracked Tamamo to the Nara plains, but she evaded them for days. Tamamo appeared to Miura-no-suke in a dream, prophesying he would kill her and pleading for her life, but the following day Miura-no-suke shot and killed her.

In the original narrative Tamamo's body was taken to Edo and miraculous treasures were found inside, but in later iterations it became a cursed stone called the Sessho-seki Killing Stone and Tamamo's spirit an onryo who haunted it. In an addendum to the tale written in , Tamamo-no-Mae was eventually exorcized by a Buddhist monk named Genno, allowing her to pass on in peace. In some versions, the Sessho-seki was shattered and its pieces scattered across Japan, manifesting as lesser kitsune called kuda-gitsune and other yokai.

From Wikipedia : One of the oldest surviving kitsune tales provides a widely known folk etymology of the word kitsune. Unlike most tales of kitsune who become human and marry human males, this one does not end tragically: ''Ono, an inhabitant of Mino says an ancient Japanese legend of A.

He met her one evening on a vast moor and married her. Simultaneously with the birth of their son, Ono's dog was delivered of a pup which as it grew up became more and more hostile to the lady of the moors.

She begged her husband to kill it, but he refused. At last one day the dog attacked her so furiously that she lost courage, resumed vulpine shape, leaped over a fence and fled. Come back when you please; you will always be welcome. In classical Japanese, kitsu-ne means come and sleep, and ki-tsune means always comes. Kitsune keep their promises and strive to repay any favor. Occasionally a kitsune attaches itself to a person or household, where they can cause all sorts of mischief.

In one story from the 12th century, only the homeowner's threat to exterminate the foxes convinces them to behave. The kitsune patriarch appears in the man's dreams: "My father lived here before me, sir, and by now I have many children and grandchildren.

They get into a lot of mischief, I'm afraid, and I'm always after them to stop, but they never listen. And now, sir, you're understandably fed up with us. I gather that you're going to kill us all. But I just want you to know, sir, how sorry I am that this is our last night of life.

Won't you pardon us, one more time? If we ever make trouble again, then of course you must act as you think best. We'll do everything we can to protect you from now on, if only you'll forgive us, and we'll be sure to let you know when anything good is going to happen! To Inari Daimyojin, My lord, I have the honor to inform you that one of the foxes under your jurisdiction has bewitched one of my servants, causing her and others a great deal of trouble.

I have to request that you make minute inquiries into the matter, and endeavor to find out the reason of your subject misbehaving in this way, and let me know the result. If it turns out that the fox has no adequate reason to give for his behavior, you are to arrest and punish him at once. If you hesitate to take action in this matter I shall issue orders for the destruction of every fox in the land.

Any other particulars that you may wish to be informed of in reference to what has occurred, you can learn from the high priest of Yoshida. Tabletop Games. Kitsunemori , a 3rd edition supplement, is a campaign setting with kitsune as a playable race. They can shift between their true humanoid fox form and a specific human one, can gain the abilities to outright change into foxes or humans they have met , have some degree of innate magical ability , and tend to be neutrally-aligned Shapeshifting Tricksters.

However, only nogitsune kitsune women who have been possessed by spirit oni and corrupted into murderous vamps have been confirmed to have multiple tails. The Pathfinder Advanced Race Guide includes a new Kitsune-Only Feat called Magical Tail that gives the Kitsune a new tail each time it's taken and a new magical ability to go along with it.

RuneQuest : Fox women are magical shape-changers, spend most of their time in their animal forms and occasionally change into their human forms.

As humans, fox women are legendary for their beauty and lust, and they often seduce human males. They are described as the youngest of the Changing Breeds, and are the most spiritually inclined. While physically weakest, they are skilled in elemental sorcery as well as paper-themed origami sorcery. As a character goes up in rank, their vulpine forms grow additional tails, generally up to five the games' level cap , but the legendary Bai Mianxi got up to nine tails.

In Chronicles of Darkness , the kitsune are a type of fox-spirit. Due to Father Wolf coercing their progenitor Inari to reign them in during the ancient times they're divided into two factions, benign Inari Seha obedient foxes of Inari and malevolent Inari Kihar foxes who abandoned Inari.

They are most commonly encountered as allies or enemies of werewolves depending on faction , but kitsune bonded to human hosts are playable. The Tsukiuta stage plays feature Hajime and Shun as Kurotenko and Shirotenko, majestic four-tailed Little Bit Beastly figures who seem to act as rulers of the ayakashi realm.

However, with the movie's cancellation, she was unable to properly join either franchise. Video Games.

AdventureQuest Worlds : The fourth lord of Chaos, the Chaos Shogun appropriately named Kitsune, can shapeshift into a giant purple seven-tailed kitsune.

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In addition, an educational therapist may consult with outside professionals involved in a student's treatment, such as teachers or school counselors, to assist with the assessment process. Once an assessment has been completed, an educational therapist formulates a strategy for addressing the student's identified needs. Treatment may involve focusing on specific areas of concern, such as increasing a student's comprehension abilities, working on problems related to communication such as building confidence in receptive and expressive language, addressing specific academic subject weaknesses, assisting with concentration and focus, and providing memory training to help with information recall.

Educational therapists provide case management services to help with service coordination. This means that an educational therapist examines not only potential learning difficulties, but also helps to arrange for additional services, if needed, that might be able to address other issues that have an indirect impact on academic performance.

Educational therapists must be prepared to refer clients to other professionals if an issue is outside of their professional area of expertise. So an educational therapist can help to coordinate outside services such as physical therapy, psychology, social work, occupational therapy, speech therapy and counseling. Additional duties of an educational therapist often vary based on the work setting. Some settings require educational therapists to provide services in the area of crisis intervention and behavior management.

These can include learning programmes, behaviour management strategies, relaxation techniques and collaborative work with teachers or parents. Your work will involve consultation with parents, teachers, social workers, doctors and other people involved in the child's education in a variety of ways. You may also provide in-service training for teachers, teaching assistants and other professionals on issues such as behaviour and stress management.

A further aspect to the job is research and advising on educational provisions and policies. Working hours are usually 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday. This can include some evening work for parent-teacher meetings. Flexibility is common provided the job requirements are met.

For full information and details of eligible courses, see AEP - Training. Self-funded places are occasionally available. Entry onto an accredited Doctorate course is becoming increasingly competitive and requires a good first degree, usually a or higher, as well as a minimum of one year's full-time experience working with children and young people in an education, health, social care, youth justice or childcare setting.

Entry requirements vary between courses, so contact admissions tutors for full details. Most of your first year on the Doctorate is university-based, while in your second and third year you'll spend three to four days a week on a practice-based placement with a local authority educational psychology service or other approved provider. You'll also need to complete a substantial piece of research and a dissertation. To qualify as an educational psychologist in Scotland, you'll need to complete a BPS-accredited two-year Masters degree followed by a year of supervised practice in an accredited local authority psychological service.

The course is offered by the University of Dundee and is funded via a partnership between the Scottish government and Scottish local authorities. The conditions for funding for the Doctorate England, Wales and Northern Ireland and the QEP Scotland include a requirement to practise for a minimum of a two-year period as an educational psychologist three years in Northern Ireland post-qualification.

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You might also work in a research establishment or university and become involved in teaching as well as research. But what is educational therapy? And how can it help kids with learning and thinking differences? Educational therapy is a general term for when an educator works one-on-one with your child, typically outside of school. This can cover a lot. It could mean a reading specialist who works with kids with ADHD.

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When you stop by the echidna pen at Billabong Sanctuary, chances are you will see little more than an inert mound of spikes half-buried in the dirt.

On the contrary, this is one of the strangest, most improbable creatures in the world! For, like the duck-billed platypus, the echidna is a monotreme, one of only three species of egg-laying mammals in existence. Wait until the cool of the day, and this spiky ball will uncurl, revealing a short-legged animal with a long nose. It will waddle around, quietly going about its business, as this species has done for millions of years. Indeed, it has been described as one of the most successful mammals on earth.

Monotremes are an ancient order of mammals which retain several features of their reptile ancestors. Like reptiles, these mammals have only a single rear opening the cloaca through which all waste products are passed, and which is also the birth canal. Females have mammary glands that produce milk to nourish the young, but they have no nipples. Thick, yellowish milk is secreted directly onto the surface of the skin inside the pouch. Monotremes have no external ears, but just an opening on either side of the back of the head, like lizards and birds.

Male monotremes have a spur on the hind foot. In the platypus, this spur is connected to a venom gland. Echidnas do not have a functional venom gland. Monotremes have a lower body temperature than other mammals. The active body temperature for an Echidna is only 33 degr C There are two species of echidna in the world. The long-beaked echidna Zaglossus bruijni lives only in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.

The short-beaked echidna is found in Australia and southern New Guinea. The echidna looks kind of like a cross between an anteater and a porcupine or hedgehog. The top of the body is covered with sharp spines. These are made of compressed hairs, just like your fingernails. A baby echidna on our Scottsdale Reserve. Photo Kim Jarvis.

You can find echidnas slowly wandering around most habitats, from deserts to rainforests and alpine mountains. To survive extremes in weather echidnas burrow into the soil, hide under vegetation and shelter in hollow logs, rock crevices and in burrows created by wombats or rabbits. Amazingly, echidnas are good swimmers. Echidnas are solitary, wanderers: they have large, overlapping home ranges up to 50 hectares and only maintain a fixed address when rearing their young in a burrow. A group of echidna in the Tasmanian Midlands.

Photo Matt Appleby. How do you know when echidnas are breeding? Just look for a female being trailed by one to ten males. This can last for weeks at a time. The female will then lay a single, leathery egg.

Only 0. Baby echidnas are called ' puggles'. Not only do echidna back feet point backwards , but their whole back leg is rotated degrees. Like most animals, echidnas walk on the soles of their rear feet.

You can't tell if an echidna is male or female by simply looking at them as they have no gender-specific features and their reproductive organs are internal. All echidnas are born with spurs on their hind limbs , similar to what male platypuses have. But one branch of mammals doesn't suckle: the egg-laying monotremes, which include today's platypus and echidna, or spiny anteater.

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In the past, these numbers didn't cost anything to call from landline phones, but mobile users typically had to put up with charges of between 14p and 40p per minute. The less widely used freephone numbers beginning with were withdrawn from use by the end of June Ofcom also introduced simpler charges for calls to expensive non-geographic service numbers that start with 08 including and , 09 and To cut costs, you should consider moving to a cheaper provider.

Ofcom says the service charge for calls to numbers is between 0p and 13p per minute, while the service charge for calls to numbers is between 0p and 7p per minute. The UK's worse mobile phone providers. You just need to enter the name of the company or the expensive non-geographic 08 number and the app will suggest an alternative to dial in the form of a 01, 02 or 03 landline number.

Once you have put the number in, it will then generate a number and redirect your call to that number. The cost of calling , and numbers is made up of two parts: an access charge going to your phone company, and a service charge set by the organisation you are calling. The service charge for calls to numbers is between 0p and 7p per minute. The service charge must be clearly displayed wherever the phone number is advertised or promoted. The access charge — which is additional to the service charge — will vary depending on your phone company, and can range from 8p to 67p per minute.

Choose a provider from the table below for more information on their pricing. Tesco Mobile. Virgin Media. The cost of calling numbers is made up of two parts: an access charge going to your phone company, and a service charge set by the organisation you are calling. The service charge for calls to numbers is between 0p and 13p per minute. You can find out more information at the PSA website.

These premium rate numbers are mainly used for competitions, TV voting, horoscopes, chat lines, adult lines, recorded information and professional advice services. You can bar them from being dialled from your phone, as you can with other numbers. The cost of calling 09 numbers is made up of two parts: an access charge going to your phone company, and a service charge set by the organisation you are calling.

These are the premium rate goods and services that you can buy by charging the cost to your phone bill and prepay account. They are:. The cost of calling directory enquiry numbers starting is made up of two parts: an access charge going to your phone company, and a service charge set by the organisation you are calling. Calls can include a one-off connection charge and then a separate per minute rate — this also varies depending on the service. We would encourage customers only to use the directory enquiries service for onward connection to the number they have asked for when they really need to, as the charges are often higher than hanging up and calling directly on your landline or mobile.

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The top tube on a BMX bike is the part that connects the front of the bike to the seat. The top BMX brands will often have a guide on their websites to help you find the right top tube size for your bike. The second is the wheel size. Most pro BMX bikes carry wheel sizes up to 20 inches, but some brands are starting to introduce larger and inch wheel sizes, which are great for taller riders.

When buying a new bike, how much it weighs can be a deciding factor. Racing BMX bikes and freestyle bikes tend to be very light to help with performance or tricks, but there are various factors that can influence the weight. The material that it is made out of can make the bike heavier or lighter. The more expensive material that premium BMX bikes are made from chromoly is lighter than others, and can therefore impact the bikes performance. The size of the bike can also affect the weight.

BMX bikes for adults have larger wheels and frames and will weigh more than those that are smaller. There are several disciplines of BMX riding, including freestyle, trail, vert in which riders use a large ramp to perform tricks , and racing.

These are similar to those disciplines found in skateboarding, too - check out our complete overview of the best skateboards on the market. There are many different BMX makes and models that are tailored to various events.

Racing BMX bikes are usually made of aluminium, which is not recommended for freestyle riders as it is more brittle and can break when performing tricks. Sturdier models will often have more stable construction, and therefore be suitable for more rugged terrains. Different BMX bikes designed for various events are usually made from different materials.

BMX bikes designed specifically for racing can be made from lightweight aluminium, perfect for quick acceleration and maintaining high speeds even in tight corners. On the other hand, bikes designed for freestyle use can be made of a material called chromoly, a light and durable type of steel that is stronger than regular steel, but that maintains that rigidity necessary for a solid bike. Many BMX bikes will specify if they have sealed vs.

Professional BMX bikes will usually have sealed bearings, which are more expensive to make and manufacture than sealed ones. Sealed bearings are considered higher quality as they are protected from any debris that the bike kicks up and can spin without as much friction as loose ones do.

Loose ones are prone to breakages and are often found on cheap BMX bikes, or those that are only recommended for use on smooth surfaces. The fork of a BMX is the part which connects the frame to the front wheel and is a vitally important part of the bike for multiple reasons.

Some forks are made from chromoly for extra strength on racing and freestyle bikes, even if the frame is made from aluminium or high tensile steel. Parts are also readily available from high street retailers and even some supermarkets, meaning they can be fixed for a comparatively small price.

Just bear in mind that the best BMX bikes for kids will probably be more expensive than other bikes out there due to the materials used and how they are constructed.

If you are looking for a cheaper alternative for exercising your kids, explore our complete guide to the benefits of yoga for children. In a way, yes. BMX bikes usually come with one single gear, which can be adjusted to help the rider with their goals. That can range from trail riding down steep inclines, to performing tricks at a skatepark. Tall gearing helps riders get up to speed quickly, making it the preferred style of racers.

Each bike comes with a different gear ratio, which is how many times your back wheel will spin as you turn the pedals. This can easily be adjusted to be tall or short depending on your riding style. Make sure that you check what gearing ratio your new bike comes with and play around with what feels best for you. Bikes are required by law to have brakes on them, and BMX trick bikes usually install them at the back.

You also want a light bike, especially if your girl is on the small side. The tire requirements are also the same. They need to be large enough to grip the ground, but small enough that she can maneuver them as she needs to. The color has nothing to do with the bike but might make your girl more likely to ride it if color matters, just like a boy might be more inclined to ride a bike that looks a certain way.

Ensuring that your girl can stand over the bike with feet flat on the ground and a minimum 2-centimeter gap between her and the top tube provides the most comfortable ride. A full-sized wheel is 20 inches, but there are wheels as small as 16 inches for the smallest riders. Girls who want to freestyle will need a slightly more durable bike than racers, preferably with all Chromoly if you can swing it.

According to my opinion, Mongoose is the well-known bmx brands in the industry. However you should check the customer reviews of a bike before buying it. BMX bikes are ridden by both teens and adults.

The size of the wheels is consistent, however, the frame size can be changed subtly with the riding technique and the height of the rider. The frame size of racing BMX bikes come wider size and is best suitable for bikers who are serious about racing.

A BMX bike is mostly for short, fast races. It does not include suspension and has only one gear. On the other hand, mountain bikes are loaded for longer rides and have suspensions and climbing gears. Frames Bikes are good, affordable BMX bike. The brands focus on their quality and bulletproof frame.

All the models have Hi-tensile steel frames that will survive everything. The bike weighs under 5. Affordable BMX bikes are good, you don't want to spend so cheaply that will compromise the quality of the bike.

A basic BMX bike is a good option when you have to ride on dirt trails, or if you want to do some tricks and jumps. Freestyle bike os best to learn street tricks or ride in skateparks. Jumper BMX bikes are best to get going with some air jumps. Make sure you choose the perfect size frame according to your body.

Riding a BMX bike can be uncomfortable if you got a long journey. It can cause you trouble while climbing hills due to the short seat height and length of the bike. BMX bikes are more suitable for tricking and stand-up rides. Hopefully, we helped give you a head start on determining your BMX bike purchase, which includes knowing what to look for in a bike. All of these bikes are highly recommended and are the very best in their respective categories and price ranges.

Feel free to let us know in the comments below! I am looking for a super-sturdy stunt and trick bike and came to mongoose legion reviews here. Is it really the lightest bmx bike and should I purchase it?

Any suggestions? Steven, I got this bike last month. My son wants a new BMX bike and I was clueless what to buy or what the look for. Thank you for a great and informative article. I learned a lot about what he needs in a bike as well as brands in my price range to check out. Great piece! Can you suggest me the best beginner bmx bikes. I am interested in doing tricks around the neighborhood and would love a great bike.

You guide has helped me a lot. There are definitely good bmx bikes listed out here. I was bale to pick one of the best without any issue. Your email address will not be published.

Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Skip to content. Spread the love. To kick things off, are you looking for the best BMX bike for adults or kids? In a hurry? The test winner after 11 hours of research:. Why is it better? Researched sources. REviews considered. Our Buying Guide Daily Biking can solve all the health issues and help you stay in shape. How We Picked We began with an online research by going through the best ranges available in the market for BMX bikes.

Best BMX Bikes Adult BMX bikes are broken down into 3 main categories:. Professional BMX Bikes. High-End Materials.

Sealed Bearings. You also need sealed bearings. Buying a Complete Bike. What We Like. What We Don't Like. Freestyle BMX Bikes. Freestyle Bikes are built to withstand a lot of abuse. Wheels And Rims. MafiaBikes bmx bike.

Racing BMX Bikes. Case in point : the Mongoose L X Games Freestyle Bicycle. What Are Your Riding Intentions? Dirt Jumping Dirt jumping takes place on dirt tracks that have either a series of jumps all in a row, or one big-air jump.

Flatland BMX Riding. For this, you can find out the BMX stunt bikes available online While flatland riding originated with regular BMX bikes, they eventually evolved to be specifically for this style. What About Kids? Boys BMX Bikes. Girls BMX Bikes. Until she develops her muscles, weight is going to be key. What's the best BMX bike for a beginner? Can adults ride BMX bikes? What is the best cheap BMX bike? Can adults ride inch bikes? Can BMX bikes go fast?

Are framed BMX bikes good? What's the lightest BMX bike? How much should I spend on a BMX bike? How do I choose a BMX bike? Are BMX bikes comfortable to ride? Conclusion Hopefully, we helped give you a head start on determining your BMX bike purchase, which includes knowing what to look for in a bike. The test winner after 17 hours of research:. Mongoose legion The BMX sizing chart below gives an idea of what size bike you need.

There is some slight crossover, as there are certain heights whereby the rider would be suited to two different wheel sizes. You can then customize it with parts that improve its performance, and better suit your riding style. Check out our guide to BMX helmets here. Sure, you can save yourself a few dollars by going with a cheap and unknown brand. BMX Helmet Prices. These pedals provide the rider with the ability to generate maximum power for and get up to speed as the gate drops.

Of course, if you are new to BMX, a flat pedal will suffice while building confidence in handling and gate starts.

Saddles do not play much of an essential role in the setup of BMX bikes, so the preference for saddles is for minimalism, even so far as to have completely plastic saddles. Entry level BMX bikes will have a bit more cushion and larger surface area as again the assumption is that the rider will be sitting down and pedalling more than an advanced rider who will be floating above the saddle a lot.

Rails: Just like a mountain or road bike, the has rails on either side that sit in a clamp attached to the seat post. Pivotal saddles: The saddle is connected to the seatpost via a single bolt that goes through the middle of the seat and into the seatpost. Not ideal for sitting on, but reduces weight significantly. Freestyle handlebars rise steeper than race BMX bars to be maneuvered better. Usually made from Chromoly or aluminium, the latter being lighter but more susceptible to fatigue, and steel will be heavier but dampen vibrations better and last longer.

Bars found on inch BMX bikes might not have a crossbar and have significantly less rise to account for the higher stack due to the larger frame and bigger wheels.

Flatland handlebars usually have a very minimal sweep, so the bars feel basically the same when pointed forward or backward, as well as a low crossbar so riders can swing their leg over for tricks.

BMX bikes will typically feature rim-brakes, where the pads connect to the rim to slow momentum. Freestyle bikes are equipped U-brake that sits inside the rear triangle and out of the way of the rider. Many freestyle bikes may also come with a 'detangler' or 'Gyro' braking system for the rear brake. Distinguishable by the division of two cables around a mechanism fitted at the headtube, the detangler allows the bars to spin a full degrees without the brake cable getting tangled.

This is incredibly helpful for advancing tricks such as barspins and tailwhips. If these sorts of tricks are not going to be on your radar, a standard brake will suffice.

Although a front brake is allowed in racing, it is not necessary with most racers opting for a secure, linear-pull rear brake only, also called V-brake. Helmets for freestyle BMX cover a large proportion of the head and take a more 'bowl' shaped look than the low profile, highly-vented road cycling helmets.

These helmets will have minimal vents and can extend to covering the ears as well. This is to take into account that BMX riders may take a stack while attempting a trick and are at risk of landing in any direction. When racing BMX, there are rules and restrictions around equipment on the racetrack. In training and competition, a full-faced helmet must be worn along with long pants and long-sleeved jersey.

Gloves: Regardless of whether you're riding freestyle, or racing your BMX bikes, full fingered gloves are a must. BMX specific gloves will typically feature grip on the palm of the glove that extends to the tips of the fingers.

Shoes: If you are riding with clip-in pedals , look for some mountain bike or BMX specific clip in shoes that offer a good amount of stiffness and comfort. Pegs: Pegs are metal cylinders or sometimes solid plastic that are fitted to the axles of the BMX bike so the rider can balance on them for tricks in flatland, or perform grinds on rails or ledges in street and park riding. Flatland will usually have pegs on all 4 axles, whereas street riders will have just one side with pegs on the front and rear.

Pegs are strictly banned in BMX racing. Buying a BMX for anyone under the age of 12 is an excellent way to get them on the bike in a fuss-free fashion. No gears and a sturdy frame mean kids can experiment and find their comfort zone with riding a bike along with tackling a range of terrain including footpaths hard packed dirt trails. Kids BMX bikes are available as scaled-down versions of adult 20in bikes, with some brands offering Chromoly steel 16in and 18in freestyle bikes.

Race BMX bikes are available as 'mini-micro' and 'micro' for kids getting into racing. More traditionally, at the lower price point, a high-tensile steel frame will come equipped with a coaster brake, one-piece cranks, training wheels and accessories such as chain guards, a basket or frame pads. These are suited to younger kids just getting on their first bike but are not designed to take the hits that a freestyle BMX will. If a child is showing interest in finding new limits and trying new things, it might be time to update the equipment to match the skill.

For information on what to know about kids bikes, see our comprehensive buyers guide. Most kids bikes will fall into this category, with the lower end offering one-piece cranks, hi-tensile steel frames, and more beginner level gearing.

Sealed bearings might be non-existent or found in the rear hub only. Expect to see single walled rims for the lower end of the spectrum. A Chromoly frame will typically feature at this price point along with, two or three piece cranks and accessories like stunt pegs. The upper end may see Gyro brakes and smaller, lighter chainrings with sealed bearings featuring both in the wheel hubs and the bottom bracket.

WNV-specific IgG is typically detectable from eight days post onset of symptoms onwards and may persist for multiple years. Therefore, diagnosis based on IgG requires testing of an acute and convalescent serum to demonstrate seroconversion or a minimal four-fold increase in IgG titers. WNV diagnosis based on serology is severely hampered by extensive cross-reactivity between antibodies triggered by related viruses of the genus Flavivirus i.

In addition, an acute flavivirus infection may boost cross-reactive antibodies due to previous infection with or vaccination against another flavivirus, thereby obscuring antibody response to the present acute infection. Positive results obtained with these type of assays should be confirmed by virus neutralisation tests VNT; plaque reduction neutralisation test — PRNT80 and PRNT90 , preferably by parallel testing of acute and convalescent serum samples to distinguish recent infection from past infections.

To exclude cross-reactions with other flaviviruses, PRNTs should be performed simultaneously against all potential flaviviruses. Such tests require biosafety level 3 facilities and appropriate reference viruses. West Nile virus infection can be confirmed by virus genome detection or virus isolation.

Viral genome is typically detectable in plasma from 2—18 days post-infection and up to five days post-onset of symptoms, although prolonged viremia up to 35 days after symptom onset has been reported. There is evidence that whole blood is the best sample type, with Requirements for sensitivity of assays used depend on setting, e.

SoHO screening of population samples versus identification of clinical cases. Virus isolation is not considered as a test of choice for diagnosis, as it requires biosafety level 3 facilities and it takes up to five days to obtain a cytopathogenic effect.

WNV antigen detection by immunohistochemistry is possible in post-mortem tissue of fatal encephalitis cases. No specific prophylaxis or treatment exist for WNV infections. The only available treatment is supportive care [9]. In affected areas, blood establishments [1] should follow recommendations provided in the EU preparedness plan for blood safety [39]. Donors of organs, tissues and cells living in or returning from an affected area should be tested for WNV infection.

Systematic collection of epidemiological information on WNV infection among donors and recipients of SoHO is an important tool for national authorities to better assess the risk of transmission and impact of preventive measures on the availability of SoHO. According to the preparedness plan for WNV blood safety in the EU [39], blood establishments in affected areas should:. Mosquito vectors may be controlled through larval source reduction and measures against adult mosquitoes.

Vector breeding sites include stagnant and often dirty water collections in dishes, buckets, barrels and cans, flowerpots, rain gutters, discarded tires and other containers that can collect water. In urban environments, infrastructure such as underground heating, sewage pipes and basements liable to flooding can act as breeding and resting sites for vectors.

Specific methods for vector control to prevent transmission of WNV have been infrequently evaluated for their impact on reducing human cases [40]. Personal protective measures against mosquito bites include the use of mosquito bed nets preferably insecticide-treated nets , sleeping or resting in screened or air-conditioned rooms, the wearing of clothes that cover most of the body, and the use of mosquito repellent in accordance with the instructions indicated on the product label.

West Nile virus infection. Facts Surveillance and disease data Threats and outbreaks Prevention and control. Factsheet about West Nile virus infection. Twitter Facebook Linked In Mail. Epidemiological criteria At least one of the following epidemiological links: Animal to human transmission residing, having visited or having been exposed to mosquito bites in an area where WNV is endemic in horses or birds Human to human transmission vertical transmission, blood transfusion, transplants Case classification A.

Possible case Not applicable B. Probable case Any person meeting the clinical criteria and with at least: an epidemiological link; and a laboratory test for a probable case. Confirmed case Any person meeting laboratory criteria for case confirmation Note: Serological results should be interpreted according to previous exposure to other flavivirus infections and vaccination status.

The pathogen WNV is an enveloped positive-stranded ribonucleic acid RNA virus belonging to the Japanese encephalitis serocomplex Flavivirus genus, Flaviviridae family [6].

Animals WNV infections among equids are usually asymptomatic. Transmission WNV is transmitted in an enzootic cycle between mosquitoes and birds that respective acting as vectors and amplifying hosts.

Figure 1. West Nile virus transmission cycle. SoHo: substance of human origin. Diagnostics Laboratory methods for the diagnosis of a WNV infection are most commonly indirect detection based on serology, but can also entail direct detection of the virus. Direct detection West Nile virus infection can be confirmed by virus genome detection or virus isolation.

Case management and treatment No specific prophylaxis or treatment exist for WNV infections. According to the preparedness plan for WNV blood safety in the EU [39], blood establishments in affected areas should: temporarily interrupt blood collection or implement NAT screening for blood donations from WNV affected areas quarantine, retest and discard positive blood components in storage at the time of implementation of measures and retrieve and quarantine blood components derived from whole blood donated days prior the date of collection of the ID-NAT-positive donation enhance donor post-donation information, especially about fever, influenza-like illness or other acute symptoms within 15 days after donation strengthen post-transfusion haemovigilance and perform look-back analysis in any case of transfusion-transmitted WNV infection for a period dating days prior to the donation of implicated blood components; and consider the use of pathogen inactivation procedures.

Vector control Mosquito vectors may be controlled through larval source reduction and measures against adult mosquitoes. Infection control, personal protection and prevention Personal protective measures against mosquito bites include the use of mosquito bed nets preferably insecticide-treated nets , sleeping or resting in screened or air-conditioned rooms, the wearing of clothes that cover most of the body, and the use of mosquito repellent in accordance with the instructions indicated on the product label.

Read more on the ECDC website. Weekly updates: West Nile virus transmission season. Historical data by year - West Nile virus seasonal surveillance. Data West Nile virus risk assessment tool Tool - 1 Jul Publication The European Union summary report on trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food-borne outbreaks in Surveillance report - 12 Dec Data Mosquito-borne diseases: An emerging threat Infographic - 12 Aug Read more on external websites.

Peer-Reviewed Publication Diagnosis of west nile virus human infections: Overview and proposal of diagnostic protocols considering the results of external quality assessment studies Sep Guide to the preparation, use and quality assurance of blood components — 19th Edition. References United Nations Statistics Division. New York: U N; [cited 20 September ]. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.

People with certain medical conditions, such as cancer, diabetes, hypertension, kidney disease, and people who have received organ transplants, are also at greater risk. Recovery from severe illness might take several weeks or months. Some effects to the central nervous system might be permanent. About 1 out of 10 people who develop severe illness affecting the central nervous system die.

Diagnosis See your healthcare provider if you develop the symptoms described above. Your healthcare provider can order tests to look for West Nile virus infection.

To learn more about testing, visit our Healthcare Providers page. Treatment No vaccine or specific medicines are available for West Nile virus infection. Over-the-counter pain relievers can be used to reduce fever and relieve some symptoms In severe cases, patients often need to be hospitalized to receive supportive treatment, such as intravenous fluids, pain medication, and nursing care.

If you think you or a family member might have West Nile virus disease, talk with your health care provider.

Repellents containing a higher concentration of active ingredient such as DEET provide longer-lasting protection. Read the directions to find out how long your product will last.

Most people infected with the West Nile virus will have only mild symptoms. However, if any of the following serious symptoms develop, seek medical attention right away:. Health Home Conditions and Diseases.

But, the virus can cause life-threatening illnesses, such as: Encephalitis inflammation of the brain Meningitis inflammation of the lining of the brain and spinal cord Meningoencephalitis inflammation of the brain and its surrounding membrane What causes West Nile virus? What are the symptoms of West Nile virus?

These are the most common symptoms of West Nile fever: Fever Headache Body aches Skin rash on trunk of body Swollen lymph glands The more severe form of the West Nile virus affects mostly older adults.

It occurs when the virus crosses the blood-brain barrier and can cause: Headache High fever Neck stiffness Stupor a state of impaired consciousness, extreme lethargy, and reduced reactivity to outside stimuli Disorientation Coma Tremors Convulsions Muscle weakness Paralysis The symptoms of West Nile virus may look like other conditions or health problems. What are the risk factors for West Nile virus?

How is West Nile virus diagnosed? Your doctor will order a blood test to check for antibodies to the West Nile virus. He or she may also do a lumbar puncture to test cerebrospinal fluid for signs of infection. How is West Nile virus treated? Your healthcare provider will figure out the best treatment based on: How old you are Your overall health and medical history How sick you are How well you can handle specific medications, procedures, or therapies How long the condition is expected to last Your opinion or preference There's no specific treatment for West Nile virus-related diseases.

If a person gets the more severe form of the disease, West Nile encephalitis or meningitis, treatment may include intensive supportive therapy, such as: Hospitalization Intravenous IV fluids Breathing support ventilator Prevention of other infections such as pneumonia or urinary tract infections Nursing care What are the complications of West Nile virus?

However, the virus can cause life-threatening illnesses, such as Encephalitis inflammation of the brain Meningitis inflammation of the lining of the brain and spinal cord Meningoencephalitis inflammation of the brain and its surrounding membrane Can West Nile virus be prevented?

If you spray your clothing, there's no need to spray repellent containing DEET on the skin under your clothing. When possible, wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants treated with repellents containing permethrin or DEET since mosquitoes may bite through thin clothing. Don't directly apply repellents containing permethrin to exposed skin. Consider staying indoors at dawn, dusk, and in the early evening. These are peak hours for mosquito bites, especially those mosquitoes that carry the West Nile virus.

Limit the number of places for mosquitoes to lay their eggs by getting rid of standing water sources from around your home. To boost your protection from insect repellent, remember: Sweating, or water may call for reapplication of the product.

If you aren't being bitten, you don't need to reapply repellent. Use enough repellent to cover exposed skin or clothing. Don't apply repellent to skin that's under clothing. Heavy application isn't needed for protection. Don't apply repellent to cuts, wounds, or irritated skin. After returning indoors, wash treated skin with soap and water.

Don't spray aerosol or pump products in enclosed areas. Don't apply aerosol or pump products directly to your face.

Mailed payments may take considerably longer, so if you take that route contact your card issuer to learn more about processing times. It can also be important for identity verification. You can change your billing address online by first logging in with your account credentials. Check out these links to get started, depending on your credit card issuer. No, you can also change your billing address by phone or mail. Ellen Sirull is a writer with over 15 years of experience, covering topics from personal finance to identity protection to credit and credit cards.

Do you have a correction, tip, or suggestion for a new post? Contact us here. The responses below are not provided or commissioned by bank advertisers. Responses have not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by bank advertisers. By Ellen Sirull. At a glance You can change your credit card billing address easily online, and through some other methods.

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Bank American Express cards: U. Louis, MO Was this helpful? Yes No. Written by Ellen Sirull Ellen Sirull is a writer with over 15 years of experience, covering topics from personal finance to identity protection to credit and credit cards. More articles. You can change the checking or savings product by visiting your local Wells Fargo branch , or if you prefer, you can call our National Business Banking Center at To add an additional signer to an existing account, you will need to update your current signature card or, depending on the type of business you maintain and the type of account you have, you may need to open a new business account.

To find out what is required in your particular case, visit your local Wells Fargo branch , or call our National Business Banking Center at In order to change a name on your account, you need to complete a new signature card. Please visit your nearest Wells Fargo branch or call our National Business Banking Center at and we can help you with your request. To make a change of address and order new checks you may log into a secured Wells Fargo Business Online session and submit a request.

You can also request the change through a Wells Fargo branch or through the National Business Banking Center at To obtain a new signature card, visit your local Wells Fargo branch or contact our National Business Banking Center at Only a business owner or an authorized signer can add or delete signers on an account.

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Wells Fargo Name Change Authorization FAQs wells fargo funds name change forms Here is a list of the most common customer questions. What is the complete cost of changing legal name in India? Given how common this is, you would expect the procedure of your name change application to be fairly quick. But it is, in fact, pretty lengthy, with name change forms to be filled out, and even requiring a newspaper advertisement.

Even though it is lengthy, though, the procedure for changing your name is quite simple. All you need to do is to understand how it is done, what steps need to be taken, what are the documents essential for submitting the request, and you are good to go.

Read the below-mentioned steps to ensure you have everything in place for changing your name to the new initials, as preferred. You need to contact a notary to do the needful. The following steps would make the process simpler and clearer Approach your local notary and mention your request.

The notary will suggest the stamp paper of required value on which the affidavit for name change is made. Once you have the paper, you need to provide the following details:a. Name and New nameb. Current addressc. Reason for name change Astrology, numerology, marriage, etc 4. Once the affidavit is printed on a plain stamp paper, it needs to be signed by two witnesses.

The legal procedure is to get it signed by two persons of gazetted officer rank. Ensure that you have their signature, along with their stamp rubber stamp. The procedure for a name change, in the case of a central government employee, needs to be done in lieu with the Ministry of Home Affairs O. Dated Ask the Notary for advice or read the guidelines. Marriage date. The affidavit reflects both your old and new name.

Affidavits can be used for changing the whole name, surname or just a few letters. Keep a copy of the affidavit. This is a crucial document and comes in handy for any future legal formalities.

For overseas Indians, who would like to change their name, one needs to submit a deed stating the change of name, duly signed by the Indian High Commission office or the Indian Embassy. For this, you need to select two newspapers, one published in the official language of the state and the other, an English daily. The requirement is to pick two popular daily and send a request to them, stating the following details:a.

Your new nameb. Your old namec. Date of Birthd. AddressName Change Advertisement ExampleThe newspapers allot a column for these notifications and will be able to guide you on this.

The format can be had from any newspaper. Here is a simple example. I have submitted an affidavit to this effect, which was signed by on. Once your notification is published in the newspaper, remember to collect as many copies as you can, and store it for future use.

Although one single copy will suffice, it is better to store as many original newspaper ad copies as you can, to be on the safer side. Once your gazette notification is published, your name change will be legally complete. The name change gazette notification is mandatory for those in employment with the government and optional for others.

However, it is substantial proof of your name change. Since it just involves sending a few documents for publication, it may make sense to go through with it. Here is what you need to do to submit the Gazette notification:a. Alternatively, a letter of declaration from you, stating the need for changing the name will do;c. Carry original copies of advertisements published with the date. Attach both ads ;d. Carry two attested photographs to ensure you go ahead with the procedure uninterrupted;e.

Carry address and identity proofs The address should be the same as the one published in the newspaper and affidavit. Any change of address might result in rejection of application. Also, put the above documents in an A4 sized envelope before sending it to the below mentioned address. Keep this safely for future reference. Now your part of the work in the name change in India process is done. The Government will print the change of your name in the Gazette.

The amount charged for Gazette notifications varies —- either Rs. Although your work for legalizing your name change is made, it is essential to save all the documents and use it for officially changing your name in the bank records, certificates and any other documents that you deem necessary. The name change documents might come as crucial ones when you apply or renew a passport or for any other future transactions. Also, it is noted in several cases that a person has just the affidavit and the Newspaper advertisements for a name change, and have not notified the Gazette regarding the modification.

Although, as stated earlier, the government employees have the mandatory clause for Gazette notifications, the banks might ask for Gazette notification before changing your name in the account. The fee for requesting PAN card change is Rs. There are even multiple other people with the exact same name mentioned in the New Testament, including Jesus Barabbas in the Gospel of Mark and Jesus Justus, an apostle mentioned in the Book of Acts and in the Pauline Epistles.

For instance, in Isaiah , the title is applied to Cyrus the Great, the shah-in-shah of the Achaemenid Empire, who freed the Jews from captivity in Babylon after he captured the city in BC and allowed them to return home to rebuild their Temple in Jerusalem. Most Christians are familiar with the Chi Rho monogram. In his autobiography, the American author Mark Twain a.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens; lived — observed that the phrase was already in common use when he was still a young lad. This oath substitutes the name of a pagan god for the Christian one, the implication being that it was considered less offensive to swear by a deity perceived as being false than a deity perceived as being true. If you are unclear on how to fill out this form, if this is in fact the correct form for the purpose you have in mind, or what other forms you have to file, and with whom, once you've successfully changed the name of the LLC, you should consult with a business law attorney in the state of Washington.

It's a virtual certainty that you'll have to report the change of name to, at a minimum, the IRS and your state tax authority, as well as to any agency which has issued your LLC any form of business license.

Did you know that a million dollars in U. It's true. Who are you? Between the choice of chasing down a stranger, or securing what appeared to be stacks of currency, I chose the currency. We can resolve the issue of his identity later, but a loose sack of cash is, well, a loose sack of cash. I look through the contents again. And it feels like just as many question are swirling in my head, as I feel my pulse pounding in my skull.

Who was that guy? Why me? What is this all about? But the most urgent thoughts swim past the dizzying deluge of unanswerable questions. But to be in possession of a life-changing amount of counterfeit currency of the United States of America?

My emotions swing wildly between the elation of instantaneous wealth, and sheer terror that I was minutes away from being snatched from my home and corralled into a Federal holding cell, where I will grow old within its walls.

Terror was the stronger of the two emotions, and I quickly went to work. First things first: the bag had to go. If there is a GPS tracking device embedded in its seams, it would take too long for me to root it out. Better to incinerate it, and make sure that whatever trail it was laying stops at a dead-end for its pursuers. I pour the stacks of bills into an empty duffle back from my garage, and lock the bag in my condo. After pouring enough Kerosene on the bag to see the shimmering mist of petroleum evaporate above it, I lit a book of matches and threw it in the middle of the mass.

Or delayed, at the very least. What do I do? What should I do? Call the authorities? Somebody dropped a million dollars in cash at my home. Please help. I wouldn't. Any reasonable law enforcement dispatcher would consider the caller legally insane, and I'd be arrested on the spot and sent to psychiatric care.

The only recourse is to handle this myself. It's been a while. His voice lowers noticeably. You in some kind of trouble? Former rockstar DOJ prosecutor in D. Was offered a fast-track promotion straight to the U. He set up independent shop in San Francisco, fighting Fed cases. Heavy hitter clients, but makes a point of refusing to represent anyone accused of murder or human trafficking. Intimate knowledge of Federal prosecutorial procedures and evidence-collection protocol.

Very expensive. His earliest appointment is tomorrow morning after a client meeting. Shall I book him for 11am for you? Just me and a stack of bills which may or may not be fake, no formal legal representation for over 24 hours.

Taking even a few of these bills to a bank to corroborate their authenticity is out of the question. No, thank you. Happy to help. How much money are we talking about? Three bands, thirty thousand dollars, randomized and fully assembled to be tested for authenticity. At any given moment, Robert may have several hundred thousand dollars in cash or gold, silver and platinum bullion on the premise, it pays to be careful. One of the few civilians in California with a Concealed Carry Weapons permit, Kendrick and I met on pistol gun range ten years ago; we bonded over shooting.

He and I spent countless hours debating the relative merits of his preference for single-action s, vs my bias toward double-action SIG-Sauer Ps. In the bullion business, you learn to know the boundaries of money-laundering laws, and know how to walk right up to the edge without triggering reporting thresholds.

By law, these business that receive such sums of cash must fill out invasive forms to tie the transaction to you and your Social Security Number.

So long as the proper theatrics of anti-money-laundering protocols are observed, everyone is technically in the clear. After a second, the machine spools up and the digital counter swiftly runs from zero to three hundred.