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#1: Love It When Theaters Announce Increases in Open Captions. This Theater Had Offered OC Only Wednesday Evenings. | 0 comments
#2: "Why We All Need Subtitles Now." - this hot Vox video (now 3.3+ million views) explains why demand for subtitles is growing. Excellent video - don't fully understand the technology of sound, but it explains well the issues with sound. | 0 comments
#3: Published in New York Newsday newspaper print edition on Sunday, January 15, 2023" "Deaf movie fans face challenges, frustrations." Reporter has a child with hearing loss. | 0 comments

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Don't know because I'm a national advocate (for more on open captions see r/opencaptions). Would be happy if our local independent theater just had decent seats never mind stadium.

What are their seats like now? I haven't been in awhile, do they still use those shitty stadium seats or have they gotten with the program and gotten the recliners?

Why don’t you start lyft / uber as a flexible second job.I drive for 4 hours a day for extra 100$.

Restaurants, my man! I worked at the CCF at the mall for years. In times were 445 or 530pm for most weeknight shifts. Make a decent bit of cash that night, you get out what you put in, and as long as you don't fall into the drug/drinking trap of working in a restaurant you can make decent money. You can make your extra 1k a month doing just weekend shifts, if need be.

Also, consider where you can cut back. Make sure you're shopping cheap for food, eating in not out, etc. Stuff you probably already know, but it's helpful to think about still.

Please contact the Fair Housing Action Center of Maryland; they can help you work through this and understand your rights as a tenant. https://www.fairhousingmd.org/housing-inquiry-form/

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DoorDash is decently profitable in this area as well if you’re looking to work your own hours, and have a somewhat fuel efficient car

Yeah, thought this might an option. You mind if I DM you for some more specific information?

If you need a job, and are not afraid of hard labor. Any shipping facility will hire, and have you working within a week. I work a FedEx Ground warehouse about 10 minutes outside the Colombia area and they always have people coming and going. You could easily make a few hundred a week, but like I said, it's not easy labor.

No problem at all and best of luck! I'm sure it's been stressful and overwhelming. I hope it goes well for you.

Thanks a lot for this information. I guess I kind of just thought that it might be easier to find a second job, especially because I don't exactly have anywhere else to go. I also thought that maybe working extra would help me take my mind off things.

But I am absolutely going to follow through with this, because I've kind of had it with my landlords and it'd be nice to stick it to them if I actually have a legal case that can get me out of this. I plan to call tomorrow. Thanks again for the help.

As a follow-up, I looked more into the "limited penalties" and they are as follows:

> Under HCC section 17.1009(H),leases must state that tenants may terminate on 60 days written notice due to:

> * The death of a wage earner whose income was used to qualify for the lease, when confirmed by a death certificate.

> If you terminate the lease due to the above circumstances, you may be held liable for no more than two month's rent or actual damages whichever is less.

So absolute maximum, you'd owe two months of rent if you were to terminate your lease

It's still worth getting the Office of Consumer Protection involved because the landlord might be even more accommodating knowing that you know your rights and have the government involved - maybe they'll let you take a one-unit so you don't have to figure out housing in the meantime. Obviously I would hesitate to renew any lease with them again, but in the meantime it could save you from having to do an apartment search.

👍Usually the gunshots are in the small hours of the morning

EDIT: I just read the legislation more closely and this is important so I wanted to put it at the top: the landlord-tenant law signed in 2018 states that as a tenant, one of your rights includes:

> You may terminate a lease early with limited penalties under certain special circumstances such as: unemployment or death of a tenant whose income was used to qualify for the lease, certain medical conditions, change of military posting, domestic violence or sexual assault.

As long as your friend was used to qualify for the lease, which sounds likely, you have the right to terminate the lease early with "limited penalties." Absolutely 100% bring the Office of Consumer Protection into this and enforce your rights.

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Sorry to hear about your friend. I know that must be really hard and doesn't make dealing with this situation any easier.

I'm sure you've considered some of this already, but have you looked into subletting or trying to get another roommate? Even if you have to offer somewhat discounted rent (e.g. $600 instead of $750), it might be a lot easier to cover an extra $150/month instead of $750/month.

You may want to look into reaching out to the Howard County Office of Consumer Protection; they offer landlord/tenant dispute resolution assistance. Here's a copy of some of the landlord-tenant law info from the Howard County Housing Commission, and a direct link to the Office of Consumer Protection.

They may be able to bring you and the landlord to mediation in a way that could give you time or some kind of break. You mentioned in a previous post that the landlord is a large corporation, so I'm not surprised they refused to let you switch to a one-bedroom when you asked...but they may be more pliable if you're asking and you've got the local government involved.

Sorry none of this is job-related, since I don't have any leads there, but I would definitely recommend trying to reach out and find out what rights and options you might have in this situation.

I'll definitely try that. I'm in one of the more unpopulated areas but worth a shot for sure. Just wasn't sure who would want to sign on just for 5 months, but no reason I can't try.

From your other post: "but we don't live in a city or an area many people desire to move to". If you are posting here because you live in Columbia, it's actually more desirable than you think for a lot of folks.

If you offer a massive discount like rent the other half at $750 you can likely get a roommate fairly quickly. I suggest finding the forums/listing boards for the local community college, hospital, and armed forces bases and posting there to see if there's any interest.

There’s also some cars that go around with popping engines. Could be confused for gunshots.

Ah yeah! Didn't even register with me!

That checks out as it was around 10PMish I think.

Any chance it could have been fireworks? It is lunar new year currently.

They post the times and locations of these. So should be easy to find out if they had an active operation in that area last night.

I don’t know specifically, but deer culling is active all over the county. This happens at night in closed parks to reduce the size of the herds.

Do you have a licensed Realtor? They should be able to provide you info to help direct you in the right direction too.

You should read the security deposit section of this Maryland government website..

https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/Pages/CPD/landlords.aspx#deposits

Whether or not you follow through with small claims, then you should report them the Maryland Attorney General since you have picture proof of the carpet being clean. https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/Pages/Complaints/landlordtenant.aspx

Disclosure I am not a lawyer, so you should seek legal advice still Although if it was me, then before I reported them, I would give them 1 last warning, by emailing them and getting a tough with them. Its best to stick to emails in situations that could become legal, so you have written proof of what you said and what they said. This helps further your case in court.

I would let them know that if they do not fully refund the money within a week, then you will be reporting them to the Maryland Attorney General (provide the link in the email so they see you know how to do it), and that I would then file in small claims court.

Then I would remind them... that I have photo proof of the carpet being clean, so if they continue to refuse to do the right thing, then they will not only still lose the $700 in court anyways, but will also lose more money from the legal process, plus the state of Maryland might even investigate you after our report. So I would tell them if you want to save yourself money, time, and your reputation, then I highly recommend you refund the $700 immediately.

Sometimes, unfortunately, you have to be a little aggressive in legal terms when someone is trying to take advantage of you. It helps that side realize that you're not only going to fight it, but that you also know how to fight it so you get your money back. But I hope things work out the easy way and they just agree to give it back after an email like that.

You're welcome to message me too. Although I can't give legal advice, I'm happy to help to give tips on how to avoid this in the future.

Trust me- Columbia barbor shop. 11$ a haircut and family business.

Unfortunately, this doesn't matter - TenM and Metropolitan secure garages have had major break in issues and Junipers garage is left unsecured often due to door repairs and such.