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Last weekend, the world watched as The X Factor judges picked their final 12 acts to go through to the live stages of the ITV talent show.
Cheryl Cole was seen agonising over her decision, but in the end, she put her faith and beliefs into Rikki Loney, Lloyd Daniels and Joe McElderry.
Here we find out a little more about Rikki Loney. Rikki Loney is a 22 year old from Scotland who has been on an emotional journey.
He has entered The X Factor for three years in a row, and was turned away on the first two attempts, getting as close as the judges houses stage of the contest. Learn more about Rikki below.
10 Things You Need to Know About Rikki Loney
- Rikki has auditions for The X Factor three times.
- Last year, Simon Cowell put an overjoyed Rikki through to his final six boys, before changing his mind and ditching him for Liam Payne.
- Rikki was destroyed following the rejection and didn't tell his mum Irene that he would be auditioning again this year. But Irene had gone to watch the live auditions with pals and ran on stage to give her son a hug following his incredible performance of These Arms of Mine.
- The Scottish Sun gave away special cut-outs of Rikki's trademark eyebrows, called 'Rikki Loneyes'
- Rikki almost missed out on his spot at Cheryl's house after a throat infection ruined his performance of Chasing Pavements at bootcamp.
- After his performance at Cheryl's house, guest mentor Will Young doubted whether Rikki has the ability to deliver each week.
- Bookies Ladbrokes have given Rikki odds of 20-1 to win the show.
- The Glaswegian's favourite singers are Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder.
- Rikki has spent the last year touring local venues to practice performing on stage.
- Rikki is obsessed with hats, but wasn't allowed to wear one in his makeover picture.


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Acer Aspire has made a long-lasting impression over the people of Philippines
Aspire series by Acer was first brought to the market in 1999, when Aspire 1151 was launched. Originally intended for casual users, this series quickly became a household favourite consequently after a series of launches. Made to compete with other popular brands like Toshiba Satellite, Dell Inspiron and HP Pavilion, the Aspire series rose above its competition thanks to effective pricing.
Popularity in Philippines
In South-east Asia, Acer has gained massive popularity in both laptop and desktop divisions. People have greatly appreciated the amount of work Acer puts in not while only making the device, but also in their after sales service. With clever advertising and strategy, the company has gradually earned the attention of customers and away from other major brands.
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Acer Aspire series has released a vast number of desktop models over the years, spanning different kinds of specifications and ranging over various kinds of budgets. Some of the most popular models over the years have been those that combined the effectiveness of a powerful configuration and price of an affordable computer. Acer's desktop series is classified into four model lines namely- Lifestyle, Prestige, Server and Gaming. Even though there are many models that fall under the category of Lifestyle and Prestige, Gaming and Server categories have 2 models each going by the names of Aspire M7810, Aspire Predator G7750 and Aspire 5920 and Aspire easyStore H340 respectively.
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Over the last year, Acer managed to raise their revenue by 15% just by selling their desktop models. Among total sales in Philippines, Aspire desktops take almost 20% stake of the market. Apart from desktops, Acer also made a fortune by selling Laptops and Tablets. Oliver Ahrens, who happens to be the vice president of Acer, recently visited Philippines to take a closer look at the market and identify new avenues through where the company will gain growth and prosperity. In an interview conducted, he expressed that he was extremely impressed by the way how their marketing was going on as well as about the attitude of Filipinos.
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Acer first started their business in Philippines back in the year 2003 offering a complete range of peripherals, notebooks and computer systems. From 2012, they are also experiencing slight dip in sales volume by falling to 1.3 million desktops shipped from 2.6 million PCs in a single quarter.

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Wii U-centric presentation
Nintendo shocked many when it revealed last month that it would not be holding one of its usual press conferences at this year's E3.
Today it has been announced that the next Nintendo Direct will be on June 11- the first day of E3- at 10 am Eastern and 7 am Pacific time. This one in particular will be all about upcoming Wii U games.
Satoru Iwata mentioned in the most recent Direct that more information on the new Smash Bros., 3D Mario, and Mario Kart would be given around the time of the expo. So these games will most likely be the centerpiece of the stream, especially considering they are high-profile Wii U titles that little is known about still.
As usual, you can watch the showcase here at the aforementioned date and time. What Wii U game are you most excited about seeing?
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Splatoon's Last Ever Splatfest is Coming
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Nintendo President Satoru Iwata Passes Away at 55
Rest In Peace
Nintendo has detailed the return of its World Championship
Do you have what it takes?
Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition Officially Revealed
The Force is strong with this one...
Rumor: Disney Infinity 3.0 Leaked Early
Straight from a Galaxy Far, Far Away...
Mario Kart 8 DLC Pack 2...OH YEAAAAH!
Nintendo should do this more.
The Nintendo GameCube: An Interesting Legacy
Will The Wii U Have a Similar Fate?
Project Ukulele - Possible Hint at Characters
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How to get Any Video Games for Free ... Vice President meets with video game industry
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This is a fun and cute farm game. Kids love it! ... Critter Round-Up
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This is a simple, fun and addictive game! ... Muscle March
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Welcome to your Jewish community. Come on in.
Interested in getting more involved in your Jewish community? New to the Central Mass area? Want to meet like-minded new people? You've come to the right place!
Based around the Jewish values of kehilla (community), tzedakah (giving with just intention), and tikkun olam (repairing the world), we are an inclusive community for young adults (ages 22-45) to grow and connect through shared goals, interests and experiences. Our members consist of singles and couples who participate in a wide variety of social, educational, leadership and volunteer activities that allow for meaningful involvement and connection while benefiting both the local and global Jewish community.
We invite Jews of all backgrounds who have the desire to meet new people and be a part of this wonderful growing community. For additional info on our local Jewish Community and events, check out www.jewishcentral.org or contact Mindy Hall, Outreach Director at 508.756.1543 or email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Exposure to CT scans may be associated with a slightly increased risk of developing cancer in children and young people, a new study has found.
The study used anonymised medical records for 11 million young Australians, including 6,80,000 who were exposed to Computerised Tomography (CT) scans between 1985 and 2005.
The Australian researchers, with colleagues at Oxford University and the International Agency for Research on Cancer in France, found that for every 1,400 CT scans before the age of 20 there was one extra case of cancer over the following 10 years.
This small increase in cancer risk must be weighed against the undoubted benefits from CT scans in diagnosing and monitoring many different health conditions, researchers said.
"As an individual patient, your risk of cancer from a CT scan is very low. In the vast majority of cases the benefits of a CT scan in diagnosing a condition or guiding treatment will outweigh the risks," said lead researcher Professor John Mathews at the University of Melbourne.


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I stand alone quite a bit, as we have discussed before. Single mom-ming it means you often are the rock in the stream and as the current of life flows around you, you stand fast against it to keep from being carried away. Sometimes, it's exhausting. I have goals... BIG ONES. And I am absolutely 100% driven to reach them. Most … [Read more...]
You Are Not Alone (I Am Here With You)
I got a wildly unexpected response to my blog post about being alone. I had texts and phone calls and people stopping me at church to thank me for putting into words how they were feeling, and it made me think: so many of us think we are alone. High school was so awkward for me because I didn't have many people to talk to. I was busy hiding … [Read more...]
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I was asked to review this awesome Ark Survival Seed pack. My family and I currently grow strawberries and blueberries so I was very excited that this would provide us with new seeds to try. I totally underestimated just how many seeds I would get in this bag.
When I opened up the bag I was shocked to see the 30 packs of seeds that I got! Some of the ones I am so excited to plant the broccoli, squash, tomatoes, lettuce, spinach, etc. The seeds are packaged so that they will last a long time. They are also GMO free! I can't wait to plant a HUGE garden in the spring!
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1 lb. dry red kidney beans, rinsed and sorted
6 c. water
5 regular bouillon cubes or 1 Tbsp. + 2 tsp. chicken base
1/4 lb. smoked sausage (Andouille sausage if you can find it), quartered and cut into thin slices. You can also use a large, meaty ham bone.
1 onion, chopped
4-5 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp. Cajun or Creole seasoning (Tony Chachere's is the best; omit this if using Andouille sausage)
3/4 tsp. cumin
3/4 tsp. coriander
3/4 tsp. oregano
1/8-1/4 tsp. cinnamon (sounds weird, but DON'T leave it out!!!)
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Was parking up in a 'Matchday carpark' on Saturday in West Bromwich, Looking forward to the match V Everton, paid the fella the entrance money and was directed over to where he wanted us to park.
As I was reversing into the slot I was chatting away to the lads not really taking any notice .
Next thing,I hear that sickening 'CRUNCH' , Oh S**t I thought, as i get out to investigate.....
I've only revesered into a bollard in the corner of the car park.
Basically, I've damaged / cracked the left hand side of the rear bumper, and also dented the nearside of the tailgate, and now the tailgate isn't sitting right as the shut line is bigger on the left.
Absolutley P1553D off at my self tho, as I'm normally so careful reversing my estate, as it's a big car.
So I've rang LV tonight, they are going to contact me tomorrow, to get it sorted...
So that's £250 excess to pay, but I can't remember whether i've got Protected No Claims.......


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Arrangements for carriage of goods is the responsibility of customers. We are happy to provide contact details of several reputable couriers. We would strongly recommend that customers confirm that couriers are fully insured for the carriage of finished goods.
Where goods are supplied over the internet or by telephone, and the goods have not been viewed in person, Rocking Horse Stables comply with the Distance Selling Regulations.
In those circumstances customers are entitled to cancel the sales contract within 7 days of delivery. A full refund will be given provided that the goods are returned in an undamaged state. Customers are responsible for the cost of carriage on returned goods.
In accordance with the Distance Selling Regulations the right to cancellation does not apply where customers have personalised the goods.
In the event of non-payment of a request for payment beyond 28 days storage fees of Ł1 per day will become payable, unless specifically agreed.
Matilda is a pretty Lines sportiboy swingstand. All her ironwork, stand etc is in tact. She has undergone a partial restoration. She retains her original round Triangtois badges on each end of the stand which dates her between 1920 -1926.
She has been fitted with a lovely silver mane and tail, and a fixed saddle.
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Most mornings I wake up with two clear goals in mind: 1) make it to bedtime with both kids fully intact and 2) do whatever it takes to make sure they are authentically tired when their heads hit the pillows. I am ashamed to say it took me more than a year to discover Flipz, a Columbia, Missouri location that caters to mothers who share my goals.
On a normal day Flipz appears to be a high-end gymnastics facility – the kind that might call itself an academy. But on most Friday mornings (occasionally on Thursdays and sometimes in the evenings) they let the amateurs take over. (They update their website regularly, so you always know when a Fun Day or Fun Night is scheduled.)
Flipz Fun Days are seriously, seriously fun. The entire gym is open with no restrictions. The responsibility lies with parents to help their children make good choices and, boy, are there a lot of choices. From balance beams and parallel bars to trampolines and rope swings, all kids can find something to love.
The gym is large enough that it truly can absorb dozens and dozens of children, so don't let a packed parking lot make you nervous. My children and I always find a space to explore and some equipment to climb, jump or swing on without feeling crowded.
I love watching my kids create new games for themselves or master new skills while burning a ton of energy. I love throwing them through the air and watching the expressions on their faces, the perfect mix of thrill, fear and delight as they fly into the giant foam pit.
It seems that most parents, including me, allow their children free-range while they are in the gym. In general, this works out surprisingly well. However, on occasion, things seem a little more dangerous or chaotic than even I am comfortable with. Usually this is just a result of older kids (in the 5 to 8 year range) not recognizing their need to tone it down a bit around the toddlers and pre-schoolers. Ultimately this is the parents' responsibility and if I am there, I am quick with a dirty look or even a direct confrontation. (Yes, I am THAT mother.) So please, if you really just want to chat with your friends and not pay attention to your kids, head to your local park, or stay in your own backyard. The things that make Flipz awesome also require that parents are fairly vigilant.
Now that I have made my plea for better parenting, I must insist that all responsible parents check out Flipz. Your kids will love you for it.
And if by chance you see my kids there and they are misbehaving, feel free to confront me. In all likelihood you will find me stuck in the giant foam pit and you will have to help me out before you can give me a dirty look.
Flipz USA, 900 Hillsdale Rd., Columbia, MO 65201
Fun Days are $5 per hour, or $8 for a full two hours. All kids younger than 6 are welcome, no charge for kids that are not yet walking.
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We provide specialist medical treatment for people who suffer from a common skin-related medical condition.
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Another sister ship of the Herald, the Al-Salaam '95, sank in the Red Sea in October after a collision with a Cypriot commercial vessel. A 16ft-wide hole resulted in the ship sinking within three-and-a-half minutes. In that case almost all of the passengers were rescued.
Andrew Linington of Numast, the British ships' officers union, said that, under European regulations introduced after the Herald of Free Enterprise sinking it would be illegal to operate either vessel in Europe. "This is a scandal. Passenger ships like it are not permitted to sail in European waters. If a ship is unsafe, it is unsafe wherever it operates."
The rules introduced in the late 1990s ensured that "roll-on, roll-off" ferries were redesigned. Stability was increased so that an initial ingress of water was not necessarily catastrophic.
Mr Linington said that, in developing countries, an average of 1,000 people a year had lost their lives in ferry sinkings over the past decade, largely because legislation was not as stringent.
"It's a roll-on, roll-off ferry and there is a big question mark over the stability of this kind of ship," said David Osler of the London shipping paper Lloyd's List. "It would only take a bit of water to get on board this ship and it would be all over ... The percentage of this type of ferry involved in this type of diasaster is huge."
Mr Osler said there was no indication that terrorism was the cause. "Bad weather is looking likely," he said, although Mr Linington pointed out that the vessel should be able to survive most sea conditions.
The Saint Catherine, another ferry travelling the same route overnight in the opposite direction, received a distress message in which the ferry captain said his ship was in danger of sinking. The agency did not say how the Saint Catherine reacted.
Mr Osler said a collision or a leak could be among the reasons for water to enter the vessel, which measures 118m (387ft) long by 23.6m (77ft) wide.
He said: "It only takes a relatively small ingress of water to set up a sort of rocking effect that gains momentum and tilts the ship. If water got on for any reason that is the sort of thing that could happen."
A structural survey last year had found there was "nothing significant to report," the company said. The ship had a stability refit in October 2003.
Mr Osler said the roll-on, roll-off type of ships were still in use in some places, but since 1987, stability had been "massively" increased. "This vessel predates all that and has been pensioned off to the Third World," he said. It had previously served as an Italian vessel from 1970 to 1999.
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* 1987: Dona Paz, Philippines: 4,375 people died when the Dona Paz passenger ferry sank after colliding with an oil tanker.
* 1987: M/S Herald of Free Enterprise, Zeebrugge, Belgium: The Herald of Free Enterprise ferry sank, killing 193 of the 539 people onboard.
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"Many journalists have tried to get me to blame the FSA," says Crombie, but he declines to take the bait.
The first volte-face was the decision to give up its independent status. Crombie carefully corrects the conventional wisdom that Standard Life has been a mutual for all its 180 years. "We only became a mutual in 1925," he smiles. "Mind you, every employee here was hired well after that." But he admits the decision to go for a public listing marks a "massive U-turn" for it has brought a change of culture at Standard Life, especially as it fought successfully to retain its mutuality only three years ago.
"A lot of people had fought in the campaign - worn the T-shirts, manned the telephones," says Crombie. He was one of them - having been a Standard Lifer of nearly 40 years' standing, joining the group straight from school. But faced with extreme pressure from the FSA over the low level of capital it had to back its selling of life and pensions products, Standard Life decided last year to ditch mutuality and is on target for a float next spring.
"Many people still have attachments to the principle of mutuality but few fail to see the reason for change," Crombie argues. They have also had to change many of their working practices to become a bit more hard-nosed and commercial. "Profit was not a prominent statistic at Standard Life," he notes, ruefully.
The other U-turn was slashing the amount of shares held in Standard Life's investment portfolios. Two years ago, three-fifths of all client money was invested in equities - backing a policy promoted when Crombie was heading the group's investment arm and aggressively championed by his successor, Keith Skeoch. Then, almost overnight, Standard Life sold billions of pounds of shares, buying bonds instead. Now, only 35 per cent of the money invested by the group is in equities.
Clearly, this is not what Standard Life would have done in a perfect world. And it has been widely pointed out that the FTSE 100 has risen by a fifth since the big sell-off, so customers have lost billions because of the change.
Crombie does not want to wade into this argument, talking diplomatically about "hindsight" and "all insurers having to respect the regulations". But it is clear he feels that what Standard Life had been doing was right for its customers. "Our approach has always been to hold the maximum equities we can, within the requirement of keeping funds solvent," he says. "We have always held it through the bad times rather than move in or out."
The equity sell-off was also forced on the group by the FSA, which felt it did not have enough capital to support the amount of "risky" assets it was holding. It has always been Standard Life's view that over the 20- to 30-year investment horizon for pension funds, a well balanced equity portfolio is no more risky than a bond one. But it lost the argument.
In his desire not to criticise the regulator, Crombie argues that the ultimate reason for the change was a directive from the European Commission, which aimed to protect investors against risk. "It is difficult to argue against the principle of these regulations," he says. "You could argue about the detail and the implementation."
He admits that Standard Life's position was "extreme" - it held a higher proportion of shares than its main rivals. "We didn't have enough capital to hold that much equity. And, as a mutual, we cannot conjure up the amount of capital we needed."
So out went the equities along with Standard Life's mutual status. Also out went Iain Lumsden, the old chief executive who was blamed for the run-in with the FSA. The finance director, John Hylands, ended up stepping aside too, being replaced by Alison Reed from Marks & Spencer.
The good news, according to half- year figures released last week, is that Standard Life is in good shape as it heads toward flotation. The stronger profit motive has led to a 4 per cent increase in business overall, and a 10 per cent rise in the UK life and pensions sector. Even stern critics, such as life assurance analyst Ned Cazalet, are now singing Standard Life's praises.
For once, regulatory changes are helping the group. "Depolarisation" may be an ugly word to describe the changes in selling life and pension products, but it sounds pretty to Crombie. It means that big financial retailers, such as Barclays, have cut their ties with in-house or friendly insurers and now sell products from a panel of companies. And Standard Life is on almost everybody's panel as it is a well respected brand that goes down well with customers.
At the same time, independent financial advisers (IFAs) have largely been big fans of Standard Life and, as they gain importance, so the group's products are pushed more and more.
Another reform pleasing Crombie is the loosening of the rules on self-invested personal pensions (Sipps) - a change that comes into force next April but is already promoting a boom in this sector. Standard Life has what many IFAs describe as a "highly attractive and well administered" Sipp product line, and it has been selling well. "When I sit down and look at the cheques coming in for Sipps, it makes me smile," says Crombie. Although there is some cannibalisation of Standard Life products to go into Sipps, "the vast bulk of the money coming into this product is in the form of cheques from other insurers."
What Crombie has to do now is sell the demutualisation to Standard Life's members - customers who have invested in its with-profits funds. This is between 2.2 million and 2.4 million people, depending on the exact criteria used, which has yet to be finally decided.
The sales pitch has not got off to a great start, as the initial brochure promoting the plans went out with the notice of Standard Life's annual general meeting. "Our research shows that many members did not notice it," Crombie admits. "We didn't realise that many members discard their AGM papers."
Still, with average windfalls of up to £4,000 possibly heading their way, it is expected that the members will back the demutualisation plans. They had better. Standard Life won't want another U-turn.
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Summary: Licensure in many cases is simply a license for (1) people to do substandard work, (2) other people to be trusting of people that shouldn't be trusted, and (3) groups of people to limit entry of others into their profession. In my opinion, licensing in most cases should not be required, but should be an option for people who choose it as a form of insurance that the good or service provided is trustworthy. Here's what I mean…
First, a couple of stories to set the stage. When I was a teenager, my father was on the city council in our town. He was frustrated one time about a man in town who refused to get a building permit to make modifications to his house. As I thought about it, I found myself on the side of the man who didn't want to get the building permit.
Later on, in a different town, I became a member of a city council. Every year, it came time to renew the licenses of every business in town. And nearly every year I asked for a discussion on why we required business licenses. No one could really explain why, except that it was the law, that it helped ensure our business tax revenue, and that we needed safety personnel to inspect their premises for dangerous substances or environments (which only happened for new businesses anyway). We never did come to a conclusion whether piano teachers and lawn mowing youth needed business licenses.
While still on the city council, we hired a licensed well drilling contractor to fix a well we were having problems with. During the course of fixing the problem, the driller made a serious mistake, after which he promised for several days to get the problem fixed. When, finally our calls were not returned by him, we sent an officer of the peace to track him down, but to no avail. Getting the well fixed correctly cost the city an enormous amount of extra money.
What do all of these events have in common? Government.
It has become the unfortunate trait of most Americans that, when a venture is sanctioned by government, they trust that it is, will be, or has been done correctly. A multitude of problems ensues. I'd like to analyze each of the above-mentioned anecdotes in this light.
Building Permits. The home I purchased has been in need of plumbing repair on 2 or 3 occasions in the 14 years we have lived there. Each time the plumbing contractor comes, he exclaims "Who did this plumbing? It's terrible!" My house, shoddy plumbing and all, was inspected and passed by the building inspector. Several homes in our town had to be redone, even after inspections by the building inspector, because the building contractor used deceptive and shoddy practices. Yet who do people remember when it comes to the problems this event caused the families who bought these homes? My city government. But who cares? Nobody can vote the building inspector out of office anyway. But did you forget for just a second that the problem was not the building inspector's fault?
Because people know that homes have been inspected by an authorized building inspector, people don't often think about the reputation of the home builder. They just want a home that is in their price range and that the government tells them is fit to move into. In most cases this works well. But when you have a shyster building contractor, licensure prevents the full onus of shoddy workmanship from falling upon him.
Building inspection should remain an option, but it does not have to be a function of government. Government does not have a reputation to keep up, in the first place. But imagine what would happen to a private building inspector if word got around that the houses he inspects are actually of substandard workmanship? He'd be out of a job before too long. I don't even think there should be a requirement to have your home inspected. What I do think, however, is that it should be required to list on the title of your home who it was inspected by, if anyone, and who the inspector was. I suspect that most people would opt to get their home inspected by a private inspector. I know I would. And did you notice that in this scenario, no one has to be issued a building permit before they can start building.
Business Licenses. Business licenses accrue no benefit to a city, and in fact cause more work for city employees than they are worth. Surely certain kinds of businesses should not be allowed in certain areas (such as very noisy, dusty, or otherwise caustic establishments in residential areas) but this has nothing to do with licensure. The penalty for non-payment of taxes, especially in the case of large businesses, is very prohibitive; and it's easy to discover when such businesses aren't paying taxes. It is as easy to hide one's business from the business licensors as it is from the tax collectors, anyway.
Engineering Licenses. Engineers are so often trusted first for the fact that they have a license rather than the fact that they are good engineers. I sat through a plethora of city council sessions where the 'lowest responsible bid' was accepted, responsible meaning more than anything else that the engineering firm was licensed and that it had bid lower than any other bidding firm. In most cases, this works just fine. But in the case of our well driller, it didn't. It is interesting that government issues licenses to engineers based on their ability to pass a test. The head engineer in a state government usually has a great deal of prior experience in the private engineering sector, but his government office is in no way responsible if an engineering firm makes a huge mistake. In a private-licensing scenario, licensing engineers would have their reputations sullied if engineering firms that they certified are caught doing substandard work. Better yet, a firm's history speaks many more volumes than a license does. If I am required to delve into a firm's historical accomplishments, I am much more likely to find an engineer that will do my job correctly. If a firm has no history, I would be a fool to ask him to do a large or complicated task for me. Licensure for engineering firms should be optional, with private entities providing certification of licensure. This will require everyone—buyer, seller, and certifier—to work harder in order to ensure a quality product or service.
The following is a partial list of the ever-increasing number of licenses required in the state of Utah:
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Hardy was writing more than a hundred years ago, about a rural world long before the era of the internal combustion engine - and new even to the invention of the railway. These days, though, walking has become a leisure pursuit we reserve for the wildestmountains and moors, places which are by definition strange to human habitation. Modern guidebooks to Britain map out sightseeing routes with the presumption that their readers will be touring by car.
In the last few years of the 20th century, they will become more vehicle-oriented still. The number of cars on our roads is projected to increase by a third before 2000, and the M25 is being widened to four or five lanes. But despite the relentless marchof Autogeddon, there are still places in Britain which - like Fall's house - can only be reached on foot.
These are not remote seabird cliffs, fell-tops or beaches where natural topography has prevented easy access. They are places of human settlement to which the only mode of access remains the same today - on foot - as it was when they were built hundreds of years ago.
Dunstanburgh Castle, out on a dramatic Northumbrian headland, has been ruined for more than 400 years. A mile and a half's walk from Embleton village, it is as secure a refuge today as the Earl of Lancaster planned it to be in the 14th century. The YouthHostels Association's two most inaccessible youth hostels, open during the summer months, are to be found in the Lake District. Skiddaw House and Black Sail Hut are three miles from the nearest road: hikers follow exactly the same route as the shepherdsfor whom these were originally lonely bothies.
To visit such places now is to gain some sense of how life was in the centuries before we were motorised - when anywhere was only as accessible as your own two legs could make it. What you also discover is that there are good reasons for them remaining so distant from roads, driveways, cars and coach parks. To walk to them nowadays is to acknowledge the odd quirks of history - or perhaps the general march of social change - that have left them isolated, secret and truly off the beaten track.
ce TOP WITHENS, WEST YORKSHIRE "Yesterday afternoon set in misty and cold," writes the narrator of Emily Bronte's only novel. "I had half a mind to spend it by my study fire, instead of wading through heath and mud to Wuthering Heights." But Lockwood sallies forth to Heathcliff's dwel ling - some four miles out on the moor - arriving on "that bleak hill top" just in time for a snow shower. "Wuthering," he helpfully explains, is "a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed i n stormy weather."
Whether the farmhouse of Top Withens was Emily Bronte's model for Wuthering Heights is debatable: a plaque set in its wall by the Bronte Society sternly declares: "The buildings, when complete, bore no resemblance to the house she described." But of course not: Wuthering Heights is as much a psychic, elemental domain as it is bricks and mortar. It is the sheer isolation of Top Withens, and its wind-ravelled location a three-mile tramp from the Bronte Parsonage across Haworth Moor, in West Yorkshire, tha t is more likely to have been the inspiration - and so it remains for the Bronte enthusiasts who seek it out today.
In 1915 the author of A Spring-Time Saunter Round and About Bronte Land had peered through the mullioned windows of Top Withens and seen "a rudely-constructed table and seats, a dented enamel kettle, and heaped-up ashes in the grate (that) suggest occasional visits by shepherds." Photographs taken early this century show a typically sturdy stone hill farm. It was last occupied in 1926, by a poultry farmer, Ernest Roddy. He may have been the "solitary man, a discharged soldier trying to regain his health", noted in residence three years earlier by the writer of another guidebook. It is hardly surprising to read of his daily treks down to the village of Stanbury to seek out human company, often staying all day, "for the solitude is too much for any humanbeing who has not sought it voluntarily".
Now Top Withens is a roofless ruin. When I looked inside what would once have been the parlour, the only evidence of human habitation was a discarded nylon mac. Even the lean-to shed at the side, previously a mountain bothy for walkers of the Pennine Way, which passes alongside, has been declared unsafe and boarded up. The building now belongs to Yorkshire Water, various water boards having owned it since the turn of the century, the surrounding moorland being the catchment area for the district's water.
Could anyone live up at Top Withens again? Almost certainly not: there is no power; the springs that formerly offered a water source have either dried up or been diverted; and the moor is now conserved as a Site of Special Scientific Importance.
But, above all, it is miles from any road. It is a grand walk from Haworth - taking the footpath out of the churchyard and up over Pendon Hill - but it is a long one, and in bad weather it would be an arduous slog. You pass two other farms, more recentlyderelict - further testament to the impossibility now of eking out a living on Britain's upland moors.
The American companion I walked with wondered why they couldn't just label the nearest farm - which is a mere mile out - as Top Withens, "and then none of us would have to walk so far!" As the last part of the way climbs up from the Bronte Waterfall, thelonely ruin of Top Withens suddenly comes into view ahead, a black outline on the hilltop. When you look back the way you've come, all you can see is rolling heather moor, all you can hear is the chukking of the grouse.
LEITH HILL TOWER, SURREY The man who built Leith Hill Tower has resided there for over 200 years. Richard Hull, a barrister in London and MP for a seat in Ireland, died in 1772, seven years after it was completed; he is buried, as he wished, under its ground floor. Indeed, a few years ago, when a tiny servery was being constructed in the foot of the tower for the sale of tea and cakes, excavations laid bare a skeleton. The tower, which is not only the highest point in South-east England but also, at itstallest, more than 1,000ft above sea-level, is certainly a prominent headstone.
"Traveller!" reads the text of the Latin inscription beside the doorway through which 25,000 visitors a year now pass to climb the 73 steps to the top: "This very conspicuous Tower was erected ... that you might obtain an extensive prospect over beautiful countryside ..."
Richard Hull provided chairs and a telescope at the top for his guests, but after his death the tower was vandalised and for a while reduced to a shell. The battlements, the octagonal turret, the spiral staircase and the glass in the windows were all added 100 years later - but the prospect has remained just as extensive. On a fine day you can see St Paul's Cathedral to the north, and ships in the Channel through the Shoreham Gap to the south.
Stand on the top of the tower nowadays, and various facets of the prospect mark the passage of history. Canary Wharf is the most prominent addition to the northern skyline; the incessant rumble of planes taking off from nearby Gatwick the most audible reminder of modernity. Leith Hill Hotel, directly below as you look south, is where up to 40 horse-drawn carriages pulled up in Hull's time, packed with sightseers from Dorking. Today, a little green 1950s-style bus threads its way around the tree-lined lanes on summer Sundays instead. This is not a time-warp illusion but a nostalgic ramblers' service enabling people without a car to visit the Surrey Hills.
But there remains only one way to reach the tower itself, as there has been since 1765: a walk up Leith Hill. The steepest haul is also the shortest - just a quarter of a mile - but the gradual climbs are nicer: from the Rhododendron Wood at Hull's erstwhile residence, Leith Hill Place, open to the public since the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams donated it to the National Trust; or through the woods to the east from the hamlet of Coldharbour and its idyllic cricket ground. Nobody would be allowed to build such a tower these days at a prominent beauty spot - but neither has anyone tried to blaze a motor road to the top. As in Hull's time, you leave your carriage at the bottom.
ce LYVEDEN NEW BIELD, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE From the road that takes you south-west out of the distinguished Northamptonshire town of Oundle, it looks like a film set. Glimpsed briefly against the skyline, it appears as a one-dimensional facade of an Elizabethan house: were you to walk round the back, it seems, you would see the props holding it up to await the cast of the next Peter Greenaway film.
Although the usual, and shortest, way to reach Lyveden New Bield is to park in the lay-by along this Brigstock road and walk up the half-mile track, there is a better route. The Lyveden Way bridleway starts just outside the little village of Wadenhoe: follow it up the farm road past Wadenhoe Lodge, through shrubbery full of scuttling pheasants, and over the meadow.
The whole walk is about a mile and a half. The last part is an arrow-straight ride cut through Lilford Wood, an eerie and dense plantation of silver birches and pines: at the end of the tunnel of trees is the fragmentary sight of a grey limestone building. As you approach, it first of all becomes clear that this is a large house; then that its windows have no glass or shutters; that there is no roof; and finally, as you emerge to behold it in its field of lush grass, that it is not a one-dimensional facade, but cruciform. It is a numinous encounter to come upon it through the wood: mist, or the last minutes of twilight, would complete the experience.
Nobody has ever lived in Lyveden New Bield - though they nearly did. When its owner and builder, Sir Thomas Tresham, died in 1605, it wanted only a roof and internal furnishing. Tresham was an ardent Catholic during the Protestant reign of Elizabeth I, and paid dearly for his recusant faith with large fines and years of imprisonment. Over-generous settlements on his six daughters meant that he died leaving large debts. The builders stopped work on his house immediately; it was never re-started.
Lyveden is secret in more than just its location: an intricate religious symbolism informs the design. Tresham had already built a Triangular Lodge at Rushton, near Kettering, whose shape and architecture celebrates the Trinity: Lyveden's cross shape commemorates the Passion, and the friezes around its exterior enshrine an arcane religious numerology. Cromwell's army did some damage after its abandonment, but since 1922 it has been a National Trust property (while English Heritage looks after the Triangular Lodge). According to the guidebook I read, "Owing to the superb quality of its masonry and its lonely position away from any pollution, it is still in such mint condition that work could be started up again tomorrow."
If you ask the Custodian, he will let you into what were supposed to be the gardens. Tresham planned a great water garden which was to be bounded by a four-sided moat, leading to lavish terraces - but the builders had only dug three sides when work ceased. Today you trace the outlines of the design among a wilderness of trees that overhangs the dark and gloomy water. Here, even more strongly than inside the house, there is the weirdest sense of the clocks suddenly having stopped one day, and a strange, capricious project frozen for ever. Even now Lyveden New Bield is undiscovered: "We get hardly any visitors," the Custodian admits cheerfully. "The next news story will be `Skeletons found at Lyveden'."
ce ! Lyveden New Bield (0832205 358) is open daily, admission £1.25. Northamptonshire Libraries and Information Service publishes a leaflet about Sir Thomas Tresham and Northamptonshire; 40p from 27 Guildhall Road, Northampton NN1 1EF (0604 20262). LeithHi ll Tower is open on fine Sundays and bank holidays until Easter, 11am-3pm. Admission 50p. A leaflet about walks on Haworth Moor, including the route to Top Withens, is available from the Tourist Information Office in Haworth (0535 642329).
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The heart-wrenching photographs of a dead Syrian child washed up on the Turkish shore are fast becoming the symbol of what is framed as Europe's "migrant problem" or "refugee crisis." That little boy, however, would have been part of the solution to the continent's problems, had he been allowed to reach it. The true crisis is that not enough Europeans understand that.
It's a commonplace that Europe is aging. According to Eurostat projections, here's how the ratio of people age 65 and older to the total population is going to increase:
By 2050, fully 28 percent of the European Union's population will have reached retirement age -- or more likely approached it, because issues of sheer affordability will surely have forced it to be raised everywhere by then. In Germany, Greece, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain the proportion of potential retirees will approach a third of the population, rising from current levels of 20 percent and below.
According to the European Commission's 2015 aging report, the dependency ratio of over-65s to the economically active 15-64 age group will increase to 50.1 percent, from 27.8 percent by 2060. That means there will be just two potential workers per retiree, down from almost four. The aging of the population shaves 0.2 percent a year off European economic growth, but it hasn't become a full-blown crisis yet; that will happen when pension systems grow unsustainable, long after current political leaders have left the stage.
To keep the current ratio of senior citizens to the general population steady, Europe needs its younger population to increase by hundreds of millions more than the current rate over the coming decades:
There's no way to organically increase the EU's population so as to get an extra 42 million people by 2020, let alone 257 million by 2060: You can't force people to make more babies. Increased immigration is therefore Europe's only salvation from an approaching fiscal disaster. Europe needed that Syrian boy, just as it needs, and should cherish, everyone taking a leaky boat to Lampedusa, or a rusty minibus to Berlin, Lisbon or Madrid. These are almost exclusively young people, sometimes unaccompanied children, who if integrated will pay for -- and care for -- Europe's retirees.
Economic activity rates are sometimes lower among Europe's immigrant populations than among local-born ones. For example, in France, 78 percent of the locally born working-age people and only 68.7 percent of residents born outside the EU have jobs or are self-employed. Activity rates depend on lots of factors, ranging from the difficulty of learning the local language, to the restrictiveness of labor laws and the xenophobia of employers. In Italy, 72 percent of non-EU immigrants and just 67.1 percent of locals are money-earners. For Europe as a whole, all of these influences even out and activity rates are almost the same for those born locally and for non-EU immigrants, at 76.6 percent and 73.5 percent.
People who have the drive and street smarts to travel halfway around the world, with little money and small children in their arms, are going to grab every chance they are given to improve their lot. Countries that lag in productivity should welcome the increased competition in their labor markets, even if that makes some locals unhappy.
Anti-immigrant sentiment is especially high in eastern European countries. At the same time, some of these are in the gravest danger from aging. Slovakia's ratio of senior citizens to the general population, for example, is now just 13.9 percent, one of the lowest in the EU; that's projected to rise to 31 percent by 2050. Hungary's social system will also struggle to cope, as the proportion of retirees in the population rises from 17.9 percent to 27.5 percent. In these countries, which have seen very little immigration until now, irrational xenophobia helps irresponsible politicians win popularity points. The children of today's voters, however, are likely to face higher taxes and decreased pension benefits if these countries manage to keep immigrants out.
Until Europe agrees on a common approach to the increased influx of immigrants, countries with the smartest governments, Germany in particular, will pick up most of the newcomers, acquiring better insurance against future problems.
The appalling image of 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi on that Turkish beach may help to shift public opinion. More than 170,000 U.K. citizens have signed a recent online petition for their government to take in more immigrants, enough to force a parliamentary debate. More than 15,000 Icelanders have signed a letter urging their government to open the gates wider, because "refugees are our future spouses, best friends, or soulmates, the drummer for the band of our children, our next colleague, Miss Iceland in 2022, the carpenter who finally finished the bathroom, the cook in the cafeteria, the fireman, the computer genius, or the television host." German and Hungarian volunteers have brought toys to Syrian kids and shown them cartoons.
These people may not realize that their compassion makes good economic sense, but it does. Xenophobia doesn't.
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