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Could somebody plz writte a Translation?
Could somebody plz writte a Translation?
Hmm...RObins mother appeared(and will be probably killed soon)
And...Hey isnt that young Ao Kiji on the last page?
i wonder what color olvia hair is?
Some how I'm unbanned.... Yay!
But my wonderful waterfall sig is gone!!! Do you have any idea how much time I spent on it!!!
~They call me the Master Researcher~
Is it Aojiki?
Heres a translations/Summary ,Thanks to Sayiajedi and Ocean:
TITLE: Chapter 393 -- "Olvia"
CAPTION: Miss GoldenWeek's "Operation: Meets Baroque" vol. 26: "Taking the Opportunity to Make a Rescue"
--Page 1--
SAUL: It's finished--!!
Whuddaya think?!! Dereshishishishi
ROBIN: ...you're leaving now?
SAUL: Whut's wrong? Yer makin' an awful lonesome face...
Oh, that's right! I was just thinkin' about puttin' up a flag 'r sum'n!
So I'll be stayin' here a little bit longer! Dereshishi!
--Page 2--
SAUL: To the sea?
You wanna head out to sea too, Robin?
ROBIN: Yes.
My mother's always been busy with her archaeological research, but
one day, when she's come back to this island,
next time, I'll have her take me out to sea with her!!
I studied for that purpose...
and I've finally been able to become an archaeologist!
SAUL: An archaeologist...
such a little kid?!
-- Page 3--
SAUL: You can't remember yer mama's face, can you?
ROBIN: ...No. But even so, she's my mother...
I want to meet her.
SAUL: I reckon so...
ROBIN: Saul, do you know about it?
The hundred years of the world that are wide open?
There's a history that nobody knows.
SAUL: Oh, y'mean the "Blank 100 Years?"
I'm interested in it, but the government forbids people from lookin' fer it.
ROBIN: Right. They say my mother is searching all around the world for it.
But you mustn't tell anyone that!
Because it's actually a crime.
--Page 4--
SAUL: Y- you don't mean... she's looking for those rocks called "Poneglyphs," do you!?
ROBIN: You know about "Poneglyphs"...?
SAUL: I know, but y'can't say anythin'...!!
All right, Robin?!!
Y'can't say anythin' about this problem in front o' anyone!!
Not t'mention the fact that yer mama's actually lookin' fer 'em...
ROBIN: What's wrong?
SAUL: Robin, d'you...
know what yer mama's name is?
--Page 5--
ROBIN: Saul...!?
SAUL: { Robin is...
Olvia's daughter...!!! }
So, could it be...
that this place is the island of "Ohara"!?
UWAA!!! This is bad!!!...
How could this happen!! How?
How could I wash onto the shore of Ohara?!!!
--Page 6--
SAUL: Not in this situation...!!!
This is bad...
Y'might be shocked, but...
Listen to what I'm about t'tell you...!!
There's a Naval Warship heading
Towards the land called "Ohara"... at this very moment!!
ROBIN: The Navy? Why?
SAUL: To wipe out the island's scholars!!!
SAUL: You... can't tell government guys that you're a "scholar," or anythin'!!
ROBIN: But that would be lying!!
SAUL: That's true!!!
And I'm tellin' you to lie!!!
--Page 7--
SAUL: ((Go to the town right now and make sure there haven't been any disasters!!))
((It might even be...))
((That yer mama's come back!!))
ROBIN: *haa* *haa*
My mom has...!?
OLVIA: Did you expect me to have been captured by the Navy...!!?
ARCHAEOLOGISTS: Olvia...
Miss Olvia...!!
ARCHAEOLOGISTS: So you were the one who came on the Navy's ship?!!
--Page 8--
OLVIA: It's been a long time,
I've come back ahead of schedule...
Nico Olvia
OLVIA: It's bad news, but
what I've just told you is the truth.
CLOVER: So you're telling us that the government has finally set its eyes on this land?
OLVIA: Have you read the newspapers? ...The Poneglyph Exploration Team that sailed out of Ohara 6 years ago...
--Page 9--
OLVIA: All 33 members... aside from myself...
were obliterated.
And even I was captured by the military for a time.
--And then the government scoured my dead comrades' belongings... and figured out that we'd come from Ohara.
Excuses are no use... we're responsible for putting this land in danger..!!
CLOVER: Are you giving up...?!!
It's not about whose responsibility it is. Those who went to sea and those who remained here are a single team.
You aren't the ones responsible for our meeting like this!
You've been through a lot.
OLVIA: Doctor...
Summary for page 10 and later:
p10: Everyone got caught except Olvia. By examining her comrades' belongings in detail, government found out they're from Ohara. Sorry, because of them, the land is in danger now. Stop it! It's nobody's fault. People who went to the sea is part of the team. Sorry for troubling you.
p11: From the beginning, government were watching out Ohara, where we research on history. Now probably they think they caught us. They won't miss this chance. In the end, everyone who claims to be a scholor in Ohara will be elliminated. Please get out of Ohara!!
p12: Yeah. This time, we won't be able to go around the investigation if the government is trying to kill us. But Olvia, I can't run away with human's assets left behind. You know that.
p13: Same to us, Olvia. I don't know what the government would do, but if we run from here, we can't protect the history we have here. We'll try our best. By the way, you have something in mind, right? I know, but I can't see her... Olvia!? Are you getting on the ship or not!?
p14: If you care for the kid, don't come!! We'll take care of your husband's regret. No, I'll come. I'm one of Ohara's scholars. I can't forfeit others' will. Sorry, Robin, I'll come back after solving all the mysteries. Where's Mooooom!? Your mom went to the sea for her work. You'll be here for a while. Shut up, if you don't, I'll hit you!! Stop it, she's only 2. My child is only 2, too. I don't know if she's your sister's child or something, but why are you taking care of her!? Who is it!? Ooooh Olvia's daughter, right?
p15: You can read whatever books in here for free. This is the world's greatest library. Do you like books? She resembles you when you were little. Genius, too. If she's doing fine, then... Once I'm in this path, I have to cut off the relationship. I can't make her a daughter of a criminal.
p16: Doctor Clover!! Now we have a ship with World Government's flag!! Government's coming all the way to the West Blue? Everyone, listen! You're not my comrades nor acquitance! Whatever happens, don't foget that! Wait, Olvia, what're you gonna do!?
p17: Ohara Coast. Hey, notify the headquarters that we're here. Sigh, too much trouble. I wonder if I'll get promoted after this. Guys, hold down everyone who claim to be scholars.
p18: What's going on!? A woman with gun is in town!! Doctor! Everyone! Mom!!
p19: What the...!? Sorry, Robin!! Kuzan Chuujou!! Report says Spandine from CP9 arrived at Ohara. What!? You don't have to wake me up to tell me that!!!
thnks for tranlation tat was really good
didn't you read chp 392? It's probably blond.Originally Posted by Sesshu
I wonder how long this will go on.
I mean, we get it. Robin had a rough past. Get over it.
Not that i don't want to see her past in detail. But at this point?
It's been a long while since the last good, long clash.
I'm waiting for some Strawhats foots in cp9 asses since water seven, and they slip in Robins past at this point.
They could have done that in the middle of the fight or at the end.
I have a feeling the flash back will end next chapter and resume in the middle of the fight or something. That would be pretty good......although moderately unlikely...

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For anyone who wears foundation, the benefits of mineral foundations sound like a dream. Far from clogging your pores or being bad for your complexion, this new breed of make-up claims to be so gentle you can sleep in it. Some brands even claim using it will improve your skin. Despite having been around since the 1970s, mineral make-up is having its 15 minutes of fame right now. Capitalising on what seems to be the public's passion for all things natural, most major cosmetic brands have launched a line of mineral foundations over recent years and are selling them from department stores to supermarkets. When CHOICE set out to investigate mineral foundations, we were primarily interested in seeing how this heavily hyped make-up compared with more traditional counterparts. However, we discovered there is a whole lot more to mineral make-up than we initially thought.
Please note: this information was current as of September 2009 but is still a useful guide today.
Mineral foundation is marketed as a more natural alternative to other foundations such as liquid and pressed powders. The biggest difference is that it usually contains finely crushed, naturally occurring minerals. Most come in loose powder form and are applied using a special brush. To apply, after tapping the container to loosen the powder, you dip the brush into it, knocking off any excess, and brush the foundation over your face. The idea is to gradually build up to the desired level of coverage layer by layer, buffing the powder into the skin. For extra coverage under the eyes or on blemishes, additional foundation can be applied with the fingertips and blended in.
It's a radical departure from the usual quick application of liquid, sticks or pressed powder bases with fingertips or a sponge. Although a little more complicated and messy, the claims you'll be improving your skin and appearance make the extra effort seem worth it — who wouldn't want to use make-up that's good for your skin?
Even though it's claimed mineral foundation has many marvellous qualities, including being great for improving acne, moisturising skin and not clogging pores, dermatologist Philip Artemi says none of these claims are true. "Mineral make-up isn't anything but an alternative kind of make-up, nothing more," he says, arguing it does not have a therapeutic effect. As a cosmetic, mineral foundation cannot make any therapeutic claims. As for being more natural than other kinds of make-up, again mineral foundation fails to live up to its claims. Most of the mineral ingredients naturally contain traces of toxic impurities and require processing to remove them. As ingredients undergo chemical processes and purification to render them safe for cosmetic use, it's quite a stretch to define them as "natural", say the experts CHOICE contacted.
Despite the hype, mineral make-up doesn't improve your skin, nor can it be considered a "natural" alternative to other types of foundations – it is simply an alternative. If you have sensitive skin, look for a mineral make-up that doesn't contain fragrance, preservatives or bismuth oxychloride and lists only a handful of ingredients. Check the ingredients, which by law will be listed in order of quantity from largest to smallest either on the bottle, the packaging or should be available at the point of sale.
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These two products rated highest with our trialists, but are among the most expensive. Their smorgasbord of ingredients includes not only preservatives and oils but also bismuth oxychloride. In fact, both contain similar ingredients to traditional liquid foundations, while Elizabeth Arden also contains nanoparticles. So if you're thinking about using mineral foundation to avoid the added extras, you might want to give these two brands a miss.
Trialists' comments
If you want to try mineral foundation and avoid a long list of ingredients, preservatives and bismuth oxychloride, this product keeps things simple and still rated well with our trialists:
This product stands out as being the most affordable among those that performed well, retailing at $39.95 for 15g and its brush, bought separately for $14.95, ranked among the best on trial. Trialists' comments
We asked 29 women of varying ages to trial 14 different brands of mineral foundation, ranging in price from budget to premium. Each person tried eight different brands and used each one for three consecutive days. On the third day, trialists filled in a survey, rating each foundation on areas such as coverage, ease of application, use of using the brush and appearance. Six of the 14 products are sold with the brush included. The rest, mainly the premium brands, recommend you buy their branded brush separately to get the best results. Brushes range in price from $14.95 to $88, so the up-sell can often double the price – something worth factoring in if you're otherwise sold on a product. Overall, our trialists rated Elizabeth Arden Pure Finish Mineral Powder Foundation as most effective in providing adequate coverage. It was also the brand most trialists said they would be "somewhat likely" to purchase again. All foundations scored 80% on average for ease of removal, although it's likely this is because they don't stay on very long in the first place, with trialists reporting most foundation lasted five to eight hours.
There are no regulations that define mineral make-up. Currently, any product can be labelled mineral make-up if it contains any mineral as a primary ingredient, even if it contains a whole host of synthetic ingredients as well. Generally, most mineral foundations contain the same core ingredients – titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, mica and iron oxides – and some will contain bismuth oxychloride and talc. The experts CHOICE spoke to also said that many cosmetic manufacturers add a number of so-called "therapeutic" ingredients such as vitamins A, B and E, green tea, antioxidants and aloe vera, which sound great but are usually in such small quantities they will have no real benefit to the user.
For consumers who wish to avoid all these added extras, cosmetic chemist and pharmacist Tina Aspres recommends checking the ingredients on the package. Her first rule of thumb is to look for a product with as few ingredients as possible. The products CHOICE trialled contained anything from five ingredients up to 30. Aspres also suggests looking for a product that is fragrance-free, doesn't contain parabens or other preservatives, and doesn't include bismuth oxychloride. After that, she says it's a case of trial and error to see what looks best on your complexion. "Some people with oily skin find that the mineral powders darken in patches on their skin, while other people find it quite drying," she says. "Some people love the light coverage it gives and the way it feels. It all comes down to personal preference."
While they can't work the magic on skin marketers would have us believe, Artemi does concede that mineral foundations may appeal to people with skin conditions such as rosacea, acne and eczema. He says the simpler mineral make-ups – those that contain only a handful of ingredients, as well as being fragrance- and preservative-free – are likely to be less irritating. However, using mineral foundation is not a guarantee your skin won't be irritated. The usual irritants in most foundations are fillers, parabens and fragrance. Most mineral foundations are preservative- and/or fragrance-free, but many still contain allergenic fillers such as bismuth oxychloride. Bismuth oxychloride is an ingredient we found in 10 of the 14 products trialled. Our trialists reported 21 cases of skin irritation and 11 cases of eye irritation when using several different brands, most of which contained bismuth oxychloride. Bismuth oxychloride is a very common and popular ingredient in cosmetics; it's used to add bulk as well as giving a visible sheen that camouflages lines, wrinkles and minor discolorations. It also gives the product a silky, luxurious feel. On the downside, bismuth oxychloride is a totally synthetic ingredient, a by-product of lead, tin and copper refining, which is further refined and combined with water and chloride.
One issue that concerned CHOICE about applying mineral foundation was the amount inevitably inhaled when you're dealing with loose powder and a large brush designed to be swept around the face. Trialists joked about the dust clouds and complained about it getting into the eyes, nostrils and mouth. Nanoparticles are now used in many Australian sunscreens and cosmetics, including mineral foundation, yet research is lagging dangerously behind the rapid pace of its uptake. CHOICE struggled to find any conclusive findings on the proven safety of inhaling nanoparticles, although some experts we spoke to expressed concern that there is still not enough known about the long-term effects of this very new technology. What's more, there is currently no legal requirement for information on nanoparticles to be included on the label of cosmetics and sunscreens, so it's impossible to know what you're getting, short of contacting the manufacturer. In cosmetics, larger titanium dioxide and zinc oxide particles are white and opaque, but become transparent when ground down to nanoparticles of 10 microns or less in size, making them perfect for use in make-up. Some studies have shown that titanium dioxide and zinc oxide nanoparticles commonly used in sunscreens and cosmetics can produce free radicals, damage DNA and cause cell toxicity, especially when exposed to UV light. This is of particular concern if the nanoparticles can reach beyond the skin's surface (if the skin is broken) or, in the case of loose mineral powders, the particles are inhaled while being applied and deposit in the nasal cavity and lungs. CHOICE asked the manufacturers of all 14 brands of mineral foundations if they use nanoparticles in their products. Only The Body Shop and Elizabeth Arden say they currently use nanoparticles in their products. A spokesperson for Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, says the government is committed to examining the regulations and procedures surrounding the safe handling of nanomaterials. But there is increasing concern regulation hasn't kept pace with the technological advances in the field of nanotechnology. CHOICE wants the use of nanotechnology in Australia to be evidence based. There should also be mandatory product labelling to ensure consumers and workers know when they are using goods produced with nanotechnology. See our Chemicals campaign for more.
The National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS), a division of the Department of Health and Ageing regulates the ingredients in cosmetics. Its role is to assess the safety of chemicals new to Australia, and existing chemicals if reason for concern arises. Anyone importing or manufacturing cosmetic ingredients or products must be registered with NICNAS. Products must comply with certain legislative requirements, including labelling of ingredients, which is overseen by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission.


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MIPS Technologies Names Wind River as its Premier Device Software Optimization Solution Provider
ALAMEDA, Calif. and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — May 23, 2005 — Wind River Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:WIND), the global leader in Device Software Optimization (DSO) and MIPS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital consumer and business applications, today announced that MIPS Technologies has named Wind River as its premier DSO solution provider. As part of this strategic alliance, joint customers will have access to best-in-class MIPS Technologies' processor cores and Wind River's comprehensive range of DSO products. The companies will align and optimize the integration of these technologies and products for the consumer entertainment, imaging, network equipment, and automotive telematics markets. Wind River offers comprehensive development tools that support the MIPS32® and MIPS64® architectures and cores through Wind River Workbench, Wind River's Eclipse-based Integrated Development Environment (IDE). Through this alliance, joint customers can benefit from optimized and tightly integrated, end-to-end solutions on VxWorks- and Linux-based runtime platforms. In addition to supporting existing MIPS® cores and including the recently announced 24K™ family of cores, Wind River will collaborate with MIPS Technologies on supporting new technologies such as multithreading and DSP architectures. "This strategic commitment to each other's product and technology roadmaps ensures that joint customers have access to the most optimized solutions for their target devices and applications," said John Bourgoin, president and chief executive officer, MIPS Technologies. "MIPS Technologies' decision to more tightly align with Wind River's Device Software Optimization strategy means that OEMs who select MIPS-based reference designs will be able to build superior products with a performance, quality and time-to-market advantage." "Wind River and MIPS Technologies have worked together for many years, and today's announcement signals a new era of collaboration," said Ken Klein, chairman, president and chief executive officer, Wind River. "Wind River is committed to working with MIPS Technologies to ensure that our joint customers have more timely access to the technologies and solutions they need to create smarter devices faster, better and at lower cost." Wind River and MIPS Technologies have been working together for more than six years. The companies have collaborated to create end-to-end development support and superior architectures for devices including cable and DSL modems, digital set-top boxes, consumer devices and residential gateways. |
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I am not a good flycaster, in every cast I try to get longer than I ever have before, as a result of that, I often have knots on my leader that are not supposed to be, at other times I just have bad casting days. I guess I should practice more instead of fishing, but then again, then I wouldn't have the time to go fishing as much.
I have more than once been out fishing with friends that are awesome casters and caught nothing, while they were having the time of their life, simply because I couldn't cast long enough or cast at all because of wind from a wrong direction, wind changing direction all the time or no room behind me. Only once, I have tried that my bad casting helped me catch fish, Allan Overgaard and I were fishing this "bathtub" from land when I did a good cast my fly landed exactly where the fish were rising all the time, Allan's casts went a bit too long and the shootinghead spooked the fish. As soon as he realized what was happening and started doing shorter casts, he started catching fish too.
This is just some random footage of fishing in different conditions, some worse than others. The only fish in the video is one that Nicolai Eriksen caught on a late afternoon together with nine or ten other fish. I caught nothing, lost one I think. I couldn't reach them, Nikolai could. Both Nikolai and Allan are amazing flycasters and hopefully I will become a better caster from fishing with guys like them, and they are ok flyfishers as well.
I need to go practice casting over my left shoulder, tighter loops so that wind wont matter as much or if I happen to gain supernatural left hand control, practice left hand casting.
I will practice my cast maybe, or just go fishing.
Time spend fishing, where fish can't be reached because of poor skills, is time better spend practicing
Training on grass or in the gym, with the flyrod is grate, but
When I am out there in the windy conditions, I always think, next time i am better off and Well prepared.
Rather take the opportunity and have a nice time by the shore, turning my back to the rest of the World, looking for the next grate adventure
I love these behind The flyfishing stories, thank you
Tom L
Still Frederic makes the Best videoes on the internet. And we allredy made an agreement on focusing on improving casting perforforfance, and we will dó it on water.
Henrik Haupt
And then we will practise Henriks spelling at the same time:)
Hi Fredrik
Yup, you don't catch anything on the lawn, and there's a good chance short messy casts on the water keeps the fish away, just like the apple aday and the doctor
Honestly, please remain crap casters, the fish love you for it


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£10 billion guarantees fund opens for business
The government is inviting expressions of interest in a £10 billion guarantee scheme to support house building, just one day after announcing the initiative.
Both the £10 billion guarantee and a £200 million pot to fund the construction of homes for private rent are open for expressions of interest from today.
Potential bids for a £300 million scheme to fund affordable housing are expected to be invited shortly.
Despite the call for interest, much of the detail of the schemes has yet to be announced.
The Communities and Local Government department said the £200 million fund would be an 'equity loan scheme' but details of how much would be available per property, or how the scheme would operate would not be available until later in the autumn.
A spokesperson said more detail on the £10 billion guarantee scheme would not be available until bidding opens later in the year.
Legislation has been published that would allow the government to guarantee the £10 billion of housing loans, and £40 billion of infrastructure loans announced in July. The government said it would push through the Infrastructure (Financial Assistance) Bill 'to ensure it can take forward discussions with eligible commercial parties as soon as possible'.
The government yesterday announced a range of measures designed to increase house building.
As well as the funding pledges it promised to introduce legislation to allow section 106 schemes where the affordable housing commitments are holding up wider developments to be referred to the Planning Inspectorate, which will have the power to overrule local authority decisions.
Ministers also promised to speed up the release of public sector land for development, and extended the Firstbuy shared equity scheme for another two years by putting in £280 million.
In total the initiatives announced yesterday are expected to deliver up to 70,000 homes and 140,000 jobs.
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In the scheme of things £300m doesn't seem a great deal of stimulus.
Short term solution?
http://www.24dash.com/news/housing/2012-09-07-Fears-Government-is-just-using-housing-for-growth-without-proper-planRick, Rick, Rick £300M is great... it's not a problem; according to Barratt Developments
"...Britain faces a housing shortage of one million homes by 2015 as construction fails to keep pace with the growing population"
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So that's £300m and I need 1m homes, £300 per house then? Easy! I'll just call up my mate Mate Smith, Borrow his TARDIS nip back in time to 1947 and throw up a quick million homes, see I could write housing policy for the govt.....
Except of course mine is probably more realistic - Pretty scary that!Jeff - As I understand it, this is not money that is being provided to pay for housing, it is mainly a "guarantee scheme" that will underwrite the risk faced by providers. Hence, the amount of the guarantee does not have to cover the cost of the construction.
The builders still have to fund their own developments by borrowing from the banks - the guarantee will only operate if they find themselves unable to pay off the loan due to problems faced when it comes to selling the properties.
The government says "the Government will invite bids to provide up to an additional 15,000 affordable homes through the use of loan guarantees, asset management flexibilities and capital funding."
It doesn't say directly how many more affordable homes it will provide funding for - this announcement is typical political nonsense making it seem as if they are doing something significant when in fact they are just fudging the numbers. Most if the stimulus is going to the private rented sector
See:- http://www.communities.gov.uk/statements/regeneration/2211838The negativity about any announcement or news story from posters on this forum is getting boring
We need to rethink the way we build houses, the social, economic and environmental costs and benefits (both positive and negative) that could be used as cross subsidy, types of tenure including flexible tenure over the long term. Fine, policitians will always focus on the next election, but surely someone in govt must be planning for the next 10 to 20 years?
Techno Dave - then say something positive, then.
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How extraordinary that for a policy that the government does not know how it will operate, what it is for, or how it may be best used, they are now inviting people to enter their bids for the unknown.
This is like a child's lucky dip at a summer fete - although for much higher stakes!
Sorry that is not very positive Techno Dave, but what is there that is positive from the reannouncement and announcement. The government has developed a record of knee-jerk reactions, announcements ahead of thinking, and actions without considering the imapact. This is just another of those, without any clarity on the additional investment value even.
If I'm missing the point though I look forward to being directed towards it.Note the shift towards private rented accommodation - the least popular, most costly, most unstable form of accommodation. The type of accommodation that gave rise to both social housing (e.g. council homes, housing associations) and owner occupation (e.g. the building society movement). There are the long term answers to our housing crisis - all of which would cost the country less money (because the nation's money is the nation's money regardless of whether it is labelled private or public) than subsidising over-priced, insecure privately rented accommodation.
Techno Dave - I would simply love to respond positively. I simply can't to a policy announcement designed in part to bolster and subsidise the worst form of tenure and in part to use public resources to go where our brave knights of the private sector fear to tread in places where there might be some risk involved. As we all know, British private sector wealth creators and risk takers don't actually want to take any risks or indeed create any wealth. They simply want a state backed and guaranteed licence to extract wealth from everyone else. Landlordism perfected.
Feudalism returns. All hail our reborn lordsand masters.I think a positive move would be to apply VAT to all new housing and do away with the zero rating....
Grant funding can never be enough and ultimately only ever ends up supporting artificially high land values.
Do away with ALL grant funding for housing development; apply VAT to the build costs and allow the market a year or so to adjust to the new land values (Ultimatley long terms house prices will not go up, the land will come down to meet the new cost requirements meaning more relaistic land values). Once the new land market exists; then offer VAT breaks and zero rating on land for social housing which will then make private development of social housing relatively attractive compared to the speculative market.
Downside; some big developers will go bump, a year to eighteen months of termoil in the housing sector because of the "confussion" caused... yeah well... its not like we're hitting any kind of targets now anyway, how much worse is a shorterm collapse and quick recovery (market adjustment) compared to a slow steady endless decline and billions of grant and guarentee achieving little.
Upside; increased tax revenue; zero grant costs, land price realism; and a potential 'fire sale' of land and the massive impetus to get build going before the new tax implentation giving a turbo-boost to the sector at the moment of biggest decline.
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GERMANY, fma. A start up business with a promising and innovative concept and product, and great customer loyalty, ended up insolvent in a very short space of time. The charismatic founder of the company had rapidly managed to forge a highly motivated team from a colourful and motley group of mainly youthful professionals, newcomers and graduates, and to find a huge response in the people at large, the press and professional circles. His success was so great and his vision so attractive that the competition, after at first trying to use arrogant mockery, ended up seeing their position of power endangered. So they decided to go on the attack and together with a proven clique of established parties and associations they managed to convince those in power that this new enterprise was dubious and presented a danger ...
Their plan worked out. Although the hostile takeover was initially prevented, the contest cost the closest colleagues, but especially the founder of the firm, too much strength. With a final effort he again did everything he could to save the firm, and met with unexpected success, but then, apparently stricken and in confusing circumstances, he left his own company, which he entrusted to one of his least reliable colleagues, of all people, without providing a clear stratagem for the future. The shock went deep, the value of the company's shares almost disappeared. Head hunters contacted the most able staff members with attractive offers. Some wanted to set up an independent business, others returned to their old jobs. Fear of the future spread, no one took the initiative, their dreams of one day having a company car or promotion to the board of directors of a global player fizzled out, and attempts at crisis management only led to greater helplessness.
Then the secretary of the company founder turned up. She made the tea and coffee as usual and began to talk about him, of his plans, his vision and of what they had all experienced with him. She talked with one, then with another, then with the two together, and finally with them all. She listened and explained his intentions. They sat together around the table where they had experienced such inspirational hours and drawn up so many plans. They talked about him as though he was still there. Suddenly they remembered other things he had said and done. And they began to talk with enthusiasm. ... And then it was there again, that enterprising spirit of expansion, of welcoming the new and unusual, that had brought them to drop everything and join the new company. So they took heart and began to do what they had wanted to do with him, who was suddenly in their midst ... and began to spread his business to the ends of the earth.
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Some had begun to smile knowingly at the first sentences, others reflected until the end how they could get this secretary to join their business. The lecturer, Maria Fischer, a theologian and journalist, managed to get the participants at the fourth Jour fixe for business people and leaders from Switzerland, Austria and Germany to reflect on her somewhat unusual account of the classic model of a personal focal point - Mary in the Cenacle. Connecting this with the findings of a recent Gallup Poll on the concept of "Servant Leadership" (Jim Collins), and many examples from the practical everyday life in companies, she pointed out how important it is for businesses to have a person as their focal point, and how it is possible as a leader to use Fr Joseph Kentenich's pedagogy to be "in the thick of it and not just at the top".
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As an avid Evertonian I'm constantly comparing my team - and club as a whole - to the rest of the Premier League.
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All in all I think I know my team pretty damn well - their good points and their bad, their talents and their faults.
Up until about a year ago, there was one top-flight club which always struck me as being the most similar to my own - Tottenham Hotspur.With average home attendances of around 36,000, an impressive history of achievements and the shadow of their more successful local rivals hanging over them, Spurs, were to me at least, the Everton of the South.
Both sets of supporters strongly believe in playing football the right way, while at the same time yearning for a return to the glory days of years gone by. And to some extent those days have returned.
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A Peer-Educator Network HIV Prevention Intervention Among Injection Drug Users: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial in St. Petersburg, Russia
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We evaluated the efficacy of a peer-educator network intervention as a strategy to reduce HIV acquisition among injection drug users (IDUs) and their drug and/or sexual networks. A randomized controlled trial was conducted in St. Petersburg, Russia among IDU index participants and their risk network participants. Network units were randomized to the control or experimental intervention. Only the experimental index participants received training sessions to communicate risk reduction techniques to their network members. Analysis includes 76 index and 84 network participants who were HIV uninfected. The main outcome measure was HIV sero-conversion. The incidence rates in the control and experimental groups were 19.57 (95 % CI 10.74–35.65) and 7.76 (95 % CI 3.51–17.19) cases per 100 p/y, respectively. The IRR was 0.41 (95 % CI 0.15–1.08) without a statistically significant difference between the two groups (log rank test statistic X2 = 2.73, permutation p value = 0.16). Retention rate was 67 % with a third of the loss due to incarceration or death. The results show a promising trend that this strategy would be successful in reducing the acquisition of HIV among IDUs.
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- Title
- A Peer-Educator Network HIV Prevention Intervention Among Injection Drug Users: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial in St. Petersburg, Russia
- Journal
AIDS and Behavior
Volume 17, Issue 7 , pp 2510-2520
- Cover Date
- 2013-09-01
- 10.1007/s10461-013-0563-4
- Print ISSN
- 1090-7165
- Online ISSN
- 1573-3254
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Additional Links
- Topics
- Keywords
- Injection drug users
- Russia
- HIV prevention
- Network
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Irving F. Hoffman (1)
- Carl A. Latkin (2)
- Polina V. Kukhareva (3) (4)
- Sergey V. Malov (5)
- Julia V. Batluk (3) (5)
- Alla V. Shaboltas (3) (5)
- Roman V. Skochilov (3) (5)
- Nicolay V. Sokolov (3) (5)
- Sergei V. Verevochkin (3)
- Michael G. Hudgens (4)
- Andrei P. Kozlov (3) (5)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, UNC Hospitals, University of North Carolina, CB # 7030, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA
- 2. Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
- 3. Biomedical Center, St. Petersburg, Russia
- 4. Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- 5. St. Petersburg St. University, St. Petersburg, Russia


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MEPs warn Commission against CAP cuts
MEPS have warned against cuts to the Common Agricultural Budget to ensure farmers can provide 'secure food supplies' and protect the environment.
European Commission president José Manuel Barroso is expected to propose cuts to the CAP budget, focussed largely on the Pillar Two rural development element, when he unveils new EU budget proposal next week.
But in a vote on a report by German MEP Albert Dess on the Commission's post-2013 CAP proposals on Thursday, MEPs sent out a strong message about the need to maintain the budget.
After the vote, the Parliament said in a statement that the policy must be 'adequately funded' in order give farmers an incentive to use modern, environmentally friendly techniques. This will ensure they provide 'both secure supplies of high quality food and contribute' to environmental protection and renewable energy'
In response to the rumours of cuts in aid for rural development, MEPs stressed their support for sufficient funding for this area.
"The vote sends a clear, strong signal to the commissioner [Dacian Cioloş] and I hope the Commission will bear in mind what we have put into the report and incorporate it in the final legislative proposal", said Mr Dess.
MEPs also made it clear that, while direct payments to farmers should be directly linked to 'greening measures', these should be a win, win' benefiting both farmers and the environment. They suggested these greening measures could cover areas like low carbon emissions and low energy consumption that 'support farmers who go in for sustainable production methods'.
They said any new greening element of the CAP should not jeopardise existing agri-environment schemes.
However, the Parliament backed Mr Dess' and the Commission's calls for a 'ceiling on direct payments per farmer', a move that is resisted in the UK, which, because of the large average far size, would be one of the biggest losers from the move. MEPs said the new capping rules 'must take the size, employment record and environmental performance of each farm into account', however.
The report endorsed proposals to reserve direct payments for 'active farmers', those 'who actually use their land for production' and fr a 'fairer' distribution of CAP money among member states.
The Parliament's view will now be taken into account by the Commission as it prepares its draft legislative package for the late autumn.
The NFU 'broadly backed' the Parliament's report. NFU deputy president Meurig Raymond said: "We told MEPs that we need a simplified policy that does not hamper farm productivity or competitiveness and broadly speaking this report is moving in the right direction."
He welcomed Parliament's stance on greening the CAP and said it was vital now to ensure the measures are 'voluntary and provide a genuine economic benefit to farmers'.
But he warned that the capping payments would have a 'disproportionate effect on UK farmers and contradicts calls for a modern, efficient farming sector'.
The EU umbrella farm representative body Copa-Cogeca welcomed MEPs' call for the CAP budget to be maintained. Copa-Cogeca Secretary-General Pekka Pesonen said: "The European Parliament has called for a strong CAP, which maintains both pillars, with food security remaining the main goal."
Scottish MEP Alyn Smith, a member of the Parliament's Agriculture Committee, said the vote was 'powerful indication of the widespread backing in Europe for a strong support system for our farmers'.
He said MEPs had 'dramatically repudiated the out-of-touch DEFRA/Treasury vision'.
"It's time that the UK Government realise they are completely isolated in European negotiations and alter their position accordingly - Scottish farmers can only lose from their stance," he said.
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Action Bronson made us some delicious sliders with his Thanksgiving leftovers.
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Bronsonelli dopeness.
This shit just sent me to the 7th circle of hunger.
fuckin love this guy
If your a fan of Action you gotta be snackin or eating a full meal to listen to his music or watch his videos. I just listen to Well Done yesterday and this dude talking about he stay crispy like a chicken cutlet and he be up in the mountains eating rare bisons and shit. Action bout to get a fan base by making people hungry. Shits crazy
6 people are vegetarians.
nice cornbread muffins lmao
Action always makes me fucking hungry as shit.... this dude needs to show shit he makes every week or something
Who woulda figured he likes to eat. He looks so fit. Click my name to check out my blog if you are looking for another source for new music. Thanks.
Great way to get people to go to your site dumb ass. SMH
shit is scary.
Bronsolinho is awesome. That foot looks crazy...loving Well Done
i'm a vegetarian. but i fuck with dude beard...
check out the first episode to my new series stuff my beard says if you about that lfe. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z3y5vDToOc
fork some of this breast...
and he shouts Rachel Ray??? LLS
they didnt show him take a bite!!!
He definitely gon' be eatin' every one a them mufuckas! hahaha
hes living in the pjs with his mom ??????
but hes got skillz so thats ok
he look like a funny guy
Young Jeezy Ft. Eminem & Freddie Gibbs- Talk To Me
How is this not on this site yet?
"You could make a fucking soup rachael ray, but you don't want that" lmao
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BEAVERTOWN — Crews fought cabin fire in Snyder County Friday evening. According to Snyder County 9-1-1, a hunting cabin in Beaver Township was fully involved in flames when the first volunteers got there. Beavertown, Beaver Springs, Middleburg, and Bannerville volunteer fire departments responded.
The last crews were on the scene until 9pm and there was heavy damage. The cabin is along Autumn View Lane in Beaver Township, Snyder County. No injuries were reported. The fire started around 6:15p.m. Friday in the Beavertown area. (Codi Jade)
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Hello Friends,
This is one of my favourite photos from my childhood. I am on the right and My cousin Julia is on the left. We were celebrating new years eve at a relatives house with our parents. It was the 90's
I love it because well we look so happy. I also love what we are wearing. It is obvious we started off with cute ruffle skirts and matching jumpers but then as the night went on we added some mismatched layers.
We look so casual and comfortable.
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