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Real estate lawyers have always been the poor relations in top 20 London firms and the same might be said of their acolytes, the construction, environment, planning and property litigation lawyers.
They could never compete with their colleagues doing big-ticket corporate transactions or heavyweight commercial litigation in terms of both turnover and profitability. Competing in a legal market in which every firm, from the sole practitioner to the global giant, claimed expertise in real estate inevitably drove down hourly rates to the point where write-off forms littered every top 20 London firm like confetti. If this was not enough, many corporate and litigation partners viewed their real estate colleagues as rank amateurs. As the property cycle moved from boom to bust, conveyancing lawyers practised their Neanderthal skills between a late breakfast and an early supper with little attention being paid to the shape of the practice, the profitability of the work and the succession of salaried partners and fee-earners.
Notwithstanding all this, every top 20 London firm found a ready supply of trainees willing to qualify into real estate. After all, the client base was fun. It included everything from the archetypal property developer with fox-fur coat and ankle chain to the grey patrician tucked away in some remote corner of an institution or pension fund – and between them, a whole gamut of individuals, firms and companies that knew little about real estate, but really needed help.
Real estate lawyers were also seen as a gregarious and friendly bunch who knew how to party. All those brokers and surveyors could be relied upon to keep the beers flowing even if the clients went home. With no single trade association representing the property industry as a whole, the opportunities to skive off were endless. And all this fun could be had while you were paid the same as your corporate and litigation colleagues.
So if that was the price of being viewed as an expensive overhead and being barred from high office, so what? After all, you
might even acquire a spouse or similar bolt-on in the process, and if things did not work out you were still a marketable commodity.
But the world moved on for the top 20 as the millennium passed into history. Real estate became hot. With equities on the floor, real estate was suddenly the sexy sector to be in and if you were in it you certainly did not want to pay tax or stamp duty. As a result, all sorts of structures were
created, offshore and onshore, to mitigate tax and avoid stamp duty.
Corporate real estate was also right up there, as chief executives struggled to make profits and chief financial officers looked to their companies' real estate to refresh the balance sheet through a series of sales, leasebacks and outsourcing-type deals. In flooded US real estate investment trusts German funds and Irish punters corralled in limited partnerships and there was no time to party anymore – life, or work at least, was serious. A few commercial property lawyers even reinvented themselves and became corporate lawyers with expertise in the real estate sector. How many of you have Clifford Chance partner Iain Morpeth, Herbert Smith partner Chris de Pury or even SJ Berwin partner David Ryland as your role models?
Although everyone has had their head down over the past two or three years, every top 20 firm still devotes a lot of time to shouting its success to the rooftops in the legal and property press. How else can those important rankings in Chambers and The Legal 500 improve? Or how else are real estate lawyers to establish their credibility with brokers in the Dover Street Wine Bar?
The trouble is, this Government does not like the property industry, and so when it hears that it is leaking billions of pounds of tax in the direction of nasty property developers, it does something about it. Many of the scams are now no longer achievable and by the end of the year even more will disappear, with the spectre of stamp duty land tax looming. If that is not bad enough, most sophisticated investors are sitting on their hands this summer, believing the bull run in UK real estate is over. Some are following the real estate cycle into Europe, but few are taking their UK real estate lawyers with them. They do not know the local lingo or the market and do not have the ability to practise local law, but above all, UK lawyers are expensive.
It is a concentration on 'expense' that will define the next few years. Total occupancy costs in Central London are huge – the highest in the world – and salaries are immense. A newly-qualified gets paid as much as a consultant surgeon in the NHS, an eight year-qualified (with no prospect of promotion to partner) the same as a half-colonel commanding a battalion of UK forces in Iraq. No wonder every undergraduate covets a vacation placement as the first rung on the ladder to unimagined wealth.
It is not surprising that increased transparency has led to more clients challenging fees and, with asset growth slowing to a halt, performance can only be achieved by driving down costs. The top 20 London firms, which have enjoyed a good two or three years, are back under the cosh again.
What can they do? They can grab a larger slice of real estate work that can be charged at premium rates and rid themselves of the lower-value vanilla and commoditised work, which are not profitable with a high Central London cost base. Clifford Chance, with its global reach in real estate and specialist skills such as derivative real estate products, equity finance and securitisation, may emerge relatively unscathed, as may Slaughter and May, which many years ago downsized real estate to a corporate support function, with partner numbers staying static and leverage increasing. But they are the exception, as Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters demonstrate, with partners leaving and many senior fee-earners, realising that they are gazing up at a glass ceiling, beating a path to the recruitment consultants.
As to the remaining 16 firms, those without strong central management appear to be cruising along relatively unscathed. But there are the beginnings of an attempt to get rid of unprofitable work such as Lovells' 'Mexican Wave'. It is very much a first stab, because it applies to just one client, Prudential, and involves Lovells underwriting the skills of the two firms in Kent and Staffordshire, where it is sending work. Just imagine what impact sub-contracting might have if it were applied to every client's unprofitable work at Lovells' real estate department, or for that matter at every other top 20 London firm.
As a consequence, much work that has traditionally been the province of City firms is now heading in the direction of the firms' regional and national rivals. Firms with a presence in London to bring in the work, and that have offices outside the M25 to service it at a considerably lower rate, are quickly becoming the flavour of the month.
Gerald Bland is national chair of property at Wragge & Co
Property gloom
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Sand dunes are found along the coasts of most of the large land masses of the world. Because of their proximity to man and his activities, the maritime sand dunes of Europe, particularly Germany, France, Holland and Scandinavia, have the longest history of stabilization activities and botanical investigation. There are coastal dune areas, some of great extent, in Africa, tropical Asia, Australia, and South America. In general, little published information is available concerning these areas. Ecological studies of coastal dune vegetation and environment have been most extensive in Great Britain, and to a lesser extent, in North America. Of the North American coastal dunes, those of the east coast have received considerable attention while those of the west coast have been largely neglected. Along the Oregon coast are found some of the most extensive and best developed coastal sand dune areas in North America. Occurring on some 225 km. of the state's 500 km. of ocean facing coastline, these areas are made up of a great variety of dune landscape features and present unique conditions for the development and maintenance of vegetation. There are many places in this dune area where the strong, constant winds have eroded the sand surface to or near the water table resulting in a stabilized surface - the deflation plain - which provides an excellent starting point for the development of vegetation. After preliminary ground and air reconnaissance, 11 deflation plains were selected for detailed study, ranging in location from Sand Lake on the north to Tahkenitch Creek on the south. These deflation plains and their location are described in detail. Vegetation data (species and cover) were taken on a total of 134 sampling stands, each consisting of five meter-square quadrats for herbaceous vegetation, and one 6 x 6 meter quadrat for shrub and forest vegetation. The species and stand data we arranged on comparative charts so as to bring together stands with mutually occurring species. This resulted in the delineation of seven communities with definite successional relationships. Primary succession begins with one of four herbaceous communities: dry meadow, meadow, rush meadow or marsh. Succession then proceeds to low shrub, tall shrub and finally forest. The dry meadow is dominated by three species: Lupinus littoralis, Ammophila arenaria and Poa macrantha. The site is dry with no standing water at any time. Sand deposition and deflation occur in varying degrees. The important species of the meadow are Festuca rubra, Aira praecox, Hypochaeris radicata and Fragaria chiloensis. The surface is dry except for short periods of standing water during the winter months. There is no sand deposition. The rush meadow is characterized by its dense growth of Trifolium willdenovii and Juncus phaeocephalus. The site is low and moist, with water standing on the surface during the winter months. The marsh is found on areas which are quite damp-water stands on the surface for around six months of the year, and is just below the surface for the remainder of the time. It is made up of dense stands of Carex obnupta and Potentilla anserina. The low shrub community is an open stand of Salix hookeriana, Gaultheria shallon, Vaccinium ovatum and Myrica californica. This develops into a tall shrub stage which is frequently an impenetrable thicket with increasing dominance of seedlings of Pinus contorta and Picea sitchensis. Development of a forest of Pinus and Picea is very rapid. If the area is free from disturbance long enough, the shorter lived Pinus dies out, leaving a forest of Picea. The deflation plains represent only part of the many aspects of the total dune landscape still awaiting investigation. The increasing importance of the Oregon coastal dunes to industry and recreation make imperative the initiation of long term ecological studies.
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Montcalm Area Intermediate School district makes move to BoardBook to save on paper and money
STANTON — The Montcalm Area Intermediate School District (MAISD) will be using an online program called BoardBook to help save money and time.
During the MAISD Board of Education meeting Wednesday morning, the board and some staff participated in a conference call with Michael Elder, BoardBook marketing consultant, regarding how BoardBook works.
BoardBook is designed for boards that use a lot of paper such as packets for their meetings, Elder said. The program allows for items like packets and previous meeting minutes to be uploaded onto the site to cut back on using paper.
"(Organizations) save money when going paperless," Elder said.
MAISD Superintendent Dr. Scott Koenigsknecht said the Ionia County Intermediate School District began using BoardBook recently and, with the help of Student Service Personnel Leanne Bush, looked into the program and how it would benefit the MAISD.
After doing research on the product, Koenigsknecht found BoardBook to be beneficial for not only saving money by using less paper, but a convenience when searching through archives.
Recently, the MAISD did research regarding a special education millage where Koenigsknecht and other administration members had to go through old board of education agendas and minutes, which took a lot of time. With BoardBook, files that are uploaded can be searched by using key words.
"(The search option) is a huge feature," Koenigsknecht said, adding he hopes future administration think the same thing.
While using BoardBook, which is accessed through www.boardbook.org, a board member can read upload material, such as agendas, and make notes, bookmarks and sticky notes.
Although the MAISD plans to use laptops at meetings to access BoardBook, Elder said there is an iPad application for those who choose to use it.
With BoardBook there also is a community access where the public can access published minutes and agendas.
"Confidential items will remain where only the board members can see them," Elder said of the community access.
Bush said BoardBook is accessible from any Internet location. During spring break she came into the MAISD Administrative Building to start putting together the board of education agenda. She said with BoardBook she could have done it from the comfort of her home.
"I enjoy it," Bush said. "It's very user friendly."
Although the idea behind BoardBook is to save money by going paperless, members who still wish to get a paper copy will still receive one.
Koenigsknecht said Bush is able to simply print the document from BoardBook for those members after they are uploaded, where before she had pull documents from different places to get them printed.
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Dan Rather on Tuesday applauded Israel's new missile defense system known as Iron Dome.
In a bizarre analysis published at the Huffington Post, the former CBS Evening News anchor cheered, "In the recent conflict, the Israeli missile defense system may have saved more Palestinian lives than Israelis."
Rather then supplied numbers to back up his premise.
"Since 2007, the Islamist group Hamas has run the densely populated sliver of territory to the south of Israel known as the Gaza Strip," he wrote. "Militants from the territory, in recent years, have launched hundreds of crude rockets, provided by Iran, into southern Israeli towns."
"In 2008, Israel responded with Operation Cast Lead -- A brutal aerial bombardment and ground invasion that left more than 1,000 Palestinians dead and brought Israel widespread condemnation from abroad," Rather continued. "November's conflict left about 150 Palestinians dead."
Notice something mysteriously absent? How about the number of Israeli casualties in 2008 as well as in the most recent conflict?
That didn't seem important to Rather.
Israeli casualty statistics weren't mentioned at all in this piece. Only Palestinians.
"The rockets from Gaza are dumb -- meaning, they cannot be aimed at specific targets," noted Rather. "But by launching them in the direction of populated Israeli areas, they do cause terror and disrupt normal life."
"They do cause terror and disrupt normal life." They also kill, Mr. Rather.
According to the Jewish Virtual Library, 38 Israelis were killed by terrorist acts in 2008. Nine in 2012.
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I am just wondering how the new kits are with the torch cut barrel that is following with the kit, I have seen a picture of it but can't find it.
Anyone have picture of the new kits imported after barrel ban?
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Sitting on a rock in the middle of the Pacific ocean..
I've got a couple L1A1-F1 kits in... one with a torched barrel and one with a saw cut barrel.. both missing the barrel section under the hand guard. They are far from being new. One is VG, the other VG++. One kit came with a brand spanking new barrel virgin barrel.
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I bought a three story brick home on Youngstown's Northside 20 years ago. The quality of life has been good but I am very concerned because the city leaders want to allow fracking within the city. Research shows that there is a connection between fracking and birth defects, low birth weights and hazardous exposures to neurotoxins and carcinogens in the air. Even if nothing goes wrong! Why would anyone want to move into a city that permits fracking in residential neighborhoods. The business, political and labor leaders all want to allow fracking in residential neighborhoods. They do not care that you are over 7 times more likely to get killed in the oil and gas industry than any other industry. They don't care about the over 100 earthquakes the city has suffered. They are being willfully ignorant of the threats to public health by allowing a highly-toxic heavy industrial process in residential communities. People flee the city already, why would they want to move into a fracked Youngstown?
Can Youngstown Make It On Its Own?
Posted by Alan Mallach on March 19, 2014
Youngstown is a small city in the hills of northeast Ohio, once famous for steelmaking; and sadly, if famous for anything today, for economic distress and population loss.
From a peak population of about 175, 000, it's down today to maybe 65,000. In any event, last week I was in Youngstown talking about revitalization, and it made me think about what it would take to rebuild a city like Youngstown. And along with that, a question: what does the future hold for a city like Youngstown, which has few impressive assets, and can't piggyback its revival on its proximity to a thriving big city, or its being in a strong, growing region?
When one looks at the small—say, with populations under 120,000—older industrial cities, the smaller counterparts of a Pittsburgh or a Baltimore, one doesn't see too many success stories. And the ones that come to mind tend to be 'piggyback' stories, like Lowell, Mass., which has benefited from being in the Boston area and the fact that you can get to Boston North Station by train in 45 minutes. Another one is Lancaster, Pennsylvania, which took advantage of the fact that it was in the middle of Lancaster County AKA Amish Country, with (according to the county web site) over 8 million visitors per year.
I don't want to suggest it was all about luck. Both cities had dedicated leaders willing to work hard to carry out well-thought-out strategies, but they had some pretty powerful assets to work with. And in both cities, the revival, while real, is partial, and has yet to benefit many of the city's residents.
The Youngstown story too, is not all doom and gloom. The city has been fairly effective in attracting industry, including a new state-of-the-art steel mill making steel pipe for the shale gas industry. There are a few signs of life in downtown Youngstown, including a wine bar, a hip-looking coffee place that roasts its own beans and makes a better-than-average latte, and some buildings that have been rehabbed into apartments mainly marketed to students at nearby Youngstown State.
A creative and energetic CDC, the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation (YNDC), has made gains in some of the city's at-risk neighborhoods, and has recently been hired by the city to prepare Youngstown's new master plan. This is good, but it's not much. The city lost 15,000 people between 2000 and 2010, and is still losing people. Although the city has demolished around 4,000 houses over the past decade—or more than 10 percent of its inventory—nearly one-third of the ones that are left are empty. The median sales price for houses in the city was $20,000 in 2012, and taxes haven't been paid on 30 percent of the properties in the city for two or more years. When Youngstown people get jobs in the steel mill—which only employs 350 people—or the other factories or warehouses that the city has attracted, most of them move to the nearby suburbs. Four out of five jobs in the city are filled by people who commute from out of town, and of the people who still live in the city, one-third are below the poverty level.
Piggybacking isn't an option for Youngstown. It's in a county that has been losing population and jobs countywide for the past decade or more—and hasn't grown significantly since the 1960s. The nearest major cities, Pittsburgh and Cleveland, are both not only too far to be much use, but neither is like Boston or New York, dynamic enough to spin off economic activity beyond its borders. So, what's a city to do?
Youngstown isn't going to disappear. It's not clear that everyone involved with the city fully understands that. Because what it means is not only that it'll be around for a long time, but that ultimately, Youngstown's future will depend on how attractive it is as a place for people to live. Downtown latte places and industrial parks are better than nothing, but as long as most people with a choice in the matter flee the city, the city will not begin to thrive again.
The other part is that the rest of Mahoning County, and the entire region, have to realize not only that Youngstown isn't going away, but that their decline and that of the city are totally intertwined—and that the region isn't going to revive until or unless Youngstown does. (The same goes for Warren, Youngstown's 'twin city' in Trumbull County to the north, which isn't in much better shape.) Without a strong, vital center in Youngstown, Mahoning County doesn't have much going for it. It's broken up into 6 cities, 7 villages and 14 townships, most of which have little real identity except that they're 'not Youngstown.' A number are starting to see deterioration taking place, and one has even reached out to YNDC for its help.
Without a vital urban center, a region like the Mahoning Valley has little to distinguish itself in the increasingly competitive national and global economy. If there is a place in the United States where people need to start thinking regionally, and recognize that the entire county has a stake in their central city's future, it's this stretch of northeast Ohio. This needs to go beyond thinking about regional economic development strategies to encompass regional growth and investment strategies that focus on building a strong center, along with sharing available public resources—which will always be far less than what is needed—in an equitable and efficient fashion.
This is a huge reach for any region, let alone one as fragmented and distrustful as the Mahoning Valley, which has spent decades fighting over crumbs. Even if they get there, though, there's no guarantee it will succeed. But one can be pretty sure that without the region pulling together, it won't.
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Alan Mallach, senior fellow at the Center for Community Progress, is the author of many works on housing and planning, including Bringing Buildings Back, A Decent Home, and Inclusionary Housing in International Perspective. He has served as director of housing and economic development for Trenton, N.J. from 1990 to 1999, and teaches in the City and Regional Planning program at Pratt Institute. He is also a fellow at the National Housing Institute.
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The United States and Canada do not allow for full competition, but Americans benefit from a bigger market given their much larger population. Thus, a continental market in airline travel would serve passengers if an American airline could compete head-to-head with Canadian airlines on domestic routes. But the federal government won't allow it. The result? Higher airline fares in Canada.
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Yes. I heard it. But Hillary Clinton's only one of the most recent public figures to bring up that dirty little unmentionable in American political history. She inferred, more than once, that she, in effect, might as well stay in because – well – something could happen (presumably to her Democratic competitor, Barack Obama), maybe even something similar to what befell Robert F. Kennedy 40 years ago.
She brought it up at all in an attempt to name at least two examples of primary campaigns continuing into June, the other example being her husband's first presidential run. Howeve, the record now shows that most of her listeners concluded something completely different.
The most miserable part of this is the fact, the sad fact, that those fears and dreads even have to exist, that they're even there, lurking in the back of our minds, whenever we see some political figure rise from the herd to offer leadership and inspiration. It's sadder still that those fears and dreads are based on tragedies that are very real, very cataclysmic, and very heart-rending. Frankly, I'm sure that a similar sense of dread has crossed the minds of Clinton's supporters understandably worried about her safety. In fact, I'd bet on it.
So okay then, let's talk about assassination. It's the crazy uncle we all try to keep shut away in the attic where nobody really has to deal with it or face it. But there's talking about it and then there's talking about it.
I don't find Hillary Clinton's statement nearly as offensive as I do the callous, cavalier, reckless, at best ill-advised, smart-ass remark by another woman who should know better, far better than even Clinton should. Exhibit A: veteran newswoman and Fox News Channel commentator Liz Trotta, who should be severely reprimanded, or suspended – or more – for the following:
"And now we have what, uh, some are reading as a suggestion that somebody knock off Osama, um uh, Obama, well both if we could (laughs)."
Way to go, Liz. Voice that repulsive, thoughtless, criminally-negligent arrogance on a cable network already distinguished, along with most of its viewers, for not standing up and saluting Barack Obama. In the interest of being truly "fair and balanced," I will say she apologized the next day, at the end of a long segment, but only after prompting from interviewer Bill Hemmer: click here.
I once admired Liz Trotta for the foundational work she did – as a woman covering wars and international news in a time when women seldom if ever had a chance to prove themselves on such beats. She was a pioneer for women in broadcast journalism, and cut paths through uncharted terrain for all the rest of us women who came after her. Many of us saw her as an inspiration and a role model, in the same pantheon as Pauline Frederick, Catherine Mackin, and Barbara Walters.
It's with shock and a deep sense of disgust that I say SHAME on you, Liz Trotta. At age 71, with all those decades of experience in locales ranging from the nation's capital to the biggest network newsrooms to any number of overseas war fronts, you should have known better. You're a battle-tested professional who's been at it WAY long enough not to make as glaring and stupid a "slip-up" as that regardless your personal politics, much less to offer an apology that sounded more like a mea culpa for having thrown the white underwear in with the red bath towels.
Hillary's apology hasn't exactly been hailed by all quarters for its sincerity, either, but at least she had sense enough not to smirk. Trotta's contribution – perhaps because of the sideways smile that accompanied it – had all the sensitivity of a Dick Cheney torture-rationalization meeting. Further, she compounded the unsavory taste of her statements by referring to this as "a very colorful political season." Meaning what, Liz? In any other context that might be a relatively droll line, but you've now established your "credibility" on this subject. Therefore it will be justifiably tweezered, scrutinized, and slammed.
Roger Simon of Politico.com, guesting on MSNBC's "Hardball," asserted "you just don't go there." Unfortunately, some people have done just that. The visuals alone from a mid-month Georgia weekly magazine (The Roswell Beacon) cover featuring a picture of Barack Obama in the cross hairs of a rifle are stomach-turning enough. This whole sordid sub-chapter in the campaign also got a fairly high-octane boost recently when Mike Huckabee weighed in with a literally funereal attempt at a joke. His didn't merely wish, off-handedly, that somebody would rub Obama out, but instead painted a "hilarious" scene in which Obama allegedly heard a gunshot and dove under a table in the back of the room at a big NRA gathering. A real laugh-riot, that one – NOT. The former McCain opponent also should have known better. MUCH better.
Huckabee, you slay me.
Roswell Beacon editors – you damn near horrify me.
Trotta, you deeply disappoint me.
Senator Clinton, please don't go there anymore, especially since the 40th anniversary of RFK's assassination is upon us.
And for heaven's sakes, don't start joking about it.
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Rutgers coach Gary Waters knows that building a successful program can take time. It is something he experienced first hand in his first head-coaching job at Kent State.
Waters was 22-35 in his first two years guiding the Golden Flashes as he slowly put the pieces together. He was 70-25 in his last three years, with two NCAA Tournament appearances and one NIT bid.
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Hi All,
Do any of you run with not one dog but two?
I have a 4.5 year old dog who i have run wioth since i got him at the age of 2. he loves it and runs very nicely by my side on or off the lead.
Our problems started in May when we had a new addition to the family. A 13 week old Jack russell puppy. She is a little monster (i love her dearly really) the whole dynamic of our relationship has changed. subsequently i haven't been running as much with 'Dom' the older dog. If we leave the puppy behind she is likely to pine and chew the house to pieces and would it really be feasible for me to run with 2 dogs to control.
Well, to cut a long story short my motivation has been lacking a bit of late. I have a new and very busy job. When i get home the dogs are desperate to get out so i take them for a walk but then can't work up the enthusiasm to go out again for a run.
Tonight i thought i'd bite the bullet. I had nothing to lose, if i tried it and it was disasterous at least i'd know. Well. i did 5 miles with both dogs ( they have run that far before but it was off road and off the lead in the lighter nights) Granted i didn't go very fast as i was worried about them getting tangled. They were actually far better behaved than i imagined and only started to cause a bit of trouble in the last 1/2 mile when they were both obviously tired.
I really enjoyed the run and will be taking them out again. It's a way to get me out of the door exercising as well as them. I'm sure they'll trip me up at some point but i generally fall about twice a year so it's par for the course.
Hopefully with practice they'll be like a well trained sled team only running. They've certainly made me enjoy my run today.
Ahhh, they are great though aren't they.
I think it's probably luck more than anything that mine are running ok. My sister has gotten 2 dogs within the last two years in the hope that she can run with at least one of them but neither is interested at all.
My dogs are quite restricted because, as there are 2 of tehm i have to have them on quite a short lead , otherwise we'd just get in a real tangle. They do seem to really enjoy it though and i will carry on running them off lead and cross country whenever i can .
I used to run with two dogs. On the roads we ran with one extending lead and the dogs were connected by an 18inch chain. The lead joined the middle of the chain.
After a small amount of chaos the dogs got the idea and used to run shoulder to shoulder. Only problem was if one wanted to stop for a call of nature, but it was never really a problem.
Cross country I used to keep the Springer on the lead beacuse she was a scatter brain and would occasionally disappear, where as the Mak would stay within 50 yards.
Mak has stopped running now so its just me and Spice the Springer. She is 11 and at last can be trusted off the lead on xcountry runs.


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Whether he was using makeshift equipment to stop shots around the house from his brother Cole or on roller skates with the best youth inline players in the country, Tucker Murphy has always had a knack for stopping pucks.
"I was about 6 years out when I started playing goalie," said Murphy, who first tried hockey as a 4-year-old. "My brother was a hockey player and I went after what he was doing. Then one day, he got bored shooting at an empty net and kind of threw me in there without pads."
Murphy soon started the series of transitions that have brought him to the Richmond Generals, where he is the starting goalie on the toughest team to score on in the entire Metropolitan Junior Hockey League.
"We found stuff around the house to use as pads," Murphy said. "I really liked the gear that goalies had and that kind of stuck and I started getting into it."
By the time he was 8, Murphy was the goalie for the Richmond Rattlers when they won a national roller hockey championship. Murphy continued for many years as one of the nation's top roller hockey goalies in his age group, but friends convinced him to try ice hockey as well.
Two seasons of AAA youth hockey with the Washington Little Caps, where Murphy was often peppered with shots, fast-forwarded his development as an ice hockey goalie.
Now, as Richmond tries to make the move from Metropolitan League runner-up to champion in just its third season, Murphy is both stopping and moving pucks.
"He moves the puck excellent," Generals coach and general manager R.C. Lyke said. "He can move the puck just like a defenseman. It gives us a real big advantage, having a goalie like that who plays the puck as well as he does helps us break out of the zone much easier."
More importantly, Lyke said Murphy can be counted on to make the big save. That was evident a year ago when the Generals were on their way to the league final.
Murphy picked up the most playing time in a three-way rotation that included World Junior Championships participants Kuroiwa Yoshihiro from Japan and Nazarovs Kristaps from Latvia.
Although Murphy spent two games as a backup who dressed but did not play with the Johnstown Tomahawks of the Tier II North American Hockey League, he has spent the rest of this season with Richmond. Murphy is one of just six players back from 26 on last year's roster.
Murphy got the Generals off to a fast start even when he was facing 30-plus shots for each of the first 10 games. That workload has been reduced all the way to 19 and 25 shots during shutouts in two of his last four appearances.
"We have a big defense that is extremely physical and is really clearing things out," Lyke said.
And that defense is backed by Murphy, who seems to come natural to the leadership that is part of his position.
"His biggest success comes from his maturity and his composure," Lyke said. "He has a very calming presence. He doesn't jump around a lot. He's extremely vocal."
Murphy, from nearby Chesterfield, Va., is driven to lead Richmond to a championship in 2013-14. The 19-year-old has a .934 save percentage and 2.20 goals-against average this season.
"That's absolutely motivation," he said. "It was so close you could almost touch it, but we fell short. Mentally, you have a goal now, you know how close you can be but fall short, and you know the little things that can happen and change the entire thing.
"One of the roughest experiences with that [2013 championship] game was looking around that room at guys who were 20 years old and that was their last junior game, knowing that was it for them. It's really rough to see that.
"I know the same situation could happen this year," Murphy continued. "I'd love that last game to be the national championship game and to be celebrating."
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Bespoke libations may not be a novel concept, but Miami is now home to some of the most desirable drinks in fashion. Chic new cocktail consultancy Global Mixology has been crafting designer drinkables since Art Basel Miami Beach 2011, creating drinks for the likes of Pringle, Pantone and DelToro. As we mentioned last week Leandra Medine—the writer behind the witty (and super-stylish) blog The Man Repeller—spent the weekend soaking up a little Miami color and doling out styling tips to locals. In honor of her visit, Junior Fajardo, founder of Global Mixology, teamed up with Kanon Organic Vodka to create the Man Repelling Cocktail for Miss Medine.
Man Repelling Cocktail
1½ oz. Kanon Organic Vodka
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1 part fresh pear Juice
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Property for Sale: Asking the Right Questions
Owning your own place is one of the most closely held tenets of American society.
Finding the right property for sale can help you get a foothold on the property ladder. In which, you can hope to build wealth by owning an appreciating asset and either gain cash flow from it or sell it at a profit to buy a larger or more valuable property for sale.
Narrowing Down Your Property Choices
Here is a quick list of criteria for winnowing down your choices, as there are many types of property for sale:
Do you want income producing property?
If so, do you want a passive investment a property that does not require much, if any, work or an active investment, such as an apartment building that requires active management of tenants, maintenance and improvements?
Are you hoping to buy a property that needs to be developed, such as a plot of land, or do you hope to find a property for sale that is already fully developed with a house that has operational plumbing, electricity and heating?
Do you intend to use the property now or will you hold it with minimal use?
Using the property now involves a different set of considerations, such as, how it is zoned, how rapidly adjacent properties are being developed, and what legal restrictions there might be on your intended use.
For instance, if you intend to rent the property to a local farmer, you will need to be conversant in land use customs and laws. If you intend to hold the property for future development, how much will it cost you in taxes and special assessments simply to own it?
Check the area thoroughly before making a short list of properties for sale.
Get to know the neighbors and track the doings of the local zoning board, economic development commission and industries. The current value of a property for sale might rise or fall depending on sweeping changes in zoning rules and development trends.
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by Latinoking90, Jan 7, 2009.
Awesome. Play him for 1 second each game.
i'd play him the first game.... then sit him in a suit till the last game of the year, then call a time out with under a min to go to insert him... just to draw it out.... plus think of the sports center stories.....
Miles played 14 minutes last night and scored 13...not bad. One more game till he breaks the Portland cap.
WOOT, hopefully he does play.
Lebron James has come out in support of Miles and criticized POR Management for the handling of the situation. I wonder if they really did burn some bridges. The after effect will be interesting.
Wow. 13 points in limited minute in your first game back after a career ending injury is very impressive. I guess it wasn't just that they were screwing with Portland. Maybe they actually want him on their team.
This is a pretty interesting way of looking at it: cnnsi.
You mean if we had sign him to that 10 day over the weekend, Mr. D would have gotten the $200K and a victory last night as Miles 13 points would have been more than our hi paid starters scored in the 4th qtr last night?? Thats another way of looking at it...naw it would not have happen, he is to tall for small ball.
I believe that we will actually get more than $200K, because we won't have to actually pay him anything for 10 days and we still get the luxury tax distribution. So, Bill D make slightly more money the way he played it, even knowing that it would probably result in a 2 point loss for us.
That's it...he reached Portland's magic number tonight. 14 minutes, 10 points, and 7 rebs, with a steal and a block as exclamation marks.
Too bad so sad Portland. Time to start writing those checks.
the numbers he's put up the 2 games there.... is there much doubt that he's a NBA player? wish we could have one of our young bench players get those type of rebounds in limited mins.
Portland are dumb, they have no case in court anyway. The dude can play. The whole point of getting the relief was that he couldn't play so, unless he'd hobbled around the court for 10 games the email was just a waste of time
Darius will be a free agent on Monday, maybe Joe should consider making him an offer before he signs another 10 day contract?
He'd be no worse than Herrmann off the bench...sorry Kimmie :D
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2008/2009 Winter Streetfighter Motorcycle Buildoff part 2 – People's Choice Winner
This year's People's Choice Award went to Brian "Fathead_03" Kammers, of Oroville, WA. Brian started with a CBR600F3 that he had picked up a year earlier. He said the project sat on the back burner until the '09 Build-off got him in gear. Early in the build-off, Brian started with a new subframe, some tank mods and rough fiberglass work. The real work, though, didn't begin until February, at which point he had settled into a new location and a bigger work area. After some reflection as to where the CBR was heading, he realised he wasn't happy with his original mock-up. He made some deals with other members of the forum, and scored some suspension upgrades from a late model 600RR. Forks, swingarm, wheels brakes were all upgraded to RR pieces. With the bike on the work bench, sparks began to fly. Factory shock mounts were removed and new ones made to fit the Pro Link setup. The 600RR swingarm had to be narrowed to fit the F3's frame rails and the first adaptation of the subframe was cut away for a new approach.
With the frame rails clean and clear, Brian started bending up fresh square stock to improve upon his subframe design. Using what he had at hand, the steel tubes were secured to a large pulley, heated and bent to shape. The final pieces were cut to length and welded in place, creating a unique and flowing design to complement the new idea for tail and exhaust mounts.
The rear of this bike is a hand-formed work of art that really adds the character to this build. The neo-cafe tail section is hand made from steel sheet. Brian cut cardboard templates until he had the desired shape; he tested and re-tested the fit until it was perfect. 1979 Trans Am dual exhaust tips link back to a modified Two Brothers silencer and exit on each side through teardrop cutouts.
The body mods continue into the tank. Teardrop indents were pounded into the front of the tank; its rear edges were extended with sheet metal to meet the new subframe and cover the factory tank seams. The rear tank mount was remade to fit the new subframe and clear the under seat exhaust. Up front, a small bikini fairing was created from sheet metal, to cap off the SV650 headlight.
With most of the fab work complete, Brian now had to get the bike running. He still hadn't heard the engine run. And after sitting around for almost a year, the old fuel and electrics had to be checked and cleaned. He cleaned and rebuilt the fuel system, arranging the electrics to fit the machine's new layout. A custom electrics box now sits behind the engine and conforms to the shape of the subframe. It's a tight squeeze, but the battery, all the control boxes and relays are stored inside, along with the ignition switch. Wiring has been shortened and tucked inside the frame. LED arrays are lined down the back of the frame rails and around the bottom of the exhaust for tail and brake lights.
With two weeks to go before the deadline, he pulled the bike apart again for final prep and paint. Brian handled all the stages of bodywork and color. The candy red and bed liner black was all done with spray cans. The extra time and detail put into the prep stage made for an outstanding result. After spending some late nights getting the bike back together and running. Just before the Buildoff's deadline, Brian took the CBR for its maiden voyage to a local car/bike show where it pulled a first place in the motorcycle class. Within two weeks, the CBR had two awards; that's a nice pat on the back for all his hard work and attention to detail.
The original build thread can be viewed here: Fathead's CBR 600 F3 Build
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This guys getting a lot of press this month, as he's also published in the french publication Streetmonsters Mag. I have no idea what it says, but there's a lot of build pics in there.
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I liked it alot, great build on this particular 600. Awesome bike over all.
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The promo released late last month gave us a small tease of what's in the future for the Chance family. The new promo for promo for tomorrow night's episode, titled "Credit Where Credit is Due" gives us an even better look at the ep, which looks like a must-watch for any Back to the Future fan.
I love that it begins with the DeLorean dashboard (modified to match the episode date, of course). Then we jump to what's ahead, including a few glimpses of Christopher Lloyd, a look at the ridiculous DeLorean door Burt installed in the house, and a peek at Burt and Virginia's attempts to get the actual DeLorean up to 88 mph, which is the speed required to launch the vehicle through time. Their vehicle may not be up to the task as it looks like it's seen better days. Perhaps Doc Brown will be able to escort them to the past to find the same car in its earlier years.
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Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 680292, 6 pages
Research Article
Effect of Low Refocusing Angle in T1-Weighted Spin Echo and Fast Spin Echo MRI on Low-Contrast Detectability: A Comparative Phantom Study at 1.5 and 3 Tesla
1Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
2School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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This article is essentially an update on my first review of the Chrysler Voyager 2.5 CRD LX that appears in the "Chrysler Voyager in general" section. I had asked them to add a section for the new generation Voyager (2001), but they somehow missed the trick of actually linking it into the Chrysler section. So, if you have found what you are looking for - well done for getting here! INTRODUCTION ------------------------ The all-new Chrysler Voyager/Grand Voyager model range was introduced in March 2001. Building on the strengths of the previous model (styling, space, practicality), the new car offers significant improvements in a number of areas such as safety. The previous engine line-up continues with the 2.4 four-cylinder and 3.3 litre six-cylinder petrol engines. The old 2.5 litre diesel engine, however, has been replaced with a completely newly developed 2.5 litre common-rail turbo diesel engine with improved performance. Three trim levels are available on the new Voyager range: SE, LX and Limited, the latter being available on the Grand version only. EQUIPMENT ------------------------ Even in SE trim, the car is very well equipped, with standard items such as front fog lights, heated and folding door mirrors, day/night rear view mirror, dual zone air conditioning, and floor mats (where would you get those with the standard car these days?). The LX version adds 4 extra stereo speakers (total of 10), alloy wheels, roof rails and a leather covered steering wheel. On the Limited version of the Grand Voyager, luxuries such as electrically powered sliding doors are on offer. PERFORMANCE ------------------------ Our car is a Voyager LX with the 2.5 litre common-rail diesel engine. With 140bhp and 320Nm, this was the most powerful diesel engine available in any MPV in the UK - until the arrival of the new Renault Espace 3.0CDi. The engine is very well suited to the
car and provides more than adequate performance in all situations. The most impressive feature is that maximum torque is available from all but 2000rpm. At 70 mph, the engine revs at less than 2500rpm which makes for very relaxed and comfortable motorway cruising. Having driven a 2.4 litre petrol for a couple of weeks, I would recommend that engine only if you are never in any rush. The lack of torque compared to 2.5 diesel is very noticeable and means that the engine always seems to struggle with the weight of the Voyager. In fact, according to information from American web sites, the 2.4 engine is not recommended for trailer towing. It's reasonably refined, however, and obviously quiter than the diesel. If you want a petrol engine, the 3.3 litre would probably be a better choice. Both petrol engines, however, are let down by their poor fuel economy. DRIVING EXPERIENCE ------------------------ As with most other MPVs, the Voyager provides brilliant visibility at the front due to its large windscreen and elevated driving position. Rear visibility is somewhat limited, however, and it takes some guess work (initially) and practice (eventually) to work out where the car ends. This can be slightly improved by removing some or all of the three head rests when they are not required. OK, the car is no B-road stormer, but this is probably not what most people are asking for from an MPV. 95% of our driving is done around town and on motorways, and this is where the Voyager really excels. The steering is light, if lacking some feeling. The biggest let-downs of the car are the gear box and the engine noise. I have only noticed this recently (my wife has the car 90% of the time), and it is more apparent in town than out on the open road. The gear change is very notchy, especially when changing down, and the gear ratios are all but useless for town driving - you are either having to rev the engine too high or
are ending up with no acceleration since revs are too low. At the same time, the engine emits more than the usual amount of diesel clatter, which is also more noticeable around town. This is really a shame since both problems disappear out of town and on the motorway. In its defence, the 1st gear ratio on the 2.5 diesel models was changed (in August 2001) after the launch of the car to address problems when pulling away from a standstill - if you have or are considering buying an earlier car, your dealer should carry out a modification (different cog and re-programming of engine management system) free of charge. It's worth asking! EXTERIOR ------------------------ Styling is a matter of personal taste, of course, so I will not make comparisons with other MPVs. I will, however, attempt to point out the major differences to the previous Voyager model. In brief, I feel that the car looks more balanced overall; both front and rear light assemblies have increased in size which better suits the overall size of the car, especially in the Grand version. The grille design has also been changed by removing the old model's horizontal "bar" and replacing this with one bigger, chrome-surrounded, curvier grille with a larger Chrysler badge. This gives the car a more elegant and purposeful look. INTERIOR/PRACTICALITY ------------------------ We find the interior a classy and comfortable environment. Air conditioning is standard, of course, and there are no less than 13(!) of those must-have cup holders and numerous other "creature comforts". The seating arrangement is a 2-2-3 set-up, and all accommodation in the first two rows benefits from pilot-style seats (with individual armrests). The third row is a seat bench with three individual 3-point seat belts. Access to the rear seats is via a large sliding door on each side, and the middle row seats pivot forward for easier access to the thi
rd row. Children, however, will find it just as easy to use the ample space between the middle row seats to get access to the rear. Admittedly, boot space is not brilliant with all 7 seats up. However, it is not so much the actual size of the boot, but the fact that the space available is very tall and shallow. Yes, you can get a big pram in it, but you will have to store it upright. The same applies to suitcases, for example. Storing things upright means, in turn, that the luggage cover has to be removed. There are a number of alternatives. First, you can move the rear seat bench forward. This can be done easily by simply pulling a lever and pushing the seat forward until it clicks into position. The luggage cover can also be unclipped and re-attached further forward. This makes for a much larger boot, but obviously limits the legroom in the rear so that only small children will find the space still acceptable. Second, if you do not need all 7 seats, you can move the seat bench to the middle row, and move the two middle seats into the back. The back rests of these seats fold flat, thereby increasing the space available. For yet more space, one or both seats can be removed altogether. What we are really missing here, however, is a split rear seat bench, or at least a split rear back rest for more flexibility. Of course, the problem can be solved once and for all by going for the Grand Voyager with its extra length of ca. 11 inches (291mm, additional 152mm wheelbase). You might be suprised, however, that those extra inches have been partly used to give even more legroom for the 2nd and 3rd row seats; the increase in boot space, is therefore less than it could have been. QUALITY ------------------------ Our car was bought used and is 1 year old with 25,000 miles on the clock. I cannot, therefore, comment on any early niggles or problems when the car was new. However, there are no squeaks or rattles of any kind, no
r have we experienced any problems since we had the car. The overall impression of build quality is excellent; there are no irregular or large panel gaps, nothing has come lose or fallen off. The front doors shut with that reassuring "thunk" that is normally only associated with luxury cars. By the way, all Voyagers for the European market are actually produced in Austria at a plant that is a center of excellence for quality within DaimlerChrysler. MAINTENANCE, COSTS, ETC. ------------------------ Too early for me to tell; we have not had the car for a sufficient length of time. The diesel engine, however, is sufficiently frugal and only needs servicing every 12,000 miles (the petrol engines will have to go in more frequently). I don't expect services to come all that cheaply, though... DEALERS ------------------------ Admi ttedly, the dealer network is not as tightly knit as for most other makes of car. However, most dealers should be within easy reach, and you do not have to miss out even if you live on the Channel Islands. Look at it this way: a dealer who knows that you have travelled a little to get to the showroom will probably treat you with more respect and interest. This was certainly the case out our dealership (Hungerford SV - www.hungerfordsv.co.uk): our inquiry about the car and a test drive were met with interest, enthusiasm and efficient, polite service. The arrangements for the 1st gear modification (see above under "Driving Experience") were also made quickly and efficiently, and the procedure was explained in full detail. Probably not the dealer's fault, but the parts that were required took about 6 weeks to arrive! COMPETITORS ------------------------ No, you will not find a full and objective comparison of all potential contenders here! If you are after detailed information, I can recommend the excellent tool in MSN (htt
p://carview.msn.co.uk/ResearchCentre/). I will, however, make a brief personal statement for the reasons why we chose the Voyager over other MPVs. Please bear with me as you follow our decision-making process... Contender list (by no means complete!): Renault Espace, Ford Galaxy, VW Sharan, Toyota Previa. 1. Engine type All MPVs weigh in rather heavy on the scales, so I feel that diesel engines are the only sensible and economical option for this type of vehicle. The Voyager has the second most powerful one - 2 points to the Voyager 2.5 CRD (140 bhp), 3 point to the Espace 3.0 cDI for coming first. 2. Access to third row seats. Need easy access to third row due to large family (our fault, I know). 2-3-2 arrangements not really suitable since 2nd row seats have to be folded/slid forward every time. Voyager and Toyota Previa have 2-2-3 set-up. 1 point each. 3. Children! Numerous children are probably the most importan t reason for buying an MPV, and certainly were in our case, so the more child-friendly features the better. As I am sure you know, children want to be independent and do everything themselves, including opening car doors. And "bang!" they go against the other cars in the Sainsbury's car park. Solution? Sliding doors, of course. Espace? No. Galaxy? No. Sharan? No. Points again to the Voyager and the Previa. By the way, sliding doors have solid windows, so no more playing around with the electric window switches! 4. Styling OK, OK, totally subjective, I know. But anyway: Espace, even the new model, looks like a TGV train. Ford Galaxy and VW Sharan look more or less the same, and are too indistinct from most other MPVs or indeed other cars. Previa? Another train in disguise. The Voyager it is then. Not necessarily a styling issue, but I could never live with a car that has the main instruments (speedometer, rev counter, fuel gauge, etc.) mounted centr
ally on the dashboard. First, I do not want my wife to be able to constantly check on my speed (not that I ever have anything to hide, of course?), and second, I am more comfortable with having all driver information straight in front of me. SUMMARY ------------------------ If you are looking for a large family MPV, and are not fixed on the standard answers provided by Ford, VW and Renault, the Chrysler Voyager makes for an interesting, stylish and individual alternative. The 2.5 diesel version in LX trim provides the best combination of performance, economy and comfort and offers excellent value. Just be aware of its limitations around town (gearbox).


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It seems that Americans are finally waking up to the reality of climate change, but scientists tell us it may be too little, too late. This may be the most far-reaching environmental threat Americans have ever faced, but it's certainly not the first. In this hour, we consider the history of American anxieties about the environment. Historian Bill Cronon weighs in on when "nature" became a thing to protect and not to fear. And we travel up to Shenandoah National Park to look for remnants of the communities displaced to make way for Nature. Also — Mother Nature's gender, Populist politics, and the merits of an apocalyptic mindset.
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