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"We use more energy to heat our homes than they do in Scandinavia where it's twice as cold," says architectural designer and TV presenter Charlie Luxton. "This is because we have such old, poorly insulated housing stock." Insulating houses is one the governments key strategies to reduce household carbon emissions by 90% by 2020. Along with loft insulation and installing an energy efficient boiler, cavity wall insulation is one of the best ways to lower your household carbon emissions, stay warm and save money.
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"The key thing with any eco-home improvements is to start with the insulation and walls are a massive problem," explains Charlie. According to the Energy Saving Trust (EST), most homes built around or after 1920 have cavity walls. This means that there are two external walls separated by an air filled gap, which was originally designed to prevent damp. If this cavity is filled with insulation, it can reduce the amount of heat lost through your walls. One third of your home's heat is lost through the walls but cavity wall insulation can significantly reduce this, lowering the U-Value of your walls (the U-Value measures the rate at which heat is lost through your walls). Homes built within the last ten years will normally already have cavity wall insulation, if you're unsure whether your home has solid or cavity walls, ask an insulation professional.
The materials normally used for cavity wall insulation are:
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According to the EST, installing cavity wall insulation can save you up to £110 off of your fuel bills and 560kg of CO2 per year based on a three-bed, gas heated semi-detached home. The Cavity Insulation Guarantee Agency (CIGA) say that every square meter of cavity wall insulation will save more than a tonne of CO2 over the lifetime of the building.
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Property expert Michael Holmes advises: "When you are planning a project always see whether you can improve or repair the structure first before you consider any cosmetics, make sure it's warm, dry, insulated and structurally sound." So when planning to insulate your home, you first need to make sure that it's suitable for cavity wall insulation, which it will be if:
- The external walls have an unfilled cavity of at least 50mm wide
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It is essential that you hire a qualified insulation company to install cavity wall insulation; they will carry out a pre-assessment first to double check that your home is suitable. The EST recommends hiring someone registered with one of the following organisations:
- The Cavity Insulation Guarantee Agency (CIGA)
- The British Board of Agrement (BBA)
- The National Insulation Association (NIA)
To install the insulation the contractor will normally drill a series of holes of approximately 25mm in diameter into the exterior walls of your home and then inject insulation into the cavity, taking care not to block any ventilation. According to the CIGA it can take around two hours to install cavity wall insulation depending on the size of the house and ease of access to the walls.
Always get at least three quotes for cavity wall insulation and check references, qualifications and insurance credentials. A credible cavity wall insulation installerwill use materials which meet British Standards and should last the lifetime of a house. They should also provide you with a certificate to prove the work has been carried out, for instance the CIGA will provide a 25 year guarantee.
How much does cavity wall insulation cost?
Prices for cavity wall insulation may vary depending on the size of the property but the EST suggests that it could cost around £250.
Grants for installing cavity wall insulation
As well as introducing the new Green Deal, which offers homeowners loans to install household insulation, there are some grants available to help vulnerable households install insulation. The Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) also requires energy companies to provide efficiency measures such as installing cavity wall insulation to customers – your don't even have to get one from your current energy supplier. To find out if you're eligible for a grant, contact your local council.


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I. Thou shalt not pass a biddable hand.
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The Minnesota Vikings agreed Friday to add up to $26.4 million to build a new stadium, saying the additional funds will ensure the venue has "iconic" elements that will make it a marquee destination in downtown Minneapolis.
The Vikings announced the move as construction bids for the $975 million stadium came in higher than expected. To make up the shortfall, the team opted to contribute additional financing for the project, including $13.1 million it previously committed for contingencies.
All told, the Vikings' contribution could reach more than $518 million. The team said it was the only way to guarantee the stadium didn't lose distinctive features such as the giant louvered doors and critical technological elements, including giant scoreboards, ribbon boards, Wi-Fi access and HDTVs spread throughout the building, the team said.
"The choice was to cut something from the building, redesign it or step up the team's commitment, and that's what we decided to do," said Vikings spokesman Lester Bagley.
The "guaranteed maximum price" for the stadium is now $763 million — $25 million more than originally anticipated. If the Vikings' contingency funds aren't tapped, the money could revert to the team. But if contingency coffers are expended, the total cost of the stadium could top $1 billion.
"This additional commitment is to ensure several of the features that are so important to all users of stadium remain in this project," Vikings president Mark Wilf said in a statement.
Dipping back into public coffers — the state and city already are contributing $498 million — wasn't an option, said Michele Kelm-Helgen, the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority's chairwoman.
In addition, $15 million of the overall stadium budget will be diverted to the construction fund — gameday revenue that was due to the Vikings for playing two seasons at TCF Bank Stadium at the University of Minnesota.
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A fence will be erected on the Dome's northeastern flank, and construction cranes and rigs will be moved in to prepare the site for erection of the glassy behemoth, distinctive for its elongated prow and partly transparent roof — the largest of its kind in the world.
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|January 21st, 2012, 08:49 AM
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And my own insecurity??? Come on dude, you can't be serious
|January 21st, 2012, 09:32 AM
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Are you serious .____________________.
Why the hell should people here start World War ||| in every single thread??
Can't we just discuss Bodom without fighting via Ultimatemetal? Jesus!
|January 21st, 2012, 09:49 AM
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All my negative attitude is just against you. You and your stupid and gay comments. You've posted some interesting things in the past but since 3 years you do NOTHING but whining about Bodoms new albums and how much you miss your flowers and trees. Let me tell you what, RRF has the best production and guitar tone of all albums and nearly all songs are technical better than any song on HB or FTR. The riffs are much more interesting and at least the songs have some cool rythm changes. Only the solos were better in the past. You can say that you don't like the songs you said it's a shitty and bad album and this is why you fail and know nothing about music. You do also always prove it when you post some shitty links of covers with bad tone and playing
|January 21st, 2012, 10:06 AM
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"I thought about it a few times but it's the same with a car accident or something really ugly... You won't watch it but for some reason you can't avert your eyes off it."
- Arcane about blocking xXx666(__Joonas__)666xXx
|January 21st, 2012, 10:10 AM
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|January 21st, 2012, 11:08 AM
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But what actually makes me kind of sad here is that I see more people complaining about how CoB is shitty in their own forum than in other places of the internet. I mean, this is their own official messageboard and it's been a while since the nice compliments (that actually added something to the discussions, you know) disappeared. Now all what I see is people commenting in -every thread- how CoB's music is shitty, how they hate the "new CoB" and fighting over that. It's like, okay man, but move on.
I don't know. It's just sad.
"It was a good trick but we are not that fucking stupid... Or are we?" --Alexi Laiho
|January 21st, 2012, 12:47 PM
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I think HCDR was a good change from the neo-classical stuff and Im not saying they should go back 10 years and record another Follow the Reaper, but Its obvious that people are waiting for something new again!
I mean aren't the four previous Hate Crew Deathrolls enough?
for me they really are!
Even though there is a difference between every album, the same thrash-thing or however people are calling it, is still the same since -03
They should stop doing everytime more technical songs for the new album and really take a bit from the past with the songwriting, like in HB or FTR the main riffs are very simple and the melodies and leads give the bodom-vibe.
Just compare for example Everytime I die and Cry of the nihilist!?
That's what Im talking about!
btw Im new here and just wanted to write something so dont care If I look like an idiot! thanks
|January 21st, 2012, 06:44 PM
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It sounds so fucking absurd to me when everyone slants the old COB saying "they can't do the same album all the time" Something Wild, Hatebreeder, Follow the Reaper, those albums were EXTREMELY different. Now they've made the same album four times in a row. Then I get slanted for ""wanting the neo-classical riffs back"" which is equally retarded. Just want them to come up with something fresh. Let's make it clear: I don't need the old sound back, we can't have the old vocals back, I don't want neo-classical back, I just want COB to compose something fresh, satanic and atmospheric, instead of this thrashy metal with melodies that's got black humour written all over it.
This is not whining, it's more like I'm trying to present golden ideas and shouting TAKE IT!
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|January 21st, 2012, 07:02 PM
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|January 22nd, 2012, 02:57 PM
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I dont want to take the piss out of you, but dude. seriously. You are acting like your opinion is an objective truth. And this is bullshit.
|January 23rd, 2012, 01:58 AM
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I fully agree with Joonas. It's hard to put into words what the first 3 albums had that was so special, but I think it's like each track is almost a journey, each section an interesting part in a cohesive whole. Making their tracks more thrashy or perhaps more rhythmically complex is not the way to move forward, as the beauty lies in the simpler yet more melodic older style, backed up by great keyboard parts (also lacking in newer albums). I for one would like to see more of a dark feeling in the new album, not this "I'm such a badass, I'll write my lyrics about how I get drunk and do stupid things" sort of mentality that I believe is currently plaguing the band. Maybe Alexi needs to explore different themes in his lyrics, and the power of those themes would come through in his music. I believe that's sort of what happened with the earlier albums. I miss the feeling of never wanting a song to end, because it just moves you so much, almost entrances you. At least that's what I think.
|January 23rd, 2012, 03:46 AM
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The lyrics indeed reflect the overall style of each album, but I'll compare RRF to the old albums, I'd use the last song of each album but since NPTD lyrics were not published (cos they were so shit) I'll use CotN:
RRF - Cry of the Nihilst :
Don't care have faith or mindset
Plunder and pillage yet
Complain whine and cry like a baby
Ain't so tough after all
U claim that u don't believe in nothing
Goddamn that must be exhausting
I know, you know this is getting
Boring, a lil dull, don't u think?
And no to mention-hatred, loath and revulsion
You just throw around, like it's no even there
Embracing dissolution
Is that who
I have become
Over the years?
Aversion to entity and
Life in this world
Broken you up in tears
When the nite comes,
When the sunlite dies
That's what it sound like
When a nihilist cries
So it finally all got
Back to me
A real reactionary, is what
You'd like to be
Is that really EVOLUTION from this kind of lyrics:
FTR - Kissing the Shadows :
High above your shadow smiles at me
Way down below I hear your serenely breathe
I`m running after you throughout
the valleys of tormented souls,
don`t you be afraid of me only kissing your shadow...
You`re so far away, I can feel your scent,
when I caress your shadow,
and if you truly want I`ll cross the line, I`ll follow
I`m dreaming my way out from down below
To get wherever you haunting from, I`ll go...
I`m kissing the shadows you surround me with,
to feel my pain vanishing away from me
Your touching the shadows I`m surrounding you with,
so together in peace we shall be
HB - Downfall :
The night of timeless fire is drawing near
I flee... Throughout the years of throe
Watching through a mirror, as I fall apart
I see a wreck, I'm burning
I see angels burning, falling down in ruins
Looking down I see me, I'm my own enemy
Watching myself decaying, falling from high spirits
I flee... Throughout the ruins of me
Longing for finding my way out
Leaving myself, there's nothing left for me
The ruins are about to crumble down.
The flame is dying by shivery winds of jet black skies
It reflects hatred in my eyes
I see angels burning, falling down in ruins
Looking down I see my ashes scattered around my grave
Angels whispering fire, no longer I'm alive
Settled down I'm done with the trip to my kingdom come
I think the difference is clear as daylight, but I can still predict a couple Germans replying "wtf, angels, shadows, that's gay dude."
I get these flashbacks from summer 2001 when reading the KTS lyrics, the bunch of us 15 year olds at the summer house getting drunk after sunset at the lakeside. There's still dried beer or wine that was spilt on the CD case and booklet by someone when I read those lyrics. Those nights all the troubles faded away thanks to the power of this mysterious dark music, the beer and partying. Needless to say the new shit just isn't the same, no matter how technically advanced rhythm sections there is.
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|January 23rd, 2012, 04:37 AM
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I also liked how you used the album color for each lyric, very nice.
As far as people saying "wtf, angels, shadows, that's gay dude." I think they will never really try to understand...
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|January 23rd, 2012, 04:45 AM
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True, true. I dream of Alexi reading thru all this stuff and realizing the possibilities and the excitement that he actually has this golden opportunity to make art like this. But instead of that I think all that will happen is he'll mash up riffs together again behind the scenes to make another album and then throw in some "lyrics" at the last moment. RRF is living proof he's forgotten he can actually make an album that's like an epic journey into the mysterious twisted dark of human mind, not just a collection of more thrash riffs.
Something Alexi could do in a few minutes is contact his ex wife or someone to start planning on some dark and mysterious lyrics, contact the artist behind the original cover arts to make another one, then contact some "outsider" with artistic vision on the musical style, tell them all we're gonna resurrect the old magic of COB. If riffs are the sole foundation of the art, it kills other creativity possibilities which kills overall inspiration. This is just how I see it, maybe someone else actually thinks on the contrary, or that the new material is better in every aspect.
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|January 23rd, 2012, 04:46 AM
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No they have just a different taste in lyrics and a different opinion on their musical change. Don't start like Brutal Hate.
|January 23rd, 2012, 04:56 AM
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Another point I wanted to bring up is that I feel like a lot of the new material is based on improvisation, sort of just screwing around to find out new riffs. I feel like in SW/HB/FtR Alexi did a lot more actual "composing" (in his head) before putting the riffs to guitar, rather than just improvising until something passable came out. I think that is what accounts for the older songs being more "complete" in terms of being a cohesive song, where everything works together. The improvisational approach, while not without merit, tends to produce riffs and structures that are maybe a little more detached. Do you get what I'm thinking here?
|January 23rd, 2012, 05:22 AM
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Yeah, like last time he expressed his horror in the situation where all he had was a blank white table with nothing on it. I'm sure he was overly stressed and in a composer's block, so it was easy again to resort to the heavy riffing and basic ideas to get this album done in time. He should relax and spend time with himself to find the inner joy to create something spectacular, so that he's teeming with exciting creative ideas already before he manages to grab the guitar. Then connect other people to help with lyrics, artwork and style idea. I'm sure it could awaken the fire in him again. It's like he's sealed away his deep thinking mindset to get rid of the depression that plagued him for years, but at the same time he's sealed away that inner voice.
|January 23rd, 2012, 07:51 AM
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Shit, you really care about lyrics in a COB song?!?
I'll quit here. I thought this is a heavy metal forum... No wonder why nobody wants to join here and why most of the regulars are gone. When possible new members read what was written here, they must think we'Re all emo^^
|January 23rd, 2012, 08:48 AM
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I don't care so much about the lyrics- in fact, even Aleksi doesn't IDK if an interviewer have ever asked him question like "With what do you want people to remember you?", but the answer is obvious- GUITAR PLAYING.
So the lyrics are not the most important part of Bodom.
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Jan's Place
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Address: 1990 N.E. Jensen Beach Blvd., Jensen Beach
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Alcohol: Beer and wine
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Menu offerings of shrimp, scallops, crab, tenderloin medallions and lobster sherry sauce are usually associated with a seafood restaurant or steakhouse, but at Jan's Place in downtown Jensen Beach, these ingredients grace some of Jan's colossal omelets and eggs Benedict.
Omelets might also be served as a burrito or skillet with choices of home fries, hash browns, grits, potato cakes or fresh fruit. Toast, biscuits, English muffins, half a waffle or a side of pancakes are additional options for these supersized dishes.
On the rainy Sunday morning we visited, outside seating was not available. We were given a pager, and we waited with our weekend guests for a seat in the busy dining room. One glance at the menu was all it took for us to realize we were in for a serious breakfast.
Not your typical steak and eggs, the steak and mushroom skillet ($11.99) featured tender chunks of filet mignon — perfectly cooked rare — with fresh mushrooms, mixed cheeses and home fries, and was topped with a creamy hollandaise sauce. A side of pancakes accompanied this mountainous entree.
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Jan's Place
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What a beautiful wall display shared below by one of the gals at the Small Fry blog. I love the pom garland hanging on the antlers! The mix of pictures and design makes this display lovely.
We are the girls behind Small Fry, a children's lifestyle blog that launched this last September. We are so excited to be sharing our family photo walls with you today! What better way to decorate your walls then with wonderful memories and reminders of just how far your family has come? Our kids love to point out their loved ones, but especially themselves!
We all have different design aeshetics, but we all agree that we love lots of color in our photos and a mix of mediums to keep the wall interesting.
Here is just one of our three family photo walls, you can see the rest over at Small Fry!
{If you missed the posts from the other creative contributors in this month long series, you can see all the thumbnails in one spot, HERE.}
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The resources below explore the important link between the market reforms included the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the mandate.
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Studies from independent experts—the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Center for American Progress (CAP), Urban Institute, Lewin Group, and RAND Corporation—have examined the impact of severing the individual mandate but retaining ACA market reforms. While the studies differ on the magnitude of the impact of severing the mandate, they all find that doing so would result in a dramatic rise in the uninsured population and increases in health insurance premiums compared to health reform with a mandate.
What You Need to Know: The Link Between Market Reforms and the Individual Mandate
Fact Check: State Experience with Health Insurance Reforms Highlights Need for Broad Participation
Explore a running list of quotes from policy experts, political leaders and editorial pages across the ideological spectrum who all agree that there is an inextricable link between the guarantee issue and community rating provisions in the ACA and the personal coverage requirement.
A number of studies have been conducted that show the impact of delinking market reforms from the personal coverage requirement. While the studies differ on the magnitude of the impact, the conclusion of all the studies is clear: more uninsured, higher premiums and less choice for individuals and families.
- Milliman
The Impact of Guaranteed Issue and Community Rating Reforms on States' Individual Insurance Markets
- Center for American Progress
Health Care Reform Is a "Three-Legged Stool"
- Congressional Budget Office
Effects of Eliminating the Individual Mandate to Obtain Health Insurance
Establishing State Health Insurance Exchanges
- Urban Institute
Why the Individual Mandate Matters
- Wrong Rx for healthcare website
Los Angeles Times
"Suspending the penalties is tantamount to delaying the mandate. And if there's no enforceable requirement to buy insurance, many Americans who don't need healthcare immediately won't do so. That's because, under the 2010 law, they can still get coverage after they're sick. There's already a risk that the penalties in the law aren't stiff enough to guard insurers from being saddled with an ever-sicker, costlier pool of customers, which would cause premiums to spiral upward. Suspending those penalties would only make that result more likely."
- Delaying the individual mandate is a bad idea
Washington Post
"Attacking the so-called individual mandate makes for great politics but following through on the delay would destabilize the new and vulnerable insurance market. Next year, the law will oblige insurance companies to accept pretty much anyone, regardless of age or health. The trade-off is that everyone will be required to buy into the system so that insurance companies can have enough healthy customers to keep premiums for everyone reasonable. The penalty against individuals lacking health-care coverage is a crucial tool in the effort to drive people into the new system. Delay it, and you'll get fewer people signing up in the first part of next year, and insurance companies will demand, with good reason, to renege on the rates they are offering for next year's coverage. At present, lawmakers do not need and should not attempt to make that outcome any more likely."
- Analysis: N.Y. Insurance Market Called 'Poster Child' For Individual Mandate
Kaiser Health News
"New York is like the poster child for why you need an individual mandate," said Sabrina Corlette, a research professor at Georgetown University's Center on Health Insurance Reform. "They implemented all the reforms without the individual mandate, and premiums just went through the roof."
- "Washington state provides case study on effects of heath-care reform"
The Washington Post
- "The Lesson of State Health-Care Reforms"
The Wall Street Journal
- "Health Care After the Supreme Court Ruling"
The New York Times
"'States that have tried community rating and guaranteed issue without a mandate and without subsidies saw a "death spiral,"' Dr. Lischko said, in which more sick people and fewer healthy people enter the insurance pool."
- "Even with a High Court win, Obamacare won't work"
"A new study shows that the basic requirements of President Obama's health care plan have been tried, and failed, in many states in the past two decades."
- "Why Washington state's health reform faltered after loss of mandates"
The Seattle Times
"Washington state is no stranger to the debate about the individual mandate now under way in the U.S. Supreme Court. In the early 1990s, the state created a comprehensive package using mandates and incentives to get all state residents insured. But when the package was dismantled, a spiral began that led insurers to stop selling individual policies."
- "The New Jersey Experience: Do Insurance Reforms Unravel Without An Individual Mandate?"
Kaiser Health News
"The Obama administration has told the http://ccctb.com/ court that if it invalidates the mandate it should also invalidate two key insurance reforms that would prevent discrimination because of preexisting conditions. On this, the administration has a somewhat unusual ally: The insurance industry. Although insurers have fought many parts of the health law, they have long favored the establishment of a mandate, which requires almost everyone who can afford it to buy health insurance or pay a fee, saying the reformed market cannot function without it… But is the administration's claim correct? For some clues, the justices could examine what happened in New Jersey, a state that tried to reform its insurance markets without a mandate -- and failed pretty miserably."
- "Would Premiums Without A Mandate Really Only Be 2.4% Higher Than With A Mandate?"
Colorado Health Insurance Insider
"A lot could happen between now and 2014 when the main provisions of the ACA are scheduled to take effect. But if all continues as currently planned but with the individual mandate eliminated, I would expect premiums – in the long run – to be significantly higher than they would be with the individual mandate in place."
- "The Importance Of The Individual Mandate: A Response To Sheils And Haught"
Health Affairs Blog
"The likelihood of crippling market effects is also suggested by experiences in every state that has attempted to implement guaranteed issue and community rating in the individual market without a purchase mandate… But this we do know: with a mandate, all models predict stable markets. Without a mandate, there is at least great uncertainty about whether the reform structures would survive intact, and a real risk they would crumble. Without a mandate, perhaps the individual market would stumble along somehow, but at least it would deteriorate: coverage would drop, and prices would increase, forcing government to subsidize higher premiums in order to cover fewer people. That is all one needs to know to conclude that the mandate is an essential lynchpin for the ACA's success."
- "Liberals go off on a mandate"
The Economist
"If you don't oblige everyone to buy health insurance, then many young and healthy people will bet on not needing insurance, and will decline to buy it. That shrinks the remaining pool such that it is made up of older, sicker people with higher medical costs, and thus premiums will rise. That in turn will cause more healthy people to leave the system. This is the phenomenon of 'adverse selection'. Ultimately you're left only with rich old sick people, and nobody else can afford insurance. This is known as an insurance death spiral. If you want affordable, universal health insurance, then everyone has to buy in."
- "Maine Finds a Health Care Fix Elusive"
The New York Times
"...the state is one of 17 that limit how much insurers can charge people for being older, and it does not allow exclusions for previous illnesses — both policies that are part of national reform proposals. But one result is that premiums for younger people are relatively high. Although national proposals would require that nearly everyone get coverage or pay a penalty, Maine's Legislature rejected such a mandate so many young people do not or cannot buy insurance — further skewing the insured pool to sicker and older people and making premiums that much higher."


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Daybreak Montreal from CBC Radio: February 7, 2013
More on the Park Extension woman who tried for months to get the police and a local councillor to help her. She finally met with police yesterday. Also live in the studio, Ian Lafreniere who speaks for Montreal Police. Jeanette Kelly speaks to fashion designer Ralph Leroy about his show at fashion week and sharing the spotlight with a famous guest. Doug Gelevan on the Habs loss against the Boston Bruins.


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Kyotoism, the philosophy that the Kyoto Protocol (KP) of binding carbon emission reduction by many rich and industrialized countries will help "save the planet", is dying. KP was adopted in 1997 in Kyoto, Japan, and became binding by 2005. It will expire by the end of 2012. Thus, the rush by the UN and many governments to have a new binding agreement that will supplant KP by 2013.
The point organization to prolong climate alarmism and all the rackets attached to it -- more environmental regulations, more carbon and energy taxation, more climate bureaucracies and bureaucrats, more global climate junkets, more climate loans, more public debt by many governments -- is the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UN FCCC). Thus, there have been huge global climate meetings called the Conference of Parties (COP) in the past, particularly the COP 15 in Copenhagen, Denmark in December 2009, then the COP 16 in Cancun, Mexico in December 2010. The next COP meeting will be in Durban, South Africa, this coming December 2011.
So you have the world's biggest carbon emitters -- China and the US, plus Japan, Russia, Canada -- not signing another round of "Earth-saving" deep emission reductions. The UN bureaucrats involved in climate alarmism like the IPCC, FCCC, UNEP and WMO, would be panicking by now. If many rich country governments are not convinced of the "urgent necessity" to save the planet, and these same countries have serious fiscal problems like huge public debt, the next move could be the reduction of UN funding, and that might affect all their globe-trotting lifestyle to scare the world.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/kyoto-deal-loses-four-big-nations-20110528-1f9dk.html#ixzz1NqwXnC00
Aside from real climate science slowly being asserted over political science, the deep fiscal problems by almost all rich countries, and the continuing financial catastrophe experienced by some of them, are the big considerations why many economies will be constrained to stop their economically-suicidal policies of making their energy supply become unstable, energy prices become expensive, and emission fees become more prohibitive.


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The Sonoran pronghorn is the fastest land mammal in North America and can run at speeds up to 60 miles per hour.
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At least 21 types of snakes call the refuge home, including 6 rattlesnake species. They are an important part of the desert community.
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Feeding on the saguaro's nectar and fruit, the endangered lesser long-nosed bat helps pollinate and spread the saguaro seed. The bats are able to reach deep into the cactus' blossoms using their elongated, narrow snouts. Their hairy heads get covered with the pollen and as the bats fly from cactus to cactus, they transfer pollen to other saguaro blossoms – pollination occurs! For this and other reasons, lesser long-nosed bats play an extremely important role in maintaining healthy deserts.
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McQueen-owned Indian expected to sell for up to $43,000
Photos courtesy Bonhams.
One doesn't expect to see a vehicle with a paltry four horsepower come from the collection of the late Steve McQueen, but that's exactly what this 1914 Indian Model F board track motorcycle, coming up for auction this weekend, offers.
The bike lacks many amenities, such as a clutch or brakes, and was designed specifically for push-start board track racing, but the 4hp V-Twin single-cylinder engine could achieve speeds of up to 100 MPH on the banked oval. According to Bonhams, which will offer the bike at its International Classic MotorCycle Show at the Staffordshire County Showgrounds in the United Kingdom, the Indian has been restored to period configuration and is expected to sell for $34,000 to $43,000.
A number of other bikes at the sale might not benefit from such celebrity connections, but are still expected to sell for near-record or record prices. For example, if you love Broughs and have the armored car all gassed up, three excellent examples will be available for the bidding. The first, a 1926 Brough Superior SS80/100 should gavel above $240,000. Another Brough, this one a 1931 Superior SS80 should be a little more affordable at $75,000 to $100,000. A rare 1921 Brough Model G is also scheduled to be sold.
A restored ex-works Vincent Black Shadow will also be offered. This bike was used as part of the factory's effort to establish a new 24-hour speed record at Montlhéry, France, in 1952. Looking no worse for the wear, the Black Shadow is expected to fetch $150,000 to $200,000. Another Vincent of note, a 1949 998cc 'Red' Rapide is expected to draw many bidders with deep pockets and an appreciation for British performance bikes.
The 1929 JAP-powered Montgomery 1,000cc V-Twin is another interesting offering that could outshine some of its period competition. The Montgomery name is a familiar one among Brough collectors. They supplied frames and front fork assemblies to Brough during their early years. The Montgomery V-Twins as well as Coventry Eagles were racing rivals to the Brough Superiors in the Thirties. This example is expected to sell for more than $70,000.
More than 240 motorcycles will be offered at the Spring Stafford Sale, including a 31-bike lot from collector Clifford Jones that includes vintage café racers, super bikes and several Ducati replica race bikes. The auction takes place Sunday, April 28. For more information, visit Bonhams.com.
UPDATE (30.April 2013): The 1952 Black Shadow topped the auction at £113,500. McQueen's Indian went for £32,200, and the 1931 Brough Superior SS80 went for £57,500.
Vincent Black Shadows dominate bidding at MidAmerica motorcycle auction
1953 Vincent. Photos courtesy MidAmerica Auctions
As seems to be the case with many vintage bike auctions recently, Vincent motorcycles received the most attention among bidders at the MidAmerica auction at the MotorcyclePedia Museum May 19 in upstate New York. A 1953 Vincent Black Shadow Series C was the top-selling bike at the auction, realizing $90,000. The second highest price bid was for a 1951 Black Shadow mounted to a 1949 frame, which brought $45,000.
Other cream of the bidding crop included:
* A 1928 Indian Scout fire patrol bike with sidecar, a 97-point Senior First AMCA bike with numerous winner's circle awards, topped the bidding for American-made bikes at $42,500.
* A 1923 Reading Standard V-Twin, with a restoration done only 35 years ago, sold for $37,500.
* A 1912 Wagner single cylinder with magneto, listed as a former Otis Chandler Museum display, went for $35,000.
* A 1948 Indian Scout 750cc Big Base racer, number 16 of only 50 factory builds, garnered bids to $32,000.
* And a 1929 Harley flat-track racer that was put together in the mid-Seventies by Woody Woodward sold for $31,000.
For complete results, visit MidAmericaAuctions.com.
Brough Superior tops Bonhams motorcycle auction at $394,000
1934 Brough Superior. Photos courtesy Bonhams Auctions
Furious bidding sent sale prices into the stratosphere this past weekend at Bonhams' 32nd Classic Motorcycle Show in Stafford. The belle of the ball was the 1934 Brough Superior SS100. One of only eight made in 1934, the bike featured a JAP 996cc v-twin engine with dual carburetors, oil pumps and magnetos. It sold for an unheard of $394,108 and easily represented 10 percent of the sale's total $3,603,830 in earnings.
1939 Vincent Rapide
The sale also included a 1939 988cc Vincent Rapide Series A, one of only 80 made with less than 50 known to still exist, bringing in a final bid of $366,849.
1955 Vincent Black Shadow Series C
Although it was the top earner for Sunday, the Brough was not the record sale of the day. That distinction went to the 1955 Vincent Black Shadow Series C, the last Series C produced before the release of the Series D. It sold for a whopping $202,108, believed to be the highest price ever paid at auction for a Black Shadow.
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Other noteworthy bikes at the sale included the world's only Ferrari bike, a 900cc one-of-a-kind built by David Kay Engineering in 1995, which sold for $139,132; a 1931 Douglas 750cc motorcycle and sidecar combination, thought to be one of only three built, which brought $65,500; a 1958 Vincent-BSA 650cc with sidecar, winner of the 1962 Isle of Man TT with rider Chris Vincent aboard and Eric Bliss in the sidecar, which went for just under $29,000; and the Tom Cruise Mission Impossible III bike, a 2005 Triumph Scrambler, which sold for $22,457.
Bonhams' Ben Walker, who is in charge of the motorcycle department sales, stated that they had a very successful showing, with an 87 percent sell-through rate of the auction's contents. Complete results of all 396 lots are available at Bonhams.com.
Vincent Black Prince and Black Shadow sell for $122,500 at Bonhams Las Vegas
The results of the Bonhams Las Vegas auction that we mentioned earlier are now in, and several of the bikes we featured from the L. Paul Du Pont Collection exceeded pre-auction guesstimates to sell for some amazing prices.
All told, the auction featured more than 50 motorcycles and more than 100 mixed lots of classic motorcycle parts, with a majority of the offerings coming from the Du Pont collection. In fact, of the $1.8 million total sales at Bonhams Las Vegas, every item from the collection was sold, with proceeds exceeding $1 million. Some of the bikes we featured in the earlier post were among the highest sales of the auction, including a 1906 Indian Camel Back in original condition that sold for $72,540, an unrestored 1915 Indian Twin Board Track Racer that went for $67,860; a 1953 Vincent Series C Black Shadow that sold for $120,500, a 1947 Vincent Rapide that brought $46,800; a 1907 Indian Camel Back that brought $67,860, a 1911 Indian 7 hp Big Twin that sold for a whopping $84,240, and a 1928 Henderson Deluxe Four that gaveled at $70,200. Several of the parts lots brought in much more than pre-auction estimates, including an unused 1924 Ace engine that sold for $35,000 and a 1912 Henderson Four engine that brought $32,500.
The top earners of the sale, however, were a 1955 Vincent 998cc Black Prince, frame number RD 12937B/F, and a circa 1953 Vincent Black Shadow, frame number RC 11818B, each of which sold for $122,500, including the buyer's premiums. The Black Prince, with fiberglass panels enclosing the mechanicals, had been recently restored, while the Black Shadow, which sold at no reserve, was presented in semi-original condition.
For more information and complete results, visit Bonhams.com.
Union Jack in a box
Among the two-wheeled treasures and curiosities at Mid America's Pebble Beach Motorcycle marketplace last week was this 1957 Triumph TRW said to have never been removed from the original crate.
According to the description: "Out of a Canadian Military storage approximately 40 years ago. Has never been out of the original Triumph factory shipping crate. This 500cc twin cylinder Triumph has the chrome wheel rims and gold pinstripe accented paintwork. Comes with the complete tool kit and other accessories, including the hardbound owner's manual."
Asking price? A cool $37,000, some assembly required, of course.
The same $37,000 would've bought you an almost equally military green 1920 Harley-Davidson Model WJ, restored back in the 1970s by a Harley-Davidson dealer in Santa Rosa, California, and used as a display bike ever since. What's interesting about it is it used a horizontally opposed twin-cylinder engine with the jugs oriented from front to rear. The Motor Company built these engines from 1919-1923, according to the seller, and they were popular in Europe, but not here. And, yes, that's a drip pan under the crankcase, so feel free to make up your own Harley leak-related jokes as necessary.
The most expensive bike at the sale seemed to be a 1952 Vincent Black Shadow, with a $250,000 price tag. It was reported to be a factory racer and eight-time world record holder. Sorry about some of the jittery camera work, but you can understand my nervousness in the presence of a bike selling for more than it cost to build my house.
There were, of course, some more affordable collectibles on hand as well, such as this 1973 Bultaco 250 Alpina. The Alpina was an excellent enduro/trail machine derived from Bultaco's Sherpa trials bike. They aren't difficult to find today in the neighborhood of $1,500 to $3,500. This one was priced at $4,500, but it was plated and titled in California, which makes it a little more desirable.
While we couldn't stick around for the auction, many of the bikes (like those profiled here) were for sale outright, which means they'll probably appear at future MidAmerica events or can be ogled on the MidAmerica Auctions web site.
Four-Links – Gaucho stepside CJ, Thought Police bikes, GM Fremont assembly plant tour, oddball Euro trucks
* Jeep never made a stepside CJ-based pickup, correct. The Scrambler was a fleetside, unibody (that is, cab and bed were integrated, not body and frame) pickup. But some enterprising Southern California dealer did build a stepside CJ-based pickup in the 1970s and called it the Gaucho. Now Jeepforum member jscherb has set about replicating a Gaucho, incorporating some select upgrades along the way, and has documented the entire 8-month process on the forum.
* It looks like what used to be The New Cafe Racer Society is now going by the name Ride the Machine. No matter, they're still posting interesting stuff, like the photos of a Vincent Black Shadow used in the film version of George Orwell's 1984 by the Thought Police. Recall that Orwell was a bike rider himself, but is mostly associated with Rudges instead of Vincents.
* Reader Jasen Ramsey recently posted a series of photos from GM's Fremont, California, assembly plant from 1964 to his site and thought we'd enjoy them. Indeed, thanks, Jasen! Brief history of the plant: It opened in 1962, shut down in 1982, then was reopened in 1984 for the NUMMI joint venture between GM and Toyota. From what we read in the news reports, the plant doesn't have much longer until it shuts down again.
* While researching something else entirely, came across this photo of a tractor-trailer combo apparently customized for Pathe-Marconi, a French record label, at the 1952 Paris Salon. Other than that, I got nothin'. The photo came from a massive repository of oddball European trucks on chrishodgephotos.co.uk, worth burning a few hours to click every link.
* Finally, frequent commenter diskojoe sent along this link to one man's point of view and reminiscing of Japanese cars. Maybe not from a car enthusiast's standpoint, but we could stand to see how non-car enthusiasts see the car world from time to time, right? (brochure photo above via)
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Roland Rollie Free depicted in one of motorcycling's best known pictures set a land speed record on a Vincent Black Shadow.
Jay Leno is known primarily as a car guy, but his motorcycle collection is second only to a handful of museums. The best part is that Leno is more than happy to take the time to share his knowledge and enthusiasm about these special bikes.
Don't believe me? Check out his installment on his Vincent Black Shadow on Jay Leno's Garage.
"Even and old, overweight, dorky guy like me can look cool on a Vincent Black Shadow," he says, as he pilots the bike on a loop near his shop. What a treat to see a knowledgeable guy talk about his bike, but then ride it as well.
(This post originally appeared in the March 27, 2008, issue of the Hemmings eWeekly Newsletter.)
Alain De Cadenet uninjured in crash
A few weeks ago in Hemmings eWeekly, we mentioned the Legend of the Motorcycle Concours, held at the Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay, California.
TV announcer, former race car driver and guy we'd most like to trade places with for a day, Alain De Cadenet, was at the event, participating in a Legends ride around the area, some of the best motorcycling the country has to offer. De Cadenet was aboard his Vincent Black Shadow when he hit a pothole. The front wheel essentially folded over and De Cadenet was thrown over the handlebars.
Luckily, De Cadenet escaped the crash with a minor head injury and a broken wrist. There were pictures of the crashed motorcycle posted on a Cycle World forum, and the bike appeared to be in tough shape. There was also a conflicting report about whether or not De Cadenet's black leather jacket —which was apparently given to his mother by a young Marlon Brando—needed to be cut off when the paramedics arrived at the scene.
Damaged bike and jacket aside, we're glad to hear that De Cadenet managed to walk away mostly unscathed.
(This post originally appeared in the June 8, 2006, issue of the Hemmings eWeekly Newsletter.)


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The ones I have are Shimano ST-6500 Cover and Name Plate Left Hand, and Shimano ST-6500 Cover and Name Plate Right Hand. Not sure if these will fit. I bought them incorrectly and could send them to you for £10 if you want them. I cant guarantee that they will fit.
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There's one thing I'd like to add, as an organic chemist. A persistant statement that I see about thimerosal is that it's "49% ethylmercury by weight." This makes it sound like it's a mixture of components, one of which is ethyl mercury, which really isn't the case. Thimerosal is a single compound, a mercury with an ethyl group and a thiosalicylate (the mercury is in the +2 oxidation state.) When sulfur is bonded to mercury, its reactive characteristics change quite a bit. A dose of thimerosal would not be expected to be the same as a dose of ethyl (more correctly, diethyl) mercury. And it isn't.
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Every Single One: The Politicized Hiring of Eric Holder's Criminal Section
All ten new hires to the Justice Department's Criminal Section have far-left resumes -- which were only released following a PJMedia lawsuit. (This is the tenth of a series of articles about the Justice Department's hiring practices since President Obama took office. Read parts one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, and nine.)
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Today marks the latest installment of PJMedia's multi-part series investigating the politicized hiring practices of the Civil Rights Division at the Obama Justice Department. The series has revealed a liberal litmus test for landing a job in the Civil Rights Division. It took a protracted lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act to extract the resumes of the Division's newly hired attorneys, and it is not difficult to understand why the Most Transparent Administration in History fought so hard. Naturally, the resumes reveal an undeniable campaign to populate every corner of the Division with left-wing ideologues. Meanwhile, attorneys who don't demonstrate this ideological zeal aren't hired.
We turn today to the Criminal Section. This Section is primarily responsible for prosecuting individuals who violate the constitutional rights of individual citizens, hate crimes, and human trafficking offenses. The Section's prosecutorial reach also extends, however, to criminal violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act as well as the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act.
Like many other parts of the Civil Rights Division during Eric Holder's reign, the Criminal Section engages in ideologically and racially selective enforcement of the law. For example, although it proudly touts its prosecution of abortion protesters under the FACE Act — it has gone so far as to completely remove any reference to the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act from its website.
While DOJ is suing 79-year-old Dick Retta for "intimidating" people outside an abortion clinic through prayer and pleas to reconsider abortion, the Criminal Section did nothing when Retta was pepper sprayed by an abortion advocate for exercising his First Amendment rights. The Criminal Section could have brought a case against the attacker under 18 U.S.C. § 245, but of course didn't, because this administration doesn't care for Mr. Retta's goals.
While this double standard may outrage many citizens, it comes as little surprise to insiders, who recall that one of the Section's former deputy chiefs (Cathy Mahoney) only recently left to become legal director of NARAL Pro-Choice America. Today she serves as the general counsel of the National Abortion Federation.
There is racially centric enforcement of hate crimes. When traditional minorities are the victims of hate crimes, the Section — appropriately — responds with gusto. But when the victims of racial violence are white, nothing happens.
When a mob of blacks savagely attacked random whites at the Wisconsin State Fair earlier this summer, the Section did nothing. When a similar riot occurred at the Iowa State Fair in August 2010 — where bands of black teens organized a "beat whitey night" — the Section once again did nothing. Last month, still another flash mob of blacks beating whites took place in Philadelphia, yet the Section did nothing. The same is true near Pittsburgh and in Ohio.
Just like the outrageous dismissal of the New Black Panther Party case, there is a pervasive hostility in this administration to bringing cases on behalf of white victims. Let's hope the Section reverses course and investigates these attacks, because its apathy, so far, is wrong and immoral.
These examples are only the tip of the iceberg, and I discuss more outrages in my forthcoming book Injustice.
Ten new career attorneys have been hired into the Criminal Section during the Obama presidency. Just as is the case with each of the other eight sections that have been highlighted so far in this PJMedia series — the Voting Section, the Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices, the Special Litigation Section, the Education Section, the Employment Litigation Section, the Coordination and Compliance and Section, the Housing and Civil Enforcement Section, and the Disability Rights Section — every single one of these lawyers obviously has little difficulty passing the Division's liberal litmus test. Here's the proof:
Chiraag Bains: Mr. Bains joined the Section as part of Attorney General Holder's Honors Program following clerkships with two of the most liberal jurists in the entire federal judiciary (Karen Nelson Moore of the Sixth Circuit and Nancy Gertner of the District of Massachusetts). During law school, he worked for Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) on the Senate Judiciary Committee. There he pushed the politically motivated investigation into the dismissal of various appointed U.S. attorneys who served at the pleasure of the president. He also worked for the left-wing Vera Institute of Justice, where he wrote a report criticizing the conditions of confinement at supermax prisons for the most dangerous criminals.
One law school summer, he helped organize what was billed as the "Inequality Summer Institute." The event's publication summarized his cliché-filled background as follows:
In New Haven, he works with People Against Injustice, a group fighting for fair bail in the city's courts, and the Juvenile Rights Advocacy Project, which aims to educate high school students about their rights in interactions with police. He has also just finished his tenure as Editor of the Yale Journal of Human Rights and Type Magazine, Yale's publication on race and class. Chiraag has worked for the Department of Justice on racial conflict mediation and has helped create a worker-run factory in India to reduce child labor in the brass industry. This summer, he will work on housing issues in Bridgeport, Connecticut. A 2002 Truman Scholar, he plans to become a civil rights lawyer and fight discrimination in law enforcement.
Meanwhile, as an undergraduate, he interned at the liberal Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, where he co-wrote a guide to assist convicted felons in gaining the right to vote. He also worked with the SEIU local chapter, and was an active member of Amnesty International. Little wonder that he won a Soros Fellowship for New Americans, upon which he described his dream of pursuing a career in "human rights and distributive justice."
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Those of you waiting for an ugly, small pickup from India… you're still waiting.
A little over two years ago there was a lot of talk about the possibility of a small diesel powered pickup from Mahindra hitting US shores. Plans were made, deals struck and supposed dealership plans in the works. Well, after many delays (we did say two years), and several lawsuits, Mahindra has announced that it will not be selling their small, ugly, diesel powered trucks in the US.
The powers that be cited "changes in the U.S. regulatory and market situation" as the reason for the final decision to end the long delayed move to the US consumer. It will be interesting to see what comes of the numerous lawsuits that were filed against Mahindra from investors hoping to setup dealerships here in the US, as well as the affect the news has on their world market presence. It definitely is a black eye for Mahindra, but at least we won't have to look in a rear view mirror and see that diesel powered ugliness behind us.