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Here it is, the figure we have been waiting for since March 27 last year, when most of us sat down to fill in the census form: 57,877,800. Or rather, that is the population total for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. For some reason, the people of Scotland will have to wait for their results. However, this gives us a pretty good idea of the size of the population of the United Kingdom as a whole, since we can add roughly another five million to the total announced by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) yesterday, taking it to around 63 million.
This is greater than had been expected. The population of England and Wales is 3.7 million higher than at the last census 10 years ago, an increase of 7 per cent, and grew at twice the rate of the previous decade. That is the biggest rise in modern times – greater even than in the baby boomer years after the Second World War, when it was driven by a jump in the birth rate. By contrast, this latest increase has been fuelled predominantly by the unprecedented levels of immigration that followed Labour taking power in 1997, with nearly 200,000 people a year being added to the population. In addition, more of us are staying alive for longer. One in six of the population is aged over 65 and this proportion is accelerating rapidly. Today, the median age is 39; in 1911, it was 25. Today, there are 430,000 people aged over 90; 100 years ago, there were just 13,000.
This is of more than just passing interest to academic demographers and statisticians. An accurate measurement of population is crucial to ensure the fair allocation of money for public services. But the itinerant nature of urban populations makes it hard to keep track of them and the last census in 2001 managed to mislay about one million young people. This time, the ONS appears to have discovered some 480,000 people it was not expecting to find.
These uncertainties are likely to lead to a fresh series of challenges from local authorities who simply do not recognise the figures for their areas. The 2011 census reveals that the official numbers have previously understated the scale of net migration by 14 per cent – and that does not take into account illegal immigrants, who would not complete the census form. Westminster city council in London said it had "serious concerns" about figures that suggested its population had dropped by 9 per cent since the last estimate a year ago, while the council's own data report a rise in numbers paying council tax. In the recent past, Manchester, Bristol and other towns have also disputed ONS figures, which affect the money they get for services. While many immigrants, such as those from Eastern Europe, are hard working and skilled, they and their families require housing and health care, and their children need schooling. Often, the latter is more expensive because they do not speak English as a first language.
But there is another problem. The population is rising faster than at any time since the 19th century and yet the support ratio – the number of people of working age compared with those in retirement – is lower than ever. In 1961, there were about five workers for each pensioner; now, there are just over three, and the ratio will decline rapidly unless the state pension age is increased to about 70, which it will have to be. However, that will just make it more difficult for young people to get work.
True, there has been an increase in the birth rate recently, but that is principally because immigrant families are younger. In the past, a high birth rate was to be encouraged because a rising population meant more people would be available to work, and a bigger economy meant greater wealth for all; countries whose populations stagnate and decline are countries with no future. However, there must come a point at which this is no longer true. At the current rate of increase, the UK's population in just 20 years will be over 70 million and yet, until relatively recently, it was predicted to stabilise at under 60 million. Indeed, the planning of governments since the 1970s has all been predicated upon a static population.
In other words, we were not prepared for this, either logistically or culturally. Partly this was because the last government and its cheerleaders simply refused to acknowledge what was going on, especially with regards to mass immigration. Their delusion continues. Yesterday, the IPPR, a Left-leaning think tank, observed in response to the latest census figures that the rate of population increase today is half what it was between 1801 and 1910, as if that somehow made it acceptable. It also contested the idea that we are a "crowded island" because "as for population density, we only come out top if we exclude Wales".
But this misses the point. Unlike in times past, we have a rapidly increasing and ageing population. This will place greater pressure on public services at the very time we have run out of the money to pay for them. In recent years, it has become abundantly clear that these circumstances have not been planned for, an act of gross negligence. Yet more immigration to rejuvenate the population would not help in the long run either, because new settlers grow old as well.
What these demographic trends show above all is the absolute requirement that we do things differently in future. More public services will need to be privatised, the burdens on taxpayers reduced and people encouraged to look after themselves and make provision for their own future. Yet the reforms needed to bring this about are often resisted by the very people who promoted the population boom that has made them unavoidable.


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The Bininj People of the Northern Arnhem Land
The Bininj people are a group of Indigenous Australian people that live in the Western Arnhem Land in the country's Northern Territory. The land they occupy sprawls out between the Kakadu National Park in the west to the Stone Country in the east. In the middle of it all sits the Arnhem Plateau, a sandstone escarpment that's imbued with centuries-old traditions and narratives.
The escarpment itself and many of the surrounding natural structures, like Injalak Hill, form one of the most important rock art sites in the world. Here, you can discover rock paintings that span thousands of years that decorate the walls of bark shelters and caves.
The name Bininj means "men" or "people" in the local dialect, and it is the name the people refer to themselves as. Today, the history of the Bininj is strong in this part of Australia, and there are a number of traditional ceremonies that take place throughout the year. The people divide themselves into eight so-called "skin" groups and two moieties, Duwa and Yirridjdja.
For the Bininj people, life continues very much how it has done for years. Hunting and harvesting bush foods is an important day-time activity which still revolves around an age-old calendar comprised of six distinct seasons. In the late wet season (known as bangkerreng), for example, the appearance of dragonflies over the water shows that the fish are fat and plentiful. If you explore some of the rock paintings in the region, you'll see plenty of game representations.
The Mythology of the Bininj
Like most of the Indigenous tribes in Australia, the Bininj have many fascinating histories that have spanned generations. As with many of the other people in the Western Arnhem Land, the Bininj believe in the primordial creative function of a Rainbow Serpent. This creature is known as Ngalyod, and features a more feminine appearance than masculine.
It is thought to have come across to Australia via the sea to the northeast of the Cobourg Peninsula and, once settled in Coopers Creek on the East Alligator River, transformed her many children into men. From there, she began to create waterholes to serve the people's thirst, and began supplying men with spears and women with digging sticks. She endowed both with intelligence and the use of all their senses. This theory is still imbued in the Bininj people, and their traditions, ceremonies, and lifestyle revolve around this way of thinking.
Explore the Arnhem Land on our 3 Day Kakadu National Park and Litchfield Tour today.

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I Thought You Graduated?Mon Aug 28, 2006 9:54:48 pm by Dustin
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Yep, that is the question I got all day today as I started my last semester of school. And the answer was always, yes, I have graduated. But yes I did start school today, and I have a whopping two classes to work around my work schedule.
Back in March when I registered for these classes, I had written down that my class on MWF was from 9:15-10:10. Since then the faculty decided to change it to 12:30-1:25 without telling me. Logically, being lazy me, I did not look up the new time and just showed up for class. Well the wrong class. It was a Computer Science class which means I know everybody that could be in the class and after seeing a girl sitting in the class I was supposed to be having class in (there are never girls in CS classes), I registered that something was wrong. To make an uninteresting story a little shorter, I got a short -day at work and had to come back later to actually attend class, making two breaks in my work day. Happy first day of school. Only 15 weeks until I get my diploma.
Sun Oct 1, 2006 10:36:25 am
Never girls in CS classes????
Sun Oct 1, 2006 10:36:25 am
You don't count.
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A little harsh. In the words of Jeff *tear*


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What sound and image comes to mind when I mention the band Crayon Pop? If you're thinking bright colors and loads of aegyo, you've got the gist. �Crayon Pop is a five member band under Chrome Entertainment. The average age of the members is 21 (standard age, not Korean age). Two members, Cho A and Way, are twins.��Crayon Pop's debut mini album, 'Saturday Night', dropped on July 18, 2012, featuring only two songs.
The first song, "Bing Bing", released a month ago when Crayon Pop kicked off their Japanese promotions, is a disco/jazz-inspired, horn-driven dance track. The video opens with hazy, sepia tone images of the five band members making a scrapbook, set to the sounds of a music box. When the actual song starts, we see the girls drip with aegyo as they sing, dance, and wink all around Japan in mismatched, brightly-colored clothes. The lyrics beg a boy to stop messing around and make his feelings clear.
The group has also released a dance practice video for this song, which is absolutely adorable. Between this video, f(x)'s "Electric Shock", Infinite's "The Chaser", and SHINee's "Sherlock", a trend of well-choreographed formations and patterns. �This means that instead of just doing cool, synchronized dance moves, the band members actually move around and interact with each other while dancing to create more visual interest. �I'm really excited to see more choreographers paying attention to this aspect of their routines.
The second track, "Saturday Night", has an eighties-disco feel, featuring a clicky drum track and lots of synths. The video is a colorful, spunky spin on the standard club/party video. It opens with a fist fight between Iron Man and a giant robot Kangaroo (not to be confused with B.A.P.'s giant robot bunny), a man wearing sunglasses outfitted with flashing LED lights riding around on a tricycle. Maknae So Yul hops out of her van and causes come kind of supernova, and then skips off to the party. The entire first verse filmed is a continuous shot that moves through the party, the girls crossing in and out of frame to sing their own lines (See the drama version of Super Junior's "It's You" and Infinite's Nothing's Over for my favorite use of this technique in Kpop videos), and the rest of the video is a rainbow explosion of a dance party that is better seen that explained.
The lyrics explain that the girls have been waiting for Saturday night so that they can go dancing, and boy do they dance! While the song isn't as catchy as 'Bing Bing', it's still a ton of fun, and I know I'll be grooving to it all summer. Unfortunately, this video has fallen victim to the Unnecessary Dubstep Breakdown Trend, which shows up at about 2:50 in the video. �However, this interlude is exclusive to the video, and doesn't show up on the original version of the song or in live performances.
Does this Crayon Pop's debut bring anything new or different to kpop? No. It's the standard fare we've come to expect from other aegyo girl bands like Girl's Day, A Pink, and Hello Venus, with a little bit of a disco edge. While this debut isn't earth-shattering or innovative, it is a LOT of fun. Given the right management and good material, I think these girls have the potential to make a name for themselves in Kpop and help put Chrome Entertainment on the map.
What are your thoughts on Crayon Pop?s 'Crayon Pop 1st Mini Album'? Leave an honest rating and your thoughts in the comments below.


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The morning after our visit to the Channel Islands, we headed for my old stompin' grounds… Santa Barbara! I lived in this beautiful town for nearly four years in the early 1980s. While there I studied and got my degree … Continue reading
Category Archives: state parks
Arizona… The Only Thing Missing is an Ocean Beach!
After parting with the masses at Grand Canyon we moved on south to Lost Dutchman State Park, a place I had enjoyed once before. The campground sits at the base of Superstition Mountain, about 40 miles east of downtown Phoenix, … Continue reading
The Ghost Town of Bodie
Bodie State Historic Park was once a booming mining town… somewhat typical of the way the westerns depict them; in addition to miners and families, there were saloons, gunslingers, and houses of ill repute. Gunfights in the streets were not … Continue reading
Eastern Sierra's- Tahoe, Mono and June Lakes
After departing Crater Lake, and stopping for supplies in Klamath Falls, we continued south to Carson City (near Reno). This is the same route I took exactly 5 years prior, making a pit-stop in Reno to visit my niece Madeline, … Continue reading
?? On The Road Again ???- South through Central Oregon
At the moment we're sitting in Kanab Utah, which is central to a lot of very cool places, but I'll have to get back to those since I have a bit of catching up to do here. This one post … Continue reading
Oh Canada… the Gulf Islands and Beyond
A month after departing Olympia we sailed into Canadian waters! First priority was going through customs which we did in Sydney Harbor. This is a sizable harbor with several marinas and yacht clubs. After "checking in" by phone (just that … Continue reading
Sailing into the San Juan's
After our little dash out and back under Deception Pass Bridge we went to La Conner for one night to restock, do laundry and such before heading up the narrow Swinomish Channel, past the historic railroad swing bridge and into … Continue reading
The Remainder of Puget Sound
[subscribe2] Our next stop was Hidden Cove. Unlike the destinations we often seek, this cove was surrounded on all sides by homes… big beautiful homes. But there was still a peacefulness about place and we found room to anchor near … Continue reading


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Matthew 10:32 So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven,
Please do not be afraid or ashamed to speak of the goodness of GOD. HE has done so much for each & every one of us. We have set up this page for the saints that are not ashamed of our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ. Please, share your story. Let the world know of HIS goodness and ALL that HE has done for you. You NEVER know your testimony just might save your brother or your sister. HE IS SO GOOD, don't you agree?


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Single mother Rachel Oldham's concerns are typical of any parent — there's never enough time, never enough money. "I'm doing this totally solo," she says. "I always have this worry; am I doing everything right?"
Atypical circumstances add an extra layer of worry to Oldham's journey as a mother. Two and a half years ago, her husband of 23 years died of Lymphoma, leaving her to raise the couple's only daughter, Claire, alone.
Claire is now a thriving 14-year-old who aspires to become part of the movie industry, either in front of the camera or behind it. Oldham says Claire is an exceptional teenager with the type of inherent talent that had her beating out adults in screenplay-writing contests at the age of nine.
Still, like many parents, Oldham worries that her best as a mother is not good enough.
"I don't remember questioning myself as much when my husband was still around," she says. "I guess I still did, but I had somebody else to share the blame and the victories."
Second-guessing is second nature for most parents, which is why Minute Maid's #doingood campaign puts special focus on their hard work. In the series of inspirational films launched earlier this year, parents like Oldham are asked a simple but pointed question: "How do you think you're doing?"
For Oldham, the answer is complex.
"When you do it on your own, you have this person you're responsible for, and you want to do the best," she says. But without the tempering effect of her reserved husband, the self-described "go-for-it" mom worries her parenting style can be too one-note.
Still, in the few months between her husband's diagnosis and death, Oldham says she learned a few lessons that help smooth over parenting's rough edges.
Even though the doctors said it was unlikely her husband would succumb to his stage-one cancer, he still had a hunch he wouldn't make it. Though tragic, the finite time gave the couple the opportunity to fully appreciate each other, something Oldham says has profoundly influenced her.
"It's a whole new perspective on life," she says. Not only does she "refuse to sweat the small stuff," she always remembers to let her loved ones know how much they mean to her.
"You think it, but you don't always say it," she says. "I've always tried with Claire, but I try even more so now. I try to catch her doing good. I try to be appreciative of what she does, not worry about the little things, and just let her be her."
Filming the Minute Maid video wasn't as emotional as Oldham expected, though the camera crew did catch a few tearful moments, like when she received an unexpected letter from her daughter.
"I often forget to tell you how much you mean to me," Claire had written. "You gave up everything for me so I could follow my dreams."
Indeed, the Oldhams moved to Los Angeles so Claire could pursue her film career. And though they now share a room in a one-bedroom house, the close quarters haven't affected their relationship.
"I love the fact that she tells people I'm her best friend," Oldham explains. "In these types of circumstances, I know some people grow apart, but we've been the opposite. "
Learning to navigate parenting alone still leaves Oldham questioning herself occasionally. But she still has some advice for others in the same position.
"Don't set your expectations too high," she says. "And always give them the tools to allow them to be themselves."


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Billetproof Florida 2011 Best of Show Winner
Thanks to everyone for another great Billetproof Florida show! We had great weather and a great time with tons of hot rods, cool bands, a huge model car show, a pinstriper panel jam, Orland Roller Derby Girls demos, a Motor Meltdown, a Revell model car Make and Take for the kids, and, of course, our friends.
We have to give an extra special thank you to the Poor Boys Florida for being our always awesome host club. These guys ROCK and we can't say enough about everything they do to make the show great, both on the day-of and all the hard work they put in during the rest of the year.
Big thanks also to Patrick Parnell and the Modeling Associates of the Gulf State (MAGS) for yet another super cool (and gigantic!) model car show. The Revell Make and Take with the kids was a big hit.
Thanks also to Darrell Roberts Doctor D Pinstriping for organizing the pinstripers and to all the stripers for making the already kick-ass trophies even better with beautiful pinstriping.
Thanks to all the clubs and individuals who kicked-down trophies that were undeniably works of art. Everyone out-did themselves this year.
And thanks to the Orlando Derby Girls for coming out to show us all how roller derby should be done. They are some bad-ass chicks!
Finally, thanks to everyone who participated in the Motor Meltdown to raise funds for Sydne Mushaben's cancer treatment fund. Sydne is a lovely young woman fighting the good fight, so if you didn't get the chance to enter the Motor Meltdown or couldn't make it to the show, you can still help out by clicking here: http://www.traditionalhotrod.com/sydne.html
We hope everyone had a good time and we'll see you all at the Billetproof Drags in Lakeland on October 23rd. Thanks again for all your support!


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Pheasant Hunting Guides / Outfitters
If you are traveling to South Dakota to hunt pheasants one of the highly suggested things to do is stay at a pheasant hunting lodge that offers a hunting guide. Not only will you be provided top-notch accommodations you will also be provided an excellent hunting experience that you will be talking about well after your trip home.
Guides can show novice hunters the ropes and safety precautions, as well as leading experienced hunters to the best spots for pheasant hunting. Many hunting lodges will board your dogs, or let you use their hunting dogs during your trip. You may also be able to rent equipment and gear at the lodge, saving you on the time, money and hassle of transporting yours to the hunting site. After the hunt, many lodges have staff or nearby professionals who will clean and pack your deer, pheasant, or other game for transportation back to your home.
When searching for a hunting guide / outfitter we encourage you to look at multiple options to figure out which lodge offers the best pricing and features that work with your traveling needs and budget.


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Did the June code turn out to be harder than you thought? Here it is again:
How It Works
For each wheel, start with the line at 12:00 (or "north"). That line is the letter A. As you count clockwise, go up one letter in the alphabet for each line you cross until you hit the red line.
For instance, since the third spoke is red, this is the letter C. When you've figured out all the letters, it will reveal the secret word.
Only iron, nickel, cobalt and similar natural metals respond to a magnetic field, which is why huge electromagnets are used in junkyards to separate metal from everything else. In the same way people use windmills to harness the force of wind, electromagnets harness the force of electricity. Electromagnets are used in motors, generators, security systems, switches, spacecrafts, computer drives and many other places.
Look for a new code in the next issue of Clubhouse magazine.


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Monday, December 31, 2007
Dual Notebook
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Daboo Ratnani Calendar 2008
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Thursday, December 27, 2007
Northern Areas of Pakistan
Located in Kaghan Valley Pakistan. Saif-ul-Malook lake is one of the most beautiful in Pakistan.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Celebrities Wax Model
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Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Nokia 7373
Nokia returns to the style capital of Paris during Fashion Week. Here the efforts to fuse fashion with mobility began in 1999 with the introduction of the Nokia 8210.
Monday, December 24, 2007
Mega Pixel Digital Camera
Palm Sized 3.0 Mega Pixel Digital Camera
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Shilpa Shetty
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Northern Areas of Pakistan
picture from Kaghan Valley.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Dom Home for Grabs
Monday, December 17, 2007
Small Digital Video Player
These tiny video players are small on size but are big on features with full-size bright high-res screens and 8 hour battery life.
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Samsung F300
Friday, December 14, 2007
Diamond Christmas Tree
Christmas Tree with diamonds for $1.8 million in Japan.
Christina Aguilera
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Thursday, December 13, 2007
Madhuri Dixit
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Northern Areas of Pakistan
A beautiful valley of river, mountains and snow.
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Monday, December 10, 2007
Wireless Camera with Solar Charger
Fully functioning and normal looking pen with completely inconspicuous built in wireless mini spy camera, and also coming with an included solar charger for quick and easy recharging of the pen cameras built in Li-ion battery.
Samsung Serenata
I learnt to admire the brand's products, always with daring designs and high prices. Well, now B&O got together with Samsung and they are releasing the Serenata cell phone. It has 4Gb internal memory and a built in speaker that won't make necessary for you to use headphones.
Friday, December 7, 2007
Bald Celebrities
23 Pictures
Eva Mendez Campari Calendar Photos
Eva Mendes is fulfilling the fantasy of living in a fairytale, and you can purchase this beautiful fantasy and hang it on your wall. Eva is Campari's 2008 calendar girl. Eva took some amazing, glamorous pictures, some of which look very high fashion.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Mini GSM Cell Phone
This mini slider cell phone features a built in MP3 playing boombox that gets surprisingly loud. The best part, you don't have to forsake your existing cell phone (unless you want to). Simply pop the SIM card out of your current cell phone from AT&T/Cingular or T-Mobile and insert it into the back of the Mini Boombox Cell Phone and power it up.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Sonam Kapoor
Sonam Kapoor weighed 90 kilos approximately when she was finalized as the heroine of Saawariya". She gained all those extra pounds when studying abroad. Sonam is known to have a huge appetite. But when she came to know that she was going to make her debut in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's " Saawariya" she decided to shed off her extra fat.
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Monday, December 3, 2007
Expensive Cell Phones
GoldVish Le Million - $1.3 million
It is made with 18-carat white gold, mounted with 120-carats of VVS-1 graded diamonds, and was introduced during the Millionaire's Fair, last year, in Moscow.
13 Expensive Cell Phones
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Northern Areas of Pakistan
Deosai means the "Land of Giants". It is the second highest pleatue in the world after Tibet. The True beauty of Himalayas is visible everywhere around Deosai, Pakistan.It is also the home to the endangered Himalayan Brown Bears.
20 Pictures
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Cigarette Box Covert Wireless Camera
Super cool wireless covert pinhole camera fitted into a silicon rubber casing for hiding into any standard sized cigarette box plus a high quality wireless MP4 receiver.
Salma Hayek
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to stand up for him against these negligent companies, he chose our firm.
Thankfully, we resolved the case in less than 2 years—with only
7 days left before trial was set to begin. Our relentless pursuit of our
client's health and well-being will allow him to enjoy lifelong
financial security and medical care. In addition, the companies responsible
for his injuries have changed their policies to ensure it doesn't
happen again.
Attorney's fees and expenses totaled $29,340,369.87.
Attorney Kurt Arnold represented a construction superintendent who sustained
catastrophic injuries after a serious crane accident off Memorial Drive
in Houston, TX. On the job, Berkel & Company had been hired to drill
auger cast pilings. One of their crane operators had been operating a
machine owned by Maxim Crane Works while completing deep foundation drilling
when the auger became stuck; at that time, a Berkel superintendent instructed
the crane operator to attempt to unstick the auger. The operator attempted
to stop the job at least five times. The crane eventually collapsed.
At the time of the collapse, our client had been standing behind a safety
fence approximately 100 feet from the auger when a piece of crane equipment
struck him and pinned him down. It took a crane to lift the equipment
off of him. He was then rushed to a hospital where an above-the-knee amputation
was performed.
The trial took place over a three week period during which Kurt helped
to show the jury that standard safety practices had been violated multiple
times by Berkel in an attempt to finish the project quickly. Kurt also
argued that Maxim was responsible for poorly inspecting the crane. The
jury deliberated and found both companies to be responsible. They awarded
damages for medical expenses, loss of earning capacity, physical impairment,
physical pain, and mental anguish. They also awarded $8.5 million in punitive damages.
This case was listed #43 in The National Law Journal's Top 100 Verdicts of 2015.
Arnold & Itkin LLP attorneys Kurt Arnold and Jason Itkin won a $41
million jury verdict on behalf of their client, Richard Foreman, a Houston
investor who was secretly cut out of a deal to acquire Honsador Lumber
Corporation, one of Hawaii's largest lumber suppliers. The jury found
Key Principal Partners LLC and its parent Key Corporation guilty of breaching
their fiduciary duties, intentionally interfering with Foreman's efforts
to acquire the Honsador Lumber Corporation, and violating Hawaii's
unfair competition statute. Read more about the trial and verdict as covered
in the press by the Houston Business Journal.
Attorney's fees and expenses totaled $11,906,014.00.
Kyle Findley, Kala Sellers, and Adam Lewis represented a worker who was
severely burned in a dust fire and explosion at a Georgia-Pacific plywood
plant in Corrigan, TX. In 2004, Georgia-Pacific hired Aircon, Inc. to
design and install a dust collection system to carry highly combustible
dust from an industrial sander to a baghouse where filter bags could clean
it out of the air. The system also incorporated a spark detection and
suppression system manufactured by GreCon, Inc. to prevent fires and sparks
from being carried into the baghouse.
On April 26, 2014, the dust collection system, and related safety systems,
failed to protect the baghouse. A fire in the system sent sparks through
the ductwork, and the system failed to prevent an ignition source from
entering the baghouse—resulting in an explosion and deflagration.
At the time of the explosion, our client was unknowingly standing within
range of the deflagration and was engulfed by fire. Despite suffering
significant burn injuries, our client worked to help alert emergency services
of the explosion to help his co-workers who were also seriously injured.
Our client was eventually transported by life flight helicopter to a Tier
1 burn unit in Houston, Texas, only after confirming his co-workers had
been transported for treatment.
At the time of trial, our client had undergone seven surgical procedures
and is projected to have multiple procedures in the future for his deteriorating
skin and grafts. The trial took place over a three week period which allowed
Kyle, Kala, and Adam to show the jury how the dust collection system was
unsafe and failed to adhere to numerous industry standards. Our team also
argued that the fire prevention system was installed in an unsafe location
in violation of company policies, as well as industry standards.
The jury deliberated and found both defendants negligent for their unsafe
design and failure to warn the plant of the hazards associated with the
system. The jury awarded damages for medical expenses, loss of earning
capacity, disfigurement, physical impairment, physical pain, and mental anguish.
Kurt Arnold, Jason Itkin, and Cory Itkin successfully secured a record
settlement for a single family who tragically lost a loved one. It is
the largest known settlement for a death that occurred offshore.


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Avance' Salon (Honolulu, Hawaii) Review
Stylist: Cheryl
LOL. Before I started this blog I rarely took pictures of myself. Its hard to keep a straight face!
the REVIEW (08/18/2011): It's been almost exactly 4 months since I saw Cheryl and it was time to finish cutting off the dead ends that remained after my last battle with bleach. I guess I should have been more fair and taken a better before picture – but I was in a rush. The cut was still solid – but my hair was such a mess from MY home color jobs that without some effort it was just a fuzzy mess. Plus it was just time to get it done!!
As usual, Cheryl was super cool and explained what she was doing and why. I pretty much gave her free range – with just a photo to give her an idea of the over all feel. Long story short, she worked at my hair until we were both happy AND got the approval of my husband who was waiting for me. Patiently.
Flat out, I normally hate getting my hair cut. Hate it. But Cheryl is 2/2. I promised her that I would stop coloring my own hair (drastic changes anyway) and would see her every 6 weeks. She has a maintenance program which must work, because my sister goes to her every 4-6 weeks and her hair always looks great. We've decided mine is a work in progress – but I have to say that this is the best my hair has looked in a very long time.
If you read my original Yelp! review below, I have to clarify that Avance' has two sections. The main salon, which is pretty standard and the back room, which I still think feels like the garage. But a friend's cool hangout garage. I've been to most of the top salons on the island in search of a good stylist and have gone to owners and "master" stylists. Their technique may be more refined and the environment uncomfortably posh, but I was never satisfied. I rather go somewhere I feel comfortable and to someone who is going to be straight with me and actually CARE about my crazy head of hair. Seriously, just because something is fancy doesn't make it the best. Find what's best for you – who's best for you – and go with it.
Mahalo again to Cheryl for my rocker mama hairdo!! I'll see you in 6 weeks girl!
Original Post (04/15/2011 via YELP!): I love Cheryl! To say I'm a picky client would be an understatement. I've been to most of the high end salons on Oahu and while Avance' may lack the ambiance of said salons, I left LOVING my hair for the first time in what feels like forever.
Since my sister had been recommending her for awhile, I booked a last minute appointment with her after damaging my hair with bleach. I hadn't cut my hair in almost a year (I had salon paranoia) and it was in desperate need of help. During our consultation, we decided that starting over was my best course of action – and I wanted a shorter cut to begin with.
She deep conditioned my hair and even discussed a long term plan (smart) to get my hair back in shape. I watched her cut my hair and she was very skilled at dealing with my thick, coarse, unruly Asian hair. I didn't end up with any straight "step" layers like I normally do. I normally hate my hair after its cut and styled – but I walked out of there feeling like a new person. A new happy-with-her-hair person.
Yes, I felt like I was getting my hair cut in the garage – but by your best friend who seriously wants to make you look your best. Cheryl was cool, the cut was super reasonable and I think because she hasn't been jaded with "29 years" of experience – her technique was surprisingly up to date.
This just proves that it doesn't matter if you have decades of experience, have a fancy website and a glossy chic salon. What matters is how your clients feel when they leave. And I left ready to high-five everyone on the street.


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White Chocolate Cinnamon Pretzels are the easiest and the yummiest Christmas treat ever! They are a favorite I make every year.
Do you have your holiday baking done yet? No? Don't stress any longer I have you covered. White Chocolate Cinnamon Pretzels are the perfect solution. They are quick, there is no baking involved (only the microwave), they are super fast to make and they are DELICIOUS!! I can't stop eating these things and I only end up giving away half of what I make because I personally, by myself, eat the other half!!
I shared this recipe back in 2008 right after I started my blog and they so deserved a facelift and I couldn't leave them hidden in the archives any more. They are that good.
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When I visit my college kids or family in Utah I have a list of stores I always visit. One of the stores is a cute little gift shop with all kinds of fun goodies. They make an amazing selection of different flavored popcorn and pretzels. My favorite, and the one I always buy a bag or two of is their White Chocolate Cinnamon pretzels. I love them!
So of course, I had to see if I could figure out a way to make them at home. I got on the computer and looked around a bit. I came across this recipe over at cd kitchen and used it as a starting place. I changed it a bit and they turned out perfect! I think they taste exactly like the ones I buy!! I love it when that happens!!
All you need is a bag of pretzels, some white chocolate, vegetable oil and cinnamon sugar. Yes, that easy. Mix all of that into a big plastic or glass bowl that will fit in your microwave.
The "bake" them in the microwave for 3 minutes. Then spread them into a single layer on baking sheets. Sprinkle with some additional cinnamon sugar.
Then the best part – drizzle them with melted white chocolate! The more the merrier!!!
I made a batch on Sunday when we were snowed and iced in and church was cancelled. We are now on our third day of snow and ice (very unusal for Portland) and school has been cancelled for three days! As a result, I now need to make another batch to give away to friends as I have managed to munch my way through a good part of the batch I made on Sunday!!
Then if you haven't eaten them all, wrap them up in a little cellophane bag, tie some ribbon and share with friends.
Now I just need to go make another batch so I have something to give away!!!
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"Active site mapping and substrate specificity of bacterial Hen1, a manganese-dependent 3' terminal RNA ribose 2'O-methyltransferase."
Jain R, Shuman S
Published 2011-03-01 in RNA volume 17 .
Pubmed ID: 21205839
DOI identifier: -
|The RNA methyltransferase Hen1 and the RNA end-healing/sealing enzyme Pnkp comprise an RNA repair system encoded by an operon-like cassette present in bacteria from eight different phyla. Clostridium thermocellum Hen1 (CthHen1) is a manganese-dependent RNA ribose 2'O-methyltransferase that marks the 3' terminal nucleoside of broken RNAs and protects repair junctions from iterative damage by transesterifying endonucleases. Here we used the crystal structure of the homologous plant Hen1 to guide a mutational analysis of CthHen1, the results of which provide new insights to RNA end recognition and catalysis. We illuminated structure-activity relations at eight essential constituents of the active site implicated in binding the 3' dinucleotide of the RNA methyl acceptor (Arg273, Arg414), the manganese cofactor (Glu366, Glu369, His370, His418), and the AdoMet methyl donor (Asp291, Asp316). We investigated the effects of varying the terminal nucleobase, RNA size, RNA content, and RNA secondary structure on methyl acceptor activity. Key findings are as follows. CthHen1 displayed a fourfold preference for guanosine as the terminal nucleoside. RNA size had little impact in the range of 12-24 nucleotides, but activity declined sharply with a 9-mer. CthHen1 was adept at methylating a polynucleotide composed of 23 deoxyribonucleotides and one 3' terminal ribonucleotide, signifying that it has no strict RNA specificity beyond the 3' nucleoside. CthHen1 methylated RNA ends in the context of duplex secondary structures. These properties distinguish bacterial Hen1 from plant and metazoan homologs.
This publication refers to following proteins:
- Hen1 (Clostridium thermocellum)
Last modification of this entry: Sept. 6, 2012


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Custom Print Sheet Settings in Mountain Lion
If you've created a custom group of settings in OS X Mountain Lion previously, you can choose them from the Presets pop-up menu of the Print sheet. By default, the Print sheet is displayed with its details hidden. As such, just three menus are available: Printer, Pages, and PDF.
To reveal the rest of the Print options, click the Show Details button near the bottom of the Print sheet. An expanded Print sheet with all the details you're likely to need replaces the more streamlined version.
Click in any of the fields and press the Tab key. Your cursor jumps to the next text field; likewise, press Shift+Tab to jump to the previous field. By the way, this shortcut works in almost any program, window, dialog, or web page that has text fields.
The expanded Print sheet has the following options:
Copies: In this text field, set how many copies you want to print. The Print sheet defaults to one copy (1) in most applications, so you probably see the numeral 1 in the Copies field when the Print sheet appears.
Assuming that's the case, don't do anything if you want to print only one copy. If you want to print more than one copy of your document, highlight the 1 that appears in the Copies field and replace it, typing the number of copies you want.
Pages: Here, you find two radio buttons: All and From. The default behavior is to print your entire document, so the All option is preselected. But if you want to print only a specific page or range of pages, select the From radio button and type the desired page numbers in the From and To text fields.
Suppose that you print a 10-page document — and then notice a typo on Page 2. After you correct your error, you don't have to reprint the whole document — only the page with the correction. Reprint only Page 2 by typing 2 in both the From and To fields.
You can type any valid range of pages (um, you can't print page 20 if your document is only 15 pages long) in the From and To fields.
Paper Size: Use options in this pop-up menu to choose the type of paper currently in your printer's paper tray — or to choose the size of the paper that you want to feed manually. The dimensions of the paper appear below its name.
You've already seen this setting in Page Setup. The difference is that the settings here (in the Print sheet) apply only to this document, whereas the settings in Page Setup are the default for all documents and remain in effect until you change them in Page Setup.
This can be very handy when, for example, you print an envelope. If you change the paper-size setting for the envelope document, you don't have to remember to change it back to Letter in Page Setup.
Orientation: Once again, you've seen this setting in Page Setup. And once again, the choice you make in Page Setup is the default for all pages you print. Keep in mind that the setting you choose here (in the Print sheet) applies only to this document. Choose among options here to tell your printer whether the page you want to print should be portrait or landscape oriented.
The following list describes the features you can find in the unlabeled menu found in the expanded Print sheet. In addition to the TextEdit, Layout, and other options, your pop-up menu might offer options such as Quality & Media, Color Options, Special Effects, Borderless Printing, and so on. (Whether you have these options depends on your printer model and its driver.)
Check out these options if you have 'em; they usually offer useful features:
TextEdit: The only TextEdit–specific options are two check boxes. One governs whether to print a header and footer for this document; the other lets you choose to rewrap the contents of the document to fit the page.
You can see the results of clicking these check boxes in the proxy image of your document on the left half of the sheet.
Layout: Choose Layout to set the number of pages per printed sheet, the layout direction, and whether you prefer a border. Here are your options for Layout:
Pages per Sheet: Choose preset numbers from this pop-up menu to set the number of pages that you want to print on each sheet.
Pages appear on-screen smaller than full size if you use this option.
Layout Direction: Choose one of the four buttons that govern the way pages are laid out on the printed page.
Border: Your choices from this pop-up menu are None, Single Hairline, Single Thin Line, Double Hairline, and Double Thin Line.
Two-Sided: If your printer supports two-sided (known as duplex) printing, the three radio buttons allow you to specify whether you're going to use two-sided printing and, if so, whether you'll be binding (or stapling) along the long or short edge of the paper.
Two check boxes — Reverse Page Orientation and Flip Horizontally — do just what they say if you enable them.
Color Matching: Choose Color Matching to choose a color-conversion method (usually, either Apple's ColorSync or Vendor Matching). The idea here is to get the printed page to look as much like what's on your screen as possible.
Paper Handling: Choose Paper Handling if you want to reverse the order in which your pages print or to print only the odd- or even-numbered pages. You can also specify whether the document's paper size is to be used (in which case, you might have lines that break across pages) or whether the output should be scaled to fit the chosen paper size.
Cover Page: Choose Cover Page to add a cover page.
Print Settings: Choose Print Settings to choose paper type and print quality.


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Skip the beeps !!! 10 seconds
This March 2017 article is on the use of creativity and occupation to level the housing playing field between Dublin's rich and her poor. Click on the image below to view published original.
Apollo house is a totem [ ] it has lit a spark and is now part of a national movement and it will not go away, [ ] enough is enough. We shall use NAMA to assist with the homelessness problem.
The Home Sweet Home (HSH) story broke on 16 December 2016 when the campaigners squatted Apollo House, a large vacant office block in Dublins city centre.
Empty for years, Apollo House was another vacant remnant of Irelands housing boom. Like many hundreds of other Dublin buildings Apollo House was managed by an Irish government agency called the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA). NAMA had sat on the property for years while private capital circled overhead. Vulture property funds waited for the right price to pounce.
2016 marked the centenary of Irelands 1916 Easter Rising. 100 years ago activists and celebrities also combined forces. Celebrity involvement gave HSH activism access to the conservative mainstream media. Activism on homelessness doesnt play well in the Irish media where photos of overpriced housing fill weighty weekly property supplements, but media has an addiction to celebrity. Combining celebrity with canny social media strategy and a YouTube channel and you have a winning combination. HSH has had an extraordinary impact in a very short time.
100 years before, a secretive organization, the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB) used many similar tactics to drive political change. The IRB spawned Sinn Féin and the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and brought Dublin headlong into bloody revolution that was an abject failure but eventually led to separation from the British Empire.
HSH too exhibits a winning blend of artists and non-violent activists. Their occupation of prominent city centre buildings and their ability to self publish gives them visibility but culture was key. In 1916 the cultural element was provided by live theatre, in 2016 the medium was video. The IRB also published daily bulletins and hand-printed proclamations. HSH used and a Youtube channel. Poetry and political theatre have long been absent in Irish activism; Home Sweet Home welcomed them back to great effect.
Financial crisis, property crisis
Irelands on-going financial crisis began, along with the rest of the worlds financial system, in 2007. Irelands credit-driven property boom abruptly ran out of credit. All hell broke loose. That credit glut began in the late 90s and accelerated till 2006. With financial regulation essentially absent, excessive borrowing by Irish banks sped up even more with the advent of the euro.
When Irish banks ran out of money to lend they made more by selling bonds to German, British and other investors. These bond-holders fuelled even more lending into the saturated local housing market. Real-estate agents said prices could only go up, Ireland was different. They were wrong.
During the property boom Irish residents were forced into an ever-shrinking supply of affordable housing. The drastic reduction in investment in social housing and massive mortgages spiked rents. Orthodox economists model government expenditure on public housing as distorting the housing market.
Strangely, banks loaning money to developers, while also selling mortgages to their buyers, is OK. Gamblers call such a strategy playing both ends against the middle. Again economists were drastically wrong, their theories quasi-fatal to the Irish economy but, despite this, the same doctrine drives local housing policy. Paradoxically, one legacy of these failed policies is Dublin homelessness in an environment of huge availability of vacant housing, because that supply is off the market.
When the Celtic tiger ran out of cheap euro credit, property prices collapsed about 60% from peak. Irelands developers were leveraged to the hilt; they defaulted on their loans and brought down the Irish banks. Those banks had accepted property as loan collateral from developers before the crash. They were also suffering extensive mortgage arrears; much of those defaulted mortgages have been sold on to vulture funds; the vulture funds also saw an opportunity in buying the property once held by the banks as collateral.
The collapse of the finance sector led to a disastrous government intervention socialising speculative losses onto the taxpayer. Sovereign Debt to GDP ratios rose from 25% in 2007 to 125% in 2013. Never in the history of state finance had there even been such a generous financial rescue.
The Troika intervened and government increased taxation on wage earners while keeping corporate taxation close to zero. A parallel income tax was introduced called the Universal Social Charge. House owners were taxed, waste collection etc Government taxation stalled with resistance to water taxation. Taxation on vacant properties and building sites was successful stalled by speculative interests.
The Irish property market sold property ownership as a step on an imaginary ladder to riches; this left many sitting on negative equity. Their long mortgages have turned this dream into a nightmare. None of this is evident in the property supplements of the national papers. Markets stoically refuse to correct. They have an ally in NAMA.
With crisis came unemployment and more Irish emigration. This should have resulted in increased housing supply but by the preliminary results of the 2016 census show how this supply was eaten up by immigration. NAMA exacerbated the situation by controlling supply, keeping properties (like Apollo House) and many thousands of residential properties off the market for years on end. When demand outstripped supply NAMA sold to vulture funds and real-estate investment trusts or (REITS) not to the people who needed the housing.
Crisis spawns NAMA
Homelessness is a curious symptom of Irelands financial crisis. Paradoxically the crisis left NAMA controlling a vast stock of housing from bankrupt speculators. HSH saw this as a lever to end homelessness almost instantaneously. They used occupations to get the ministers responsible to pull those levers in NAMA and get the homeless people off Dublins streets. This has been only partial successful.
NAMA was created post-crisis as the government agency to manage the fall-out from Irelands collapsed banking sector. Irish banks became good-banks and bad-banks. The not-so-good banks, including the worst bank in Europe, Anglo Irish Bank, were wound-up or nationalised. Others limped on but required government intervention.
NAMA was the bad bank for property; it managed the contractual relations with bankrupt development firms and their overpriced collateral. NAMA was launched as a secretive government agency, effectively controlling nationalised property. For a time the Irish state managed the worlds largest collection of golf courses; its hotel portfolio was impressive too. NAMA held one of the most overpriced portfolios on the planet.
Since then NAMAs assets have been sold back into the private sector the Irish government providing tax sweetheart deals to their international speculators. On 10 January 2017 the Irish national broadcaster (RTE) aired an informative documentary entitled The Great Irish Sell Off. Director Ian Kehoe exposed how vulture funds such as Lone Star, Cerberus, Goldman Sachs and Blackstone had been gorging on steeply discounted NAMA property. The documentary aired on national TV at the height of the Apollo House drama.
Recently housing prices have risen again driving up rents. Rents are higher now than in 2006 at the peak of the housing bubble costing roughly double the rates in Madrid. NAMA has played a role, first by holding housing off the market (waiting for prices to rise) and subsequently by selling large batches to vulture funds. Vulture funds like a rapid turn-around, whisking profits abroad using the same tax loopholes that the Irish government had created for this purpose. NAMA sales of batches of steeply discounted properties are not accessible to local buyers.
This was a strategic decision by NAMA. The agency could have sold direct, bypassing the middleman, and brought down housing prices by flooding the market with supply. This choice would have also helped alleviate homelessness. On the negative side such a strategy would have driven further mortgage defaults and increased negative equity.
Instead NAMA chose an intervention into the Irish housing market designed to sustain or drive up house prices. This increased homelessness too. The lack of supply of housing for sale or rent contrasts starkly with the preliminary results of the 2016 national census showing nearly 200,000 vacant dwellings. Meanwhile rents spiked 7.1% in 2016.
Government interventions like these have architected Irelands financial recovery driving GINI coefficients higher (increasing the gap between rich and poor). While some experience recovery in high wage industries like software, corporate accounting and tax advice, and the booming pharmaceutical sector this has also meant well-heeled immigrant workers competing for an already diminished rental supply. Dublin residents have been squeezed between low wages and high rent, becoming the new precariat.
Urban policy such as that which is practised by NAMA is by no means unique. David Harvey gave a 2015 talk in Britain entitled Slums and Skyscrapers, Housing and the city under neoliberalism. The distinguished CUNY professor calls this phenomenon accumulation by dispossession, he refers to the precariat as urban discontents.
He notes that such policies result in a crisis of affordable housing but at the same time [
] building upper-end condos for all kinds of rich folk who are not interested in living in them theyre simply interested in parking their money in them. There is displacement and evictions going on in urban areas [on] a massive [scale] but those that are evicted from their city often blame themselves failing to see the big picture.
Encountering the press
Prominent HSH campaigners sat across from journalists. Oisín Fagan from the Irish Housing Network, two trade unionists: Brendan Ogle from Unite and David Gibney from Mandate but beside these three also sat actor Terry McMahon. Mr McMahons wonderful campaign video described his own experiences of homelessness. This creative combination of art and activism was put together by alternative-media activists including stand-up comedian Dean Scurry.
Traditional media attended the HSH press conference. They received respectful, if occasionally hostile, replies. Irish media has a long history of downplaying activism. Many newspapers survive on the advertising income from real-estate supplements.
Squatting stories can be out of favour, particularly when the occupation is done to shine a light on Dublin homelessness. The scale of the occupation at Apollo House and the fact that it was across the street from the headquarters of the Irish Times newspaper made the spectacular campaign difficult to ignore.
Volunteer media coordinators like Rosi Leonard quickly realised that celebrity activism gave HSH what it needed to step over access barriers to mainstream media. High profile actors, filmmakers and musicians got involved. Hosier and Glen Hansard played live concerts outside Apollo House.
Artists gave the HSH campaign an edge that was in its own way quite revolutionary. Film director Jim Sheridan appeared in a HSH video outside the General Post Office on OConnell Street, the military headquarters of the 1916 Rising.
In this video Sheridan tells the government to bail out those who are sleeping in the gutter, a wry reference to the bank bailouts. A HSH Go Fund Me campaign featuring Sheridans video received more than 170,000 euro.
Groundswell support and volunteers went much deeper than donations. Irish emigrants abroad (locally celebrated as the diaspora) supported HSH from exile. They are not allowed to vote but they had a Facebook account. Emigrants voted with their dollars; one millionaire even offered to buy the building. Insinuations were made on the probity of Go Fund Me income but they were easily countered by organiser Oisín Fagan when he published HSH accounts on The Irish Housing Network Website.
Human rights or property rights?
The HSH campaign rallied the Dublin people around the human right to decent housing. They brought love, understanding and respect to the homelessness issue that transcended the brute interests of property valuations and the profit motive. Instead HSH looked toward rebalancing property rights and human rights in the Irish constitution in line with the EU social charter.
David Gibney read a statement streamed live on Facebook. It went to the heart of their disagreement with government on how to tackle homelessness. Section C of Home Sweet Homes Emergency Housing Plan: Build for people, not profits was plainly incompatible with the policies of Irish civil war parties. Gibney explained that:
The problem is there doesnt seem to be a political will to provide houses, [but] that the government wants a hands-off approach, wants a free-market approach and wants developers to come in to fill the gap which has led to the crisis and will continue to lead to a crisis
The two crises referred to above are two sides to the same coin. The sovereign debt crisis and the homelessness crisis were both the result of property speculation. Peter McVerry described the state of the housing crisis as the worst since the 1840s Great Irish Famine. The current Fine Gael government has said they will address homelessness but they are mired in a whistle-blower controversy that covered up police corruption.
Irelands homelessness is not just about macroeconomic or political issues. Theres also a brutal personal side reflecting a deep lack of hope in the Irish Great Recession. A heroin epidemic, like a Trainspotting sequel rivals the dark days of the 1980s. The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug addiction notes that drug-induced mortality rates were three times the European average in 2014 with opioid presence in nine out of ten drug deaths.
A market approach
Homelessness and the lack of adequate alternatives to private housing markets is particularly acute in Dublin. To say that the current neoliberal government coalition lacks the political will to solve this issue is a lesson in understatement. Instead they have recently instituted a first-time buyers grant which even the IMF has criticised as inflationary (and profitable for developers).
A report by the Peter McVerry Trust asks the question as to whether Ireland [had] a housing system, [or] a housing market?; the answer is obvious, market interventions by the government drive the market up, even recent rent controls allow increases well above inflation while funding for new social housing was cut by more than 88% between 2008 and 2014.
Government inaction on homelessness sponsors a private industry in temporary accommodation. Whole families live in a hotel room or sleep in Bed & Breakfasts. Although the Irish government adopted the 1996 revisions to the European Social Charter, it refused to ratify Article 31 (on the right to housing).
Article 31 deals with access to an adequate standard of housing, the gradual elimination of homelessness and accessible pricing for homes. Accessible pricing is blatantly at odds with governments co-dependence relationship with property developers. Even now bringing accessibility to house prices remains off the political agenda.
A deal is reached
On 6 January, HSH presented its Emergency Housing Plan to Simon Coveney, government minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government. Activists returned to Apollo house happy with substantial agreement. The minister was focused on trying to manage an orderly transition of residents from Apollo house into homeless accommodation.
Willing to negotiate, Coveney had given various assurances on housing. HSH declared victory planning a Victory March for 10 January but details were changed due to legal actions from lawyers for the receiver appointed by NAMA, Mazars. HSH held a rally to defend Apollo House against eviction, a tactic they had learned from their visits to the Spanish Housing Activists: PAH.
11 January was the date the High Court ordered HSH to vacate Apollo House. Residents left in taxis to take up minister Coveneys appropriate housing offers. Some returned the same night describing their offers as worse than prison. The deadline came and went in an atmosphere of confusion and victory speeches.
Apollo House would be given back to the government as directed by the high court but not until residents had been properly housed. By the next day all but one resident had received an acceptable offer. HSH decided to house the last resident with campaign funds, they returned Apollo house to Mazars without incident.
The HSH campaign has been a partial success. Its not over yet. Campaigners vow to continue; there is much to be done. A TV3 exclusive: Inside Apollo House aired on 23 February. A comment on HSH social media asks simply: Apollo 2?


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Internal vs. External
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"The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon: self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self- esteem."
— Dr. Laura Schlessinger
Internal vs. External
by Steve Straus
Having an internal frame of reference is totally different from having an external one. The phrase "frame of reference" refers to where you put your attention.
When you reference externally you get your sense of Self from things, events, and circumstances outside of yourself.
You know people who define themselves by their title, status, car, home, vacation, past, future, parents, children, needs, or condition. They are on a constant journey of reaffirming who they are — to themselves. Some would say they are "looking for themselves where they are not."
When you reference internally, life is much simpler. And stronger. You know who you are. You know why you're here. You know what gives you your greatest sense of satisfaction.
You know what you want to contribute. You know what you want to leave behind after you are gone and you are doing something about it now.
An external frame is about getting your needs met. A never-ending quest.
An internal frame is about living your life fully present, fully expressing your core values. It, too, is life-long.
Take your pick.
Copyright 2007 Steve Straus. All rights reserved. Steve Straus can be contacted at http://www.StrausUSA.com.
Coaching Call to Action
What is one external frame of reference item you have had, but no longer have? What happened?


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HOUSTON – The Houston Housing Authority has broken ground on Independence Heights Apartments, the city agency's first new affordable housing project in a decade.
The city's affordable housing agency is under construction on Independence Heights Apartments, a mixed-income community, located at 302 Crosstimbers St., in the Independence Heights neighborhood.
The garden-style apartments will offer 154 subsidized units.
Units in Independence Heights Apartments are designated for eligible low-income renters, earning at most $41,500 a year and supported by a public housing voucher.
Construction is slated for completion by fall 2018.
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Females. The term has come to be considered inappropriate due to its emphasis on the physical appearance of women and girls. Did he just say "members of the fairer sex"? I feel like I'm in a Victorian novel.
Girls or women, as in Many women would object to being called the fair sex nowadays. This euphemism uses fair in the sense of "physically beautiful" and is probably dying out. [Mid-1600s]


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The Environmental Research Division has been a leader within NOAA in providing data to a broad spectrum of users utilizing methods that are consistent with emerging NOAA Global Earth Observation – Integrated Data Environment (GEO-IDE) and IOOS Data Management and Communication (
DMAC) standards for data access and transport providing interoperability with other NOAA data and data servers.
The goal of these data activities are to:
In cooperation with the West Coast Regional Node of Coastwatch, over 4 terabytes of data are available online, and the amount is increasing every month. The data can accessed, subsetted, visualized and downloaded in a variety of methods designed to reduce the time the user needs to spend preparing the data and allowing the user to acquire just the desired data rather than an entire dataset.
Data can be acquired through:
Similar data services have also been developed for CeNCOOS and the
Tagging of Pacific Pelagics (TOPP) programs.
Figure 5. The
Tagging of Pacific Pelagics (TOPP) page. Updated daily, this page shows the present locations and past tracks of the recently tagged animals in relation to ecosystem data from satellites. The ability to combine the data is due to the IOOS/GEO-IDE compatible data access and transport protocols that have been implemented at ERD.
Besides serving data, efforts have centered on developing customized and improved web browsing applications, enabling commonly used applications to remotely access the data directly into the program, and applications for translations between various services and improved scripting.
Relevance to NOAA 's Strategic Mission for Fiscal Years 2008-2012:


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- Do you have alot of shorter strands of hair that contribute to the frizzy look? I noticed that I have alot at the top and middle of my head and was wondering if that is natural or if something is wrong since to me it seems to be increasing in number!
On the other hand, if the short strands are prevalent or increasing in number, then that is not a good sign and may be the result of breakage or other issues. Try manipulating the hair less and handling it gentler.
- Second, does having alot of single strand knots at the ends of my hair mean its definitely time for a trim?
- Since you mostly keep your hair in twists, are single strand knots a big issue for you?
Someone once asked why I don't dip my ends in water to make them re-curl after twisting. SSKs is why. I find that if the ends of my hair shrink up, SSKs are more likely to form.
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ORLANDO Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder, who has faced criticism over his refusal to change the name of his football team, announced Monday night that he will start a foundation to benefit Native Americans.
In a four-page letter posted on the Redskins Web site , Snyder said his decision to create the Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation was the result of four months of research into what Native Americans thought of the Redskins nickname and logo, including visits by Snyder and his staff to 26 Indian reservations in 20 states.
The more I heard, the more Ive learned, and the more I saw, the more resolved I became about helping to address the challenges that plague the Native American community, Snyder wrote. In speaking face-to-face with Native American leaders and community members, its plain to see they need action, not words.
Snyders announcement drew criticism from the Oneida Indian Nation, a New York tribe that has emerged as one of the most vocal opponents to the name. In a statement released late Monday, tribal representative Ray Halbritter reiterated the Oneidas hope that Snyder will change the name.
We are glad that after more than a decade of owning the Washington team, Mr. Snyder is finally interested in Native American heritage, and we are hopeful that when his team finally stands on the right side of history and changes its name, he will honor the commitment to Native Americans that he is making today, Halbritters statement read. We are also hopeful that in his new initiative to honor Native Americans struggle, Mr. Snyder makes sure people do not forget that he and his predecessor, George Preston Marshall, a famous segregationist, have made our peoples lives so much more difficult by using a racial slur as Washingtons teams name.
In the past year Snyder has faced stiff criticism over the teams name, which some Native American tribes have called offensive. Several state and local officials have also spoken out against the name . Last season, the Redskins drew protests at many of their road games, with crowds of several hundred turning out to their matchups in Denver and Minnesota. Groups also have lobbied NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to take action.
Goodell, asked at a news conference earlier Monday about opposition to the teams name, said: We have, I think, done a very thorough job of making sure that we understand all perspectives on this and we will continue to do that.
Snyder, who has owned the Redskins since 1999, maintains the teams nickname represents the heritage of the 81-year-old franchise and is meant to honor Native Americans.
Snyder said in the letter that the Redskins have already donated more than 3,000 coats to several tribes, as well as shoes to boys and girls basketball teams on reservations, and that the franchise helped purchase a backhoe for the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska.
The owner wrote that another 40 projects also are underway to improve the conditions of a number of tribes.
The mission of the Original Americans Foundation is to provide meaningful and measurable resources that provide genuine opportunities for Tribal communities, Snyder wrote. With open arms and determined minds, we will work as partners to begin to tackle the troubling realities facing so many tribes across our country. Our efforts will address the urgent challenges plaguing Indian country based on what Tribal leaders tell us they need most. We may have created this new organization, but the direction of the Foundation is truly theirs.
Daniel Snyder starting Washington Redskins Original Americans Foundation
What, no blankets?


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|The County Governor addresses the community.
Before we could start construction, an engineer had to conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment and send a report to the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) for approval. It was a very detailed document and we were quite impressed about all to factors that were examined and taken into account. What a difference in the requirements of building our small Kiini workshop as compared to a public institute!
But in December we started building the new workshop.
|February 2016 - The workshop is growing.
|March 2016 - almost ready
|End of April 2016
Hans-Georg Klaphake´s project visit
In April Hans-Georg Klaphake went to Kenya for another project visit. Mugo had found trainees for H-Georg who taught them how to build gasifier cookers. At the end of the training, two of the young men were employed as trainers for metallwork courses at the Kiini workshop. They also act as supervisors during the construction of the new training centre.
|Hans-Georg and the trainees are planning to build gasifier stoves.
|practical training at the Kiini workshop
|The gasifier stove has passed the cooking test.
|Hans-Georg Klaphake shows Mugo´s daughters how to use the gasifier stove.
|The County Governor has come for a visit and hands over a cheque in support of our project.
Before Hans-Georg Klaphake arrived in Kenya, he had ordered and collected machines, tools, equipment for building solar systems (photovoltaic and thermal) and other useful items. They were loaded into a container which was shipped to Mombasa. The county government then assisted in getting the container to Karinga ga Nkoru.
Unfortunately H-G could not stay long enough to receive the container himself. It arrived at the end of May after he had already left. Nevertheless, Mugo and everybody around him were very excited to receive such high-quality equipment for the workshop.
My project visit in August 2016The county government contributed to the progress of construction by making heavy machinery available. A bulldozer was sent to level the ground. And when I arrived in August they had started building the tuition block.
|so much easier and faster than working with hoes and shovels
|the foundation of the tuition block
At the beginning of my stay, Mugo had invited the stakeholders of the project for a meeting. Besides the MKICDO board members, there were chiefs, community representatives, retired headmasters, university lecturers, an appropriate technology consultant, a home economics teacher, a specialist in herbal medicine and a wildlife conservancy officer. We were 28 in total - there were lively discussions and everybody agreed on the importance of building a training institute in the area. They made it their project!
|the stakeholders meeting
|a strong support group
|It is growing: the tuition block with two classrooms and one office.
|a device for bending metal rods
|The steel beams are made by hand.
|The compound has been fenced. The gate was welded at the Kiini workshop.
|Classroom chairs were also made at Kiini - in the first course conducted by our new trainers.
In the course of my stay we won another supporter: The Minister of Education visited the new project site and Kiini. He was very impressed to see the well equipped workshops. We convinced him of the important role the institute is going to play in providing practical training and in creating employment opportunities for young people and he promised to assist us.
|Mugo is showing the building plans to the Minister of Education and newspaper reporters.
|MKICDO board members and visitors
Other visits
The women´s group "12 Sisters" of our board member Ivonne received a grant to buy materials for making fireless basket cookers. They sell them at a very fair price and don´t get much profit. But marketing is not easy because the women who live in the area are so poor that they can hardly afford to buy one. The group would like to start a catering and baking project.
|Using fireless basket cookers saves a lot of firewood.
I had always promised the women of the Gaketha group to come and visit their homes. This year I found enough time to see some of them. Most of them live in humble conditions on small pieces of land. They don´t get enough income from farming or from their vegetable gardens and have to work as casual labourers picking tea. Only a few of them are slightly better off, particularly if a family member is employed.
I had been meeting these women for years and thought I knew them. But these visits opened my eyes to their true living conditions and I realized that their lives are a never-ending struggle.
|Joyce has a small shop in Gaketha where she sells vegetables and basic food stuff. Her shop is connected to the grid and she charges cellphones to pay the electricity bill. Joyce has three children. Her husband cuts trees with a power saw.
|On her 0,2 acres land she grows kale and bananas and keeps a few chicken.
|When Joyce got sick she had to sell her cow to pay the medical bill.
|The kitchen: Wanja used to cook on a fuel-efficient clay liner stove. When the liner broke she went back to cooking on two stones.
|Murugi (left), 45 years, lives across the valley from Gaketha at the edge of the Mount Kenya forest on a one acre piece of land where she grows coffee, tea and bananas.She has four children. Her husband cuts trees, she picks tea for a living.
|Murugi has bought a good calf with a credit from her savings club. She also has four chicken.
|Rose (60) and her husband (63) have 6 children and 10 grandchildren. They live on three acres land and have two cows, three goats, ten chicken and two gheese. They sell coffee, tea and milk.
|Karimi´s children have to walk down this very steep slope and up again on the other side to go to school.
My friend Margaret Owino came to visit us at Gaketha for the first time. She has a wealth of experience in managing developmental projects and working with women´s groups. After seeing our projects she participated in our discussions and gave us valuable ideas and advice.
|Sightseeing with Mugo, Margaret and Micheni. On this side of the Mount Kenya forest you have a spectacular view across a very deep valley.


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Egypt eyewitness diary: 'The president seemed afraid for the country'
Morsi supporter Tarek Sebaei, a student at Zagazig university, gives his account of a turbulent week on the streets of Cairo
Sunday 30 June
I was protesting for Morsi in Rabaa al-Adawiya square [in east Cairo], where I have been camped all week. We'd already been there for two days, and we wanted to demonstrate the message that Egypt doesn't just have anti-Morsi people. There are a lot of people who support him, and who wanted to have more patience, and wait until Dr Morsi has more time to fix what's going on. Thirty years of corruption takes time to be fixed. People were singing and chanting for Morsi, and calling for people to respect his legitimacy. There were a lot of discussions taking place in the tents. We talked about how there was a lot of media propaganda going on against us, and about how the crisis was being exaggerated purposely by certain parties. The crises were caused by the different government institutions, and by businessmen loyal to the former regime, and they used these crises to achieve their own political interest.
Monday 1 July
After the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters was attacked overnight, I felt insecure and let down. The police were supposed to protect us. It seemed like all the government institutions were now working openly against the popular will of the people – as if they had been appointed by Mubarak himself. Later, when the military made its 48-hour ultimatum, there was a lot of fury at Rabaa al-Adawiya at how the military was intervening in public life again.
Tuesday 2 July
By this stage, we weren't sure what else Dr Morsi could have done. He did what he could and made some compromises, but we knew that anything he did wasn't going to satisfy the opposition. There was a tone of fear in the president's speech that night. He seemed like he was genuinely afraid for the future of the country, and wanted them to wake up to the inevitable fighting that would erupt if he was forced out.
Wednesday 3 July
When we finally heard the news of the coup, there was overwhelming anger. Generally speaking we wanted to remain peaceful, but that did not stop some of the younger Morsi supporters from trying to break into the military institutions around the site. I voted for Morsi, and I felt like my vote had been wasted, and my dignity as an Egyptian had been ruined. I felt that the people of Egypt were being punished for not voting for Mubarak-era politicians. It was like we were being punished for winning all the elections.
Thursday 4 July
Overnight, many senior Muslim brothers were arrested, and it felt like a return to the old regime with their oppressive policies. Already, pro-Morsi TV channels were shut down, and I felt like the voice of a large part of Egyptian life had been silenced. It felt like the 2011 revolution had been in vain.
Friday 5 July
Millions of Egyptians marched to express a very strong message to the Egyptian military that we felt that they had broken their vows, in terms of respecting the constitution and its vows. Some people went to the Republican Guard club, where the elected president was being locked up. Security forces started to fire teargas bombs against the peaceful protesters there, and they shot live ammunition and birdshot. I helped move the injured back to the field hospital at Rabaa al-Adawiya.
It's not in the ideology of the brotherhood to seek revenge – but a lot of people in places like Sinai have already started rebelling against the military leadership.