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Although ABC says the interview was conducted after Charlie Sheen's defamatory rants against Chuck Lorre, the producer of his hit sitcom Two and a Half Men and they left in most of it, they stated that some things were completely left out.
"Sheen was high as a kite during part of the interview so part of it had to be cut", stated one producer. "Either that or he's just plain nuts!"
Like what?
"We left in 'In this shaky economy, there's a lot of drug dealers and hookers counting on continued financial support' bit but then he began with the President, the republicans, Andrea Canning herself and invited all those deposed leaders in the Middle East to come party at his place. We had to cut those."
"Also the interview part when he left and came back out naked", stated another executive. "He then arm-farted the National Anthem and dedicated it to the late Jimi Hendrix."
CBS and Warner Brothers TV has suspended production of the show, "Two & A Half Men" for the remainder of the season in response to Sheen's seeming mental instability and his predilection for coke fueled binges, porn stars and hookers, according to one report released Monday.
"Then he showed his ass and stated, "See, no steroids! Only one BIG hole. I need that one!" That we left out also", according to Andrea Canning.

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Gab and James
Gab and James have been together over three years. He is a banker, and she is a psychologist. They live in London UK and make quite the team!
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- keisha said...
Hello and James. I was just wondering how common is it seeing BW/WM couples in London? Have the 2 of you ever visited the US? My cousin was in Belgium last month and saw 7 BW/WM couples. Interesting.
- July 2, 2011 at 12:00 AM
It is always a pleasure to see "just like us" couple. And B&W suit them fine ;D
- July 4, 2011 at 11:37 AM
Shes very pretty
- July 30, 2011 at 7:27 AM
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Wheels of Life
- Yasmin Sulaiman
- 7 August 2008
This article is from 2008.
From Russia – via Glasgow – with love
It's hard to call Wheels of Life, the new production by Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre, a 'play' as such. Huddled in the intimate Theatre Workshop venue, the audience is confronted with a macabre toy box of intricate artistic contraptions; a captivating maze of spinning wheels and Singer sewing machines, all elegantly fashioned into the graceful yet terrifying gothic structures upon which their creator, Russian artist Eduard Bersudsky, has built his reputation.
Since the establishment of the Sharmanka Kinetic Gallery in Glasgow in 1996, Bersudsky has captivated Scotland with his unique moving sculptures (famous works include his much-lauded Millennium Clock at the Royal Museum in Edinburgh).
As an exhibition of both new and old works by Bersudsky, Wheels of Life is a fascinating and curiously moving piece. Miniscule figures, carved to the most intimate detail, are better observed with the binoculars handed out at the entrance, while the shadows cast against the walls by the delicate lighting are childlike yet darkly humorous. But there's an inconsistency of emotion that jars, the sublime often turning too quickly to the crass. It's this that prevents Wheels of Life from becoming what it almost is: an uplifting, operatic mechanical tribute to the complexity of existence.
Theatre Workshop, 226 5425, until Aug 25, times vary, £5 (£3).


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Seahawks 2014 Regular-Season Schedule is Set
If you're a Seattle Seahawks fan, then you've probably been dying to find out the schedule for the 2014 regular season. Lucky you: We have it! The 2014 Seahawks regular season schedule!
We reported the preseason earlier, but here it is again:
Aug. 7 — at Denver (6 p.m. on Fox)
Aug. 15 — vs. San Diego at Seattle (7 p.m. on Fox)
Aug. 22 — vs. Chicago at Seattle (7 p.m. on Fox)
Aug. 28 —at Oakland (7 p.m. on Fox)
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KMK Media Group created the first social media accounts for this 40-year-old music festival and they immediately topped our charts for fan growth and engagement. KMK uses social media to help the Parks Chamber communicate information about the annual festival's musical acts, rides, ticket sales and more.
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Today probably is the hottest day of the year in the Netherlands and I am home, packing my bags. Tomorrow we will leave for France, I cannot wait!!! We are all very excited! Too bad tomorrow is one of France's Black Saturdays, when the roads are so busy it sometimes takes hours just to travel a few kilometers. Thank God we have no deadline for getting at our destination!
Ofcourse Butterfly Wood will travel with me! Just like the previous vacations, my cross stitching is packed in a laptop bag, it fits perfectly!
The day after we come back from vacation, I get the key and I will start cleaning and painting. The Mr. will put in new floors. In the Netherlands we can paint the walls of a rented property and install our own floors. We also bring our own appliances. So basically when you rent, you get a bare space (unless you agreed with the previous renters to take over floors, curtains and other things). Allthough I do not have a lot of budget for a move, I've decided to do it because the rent is acceptable and the apartment has a lot more space than I have now! As soon as the Mr. gets a permanent contract from work (probably in April), we will get married.
Ofcourse I have been stitching this past month! I also ordered a qsnap huggie (actually, I ordered two) from Christine and I like it a lot! It's still a bit of a pain to roll up the fabric nicely but now it doesn't rub my skin anymore. Plus I LOVE the fabric (Hawaiian flowers).
I have almost finished my first page of Butterfly Wood! I am loving the shades of beige and green I am using. It is not too much confetti so it's a pretty easy stitch so far!
Maybe after the vacation I have a page finish to show, but I'm not going to give myself a deadline this vacation!! I only know I will drink a glass of French red wine in two days, woohoo!!
Hope to check in soon, but it will probably take a few weeks! Enjoy the summer, enjoy stitching and talk to you later!!
Friday, 2 August 2013
Update and some big news!!
4 comments:
- Annie said...
Have a fantastic trip!
- 2 August 2013 at 12:30
Your bag is great and Butterfly Wood is looking lovely.
Hope you have a good trip (:
- 3 August 2013 at 00:42
- Nina-hobbysite said...
Handig zo´n tas! Veel plezier in frankrijk. En een mooie start van je nieuwe HEAD.
- 8 August 2013 at 17:36
- summer breeze said...
Looking forward to seeing your beautiful picture.
- 23 August 2013 at 22:20
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iPhone 5, iPod Touch Part Leaks seemingly Confirm Screen Size Rumors
Right after we got done telling you about the possibility of an iPhone 5 with a longer screen, more unidentified sources came forward with what are said to be leaked parts from Apple's coming handset and the next iPod Touch. Most notably, a front panel found amongst the leaked parts would seem to confirm Apple ditching the 3.5-inch iPhone screen in favor of one that's 3.95 inches.
As we told you earlier today, the 3.95-inch length would allow the iPhone to come alongside the iPad in offering a 16:9 aspect ration. The touch panel that supposedly leaked today is being associated with an iPod Touch, but does anyone question if the iPhone and iPod Touch will receive the same size upgrade (assuming one does occur)?
In regards to leaked iPhone 5 components, today's mystery source claims to have snapped photos of a home button flex cable and the actual cameras. Outside of the magical devices they'll eventually live inside, these parts don't look like anything special, but the fact that they're different from what's inside the iPhone 4S does seem telling.
While it's tantalizing to get a glimpse of what's on the inside, it's looking like there's little hope that images of the actual device will get leaked to the public. The earlier reports of the day came with the caveat that the prototype devices were locked inside a bulky shell… So Apple is playing it close to the vest—we're all shocked about that! Now it's just a rumor countdown until Fall comes around…


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Royal Wedding: Prince William & Kate To Honeymoon In Jordan?
Chris Ison, PA/AP
The Telegraph of London is reporting that the royal couple will take a 2-week honeymoon after their April 29th wedding, with a week-long stop in southern Jordan. While there, the couple will be able to visit some of the nation's most famous sites, including Wadi Rum and the ancient city of Petra.
William and his bride will leave London the day after their wedding, and might also hit up some of the royal estates closer to home, like Balmoral in Scotland.
The paper reports that the duo are "believed to have booked a tailor-made private tour of southern Jordan."
So what does the Palace have to say about this latest royal development?
An aide told the Telegraph: "We will not be identifying which country the couple may be going to for their honeymoon. After the wedding, we will announce when they have gone away for their two-week break, where they hope to enjoy some privacy."
Kate lived in Jordan for nearly 3 years, according to People.com. When the Middleton family released photos of Kate as a young girl in March, one of the photos was taken in Jerash, Jordan.
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Song Dong , "Waste Not," 2010.
Installation at Vancouver Art Gallery.
Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery.
February 26–June 12, 2011
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts is pleased to present Song Dong: Dad and Mom, Don't Worry About Us, We Are All Well as part of its Big Idea "REFLECT: Considering the Personal."
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text: We just got back from the hospital, after difficult child 3 had a small head wound tended to, plus a tetanus shot. Every afternoon when he finishes his schoolwork, he likes to go for a walk in the neighbourhood. He does have occasional troubles with a group of local kids. They range in age from about 6 to about 10. We often see these kids around - they ride bikes & skateboards at the intersection, often getting in the way of traffic and hassling kids and some adults going past. They're also often still out when it's getting dark and harder to see these kids (around 5.30 - 6 pm). Remember, some of these kids are 6 years old. They wander around, no adult in sight, getting up to mischief. Their hangout is an intersection which almost everybody has to pass, to get to anywhere else in town. A few months ago they were hassling difficult child 3 while he was riding his bike. The next day he was again riding near these kids and was going fast because he didn't want these kids to be able to stop him - and he rode right into a lady's car. Amazingly, he wasn't badly hurt. $800 worth of damage, though. And that's not counting the damage to his brand new bike. Because it was only the FEAR that he would meet these kids, I didn't go to see their parents over this - they hadn't been involved directly in this incident. But I have also not fixed his bike yet. Today difficult child 3 left for his walk. I stayed home because I'd just got in from having ultrasound done and was feeling exhausted and ill. He had his mobile phone with him and I was expecting him to drop in on his friend, whose birthday is in a few days' time. At about 5 pm the phone rang. It was difficult child 3 but he couldn't hear me. He didn't seem to be talking on the phone, but in the background it sounded like a party - lots of kids yelling, shrieking, difficult child 3 occasionally saying a word here or there. Finally the phone went dead. At 5.30 I was beginning to worry - he's generally very punctual. He came in and came straight to me, very upset. "They did it again!" he said. "Those kids were hassling me again, throwing things at me, wouldn't let me past them to come home." I could see blood trickling down his neck. He knew his head was bleeding a little - he didn't know how much. He told me that his head had been damaged by "a log" that one of the boys threw at him. I asked him if he had done anything to the kids - he admitted to throwing a piece of the log back at them, after it broke against his head. I'm going out in the morning to find that "log". I took photos immediately, then rang the police. I cleaned up the blood, called the police back and accepted their offer to call the ambulance as well. No doctor in town - a visit from the ambo was the best immediate first aid option. The ambo advised us to take him to hospital and get the wound stitched. difficult child 3 didn't want to go in the ambulance alone, but because it was late we would need a car to get back home - I had to drive. mother in law came too and I called husband to get him to meet us 'outside' instead of catching the boat home. The police were late, so we could have let husband come home so we could drive back out with him. They took a statement (the ambo had taken details too, as well as his own photos) and asked us what we wanted them to do. "We just want this to stop," we told them. Turns out, because the likely offender is under 8 years old, no charges can be laid. Add to this the classic autistic problem of recognising the bullies and putting names to the faces - it was difficult. difficult child 3 names a couple of possible kids as witnesses, but he said non of them threw the log. It was one of the smaller kids, he said. Later as we were driving out, we saw the police car at one of the houses. Then difficult child 3 was complaining about his hand and leg being sore - turned out he copped more than the log - they were throwing other sticks at him as well as banksia cones - a bit like unopened pine cones in the damage they can do. Only heavier. easy child 2/difficult child 2 & boyfriend got home at about 10 pm. I just checked the phone - no voicemail messages from anybody. We could get ostracised for this, among various social groups in the village. But as I said to husband, I really don't care - it's preferable to having to make more trips to the hospital for difficult child 3. I'm going to print out the photos I took and leave the printout by the front door, so if any of those parents comes round to say, "What a lot of fuss over boys just being boys," I'll have something to show them. For kids to gang up this way on ANY kid is reprehensible. To do it to an autistic kid is like kicking a blind man's white cane away. difficult child 3 is older and bigger. I strongly suspect they pick on him because in the past, kids have seen that they can get away with it - difficult child 3 is really bad at identifying his bullies, and kids in a gang can talk their way out of punishment if they all corroborate each other's stories. In the past local teachers have let this happen and followed the lie of least resistance, even to the point of telling difficult child 3 that his recollection of Jimmy and his friend deliberately tripping him up is faulty, because they all told the teacher that difficult child 3 just slipped over. And the other witness backing up difficult child 3 - clearly must be lying, because two kids telling one story, and six kids telling another - who do you believe? Personally, I believe the ones who are NOT noted for bullying other kids. But the teachers always convinced me to let the matters drop. It got to the point where difficult child 3 would tell me about other kids hassling him and I would say, "What did you do?" because ANY self-defence, or any hint that difficult child 3 could have begun this, and we had no leg to stand on regarding taking action. husband is now saying that difficult child 3 may not go for his afternoon walks on his own any more. He must be shadowed. We had to do this two years ago when a bully bloodied difficult child 3's nose in an unprovoked attack. THAT kid is now turned around, he has actually helped rescue difficult child 3 from this new gang of tiny tot bullies. I think part of what turned it around was because I went round to his house and talked to him and his mother, basically saying I was not going to stand for this ever again. He was caught out and word got around his age group that difficult child 3 is off limits. I'm still trying to decide just how much of a fuss to make of this - local paper? District newspaper? State TV? Or just local word of mouth, "Do not touch my kid ever again, I am watching and will get you if you do." Currently in Sydney the hot topic is irresponsible kids throwing rocks at passing traffic on the freeway. It's the 10th anniversary of the death of a man killed this way while driving his truck. And a young woman is in hospital with severe head injuries because of a similar incident a few weeks ago. The perpetrator was 25. I've been almost killed by a rock thrown at the car - and we didn't tell the police because we didn't want to bother them. From now on, we're bothering them. They were surprised tonight when I said we had not made any previous complaints. Marg


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Structure and Activation Mechanism of the Visual Pigment Rhodopsin Rhodopsin is a specialized G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) found in vertebrate rod cells. Absorption of light by its 11-cis retinal chromophore leads to rapid photochemical isomerization and receptor activation. Structural changes on the extracellular side of rhodopsin induced by the retinal isomerization are coupled to motion of the membrane-spanning helices to create a G-protein binding pocket on the intracellular side of the receptor. The existing crystal structures of rhodopsin provide a high-resolution framework to study in detail the role of specific residues and motifs in receptor activation. Because of the high conservation of many of the key residues involved activation of rhodopsin, the emerging model indicates that rather than being unique, the visual receptors provide a basis for understanding the common structural and dynamic elements in the class A GPCRs. The general experimental strategy is to use solid-state NMR spectroscopy in combination with mutational, optical and biochemical methods to target specific regions in the inactive and active states of the receptor. The goal is to understand in atomic detail the interplay between specific signature, group-conserved and subfamily-conserved motifs in the activation mechanism of rhodopsin and derive the basis of a working model for the activation of other GPCRs.
Three specific aims address structure-function questions involving regions on the extracellular side of the receptor (Aim 1), within the transmembrane (TM) core (Aim 2) and on the intracellular side of the receptor (Aim 3).
In Aim 1, we describe two hydrogen-bonding networks that tether extracellular loop 2 (EL2) to the ends of the TM helices H5-H7. We propose NMR measurements to quantify the displacement of EL2 upon activation and to establish how this displacement is coupled to helix motion.
In Aim 2, we target the conserved stable core of rhodopsin composed of interlocking signature and group-conserved residues. We hypothesize that H6 rotates in the conversion to Meta I and then tilts outward upon deprotonation of the retinal Schiff base and associated motion of EL2.
In Aim 3, we focus on the G-protein and its interactions with residues on the intracellular surface of Meta I and Meta II. The experiments target the structural transitions between inactive and active complexes of rhodopsin with G1 peptide or G-protein. In addition, our studies address how specific mutations lead to retinal diseases through constitutive activation, receptor misfolding or stabilization of non-functional receptor conformations.
Structure and Activation Mechanism of the Visual Pigment Rhodopsin Rhodopsin is the visual receptor in the retina responsible for converting light into a chemical signal. Two diseases - autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa and congenital stationary night blindness - are associated with mutations in the receptor. The proposed research will uncover the mechanism for light- activation of rhodopsin and how specific mutations lead to rhodopsin-linked diseases. Rhodopsin is also a prototypical member of the family of class A G protein-coupled receptors, which are the largest target for current pharmaceuticals. The proposed studies will provide a framework for drug development within this large family of receptors.
|Sanchez-Reyes, Omar B; Cooke, Aidan L G; Tranter, Dale B et al. (2017) G Protein-Coupled Receptors Contain Two Conserved Packing Clusters. Biophys J 112:2315-2326
|Kimata, Naoki; Pope, Andreyah; Sanchez-Reyes, Omar B et al. (2016) Free backbone carbonyls mediate rhodopsin activation. Nat Struct Mol Biol 23:738-43
|Kimata, Naoki; Pope, Andreyah; Eilers, Markus et al. (2016) Retinal orientation and interactions in rhodopsin reveal a two-stage trigger mechanism for activation. Nat Commun 7:12683
|Kimata, Naoki; Reeves, Philip J; Smith, Steven O (2015) Uncovering the triggers for GPCR activation using solid-state NMR spectroscopy. J Magn Reson 253:111-8
|Opefi, Chikwado A; Tranter, Dale; Smith, Steven O et al. (2015) Construction of stable mammalian cell lines for inducible expression of G protein-coupled receptors. Methods Enzymol 556:283-305
|Kimata, Naoki; Pope, Andreyah; Rashid, Dawood et al. (2015) Sequential structural changes in rhodopsin occurring upon photoactivation. Methods Mol Biol 1271:159-71
|Pope, Andreyah; Eilers, Markus; Reeves, Philip J et al. (2014) Amino acid conservation and interactions in rhodopsin: probing receptor activation by NMR spectroscopy. Biochim Biophys Acta 1837:683-93
|Goncalves, Joseph; Eilers, Markus; South, Kieron et al. (2013) Magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of G protein-coupled receptors. Methods Enzymol 522:365-89
|Xu, Bing; Chakraborty, Raja; Eilers, Markus et al. (2013) High-level expression, purification and characterization of a constitutively active thromboxane A2 receptor polymorphic variant. PLoS One 8:e76481
|Opefi, Chikwado A; South, Kieron; Reynolds, Christopher A et al. (2013) Retinitis pigmentosa mutants provide insight into the role of the N-terminal cap in rhodopsin folding, structure, and function. J Biol Chem 288:33912-26
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There are no guarantees in farming. No matter how hard you plan, how hard you work, there's always a risk that nature will throw you a little surprise and ruin everything.
Which is why success tastes especially sweet. And by sweet, we at Rogue Farms mean honey.
Our new one million honeybees are doing better than we ever imagined. The 1200 acre apiary along the Willamette River is bursting with the soft pink flowers of wild blackberries, raspberries and marionberries. Long finger like blooms appear to be dripping from the branches of Oregon White Oak trees. The summer nectar flow of the Wigrich Appellation is laying out a daily buffet of nectar and pollen for our honeybees to feast upon.
With all this food and nice summer weather, the bee population is building fast. Rogue Beekeeper Josh Cronin is adding extra boxes to some of the hives so the bees will have more room to raise their brood. Overcrowding leads to swarming, where as many as half the honeybees in a hive can fly off and disappear. We love our honeybees and don't want them running away from home.
With 1.97652 million honeybees the Rogue Farms apiary, we're bound to have a few problems. Some of the hives will need new queens. A couple more hives will have to be merged.
But all in all, it's a great start to the honey growing season at Rogue Farms. From hazelnuts, to wild flowers, to cherries and berries, Rogue Farm Wildflower honey is taste of the terroir of the Wigrich Appellation.
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Excerpt: "The record is hair-raising. There are very high standards worldwide that can't be met, or aren't being met, and there is too much room for human error."
Prof. Noam Chomsky, linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist and activist. (photo: Va Shiva)
Noam Chomsky: 'Eliminate All Nuclear Weapons'
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Professor Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned political theorist and Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at MIT, recently delivered the prestigious Nuclear Age Peace Foundation's (NAPF) 13th Annual Frank K. Kelly Lecture on Humanity's Future. His lecture, entitled "Security and State Policy" was delivered to a capacity audience at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara, California on February 28th. After his lecture, Chomsky was also presented the foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award.
David Krieger, President of NAPF, stated, "He is one of the world's wise men. The depth of his knowledge about the complex and varied crises that confront humanity is more than impressive. He is a truth teller to those in power, to other intellectuals, and to the people of the world." Professor Chomsky has recently joined the Advisory Council of NAPF, which also includes members Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Jane Goodall, Queen Noor of Jordan, Daniel Ellsberg, Bianca Jagger, and H.H. the Dalai Lama.
In his lecture Chomsky pointed out, "It is hard to contest the conclusion of the last commander of the Strategic Air Command, General Lee Butler, that we have so far survived the nuclear age by some combination of skill, luck, and divine intervention, and I suspect the latter in greatest proportion."
For a full transcript of his Frank K. Kelly lecture, go to NAPF: http://www.wagingpeace.org/security-and-state-policy
Before Prof. Chomsky's lecture, I conducted a phone interview with him in which he addressed some of today's important nuclear issues.
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: General Lee Butler, the former commander in chief of the Strategic Air Command, retired his post in 1996, calling for the worldwide abolition of nuclear weapons. I interviewed him at the time, and he emphasized his concern about the fragility of the world's nuclear first alert systems, and especially with Russia. At that time he called for total abolition of nuclear weapons, yet now years later promotes a responsible global reduction of nuclear dangers. Are you concerned about the fragility of the first alert systems?
Chomsky: Yes, he also pointed out that the 1960 U.S. nuclear war plan, called the Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP), was the most outrageous document in human history, except perhaps for the Russian counterpart, which we knew nothing about. This U.S. nuclear war plan, if our first alert system had alerted a Soviet strike, would have delivered 3200 nuclear weapons to 1060 targets in the Soviet Union, China, and allied countries in Asia and Europe. Even with the end of the Cold War, because of the ongoing superpower nuclear arms race, Gen. Butler bitterly renounced the current nuclear programs/systems as a death warrant for the species.
Q: In his address at the National Press Club in February, 1998, Gen. Butler referred to "the grotesquely destructive war plans and daily operational risks" of our current nuclear systems, and emphasized "a world free of the threat of nuclear weapons is necessarily a world devoid of nuclear weapons." He also referred to the "mind-numbing compression of decision-making under the threat of a nuclear attack." Do you think these concerns are still valid today?
Chomsky: Yes, General Lee Butler recanted his whole career, and gave elegant speeches about the numbers of nuclear missiles devoted to nuclear deterrence being an abomination. Yes, the current nuclear dangers still remain quite high.
Q: During the Bush administration, in August of 2007, there was the unauthorized movement of nuclear bombs from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. Six AGM-129 Advanced Cruise Missiles (ACMs), each loaded with W80-1 nuclear warheads, were moved and left unprotected for 36 hours, violating the strict checks and balances of nuclear weapons storage. Investigations later concluded that the nuclear weapons handling standards and procedures had not been followed. Are these the kind of dangers you are referring to?
Chomsky: How dangerous the first alert system is remains only a tiny portion of the overall dangers. To understand more of the dangers of nuclear weapons, definitely read journalist Eric Schlosser's book, "Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety." (Eric Schlosser is National Security Correspondent for The Nation Magazine.) In his book, there are many details of near-accidents that have happened, and that could have been catastrophic. The possibilities of close calls due to human error were probably even worse on the Russian side. There have been many times we have been extremely near to having a nuclear war.
The U.S. has an automated response system with data coming in about possible missile attacks. However, it is still left to civilians to make the major decision to destroy the world, and usually with just a few minutes to make that decision. To launch a nuclear war is essentially in the hands of the president. We can't survive something like that, and especially with so many other nuclear powers worldwide. With India and Pakistan, the same tensions can easily blow up in that region.
We also have to address these issues of unauthorized movement of nuclear bombs, and also the reality of simple human error. The record is hair-raising. There are very high standards worldwide that can't be met, or aren't being met, and there is too much room for human error. There have also been many circumstances where the authorization to launch missiles have been delegated to lower-level commanders. Even though there is a two-person requirement, if one does lose control and wants to destroy the world, then the fate of the world is the hands of the other person.
Q: The Obama administration is calling for a reduction of troops across the board (Army, Navy, Air Force, etc.), and emphasizes that the U.S. now has so much might and strength from U.S. missile technology, that we no longer need so many troops. What do you think of this?
Chomsky: A reduction to the amount in the world today? Well, the two major wars, the Bush wars, have been winding down so a lesser amount of troops are needed now. We are also letting go of numbers of troops that we needed to fight two wars simultaneously. We have the biggest military budget in the world, and it is equal to the rest of the world's military budget combined. War-making is now being transferred to other domains, i.e., drone warfare, etc.
In The New York Times recently, there was a debate about whether the U.S. should murder [with drones] an American in Pakistan. In the article, there is no question raised about killing of non-Americans. These citizens in other countries are all apparently fair game. For example, if anyone is holding their cell phone that day, the drone can easily kill them. But when an action like that occurs, it immediately creates more terrorists. The irony is that while fighting terrorism, we are carrying out a version of a global terrorist campaign ourselves, and are also creating additional dangers for our own country.
So we are now utilizing a new form of warfare with the use of drones. Drones are assassinating people worldwide, without these people being proven guilty first in a court of law. They are just killed by a drone. Gone. Our president decides it.
In addition, with the reduction of numbers of overall troops, it still causes an increase of Special Forces operations on the ground. So what kind of operations are they doing now? Read Jeremy Scahill's book, "Dirty Wars." [Jeremy Scahill is National Security Correspondent for The Nation Magazine.] He points out how all of these operations are causing the United States to be the most feared country in the world.
Recently, there was an international poll conducted by a major polling organization in which they asked, "Which country is the greatest threat to world peace?" "The U.S." was answered the most. The whole world sees us that way nowadays. Around the world, the U.S. is viewed as its own terrorist operation, and these actions create anger in other countries. It is becoming a self-generating system of terrorism itself (while fighting terrorism). Even if the U.S. reduces the number of soldiers needed for the invasion of other countries, we still continue to use drones now too. It creates a lot of anger worldwide against the U.S. when innocent citizens internationally are continually being killed, and/or no court of law is first ruling the suspected terrorists are guilty before being killed by the drones.
Q: A Russian armed intelligence-gathering vessel, the Victor Leonov SSV-175 Warship, conducted a surprise visit to Cuba on the same day Russia announced plans to expand their global military presence – establishing permanent bases in Cuba, Nicaragua, Vietnam, and Singapore. Amid the rising tensions with Putin over the Ukraine, do you think the U.S. could have another version of the Cuban Missile Crisis, or an escalation of war in the Ukraine, especially with NATO troop movement in Eastern Europe?
Chomsky: Ukraine is one issue right now that is very sensitive. Cuba is another target of US campaigns against it. The U.S. has conducted major, official governmental campaigns against Cuba, especially financial warfare, for fifty years. The former Cuban Missile Crisis was to deter an invasion of the U.S.
The sudden presence of a Russian ship in Cuba at the beginning of the Ukraine situation was probably a symbolic move. Russia is surrounded by U.S. military bases and nuclear missiles. We have one thousand military bases around the world with nuclear missiles aimed at all our potential enemies. The country of Ukraine is split right now: Western-oriented and Russian-oriented. It's located on the Russian border, so there are major security issues for Putin. Ukraine has the only naval base leading to water (the Black Sea) in Crimea, so from Russia's point of view, the Ukraine situation is a security threat to them, especially with NATO moving into Eastern Europe. If the Ukraine joins the EU, then Russia will have hostile relations at their border. Ukraine has historically been part of the Russian empire, so with the demands being made right now by the U.S., and Russia's counter-demands, and with the presence of Russian troops, the clash might even blow up to a threat of a major war, which of course, could lead to a nuclear missile confrontation.
Q: Is nuclear disarmament really possible?
Chomsky: It is very possible to take away the nuclear threats to mankind and human survival. In the case of eliminating all nuclear weapons worldwide, it only takes everyone agreeing to do it. We know what can be done to eliminate the nuclear weapons threats to humankind. The U.S., like all nuclear nations, has an obligation of good faith efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons entirely.
However, with environmental catastrophes, it is not so obvious what the world must do to avoid the accumulative dangers. But one important measure of what to do is to realize that the longer we delay stopping the use of fossil fuels, the worse the worldwide environment will be that we are leaving to our grandchildren. They just won't be able to deal with it later. However, with nuclear weapons, we can most definitely disarm, and we have a responsibility to do this.
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Humanity's worldwide 'indigenous' (Latin 'self-generatin g') worldwide ancestral peoples cultured peace & prosperity for 100s of 1000s of years. In the period 7000 years ago before Babylon's 2-dimensional 'agricultural' (Latin 'ager' = 'field') destruction of 3-D Polyculture Orchards. The destruction of indigenous 'Sylvalization' (L 'sylva' = 'tree') by colonial Civilization brought massive scarcity, salting of the land & desertification.
Indigenous peoples live by the Great Law of Peace based in multihome living (Apartment-long house, Townhouse-Puebl o & Village-Kanata) & inclusive time-based accounting & welcoming 'community' (L 'com' = 'together' + 'munus' = 'gift or service'). These methods of empowering intergeneration al & female-male collaboration were recorded traditionally on the string-shell such as the Cowrie Shell, Wampum or Quipu. The string-shell human-resource accounting integrated Capital, Currency, Social-security , education-credi t & communications into one accounting cycle. Mutual Aid if practiced thoroughly fully disempowers the MIC https://sites.google.com/site/indigenecommunity/home/2-mutual-aid
In North America in particular, the white settlers defeated the natives in large part by exploiting intertribal hostilities to turn one group against another.
All but a very few of those past cultures had their warriors, most acquired new resources by conquest when the new land was already occupied, and they all had a religion, many much less savory than any prominent today. Their damage to the environment mostly limited by their small numbers and modest means not their insightful design. All made and took for granted sharp distinctions as to gender roles with strict enforcement.
You also do not seem to appreciate the luxury of time away from grinding labor required for mere subsistence that you use to post fantasies of non-existent bygone societies proposing them as unworkable models for future ones.
There are no homelands and promised lands. Many millennia ago there was no real estate, just a few people in Africa and a vast world outside. The rest has been a story of who stole it "lastest and bestest". What exactly is the time period for the political equivalent of adverse possession when title transfers to the current squatters transforming the land into promised land and sacred homeland?
A world of over seven billion people is not going to last long on wampum bead technology, and only exists because a combination of medical and technological discoveries allowed it to breed beyond its means in the last two centuries. When the crunch comes it will be another scramble for survival, meaning more wars. Welcome to the new and final dark ages.
Below's an article describing indigenous 3-dimensional Polyculture Orchards worldwide as 100 times (10,000%) more productive than 2-D 'agriculture' (Latin 'ager' = 'field'). Polyculture photosynthesize s 92 - 98% of solar energy, roots penetrate as deep as the canopy 10s of metres into the earth's substrate, pumping water, mining minerals & developing extensive nutrient colonies. Deep photosynthesis draws warm-moist ocean winds inland, where 60% of water transfer is through condensation upon fractal leaf & bark surfaces. Only 40% of water falls as rain or snow. Agri-crops photosynthesize 2 - 8% of solar energy, roots descend short centimetres into the earth & the reflected solar energy pushes winds from the continent to the sea creating desert. https://sites.google.com/site/indigenecommunity/design/1-indigenous-welcome-orchard-food-production-efficiencies
If the human race is wiped out, the universe won't even notice.
Trust him at your own risk.
We can do something about it, but it has to start at home. The rest of the world can't solve it without us.
As a result of WWII, Russia grew what used to be its empire (the USSR) as a result of beating back the Germans, but, for the most part, did not expand its empire very much after WWII. After WWII, the new Russian empire and the United States' new empire were, in effect, butting up against each other up until the breakup of the breakup of the USSR in the early 1990s.
After WWII, the United States attempted to expand its empire into Southeast Asia and Latin America, using covert means and sometimes direct aggression like in Grenada under Ronald Reagan, but Russia didn't expand very much at all.
The point that I'm trying to make is that as a result of nuclear proliferation between the U.S. Russia over the years, an all out war between the countries has never happened because of MAD.
If all nuclear weapons were eliminated, or had been eliminated, along time ago. we would have had another major world war between the U.S. and Russia as we would have right now if nukes were eliminated, a war that would make WWII look like a cakewalk.
India & Mohandas Gandhi understood that Britain, Canada & Australian colonial parasitism in India could only be stopped through 'Swadeshi' (Hindi = 'self-sufficien cy') for all essential goods & services. Once Indian leaders & the Indian people united had decided on Swadeshi, independence only took a couple of decades to succeed. Today if we stop feeding the multi-national Finance-Media-M ilitary-Industr ial-Legislative beast, then it will quickly starve. Self-sufficienc y is not lead by protest but through 'Becoming the change we want to see in the world'. https://sites.google.com/site/indigenecommunity/structure/2-satyagraha
he good news is that world federalists/wor ld citizens have been busy working on this and a new world charter/constit ution is ready to go.
Realizing that the United Nations Charter would not be able to end war or eliminate nuclear weapons, the the World Constitution & Parliament Association drafted the Earth Constitution which now, within the Earth Federation Movement, is positioning itself to replace the fatally flawed UN Charter.
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Danks did finally show something last sept. If he was the defensive wizard he was suppose to be, it may not be a bad move. Im up for it if the Sox can get young pitching for de aza and viciedo. Its a lost year no matter what people think now and to me de aza or viciedo dont fit in the future.
L. Garcia can play CF as well. Danks right now is a 4th OFer type. He to me deserves a little more of a look based on how he finished last season. He hasn't shown much of anything overall though.
Viciedo has shown power and is young. If we are taking a look to assess the future next season - he's definitely a player to keep and watch.
I'd love to see De Aza go to a good team and turn back into the player he was in 2012. Even if he did well next year on the Sox, will it add up to anything? Will the Sox win the World Series because of it?
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This is a rush transcript from "Your World With Neil Cavuto," April 6, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: Well, if tax hikes are in, is Donald Trump out?
The real estate mogul fired up about the New York governor's proposed millionaire tax. It's a tax on top of a tax. He told the governor himself that, if the tax hike is passed, will he start packing?
Donald Trump joining me on the phone.
By the way, Donald has a new book out — it's rapidly climbing the charts — "Think Like a Champion."
And I guess champions avoid high-tax states, Donald, right?
DONALD TRUMP, CHAIRMAN & CEO, TRUMP HOTELS & CASINO RESORTS: Well, I guess you have no choice. Otherwise, you're not going to be a champion for long.
The fact is that the state of New York did something very, very foolish, and they passed a tax, an income tax, and increased it very substantially from what it was.
And I believe that's going to be a total disaster for the state.
CAVUTO: All right. Now, this surtax that they are talking about on high-income folks such as yourself is going to roughly get close to 10 percent.
Now, they argue that it's going to be a three-year trial. And, after three years, it goes away. You're not so certain.
TRUMP: Well, it does not matter whether it goes away or not.
You're talking about millions and millions of dollars for some people that really have other options, Neil. They can move to other states. You take a state like Florida, run by a governor, Charlie Crist, who is a terrific governor, and who is very, very cherishing of his no income tax.
So, you know, I make a lot of money outside of New York State, as an example. And I'm saying to myself, wait a minute. For the privilege of living in New York, I am supposed to pay tens of millions of dollars in extra taxes? It doesn't make sense.
So, you have a lot of people like that, that make money, and not necessarily — it is one thing if it's Trump Tower, where I make money in New York. Then it's — I don't think it's a very good tax anyway. But when I make money outside of the city or outside of the state, and I am supposed to be paying extra taxes because I happened to have a bed in New York, it does not make sense at all.
So, people will be leaving New York. And those are the people that pay a lot of the tax burden of this state.
CAVUTO: Yes, that was the argument Rush Limbaugh made, as you know, that he has, I think, some Fifth Avenue penthouse, $10 million, and he's saying, look, if — I'm not in the city that often, but when the taxes are going up the way they are, I certainly don't want to encourage the city. And so he's out, too.
How many do what you do?
TRUMP: Rush is one example. And he's a great example.
But you have many, many people in the same situation. And they will just say, thank you very much. Let's sell our apartment and let's get the hell out.
CAVUTO: But they say that, but they don't. When the mayor, when Mayor Bloomberg hiked taxes, the argument was, you're going to chase people out of this city. And it never materialized.
Your business took off, if memory serves me right. And there are Trump Towers and buildings all over the Big Apple. And even in good and bad times, you have thrived in high and low tax times, particularly in high tax times. So, does it work?
TRUMP: I think that Mayor Bloomberg agrees with me, because from what I have heard, and from what I have read, Mayor Bloomberg is totally opposed to taxing — this extra tax that is put on people of means.
A huge percentage of the New York City taxes come from the people that will be fleeing New York. And you just can't do it. It is a horrible thing. I have spoken to literally 25 to 30 people that are now either leaving or going to consider leaving. It is a foolish and in fact very stupid thing they are doing.
CAVUTO: All right. Now, you're right. Mayor Bloomberg says there was a point at which you just say that is enough. And this surtax was that point.
What I am asking you, though, is, where this goes? Because I know you supported Barack Obama. You spoke highly of him when last we chatted. He is a guy who is going after hiking taxes on the rich, taking away some of their deductions.
Do you feel like you have got a big bull's-eye on you?
TRUMP: Well, I think possibly so.
I think that there is a world out there that is a very big place. And the United States, in a certain way, becomes a state. You have a lot of multinational corporations that don't have to be in the United States. You have some major corporations that make more money outside of the United States than in the United States.
So, there will be a point where it's really a bigger version of what is happening in New York, where they will leave this country, literally, in order to save all of the money that they're going to have to be paying under the new tax plan that they will have to be paying. So, they will go out to another country where they don't have taxes to pay.
So, you can really look at that as a larger version of what we're talking about with respect to New York State.
CAVUTO: Yes.
What about Rudy Giuliani? I asked him when he was here, a big fan of yours and you, I know, of his. The talk is, he's going to run for governor. Should he?
TRUMP: Well, he is a very talented guy. He is a very smart person.
He is somebody that did an awfully good job as the mayor of New York. And I would imagine that he might be running. And I think he would probably do a great job, as he did when he was mayor.
CAVUTO: A lot of people, when they saw this, that you might want to leave the state, you're so ticked off that you might want to run.
TRUMP: A lot of people have asked me to run.
I'm loving what I am doing. We're doing great. This business is sort of very interesting for me, because we are buyers. I have never seen things like available now. i mean, things that you would not have thought possible to buy, I am buying for less money than I ever thought also possible.
So, I'm just having an awfully good time doing what I'm doing. This is a great time to — if you have cash, this is a great time to be a buyer.
But I am concerned about what they are doing to my great state, I mean, a state that I'm very proud of, New York.
CAVUTO: All right.
Donald Trump — the book, "Think Like a Champion" — hopefully, we will chat again.
Thank you very much.
TRUMP: Thank you very much, Neil. Bye.
CAVUTO: Donald Trump.
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To whom it may concern,
What are some good stones to meditate to become more psychic and make yourself mentally healthy? Also, what's a good stone for gaining wealth? How do you meditate with stones, also? If you have any information please contact me.
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While it goes against policy for me to phone you, I am more than happy to answer these questions for you through our website.
Working with crystals is a great way to meditate. Some crystals have a vibration that is conducive to meditation, while others help just by gazing into them. You can lay down with your crystals in a body-layout according to chakra, or you can just work with one chakra if you like. There aren't really any rules to meditation. You just have to find what works best for you. Personally, I like to meditate with crystals depending on what kind of experience I am wanting or what kind of inner work I need to be doing. Some people prefer to have a focal point during meditation; a photo or an object, but others prefer to completely still the mind and quiet any thoughts to enter the sacred void. I have done both and feel that both have their place.
Many of the same crystals that help with mental health, also have the added benefit of increasing psychic abilities. Crystals used for both these purposes include Amethyst, Apophyllite, and Fluorite.
Amethyst is the most well-known spiritual crystal in the mineral kingdom. Prized for its energies of transformation, Amethyst is perfect for working with the Third-Eye Chakra, which is home to the psychic and intuitive functions of the mind, among other things. Amethyst is known for transmuting negative energies into positive, and for offering unique insights into cause and effect, and the cycles of life. We carry Amethyst here:
Apophyllite is another great Third-Eye Crystal, but it carries properties for the Crown Chakra as well. Apophyllite can strengthen the connection between the Crown and Third-Eye Chakra, providing a transfer of any information gained via meditation into the Third-Eye for processing. This effect creates a new pathway for energetic information to travel, creating a boost in your intuition and psychic abilities, as well as your mental faculties. Meditating with an Apophyllite Pyramid on the Third-Eye Chakra is said to sometimes bring visions. If you would like to see our Apophyllite, please follow this link:
The last stone I want to mention for increasing psychic abilities is Fluorite. A supreme metaphysical crystal, Fluorite is wonderful for helping to induce the best meditative state. Fluorite is used to enhance intuition and connect with the Universal Consciousness. Working with the Third-Eye Chakra, Fluorite also offers a stabilizing energy for the mind and brings in clarity of thought. We have a nice selection of Fluorite on this page:
The best crystal to use for manifesting abundance is Citrine. Citrine is commonly used in manifestation rituals to attract success. You can put a piece of Citrine in the wealth corner of the home to create an energy of prosperity within the home, which can attract the same. The "wealth corner" of the home is located on the far left corner from the front door. Citrine works with the Solar-Plexus Chakra to promote perseverance and self-discipline, which can also contribute to the attraction of success. If you want to look at some Citrine, see the following page:
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Location, location, location! Hold onto your hat, as this is a once in a lifetime experience. You now have the opportunity to look down on Dolce and Gabbana who have a summer house below the tower and the crashing waves and mega yachts go with this tower. Two brothers, English by birth and lovers of the Italian coast, at the end of the nineteenth century, built large summer places on top of the same hill as this tower. Just to spoil the view, an eccentric friend of theirs, English also, built this tower in the valley in between. The eccentric English are gone now but the story goes on. No children under 12 years old permitted.show more details +
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"I don't know why you girls have never been attracted to me, but I will punish you all for it. It's an injustice, a crime, because I don't know what you don't see in me. I'm the perfect guy, and yet you throw yourselves at all these obnoxious men, instead of me, the supreme gentleman."
These are the words of 22-year-old Elliot Rodger, who shot six people - and himself - on Friday in Santa Barbara.
Rodger said these words on a YouTube video and was later found to have visited 'Men's Rights' forums where he apparently aired misogynistic views.
Although Rodgers killed men as well as women, Jezebel wrote: "(he) went on an anti-woman shooting spree he deemed "the Day of Retribution" in order to punish those women who rebuffed him."
In response to the tragedy, #YesAllWomen started trending on Twitter, with hundreds of women all over the world expressing the misogyny and fear they face being female, and crucially, men speaking up too.
Considering how social media is used to hound prominent women for airing their opinions about equality of the sexes, and how very often this trolling tends to be aimed at them on the basis on gender, this is a very important discussion to be having.
While we can't speak on behalf of all women, a big concern is the fear of speaking out at all, in case retribution strikes - as one Twitter user expresses below.
Take a look at the tweets from men and women:
#YesAllWomen because we teach girls how to not get raped rather than teaching boys how to properly treat a woman.— sarah lang (@sarahstardom) May 26, 2014
Because Miley Cyrus got shamed & Robin Thicke got applauded. Enough with the double standards. #YesAllWomen— Meg (@sassylibrarian1) May 26, 2014
Showing respect for woman is one of the greatest gifts that a father could ever give to his son. #YesAllWomen— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) May 26, 2014
Friends have been telling their stories on #YesAllWomen for 2 days. Some stories I knew, some I did not. This solidarity was needed.— Audry Taylor (@AudryT) May 26, 2014
Because being too scared to stand up to my harasser made me feel 100 times guiltier than he will ever feel for doing it.May 26, 2014
#YesAllWomen bc when I go running I have to consider whether I've taken the same route at the same time too often. Someone might be watching— Wendy Rosenfield (@WendyRosenfield) May 26, 2014
Because I'm scared of the response for even tweeting about this topic. #YesAllWomen— Hannah Hart (@harto) May 26, 2014
Because I routinely get sexually harassed online (including rape threats) after my investigations air.
Male reporters do not. #YesAllWomen— Lisa Guerrero (@4lisaguerrero) May 26, 2014
"Boys will be Boys" really means "Boys are unable to restrain their primal urges so it's your fault." #YesAllWomen— Very Serious People™ (@TheXclass) May 26, 2014


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Get ready for Christmas with the Gremlins chat on Movie Fan Central!
For the past two weeks the Movie Fan Central chat of THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy was a huge success and the MFC's largest movie chats to date, but we're moving on this Sunday to the holiday season with a Christmas classic (at least in our eyes) - GREMLINS!
In case you hadn't heard, MFC user Rebellion_Reborn has been hosting a Movie Chat every Sunday night at 7pm EST. As I mentioned earlier, they've been on the LOTR trilogy the past few weeks but previously discussed THE SHINING, EVIL DEAD and more. It's a great opportunity to hang with fellow movie fan and discuss the movies you love in a live setting.
So what do you need to do? It's real easy. Just head to www.moviefancentral.com/chat at 7pm EST and log in with your MFC username. Come prepared with talking points or questions, or feel free to lurk and and see what everyone else is discussing.
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A new randomized controlled trial published in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology found that high-dose vitamin D supplementation did not reduce the recurrence of bacterial vaginosis.
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Babywearing Twin Cities New Wearers Meeting
May 29, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Join Babywearing Twin Cities to ask questions about how to wear a baby safely, try on carriers from the lending library, or to socialize with other caregivers! This meeting is geared towards new wearers and expecting parents. We will talk a lot about babywearing basics. Our meetings are free and open to the public. Membership is optional, but if you are interested, go here:
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Dublin's real estate prices increasing while other parts of the country stagnate
While Dublin's real estate is gaining value, rest of the country lags behind, writes Peta Tomlinson
The Republic of Ireland's property story of late is a tale of two markets: there's Dublin on the one hand and, on the other, the rest.
According to latest data from the Central Statistics Office, Dublin's residential property prices grew by 3.3 per cent in July, gaining 8 per cent year-on-year. This contrasts with house prices in the rest of Ireland (excluding Dublin), which lost another 0.1 per cent in July. Dublin apartments have done even better, appreciating in value by 11.6 per cent in< 12 months.
It's not all joy for owners: even with the recent growth, Dublin house prices remain
52 per cent lower than their early 2007 peak, while apartments are down by 59 per cent.
But at least landlords have reason to smile. Rents in Dublin are up by 7.5 per cent, after registering their fourth consecutive quarter of growth. "This is the fastest rate of rent inflation since mid-2007, six years ago, and reflects tight supply in the Dublin market," states a draft report by Ronan Lyons, in-house economist at Irish property site Daft.
Those who began the year with strong projections for the capital city are not surprised. Professional services firm
PwC highlighted "improved prospects for Dublin" in its emerging trends in real estate report for 2013.
"[Our data] indicates improvement in Dublin real estate prospects across the board as prices are seen to be bottoming out," said Enda Faughnan, PwC Ireland real estate partner, at the report's launch. "We are certainly seeing increased interest from international investors and, together with renewed activity from local high-net-worth individuals, this will result in a stronger transaction flow this year."
Guy Hollis, managing director, CB Richard Ellis (CBRE), agrees: "It is not surprising that Dublin has moved up the ranks in this year's study, buoyed by a notable increase in the volume of investment transaction activity over the last 12 months as banks, receivers and the NAMA [National Asset Management Agency] continue to release assets to the market for sale. We believe that prime property in the Irish market is now moving into a recovery phase. However, secondary assets will take considerably longer to unwind."
So far, so good, CBRE says. Marie Hunt, the firm's executive director for Ireland, reports a "notable improvement in transactional activity in the first half of 2013, both in terms of the commercial property market and in the residential market in Dublin specifically".
In her latest commercial property report, Hunt "continues to see prime real estate improving in value as yields in almost all sectors of the market contract in response to the weight of capital chasing investment opportunities and expectations of future rental and capital appreciation".
On residential values, Hunt notes there "is a clear divergence between pricing and transaction volumes in Dublin compared to the rest of the country", with undersupply of some property types, particularly family homes, driving some price rises.
Property adviser Mark FitzGerald, the chief executive of Sherry FitzGerald Group, Ireland, also says that there is "clear evidence of an emerging stability" in the market this year. To date, it has been "incredibly busy", he says.
"The total volume of investment for the first half of 2013 stood at approximately €610 million (HK$6.4 billion).
"This compares favourably to a total of €624 million transacted for 2012 as a whole," FitzGerald says. "Notably, activity remains concentrated on the capital and in particular Dublin city centre, when prime office rents have stabilised and have begun to increase.
"The residential market has stabilised and there is notable strong price growth of 6.1 per cent in Dublin in the first half of the year."
Sherry FitzGerald uses a different data collection methodology to the Central Statistics Office - its figures show that house prices are on the rise across the country, with Dublin leading (up by 6.1 per cent, compared with 3.6 per cent for the rest).
FitzGerald says: "The stronger performance in the Dublin market reflects stronger local economic conditions and a particularly tight supply of available properties. As of July 2013, only 0.9 per cent of the total private housing stock was available for sale in Dublin. This equates to about a six-month supply based on current demand. In contrast, the comparable figure for the country overall was 2.5 per cent, which is only about 18 months' supply. So in effect, the Dublin market appears to be leading the Irish market to recovery."
Investors make up 13 per cent of the firm's Dublin sales to date this year, with foreign investors accounting for "a large proportion". Most come from North America and Britain, while investors from Malaysia, Singapore and Australia are "also notably active".
"There is definite increased interest from [mainland] China and Hong Kong with traffic to our website up 39 per cent on the same period last year, and 31 per cent for Hong Kong," FitzGerald says. "Low entry costs to purchasing here and the general acknowledgement globally that Ireland is handling its troubles well and is now poised to exit the euro bailout successfully in 2014 are further reasons why Irish property is in demand."
But has Ireland got the supply side right? Hunt notes that more than one-third of the Irish population lives within Greater Dublin, although even at the peak of the market, only 20 per cent of house-building nationwide occurred in Dublin. "We now find ourselves with considerable oversupply in locations with low populations, and low demand but undersupply in key cities such as Dublin. This is fuelling the price rises we are now seeing, with very limited new development taking place."
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Charlie is 14 months old!
We've made some big changes over the past couple of months, namely, we moved back to SF! We miss our adorable neighborhood in Berkeley and all the amazing friends we met during our year and a half in "the east" but this move was the right thing for our family. Steve is still doing the full-time-parent duties while I'm working full-time downtown. Our move put us closer to my job and closer to so many of our great friends that also have little ones. Within the first few weeks of being back we've really felt the love of our friends here. Charlie has friends that he sees all the time now! It's so fun to see him interacting w/Berkeley and Finn all the time and I love watching Charlie grow close to our friends and realize that he has such a huge network of peeps that love him and care about him.
Being back in SF also gives Steve & Charlie so much more to do in walking distance. One of their new favorite things to do is visit the Academy of Science. Charlie LOVES the fish! I work from home on Fridays which allows me some flexibility to do things with the boys during the day and for Charlie's official 14 month birthday tomorrow I'm going with them!
He loves:
Walking while holding on to something
Yelling (not in an obnoxious way, just to hear his own voice)
Little Tonka trucks
Throwing stuff
He's also learning what things are...he can ID a cow, a clock, a nose, my eye and my hair. He took some unassisted steps on September 3rd and then mommy and daddy freaked out with glee so badly that I think we scared him into submission. BUT...I'm happy to report today he decided he was ready to roll! We'll get a video up soon but he's officially walking. We love this kid so much. One thing that has stayed true from the moment Charlie was born is we continually get comments from everyone (strangers included) that Charlie is one of the happiest babies they've ever seen and it's true. He really is a smiley, lovely, happy, pleasant kid. We've been totally spoiled and are so lucky to have him in our lives.
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Charlie is 14 months old!
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