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Review and provide direction regarding whether Staff should prepare a more comprehensive noise control ordinance.
Council Member Long has expressed interest in discussing the adoptoin of an ordinance to establish more comprehensive noise controls in the City. Noise ordinances are typically drafted in either a subjective nuisance standard approach with no specific decibel standards or with very specific decibel standards that define acceptable or unacceptable noise levels. This report analyzes the advantages and disadvantages associated with each type of ordinance, followed by a summary of the Citys existing Municipal Code provisions related to noise regulation.
Although decibel standards appear to be more objective and enforceable, enforcement actions often are unsuccessful because of challenges to the evidence supporting the case on the grounds that the equipment was not properly calibrated or the personnel operating the equipment was not properly trained. Due to the costs associated with obtaining the equipment, ongoing maintenance of the equipment, and training of Staff and the Sheriffs Deputies, Staff recommends that if the City Council wants to adopt more comprehensive noise regulations, that a nuisance-based ordinance be utilized rather than a decibel-based approach.
Local governments are often faced with the question of how best to regulate noise in the community to protect the general health, safety and welfare. Enactment of such regulations is well within the Citys police powers, but the manner of regulation varies among different jurisdictions. For purposes of this report, noise regulations are divided into two categories: those with reasonableness standards and those with decibel specific standards.
Regulations with "Reasonableness" Standards
Many jurisdictions adopt noise regulations based on a reasonableness standard. Such regulations prohibit noise that is "unreasonably loud," "unusual," "disturbing," "loud and raucous" or "excessive." Although such ordinances could be subject to challenge on the basis of vagueness, such challenges should be rejected if the ordinance gives fair notice of the practice to be avoided, and provides reasonably adequate standards to guide enforcement. Courts tend to find that terms used in an ordinance are not impermissibly vague if their meaning can be objectively ascertained by reference to common experiences of mankind. Provided it is drawn neutrally (that is, without reference to the content of the sound) and narrowly enough to guide enforcement, an ordinance prohibiting "unreasonably loud" noise will likely survive any vagueness or overbreadth challenge to its constitutionality.
The specific language of any descriptive noise ordinance may leave the ordinance open to a vagueness challenge. However, if properly drafted, such an ordinance would place the reasonable person on notice for the conduct that is prohibited. Courts have overwhelmingly refused to find descriptive ordinances impermissibly vague. In fact, the United States Supreme Court has upheld against vagueness attacks ordinances forbidding "loud and raucous" noises that "disturb or tend to disturb the peace and good order" or noises that disturb schools in session, and California courts have upheld ordinances prohibiting "excessive" and unusual noise. In addition, courts have found that the mere existence of a more scientific way of measuring sound does not require the use of that scientific metric in a noise ordinance.
Thus, the fact that it is possible to make an ordinance more precise by including a specific decibel standard does not, by itself, prevent a City from enacting the more general, descriptive ordinance prohibiting "unreasonably loud," or similarly described noise.
As for the disadvantages of employing this type of regulatory scheme, there is always the possibility that such a standard will be challenged for its vagueness. Despite case law affirming the constitutionality of noise ordinances employing descriptive regulations, a court could find a specific ordinance too vague, depending on the language used.
Regulations with Decibel Specific Standards
Many jurisdictions have opted to regulate excessive noise by adopting ordinances that prohibit the creation of sound exceeding a certain level, typically measured in decibels (dB) from a particular location, such as the property line or an exterior wall of an adjacent structure.
The clear benefit of such a regulatory scheme is the fact that decibels can be measured with relative precision, allowing staff to clearly identify whether a particular noise event exceeds the permitted level. The limits on decibel emission would be written into the ordinance, and because they are easily understood, citizens and others are on notice of the standards.
However, a number of potential problems arise with such a regulatory scheme. First, regulations that set a specific decibel threshold may have the unintended effect of prohibiting otherwise reasonable noises. For example, a regulation that prohibits the making of noise that exceeds ten decibels above the ambient level in residential zones may prohibit noise resulting from an outdoor party or children playing. The City could create exemptions for certain noises, but it may be difficult, considering the limitless number of sounds that occur. These regulations may also be subject to a challenge based on arbitrariness, since they require that the City specify a number of decibels, and establishing such a number necessarily involves some choice.
Another potential drawback to enacting this type of regulation is the equipment that is required to accurately measure decibels. In addition to the necessity of having a sound level meter and other appropriate hardware, the City would need to maintain the equipment on a regular basis in order to verify its accuracy. And, in order to determine if the standard is being exceeded, the equipment will have to be made available at the site of the noise complaint, which from a practical standpoint may be problematic with short noise events, or events that have ceased by the time the equipment arrives at the scene. Further, the City would need to hire qualified staff to measure decibel output and enforce the ordinance, or existing City staff would require training in the use of the equipment. This would include training of Sheriffs Deputies, since they are likely to be called to address noise complaints involving activities such as loud parties.
Because the accuracy of sound level tests is affected by factors including background noise, weather, wind velocity, and the direction of the sound, City staff and Sheriffs Deputies would need to be trained in factors affecting sound measurement. Defects in any of these requirements opens any enforcement action that is based upon such evidence to legal and evidentiary challenges regarding the validity of the facts upon which a violation is asserted.
Thus, while noise ordinances using a decibel-based standard seem attractive because of their precision, they present a number of drawbacks due to the cost of obtaining equipment, keeping the equipment properly calibrated, and the cost of providing the training to City Staff or Deputies who will be using the equipment.
The Rancho Palos Verde Municipal Code currently contains a number of separate provisions that regulate or limit noise production in the City. These provisions include the following:
The Citys existing noise regulations are a hybrid of the two approaches. Many of the provisions are based on a subjective reasonableness criteria rather than decibel specific standards, with some exceptions related to such things as mechanical equipment.
The City of New York, although maintaining a hybrid set of noise regulations, is also shifting away from its conventional decibel limit approach and toward a simplified "plainly audible" standard. A press release discussing the proposed changes in the New York noise code is attached.
Based on the reduced expense and the relatively easier enforcement processes, Staff recommends that the City opt for a narrowly drafted descriptive ordinance without establishing strict decibel standards.
Adoption of a decibel specific ordinance would necessitate acquisition of a decibel-monitoring device, along with staff training and ongoing maintenance costs. Decibel meters are available at a range of prices upwards to $5,000.00 per unit. However, further research would be necessary to determine the cost of a decibel meter that would produce results that a court would likely accept as evidence of a code violation. Staff training and calibration costs also accrue. However, no significant operation costs would be expected if a reasonableness standard ordinance were adopted.
In addition to Staffs recommendation, the following alternatives are available for the City Councils consideration:
Respectfully submitted:
Carol Lynch
City Attorney
Les Evans
City Manager
Attachment: New York City Press Release dated June 7, 2004


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Hundreds of Asheville-area children and their families are having a happier holiday season thanks to Resort Travel & Xchange (RTX) and Patton Hospitality Management (PHM). The two companies teamed up to host a casino-themed fundraising event for their employees and raised $9,350 in donations for the Salvation Army's Angel Tree program; specifically, toward any children who were not "adopted" before the Salvation Army's deadline. The Salvation Army's Angel Tree program provides gifts to needy children who would otherwise be left out this Christmas. In 2012 The Salvation Army of Buncombe County Angel Tree Program served over 1,000 families and more than 3,500 children across Buncombe County. Angel Trees are placed at area malls and businesses. Each Angel Tag provides the name, age, gender and clothing sizes of a needy child.
Caring individuals select one or more of the angels from the tree, purchase toys and/or clothing and return the unwrapped gifts to the Angel Tree. Unfortunately, each year some angels are not adopted from The Angel Tree. These angels are "Forgotten Angels." The Salvation Army relies on generous donations from businesses and individuals such as RTX and PHM to ensure that every child from every family that comes to The Salvation Army for Christmas assistance receives gifts.
After the RTX/PHM fundraising event, employees took the donation money to shop for the Forgotten Angels. Ten employees shopped for toys and clothes for children up to age 12 and ended up with five car loads of toys and clothing to take to the Salvation Army headquarters in Asheville.
Lea Brooks, Salvation Army Asheville Volunteer Coordinator, called the donation "amazing" and said "Thanks again for all you have done for the children who will have a very merry Christmas thanks to RTX!"
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RTX employees also made a difference through donations to a Charitable Fund through RTX parent company Zealandia Holding Company.
The primary focus of the Charitable Fund is to promote education for our youth, eliminate poverty in our communities and support health and human services organizations.
The 2013 Charitable Fund committee chose organizations based in Asheville, N.C., Hot Springs, Ark., Orlando, Fla., and Myrtle Beach, S.C. A total of $6,500 in funds will be distributed to four organizations that were researched by the committee and recommended by employees who live and work in the areas:
About RTX
Resort Travel & Xchange (RTX) is a timeshare and vacation ownership exchange company based in Asheville, N.C. RTX works with a number of resorts and developers throughout the world to provide the best exchange options possible to its members. In addition to exchange services, RTX offers a number of travel benefits to members such as trip protection, rebates, travel discounts and more. RTX has approximately 80,000 members.

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At almost the same point in the race, IM Wisconsin shows the softer side of its personality. You exit the swim and head for the bike--a little bruised, but realizing that it's a nice, windless 75 degrees. Yes, the never-ending quick inclines will sap you of quad strength, but a good weather day in Madison is just the personality you want to meet. At the Verona bike loop just short of 50 miles, Wisconsin turns the athletes into giddy school children. Waving arms, cheers of joy and smiling faces make it feel like the final summer school bell just rang. The crowd loves it and gives the athletes much-deserved support. At this point they are in love.
As the Louisville athletes reached the Ford motivational zone on the run, full of messages written by loved ones, they are having a difficult time figuring out where the calmness of the morning went. One mile from the finish line party, the sounds of music and frenzied spectators float to their ears. It's a side of the event they haven't yet experienced. Near the end of an excruciating day, Louisville holds out its arms and awaits the heroes of the day.
In comparison, the IM Wisconsin run feels like Mom fixing you breakfast. The athletes' faces tell the story: they are in love with this "IM Moo" race, as it's affectionately called. The rambunctious crowd on State Street dictates a big part of this event's personality. The athletes can't wait for Wisconsin's embrace in front of the state capitol at the finish, and it isn't just because they want to end the pain.
During an Ironman, athletes divert their thoughts to take their mind off the pain. But what they can never do is lose the sense of who they are and how they got there. IM Louisville and IM Wisconsin are what they are: Their personalities are always in your face--the only constant you can count on.
Remember when people used to write in your high school yearbook, "Don't ever change"? They obviously loved your personality, and most of you probably haven't changed. If there was a yearbook for Ironman events, the notes would probably read something more along the lines of, "I like you and I don't like you, but in the end you make me stronger. Don't call me--I'll call you".
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"large nail," mid-14c., perhaps from Old Norse spik "splinter" (related to Old English spicing "large nail"), from Proto-Germanic *spikaz (cf. Middle Dutch spicher, Dutch spijker "nail," Old English spaca, Old High German speihha "spoke"), from PIE root *spei- "sharp point" (cf. Latin spica "ear of corn," spina "thorn, prickle, backbone," and perhaps pinna "pin" (see pin (n.)); Greek spilas "rock, cliff;" Lettish spile "wooden fork;" Lithuanian speigliai "thorns," spitna "tongue of a buckle," Old English spitu "spit").
But based on gender difficulties in the Germanic words, OED casts doubt on this whole derivation and says the English word may be a borrowing of Latin spica (see spike (n.2)), from the same root. Slang meaning "needle" is from 1923. Meaning "pointed stud in athletic shoes" is from 1832. Electrical sense of "pulse of short duration" is from 1935.
"ear of grain," late 14c., from Latin spica "ear of grain," related to spina "thorn" (see spike (n.1)).
1620s, "to fasten with spikes," see spike (n.1). Meaning "To rise in a spike" is from 1958. Military sense (1680s) means "to disable guns by driving a big nail into the touch-hole." Figurative use of this sense is from 1823. Meaning "to lace (a drink) with liquor" is from 1889. Journalism sense of "to kill a story before publication" (1908) is from the metal spindle in which old-time editors filed hard copy of stories after they were set in type, or especially when rejected for publication.
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Super Isol Question
Hi folks, just a quick question. I am going with the super isol board over the vermiculite concrete on my hearth, but my querie is when do i attatch it? Do I need to put the board down on the wet concrete or do I wait for the concrete to cure and dry before I put the super isol on? If so, how do I attatch it to my concrete hearth? Is it ok do you think to have a sort of border of concrete inside of which the superisol will sit? I've heard this stuff is pretty thirsty and sucks the moisture out of cement so I'm leaning towards letting the hearth cure before i put it on but and help would be hugely appreciated.
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Let your concrete slab cure.. keep it wet and covered with plastic sheeting for as long as possible.. one week minimum. the longer you let it cure, the stronger the slab will be.
James sells an adhesive for the super isol if you prefer... I've spoken with a refractory dealer and he didn't see any problem just setting the insulation board down on your concrete slab with no adhesive at all... if you think about it, your putting alot of weight on top of it and coating the entire dome surface with additional mortar and insulation... and then encasing the entire structure either in mortar or with walls... personally, I won't be gluing my insulation board down.
So, put your insulation board down after your concrete slab has cured and dried out a bit, and then if you're still concerned with it sucking up moisture, then put some foil down or something... I haven't heard whether or not you still need the fireclay/sand mixture when going with the insulation board... perhaps someone can weigh in.. In may be that you have a flat enough surface at that point anyway...
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I laid my insulation board directly on the wet concrete of my support slab.
I didn't use super-isol, but a competing product by Harbison-Walker. I don't think what I used had the extreme water absorbsion of the super-isol. I'd be a little concerned that putting it on top of vermiculite concrete, which doesn't have a smooth and flat surface, it might not lay flat. As JB points out, they make a refractory adhesive for that, but since we are only up to 900F or so, that may be overkill. I would think a smooth layer of concrete based tile mortar would lay it flat and sound if the insulation boards seem to be rocking when you lay them down.
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I've found some Calcium Silicate insulation boards here in Adelaide, but I know of distributors of this product in Melbourne. You may have sourced it already, but let me know if you haven't.
I have decided to glue the insulation boards down on my (well-cured and levelled but not exactly flat) hearth slab with a locally available product. It bonds fibre or fibre boards to itself as well as to brick or steel according to the blurb, so I assume it will do the same to concrete. I've only used a little to date to glue a few fractured corners back and it works a treat! So I'm hoping it will do the trick for sticking the boards down on the concrete. It's good to 1000°C. Send me a private message if you want the details.
One thing for sure is that the insulation boards are very rigid, and given that the adhesive will only bridge around 2mm or so, I took to filling the slight depressions in my hearth slab today with a runny mortar of fine washed sand (like they use for in-between pavers) and Portland cement. I'll know tomorrow if it's worked and will commence gluing the Cal Sil boards down after it's cured for a couple of days or so. I did look at levelling mortars for floor tiles, but was advised (by the suppliers) that most are only good to 50 – 60°C or so.
However, I think David's method of placing the sheets down on the wet concrete is by far the simplest way to go, and I think I'd do it this way if I was doing it again and I had a plain slab (I have thermowells sticking up all over the slab to contend with - see pic below!). The pro side is that it would assist in getting the concrete flat, and you wouldn't have to worry about levelling any small depressions in the slab after the event. The con is that the boards will suck out moisture from the curing concrete, and a moist cure for your slab will not be as readily achievable. I really want to keep the insulation as dry as possible for as long as possible. But it sure would be a lot easier, and if I'd done it this way, I'd be on to laying the floor and dome by now!
Good luck with your build.
Cheers, Paul.
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After several attempts to get the SuperIsol board wet enough to allow me to spread some Refrax mortar [unsuccessfully, I might add], I can to the realization that the components of my Casa 110 were of such weight that they were not going anywhere. As I had leveled the base structure, I was not concerned about the floor being level.
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Hmmm.. good points.. I didn't decide to go with insblok 19 till I already had a cured slab... setting it down on an uncured slab certainly would seem to eliminate the issue of obtaining a nice level surface first... Fortunately, my slab ended up nice and smooth, so this isn't an issue for me... If you do go this way though, I'd make sure that you have a way to keep rain off the work area until you're pretty much complete with the job... Not sure about cal sil board, but the insblok 19 seems to get pretty mushy when wet... I accidently got my wet and was surprised at how mushy it was.. I opted to dry it out before proceed to lay down the hearth bricks and rigged up a tarp over the work area to ensure it remains dry during the remainder of the project.. again, not sure about cal sil products...
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I talked with the producer of SuperIsol early on, and they seemed confident that it would not go mushy and would just dry out. I got a sample very wet, and it held up OK.
I am going to ask them what they think about setting it in wet concrete. It could be a time saver, but I think it is worth asking them if they think that is a good idea.
If you have a cured slab that isn't entirely level, you can get your SuperIsol as level and smooth as you can, then use your under floor sand/clay layer to set your floor perfectly smooth.
I will also ask if the small amount of moisture in the fireclay/sand mixture would cause a problem. I can't image that it would, but it's worth asking.
For everyone setting their floor on either a thin bed of sand, or sand/fireclay, I think the comment that "gravity is on your side" is a good one. My Scott ovens have the floor set in the sand/clay mixture and they are not moving.
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Thanks, Paul.
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Hey Paul,
Quick question. How thick is your sand bed?
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Photo's were provided by a commercial installer, who coincidentally imports ALFA Caminetti ovens from Italy.
Correct me, but could the surrounding bricks be insulating firebricks? I've never seen anything like them, but the sand base for the floor appears to be the same height.
The company also markets a gas kit, which was the main reason for my contact, but it also sent me a series of photo's showing a very ritzy oven construction at a ranch somewhere in New South Wales. (BTW, the gas kit is way over the top and very expensive, and importantly one can't use any other fuel, so I've passed on that one!)
Anyway, this company and others I've approached here about off-the-shelf ovens quite often recommend that the floor be installed on a bed of sand, rather than other insulating materials like vermiculite concrete or Cal Sil board.
Cheers, Paul.
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Alan Dale, a young thief running from the law, joins tough and sometimes brutal Robin Hood in his band of not-always-loyal men as they steal from the Church, protect the poor and battle the forces of the Norman rulers. A first novel.
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In the tradition of Bernard Cornwell and Ben Kane, Outlaw is a rousing historical novel that mixes legend with fact to bring to life the time, the lives and the struggles of late 12th century England. As the Henry II struggles with his rebelious children and the conflict between the Saxon nobility and the Norman conquerors continues on as bloody as ever, there is a figure that has remained firmly fixed in the imagation of generations – Robin Hood, an outlaw and a renegade nobility determined to bring down the men who took his land, his family, and his position.
When he's caught stealing, young Alan Dale is forced to leave his family and go to live with a notorious band of outlaws in Sherwood Forest. Their leader is the infamous Robin Hood. A tough, bloodthirsty warrior, Robin is more feared than any man in the county. And he becomes a mentor for Alan; with his fellow outlaws, Robin teaches Alan how to fight – and how to win. But Robin is a ruthless man – and although he is Alan's protector, if Alan displeases him, he could also just as easily become his murderer…From bloody battles to riotous feast days to marauding packs of wolves, Outlaw is a gripping, action-packed historical thriller that delves deep into the fascinating legend of Robin Hood.


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I live in Nashville, TN.
You might be able to guess what I do for a living based on my locale.
I play guitar, in case I was mistaken in the last line.
I travel a lot for work, therefore I end up in a wide variety of situations. I enjoy sharing the resulting stories, whether they be funny, awkward, tragic, ironic, or whatever. But I dislike repeating myself, so I blog about them here.
I hope you enjoy reading them.
When I'm not traveling, I usually still have something to say.
I also like pointing people towards all things compelling and inspiring.
I struggle each day to be a follower of Christ.
I'm learning that such a plight means to selflessly love others in a way that meets their needs, whatever that might be, affect me as it may. That's a hard line to walk.
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A great Grenache rose for $10
By Jessica Yadegaran
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 at 9:06 am in Uncategorized.
Friends and acquaintances give me bottles once in a while, and last night I opened up a 2006 Grenache Rose Campo De Borja. It's one of those Cameron Hughes Lot series wines (the rose is Lot 37).
My editor's husband gave it to me several months ago and I thought it'd be just right for the turkey meatballs and garlic fries I was chowing down on. Boy was it: the spirit of watermelon Jolly Rancher without the sweetness. The wine even had a kick of white pepper and monstrous acidity that stood up to those fries without a hitch.
Cameron Hugh Wines is constantly producing $10-bottles that taste like $20 or $30 bottles. They scour the globe for premium wines that are in oversupply but they never blackblend or alter the juice to make profit. What's more, they ship directly to their retailer (Costco) with no middle man. This allows them to cut about 66 percent off the retail price.
Read about the process and where to find the wines at the Cameron Hughes Web site.
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If you have multiple debts you are struggling to pay off, then applying for an Individual Voluntary Arrangement (IVA) could be exactly the solution you need. .
An IVA is a legally binding agreement which allows you to manage your debt by arranging to pay it off at an affordable monthly rate, even writing some of it off completely
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How could an IVA help me manage my debts?
An IVA can help you take control of and manage your debt in two ways:
- First, your debt repayments are consolidated into one simple monthly payment, which is purposefully set at an affordable amount. At this stage, an IVA is very much like a Debt Management Plan, only an IVA is legally binding. This means that your creditors are not allowed to pursue you for any of your debts once the IVA has been arranged.
- Second, once payments at the agreed rate have been kept up for an agreed amount of time (usually five to six years), any outstanding debt is written off.
What is an Individual Voluntary Arrangement
An Individual Voluntary Arrangement is a legally binding debt management solution which allows you to pay off your outstanding debt at an affordable monthly rate for a set period of time, after which the remaining debt is written off. The monthly sum is sent to an Insolvency Practitioner and from there is distributed amongst your creditors.
Like declaring bankruptcy, an IVA is a form of insolvency. That means, you are officially declaring that you are unable to pay off in full any outstanding debts you have. However, unlike bankruptcy, those who take out an IVA will pay off a portion of their debts, and will generally be able to keep their house.
An IVA is only available in England and Wales. If you live in Scotland a Trust deed is a close equivalent.Trust Deeds
Pros and cons of IVAs
IVA: Write off the debt you can't afford to pay
- Fixed period to repay your debts usually 60 months
- Interest & charges frozen once agreed.
- Maintain a reasonable standard of living whilst repaying your debts
- Prevent or stop legal action including bankruptcy
- Your credit rating will be affected for a minimum 6 years which may affect your ability to obtain credit in the future
- You will not be permitted to take out any further unsecured credit
- Homeowners may be required to release equity from their property
- Failing to make the agreed payments could result in the failure of the IVA
The Money Expert IVA Application Process
Applying for an IVA through Money Expert is quick and easy. Here's what you need to do:
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Fill in our short form so we can get an idea of your situation and give you advice tailored to you personally. Filling in the form is quick and easy and requires no obligation from you.
Money Expert will provide you with advice on whether an IVA is the best solution for you.
Once you've filled in our short form and we've got the necessary information, we can provide you with advice relating to an IVA . We'll look at your situation and help you decide if an IVA is the best solution.. If not, we may advise an alternative debt plan such as Debt Management.
Should you decide to enter into an IVA Money Expert will negotiate an IVA plan suited to what you can afford.
If you decide, based on our advice, that applying for an IVA is the right move for you, then we will work out with you a monthly payment plan that is within your means and contributes a sufficient amount towards your outstanding debts. Once we have gathered proof of your income and expenditure and all the information needed to make a proposal to your creditors we will refer your file to our experienced team for the ongoing administration of your IVA.
You will enter into an IVA plan according to a monthly amount you can afford, at the end of this period your remaining debt will be written off.
From here your IVA will officially begin, and for the next five years (normally 5 years, but it occasionally can be 6 years) you will pay the agreed sum every month to an insolvency practitioner who will then distribute it among your creditors.
Once the five year period is over, the IVA ends and any remaining debt is written off.
Is an Individual Voluntary Arrangement Right For Me?
If you are looking for a solution to multiple credit card debts and/or loans, the repayment of which exceeds your means, then taking out an IVA could be the right decision for you.
An IVA is a form of insolvency which, if you have the income to qualify for it, is preferable to declaring bankruptcy, mainly due to the fact that you are more likely to keep your house and possessions with an IVA.
However, as it is a form of insolvency, your IVA will appear on the insolvency register and could adversely affect your credit rating if/when you apply for any future credit.
There are also costs associated with IVAs, a set up fee and a handling fee on each payment so bear this in mind when considering an IVA as a possible debt solution.
What fees will I pay on an IVA and what are they for?
You will pay an initial set-up fee which is usually two months payments. This fee is paid to Money Expert and covers the preparation of your income and expenditure form to calculate what you can afford to pay each month, providing a courier to pick up documents required for the proposal, informing your creditors of your intention to enter an IVA, providing ongoing advice and information and preparing your file to be passed to our Insolvency Administrator at Money Expert.
If the IVA proposal is accepted, in the third month you will be paying fees on a monthly basis to our IVA company for the nominee fee for five months and then for the remainder of the term of the IVA 15% of your monthly payment will be paid to the Insolvency Practitioner for their supervisory fee.The term and amount of the nominee fee and supervisory fee can vary according to the individual circumstances of the case. The nominee fee and the supervisory fee come out of your pre-arranged monthly payment and are not in addition to this. This ensures that you have enough to maintain a reasonable standard of living while in the plan.
Money Expert will always endeavour to be clear about our fees. Should the IVA fail for any reason we will work with you to establish if another debt solution is appropriate. If you do sign up to a different plan through Money Expert we will not charge you an additional initial set-up fee to put this in place.
What are the requirements for entering an IVA?
There are certain requirements for those who wish to enter into an IVA, and they are as follows:
- you must be in debt to the value of at least £8,000
- You must be in debt to two or more separate creditors
- You must be able to afford a monthly payment of at least £100 and your income must not be solely benefits based
- If you are a home owner, you must be willing to release any releasable equity from your property.
What IVA Advice will I receive during the process?
We are available to offer any advice you need throughout the process. If you have any questions, let us know, and we'll answer them.
You should also remain in regular contact with your insolvency practitioner as they will be in contact with the creditors and will be able to offer information specific to your case.
The difference between an IVA and Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy and IVAs are both insolvency solutions that, while not mutually exclusive, do differ in important ways, namely:
- Assets: if you declare bankruptcy you will most likely lose your property, any luxury assets such as your car, and any other possessions which the trustee deems appropriate. In the case of an IVA, you will be able to keep your assets and your house, though you may need to re-mortgage in order to keep your house.
- Publicity: Declaring bankruptcy is a public matter, not only will your details be published on the insolvency register, but you will also be required to inform certain parties such as banks in certain situations, and your bankruptcy may be published in local newspapers. Entering into an IVA is a more private insolvency solution.
In addition, a creditor to whom you owe £750 or more can apply to have you declared bankrupt, while an IVA (as the name would suggest) can only be entered into voluntarily by a debtor who owes at least £8,000.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I enter into an IVA with bad credit?
You will be able to enter into an IVA regardless of your credit rating or history, but, as your IVA will appear on the insolvency register and be recorded for a long time, it may adversely affect your ability to apply for credit in the future.
A bad credit rating is fixable though, by means of a bad credit loan for example.
Will Money Expert charge for IVA advice?
If you decide to sign up for an IVA then fees are payable as shown above. However, we do not charge for the initial call where we provide you with an assessment of your current position, advise on whether a debt solution would be suitable for you, and if so which product would be most appropriate. We're here to help you get out of debt, and not to make you pay for our advice.
Is an Individual Voluntary Arrangement legally binding?
An Individual Voluntary Agreement is a legally binding contract between debtor and creditor. This is how it differs from a mere Debt Management Plan. Your creditors are not within their legal rights to pursue you if you have entered into an IVA.
How many creditors can an IVA cover?
There is no limit to the number of creditors an IVA will cover, though each case will be judged individually and so if your number of creditors is overly excessive, you may be refused an IVA.
How much does an IVA n cost?
Costs will differ from case to case and is negotiated between your Insolvency Practitioner and your creditors. The costs are included in your monthly payment. We will make sure to help you get the best rates and lowest overall costs if you wish to enter into an IVA
Am I obliged to enter into an IVA arrangement after receiving advice?
No, our advice comes with no obligations . We won't bind you into any arrangement simply for enquiring, we're here to help you not to trap you into an arrangement you don't want to be part of.
How much will I have to pay each month?
Again, this will depend on the amount you owe and the arrangements made by your Insolvency Practitioner. The amount will be calculated so as to fit with what you can afford.
What if my financial circumstances change during an IVA?
You will be able to apply for an early full settlement if your financial circumstances improve during the course of your IVA. To do this, you will need to contact your Insolvency Practitioner to work out the costs. If your circumstances deteriorate your Insolvency Practitioner can negotiate with your creditors to reduce your monthly payment.
Can I apply for a mortgage during an IVA?
You will be able to apply for a mortgage during the course of your IVA, however because of your situation you are unlikely to get the best deals available. Compare mortgage rates with Money Expert and we'll make sure to find you the best rates that you can get.
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Ed Chamberlin tips Juan Mata and Andre Marriner to be key figures on a special Super Sunday.
Last Updated: 26/10/12 2:56pm
And then there were three.
Manchester City dug out a great result with 10 men at West Brom to stay as Sky Bet's 13/8 favourites to retain their Premier League title. United shortened a fraction after beating Stoke, while Chelsea made another statement with an impressive win at Tottenham and their price was cut yet again to 5/2.
This weekend we will find out if they are a real threat to the Manchester clubs as they meet United at Stamford Bridge on Super Sunday. Arsenal were the big losers on the weekend and have drifted from 9/1 to 14s.
Sky Bet's Premier League Title odds: 13/8 Man City, 2/1 Man United, 5/2 Chelsea, 14/1 Arsenal, 66/1 Tottenham, 100/1 Liverpool, 100/1 Everton, 500/1 Newcastle.
Sunday is one of those days that stands out like a beacon in the football calendar and sees the first Premier League meeting between two of current top three teams this season. We start at 1pm on Sky Sports 1HD and in Sky 3D with the small matter of the Merseyside derby and then we have the big clash at Stamford Bridge. I can't wait.
Our first live game is the 218th Merseyside derby, the 187th in the League. Sky Bet find it hard to split them with Everton at 13/8 and Liverpool 8/5. History points to an away win and a big day for Brendan Rogers as Liverpool have an excellent record on their recent trips across Stanley Park.
Liverpool have won nine of the last 12 Premier League meetings at Goodison Park, including four of the last five. They have won 31 points at Goodison, only winning more at Villa Park (32pts), and three more on Sunday will really get their season going.
However, Everton will be a really tough nut to crack. We saw on Super Sunday at QPR just how solid a unit Everton are as they hung on for a point with 10 men. Phil Jagielka was man of the match and alongside Sylvain Distin was heroic at the back.
However, up to the point of going down to 10 men Leon Osman was running the show for Everton and continues to be their unsung hero. Osman goes about his business in a quiet, efficient manner and really makes the team tick.
Leighton Baines and Steven Pienaar have hogged most of the headlines this season, described by Gary Neville as the best combination in the Premier League, and Pienaar is going to be a big miss on Sunday and a major headache has been removed for Liverpool.
Referee Andre Marriner could have a headache or two. There have been 11 red cards and 63 yellows in the last 15 Premier League meetings. In total, there have been 20 red cards in the 40 meetings - more than in any other Premier League fixture.
It promises to be feisty again.
Acid test
From the thrills and spills at Goodison Park we will focus on Stamford Bridge for an acid test of Chelsea's title credentials. Should they win on Sunday, Chelsea would be just the fifth team in Premier League history to take 25 or more points from the opening nine games and their title odds are sure to be slashed from 5/2.
The set-up of the two teams will be fascinating. I would imagine Manchester United will play the same formation that worked so well at Newcastle, while I'm looking forward to seeing Chelsea's three magicians, Juan Mata, Eden Hazard and Oscar try to call the tune behind Fernando Torres, who continues to play second fiddle at the moment.
Chelsea's conductor is undoubtedly Mata. He was superb against Tottenham and now seems to have added goals to his impressive repertoire. With his prowess from set pieces, Mata is bound to give you a run for your money at 8/1 to be first goalscorer and 11/4 to score at any time.
There should be goals in the game as the two Premier League meetings last season produced 10, including that incredible 3-3 draw in this fixture in February. One of my enduring memories from last season was Gary Neville slumped in his chair at full-time whistle, emotionally drained after the remarkable comeback from Manchester United.
Prior to that, United hadn't had much to cheer about at the Bridge. Chelsea are unbeaten in the last 10 Premier League meetings at home, winning six, and United's last Premier League win at Stamford Bridge came 10 years ago - 3-0 in April 2002 - Scholes, Van Nistelrooy and Solskjaer the scorers.
This is their longest ever run without a League win on any ground. They last went 11 consecutive League games without a win on any ground at Upton Park between 1969-87 - a run of 16 games. Chelsea are also the only team in Premier League history with more wins (13) than defeats (12) against Man Utd.
My worry for Chelsea is that they will be missing their two most experienced players in games of this magnitude and had a 3,400-mile round-trip to Donetsk in midweek. That travelling might well take its toll.
Chelsea to score the first goal of the game is bound to be a popular bet at 5/6. Conceding the first goal has been Man Utd's achilles heel so far this season. It even spread to the Champions League as they allowed Braga to score the opener on Tuesday night.
In the Premier League, United have conceded the first goal in six of their eight games (W4, L2). They have gone behind in more games than any other team this season, having only conceded the first goal in eight matches all last season.
Sunday promises to be a bit special. I hope you'll be able to join Graeme Souness, Gary Neville and myself for an intriguing day of Premier League football on Super Sunday from 1pm on Sky Sports 1 HD.
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Topman later apologized for this and the "Nice new girlfriend—what breed is she?"
Perhaps, once in awhile, scarcity will breed rational thinking, too.
A commenter called bobvious claimed that "more people have been bitten by Chihuahuas in my presence than any other breed."
Old English bredan "bring young to birth, carry," also "cherish, keep warm," from West Germanic *brodjan (cf. Old High German bruoten, German brüten "to brood, hatch"), from *brod- "fetus, hatchling," from PIE *bhreue- "burn, heat" (see brood (n.)). Original notion of the word was incubation, warming to hatch. Sense of "grow up, be reared" (in a clan, etc.) is late 14c. Related: Bred; breeding.
"race, lineage, stock" (originally of animals), 1550s, from breed (v.). Of persons, from 1590s. Meaning "kind, species" is from 1580s.
Noun A group of organisms having common ancestors and sharing certain traits that are not shared with other members of the same species. Breeds are usually produced by mating selected parents.


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Welcome to mrpools.co.uk. On this site you will find lots of information about the events held at Mr. Pool's Club in Colchester, Essex and other leagues and competitions in the local area
As well as regular cash competitions, we run the longest established Singles League in the UK. You can enter most of our events online at tour entry shop.
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Graham Bryan proved that he is Cue Ball Crazy at Mr Pools last night, with a solid perfomrance throughout the tournament to take the top place on the podium.
Lewis Humm was Byran's first victim, suffering a 4-1 defeat. Roy Aldis was next, defeated by the same scoreline.Continue reading
Cue Ball Crazy Competition - 03/07/2015
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Turkey aims for the bomb, slips from America's grasp
By Richard Cottrell
Contributing writer for End the Lie
Turkey and the United States increasingly resemble a pair of crocodiles discussing lunch. One promising substantial course is the future of Assad's Syria.
When the US Vice President Joe Biden turned up in Ankara recently, he eyed the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan with a strange hungry look, as though he was the next item on the menu.
Then early in December, Time magazine published the results of an 'opinion poll' performed on the basic of mathematics that would do justice to the efforts of a third grader wrestling with simple multiplication. This noble pulpit of the US intelligence community solemnly declared that Premier Erdoğan is both the most popular and perfectly horrid man of the year at the same time.
There was an unmistakable subliminal message behind the plain black-and-white photo of Erdoğan with his arms crossed, staring cold-eyed from the front cover.
We read, "Is this the new Turkish strongman gradually morphing into a dictator of a one party state?"
It all depends what exactly is meant by a 'dictator' and a 'one party state'. We will come to that in a moment.
First, let's get things straight here.
Six months ago, hardly anyone in the US or on the European continent had the faintest clue as to who the Prime Minister of Turkey actually was.
Then, suddenly there he is, glaring from the newsstands around the world. Only the Photoshopped horns sticking out from his forehead were missing.
How did he rise so fast in both the popularity and boogeyman stakes?
The answer lies within a single event, the so called Marmara incident in international waters off the coast of the Gaza Strip. Circle the following date in your memory vaults, because it is likely to carry portentous significance in forthcoming events in the Middle East.
May 31st, 2010.
On that day Israeli commandos seized a six-vessel aid flotilla heading for the embattled Gaza enclave, a gulag hunk of Palestine virtually sealed off by the Israelis with the tacit support of Washington. The armada had set off from Turkey.
In the ensuing struggle eight Turkish citizens and one Turkish-American aboard the MV Mavi Marmara were shot and killed by the boarding party.
Turkey's demands for an apology from Israel received the response to be expected in the circumstances: zero.
Erdoğan, who is unquestionably the dominant power figure of the Ankara regime, then took a step that was received with rapture throughout the Arab-Islamic world.
He effectively severed relations with Israel, ending a long standing — if frequently uneasy — pact between the Jewish state and the largest Islamic power in the region, dating from Turkish membership of NATO in 1952.
So May 31st, 2010 marked the emergence (as I have written before at End the Lie) of the New Ottomans.
From the perspective of Ankara, the Mamara incident was a fortuitous excuse to hasten the New Ottoman campaign of recovering the Middle East. Erdoğan was transformed to a political rock star, playing to packed houses in Islamic communities around the world.
Washington seethed.
At once Turkey passed from a side player on the tight leash of the US to an independent – and moreover, powerfully armed – force with its own set of strategic priorities.
What is not widely understood outside this turbulent region is the fact that American influence over the course of events is rapidly waning, while that of Turkey is rising fast.
The former arrangement, a bipolar control system managed by the US and Israel, has collapsed.
The New Ottomans' sudden emergence has changed the cozy two-power happy families game to five; Israel, the US, Iran, Saudi Arabia – and Turkey. In a cauldron bubbling fiercely as the Middle East, this can only spell trouble.
Place nuclear weapons in the calculation and you come up with this picture of a strategically complicated jigsaw; the US and Israel both have the full kit including missiles and tactical strike weapons. Saudi Arabia deployed a member of the innermost royal circle, the former intelligence chief Prince Turki al-Faisal, to warn that if Iran succeeds in manufacturing a warhead delivered bomb, then so will she.
In fact it is far more likely that the Saudis already possess a tactical strike capability, thanks to US nuclear artillery stored in the kingdom.
The same might have been said in the past of the Turks, but not any more. The massive US-Turkish base at Incirlik, located near the city of Adana close to the Eastern Mediterranean, hosts a large US strike force presence.
It is likely, though unconfirmed, that this senior forward base close to the seething Middle East and Russia, bristles with nuclear strike weapons. Whether a Saudi-type short cut power-sharing solution now exists, viewed in the light of rapidly cooling US-Turkish relations, is now questionable.
There is another and rather fascinating alternative scenario. During the regime of the rather glamorous lady premier Tansu Çiller back in the early 90's, the infamous Abdul Qadeer Kahn (A.Q. Kahn), mastermind of nuclear proliferation and Father of the Pakistani Islamic Bomb, was running a massive operation in Turkey.
The German-trained metallurgist created a network of underground laboratories manufacturing components for enrichment of nuclear materials with the aid of Turkish secret state intelligence (MIT), well placed sympathizers in the military and the Turkish Mafia's incomparable expertise in managing one of the most sophisticated narcotics and weapons smuggling operations on earth.
Turkey fit the bill as the perfect junction for such illicit transactions – a cosmopolitan and lightly policed intersection between East and West, replete with sympathetic politicians and military brass, and refined methods of trans-shipment through Turkish ports of entry and exit.
In this period Kahn's humming labs put together all the components for the Pakistani bomb, with strong evidence that nuclear materials were finding their way to covert nuclear programs in North Korea, Argentina, India, Saudi Arabia and finally the destination that almost everyone overlooked – yet key to the entire adventure – no less than Turkey herself.
According to the Monterey-based Center for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Studies, between 1993 and 1999 there were scores of trafficking incidents through Turkish ports (particularly Ambarli, close to Istanbul) involving shipments of raw and low enriched uranium, weapons grade U-238, black mercury and plutonium, quite aside from key components to assemble centrifuges.
Much of the seepage originated at leaky and frequently pillaged suites in a scatter of former Soviet zone states including Moldova, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, as well as Russia.
Finished products (such as centrifuges and other equipment for enrichment) were shipped to Bahrain complete with false end-user certificates for onward distribution.
This was all happening in a front line NATO state. It is well within the bounds of certainty that Iran's nuclear program got started in this way.
Given America's seamless involvement with Turkish secret services, it is inconceivable that no-one in Washington knew what was going on.
Dr. Nuri Ersoy, a professor at Boğaziçi University, who follows regional nuclear issues closely, stated that Turkey came close to completing a line of tenders for home grown nuclear energy in 2008.
"Turkey is not only constructing a nuclear power plant. Turkey wants to have localization of the entire fuel cycle from local uranium and thorium reserves to the enrichment of uranium and the treatment of the waste. This cannot be explained by the domestic demand for energy."
Quite. But there is more. Turkey has substantial, if expensive to mine, uranium deposits. But she also has large concentrations of thorium, a rare alternative in the nuclear fuel cycle in which she is probably self sufficient.
American attempts to freeze out western suppliers of nuclear reactor technology for Turkey's infant civil reactor program can be traced directly to this factor. Think of this and the parallel with Iran will spring to mind.
Turkey has most of the main components to join the nuclear club, except the cover story of nuclear power for energy production. She is now forging ahead with nuclear plans by recommitting herself to building an initial three nuclear reactors, with ambitious schemes for a national chain of twenty in place by 2030.
The first is now getting started at Akkuyu on the Mediterranean coast. It will be constructed by the Russian nuclear monopoly Atomstroyexport on a build-and-payback contract from power shunted to the national grid.
Here's the message. Washington's attempts to wall off Turkey's nuclear ambitions have failed, utterly. In former times she could control secular governments or destroy them violently (1961, 1980) if they strayed too far from the imperial agenda.
But since 2001 Turkey has been effectively under one party, popular rule by the Islamist Justice and Development Party (AK) party, in which the leading figures are Erdoğan and his lifetime collaborator, Abdullah Gül, the president.
Now you can understand the message of the prototype Islamist dictator glaring from the front cover of Time.
Turkey has broken free of the Western, US-orientated support system because the elected Islamists have turned the country into a humming economic power house. She is regularly notching 8% growth rates.
For the first time since the death in the 1930's of the secularist man-god founder of modern Turkey, Kemal Atatürk, she is a member of the globalist financial and economic club. But she is no longer a colony or anyone's push-around, for all that.
The Islamists have won their power struggle with the alligator generals of the Turkish High Command, who in the past lynched an elected premier.
In 1961 an army coup backed by the Central Intelligence Agency, the NATO secret army unit called Counter-Guerrilla, extremist activists of the Far Right, and for good measure, the Turkish Mafia, toppled the elected administration of premier Adnan Menderes.
After a brief show trial, he and two ministerial colleagues were taken to an army prison in the Sea Of Marmara and summarily lynched.
Times have changed. The military recognizes that the regime's popularity in the great Anatolian land mass, where much of the economic revival is under way, is not going to be easily undermined by some false 'color' revolution propagated by the CIA and other Western intelligence services.
However, the Time article serves clear notice that Washington does indeed intend to terminate the Erdoğan-Gül regime by any means that it may construct for the task. This pair know a reverse compliment when they see one.
Joe Biden's off the cuff remarks when he was in Turkey were quite illuminating. In the future he said, beaming warmly at Erdoğan, convalescing from his recent operation, "Turkey and the US will draw closer together."
He might well have added under his breath (and probably did): "But not with you on the scene, buddy."
All US efforts to date aimed at destabilizing the Islamic government have come to naught. These have not excluded secretly funding Iraqi-based, so-called Kurdish freedom fighters to stage false flag bomb attacks and murders around the country.
The long-running Ergenekon affair – a secret deep state organization linking elements of Turkish intelligence, army officers and the pro-secularist Mafia – draws on a redux of the NATO Gladio secret army operation called Counter-Guerrilla, which provoked the Turkish dirty war between left and right in the 80's.
Ergenekon (meaning 'iron mountain') was clearly nothing less than an effort to bring down the Islamists.
The response was a brutal, unprecedented crack down by the civil power, no one was spared, not even senior army officers.
Turkey's miserable progress from the death Ataturk to the arrival of the Islamists, little more than a backwater third world state, left the majority of Turks thinking that there must be something better.
Erdoğan seems to have answered this, for good or worse. He is patently modeling himself on the example of the staunch secularist Atatürk, who regarded himself as ruthlessly wrenching the nation from its decrepit, Ottoman past.
But the Atatürk years delivered little more than unleavened poverty. The people forcibly acquired westernized names, a Latin alphabet and threw away the fez, that hated symbol of the Sultans. Otherwise the country floundered.
Atatürk was a truly inspired soldier and commander but he knew nothing about economics and cared less. Nor was he remotely a democrat.
By contrast Erdoğan has delivered hitherto unknown and unrealized prosperity. He has also given Turks a sense of 'face' in the world, by slapping down Israel and playing fast and loose with NATO and the US. And he and his winsome partner Abdullah Gül are prize winners in the election stakes, with three unprecedented majority governments in a row.
The US policy of hobbling Turkey to eternal poverty and the curse of the IMF, in order to keep her tame and obedient to the imperial will, lies in ruins.
By 2015, the AK Party will have been in power for the best part of fifteen years. That's a one party government, or even state, if you so choose. But there are no remotely respectable or realistic challengers among the rag bag of sulking secularists and right wing extremists.
And besides, Erdoğan exercises something never previously seen in open Turkish politics, apart from consummate dexterity on the political stage. And that is discipline.
This word does not always sit comfortably democracy. A recent editorial in Today's Zaman somewhat gave the game away:
"The 50 percent of the votes that the AK Party received in the elections represent popular support for Erdoğan's leadership. For this reason, the strong discipline in Erdoğan's party is attributable to the people.
"References to the post-Erdoğan era right after [his recent] surgery are actually targeting the future of this popular support. Businessmen, politicians and others are pondering how this void will be filled and where they should stand in such a case.
Erdoğan's leadership is so powerful that even the slightest rumor concerning his health leads to serious consequences."
Much the same was said in their times of General Francesco Franco, of Benito Mussolini, of Joseph Stalin… and yes, Adolf Hitler. It is true that 'power' is the word that perfectly encapsulates the Erdoğan personality. Unlike the parade of dictators consigned to history, he is one of those rare creatures who instinctively understand how to marry a cause to the popular will.
What Turkey has undoubtedly experienced in the last ten years is nothing short of a revolution.
For the first time since Atatürk, the mosque is again an essential and recognized element of the national life. The famous 'headscarf spring' saw the sweeping away of restrictions on veiled students in the universities. The Islamists have been quietly reigning in the consumption of alcohol. The High Command have suffered their first reverse since Atatürk died.
Yet Istanbul remains fantastic Istancool to the eyes of the world.
This is what makes Erdoğan and the AK regime in general so dangerous in the eyes of the United States. The recent Time article represents the lighting of a slow-burning fuse designed to progressively brand and isolate the ruling Turkish authorities as essentially authoritarian and non-democratic.
By hook or by crook the US plans another of its famous exercises in regime change.
But what realistic hope can there be when the vast majority are witnessing previously untold prosperity?
Strongman Erdoğan has brought Islam in from the cold. The Turks are rooting for the Bomb as an exercise in national sovereignty. The deception of elevation to the European Union, ephemeral as that always was, is over.
Witness Egypt, Libya, Iraq, or Afghanistan.
Now Turkey, the resurgent power with a chart, compass and direction.
Richard Cottrell is a writer, journalist and former European MP (Conservative). His new book Gladio: NATO's Dagger At The Heart Of Europe is coming in January of 2012 from Progressive Press.
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Anonymous December 21, 2011 at 5:35 PM
So what's next? I hope cottrell keeps covering turkey it's almost ignored in the MSMReply
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Please, correct the name of Turkish "Law and Justice party". The proper name is "Justice and Development Party". And the same should be said as to the first name of Stalin – Joseph, not Vladimir, the latter pertain to Vladimir Lenin. From Russia with love.Reply
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Good article, but it seems very unprofessional to call Joseph Stalin "Vladimir". Please correct as soon as possible!Reply
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Paul Martin's government was unable to shake off earlier scandals
Canadians will go to the polls to elect a new parliament on 23 January, Prime Minister Paul Martin has announced after losing a no-confidence vote.
The announcement marks the start of Canada's first wintertime election campaign in a generation.
Mr Martin's government was brought down on Monday night - the first time a Canadian government has fallen on a straight confidence vote.
His minority Liberal government had been in power only 17 months.
Mr Martin said his government had been brought down because "ambition overwhelmed common sense," launching what analysts expect to be a nasty campaign.
Canada's three opposition parties united against his Liberal Party, which has been mired in a corruption scandal.
The right-wing Conservatives, the left-wing New Democrats and the Quebec separatist Bloc Quebecois have very different agendas, but they agreed that they did not want the Liberals to dictate the timing of an election, the BBC's Lee Carter in Toronto says.
Announcing the election date, Mr Martin criticised all three opposition parties individually, but reserved his harshest criticism for the Bloc Quebecois, whom he accused of having "only one ambition, separation".
The French-speaking province will be a key battleground during the campaign, our correspondent says.
Recent polls suggest Mr Martin's Liberals will take most votes in the election - but will not win a majority.
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His government has failed to shake off a scandal dating from a previous Liberal administration.
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Mr Martin is not implicated in the scandal, but the opposition says he has lost all moral authority.
The prime minister fought off a no-confidence motion in May by a single vote, but lost the support of the New Democrat party earlier this month following a row over private health care spending.
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