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ACU is a beautiful campus and can provide a great experience for students. However, you get what you pay for, and ACU is expensive...very expensive. If you have the money…
the community here is an incredible blessing. the close-knit relationships formed are life changing. the professors truly care about each student.…
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The mission of Abilene Christian University is to educate students for Christian service and leadership throughout the world.
Never will you be bored here, unless it is by choice. Students and faculty are constantly organizing both fun and educational opportunities for you to enjoy. However, if you prefer solitude, there are plenty of places to chill and do homework or contemplate life.
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Canada Dry…Celtics lack effort in 84-79 loss to Raptors
Posted By Warren Shaw On Apr 13 2012 @ 11:14 pm In Boston Celtics | No Comments
The Boston Celtics began their road trip and back to back to back set over the weekend with an absolute stinker in Toronto.
The Raptors (who are wounded and even terrible when healthy) defeated the Celtics 84-79 and quite frankly the entire Boston team is to blame. Credit the Raptors for not giving up and withstanding a late but ultimately futile Celtics run in the final 4 minutes. Toronto nearly squandered a 15 point fourth quarter lead but it begs to question what were the Celtics doing down by 15 anyway.
The Celtics effort with the exception of the final four minutes was pedestrian and at times even selfish. Allow me to explain.
Rajon Rondo who has been playing at a MVP level seemed only to care about extending his double digit assist game streak for most of the night. He was successful in that feat but he did not attack in nearly the same effective way as he had been recently.
The worst thing about it was he was guarded by Ben Uzoh and Justin Dentmon the entire night. Don't be alarmed if you don't know who they are because they are a couple of 10 day contract players the Raptors just scooped up. What should be alarming is how Rondo refused to attack them and try to score especially when the offense sputtered.
Doc Rivers inexplicable went away from his normal rotation in the second quarter as he thought the Celtics would be able to skate to victory against the wounded Raptors. I understand that Doc wants to get his guys rest especially with 3 games over the weekend, but in the 2nd quarter with the game still very much in question? No sir that was a mistake.
A lineup of Keyon Dooling, Marquis Daniels, Sasha Pavlovic, Greg Steisma, and Ryan Hollins "graced" the floor in the middle of the second quarter. While they didn't exactly play bad they were unable to extend the lead and kept the Raptors close in a game where they shot 23% at the end of the first half.
Simply horrifically amazing.
The Celtics finished the game shooting 37% themselves while holding the Raptors to 34%. Boston again got killed on the rebounds 50-37 as well as the free throw disparity. The Raptors made 27-31 from the line while Boston only managed to get 19 attempts connecting on 15. No need to blame the refs tonight as the C's refused to go inside and didn't deserve any calls to get to the line.
The Raptors detected that the Celtics had no real interest in the game and decided that since somebody had to win it might as well be them.
The Celtics forgot the "beware the wounded dog" cliche which is ironic since they have often been the wounded dog themselves. The start of this trip could not have been any worse and two more games against the Nets and Bobcats remain.
Boston continues to play to the level of their competition and that does not bode well for the rest of the weekend.
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ward roberts is an independent conceptual artist who creates exquisitely composed photographs drawing on themes such as loneliness and isolation in the modern world. he is currently based out of New York.
obfuscations of authentic selves in favour of laboured constructions, ornate, multilayered representations of desired identities and the perceptions of these, serve as illustrative catalysts to ward roberts' latest photography excavation, cartography. authored between 2012 and 2015, eight ethereal portraits, suffused throughout with roberts' synonymous pastel palette, examine that duality of visible and obscured selves, tangible and intangible constitutions, and concealed and explicit biographies, all within a deeper exploration of the ever-increasing ephemerality of self, in an aeon of ready digital manipulation, wanted avatars, and vacillating identities.
influenced by the chromatic works of light sculptor, james turrell, anonymous 19th century photography depictions of ectoplasm, and the baroque chiaroscuros of the italian renaissance, cartography pursues evolved conceptions and constructions of selves and the narratives enacted by such, all amidst attempting to restore that equilibrium and lucidity surrendered to mythopoeia, narcissism, aggrandisement and self-deception, conscious, and otherwise.
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Why is music with a nice ambiance a pleasure and produces strong emotions in us? Not least because the harmonic sequence of a composition matches with the timing of a physiological sensory process. That is, the musical intervals are logarithmically calibrated, just as our senses.
We live in a logarithmic world. All our senses perceive the logarithm of a signal, not the linear intensity of the signal itself. That is why we measure the volume in decibels, a logarithmic unit. Tones, which frequencies are twice, four– or eight times higher or lower, we perceive as a, a' or a", as similar sounds. This property of our hearing enables us to distinguish harmony from disharmony. The harmonious tone sequence 2/1 (octave), 3/2 (quint), 4/3 (fourth), 5/4 (third), etc. has hyperbolic-logarithmic scaling.
In a real media, the key tone, the overtone and the undertones are produced simultaneously. This creates consonance and dissonance. Not only is our hearing able to distinguish consonance from dissonance, this is an essential physical ability of the matter. It is about the expenditure of energy which is necessary to produce an overtone. An octave is created most easily (with minimal energy expenditure per oscillation period), because only one frequency doubling is needed to produce an overtone. Slightly more energy is required to generate a quint 3/2 or a fourth 4/3, because it also requires a tripling or quadrupling the fundamental frequency. Even more energy is needed to produce the small third 6/5 with equal amplitude, and so on. That is, the musical intervals in the spectrum of oscillation modes are playing an energetic key role.
The unusually long lifetime of the proton and the electron is the reason that ordinary matter consists of atoms. Atoms always contain the same number of protons and electrons. However, each proton is about 1836 times heavier than each electron in an atom. Therefore, the atomic mass is more than 99 percent of the proton or its excited state, the neutron. For this reason, proton resonances determine the course of all processes and the organization of all structures in the universe.
With an analysis of physiologically important vibrational processes after global scaling, for example, the range of respiratory frequencies, the frequency spectrum of the heartbeat, the spectrum of human voice or the electrical activity of the brain, we can realize how important proton resonances for us and our health is.
An orchestra or choir attunes to the standard pitch, which was established at an international conference of 1939 with 440 hertz. In several European countries in the 17th, 18th and 19th century there were still standard pitches common in the frequency range of 409 – 466 Hz. Regardless of the internationally accepted standard of 440 hertz, now, however, have also higher pitch frequencies naturalized, especially because some string instruments sound at higher frequencies louder and fuller.
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Thunder Wolves puts gamers in the hot seat of an experienced helicopter group that has survived a flurry of bullets and caused more destruction than the Seventh United State Army. Gamers will embark on a variety of missions including high-risk convoy protection, deploying a commando on fast-moving train or unleashing hell on a fully destructible battlefield.
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Scots Independence Odds Longest Ever After $80,000 Ladbrokes Bet
Tim Farrand and Peter WoodifieldThe odds of Scotland becoming independent are now at their longest ever after a 50,000-pound ($79,620) bet was placed in Edinburgh on voters in the country opting to remain in the U.K. in next year's referendum.
Bookmaker Ladbrokes Plc said yesterday it revised its odds on a "No" vote to 1-8 from 1-7, meaning a customer would get one pound for every 8 pounds staked. Someone in the Edinburgh area placed a 200,000-pound bet against independence earlier this year, Ladbrokes spokesman Alex Donohue said.
"We've never known 'Yes' odds as big as this," Donohue said in an e-mailed statement. "We've taken some serious cash on a 'No' outcome, again suggesting confidence in the referendum failing is at an all-time high."
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond and his Scottish National Party, which runs the semi-autonomous government in Edinburgh, have scheduled the referendum for Sept. 18, 2014. A poll published last week showed support for independence trailing that for the status quo by 18 percentage points.
William Hill Plc, which is offering the same odds as Ladbrokes, took three bets in June totaling 200,000 pounds from a man in Glasgow that voters will reject independence, spokesman Rupert Adams said by telephone yesterday. The man, who was in his late 50s and had a pronounced Scottish accent, will win 36,666 pounds if voters reject independence, Adams said.
Both bookmakers, the largest in Britain, are offering odds of 5-1 that Scotland will leave the U.K.
About 70 percent of bets taken on the vote have gone on a "No" outcome with 30 percent on a "Yes," Donohue at Ladbrokes said. At William Hill, 45 percent of wagers are for "Yes" with the remainder on a "No" result, Adams said.
The referendum is the biggest betting event in Scottish political history, with bookmakers anticipating stakes of more than 2 million pounds by the time the nation goes to the polls next year, Ladbrokes said. William Hill has so far taken bets of more than 300,000 pounds, Adams said.


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Annual to tree
Leaves basal or cauline, alternate to whorled, simple to compound
Inflorescence: 1° inflorescence a head, each resembling a flower, 1many, generally arrayed in cymes, generally subtended by ± calyx-like involucre; flowers 1many per head
Flowers bisexual, unisexual, or sterile, ± small, of several types; calyx 0 or modified into pappus of bristles, scales, or awns, which is generally persistent in fruit; corolla radial or bilateral (rarely 0), lobes generally (0)45; stamens 45, anthers generally fused into cylinder around style, often appendaged at tips, bases, or both, filaments generally free, generally attached to corolla near throat; pistil 1, ovary inferior, 1-chambered, 1-seeded, style 1, branches 2, generally hair-tufted at tip, stigmas 2, generally on inside of style branches
Fruit: achene, cylindric to ovoid, generally deciduous with pappus attached
Genera in family: ± 1300 genera, 21,000 species (largest family of dicots): worldwide. Largest family in CA. Also see tribal key to CA genera: Strother 1997 Madroño 44(1):128. See glossary p. 25 for illustrations of general family characteristics.
Annual or perennial herb, generally densely glandular, aromatic
Stems 1several, generally simple below, ± branched above
Leaves generally opposite below, alternate above, generally linear to lanceolate, entire to slightly toothed
Inflorescence: heads generally radiate, generally peduncled, fewmany; phyllaries generally 120, free, enclosing (and falling with) ray achenes; receptacle ± flat, generally glabrous; chaff scales generally ± fused, in ring between ray and disk flowers
Ray flowers generally 120, sometimes minute; ligules 23-lobed, generally yellow
Disk flowers 1many, sometimes staminate; corollas yellow or maroon; anther tips triangular-ovate; style tips linear to oblong, acute, bristly
Fruit club-shaped or obovoid; ray achenes compressed, thickened, or 3-angled (1 angle toward center of head), ridged, sometimes beaked; pappus 0 or of short scales; disk achenes ± symmetric; pappus 0 or of 410 scales or bristles
Species in genus: 21 species: w North America, sw South America
Recent taxonomic note: *See revised taxonomy of Baldwin 1999 Novon 9:462471.
Etymology: (Chilean name)
Reference: [Nelson & Nelson 1980 Brittonia 32:323325]
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Annual 125 dm, strongly scented
Stems simple to branched throughout, often very leafy below, soft-hairy below, sparsely to densely stalked-glandular especially above; glands yellow to black
Leaves 220 cm, linear to widely lanceolate, entire or ± serrate, soft-hairy to bristly, ± glandular
Inflorescence: heads in open, rounded to ± flat-topped cymes (sometimes panicle-like); involucre 4.512 mm, bell-shaped to hemispheric; phyllaries ± bristly, glandular or not, tips flat; receptacle hairy; chaff scales strongly fused
Ray flowers 521; corolla tubes 0.51 mm, ligules (2.5)420 mm, fan-shaped, deeply lobed, yellow, base generally maroon-spotted
Disk flowers 2550+, staminate; corollas 2.55 mm, yellow or maroon; anthers yellow or black
Fruit: ray achenes 2.55 mm, compressed side-to-side or ± 3-angled, glabrous, black or dark brown, sometimes mottled, beak 0, pappus 0; disk ovaries slender, much reduced, pappus 0
Ecology: Grassland, open forest
Elevation: < 3350 m.
Bioregional distribution: California Floristic Province (except Channel Islands), Great Basin Floristic Province
Distribution outside California: to n Oregon, Baja California
Highly variable; intermediates blur distinctions among extremes.
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Plant 14.5 dm
Leaves: basal few (rosette poorly developed or 0); cauline linear, scattered, soft-hairy, slightly glandular or not
Inflorescence: involucre 4.55.5 mm; phyllary tips < body
Ray flowers 513; ligules (2.5)45(10) mm
Disk flowers 1550+; corollas yellow; anthers yellow
Fruit: ray achenes 2.53.5 mm, 3-angled, barely compressed
Chromosomes: 2n=16
Ecology: Dry forest slopes
Elevation: 15003350 m.
Bioregional distribution: s Sierra Nevada, Western Transverse Ranges, San Bernardino Mountains, San Jacinto Mountains
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There's Stinky Gas Inside Of This Mini-Housing Bubble, You Don't Want To Be Around When It Pops!
Yesterday, I revisited the US employment vs inflation situation, which itself was an extension of my warnings on Employment and Real Estate Recovery. In the second post, I included the story from a BoomBustBlogger who was an investor of a large multi-family properties. As a BoomBustBlogger, he uses math to make decisions and the math simply doesn't pan out. Of course, due to .gov bubble blowing, unintended consequences often occur and this time around it is a bubble within a bubble burst in multi-family housing. The dilemma is, do you pull the trigger m/f investments that have increasing net effective rents even though we are almost certain to have higher interest rates (see Reggie Middleton ON CNBC's Fast Money Discussing Hopium in Real Estate), more of a depression in housing (In Case You Didn't Get The Memo, The US Is In a Real Estate Depression That Is About To Get Much Worse), stagflation (Inflation + Deflation = Stagflation ~ Lower Real Estate Values!) and most importantly... obvious activity that is indicative of rampant speculation that goes against the fundamentals...
I will try to use math to address this conundrum in my next post as I'm running out, but realize that the recessionary (depressionary) pressures of s/f housing is not going anywhere soon. Let's look at the data taken from the February 11. 2011 HUD FHA Portfolio Analysis report:
Bubble, Bubble, Real Estate Toil and Trouble: Macro Climate for Real Estate Still Sucks, Despite New Bubbles
A reader wrote me complaining about the nonsensical bubble blowing in multi-family properties before the last bubble was even finished bursting. I feel his pain. Let's run through a quick pictorial of how I see the macro climate for real estate as of right now...
Inflation + Deflation = Stagflation ~ Lower Real Estate Values!
Of the major economic powers, China is the only economy that is facing true inflation as I see it and China is primed for a hard landing - at best. The US, EU, and UK face stagflation. After the AP excerpt below is a clip from my recent keynote presentation at the ING Real Estate Valuation seminar in Amsterdam on this very timely topic.
LONDON (AP) — Rising inflation around the world weighed on stock markets Friday as investors wondered how fast central banks will raise borrowing costs to counter the threat of rising prices, while the euro was undermined by ongoing worries that Greece will have to restructure its massive debts.
Figures Friday reinforced market expectations that both the European Central Bank and the People's Bank of China will soon be raising interest rates again to counter rising inflation.
In China, figures showed consumer prices rose 5.4 percent in the year to March, up from February's 4.9 percent. The increase was largely driven by surging food costs and represents a setback for the government, which has boosted interest rates four times since October to cool prices.
Analysts expect the People's Bank to enact further measures in the days to come in response to those figures.
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Here is a collection of my archived posts on the topic:
- Economic contractions AND rising prices, dare Reggie utter the "I" word – Enter a global phenomenon
- Reggie Middleton's Take on Investing for Inflation, pt. 1
- Reggie Middleton's Take on Investing for Inflation, pt. 2
- Reggie Middleton's Take on Investing for Inflation, pt. 3
- Reggie Middleton's Take on Investing for Inflation, pt. 4
- Reggie Middleton's Take on Investing for Inflation, pt. 5
- More on my stagflation rant
- Deflation, Inflation or Stagflation – You Be the Judge!
- Is My Warning of the Risks of a Stagflationary Environment Coming to Fore?
- China's Most Expensive Export: Price Inflation
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For Those Who Failed To Heed My Warnings On Portugal, Visualize The Contagion That Causes European Bank Failure!!!
For anybody who didn't catch the hint, another banking crisis the continuation of the banking crisis is inevitable. I've said it before, Is Another Banking Crisis Inevitable? This is the current landscape, undoubtedly fudged over by optimistic marks.
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Euro banks remain weak as compared to their US counterparts
Health of European banks is weaker when compared to US banks. European banks are highly leveraged compared to their US counterparts (11.1x versus 4.1x) and are undercapitalized with core capital ratio of 6.5x vs. 8.5x. Also, the profitability of European banks is lower with net interest margin of 1.2% compared with 3.3%. However, non-performing loans-to-total loans for European banks are slightly better off when compared to US with NPL/loans at 4.9% vs. 5.6%. Nonetheless, considering the backdrop of high exposure to sovereign debt in Euro peripheral countries, we could see substantial write-downs for Euro banks AFS and HTM portfolio, which would more than offsets the relative strength of loan portfolio.
I really do mean substantial!
Inflation Misconceptions Hide A Downright U-G-L-Y Real Estate Landscape! - Part 1
Here's a quiz for you. An ages old correlation that has pretty much remained rock solid is now upon us. Real estate has been highly correlated to inflation and has acted as an inflation hedge for a very long time. This makes sense, since hard assets that both throw off income and have an actual demand for physical use (in other words, they have have intrinsic value) that hold when fiat currencies assimilate toilet paper in both value and use as input prices skyrocket. The question du jour is, "What happens when you have a glut of unused real estate supply abound in a tight credit environment, a guaranteed increase in rates AND higher input prices?". Of course the smart people out there (in other words nearly everyone with the impetus to read BoomBustBlog) are then forced to challenge the thesis, "So is this time different? After all Reggie, you have been bearish on real estate."
The short answer is, no this time is not different. It rarely ever - if ever - different this time. The key is the terminology. You see, many in the media are throwing around the word "inflation", and understandably so as they see prices (particularly staples, commodity and input prices) and money injected into the system go up appreciably. The problem is that the core real assets are not only in a deflationary cycle, but in a downright depression - reference In Case You Didn't Get The Memo, The US Is In a Real Estate Depression That Is About To Get Much Worse. How can you have inflationary input prices and deflationary real asset prices amid stagnant employment? The answer is STAGLFATION! I have been calling for stagflation since 2008, and it definitely seems as if I called it correctly. Keep in mind that this will be one of the corner stone topics discussed in the ING Real Estate Valuation seminar in Amsterdam on April 8th, which has now sold out its capacity of 250 seats -see www.seminar.ingref.com. Amsterdam is a very interesting city to have such a discussion, for the pundits there are calling for a 25% office vacancy rate at a time of increasing inflationary pressures. On top of that, they have actually called in the world's leading real estate bear as the keynote speaker! It should be fun. I actually have an implementable solution to this mess. I wouldn't necessarily call it light at the end of the tunnel, but it is a way of pricing, valuing and transacting in these depreciating, illiquid assets correctly. Something that is currently lacking. Let's dig in, shall we...
The True Cause Of The 2008 Market Crash Looks Like Its About To Rear Its Ugly Head Again, With A Vengeance
Summary: I said it! Bill Gross said it (and put his money where his mouth was by selling off all US treasuries)! Common sense says it... Central Bank manipulated interest rates are too low. They will rise. What happens when they rise during a supply glut of real estate, foreclosure issues and a slow economy??? Put it this way... What made the markets crash in 2008: unemployment, slow economy, snow... Or real estate prices getting in touch with reality?
As I sit back and contemplate the content and delivery style that would be best suited for my upcoming keynote speech at the ING Real Estate Valuation Conference in Amsterdam (this is my first presentation to a large group where English is not the primary language), I am bombarded with news bits and bytes that confirm what I've been modeling, warning, fearing and preparing for - for nearly 2 years. That is almost 23 months to the date. What is it, you ask? It is the market's return to the adherence of fundamentals and global macro forces versus following the whims of the concerted efforts of central banks around the world to openly manipulate real asset, equity and bond markets on a global basis.
Really, sit back and think about it. Put some thought into figuring out how difficult it is to successfully manipulate real estate (commercial and residential), stock and bond markets in just one major country. Then give the same thought to how difficult it would be to do the same in nearly all of the developed nations who participated in this crisis. The mere attempt to do so has loaded them up with debt at a time of marginal if not negative GDP and economic upside, a disgruntled populace ripe to ripple from the causes of social unrest rising from the rife economic conditions that the aftermath of incessant bubble blowing has wrought, and last but not least - fundamentally overvalued investment markets.
Reggie Middleton ON CNBC's Fast Money Discussing Hopium in Real Estate
I made an appearance on CNBC's Fast Money show yesterday. It was a very short clip on real estate, and the fast moving short clips are not conducive to the communication of the thick, fact heavy style of analysis that is common to BoomBustBlog, and yours truly. Nevertheless I am quite thankful for the opportunity to share my contrarian views in the mainstream media.
Now that I have (quite honestly) issued my most sincerest thanks, let's attempt to remedy the shortcoming of the limited amounted of time that I had. You see, after the 3 minute hit ended there was a brief discussion of commercial real estate in which I didn't get to participate, thus I will take the liberty of doing so through this medium.
Yes, commercial real estate has shown some marginal increases in the last quarter, and REITs have been on fire. The issue is, many publicly traded equities have detached from their underlying fundamentals. Let's reference "A Granular Look Into a $6 Billion REIT: Is This the Next GGP?" The following are excerpts from it:
In Case You Didn't Get The Memo, The US Is In a Real Estate Depression That Is About To Get Much Worse
Yes, we are in a balance sheet based, real asset depression. If you take a look at it from an empirical perspective there should be no surprise in this statement, but since most derive their information from the mainstream media media and the sell side of Wall Street (both of whom have a preternatural proclivity for the positive spin) this may come as a bit of a shock to a few. Let's ponder the term "depression" as outlined in Wikipedia with some Reggie edits:
In economics, a depression is a sustained, long-term downturn in economic activity in one or more economies. It is a more severe downturnrecession, which is seen by economists as part of the modern business cycle. than a
Well, we have had a severe downturn in real estate in much of the EU, the middle east, the UK, Japan, and definitely the US. See "The Inevitable Has Finally Been Admitted In Europe: The Macro Experiment Has Ignited Inflation Without Commensurate Growth & Rates Will Spike" for a series of graphs that compare real estate markets in several of these countries.
The Inevitable Has Finally Been Admitted In Europe: The Macro Experiment Has Ignited Inflation Without Commensurate Growth & Rates Will Spike
Last week I posted a comprehensive piece, The Coming Interest Rate Volatility, Sovereign Contagion, Geo-political Unrest & Double-Dip Recessions: Here's The Answer To Valuing Global Real Estate Through This Mess. The goal was to outline the literal mess that those who decided to drag us through this "Great Global Macro Experiment"have left us in. Since then, in merely one week's time, we have bore witness to:
- The potentially imminent toppling of another multi-decade, long standing regime, the third in as many months. Gaddafi asserts control amid worldwide dissent - Libyan U.N. mission urges Gaddafi's downfall - Gaddafi son denies civilians bombed - Analysis: Libya could face chaos in post-Gaddafi era. Leading up to the Libyan affair, Tunisia and Egypt fell into the hands of virtually weaponless protesters (at least from a conventional weapons perspective) armed with simply laptops and cellphones (the new age computers and apparently the weapon of choice for those in uprise) to post messages on Twitter and Facebook, amassing solidarity with supporters to converge in certain areas to join the mass protests. Identifying, fearing, and failing to understand the true power of the Internet in toppling a regime, Libya has repeated the faux pas of Egypt in attempting cut the country off from cyberspace - attempting to halt the charge of an African bull elephant with an Acme Walmart (by way of China) fly swatter. It is apparent that Egypt's efforts to isolate its populace from the Internet, although failing to halt the toppling of its regime, did succeed in hiding the futility of such an effort from Quadafi, et. al. This not only forms another basis for contagion, but one that was actually foreseeable nearly a year in advance- see Egypt's Social Unrest As A Pan-European Economic and Financial Contagion? It Can Happen!!! and First Tunisia, Then Egypt, Now Yemen: Will This Reach The Powder Keg That Is The EU & What Will Happen If It Does? Subscribers should reference Potential Spillover Effects from the Middle East to the EU.
The Coming Interest Rate Volatility, Sovereign Contagion, Geo-political Unrest & Double-Dip Recessions: Here's The Answer To Valuing Global Real Estate Through This Mess
In reviewing today's headlines, we come across the reliably unreliable Eurozone statistician and forecasting figure failure, again: Euro Zone Economic Growth Below Forecasts:
The euro zone economy grew at the same quarterly rate in the fourth quarter as in the third, data showed on Tuesday, defying expectations of an acceleration.
The European Union's statistics office Eurostat said gross domestic product in the 16 countries using the euro at the time grew 0.3 percent in the October-December period, the same as in the third quarter.
Year-on-year, the expansion was 2.0 percent in the fourth quarter, compared to 1.9 percent in the third quarter.
Economists polled by Reuters had on average expected increases of 0.4 percent quarter-on-quarter and of 2.1 percent year-on-year.
Of course, it is that expected (yet not actually achieved) growth that was supposed to fund the deficits in many of the PIIGS group austerity plans. Export was a major component of this, but if the Eurozone is growing slower than anticipated (big surprise) and the EU members rely primarily on trade with each other, then who will buy all of the stuff to allow these states to pull each other out of the hole. The kicker is that the individual countries' forecasts are considerably more optimistic than the economists' forecasts, which in and of themselves were simply too optimistic. This has been a pattern since the markets collapsed three years ago. Referencing "Lies, Damn Lies, and Sovereign Truths: Why the Euro is Destined to Collapse!" you can see where this is a pattern in country after indebted country in Europe - both in and out of the Eurozone - Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, even the UK. To wit...


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Stunning Designer Kreuzberg Getaway
Size36 m²
Floor No.4
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Internet/WiFi
- Towels
- Dishwasher
- Baby cot
Accommodation summary
Address | Falckensteinstraße, 10997 Berlin, Germany |
Property type | Apartment |
Property ID | 3QSDU3N1 |
Acceptance rate | 100% |
Response time | A few days |
Calendar updated | 2 weeks ago |
This designer apartment is centrally located, sunny, quiet and inexpensive. Our stucco-studio has 36 sqm and was renovated completely in 2010. It has got a double bed and a bed sofa that may alternatively serve as single or double bed. You can just lounge on it and watch t.v. or DVDs on our 26"-flat screen, too.
The kitchen provides a 4-plate-glass-ceramic-plate, dish-washer, washing-machine and everything else you could ask for in a holiday. If you have to prepare for an elegant dinner or a visit at your parents-in-law you will find ironing equipment and a blow-dryer.
Start from here to discover Berlin with "Linie 1". Take a walk over Oberbaumbrücke from Kreuzberg into Friedrichshain. Take snap-shots in front of the East Side Gallery or... eat tasty and affordable food in one of the many restaurants of our neighborhood.
Enjoy your time at F43!
House rules
The citytax for all tourists ist included.Feel at home - just like there you will respect your and our neighbors as if they were your best friends. Tell us if anything is missing and we will take care. Let us know if you have broken anything, so we can replace it before the next guests arrive.
Smoking in buildings is forbidden in Germany and people are just not used to it anymore - so please smoke outside the house if you need to.
We have wooden floors that don't partner with dog's claws, so, sorry, they have to stay outside.
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Monthly rate for up to 2 guests | $ 1665 AU |
Price for > 2 guests | $ 30 AU per guest/night extra |
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Reviews of this property
I've been in Ralph and Maria house some months ago and I can't forget how nice and perfect was their apartment in Kreuzberg.
Beautiful and cozy apartment and location, near all the transports. I'll return there for sure!
Fantastic stay at Ralph's amazing apartment. Perfect Location, great host with an adorable daughter with sweet bear boots. I will definitely come back on my next trip to Berlin!. Thanks a lot Ralph :-)
It was a pleasure to rent Ralph and Maria's apartment.
They were available to answer all my questions before and after the booking and allowed me check-in earlier than usual. Due to this early check-in it wasn't possible for us to meet in person but the experience is very positive.
The apartment is cozy and very functional, with all the necessary equipment for a nice stay. It matches exactly the pictures you see in the add! Plus it is well located, very near the subway and restaurants.
Berlin is a great city full of life, people from all over the world, endless things to do and to visit! To return!
Thank you for sharing Berlin with us Ralph and Maria! :)
It is a very beautiful and modern apartment, we had a great week and the landlords are very nice.
Es ist eine sehr schöne und moderne Wohnung, wir hatten eine tolle Woche und die Vermieter sind sehr nett.
Chouet very small studio, great location in the district of Kreuzberg, Turkish neighborhood, young, full of evening entertainment as full of nice little restaurants excellent and cheap. A short walk from the east side galery, 500 m from the metro station Warschauer straat. Only drawback is that it is located on the 4th floor of a building that has no elevator .. and this could be a problem for older people. Aside from that, it is certainly a place to recommend.
Très chouet petit studio, super bien situé dans le quartier du Kreuzberg; quartier turc, jeune, plein d'animation en soirée car regorgeant de petits restos sympas excellents et bon marché. A quelques pas de l'east side galery, à 500 m de la station de métro Warschauer straat. Seul inconvénient est qu'il se situe au 4ème étage d'un immeuble qui ne possède pas d'ascenseur..; ce qui pourrait poser problème pour des personnes plus âgées. Mis à part cela, c'est très certainement un endroit à recommander.
We had a very nice stay, the flat is very confortable, great neighborhood with a lots of differents restaurants and bars.
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BIRMINGHAM, Mich. - Two church members from First United Methodist in Birmingham went from being volunteers and friends to family.
Sid Thomas was, 74, was fighting for his life after being diagnosed with degenerative kidney disease. Then a miracle happened: There was a match from an unlikely source.
Thomas is a Vietnam veteran who was exposed to agent orange. He got diabetes which led to kidney failure last year. Help was on the way from church.
They call themselves an unlikely pair. Thomas and Julie Works don't look anything alike but they're a perfect match.
"When Julie came through the door the only thing she said, she said, 'Hi, brother,' and I grabbed her and I said, 'Hi sis,'" said Thomas.
"Not only did the clinic determine it was compatible but that of all the prospective donors, which I think there were three or four, that I was the best," said Works.
When Thomas was diagnosed with kidney disease, this became his new normal:
"Four times a day you're emptying, filling up. Four hours later, you're emptying, you're filling up. And this is seven days a week," said Thomas.
Thomas said one day, when the thought of years of dialysis became unbearable, he turned to God.
"When I went in that room, I don't care what session I was doing, I', asking for help," he said. "Asking for strength, and then the 22nd happened."
That's when he got a call from First United Methodist, asking him to speak to the congregation about his failing health.
"Instantaneously, it was a logical, mathematic thing that came to my mind and that was I have two, and we each need one," said Works.
"I looked at this blond-haired, blue-eyed woman, and I said, 'Julie?'" said Thomas.
After that, everything fell into place. On Feb 26, the pair each underwent a 3-and-1/2 hour surgery.
As of today, 3,000 people are waiting for kidney transplants. The average wait is 3-5 years.
Thomas and Works hope their story encourages you to become a donor and save a life.
Becoming a living donor is very personal. Works says you have to consider potential health complications, taking time off work and child care as just some of the factors before making a decision.
Sid Thomas and Julie Works
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imo instant messenger
Using a Web-based instant messenger makes sense when you can't download or install an IM client. But, too often, Web-based IM services force you to sacrifice the features you know and love for the sake of convenience. Not so with imo instant messenger. This free Web-based service offers most of what you expect from your desktop IM client, and even throws in a few extras--no installation required.
Imo supports AIM/ICQ, Facebook, Google Talk, Jabber, MSN, MySpace, Skype, and Yahoo. You can choose to link your accounts, so that you sign into all of them simultaneously with just one login. Once you sign in, imo displays a list of your contacts on the right side of the screen, with a small icon indicating which service they are using. You can change your buddies' aliases if you'd like to identify them more easily, but you can't merge contacts. This is unfortunate, as many of my AIM buddies also are my Skype contacts and my Facebook friends. If I could merge them, I could clean up my unwieldy contact list, and make a faster decision on how to contact them.
You can choose between a window view, where new conversations are shown in traditional, IM-like boxes on imo's main screen, or a tabbed view, where conversations are organized into different tabs. The window view works well if you're managing only one or two conversations, but can be overrun if you're chatting with more folks. That's when switching to the tabbed view (which can be done by clicking an icon) makes sense.
I like that you can set imo to save your chat history, as too many clients make it easy to delete valuable information when you close a chat window too quickly. You can save these indefinitely, and can delete individual conversations if desired.I also like how easy it is to send voice IMs. If you want to send a voice message, you can record one that's up to 30 seconds long and send it to any of your contacts. Imo says the messages are playable on most clients, and my AIM contact was able to receive it without a problem.
You can conduct a voice or video chats with any of your contacts, no matter what IM service they use, as long as they have speakers, a microphone (or a headset), and a Webcam. If their IM service doesn't support voice or video chat, imo sends a link to an HTML-based voice/video chat window that doesn't require a login. You can send files to, and receive them from, other imo users; you can also send them to non-imo users, but can't receive them.
Imo has plenty of useful features, but it's not without flaws. In my tests, I occasionally experienced network outages that left me unable to chat, albeit briefly. I also noticed that the service didn't display images for all of my contacts. It displayed Facebook profile pictures for only about a quarter of my contacts, but not for the rest of them. These issues are minor, and are not enough to detract from Imo's appeal.
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IRI has announced the appointment of Randy Stone as executive, analytics practice leader.
SymphonyIRI Group on Friday named Piyush Chaudhari president of the Americas. Chaudhari will report directly to Andrew Appel, SymphonyIRI's president and CEO.
Unilever has announced changes to its category and go-to-market structure to further support its growth plans and allow for a more efficient rollout of increasingly bigger and more scalable innovations.


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I know this is rather sudden but I have a little giveaway right smack in the middle of the week.
For those of you who'd like to get your Grover on I've got tickets to Sesame Street Live "Elmo Makes Music" playing in Madison Square Garden in New York City this week. I have a package of four tickets (value $148) good for any of the following shows:
Wednesday, February 11 11:00 AM
Thursday, February 12 11:00 AM
Friday, February 13 11:00 AM & 2:00 PM
Saturday, February 14 10:30 AM, 2:00 PM & 5:30 PM
Sunday, February 15 10:30 AM, 2:00 PM & 5:30 PM
Monday, February 16 10:30 AM & 2:00 PM
So if you'd like a shot at the tickets and can attend please fill out the giveaway form below. If you'd like a 25% off discount code go to the Sesame Street Live site and enter the promotional code "SSLEMM" at checkout.
Before 12 am Wednesday morning go to the giveaway entry form on this page and enter your name and email. I will pick one of the names at random, contact the winner by email and publish the winner's first name and home town sometime this week. See the bottom of the entry form for more details. WATCH YOUR EMAIL because I'll be contacting the winner and as the show is this week you don't want to wait around for a couple days before you find out you've won. Good luck!
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8 comments:
- melinda said...
i would rather visit the crew and stage of sesame street, than visit paris, france..
- Janet said...
Wow, I wish I lived closer to New York! That would be a lot of fun.
- Mirien said...
My sister lives in NYC and she's got 3 kids who would love this show! And her birthday is this week--I'd love to surprise her!
- Reeva said...
omg this would be awesome to win! great day trip!
- lorides said...
My daughters 3rd birthday is on Valentines day, she would love this. We live on Long Island and were actually talking about going to see this show, thanks for the chance
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- littlelatina said...
My little man is obsessed with Sesame Street particularly Elmo and Ernie. I would love to win it would be his first time at MSG!
- ursula said...
oops, left a comment yesterday for this, but it hasn't shown??? maybe i forgot to press "publish!" anyway, this famiy of four would love a family fun pack! and we are a short ride away from NYC! thanks!
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- Amanda said...
I would love to give this as a gift to my best friend, her husband and kids!


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wikiHow to Buy a Girl's Softball Bat
Seven Methods:Bat Length by Height and WeightAluminum or Graphite/TitaniumBat WeightBarrel SizeHandle Diameter or "Taper"GripCommunity Q&A
Whether your daughter, niece or other young-girl acquaintance plays slow-pitch or fast-pitch softball, the right bat for her is a necessary and important part of her softball equipment. Choosing a bat is based on many factors such as body size and weight, strength and skill level. New technology has also become a factor in what kind of bat to buy because different bat compositions provide for different performance levels. In addition to bat composition, weight, length, diameter and hand grip size play important roles. Choosing a bat for a girl who plays softball takes only a little bit of knowledge and a handy reference chart, available at sporting goods stores and on the Internet.
Bat Length by Height and Weight
1Determine the bat's length first by weight. For example, if the child weighs less than 60 lb. (27.7 kg), bat length would be from 26 to 29 inches (66 to 74 cm) as a starting point.
2Narrow down the length by the height of the child. If she weighs less than 60 lb. (27.7 kg) and is 36 to 40 inches (91 to 102 cm) tall, bat length would be 26 inches (66 cm). For every 3 inches (7.62 cm) of additional height, add 1 inch (2.54 cm) of bat length up to 29 inches (73.7 cm). For example, for a girl less than 60 lb. (27.7 kg) who is 49 to 52 inches (124.5 to 132.1 cm) tall, the bat length would be 29 inches (73.7 cm).
3Increase the length of the bat beginning with 27 inches (68.6 cm) for every 10-lb (4.54 kg) weight increase using the same height scale. For example, a girl between 61 and 70 lb. (27.7 and 31.8 kg) would need a bat between 27 and 30 inches (69 and 76 cm), depending on her height. If she were between 45 and 48 inches (114 and 122 cm) tall, the bat length would be 28 inches (71 cm). You can find the measurement charts on the Internet using the sources listed below.
Aluminum or Graphite/Titanium
1Choose either an aluminum or graphite/titanium bat based on the child's strength and preference. Aluminum bats tend to be lighter and last longer. This allows the child to increase her swing speed, which increases how hard she hits the ball. Graphite/titanium-lined bats decrease the weight of the aluminum bat even further and reduce the vibration that comes from hitting the ball.
Bat Weight
1Choose a bat weight based on the child's strength and hitting style. A big or strong player may want a heavier bat and vice versa for less strong or smaller players. Younger players should have a lighter bat because they are still developing control. Bats have a ratio based on length so that, in most cases, the longer the bat, the higher the weight. For example, a 34-inch (86 cm) bat would weigh approximately 28 oz. (0.79 kg).
Barrel Size
Handle Diameter or "Taper"
1Choose the handle diameter according to the child's preference. All bats are tapered at the handle but the diameter can vary. Some children prefer a smaller handle, especially if they have small hands, to thicker handles. A smaller handle provides for a quicker wrist rotation when swinging the bat; however, a thicker handle can reduce the vibration or sting that comes from not hitting the ball in the correct area of the bat ("sweet spot").
1Choose the grip on the handle according to the child's preference and whether she will use a batting glove. Grips come in many materials such as leather and rubber. While all of them are made to absorb shock, some may be more comfortable than others (more padding) and some provide a more secure grip because they tend to feel a bit "tacky" or sticky, especially in hot weather.
Community Q&A
- Always have the child test several bats at the store to see which feels the best for her size and weight. It is also a good idea to test a bat during a game or practice because the different circumstances can make for a different feeling with the bat. For example, if the child is tired during a game or practice, she may prefer a lighter bat at that time. She would not know this by simply swinging the bat in a sporting goods store, although this is a good starting point. It is also a good idea to have her test borrowed bats at the batting cages wearing her softball shoes, helmet and batting glove. This provides her with the overall feel of the bat with her other equipment on.
Things You'll Need
- Young girl player
- Several bats of several sizes and weights
- Batting glove, helmet and softball shoes (optional)
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"Fatalism is the lazy man's way of accepting the inevitable."
Natalie Clifford Barney
"Obviously, we are disappointed. We never want to see fatalities go up. Even one fatality is too many."
Robert Thompson
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
Winston Churchill
"Failure is not fatal. Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. It should challenge us to new heights of accomplishments, not pull us to new depths of despair. From honest failure can come valuable experience."
William Arthur Ward
"Nobody dies nowadays of fatal truths: there are too many antidotes to them"
Friedrich Nietzsche
"One more, and this the last:So sweet was ne'er so fatal."
William Shakespeare
"The most fatal seductive lie that has yet existed."


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Last week, attorney general and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Cuomo was asked whether he's ever smoked pot (he has) or done any harder drugs (he hasn't). The next day, his likely Republican opponent, Rick Lazio, confirmed that he, too, had gotten high. Neither admission was new. And, of course, nobody really cares -- we're long past the days when politicians were compelled to awkwardly equivocate about past drug use ("But I didn't inhale"), although many New York pols still feel obligated to at least pretend they didn't enjoy it. Still, as the following slideshow demonstrates, others will gladly tell you about using cocaine (Governor Paterson) or cooking marijuana into a delicious pot of baked beans (George Pataki).
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During the early 60's, water-treatment facilities became standardized across America small amounts of CHLORINATION effectively wiped out polio viruses. The conquering of polio had NOTHING TO DO with the vaccine needles and swallowing sugar cubes. In fact, as author Ed Haslem documents so well in his book, Dr. Mary's Monkey, the Sabin vaccines were actually contaminated with mutated GREEN MONKEY VIRUSES (SV-40 viruses to be specific) which has caused untold millions of SOFT-TISSUE CANCERS and deaths worldwide. (The cancer "industry" has reaped BILLIONS of dollars from this "contamination" over the years, of course.) Dr. Maurice Hilleman has actually confessed as being a part of this very activity.
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- The 4 injection wells will be barred from opening "indefinitely," an official says
- This comes amid a probe looking at wells that dispose of waste fluid from fracking
- "We need to get more information," an official says of any possible connection
- A magnitude 4.0 quake struck Saturday, one of 11 to occur in the past year
State leaders have ordered that four fluid-injection wells in eastern Ohio will be "indefinitely" prohibited from opening in the aftermath of heightened seismic activity in the area, an official said.
Ohio Department of Natural Resources Director James Zehringer had announced on Friday that one such well -- which injects "fluid deep underground into porous rock formations, such as sandstone or limestone, or into or below the shallow soil layer," the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency explains -- was closed after a series of small earthquakes in and around Youngstown.
Then on Saturday, a magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck that released at least 40 times more energy than any of the previous 10 or more tremors that had rattled the region in 2011.
Andy Ware, deputy director of Ohio's natural resources department, told CNN on Sunday that Zehringer and Gov. John Kasich subsequently ordered that four nearby injection well projects will not open in the coming weeks, as had previously been planned. They 'll be inoperational until a determination is made in an investigation of a possible link between the earthquakes and the fluid-injection wells, he added.
"They will (not open) until we are satisfied that the process can be safely resumed," said Ware.
Such disposal wells act as a disposal for waste fluid that is a byproduct of hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking. That technology involves injecting water, sand and chemicals deep into the ground at high pressure to crack the shale and allow the oil or gas to flow.
Last Friday's order affecting the first well in Youngstown came six days after a magnitude 2.5 earthquake that struck that area around 1:24 a.m. on December 24. After Saturday's larger earthquake, scientists recommended that operations stop at all wells within a 5-mile radius of that original site.
"We need to get more information," Ware said.
The epicenter for Saturday's tremor was 5 miles northwest of Youngstown, 6 miles southeast of Warren and 55 miles east-southeast of Cleveland, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. According to the preliminary estimate, the earthquake struck 1.4 miles deep.
There was a lot of shaking "and a rumbling sound," said Jimmy Hughes, a former Youngstown police chief running for sheriff of Mahoning County. "I could see the house move. ... It seemed like the ground was moving. "
Ohio is far from the edges of Earth's major tectonic plates, with the nearest ones in the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, the U.S. Geological Survey explains on its website. Still, there are many known faults in this region, with the federal agency noting that it is likely there are additional "smaller or deeply buried" ones that haven't been detected.
While earthquakes are not unprecedented in the area, the rate of them in the past year has been unusual. That fact led Zehringer, the Ohio department head, to act late last week.
"While conclusive evidence cannot link the seismic activity to the well, Zehringer has adopted an approach requiring prudence and caution regarding the site," the natural resources department said Friday in a press release, explaining its decision to shut the first well.
Ben Lupo -- CEO of D&L Energy, an independent natural gas and oil exploration, production and marketing group that is affiliated with the first well that was closed -- recently told CNN affiliate WKBN that there's full cooperation with experts, though he expressed grave doubts that the injection wells were to blame for the quakes.
"We have approximately 1,000 wells between Ohio and Pennsylvania and we've never had a problem ... with an earthquake or spill," Lupo said.
Dr. Won-Young Kim, one of the Columbia University experts asked by the state to examine possible connections between fracking and seismic activity, said that a problem could arise if fluid moves through the ground and affects "a weak fault, waiting to be triggered." He explained the underground waste "slowly migrates" and could cause issues miles away, adding that the danger could persist for some time as the fluid travels and seeps down toward the fault.
"In my opinion, yes," the recent spate of earthquakes around Youngstown is related to a fluid-injection well, Kim stated -- though there has been no definitive determination, by the state or other authorities, indicating as much.
There have been "moderately frequent" reports of earthquakes in northern Ohio since the first recorded one was reported in 1823, the federal agency noted. A 1986 tremor, measuring magnitude 4.8, caused some damage. Another in 1998 measured a 4.5 and was centered in northwest Pennsylvania.


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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Officials say Nevada gambling revenue dropped 8 percent in July compared with the earlier, led by a 14 percent drop in Las Vegas Strip revenue.
Gaming Control Board officials say Nevada casinos brought in $926 million from gambling this July.
Las Vegas Strip winnings totaled $511 million, down 14 percent year-over-year, while downtown casinos brought in $39 million, down 4 percent from a year earlier.
Reno casinos won $49 million in July for a 6 percent gain. South Lake Tahoe casinos won $32 million and were up 9 percent.
The state collected $61 million in taxes off the July winnings. That's down 9 percent from what Nevada took in a year ago.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press


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Curse of the botched new-build eco homes: They were Prescott's flagship scheme to solve our housing crisis but many are riddled with problems
- Eco homes in Oxley Woods, Milton Keynes are 'riddled with problems'
- Homes built in 2008 already have leaking windows and mould
- Estate was flagship scheme of John Prescott to build low-cost homes
- Residents frustrated at delays to new homes in Grantham, Lincolnshire
- Number of homes being built today is 77% higher than in 2009
- Government's Help To Buy scheme is largely credited with creating boom
As the taxi approaches Oxley Woods in Milton Keynes, the oblique angles and vivid white and reds of the estate's futuristic homes seem to rise up out of nowhere.
Angular turret-style roofs gleam in the early evening light. You could be arriving at a multi-coloured fairytale castle.
The roads are empty but groups of neighbours stand on the pavements chatting — some water their neat, clipped lawns, others are walking their dogs.
Flagship scheme: Oxley Woods was the brainchild of former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott
In an uncharacteristically pristine adventure playground, a handful of children are on the swings and slides. Family cars fill every driveway. A lycra-clad cyclist whirrs past. It's like a scene from the Stepford Wives.
But just as in that tale of a supposedly perfect community, Oxley Woods — fondly dubbed Legoland by locals — has a dark secret.
Many of the residents in this award-winning estate — designed by renowned architect Richard Rogers, who is also behind the Millennium Dome and the Lloyd's of London building — are living in homes riddled with problems.
It's not what you would expect of new-build properties. But the problems faced by these residents are being encountered by increasing numbers of new buyers.
Oxley Woods was the flagship scheme of former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott to develop low-cost, energy-efficient homes.
These pre-fabricated properties, built in 2007 for just £60,000 each, could be knocked up in 24 hours.
But last month a secret report described how wooden supporting structures of some of the homes, from scheme developer Taylor Wimpey, are saturated.
It also found examples of 'poor workmanship and practice' in laying part of the roof.
The report leaked to industry magazine Architects Journal suggests replacing many windows and doors and repairing roofs and balconies.
As a result, every house is to have a survey to check for faults.
Some residents won't hear a bad word about their dream homes. They politely — but carefully — fend off questions about the problems neighbours have had.
Homes in Oxley Woods, Milton Keynes, have been designed by renowned architect Richard Rogers, who is also behind the Millennium Dome and the Lloyd's of London building
Those who are suffering are nervous about speaking out. One man is hesitant before answering questions. He pauses, then says: 'People are disappointed. The houses have only been up a couple of years but up until a week or so ago there was scaffolding all over the place.'
He gestures towards a group of houses he thinks have suffered the most. At one of these, a young woman opens the door. She looks around the street before inviting me in.
Her boyfriend is eating his dinner in a light and airy living room. Our eyes fall on a lonely patch of purple wallpaper against an otherwise white wall. The man explains: 'We can't decorate the rest because we're too worried in case we need repairs doing.'
He's lived there since 2008, paying £112,000 for a 50 per cent stake. He bought through a shared-ownership scheme — a common type of finance deal for new-build properties that typically allows a developer or housing association to keep a stake in the property.
His home has had leaking windows, mould, and a cracked skylight.
He says its 'eco hat' — a red house-shaped funnel that sits on top of each building pumping air through it — has been broken for weeks.
He adds: 'It's OK for the builders to say they will do the repairs. But what if after another seven years, they uncover more problems and have to pull the whole place down?
Oxley Woods was the flagship scheme of former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott to develop low-cost, energy-efficient homes
'If they carry out work, that's not the end of things for us. We will have to speak to our mortgage company and the cost of my home loan may change and our home insurer may increase our premiums.'
Later, a resident emails a copy of a blog he has written on a local neighbourhood forum. In it he describes how most on the estate love their quirky homes but that now first-time buyers, families and retirees are in a terrible situation.
It says: 'We personally fear we may have lost all that we have put into our properties — the huge financial investment, but also the time, energy and love spent making these houses our homes.'
Building boom with a third more homes being built
Britain is undergoing a home-buying boom, which is largely spurring on the nation's economic recovery.
After years in the doldrums, new developments are cropping up all over the country. Developers started work on 133,650 properties in the 12 months to March 2014 — a jump of more than a third on the previous year.
The number of homes being built today is 77 per cent higher than in 2009.
The first part of the Government's Help To Buy scheme is largely credited for creating this boom. This allows homebuyers to get mortgages for new-build properties. Buyers put down a 5 per cent deposit, and the Treasury gives them a 20 per cent equity loan which is interest free at first and then increases in line with the cost of living.
A second scheme enables banks to offer more mortgages to buyers with smaller deposits.
Since these policies were unveiled two years ago, the fortunes of developers have surged. Figures from investment bank Morgan Stanley reveal a third of newly built homes are being funded by the scheme.
It estimates that by next year, the scheme will be responsible for a 55 per cent increase in the number of new homes, compared with 2012 levels.
Operating profit at Britain's third largest builder Taylor Wimpey jumped by more than a third last year. The average selling price grew by almost a quarter to £248,900.
Another major developer, Persimmon, sold 5,000 homes under Help To Buy. In its 2013 annual report it boasted that sales had 'increased significantly' in the second part of last year, due to Help To Buy and easier access to mortgages for buyers. Sales surged by 63 per cent in Scotland and 44 per cent in Yorkshire. Barratt Developments saw its operating profit surge by a third in 2013 to £252.7 million.
It said it had seen a 'step change in demand' for new homes with the launch of the Help To Buy scheme.
The number of homes being built today is 77 per cent higher than in 2009 with the Government's Help To Buy scheme being largely credited for creating the boom
There are concerns that many buyers of new builds are not getting the dream homes they are sold.
Phil Waller founder of campaign group Unhappy Buyers of New Homes and website brand-newhomes.co.uk, accuses
developers of cashing in on the housing boom. 'They are throwing up
these new properties and flogging them with glossy brochures that make
you think you're buying the Rolls-Royce of houses.
'On day one you move in all excited, but on day two you're disappointed when you find a fault.'
He says that often the complaints of buyers are neglected because the developer has already moved on to the next project.
is rare to find a new home that is structurally unsafe, which can
happen if you buy an older property. But buyers are spending a small
fortune on properties riddled with niggly problems.
report by the industry's own trade body the Home Builders Federation
shows one in ten buyers would not recommend the builder of their home to
a friend, and an incredible 92 per cent of buyers had reported a
problem to their builder. Nearly two-thirds of these had complained of
more than five problems, while 15 per cent had encountered more than 16
issues with their home.
homes typically come with a ten-year warranty. If a builder refuses to
repair your property in the first two years, an independent inspector
can visit to decide who is liable.
Some builders also abide by a Consumer Code which has a dispute service.
Many of the properties on the smart Hunters Gate estate in Grantham, Lincolnshire are being sold through the Government's Help To Buy scheme. Developer Persimmon promises 'stylish homes that cater for the whole family'.
There is a one-bedroom flat for sale at £79,995, and another, not yet finished, five-bedroom home for £295,995. On the company website the classic-looking red-brick properties with names such as Aspen, Burleigh or Thetford, seem perfect.
But residents who bought in to this dream now feel deceived. Some have been renting for months because their home took longer than expected to complete.
At other homes, residents claim ceilings have had to be replaced. Some gardens are strewn with rubble and, mortar appears to have crumbled from the brickwork.
Twenty-one families have formed a protest group.
Kirsty Burton and her husband Anthony were supposed to move into their £220,000 four-bedroom home on the estate last June. Almost one year on, they are packed and ready to move, but stuck in their old home.
Developer Persimmon promises 'stylish homes that cater for the whole family' on the smart Hunters Gate estate in Grantham, Lincolnshire (file picture)
Delays have been caused after the floor became sodden. The garden is still filled with rubble.
Mrs Burton, 44, says: 'We have suffered unimaginable stress and Persimmon have fought us every step of the way. We have parted with the best part of a quarter of a million pounds for this house, with absolutely no customer service.
'We've been told we can pull out of the deal but in the time since we bought, house prices have gone up. We would struggle to get something else like this for the same price now.'
Her future neighbour, Lisa Farren, 33, bought a four-bedroom house with her fiancé Jordan Smith, 25. They paid £175,000, but then faced a lengthy delay, and since moving in have suffered a string of faults.
'Come and see the garden,' says Lisa. 'This is the biggest problem.'
On plans shown to her the garden appeared to be a slope. But when you walk round the side of the house a small path suddenly ends and the garden just falls away sharply.
It is covered in thick mud and almost impossible to walk up. For a child it would be treacherous.
Lisa complained to Persimmon months ago but so far nothing has happened — although the firm has said it will try to fix the garden in June. She says: 'This was supposed to be our dream home together but instead it has turned into a nightmare.
'We have lost a year of our lives worrying about this. If we had children how could we allow them to play safely in that garden?'
Tracey and Christopher Lang bought their three-bedroom home at Hunters Gate for £160,000 through the Government's former first-time buyer scheme called First Buy.
Their house was delayed by six months. After they moved in they discovered a nail sticking through the bedroom floor. There was also mould under the lino.
She says: 'The whole thing has been absolutely awful. I feel I have had to shout at the top of my voice to get anything done.'
Adrian Evans, managing director of Persimmon East Midlands apologises for 'any disappointment or inconvenience caused by the delays'.
He says a high turnover of staff at the site was to blame. He adds: 'All properties with outstanding works have been contacted and works agreed with each household.'
A Taylor Wimpey spokesman says: 'A number of residents at Oxley Woods have reported issues with their properties and we are in the process of preparing a programme of remediation works for all affected homes.
'All residents are being kept fully informed and updated as we work towards resolving these issues as quickly and effectively as possible.'
A spokesman for Richard Rogers' firm, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, says: 'There have been some issues with workmanship in the construction process and we understand that these are being addressed.
'The residents are very supportive of the design concept and it is disappointing that these issues have materialised.'
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Two weeks is a long time.
It's especially long in the news business when you're being forced to come up with new ways to cover the same story every day. This has been my challenge since the Giants beat the 49ers in the NFC Championship game. How do I make sure the story is taken care of every day without resorting to the same old cliched angles? That means no interviews with chefs about their favorite buffalo wing recipes. It means no discussions about what commercials we should all be looking for during the game. And, most importantly, it means no stories based solely on finding idiotic Giant fans who yell their support for Big Blue into the microphone.
I think my colleagues and I did a pretty good job. We sent a reporter to take Salsa lessons so he could dance like Victor Cruz. We had the same guy go to Port Newark and ask the truckers to recite Giselle's email to her friends, asking them to pray for Tommy. We sent another reporter to Jets headquarters, to see how fans there are dealing with a Patriots/Giants matchup. (That idea was actually born of a conversation with SCP reader Beltway Buddy, who is not happy with having the choose between what he sees as the lesser of two evils.) All of these ideas were good. But, for me, one stood head and shoulders above the rest.
On Wednesday, I had a reporter call Tom Brady. Not the QB Tom Brady. I had him call Tom Brady from Staten Island. He's just some guy who happens to share a name with the Pats star. And, it worked. I got the money quote: ""I'm Tom Brady… and I predict Giants will prevail."
You couldn't wipe the smile off my face all day. It was one of my proudest moments in the business. I had an idiotic idea and carried it through. And it came out exactly as I envisioned it.
You can only imagine how happy I was a few hours later when a friend texted me to say Deadspin had written about our story. What did they say? I'm glad you asked:
"I'm Tom Brady, I'm from Staten Island and I predict Giants will prevail," Tom Brady told some poor reporter at 1010 WINS who drew the short straw. When you're scraping the bottom of Rick Reilly's barrel for Super Bowl week stories, it's probably time to rethink things.
And it was written under the headline, "This is So Stupid."
You may think this was discouraging. I disagree. I made my favorite website snark at me. If that's not a badge of honor, I don't know what is.
Sports Illustrated. February 6th, 2012:
AFTER THE JUMP: Justin calls one guy a dick, another guy a cunt and says a third guy's writing is unreadable.
In an ongoing effort to improve this weekly feature, I'm making another tweak. It has been brought to my attention that, sometimes, in discussing articles I neglect to explain what they're about. That means my observations may fall on deaf ears (eyes?) for SCP'ers who haven't read the article themselves. So, starting this week, I'll do a better job of summarizing each piece before I dissect it.
We start this week with Dan Patrick's "Just My Type" column, which features an interview with 49er's return man Kyle Williams, whose two fumbles helped the Giants win the NFC. (That last sentence had a lot of commas.) I come away very impressed by this guy. He's a huge goat, but he stands up and takes the criticism. He blames himself. He's honest about the death threats he received. And he says its an experience to grow from. It's a very mature attitude from a young guy. There's no doubt some of that comes from the fact that his father is the GM of the White Sox who has gone head to head with both Frank Thomas and Ozzie Guillen during his time on the south side.
Here We Go Again by Jim Trotter
Here's your basic game preview article. Trotter talks to scouts, throws out stats and tries to let readers know what to expect come Sunday. And it's INCREDIBLY BORING. Necessary? Probably. A sports magazine has to do an X's and O's preview of the biggest game of the year. But, it's a bit like eating your vegetables. Just because you have to read it, it doesn't mean you'll enjoy doing so.
17-14 Hindsight by Tim Layden
Tim Layden writes what's essentially a game summary of Super Bowl 42, when the Giants beat the Pats to end New England's perfect season. Remember earlier when I said two weeks is a long time? Sports Illustrated must have run out of ideas too. I do have a couple of observations, though. First of all, I'm shocked by how many players in that game are now members of the media. Antonio Pearce, Michael Strahan, Rodney Harrison, Heath Evans and Tedy Bruschi, just to name a few. Secondly, Heath Evans is a bit of a dick:
We wanted to run the ball," says Heath Evans, the Pats fullback who retired in 2011 and now works for the NFL Network. "I called my father the week of the game and said, 'I'm going to get 40 snaps, because we're going to run it down their throats. We didn't do that because one guy couldn't do his job." Evans would not name the one guy. (Pierce has a guess: "Mankins. Tuck was tough on him.")
Don't call your former teammates out.
Kraftwork by Peter King
For the second week in a row, SI writes about Pats owner Robert Kraft. This time, Peter King lists the 3 decisions Kraft has made in his life which helped turn the Pats into the NFL's latest dynasty. They are 1) buying the team, 2) hiring Bill Belichick and 3) cutting Drew Bledsoe and turning the team over to Tom Brady. Kraft, once again, comes off as a great person. Belichick, as always, comes off as a cunt. Unfortunately, the latter brings the former down with him. Kraft comes off as an honest and decent businessman who is trying to save football for his hometown up until the point when Belichick shows up, after screwing Leon Hess over. Peter King relegates spygate to a footnote in this article. He talks about it like a minor speed bump that cost the Pats a first round pick they didn't need anyway. This so-called top notch franchise cheated. Don't poo-poo that. It's a big deal.
The First Super Bowl by Richard Hoffer
This is a piece about a game in 1906 between two fledgling professional teams in Ohio. Earlier this week, SI's Richard Deitsch tweeted a link to Richard Hoffer's obituary of Angelo Dundee by saying a lot of the magazine's old guard consider Hoffer to be the most naturally gifted writer to ever work at SI. It made me question my decision to skip right over this article. Not enough to actually go back and actually read it though.
Game, Set, Matchless by L. Jon Wertheim
Here's Wertheim's Australian Open wrap up. The Djokavic/Nadal match was played in the middle of the night, so I didn't see it. From all indications, it was amazing. In fact, it must have done something to Wertheim's head because this article is so riddled with cliches, it's almost unreadable.
Under Siege by Thomas Lake and Melissa Segura
This article is a discussion of the November kidnapping of Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos, who was on my fantasy baseball team last year. I expected, and was actually very interested in, a simple blow by blow of what happened before, during and after the abduction. What I got, though, was a discussion of the shades of grey that surround "the truth" about what happened. I was pleasantly surprised.
Here's the thing I remember most about the Ramos story. It happened the same weekend that the Penn State scandal broke. At the time, I wondered whether or not the kidnapping would have gotten more play if there wasn't another major sports as news story in the cycle at the same time. I think that's probably the case.
Point After by Phil Taylor
As loyal readers know, the intersection of sports and politics is a big topic of discussion on our site. Phil Taylor begs politicians to stop faking sports fandom. It's a fair request. But, I've always been more concerned with politicians who don't fake it. Especially guys who hold hearings about college football because they think their hometown teams were screwed out of championships.
I read this week that Selena Roberts has left SI. I had forgotten she was with the magazine. I don't remember the last time she wrote anything that appeared in it.


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Sleeps 10
Bedrooms 4
Bathrooms 3
Pets Yes
- Off road parking
- Open fire
- Smoke-free
- Garden / Patio
- Cot available
- Highchair available
- Washing machine
- Dishwasher
- Broadband / WiFi
The property
Chirk 3.5 miles.
An outstanding, detached barn conversion in the Welsh Borders, just 10 miles from Llangollen, in a lovely quiet location surrounded by some beautiful views over the Shropshire countryside.
Luxuriously decorated and furnished throughout, providing spacious living accommodation and four lovely bedrooms, this Shropshire cottage is just perfect for large groups of friends or extended families to enjoy some time together.
This wonderful contemporary cottage in Shropshire offers character and some real home-from-home touches, including stone floors, beams, feature windows, underfloor heating, a double-sided woodburner and a lovely large sitting room.
The large garden outside this cottage in Shropshire has an assortment of fruit and walnut trees, and views over the countryside, as well as two patio areas to follow the sun.
Close by is the pretty market town of Ellesmere with its attractive buildings dotted between 9 beautiful meres and the well-known Shropshire to Llangollen Canal, in an area renowned as Shopshire's Lakeland.
Just 10 miles away is Llangollen, with a dramatic mountain backdrop and boulder-strewn River Dee as the setting for this pretty tourist town, internationally famous for its Musical Eisteddfod.
A little further afield from this Shropshire cottage is the Roman city of Chester with racecourse, zoo and a huge array of history, not forgetting its numerous shops, bars and restaurants.
This is just the perfect cottage in Shropshire for exploring Shropshire, Cheshire and North Wales to enjoy at any time of the year.
Four bedrooms: 1 x king-size double with en-suite wet room shower, basin and WC, 1 x king-size double waterbed with sofa bed and en-suite shower, basin and WC, 1 x double, 1 x twin. Bathroom with bath, separate shower and basin. Separate WC. Ground floor basin and WC. Kitchen with island and TV. Dining room and sitting room separated by double-sided woodburner.
- Oil underfloor heating on ground floor with radiators on first floor and double-sided woodburner
- Electric oven and hob, microwave, fridge/freezer, washing machine, tumble dryer, dishwasher, 2 x TVs with Freeview, DVD, WiFi, selection of books, games, DVDs and children's toys
- Fuel, power and starter pack for woodburner inc. in rent
- Bed linen and towels inc. in rent
- Travel cot and highchair
- Off road parking for 4 cars
- Side and rear gravelled patio with furniture and lawn with fruit trees
- Two well-behaved dogs welcome, must be kept downstairs
- Sorry, no smoking
- Shop and pub 2 miles
- Note: Dogs must be kept on a lead outside the property due to next door farm with sheep
- Note: WiFi connection can be intermittent
About the location
Llangollen 5 miles.
The small border town of Chirk stands on the escarpment above where the rivers Ceiriog and Dee meet and is referred to as "The Gateway to Wales". Most famous for its magnificent 14th century castle and gardens, one of many built throughout Wales by Edward I, Chirk boasts a wonderful aqueduct, built by Thomas Telford, pleasant pubs, restaurants, convenience store, chemist, gift shop, an excellent golf course and marina. The surrounding area, notably the beautiful Ceiriog Valley described by Lloyd George as "a little bit of heaven on Earth", provides wonderful walks, cycling including the famous Offa's Dyke Pathway, and local trout fishing. Only 5 miles from charming Llangollen and within easy reach of the scenic Horseshoe Pass and the medieval towns of Chester and Shrewsbury, this great location has plenty to see and do for all the family!
Region Information
This property offers the following short breaks:
- Winter
- Off-season
- Last minute


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Local FFA'ers hone leadership skills
Nine Gothenburg FFA officers departed for a new adventure on May 24.
At the FFA COLT Conference in Aurora, the students learned about their offices and duties and gained new ideas and leadership skills.
Upon arrival, they were put into individual officer groups that included presidents, vice-presidents, secretaries, reporters, treasurers, parliamentarians and sentinels and led by Nebraska State FFA officers.They began by setting goals for the conference that included personal growth and achievement.
Throughout the seminar, they were involved in activities designed to build individual and team leadership skills.
"Activities were created that challenged and pushed each officer in an effort to prepare individuals for the upcoming year," said FFA reporter Carson Messersmith.
Activities emphasized team-building and leadership skills.
Time was also given for the Gothenburg team to begin formulating activities for the upcoming school year.
"The leadership team has a lot of exciting and new ideas to share and ultimately implement within the community and the chapter to Gothenburg high school students," he said.
Throughout the trip the officers made many friends, as well as meeting Alicia Hodnik, who is the central region national FFA vice president,
Overall, Messersmith said the officers gained experiences, leadership qualities and abilities to lead the local chapter.
Carson Messersmith
FFA reporter


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I see myself at work traversing the organisations repositories and their open pull-requests all the time, to see if I can comment or even merge.
This is tedious work, so I wrote a small script for doing this for me.
I use threads to fire multiple calls at the Github API via Octokit, collect the result and display it in a nice fashion at the end.
Hope that some of you can use it - I know I will be