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Just to be accurate, John's 2010 tour actually 'kicked off' at Oxford, before moving on to Southend, and then to the RAH, in London. Otherwise a great review for a great man.
John Barrowman joined us again at QVC to promote his fantastic album triple-pack and it was a whirlwind of fun, antics, laughter and simply a pleasure.
He's been on an incredible journey this year and a big part of it was his UK tour. I was kindly invited to his Albert Hall night where it all kicked off and, wow, what a show. Las Vegas here he comes!
Thank you for all your emails referring to the infamous diving bed scene with John and I, which, yes, has been everywhere and, yes, I did see it on the screen at the Albert Hall in a montage of his great year! Very funny!
Oh yes, he loves QVC as much as we do. In case you missed it, take a look at him perfoming live on QVC.
I joined John for the afternoon and what a busy schedule he had before the live show that evening; rehearsing to sing live, meeting Rachel and Gemma, the Breast Cancer Care winners who watched the show live from the studio that evening. He was very generous with his time even though we were getting very close to showtime.
He is currently rehearsing for a Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special at the moment, to air on Christmas Day, and when he said his legs were killing him during the day, they really were, as watching him trying to sit down after each time he sang live brought a cheeky smile to my face. I wanted to laugh out loud as I so know that feeling from being a dancer! It's truly uncomfortable.
You often wonder if you will ever get off the rollercoaster of sparkle and shine with John. For me, I never have and never will, and when you are with him you never want to. It's always a dream to be in a world that I grew up in during my time in the entertainment industry as a dancer (hoofer)! It is addictive, hard work (and boy does John work hard!) but the rewards far outweigh any of these, as you are just so in love with what you do.
The pleasure it brings to his audience is worth every moment. You literally eat, sleep and breathe the life as a performer. You can totally capture this when you see John perform. He is Mr Entertainer with a capital E. Showbiz, entertainment and sequins are just the perfect fit with his good looks, sparkling smile and, of course, a voice you fall in love with.
As I write this blog I am playing John's first album 'Another Side', which went gold and sold 100,000 copies. Air Supply's 'All Out Of Love' is at full blast and I am surprised you can't hear me singing along, very loudly, lost in the moment. Well, maybe it's not so bad that you can't, eh?!
An album to be proud of, it was made at a time in John's life when he was discovering who he really was. The songs are great cover versions and he often sends copies to the original artists to hear their thoughts. Barry Manilow loved his cover of 'Copacabana' on his recent self-titled album. This is the album he was craving to record as it's more up-close and personal.
Also, 'I Made It Through The Rain', which he sang during our live show, from 'Music Music Music' is great. The album itself is a combination of musical theatre, country and western and pop. 'Memory', he was worried about recording and doing it justice being such an iconic song but Matt, his MD, convinced him that he could pull it off. I love this recording and has he pulled it off? Just listen for yourself. I so think so.
I first saw John in the original cast of 'Anything Goes' in the West End with Elaine Paige. I was in '42nd Street' at The Theatre Royal Drury Lane at the time and had to rest an ankle injury. I literally crawled to see the show because when you are in a show you don't often get to see other performances.
Everyone was talking about this new male lead that had arrived in the West End so I just had to go and see what all the fuss was about. He was truly superb, a star was born and he received rave reviews. Even his tap-dancing came up to my expectations! Ha ha ha!
Since then he has gone on to have an incredible career that he thought a young boy from Glasgow could only ever dream of. He has become one of the UK's best-selling artists and loved entertainers.
Another of his covers from his self-titled album, 'One Night Only', comes originally from Dream Girls, a show he saw with his mum as a child and was the turning point when he realised he wanted to entertain. The rest is history! You couldn't stop him if you tried.
Disney is a huge part of my life as many of you know. 'So Close', is a song from the Disney film 'Enchanted' that John did as a duet with Jodie Prenger specially for his niece Clare! Never wanting the fairytale to end! Who does! It's a track that takes you to the bottom of the secret garden with the angels and fairies
You are going to love this CD pack it's a must to listen to. In the car, in the office, at home. You will have your favourites and I promise you will shed a tear or two. Remember wonderful happy times in your life and simply sing along to those tracks you have on repeat. He is a true inspiration.
Some of my other favourite tracks;
- 'I Know Him So Well' from 'Music Music Music' – I love this version, singing about two men in love.
- 'Angel' from 'Music Music Music' made me cry the first time I heard it.
- 'Remember Me' from 'Another Side' is heart wrenching. John dedicated this to his sister-in-law who sadly passed away.
- 'Time After Time' from 'Another Side' - I cannot stop listening to this. It's playing right now for the fifth time! Being a big Cyndi Lauper fan I love this track. I loved John's version and was thrilled when he sang it live on the show. It has stayed with me for days. Just can't get it out of my head.
Listening to this three-CD set from John Barrowman, which is exclusive to us at QVC, certainly becomes personal to us all. A special Christmas gift to give to anyone you love or who simply loves John Barrowman. If you have any of his books (Anything Goes, I Am What I Am) listen to the CDs whilst you are reading and you will get the full Barrowman experience.
To answer your questions yes he is kind, generous and what you see is what you get. That's the John we all adore. And yes, another series of Torchwood is not far away.
We wish him all the best competing in the Strictly Christmas special – let's hope his trousers aren't too tight, after all we don't want to see his VPL do we! You can also catch him in Glasgow rubbing his lamp as Aladdin in panto.
I sign off with a final rendition of 'Time After Time'. Even Scruncher and Mr Bo Jangles are getting to know the words!
Here's to the next John Barrowman experience, and an experience is what it will be!
Remember that laughing every day with friends and the ones you love is the Franks tonic to a healthy, happy life. My love and laughter as always,
Jill x
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December 1, 2010 at 4:23 pm -
hi jill.
last week on the evening nails inc show you were wearing a necklace that looked like a peace sign was it and is it available on qvc. have been looking for one for ages.
kim x
December 1, 2010 at 9:11 pm -
Thank you jill for tell us about jb i love watching you with jb you can tell he loves beening on their and selling his stuff and he so funny with you hope he be back on soon
linda Turton qvc fan and jb fan
December 3, 2010 at 1:59 am -
Hi Jill,
John is fab. Re your comments I am pretty sure that 'I Know Him So Well' is from the musical 'Chess' and was co-written by Tim Rice and Benny & Bjorn from Abba.
I hope he is on QVC again soon. His version of 'Time After Time' was really excellent. This is my favourite 'Cyndi Lauper' song – a goosebumper. He is truly an all round entertainer – perhaps he will be the next Brucie, except a bit more talented and handsome. I am glad to hear that what you see is what you get. He is just one of those people that makes you smile, which is not a bad thing at all.
December 3, 2010 at 2:03 am -
Hi Jill,
OOPS and apologies. Re my previous post. Just realised you were talking about which album the songs were from not the original musicals. Silly me!
December 4, 2010 at 8:57 pm -
Hi Jill. I loved watching when John was on the other night. I saw the other times too. It is such a scream. It did make laugh. My mum enjoyed watching him too. Sadly she died in October this year. I wasn't feeling too great as you can imagine and my husband was working away but watching you two really put a smile on my face that night and cheered me up. I know my mum would've been watching him too. I like watching you on QVC because you're so girly and into all things girly like me. Hopefully someday soon i will feel like singing along again to my John Barrowman cd's, like you do.
September 6, 2011 at 10:06 am -
Hi Jill, seen the John Barrowman show last night it was great, he is fantastic, my husband reckons you have fantastic legs, lol


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good work. congrats on the all the recent publications (and the past ones, too; just for the record). is the black warrior review a recent acceptance? either way . . .
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thanks josh...
yeah black warrior is publishing something of mine in the next issue. stoked!
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Nice job on that.
I sent you my book, right? I'm thinking I did....
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i liked that.
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jason: nope, no book. i'd like to see it though.
thank you kathy.
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Hmm, I coulda swore I sent you a copy, Blake. Anyway, email me your address and I'll mail you a copy very soon.
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Next weekend sees the return of Waterford Jazz Weekender to various venues in Waterford City. Experience an eclectic mix of jazz styles from Dixieland to Bebop and beyond, performed by Waterford musicians along with special visiting guest artists.
The weekend launch will be this Wednesday the 27th of September at 9pm at The Munster Bar on The Mall in the city with a funky jazz gig with The Phil Collins Trio, plus special guests Dylan Bible (guitar) and Danny Pullman (saxophone).
Phil Collins, event organiser said "The weekend is about bringing jazz to the people. We have present and past students. Playing at Uisce Bheatha on Thursday night from 9.15pm Saturday is a big one for us. Not only are we delighted to welcome world acclaimed Karen Underwood and band to The Reg for a one off show but we also have a master class with "Opus Pocus" at Garter Lane, where you can learn about the history and instruments of the big band. Featuring live performances of fabulous big band classics, you can enjoy discovering styles and techniques used in swing and big band music in a fun and educational format which we hope will interest all age groups".
Collins also stated "We also have something new this year. Together with Dooley's Hotel we have Jazzebel with the superlative Jane O'Brien-Moran on vocals, accompanied by her brother Jimmy O'Brien-Moran on sax and long-time collaborator Orm Kenny on guitar. Featuring much loved classics from the Great American Songbook, some Latin Jazz gems and a few surprises, this is a must for fans of soulful, classy, jazz singing. This starting at 5:30 pm on Saturday, The Dry Dock Bar at Dooley's Hotel. There is also the added bonus that if you bring along your ticket for the Opus Pocus performance at Garter Lane you can treat yourself to the €16.50 Jazzabel dining deal – 2 courses and Tea & Coffee in the Dry Dock Bar on presentation of Opus Pocus Ticket, when ordering from this menu on the night. It's going to be a brilliant weekend and a great celebration of jazz and I would encourage everyone who likes music to come and join us over the weekend".
Phil Collins thanked the venues for this years Waterford Jazz Weekender which are Garter Lane Art Centre, The Reg, The Munster Bar, Dooley's Hotel, Uisce Bheatha who make the weekend possible and thanked especially Waterford City and County Council for their continued support.
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CHAMPAIGN — County tourism officials are trying to take advantage of momentum from a Steven Spielberg-directed film about the life of Abraham Lincoln.
They think the feature film will spark new interest in Lincoln from a new generation.
"We expect people to go out and explore some of the exhibits that were inspired by Lincoln," said Terri Reifsteck, marketing and business development director at the Champaign County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
The "Champaign County's Lincoln" exhibit at the Museum of the Grand Prairie in Mahomet is one of the attractions the bureau is pushing. Another is the exhibit titled "Abraham Lincoln: Large Presence in a Small Town" at the Champaign County Courthouse in Urbana.
Lincoln never lived in Champaign County, but he was a regular visitor on his rounds practicing law for more than 20 years on the Eighth Judicial Circuit.
Lincoln buffs might be surprised by what they find in Champaign County, Reifsteck said, like how he (unsuccessfully) defended the first person accused of murder in Champaign County.
Local organizers are not the only ones trying to take advantage of the momentum they expect the movie to generate. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield is offering $5 off adult admission through Dec. 31 to anyone who brings their ticket stub from the movie.
It's tough promoting Champaign County's Lincoln exhibits when his hometown of Springfield is so close, Reifsteck said. But she thinks there is still enough locally to generate interest from the new generation of Lincoln enthusiasts that tourism officials expect the movie to create.
"They have a wonderful museum out there (in Springfield), which everyone should go see," she said. "But then come to Champaign County."
For a list of Champaign County Lincoln exhibits, go to visitchampaigncounty.org/lincoln. Here is a link to Lincoln's friendship with Dr. William Fithian in Vermilion County.
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It all kicks off tomorrow and runs through Saturday. You can pick up any combination of trees and grasses, up 5 tree seedlings, both days between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. In the JC Penney end court inside Independence Mall.
Dig into all the details when you watch Jennifer O'keefe's interview with Good Morning Carolina anchor Ashley Jacobs.
TreeFest began in 1997, after Hurricanes Bertha and Fran destroyed many trees in the area. The TreeFest Committee organizes the event; members and sponsors include Progress Energy, North Carolina Forest Service, Keep New Hanover County Beautiful, New Hanover County Cooperative Extension, New Hanover County Parks Department, New Hanover Soil and Water Conservation District, Tidal Creek Cooperative Market, City of Wilmington, and Independence Mall.
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RALEIGH, NC (AP) — State health officials say a new strain of norovirus is making North Carolinians sick.
The News & Observer of Raleigh reported there have been seven outbreaks of the intestinal illness already this year in North Carolina.
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Gluten has long been accepted as a cause of gastrointestinal inflammation in celiac disease. However, clinicians are increasingly documenting how gluten can induce body-wide inflammation in individuals without celiac disease and may have an effect on the blood-brain barrier.
Gliadin (a component of gluten) can free itself when gluten is digested and stimulate a receptor on enterocytes which then leads to the transcription of zonulin. After transcription, the zonulin becomes extracellular and binds to its receptor, which leads to the disassembly of the tight junction between enterocytes. This is an issue because the cells will separate lead to leaky gut syndrome. This mechanism occurs in 100 percent of humans and, while only 1.6-1.8 percent will go on to develop celiac disease, another 18-30 percent will become gluten sensitive. Even more compelling still is the fact that once that junction has become disruptive, proteins from the digestion of gluten and all other foods can gain access to the bloodstream and stimulate the immune system's macrophages and T-cells, thereby up-regulating inflammation.
Dr. Alessio Fasano, who was honored with the Linus Pauling Award for his work in terms of gluten, has proven that this is the case is both celiac disease and type 1 diabetes, and he postulates that this may also be a powerful mechanism in multiple sclerosis, asthma, and possibly gliomas.
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2. Amendment of section heading and section filed 12-22-2000; operative 1-1-2001 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 2000, No. 51).
3. Amendment of section and new Note filed 5-20-2003; operative 6-19-2003 (Register 2003, No. 21).
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I am here in Jasper, Alberta Canada for five days. My daughter is at a dance camp so I thought I would take advantage of the time and go away too. Although I am by myself I am thoroughly enjoying it for I am taking the time to reflect, get inspired and to blog. And this is what I wanted to share with you today.
I went for a walk along the railroad side of the street. It was sunny with a few clouds and fairly warm. The railroad is on the left side of me just over the bank and the main road is to the right. you wouldn't know it from the pictures I took would you?
I passed a few cyclists along the way and couple walking while holding hands. There a man who had found a spot on a small hill and there he sat with camera in hand. I think he to was getting inspired.
although this walkway was situated along the main highway that goes through town you can still find some moments of peace. But I had been walking for a good hour and a half and it was time to head back to my room.


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Banks withdraw from
Barclays' dark pool
Big banks have started pulling their business out of Barclays' dark pool, after
the British bank was sued by New York's top securities regulator for allegedly
misleading institutional investors over its anonymous trading venue, The
Financial Times reported. Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and Royal Bank of Canada
were among the institutions that withdrew from Barclays' dark pool on Thursday,
the paper said.
Wal-Mart cuts iPhone
If you're still holding out for the price of the newest iPhones to drop, your
time has come. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said it is cutting the price for both
the iPhone 5S and 5C, beginning today. With a two-year contract, a 16-gigabyte
iPhone 5S will cost $99, coming down from $149. The 16-gigabyte iPhone 5C will
be $29, down from $49.
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July 25, 2014
Genetic Study Shows Major Impact Of Climate Change On Antarctic Fur Seals
Genetic analysis of Antarctic fur seals, alongside decades of in-depth monitoring,* has provided unique insights into the effect of climate change on a population of top-predators. Published in Nature this week, the findings show that the seals have significantly altered in accordance with changes in food availability that are associated with climate conditions. Despite a shift in the population towards 'fitter' individuals, this fitness is not passing down through generations, leaving the population in decline.Environmental change is expected to affect many species and biological systems throughout the world. To understand these changes long-term monitoring is required. The British Antarctic Survey's unique Long Term Monitoring and Survey program has given researchers a rare opportunity to explore how fur seal life histories have changed over time in relation to the climate and food availability.
Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey and Bielefeld University in Germany analyzed data gathered from as far back as 1981 to assess changes over generations of female fur seals on South Georgia, in the South Atlantic Ocean.
[ Watch: Dr. Jaume Forcada Describes Genetic Study On Antarctic Fur Seals ]
Lead author, Dr. Jaume Forcada from the British Antarctic Survey explains:
"Compared with 20 years ago, we can see that female fur seals are now born with a lower weight, those that survive and return to breed tend to be the bigger ones and they have their first pup later in life than they used to. Such changes are typically associated with food stress.
"An important food source for the seals is Antarctic krill. Decades of data collected at South Georgia show how changes in the seal population have occurred over time with changes in krill availability. Even if krill is very abundant, environmental variation determines its availability in the seals' feeding grounds. This environmental variation is driven by the climate which impacts local atmospheric, sea ice and oceanographic conditions. Adverse climatic conditions are typically associated with low krill availability, and reduce the survival and breeding success of fur seals."
The researchers found that females who did survive to motherhood were likely to be more 'heterozygous'. This is where an individual possesses a higher level of genetic variation and is associated with higher fitness in many species. Whilst these females are more likely to survive and breed, their pups will only have the same advantage if they too are heterozygous. However, the heterozygous characteristic is not inherited; it depends on which male the female mates with and so arises mostly through chance. This means that many seals are born who are not heterozygous and are therefore less able to cope with the changing environment.
Co-author, Dr. Joe Hoffman from Bielefeld University explains:
"We found that, over the last two decades, the proportion of breeding females that are highly heterozygous has increased, as these individuals are more likely to survive the changing conditions. Strong selection by the environment can drive rapid evolution. However, in this case the seals do not appear to be evolving because surviving females do not pass their high heterozygosity on to their offspring.
"Therefore, with each new generation, the process of selection has to start all over again, with only those individuals that happen to be born more heterozygous having a good chance of survival. As the climate continues to change, many fur seal pups are not surviving to adulthood and the population is declining."
The paper "Climate change selects for heterozygosity in a declining fur seal population" by Jaume Forcada and Joseph Ivan Hoffman is published in Nature this week.
* This study used fur seal biometric data (such as age, body length and weight) and their life history (including their ability to survive and breeding success); annual seal pup counts; genetic data on 1,728 seals; a decade long record of the seals' diet and climate data from satellites. Climate variation was measured with the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) index.
This work contributes to the projects Long Term Monitoring and Survey and Ecosystems of the British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, core funded science program Polar Science for Planet Earth. The genetic work was supported by a Marie Curie FP7-Reintegration-Grant within the 7th European Community Framework Program (PCIG-GA-2011-303618) and a Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft standard grant (HO 5122/3-1) awarded to Joseph Ivan Hoffman.


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Forecast rain could be problem for weekend Haydock fixture
Haydock's meeting on Sunday is subject to a 2pm course inspection on Saturday.
Last Updated: 27/12/12 11:10am
The Merseyside circuit is currently raceable, but 20 millimetres of rain has been forecast heading into the weekend.
With 8mm of rain having fallen on Boxing Day, the going is officially described as heavy.
Clerk of the course Kirkland Tellwright said: "Whether we race or not is finely balanced at this stage. We had seven millimetres overnight and are forecast another 20.
"The merit of calling a Saturday inspection is we get to see more hands unfold before we play our own.
"We got through last Saturday's meeting fine but that could have prejudiced
Sunday's chances.
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Re: Hyundai ix35 2.0 CRDi Premium
Wow! That front is a mess. It looks as though it is wearing a plastic moustache.
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Body control is surprisingly decent given the ix35's size
Steering is generally accurate, but is vague around the straight ahead
Engine is gutsy from 1500rpm
Cabin feels like a genuine SUV's
Plenty of rear legroom - even with a tall driver
2.0-litre turbodiesel isn't overawed by car's size
Hyundai ix35 is 10cm longer than Nissan Qashqai
Interior is loaded with kit, making prices very attractive
The Hyundai ix35 is a style-conscious soft-roader with lots of kit, but what about ability?
This is a car with a lot on its plate. The ix35 is the replacement for the Tucson, Hyundai's good-value proposition in the soft-roader market. But at the same time, the firm would love it to steal sales from lifestyle 'crossover' models, principally the Nissan Qashqai.
Those parameters have presumably been fed into some Korean supercomputer, which has number-crunched the following result: a car that's bigger than the Tucson and the Qasqhai, but marginally smaller than a Ford Kuga. It's a decent-looking machine, too; there's more than a touch of latter-day Infiniti about the multiple creases on the ix35's flanks, but they do a good job of disguising its bulk.
When the car launches next spring, it will have just half of its eventual engine line-up: a 2.0 petrol and this 2.0 diesel. Hyundai is pinning big hopes to the smaller-capacity units that are due next autumn, a 1.6-litre petrol emitting 149g/km of CO2 and a new 1.7-litre diesel – in effect a bored-out version of the motor already used in the i30 – that will emit 139g/km. They both use stop-start to achieve these figures.
There is a more potent 182bhp 2.0-litre oil-burner, incidentally, but Hyundai UK sources say the firm is "unlikely" to bring it to Britain.
Make no mistake: this is not a small car. The ix35 is almost 10cm longer than the Qashqai, and it feels every millimetre of that when you're behind the wheel. In fact, while it's ever so slightly narrower than a Kuga, it feels bigger; thick C-pillars don't do all-round visibility many favours, and you sit up high compared with a Qashqai.
Still, the size does come in handy in the cabin, which feels more like a genuine SUV's than a compromised crossover's. There's plenty of head and leg room all round; even with a 6ft driver up front, a similarly sized passenger will be perfectly comfortable behind him. The seats are pretty flat, but comfortable, and fit and finish are acceptable; soft-touch plastics are nowhere to be seen, but it's durable rather than nasty.
On the road the Hyundai's 2.0-litre turbodiesel motor doesn't feel overawed by the car's size; if anything, it's a little too easy to light up the front tyres on all but bone-dry roads. Once your right foot learns to compensate for this, though, it's easy to make rapid progress. The engine is gutsy from about 1500rpm, and while there's a little more to come at 3500rpm, you'll be ready to change up by then. The gearbox is a little baggy, but quick enough with a positive throw.
In handling terms, the ix35 feels more like a regular SUV than either the Qashqai or the Kuga. Body control is surprisingly decent, but this has come with a slight cost in ride quality, which is more easily unsettled and less subtly damped than the Ford's. And while the steering feels accurate on the whole, it's a little vague around the straight-ahead.
The ix35 is reasonably refined on motorways, where wind and road noise are well suppressed. But sixth gear is perhaps a little too short for British speeds; the engine is a little too noisy beyond 2500rpm, and you'll be very close to that figure at 70mph.
The ix35 fails to nail one category convincingly, without ever causing real offence. With that in mind, its proposition could well come down to value – and it's well placed to take deliver on that front. Our Premium model came equipped with 18in alloys, climate control, keyless entry and go, automatic headlights, folding door mirrors, rain-sensing wipers, heated seats, leather trim, panoramic sunroof and USB/iPod connectivity – yet when it goes on sale next spring, this variant is confidently tipped to sneak under £20,000.
At that price, and with that much kit, it's well placed to embarrass the range-topping front-drive Qashqai diesel - which costs £22k – and offer a superior five-year warranty to boot. And when you consider that base ix35s could start as low as £16k, it's hard to see how the car will not add to Hyundai's burgeoning sales success in the UK.
John McIlroy
Wow! That front is a mess. It looks as though it is wearing a plastic moustache.
Where has all Japanese design went to?
So who is the 182bhp diesel for if not us then?
As you say it doesn't excel in any area, a high performance (in this price range) version would be an obvious USP!
just when things started to look good for hyundai they got back to their old form what a mess
Not overly impressive really. The i10, i20 and i30 are pretty well resolved designs, even if they are a bit bland (remind me of late 90s Japanese cars, good shape, age well, but not very stylish). This is a complete mess. Are Hyundai really that unsure on the engine range? They come across as being quite indesicive, or is that just the wording on the article?
I disagree with all of you. I think this is the perfect design to move Hyundai from blandness. Get used to it, becuase the i10, i20, and i30 will get this Face when they get refreshed.
Please, Please Car God allow Hyundai/KIA to bring Diesel Trucks here to the US
[quote HyundaiSmoke]I disagree with all of you[/quote]
There's a surprise... This car is a mess and the front end is poor, especially given that it is pretty similar to the new Chevrolet front end, of which I am also not a fan (looks better on the spark than on the aveo/malibu etc)
It's well Executed John McIlroy, and that's what matters, right?
Think about this for a second, sure the plastics have a hard yet durable feeling to them, but in markets like the US "Aspirational" near luxury competitors like: MINI, Mercury, Buick, Chrysler have the same plastics. US CEO calls Hyundai an "Aspriational" brand now. You may think this is funny, but Hyundai's new products puts the Japanese to shame, trumps the Americans in trying to get better, and makes the Germans look overpriced at least in this US market.
The US version will get rain sensing wipers too, and nobody has that here in this Light Truck/CUV segment except: Benz, Audi, BMW, Lexus, and Infiniti. You may not like the hard-durable plastics, but Hyundai had to cut costs somewhere to provide features such as rain sensing wipers and still provide the value Hyundai is known for.
"There's a surprise... This car is a mess and the front end is poor, especially given that it is pretty similar to the new Chevrolet front end, of which I am also not a fan (looks better on the spark than on the aveo/malibu etc)"
theonlydt, Actually it was Chevrolet who copied off of us. We had the design studies before they even had those cars with that face out. Or, have you forgotten about 2006 concept called the QarmaQ, or the Veloster Concept with its upside down Hexagon.
Also, Hyundai uses a Hexagonal shape. Chevy uses a streched quadrilateral shape. It looks very different to Chevy, and Ford for you people who think we stole the grille off a Ford Kuga.
I think this Grille Is Stunning and Hyundai should use it for now on as the company signature grille on CUV/Hatch products.
[quote HyundaiSmoke]Think about this for a second, sure the plastics have a hard yet durable feeling to them, but in markets like the US "Aspirational" near luxury competitors like: MINI, Mercury, Buick, Chrysler have the same plastics[/quote]
You just don't get it do you? This is a reviewing website for cars due into the UK market. Therefore they are judged against other cars available within that market. At that price range the interior plastics usually are "soft touch" and of a much higher quality than in the US market - therefore this car gets assessed against those rivals.
Could you please, please stop your pro-Hyundai ranting? We honestly don't give a **** what the US CEO of Hyundai says (press-speak) about Hyundai cars. What people want to know on this site is how this car compares to the competition available in the UK. If you don't like that - go to a US based review site.
[quote HyundaiSmoke]Also, Hyundai uses a Hexagonal shape. Chevy uses a streched quadrilateral shape[/quote]
It's not the shape - it's the placement of a prominent bar of body colour across the nose of the car. Anyone looking at the chevy range and comparing it to this car will see a similarity. The chevy equinox front end for example.
Did I state that Hyundai copied this design? I just said it's similar to the Chevy design that I don't like - hence I also don't like this front end. The rest of the car seems poorly resolved - though in the metal it may be a "grower" as a couple of cars have been recently.


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well, i did it at first to just document the things i've bake/cook. more of like so that i remember which recipe ive tried and tasted good coz i keep them in my food journal. but lately, i think ive started joining the bandwagon of food photography. hihihih.
all because i think ive started to do this a lot more often too, when i or we eat out. dulu-dulu tak sangat but now..hahah. rajin sangat amek gambar makanan. but of course, i try as much as i can not to be noticed when taking photos of food i/m having when at restaurants etc. i dont use flash, silent the phone and try to be clandestine as possible. hee hee. but but but, a lot of times too, i find myself taking pointless pictures of food which later sit there quietly in the fon memenuhkan ruang.
i still dont take pictures of myself that much though. emmm, i do but i just dont post them that much online. maybe i'll start next year. heheh.
all pics are edited, of course and taken with my humble phone. highly edited that i think i should have better phone to take pics next time. heheh.


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- Two hit-and-run drivers seriously injured the girl on October 13
- Video showed more than a dozen people passing by the two-year-old
- The girl later died from her injuries
- Her story spurred intense debate about morals in Chinese society
A 24-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter for the death of Wang Yue, the toddler who garnered international attention after she was run over and ignored by passersby, authorities said Tuesday.
Authorities arrested a man named Hu Jun, China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
The man, who is from eastern China, is accused of being one of two drivers who drove over the two-year-old girl on a narrow street in southern China earlier this month.
The girl, known by the nickname Yue Yue, later died.
Video captured by a nearby security camera showed the drivers, one after the other, hitting the girl in Foshan, Guangdong province. More than a dozen people walked, cycled or drove past the toddler as she lay bleeding in a busy market area.
The video footage sparked a global outcry about the state of morality in China's fast-changing society. That included generating a flurry of activity on Sina Weibo, China's equivalent of Twitter, and spurring a "Stop Apathy" online campaign.
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The man, the legend: a main developer of the BeOS. Did the App Server, Interface Kit, Application Kit. These days, Benoit Schillings does something else entirely: he's currently the chief technology officer at Myriad, where he and his team is working on Alien Dalvik. Now that I know he's the one leading this team, I know for sure we've got something special here.
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It doesn't have to be shoehorning. I use old Windows, Amiga and other games all the time on my T61p with Fedora, they appear as icons in the game menu and when clicked start fullscreen, fully configured for my hardware, including gamepad. Somebody without technical knowledge would not know it isn't native.
When implemented this way you have the second largest library of applications in the world right from the start.
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| Training for self-employment through vocational training institutions (ILO/ SKAT, 1997)
|Part I - Enterprise, self-employment and vocational training
John P. Grierson and lain McKenzie
Self-employment, training and small enterprise development
Much has been learned in recent years about enterprise development and much of the long-standing wisdom is still valid. First and foremost, the evidence past and present continues to affirm that all types of enterprise development initiatives benefit greatly from maximising their involvement with local markets and local communities. This principle applies also to successful vocational training, but must be elevated to an imperative in the case of VTIs training for self-employment (ILO, 3 December, 1993c). The conventional wisdom on using proven approaches and on clear identification of target groups is still conventional and still wise: 'Those who are anxious to promote small enterprises should always look first at existing practices and institutions rather than attempting to create new ones' (Harper, 1984). 'The most effective projects ... are responsive to the plans and desires of those they serve and reflect the level of skills and knowledge that commonly exists in the community' (Farbman cited in Remenyi, 1991). Beyond these basics much has been learned about micro-credit delivery and traditional apprenticeship training techniques, about entrepreneur and project selection, and about the need for follow-up - and about many other aspects of a diverse and complicated field. Some of these issues will be touched upon in the following essays and case studies. Collectively, the current knowledge about enterprise development design and practice constitutes perhaps the most important single contribution to the self-employment re-orientation learning process that many VTIs are struggling with today.
Design is important. Though this simple statement invites little dispute there is often a considerable degree of mismatch between the conventional wisdom and common practice. Many self-employment programmes offer only low-level, scheduled, generalised, often standardised services. This approach seldom addresses the real needs of small and micro-enterprises. Characteristically, both new and existing enterprises want quick, short-term, moderate-to-high level, specialised services that are tailored specifically to their immediate needs. 'It therefore makes no sense to work out in advance a standardised action plan for all enterprises covering discrete aspects of their promotion (i.e. credit, training, technology, technical advice or market access)' (Maldondo, 1993).
The art of self-employment promotion lies in designing flexible systems that can accurately determine needs on an individual or target group specific basis, and provide the minimum necessary increments of tightly targeted assistance in timely, convenient fashion. Though the best of the micro-credit programmes have dramatically demonstrated that it can be done, it will not be easy for VTI self-employment programmes to emulate their successes. Training, unlike credit, is a very heterogeneous 'product', and thus much more difficult to design, target and deliver effectively. The hurdles in the way of doing so include:
a) correctly identifying and selecting appropriate target groups;
b) developing mechanisms that will accurately identify emerging economic opportunities;
c) designing training programmes of suitable type, duration and level of sophistication; and
d) developing low-cost local capacity that can provide follow-up services to embryonic enterprises.
Formal vocational training, whether private, NGO or public sector, remains fundamentally focused on wage employment. Self-employment, when it occurs, is at present largely an unintended by-product. If VTIs are to reorient themselves to self-employment there is much that must be learned from the field of small enterprise development. In training for self-employment informal approaches have enjoyed rather more success than formal institutional approaches, not least because most informal programmes have self-employment or micro-enterprise creation as their primary objective. Most do not identify themselves as training institutions, much less VTIs. Correspondingly, few VTIs identify themselves as enterprise development or self-employment institutions.
There are three common approaches to training for self-employment, two that are typical of public sector and NGO programmes, with the third found largely in the market itself. Broadly categorised these three approaches are:
a) general training in entrepreneurship, often in combination with business plan development and sometimes credit;
b) NGO and project-based skills training, again, often in conjunction with business planning and credit assistance; and,
c) various forms of enterprise-based training, particularly traditional apprenticeships.
Ahmed Ferej, in his essay in this volume on traditional apprenticeships in Kenya, outlines the fundamentals of what is, in one form or another, the most broad based and culturally embedded form of training for both employment and self-employment. Enterprise-based training is the approach commonly used by the self-employed themselves, most of whom will never receive assistance from a self-employment programme. It is worthy of note that none of these commonly used approaches places much emphasis on formal institution-based vocational training. Acknowledging this reality helps place in perspective the challenge of re-orienting vocational training institutions to self-employment.
There is an obvious mismatch between formal training methodologies and 'normal' processes of skill acquisition. This mismatch is conspicuous in at least two areas. Formal training is typically theoretical and institution based, while the skills needed for self-employment commonly emerge from an informal process of enterprise-based practical training. Formal training programmes favour structure and plans, while micro-enterprise skill acquisition and, indeed, enterprise formation, is typically an erratic, iterative process that seldom proceeds according to plan (Gibb and Ritchie, 1982). Though much of the evidence argues in favour of adopting training approaches that conform to natural processes of skill acquisition, most VTIs are bound by structures and methods derived from bureaucratic imperatives. Typically, flexibility is quite limited. Together these factors do much to explain why the state-of-the-art in vocational training for self-employment is so modest.
There is, however, a large body of relevant experience in related areas such as institutional networking, traditional training methodologies, enterprise networks, and enterprise development, that VTIs can and should draw upon to balance their modest limited experience and increase their operational flexibility (ILO, 3 December, 1993b). In his case study of Colombia's Servicio Nacional De Aprendizaje (SENA), Jaime Ramirez-Guerrero describes how a solid base of self-employment experience has been built up by drawing together many independent capacities into a dynamic national network.
In spite of considerable diversity of programme design and approach, basic issues are often reasonably clear. It has been adequately demonstrated that it is neither efficient nor effective for individual programmes or institutions directly to provide multiple support services (McLaughlin, 1989; König, October, 1992). Impact and efficiency follow focus and specialisation. Integrated packages of services seldom work well, are prohibitively expensive, are extremely difficult to staff and manage, and in any case, cannot hope to reach the huge and growing numbers of aspiring entrepreneurs (Tendler cited in Levitsky, 1989). Cost and complexity make sustainability unlikely (Boomgard, 1989). Operational and sustainability issues are not the only risk of overly complex approaches. The adoption of integrated and 'package' approaches often implies transformational change (which) 'will not be suitable for all vocational training institutions' and is not 'suitable for reaching the large majority of people who are likely to be involved in the informal sector' (McGrath et al., 1995).
The priority concerns of aspiring and existing entrepreneurs are various combinations of credit, market access, management skill, technology, and assistance and opportunity providing networks and linkages. Training is seldom part of the priority package, even though it may well be the base on which successful self-employment is built (King, 1984). VTIs should recognise that technical training is a specialised service, not a general one, and design their approach to self-employment accordingly. VTIs should focus on their core competency - training - but do so in close coordination with other institutions. The multiple needs of the aspiring self-employed are best met by networks of institutions providing complementary self-employment services (ILO, 3 December, 1993c).
Approaches based on cooperation and networking among institutions specialising in complementary services are increasingly the norm, reflecting both the growing sophistication of self-employment practitioners and the increasing pressures for programme efficiency. Oscar Corvalán describes how this is being done in Chile, through a national network of inter-related agencies, private institutions and enterprises; and Dinesh Awashti provides Indian examples of the benefits of inter-agency and market networking - and of the pitfalls of not doing so.
A well regarded study of 57 projects in Africa, Latin America, Europe and Asia found that effective small enterprise development institutions linked training with counselling, finance, and other forms of support, 'not as a bureaucratic service' but through linkages and networks (Gibb and Manu, 1990). Effective programmes complement their own specialised services by stimulating network and linkage formation, rather than by providing packages of services (ILO, 3 December, 1993b). The late Charles Abban and James Quarshie, in their case study from Ghana, describe how the Ghanaian National Association of Garages have drawn three quite different institutions together into a network offering a broad-based programme of support to the auto mechanic's sector. Effective networks of support services are a natural outgrowth of interaction among enterprise promotion agencies, local markets and local communities.
Anticipating re-orientation: Stages in the training for self-employment process
The widely acknowledged mismatch between the training on offer and labour market demand (Reich cited in Carnoy and Fluitman, 1994) may not be the fundamental failing in the design of vocational training for self-employment programmes. There is often a more basic mismatch, that between the aspirations and abilities of VTI trainees, on the one hand, and the opportunities that self-employment training and follow-up services offer them, on the other. Put bluntly, many VTI trainees do not aspire to self-employment and do not want self-employment services. That this reality is a commonplace serves both to highlight the different stages in the vocational-training for self-employment process, and to provide the basis for a framework for determining how VTIs can best re-orient themselves to self-employment.
There are three broad stages in the training for self-employment process:
• The Selection Stage;
• The Training Stage;
• The Enterprise Stage.
The Selection Stage involves the criteria used and decisions taken regarding target group identification, and the systems used to choose those to be trained from among those who qualify to receive assistance. The Training Stage involves the delivery all forms of vocational and technical training, whether institution, project or enterprise-based. The Enterprise Stage involves all actions taken, services provided and support offered to help initiate self-employment and to provide follow-up assistance during the critical initial period of enterprise 'birth and survival'.
Interventions in favour of self-employment re-orientation can focus on any or all of these three stages. The point of intervention, and the nature of the intervention, have considerable influence on the degree of self-employment success a VTI is likely to achieve, as well as on the costs and complications of the institutional changes involved. All self-employment programme design decisions are de facto decisions to intervene - or to avoid intervening - at one or more of the three stages in the self-employment process. The three stages are shown in sequence, in Diagram 1, below: Assessment Framework for Vocational Training for Self-employment:
Diagram 1
Assessment Framework for Vocational Training for Self-employment
Higher Education
Training for
Further Education
Wage employment
Wage employment
Wage Employment
Training for Self-employment
Diagram 1 represents the need for consistency during all stages of the training for self-employment process. Ideally, those expected to become employed should be selected, trained and further assisted based upon their wish and potential to become employed. Correspondingly, those aspiring to become self-employed should be selected, trained, and assisted with the consistent objective of self-employment in mind. The actions taken, and the systems used, at each of the three stages in the process vary considerably depending on whether or not the objective is employment or self-employment.
In Diagram 1, when self-employment approaches are consistently applied, self-employment preparation is a horizontal linear process. The efficiency of the self-employment process is reduced when it is not; that is, if the approaches used in either or both Stages (1) and (2) are not consistent with the ultimate objective specified at Stage (3). In such cases the progression from selection through to enterprise will involve one or more 'inefficient' diagonal movements, as shown below in Diagram 2: Reduced Self-employment Re-orientation Efficiency:
Diagram 2
Reduced Self-employment Re-orientation Efficiency
Wage Employment
Training for
Wage Employment
Wage Employment
Training for Self-employment
All diagonal movements represent reduced efficiency. For example, as shown above, interventions to re-direct those selected for wage employment in Stage (1) to self-employment in Stages (2) or (3) will not be efficient. Similarly, selecting and training for wage employment in Stages (1) and (2) is not likely to be an efficient approach to self-employment, even if self-employment assistance is provided (as an 'add-on') in Stage (3) Stage 3 interventions, particularly when the training is institution-based, are characteristically complex and costly in terms of staff and equipment requirements, changes in curricula, and in organisational practices. Stage (2) interventions, made in isolation, can be both costly and inefficient.
In cases where the logic of linear consistency is not applied throughout, inefficiency, in the form of high relative unit cost (per person successfully self-employed) and low relative impact, will be the likely result. Or, more succinctly put: the added costs and complications of an inefficient self-employment design will probably not result in many new micro-enterprises. Though the evidence is largely anecdotal, it is probable that the later in the self-employment process self-employment re-orientation interventions are first initiated, the less likelihood that they will achieve the desired result. The sheep must be separated from the goats early on; it is unlikely that they can be changed into goats late in the process.
The design principle that emerges is:
When self-employment is the ultimate objective self-employment programmes should make every effort to select those with self-employment potential in Stage (1), give them appropriate preparation for self-employment in Stage (2), and use techniques that provide them access to follow-up support in Stage (3).
It is worthwhile to bear this seemingly obvious principle in mind, not least because it is seldom rigorously applied in practice. As many project reports and evaluation studies attest, the reason lies not in any general misunderstanding of the logic involved, but in the practical hurdles that bar the way to doing so. These hurdles are considerable and should not be underestimated. Formal vocational training systems are characteristically complex, rigid and bureaucratic. Hence, from a bureaucratic or systemic point of view, Stage (3) interventions are amongst the easiest forms of self-employment support to initiate, and an easy and obvious place for VTIs to begin the process of self-employment re-orientation. Most Stage (3) interventions do not disrupt normal vocational training processes, they merely add to them. But, while it is reasonable to expect many VTIs to begin at this point, it is also reasonable to project that success, in terms of new self-employment, will be modest. The least efficient approach to vocational training for self-employment might well be that of only adding-on support services at Stage (3), with a view to altering the ultimate objective late in the process. Nonetheless, the importance of the ease of entry into the process of self-employment re-orientation may, at the outset, override the inappropriateness of initiating Stage (3) interventions alone.
To be sure, there are other relatively easy entry levels re-orientation options. It would, for example, be relatively easy to alter the controlling criteria at Stage (1) (selection) thereby creating specific opportunities for those with self-employment intent and potential. The advantage of such an approach, in spite of the inevitable political and bureaucratic obstacles to altering admission and selection policy, is that it is arguably the easiest 'efficient' approach to reorienting vocational training systems to self-employment. Such an approach would not, however, tend to yield either visible or quick results. The impact of a Stage (1) (selection) intervention alone might not be seen for several years. A pilot project designed to test the merits of intervening to select for self-employment as the single self-employment re-orientation intervention would need to include careful monitoring of the newly created self-employment stream. The self-employment selection criteria, a complex and uncertain area, would be of critical importance.
There are no properly scientific methods of entrepreneur selection, though there are many hundreds of systems in active use and steadily improving general guidelines. Selection remains, however, an uncertain area with much disagreement about the importance of various criteria. Age, for example, appears to be under-estimated as a constraint to self-employment creation. Conversely, work experience, is a known asset and useful predictor of self-employment potential (Mead et al., 1993). Both lack of experience, particularly work experience, and cultural norms make the handicap of youth a difficult factor to overcome. Nonetheless, many programmes select young people because of considerable pressures to do so.
Self-selection - that is, effectively transferring responsibility for selection to the aspiring self-employed themselves - has been found to be an effective technique, but one more easily applied in programmes with a distinct economic focus. Self-selection facilitates decentralisation, and thereby makes self-employment programmes 'more appropriate' (Pyke, 1992). Economic selection criteria normally seek to identify entrepreneurial potential by, for example, requiring applicants to demonstrate that they have specific entrepreneurial abilities, networks or resources. Examples abound, including requiring the elucidation of a business plan, and requiring evidence of access to credit to ensure that the training received can be put to good use (LaTowsky and Grierson, 1992).
Input objectives (selection) and output objectives (self-employment) must be well matched. Vocational training is simply the link between the two, though it may well be the basis for the micro-enterprise that results. Well designed vocational training for self-employment makes this match work. But, even if otherwise well designed, it can do little to correct for a mismatch at the selection stage. Avoiding mismatches in the design of self-employment programmes is a fundamental aspect of ensuring efficient programme design. Applying the logic of consistency throughout the self-employment re-orientation design process is a critical step in the process of re-orienting vocational training institutions to self-employment.
The merits of market involvement
There is a broad and eclectic endorsement of the trend in vocational training and self-employment towards increased market and community involvement at all levels, particularly with the informal sector (King, 1996). There is a growing recognition of the need to take into account the 'dynamics of the informal sector, and to draw upon the organisation, ingenuity and skills of the small producers themselves in upgrading skills (to include) training of artisans, by artisans, who are themselves involved in all stages of the process of designing and delivering training' (ILO, 1990).
An effective self-employment re-orientation will require partnerships with industry and enterprise; partnerships that are different - and perhaps more difficult - than employment oriented partnerships along classic dual system lines. The mutual self-interest that underpins most economic partnerships is not nearly so well defined in the case of self-employment. And yet, as the myriad formal and informal, modern and traditional systems demonstrate, there are also many clear benefits for the enterprises that participate in self-employment oriented training; benefits in terms of inter alia low cost labour, training fees earned, prestige, and business linkages (LaTowsky and Grierson, 1992). An oft-cited reason for businesses to collaborate with training institutions is to use them as they would consultants, to upgrade their in-house training capacity and improve their personnel systems. The fact that the enterprises that host training are not guaranteed trained employees as a result of their participation has not proven to be an overwhelming constraint. Indeed, participating enterprises can exercise their de facto option to hire those they have helped train if they so wish. Certainly, the market is sufficiently motivated if VTIs are forthcoming.
VTIs cannot hope to impart market survival skills without market involvement. Successful vocational training for self-employment will need to find effective ways of involving local enterprises and industries from both the formal and informal sectors. The following essays and case studies describe how a diverse array of VTIs and vocational training programmes are struggling, and sometimes succeeding, to take advantage of the self-employment support resources the market offers.


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Their 6th year is coming to an end for Lily Evens, Cassie Sanders, Patricia Highwater, and the mischevouse marauders. Everyone seems to be on top of the world ready for their 7th year. Everyone is exited... except for James Potter realizing he has little time to win over Lily. Will the infamous James Potter get the girl before it's to late?(ANY ONE WHO COULD MAKE ME A BANNAR WILL BE LOVED FOREVER I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO MAKE ONE!!!)
Genres: Drama, Romance, Action/Adventure Era: Marauders Characters: Bellatrix, Dumbledore, James, Lily, Lupin, OC , Pettigrew, Sirius, Snape Pairings: James/Lily, Lily/OC, Remus/OC, Sirius/OC
Advisory: Mild Language, Mild Violence, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature, Substance Use or Abuse
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The number of buy-to-let mortgages has plummeted by 93 per cent in the past year leaving tens of thousands of novice landlords struggling to find affordable deals.
Figures revealed to The Daily Telegraph show there were 4,384 mortgages available to landlords 12 months ago compared with just 307 deals today.
Experts said the sharp fall in the number of buy-to-let loans available will hit the estimated 110,000 novice landlords with only one buy-to-let mortgage because they do not have a portfolio of properties to help cushion the blow of a slowing market. Landlords are also having to cope with higher interest rates on those mortgage deals that are still available.
The research, by price comparison website Moneysupermarket.com, revealed that buy-to-let mortgage rates have jumped 0.63 per cent to 7.46 per cent during the past year for landlords looking to borrow 85 per cent of the value of their property.
The increase in rates mean landlords will have to increase rents or find the shortfall themselves. On a £100,000 interest-only mortgage, for example, the rent needed to cover the monthly mortgage payments has increased from £569 to £622.
Lenders are applying much stricter lending criteria on their buy-to-let deals. On average, lenders now require the rental income to be 19 per cent greater than the monthly mortgage repayments - up from 13 per cent a year ago to qualify for a buy-to-let deal. The research revealed that, in effect, landlords will need to increase the rents that they currently charge by 15 per cent to keep up with the changing market.
Louise Cuming, head of mortgages at price comparison website moneysupermarket.com, said the research indicated "worrying times" for tenants, landlords and developers.
She said: "Landlords wishing to remortgage buy-to-let properties will find it difficult, with lenders demanding sizeable deposits or charging higher rates. This could force landlords to re-evaluate whether it is worthwhile staying in the sector in the current climate. With property prices falling though, there may well be many landlords having to sell their investment at a loss."
There are almost 1.1 million buy-to-let mortgages outstanding, according to The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).
Experts said many property investors were being forced to move automatically onto their lender's standard variable rate (SVR) as they were unable to find a cheaper new deal elsewhere.
Melanie Bien, of Savills Private Finance, a mortgage broker, said: "The cost of remortgaging means many are staying put on their lender's standard variable rate rather than pay a fee of 2 per cent or 2.5 per cent to go onto an unspectacular rate.
As novices tend not to have a surplus of cash from their lettings business because they haven't been doing it for long and don't have many properties they may have to dip into savings to meet the shortfall. Selling up is a last resort when prices are falling and the number of transactions has declined so much."


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SOCHI, Russia — An Italian activist shouting "It's OK to be gay" and dressed in a rainbow-colored outfit and large headdress was detained Monday as she entered an arena to watch an Olympic hockey game.
Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament who has become a prominent transgender rights crusader and television personality, was stopped by four men and then driven away by police in a car with Olympic markings.
Luxuria later said she was kept in the car for about 10 minutes, then released in the countryside after the men had taken away her Olympic spectator pass. She eventually made it back to her hotel and said she was leaving Russia on Tuesday morning.
"They don't say anything. They just were people who had to do this and they did it," Luxuria said.
Earlier Monday, Luxuria walked around the Olympic Park in Sochi for about two hours. She was shouting "Gay is OK" and "It's OK to be gay" in both English and Russian.
As she was being led away from Shayba Arena, she was shouting "I have a ticket."
Luxuria said she was detained by Russian police who told her she should not wear clothes with slogans supporting gay rights. Police denied detaining her.
The Italian activist walked around the Olympic Park on Monday with a group of journalists, attracting onlookers. Some Russian fans stopped to pose for photos with her.
Luxuria and her colorful outfit did not attract much negative reaction except for a group of young Russian men who shouted to television cameras in broken English: "Trans not good."
Luxuria arrived at a ticket inspection barrier at the hockey arena just before an evening game was due to begin. She passed through the barrier and was being given directions to her seat when four men who were not wearing any identification surrounded her and started shouting "take her away." They then led her out of the venue and to the parking lot.
"I was very, very afraid this time because the first time they said, 'It's OK for the first time, don't do it again for the second time.' So, this time I was a little bit afraid," Luxuria said. "But they just left me outside, in the country, there, outside and that's it."
Before she went to the stadium, Luxuria said she did not want to be arrested.
"It's not nice to be all alone in a room with a neon light not knowing what's going on," she said Monday afternoon, but then added it was important for her "to stand up for the rights of lesbian, gay and transgender people all over the world."
It was not immediately clear why Luxuria was detained.
Last year, the Russian parliament passed a law banning "propaganda" of non-traditional sexual relations among minors.
Russian organizers had set up a protest zone leading to the Olympics, but no major protests had taken place.


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Team Notes
The Raiders dropped a 38-17 decision to the New Orleans Saints at O.co Coliseum on Sunday.
The Raiders did not score in the final two minutes of the first half, snapping a nine-game streak and marking the first time this season that the Silver and Black has not produced points within the two-minute warning.
Head Coach Dennis Allen successfully challenged a Saints completion in the first half, the fourth successful challenge by the Raiders this season and the first since Oct. 14 at Atlanta. Including the preseason, the Raiders have successfully challenged seven rulings, recording the best challenge-success rate in the league.
Individual Notes
Reece's 193 yards from scrimmage were the most by a Raider since RB Michael Bush totaled 242 on Nov. 10, 2011, at San Diego.
Reece posted career highs with 19 carries and 103 yards, and is the first Raider to top 100 yards rushing in a game since
Reece hauled in four passes for a team-high 90 yards, the second time this season that he has reached the 90-yard mark. He had a career-high 95 yards on eight receptions vs. Tampa Bay on Nov. 4.
Reece accounted for 160 of the Raiders' 204 yards of total offense in the first half, and 193 of the team's 404 total yards for the game.
Reece hauled in a 56-yard catch-and-run in the second quarter, helping set up the Raiders' first score of the game. It was the fifth-longest play from scrimmage by a Raider this season.
Reece already has established single-season career highs in receptions, receiving yards, rushing attempts and rushing yards.
QB Carson Palmer surpassed the 200-yard mark for the 16th straight contest, extending his franchise record, completing 22-of-40 passes for 312 yards and two touchdowns.
Palmer notched 300 passing yards for the third straight game, marking the first time in his career that he has eclipsed the mark in three consecutive contests.
It was the ninth 300-yard passing performance for Palmer in a Raider uniform, and the 26th of his career.
Palmer eclipsed 3,000 passing yards for the season, surpassing the mark for the sixth time in his career and becoming the first Raider since Kerry Collins in 2005 (3,759) to reach the milestone.
Palmer reached 3,000 yards in his 10th game of the season, marking the fastest of his career. He needed 11 games to pass 3,000 yards in 2007.
Palmer has passed for 1,094 yards over the last three games, marking his highest career total over a three-game stretch. His previous high with 1,021 yards over the final three games of the 2011 season.
Palmer tossed two touchdown passes, marking his fourth straight game with multiple scoring tosses. It is the first time since the 2010 season that Palmer has thrown for more than one touchdown in four straight games.
Palmer connected with TE
Criner established a career high with three receptions.
Janikowski kicked two PATs, extending his current streak of consecutive PATs to 121.
Stewart had a career-long 23-yard reception in the third quarter.
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Date: 12th to 14th of July 2017.
Location: Château-d'Oex.
The CADMOS HPC Course 2017 provides an introduction to computational science to any scientist interested in acquiring some skills in this field for their research. In the relaxed atmosphere of Château-d'Oex, the participants will learn the basics of high performance computing through theory and practice, and explore the possibilities of computational science.
Scientific and social exchange, and the creation of links between researchers with related interests, is another important goal. A tasting event for local products from Gruyères (wine and cheese) will be organized on the second day, coached by an expert who will provide additional information and context for the products. You will be able to learn more about this part of Switzerland, and spend some good time with future colleagues.
The CADMOS HPC Course 2017 is provided as a service to scientists of the Universities of Geneva and Lausanne and the EPFL. Teaching, board, and lodging are paid by CADMOS.
Dates and Location
The event takes place in Hôtel Roc&Neige in Château-d'Oex from the 12th to the 14th of July 2017. On Wednesday 12th, the event starts at 10:00 am to leave enough time for the participants to arrive.
The event is organized by CADMOS (www.cadmos.org), represented by Jonas Latt and Jean-Luc Falcone (organizers for Unige) and Vincent Keller (organizer for EPFL and Unil).
The event hosts up to 20 participants, which will be accommodated in single rooms. The event is open to any interested researcher from the Universities of Lausanne and Geneva and from the EPFL.
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There will be an introduction to HPC and to parallel programming with MPI, combined with
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| lever du soleil chapter 1 . 1/12/2010
The last four words show how random the world is. When we look around we just see everything. Most of the time-especially in the city-we don't really focus on our surroundings. For good reason: life in the city is an eye-sore. There is no real beauty in the mechanical marvels of our modern world. Beauty is natural, not artificial. In the urban areas we block that out.
You always get your point across.
| fleur de l'est chapter 1 . 1/4/2010
Great imagery - clouds sprinkling tears etc; the word choice is every bit as awesome as the images themselves.
I also enjoyed the shape of the poem, feels like it starts off not too bad, but slowly one gets isolated & it all becomes thinned down.
| steffxnie chapter 1 . 12/29/2009
Your words flow wonderfully. I like the first stanza, it's lovely. The change of idea is good, but I think you can make it even more effective.
Interesting form. Does it signify anything?
I like this. Keep up the great work!
| East-0f-Eden chapter 1 . 11/30/2009
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The crocuses disappear, the daffodils fade, the tulips peak, and then up pop the alliums: globes of flowers rising like blue and purple soap bubbles above the lush green foliage of late spring.
"I like them because they bloom between the other spring bulbs and your annuals and summer perennials," says Sharon Yiesla, Plant Clinic assistant at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle. "You don't have a break in the action on color."