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Before you start your adventure...
The conditions in the Spring Mountains can change season to season, week to week, and even hour to hour. Closure types and reasons may vary but not following them can result in injury, fines, or even death.
Check the weekly report and our Twitter feed for regular updates
Weather patterns in the Spring Mountains can be drastically different than what the Las Vegas Valley experiences. Our Weather page offers multiple tools, tips and webcams to monitor conditions and forecasts. The National Weather Service has additional information and webcams.
Fire Restrictions and Closures
Spring Mountains National Recreation Area (SMNRA) fire officials have lifted summer fire restrictions, so the area has returned to year-round fire restrictions. While in year-round fire restrictions, no campfires are allowed within one mile of homes in Kyle Canyon, Lee Canyons, Cold Creek, Mountain Springs, Trout Canyon, Lovell Canyon, and Coal Springs. Signs are posted in these areas to remind the public of this restriction.
- There are no notable wildfires in the Spring Mountains currently. Please follow the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest's Facebook page for updates.
Shooting Area Restrictions and Closures
- Long term ammo type and target type restrictions are in effect against use of tracer ammo and explosive targets in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area.
- Lovell Canyon has been temporarily closed to shooting
*** Learn more about shooting in the Spring Mountains
Wild Horses & Burros
It is quite a sight to turn a corner and see a burro crossing the road, or walk into a clearing and find wild horses grazing. These animals are protected under the 1971 Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act, and interfering with, handling, and feeding them is illegal. Besides the hefty fine, there is a high risk of being bitten or trampled because they are wild animals, so please keep your distance.
Road, Recreation Site, and Trail Closures
Roads, recreation sites, and trails are subject to closure throughout the year for safety and seasonal reasons. Check NDOT and Twitter for updates during active floods, fires, and snow events.
Current closures include:
- Harris Springs to Griffith Peak roads and trail continue to be closed from major damage caused by the Carpenter 1 Fire and subsequent flooding.
- Lee Meadows is closed to overnight use from sunset to sunrise, daily, year round. No fires permitted in the meadows, however stoves with an On/Off knob or switch are permitted.
Snow in the mountains is always a possibility. During the colder months, it can create road hazards that require chains or snow tires. It also draws crowds looking to play in the snow, but with that comes traffic and intermittent road closures where visitors must turn around. Road conditions are updated by NDOT and closures will be shared on our Twitter feed as quickly as possible (visitor & employee safety comes first!)
Avalanche Risk & Closures
Heavy snowfall can create a serious risk of avalanches. The ski resort grooms their slopes to reduce the possibility of an avalanche, however there is no way to completely eliminate it in groomed or natural areas. If there is a closure order put into effect in the Spring Mountains, it will be linked here.


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10:16AM, Sunday 05 February 2012
Some of the UK's best crime writers are set to visit the Royal Borough as part of its first Festival of Crime Writing.
Seven events involving million-selling novelists, writing groups and an afternoon tea have been planned for libraries in Maidenhead, Windsor, Datchet and Ascot.
The full schedule is as follows:
Crime Writers Association chairman Peter James: Wednesday, February 22 at Maidenhead Library. Starts 7.30pm.
Writing group Medieval Murderers, featuring Karen Maitland and Philip Gooden: Wednesday, February 29 at Windsor Library. Starts 7.30pm.
Cosy crime and afternoon tea with novelist Jill Paton Walsh: Thursday, March 1, at Maidenhead Library. Starts 2pm.
Crime fiction writer and poet Sophie Hannah: Wednesday, March 7 at Windsor Library. Starts 7.30pm.
Novelist John Harvey: Wednesday, March 21 at Datchet Library. Starts 7.30pm.
The Secrets of Crime Writing with Rebecca Tope, Priscilla Masters and Caro Peacock: Wednesday, March 14 at Maidenhead Library. Starts 7.30pm.
Award-winning novelist Lindsey Davis: Wednesday, March 28 at Ascot Library. Starts 7.30pm.
Tickets to all the events cost £5 or £4 with an Advantage card, except for the afternoon tea which is free although tickets must still be booked.
They are available from Maidenhead and Windsor libraries or online at http://shop.windsor.gov.uk/
Visit www.rbwm.gov.uk/web/libraries.htm for more details.
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SAN DIEGO – A homeowner in Carmel Valley hopes video recorded by his home security system helps catch the thieves who stole jewelry of great sentimental value.
San Diego police said a group of three burglars broke into several homes in the North County neighborhood Tuesday.
One of the victims, Dr. Anil Keswani, was in Chicago visiting his dying father when he received a notice from his security system.
He said one of the stolen items was his grandmother's engagement ring given to him by his father. The thieves also got away with his wife's wedding jewelry and a safe.
Surveillance video shows a man pounding on the front door for several minutes.
"There's a gentleman with a professional blue shirt, a lanyard who comes up to my front door and started knocking on the door very aggressively," Keswani told FOX 5. "He started knocking again a lot harder and you start to see him peer inside the house."
After no one came to the door, Keswani said the thieves managed to climb onto a second-story balcony in the back of his house before breaking through a door.
Keswani's daughters had left the house a few minutes before the break-in.
"Thankfully what we didn't lose was my daughters' innocence of having to see this," Keswani said. "A lot of teenagers nowadays would be asleep in bed and not answer the door. Thankfully they didn't wake up to someone sinister looking back at them."
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Fleming Rutledge is a preacher and teacher known throughout the US, Canada, and parts of the UK. She is the author of eight books, all from Eerdmans Publishing. Her most recent book, The Crucifixion: Understanding the Death of Jesus Christ, is the product of the work of a lifetime and is being described as a new classic on the subject.
One of the first women to be ordained to the priesthood of the Episcopal Church, she served for fourteen years on the clergy staff at Grace Church on Lower Broadway at Tenth Street, New York City.
Fleming and her husband celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2009 and have two daughters and two grandchildren. She is a native of Franklin, Virginia.
Discerning God's Work In The World: Tips From The Times For Preachers: The state of marriage today
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
The state of marriage todayWhatever one may think about same-sex unions, a letter to The New York Times (November 7) from Mitch Kohn in LA has got to be a wake-up call. If the churches were half as intentional about strengthening traditional marriage as they are about homosexuality, we would not look so foolish and ineffectual in the eyes of secular society.
Here is the main body of Mitch Kohn's letter:
Straight people are allowed to marry and divorce multiple times. They can get drunk and get married in the middle of the night in Las Vegas by going to a drive-through chapel. They can get on a show like "The Bachelor" and sell themselves on national television to find a spouse.
But somehow my 25-year relationship with my partner is a threat to the "sanctity" of the institution of marriage.
Seems to me I remember a little popular song from the fifties with the line, "One man, one wife, one love, through life..." Is it still possible to hold up this ideal? (My husband and I celebrate our fiftieth anniversary next year -- an occasion for humble thanksgiving.)
The only thing I am presently able to say in public about the various issues concerning homosexual orientation is that we do not yet know the mind of Christ on this, and I have written a lengthy piece which is posted on this site.
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TLSG's President Honored by Boston SmartCEO at the Inaugural 2016 Brava AwardsTLSG's President Kim Sawyer was among the region's top female business leaders honored by Boston SmartCEO at the inaugural 2016 Brava Awards, which took place Wednesday, Oct. 19 at Boston Park Plaza Hotel. Brava award winners combine their irrepressible entrepreneurial spirit with a passion for giving back to the community by encouraging local philanthropy, mentoring up-and-coming leaders and setting their companies on the path to tremendous growth. This year's 40 CEO and executive winners collectively generate more than $598.73 billion in annual revenue and employ more than 3,700 individuals in Greater Boston.
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I had the misfortune of picking up a print copy of the Daily Collegian from the free newsstand while waiting in between classes the other day. Besides the usual 95-IQ "human interest" stories and the god-awful political commentary, one thing in particular caught my eye – a full-page anti-white screed sprawled across page four. Written by associate professor Errol Henderson and innocuously titled "Being Black at Penn State", the letter is an insane, rambling attack on unnamed "racists" in the department who have allegedly discriminated against him. According to Henderson, he has been ignored, "stonewalled", denied promotion, forced into a hostile work environment, and subjected to "prevalent and enduring white racism". Indeed, he claims the source of all his woes to be the white faculty who constitute his peer group. Henderson says that
"The racists who are hidden in plain sight use the cover of concealment to shroud their racist practices; and they use the silence of others to conceal their white racist actions; and those who remain silent are complicit in that white racism."
Let me be clear, Mr. Henderson – you are not a serious person. You are racially abusing your peers in the most shameful sort of way. You pretend to be a victim while viciously haranguing those who do not go along with the act. Your demand, that others either believe you or be labeled complicit in "white racism", is a transparent and despicable act of racial intimidation, and the time is soon ending where it will be entertained. Your own testimony is evidence to the effect that your peers have already tired of the facade.
The editors of the Daily Collegian have evidently decided to entertain such notions of racial grievance. These clowns insist that the task of the university is to "ensure a better experience for students of color" rather than, say, to further the cause of diligent study and learning. Knowledge for knowledge's sake and free inquisition in the Enlightenment tradition is obviously an outmoded and Eurocentric concept – surely, universities must be more "diverse" if they are to survive. Is this newspaper meant to reflect the beliefs of students, or those of a clique of radical leftists and their racial grievance crusade? Most students believe that a place at Penn State ought to be earned, not assigned based on a skin-color quota.
Penn State is a state land-grant university. It is meant to serve the public of Pennsylvania, not the self-interested political desires of racial grievance activists. The push by these radicals for increased "diversity" flies directly in the face of this mission. The State of Pennsylvania is, according to the 2010 census, around 82% White, 11% Black, 3% Asian, and 6% Hispanic. University Park, meanwhile, is 69% White, 4% Black, 6% Asian, and 6% Hispanic. 11% are "International", therefore likely to be of a race other than White.
Obviously, Black students are underrepresented – as are, incidentally, Whites (The Collegian gives statistics on the lower academic achievement of black students, which likely has an effect on their under-representation). Is this the much-vaunted "white racism" at work? The Collegian even quotes Penn State as reporting that "30 percent of faculty and 13 percent of staff" are "of diverse backgrounds." That seems perfectly in line with the University's roughly 30% non-White student body. But according to the Collegian, this is "unacceptable" because it is not "diverse enough". They decry the mental trauma of minority students – "hard to comprehend" – brought on by "knowing that their own university… hasn't made significant strides in diversity and inclusion". After all, they ask, "How is Penn State supposed to recruit students when they know they won't be represented?" Racial identity for me, but not for thee.
When is enough? How much is too much "diversity"? But diversity is our strength, of course – no amount could be enough, or too much. Especially not when it represents an opportunity to rent-seek against an already-underrepresented white student population. Let's be clear about what this means: the Collegian believes that white students should be denied representation and entrance into a university because of their race. Virtue-signaling is not a victimless crime – real people will be demonstrably harmed if this policy is followed.
This rag should be taken out of circulation. Or, even better, they should invite me to take over as editor. For crying out loud, we use free WordPress and we have a better website than they do. I would generate a lot more interest, that's for sure, and I'd get these columnists to stop being so sloppy with their prose. It's really a win-win. Shoot me an e-mail, Collegian. I promise I'll keep you all on staff to fetch me coffee.


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ASCRN - Patrician
this is one of the political personality types of the PPQ
The patricians were the wealthy aristocrats who controlled the government of Rome as a republic. These elites sought prosperity, order and good government, while keeping the power and positions of responsibility closely held among the "noble" classes. Personal values held most important are duty and loyalty.
Personality dimensions
This personality type combines these five perspectives
authoritarian, small state, collectivist, rationalist, narrow focus
Compare this type with others that are "one letter away"
Likes and dislikes
- trust in the judgement of experts/ hand picked individuals
- see politics more as a competition of willpower and resources
- less interference in the free market
- tax cuts, particularly for high income individuals or corporations.
- favor "law and orderâ€
- think often in terms of "us and themâ€
- self determination for minorities
- expanding the social safety net.
- placing personal rights before the community interest.
Philosophy: Social Conservative
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When shaping your dashboard, it is important to pay attention to presentation of informations that you have. Purpose of a dashboard is to show informations that are useful for a user to make some action.
In this post we will write about some rules and principles that will make your dashboard look better.Continue reading "6 Rules For Shaping Your Dashboard"


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World Oceans' Day
Oceans are a our major lifeline as a provide of logistics services. It is this critical lifeline, that allows us to cater our businesses across the world by providing consolidated logistics solutions. However it faces a major threat by global warming and environmental degradation. Specially plastic waste has been damaging the oceanic ecosystem over the last few years and urgent action is now required to preserve it. We at Global Logistics are doing our bit by reducing the use of less plastic and moving to more Eco-friendly material.


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Transition to homeschool high school There's a bracing moment in each homeschool mama's world where she realizes that the homeschooled kiddos aren't staying kiddos forever. They are moving on, moving up, growing into their own persons and deciding to approach their lives independently. Despite fully acknowledging that I knew I wasn't going to be 'mommy' … Continue reading
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Thirteen Things We Know: from a mama and her almost thirteen year old
Rachel and I just returned from a special trip in the big city of Vancouver. She's turning thirteen! My husband and I chose thirteen as the year to celebrate our children's entry into adulthood. We experienced fine dining, visited the spa, had makeovers, shopped and talked talked talked. One meal we sat in a cheap … Continue reading
high school options and post secondary school
Leaping into the great unknown is a homeschool family considering homeschooling high school. "They say" that homeschoolers must renew their homeschool intent when they cross the threshold from grade 8 homeschooling to high school homeschooling. A whole new world of commitment. There's a whole new world of social pressure to consider. Not everyone that homeschools wants to homeschool … Continue reading
A modern word from the adolescent counseling world. That growing sense of self, apart from the parent, that adolescents or teenagers, grow into as they become independent from their parents. Or as we often receive it from our teens: "You're not the boss of me!" Darlene Unrah gave a super helpful lowdown on engaging the mental … Continue reading


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It is interesting to note that the festival of Holi is significant for our lives and body in many other ways than providing joy and fun. We also need to thank our forefathers who started the trend of celebrating Holi at such a scientifically accurate time. And, also for incorporating so much fun in the festival.
As Holi comes at a time of the year when people have a tendency to feel sleepy and lazy. This is natural for the body to experiences some tardiness due to the change from the cold to the heat in the atmosphere. To counteract this tardiness of the body, people sing loudly or even speak loudly. Their movements are brisk and their music is loud. All of this helps to rejuvenate the system of the human body. Besides, the colours when sprayed on the body have a great impact on it.
Biologists believe the liquid dye or Abeer penetrates the body and enters into the pores. It has the effect of strengthening the ions in the body and adds health and beauty to it.
There is yet another scientific reason for celebrating the Holi, this however pertains to the tradition of Holika Dahan. The mutation period of winter and spring, induces the growth of bacteria in the atmosphere as well as in the body. When Holika is burnt, temperature rises to about 145 degrees Fahrenhiet. Following the tradition when people perform Parikrima (circumambulation or going around) around the fire, the heat from the fire kills the bacteria in the body thus, cleansing it.
The way Holi is celebrated in south, the festival also promotes good health. For, the day after the burning of Holika people put ash (Vibhuti) on their forehead and they would mix Chandan (sandalpaste) with the young leaves and flowers of the Mango tree and consume it to promote good health. Some also believe that play with colours help to promote good health as colours are said to have great impact on our body and our health.
Western-Physicians and doctors believe that for a healthy body, colours too have an important place besides the other vital elements. Deficiency of a particular colour in our body causes ailment, which can be cured only after supplementing the body with that particular colour. People also clean-up their houses on Holi which helps in clearing up the dust and mess in the house and get rid of mosquitoes and others pests.
A clean house generally makes the residents feel good and generate positive energies.


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Well, the day has finally come. Instead of hearing about a launch date of "Fall, 2008" we now know that Mythic Entertainment's Warhammer Online will launch on September 18th.
FAIRFAX, Va. - Hot on the heels of spectacular showings at E3 and Comic-Con, Mythic Entertainment, an Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) studio, today announced that fans will be able to enter the gritty fantasy world of Warhammer® Online: Age of ReckoningTM (WAR) on September 18th, 2008 when the highly-anticipated MMORPG goes live. After three years in development by Virginia-based Mythic Entertainment, WAR will open its North American, European and Oceanic servers and offer players a variety of flexible subscription options. Gamers who pre-order WAR in North American will enjoy special benefits including open beta admission, a live game head start, and bonus in-game items.
Based on Games Workshop's epic and longstanding tabletop fantasy war game, WAR is a unique MMORPG that features revolutionary Realm vs. RealmTM (RvR) gameplay that will immerse players in a world of perpetual conflict for years to come. WAR has been recognized for its unique play style that appeals to novice MMO players while offering incredible depth for more seasoned players.
Consumer demand for WAR is mounting with all units of the game's Collector's Edition having been pre-sold in North America. In addition, the title is receiving significant media attention, picking up numerous critic awards at this year's E3, including "Best PC Game" from G4's XPlay, "Best MMO" from IGN and Voodoo Extreme, and "Top 10 PC Game" from Gamespy, as well as being nominated for the prestigious Game Critic's Awards "Best PC Game".
"The countdown has officially begun. Mark your calendars! September 18th is the Day of Reckoning," said Mark Jacobs, founder and general manager of Mythic Entertainment. "For the last three years, the entire team at Mythic has poured their hearts into making Warhammer Online the next great MMORPG. We are so excited to open up this world and share it with the fans that will live in it, quest in it, go to war in it and make it come alive."
Fans looking forward to laying siege to their enemy's capital city will have several pricing options available, beginning with a $14.99 monthly subscription. Additionally, collectible 30- and 60-day prepaid Game TimeTM Cards will be available at many game retailers. WAR subscription options include:
*Monthly Subscription: $14.99 USD *3-Month Subscription: $41.97 ($13.99 per month) *6-Month Subscription: $77.94 ($12.99 per month)
Players can now pre-order their copy of WAR to secure their spots on the frontlines with a special pre-order package that includes:
*Open beta admission: Pre-order customers can experience the glory of battle and the thrill of WAR by participating in the open beta test. *Head Start program: Players can begin their adventures in the Age of Reckoning before the game's official launch. *Bonus in-game items: Players can equip their characters with two bonus in-game items by pre-ordering from select retail partners. *Universal Fighting SystemTM Battle Deck: The Emperor Karl Franz and Tchar'zanek, dread Champion of Tzeentch, go head-to-head in this exclusive collectible card game from Fantasy Flight Games. (Available in a limited supply from select retailers.)
Participating pre-order partners include Amazon.com, Best Buy, Circuit City, Direct2Drive, EAStore.com, EB Canada, EB Games, Fry's, Futureshop, GameCrazy, GameStop, GoGamer.com, and Walmart.com. (Pre-order offers will vary by retailer.) The European pre-order program is scheduled to begin in late August. For more information about the North American pre-order program, visit www.warhammeronline.com/preorder.
Available for the PC, WAR is rated "T" for TEEN by the ESRB. WAR will be the first MMORPG to launch servers simultaneously in North America, Europe, and Oceania when it goes live on September 18th, 2008. For more information, visit http://www.warhammeronline.com/.
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Global Solution (Product) Marketing Director at iManage
We are looking for a Senior Solutions Marketing leader to help grow our business to the next level. This is a pivotal role that sits between business strategy, product management, sales and a diverse audience from end-users to IT and C-Suite leaders. In this role, you will help transform our organization to be audience-centric and be deeply committed to understanding our buyers and engaging them in new ways.
In partnership with the wider marketing team, you'll be responsible for crafting the strategy, positioning, messaging and GTM marketing plans. You will be the storyteller both internally and externally capturing the hearts and minds of the audience that will drive our reputation and demand for the solution. You will lead a cross-functional team to plan and execute GTM plans to illustrate these benefits, drive demand and influence sales pipeline.
This role reports to the Head of Marketing.
- Strategic Planning: Lead market and competitive research and drive prioritized business cases for specific vertical or functional segments of a proposed target segment - expanding either the product, geographic or industry footprint. Craft the segmentation, positioning and messaging that builds a successful go-to-market plan.
- Thought Leadership: Be an active vocal proponent in the market by speaking and influencing prospects, clients, conference attendees, analysts, bloggers, press and employees - in person and through social media.
- Demand Generation: In collaboration with Product Management and Demand Generation teams, translate strategy into compelling value propositions and business outcomes-based messaging that fuel high impact campaigns and content. Contribute to the development of industry-specific and function specific sales tools across the buyer journey including ROI, case studies, best practice guides, e-books, blog posts and social media in support of thought leadership in target segments.
- Sales Enablement: Partner deeply with Sales from planning thru execution. Contribute to the development of sales plans and enablement tools to ensure they reflect the market insights, product strategy and competitive position. Train sales on messaging and marketing plans.
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership: Lead and orchestrate a cross-functional team of marketing, product, sales, and support teams to ensure full alignment and partnership against the GTM plan.
- Analytics and Learning: Conduct marketing research and provide honest analysis of market position and executed marketing plans. Present findings to key stakeholders to identify opportunities and apply learnings for continuous improvement in our product and GTM strategy.
- Thought Leadership Reputation impact (press/social/analyst coverage)
- Product Revenue and Share
- Demand Waterfall Metrics
- Content contribution
- 10 years in relevant product marketing, industry or audience marketing preferably in legal, finance or compliance markets.
- Experience with enterprise software for Enterprise Content Management, Content Services, Enterprise Legal Content, Document Management, AI and Search preferred.
- Experience working in complex sales cycles with multiple buyers including IT, Line of Business Leaders as well as C-Suite and Channel partners.
- The ability to manage multiple, complex priorities within demanding timeframes.
- Experience working with audience-centric and marketing automation (Marketo, Eloqua) lead campaigns to optimize user experience and conversions
- Bachelor's degree in Marketing, MBA preferred
- Strong presentation and writing
- Convert research, customer insights and industry trends into compelling messaging and stories
- Analyze win/loss and pipeline behavior to detect breakdown in marketing programs and sale process
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A Portrait of a Birth by Caught the Light
Would you want your birth recorded in pictures? My memories of giving birth to baby Ivo are fading already, and now I wish we had some sort of record. Chloe from Caught the Light was our wedding photographer, so if I'd chosen anyone to be there, it would have been her, but I was way too nervous to even consider it! Two of her friends were braver than me, and asked her to photograph the birth of their beautiful son Elijah, and I'm honoured to feature those pictures here on Before the Baby. They're a wonderful record of an extraordinary, miraculous, moment in time.
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It is with great sadness that Tennis Canada mourns the loss of Jean Elizabeth MacPherson, an avid tennis competitor, fan, and a shining beacon in the Canadian tennis community. Last week, Jean lost her battle with lung cancer at 82 years old.
Throughtout her life, Jean was active in sports and an all-around athlete, but her true love was tennis. As a child, she grew up a block from the tennis courts of Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. Jean competed at the junior level and was a member of Team Nova Scotia, representing her province at national championships from age 12 to 18.
However, Jean's love of the game didn't stop there. She was also a passionate tennis fan; enjoying the sport at the highest level. She attended Wimbledon, the French Open, and the US Open on many occasions.
It was in recent years that Jean channeled her love for the game into helping others and her vision of creating a world-class tennis training facility in Nova Scotia. It was Jean's dream that all Nova Scotians be provided access and opportunities to learn and play the game that gave her so much joy.
Jean's passion and generous support has been a driving force that will ensure that the Atlantic Tennis Centre will begin construction in 2018/2019. Donations may be made to Tennis Canada for the development of the Atlantic Tennis Centre in Halifax, by contacting Tulla Bateman at Tennis Canada: email@example.com or 416-650-7918. To send an online condolence, please click here.


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Impacts of land certification on tenure security, investment, and land market participation: evidence from Ethiopia
Deininger, Klaus, Daniel Ayalew Ali and Tekie Alemu, 2011, "Impacts of Land Certification on Tenure Security, Investment, and Land Markets Evidence from Ethiopia", Land Economics, 87(2): 312-334, 2011.
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Distributed Fiber-Optic Technologies Drive New Intervention Applications
Downhole data acquisition by fiber-optic technology, particularly distributed fiber-optic (DFO) sensing, has gained rapid acceptance. Compared with conventional data acquisition, DFO provides a much better understanding of well and reservoir behavior. Reflecting this trend is the increasing number of well completions equipped with permanent fibers.
However, many fibers have been installed only above the production packer and thus are unable to monitor the dynamic changes in the reservoir. During the past several years, Ziebel has developed well intervention technologies for obtaining DFO data from wells without permanent fibers, wells in which fiber installations end above the production packer, and wells in which installed fiber systems have failed.
The company offers two methods of collecting this data. They are as follows:
- The Z-System consists of a composite carbon rod, 15 mm in diameter, containing multiple fiber-optic cables. The rod is safely injected into producing or injecting wells. It is semi-stiff and can achieve a long reach into horizontal wells in an installation similar to conveyance by a light coiled-tubing (CT) string without the need for a well tractor.
- The new gravity-deployed Z-Line is a composite carbon line, 4.8 mm in diameter, that is designed to be run on wireline units. Its DFO sensing capability is equally effective in all well sections from vertical to highly deviated. However, its extremely high strength-to-weight ratio, coupled with its low friction coefficient to steel and extra stiffness compared with wireline, enhances its reach into highly deviated sections (Fig. 1 above).
So far, the data obtained by these two technologies have been used largely for water and polymer injection allocation, optimizing production, or for monitoring well integrity. Looking ahead, the company plans to expand the use of these technologies to monitor sand production and downhole injection processes in real time to assess stimulation efficiency. Improving the interpretation of DFO data remains a major focus.
Identifying Sand Ingress Zones
Existing techniques for detecting produced sand are primarily limited to surface detection by acoustic sensors. While sufficiently accurate and timely to warn of a developing problem downhole, these methods are unable to determine the depth from which the sand originates, an essential factor for planning remedial treatment.
Running a point measurement acoustic tool on a wireline, well tractor, or CT for horizontal boreholes, can identify sand ingress if the probable areas of interest are located and investigated at different production rates and choke settings. Sand ingress will only be triggered above a particular drawdown pressure or flow rate for each producing zone. Acoustic tool surveys are costly and time-consuming, especially if high deviation requires the use of a well tractor or CT. The DFO is a more robust, less costly sand ingress detection method.
The ability of a DFO method to accurately detect sand-producing zones has been successfully shown by the use of a distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) equivalent measurement on a permanent fiber installation (Mullens et al. 2010). In this case, even though the fiber in the permanent installation was specified for distributed temperature sensing (DTS) rather than DAS, and the control line carrying the fiber-optic cable was partially sheltered from the direct flow, the acoustic energy signal at sand entry intervals was clearly evident. The onset of sand production was found to be controllable by adjusting the surface choke and, thus, the drawdown at the sand face.
This technique can be enhanced by placing the 15-mm carbon composite rod in the producing bore, instead of putting the fiber-optic cables in a control line that is clipped inside the shroud and surrounded by the gravel pack. The carbon rod carries four of the single-mode fibers appropriate for DAS and two multimode fibers for DTS.
Placed in the central producing bore, the rod will be struck by sand slug particles as they travel into the bore at right angles to the centerline of the well. The energy level of these collisions will be greater than those occurring downstream as the sand particles travel up the wellbore parallel to the rod. Those later collisions are similar to the particles "scraping" along the rod rather than striking it.
Sand entry will be observed as zones of greater acoustic energy on the DAS signal-to-noise plot. In addition, when processed into ⅓-octave frequency bands, the sand particle impacts will be clearly distinguished from fluid-related flow. The energy distribution and frequency spectrum may vary according to particle size and slug velocity.
To detect the location of the sand and better understand the point at which problematic sand production begins, it is important to monitor the pressure fluctuations closely during production. Various slugs are easily identified with the DAS system. In addition, the pressure fluctuations, in combination with the slug detection, can be used to identify the location of the slug, its point of origin, and its velocity. These slugs can be followed all the way to the surface (Fig. 2).
To confirm that the right sand-bearing slugs have been identified, it is important to measure the sand content on the slug's arrival at the surface and, therefore, have an unequivocal link back to the zone of origin. As a result, the acoustic visualization will be clear and verified, and the failure area of any sand screen completion will be readily identified. The DAS survey will also provide real-time feedback to determine the surface choke setting required to manage the problem.
Real-Time Stimulation Monitoring
The carbon rod DFO intervention system can withstand the pressures and flow rates of bull-headed stimulation treatments pumped into a well through a surface flow head or fracturing head. The rod can withstand the full range of drag forces and is chemically resistant to, and compatible with, common stimulation treatments such as acid washes and scale inhibitor mixes.
With the rod stationary and extending to (or beyond) the bottom zone designated for treatment, the pumped treatment can be tracked down the well in real time on the DAS display, with delivery to its target zone(s) verified and the information available to the pumping company and operator. In this way, they will know immediately if a repeat treatment is necessary, rather than having to wait and possibly rig up a second time.
The use of the DFO technique for real-time monitoring of fracture treatments in unconventional reservoirs has drawn interest from operators. Permanent fiber-optic cable systems installed over the reservoir have clearly shown their ability to monitor and track the placement of fracturing fluids with DAS.
Such fiber installations must be made either with a sliding-sleeve completion with no need for perforations or with a "plug and perf completion" that uses oriented perforating, a complex and expensive technique, to avoid damaging the fiber. Intervention with the carbon rod eliminates these complications and expenses, and enables real-time monitoring of fracture placement.
A protective saver sleeve needs to be installed through the fracturing head to prevent the potential erosion of the carbon composite rod, because of the turbulence and high velocity of the proppant-laden fracturing fluid.
Below the fracturing head, it is recommended that the fracture treatment maintain laminar flow down to the perforation zone or sliding sleeve(s). Erosion tests have confirmed that the carbon rod will have minimal loss of material from the outside-diameter surface, which is acceptable for maintaining integrity and sealing ability while pulling out of the hole.
The carbon rod application that especially interests operators is for chemical fluid diversion in refracturing treatments. Treatments must be delivered to producing zones and not to zones that have failed to produce, but remain open and cannot be isolated mechanically. The identification of an ineffective diversion during a refracturing treatment will enable quick, on-the-spot adjustments to downhole events.
Future DFO Developments
The information received from fiber-optic distributed measurement can be used to learn more about the dynamic variations in the reservoir than is possible with traditional technology. The ability to observe the well in its entirety at any time in real time delivers a new level of information for procedures such as fine-tuning production or optimizing injection rates.
A new viewer application called Ziebel onZite provides the company and its customers with a collaborative environment for discussion and analysis of information so that it can be used most effectively. A more advanced viewer with greater capabilities is being developed to operate in a manner similar to Google Maps. During raw DAS data processing, the high-resolution frequency spectrum is created from a Fast Fourier Transform algorithm.
In addition, many images, or web tiles, are created and populated on a time and depth scale at multiple frequencies and zoom levels to maximize the information flow. The purpose is to provide as much information for analysis in the decision-making process as early as possible.
Advances in downhole data acquisition, such as DFO, offer operators the opportunity to view all activity downhole simultaneously in a manner that fundamentally changes the process of well surveillance. This is a critical development that signals a noteworthy step forward in the industry's quest to improve its understanding of well and reservoir behavior.
Mullens, S., Lees, G., and Duviver, G. 2010. Fiber-Optic Distributed Vibration Sensing Provides Technique for Detecting Sand Production. Presented at the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, 3‒6 May. OTC-20429-MS.
Distributed Fiber-Optic Technologies Drive New Intervention Applications
Neil Gardner, SPE, Frode Hveding, SPE, and Roger Sambrook, SPE, Ziebel
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I worked in corporate sector for almost 2.9 years. And I had a good start with few best friends made here for lifelong. In start I was so enthusiastic about my work but slowly saturation phase hit me hard and I plunged to explore more of it. But couldn't.
On weekends I was mostly out shopping partying with friends. As usual I hated Monday's mostly. The unusual shifts started interfering with my biological clock and I found myself getting sick lots of times. My body tried adapting to it but mostly I was tired.
I knew either I have to grow in this field or find something different to fulfill my creativity cravings. Because deeper it had politics hard to deal with. Already the seniors had positions covered with nepotism.
And as much I worked hard nothing would push me to higher positions. I realized I have to find first something which could give me normal shifts because opposite shift similar to Americans were disturbing my biological metamorphosis. I had to quit and after 2.9 years I resigned. And I concentrated fully on my writing.
After I Quit My Job:
In between I wrote and published a poetry book. I married love of my life. I explored so many places with my love. We traveled a lot. In between I continued updating my blogs, searching for a day job to cover my expenses. Soon I am joining as a professor. One of my favorite things in the world. To teach kids.
I struggled lot in life. Had I listened to my parent's words I would have gained sanity and stability in life much earlier. But as someone has rightly said we learn by our experiences and not our parents. I learnt after experimenting so many things ,what is good for me. And I am continuously improving myself with time.
How I felt Working in Corporate Sector:
- Trapped- The enthusiasm is gone and one feels trapped just for the money. If we want to achieve a higher position we have to surpass nepotism and that's not possible
- Politics- Favoritism plus politics starts circling employees. If one is growing hard people start dragging their feet by bitching and ultimately trying to lose moral of the person. I have seen many resigning because of this reason as they become continuous targets of team leads
- No sense of creativity- The creativity to work via different approach starts saturating and idea of fleeing starts coming in minds of employees
- Saturation- We don't find growth in it after a limited time period forcing us to isolate and thing if this is our right career choice
- Family planning- Once planning our family after marriage it becomes difficult to make peace with night shifts. And it starts interfering within our work timelines
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This guy I work with used the expression "Bojangles-style corruption" to describe someone we know who's a bit of a backwoods simpleton but is erroneously of the opinion that she's a major player.
It's been making me laugh for about an hour.
This workmate of mine is also fascinated by this guy, famous for playing the PC in the MAC/PC commercials, who wrote a book wherein the middle section is a listing of 700 hobo names (which he reads in one take in the book on tape version), so I guess his fascination with the guy who's fascinated by hobos makes it make sense that he would come up with a description utilizing the lovable tramp Bojangles.
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Just before you leave for Easter...
If you haven't been back home since Christmas, then the Easter break can't come soon enough.
The home comforts are calling your name, but just before you do leave, there are just a few things you may need to do to ensure there are no nasty surprises when you return.
1. Take food out the fridge
If you don't think you'll use it or it will go out of date, donate it or bin it, you don't want to come back to milk that resembles clotted cream! Be creative and use everything up in your cupboards instead of spending more money on another food shop.
2. Empty the bins
Food left in a bin for 2 weeks doesn't tend to leave a very nice smell. Make sure you empty all the bins in your flat to the communal ones outside, it's not the best chore to do so get your flatmates to help you, they should all be pulling their weight.
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It may seem like a chore, but they do say 'tidy home, tidy mind' so it can actually do you a whole lot of good. You may even find that top you've been looking for since the second week of freshers. Plus, you'll definitely thank yourself when you return to a clean and tidy room.
4. Pack the clothes you don't wear anymore
After bringing your whole wardrobe to uni in September, you probably soon realised you don't actually need it all. It may be tempting to fill your case up with dirty clothes for your mum to wash, but instead, free up some space in your room and take things you don't use home.
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Most of all have a great Easter and enjoy your time off!
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Lesser Spotted Eagle, Lophaetus pomarina
Lesser Spotted Eagle, South Africa, January 2012. © Markus Jais
NamesEnglish: Lesser Spotted Eagle
Scientific: Lophaetus pomarina, Aquila pomarina
German: Schreiadler
Spanish: Águila pomerana
French: Aigle pomerana
Taxonomy and SubspeciesClosest relatives are the Greater Spotted Eagle, the Indian Spotted Eagle Aquila hastata and the Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis from Africa. Currently the Lesser Spotted eagle is either placed in the Genus Lophaetus or Aquila.
Hybridization with the Greater Spotted Eagle does occur [GRIN 2009]. The Indian Spotted Eagle Aquila hastata from the Indian Subcontinent is no longer treated as a subspecies but now as a full species.
SizeLength: 61-66 cm
Wingspan: 146-168 cm
Weight: Male 1,053-1,509 g, Female 1,195-2,160 g
Maxium Age26 years in the wild. [Mebs & Schmidt 2006]
HabitatLesser Spotted Eagles in Europe mostly breed in moist lowland forests. In Caucasia the species is found in dry upland forests [GRIN 2009].
The eagles prefer well structured deciduous forests mixed with wet areas like wet meadows or alder swamps [Gronewold 2009]. The habitat should be free of too much disturbance. Intensively managed forests are avoided.
Beside the forests, open habitat for hunting is used. Extensively used meadows and moors are preferred hunting habitat, but uses also agricultural fields.
DistributionBreeding distribution restricted to eastern Europa. The most western pairs are found in north-eastern Germany. From there eastwards until western Russia (only a small area in Russia). Also in south-eastern Europa ( for example in Romania, Bulgaria), and from Turkey eastwards to the Caucasus.
Spends the winder in east and south Africa.
MigrationThe Lesser Spotted Eagle is a strictly migratory species that spends the winter in Africa south of the Sahara. Since satellite transmitters became small enough to be fitted on medium-sized eagles, a lot of new information has been gained about the migration of Lesser Spotted Eagles. Coming soon.
Breeding and ReproductionProbably does not breed before 4 or 5 years old.
The nest is usually built in a tree not to far away from the forest edge. Both deciduous and coniferous trees are used.
The female lays 1 - 3 eggs, normally 2. The eggs are incubated for about 6 weeks.
Cainism, that is, the killing of the 2nd born eagle by it's older sibling is very common in the Lesser Spotted Eagle (more common than in larger eagles like the Eastern Imperial Eagle or even the Golden Eagle). Only rarely do 2 eagles fledge. [Mebs and Schmidt 2006] write, that in Poland, from almost 300 nests, only in 9 did 2 eagles fledge. In Hungary, 2 eagles left the nest in 2 out of 52 nests. In Belarus one pair out of 48 raised two chicks.
The fledged eagle is dependent on it's parents for another 3-4 weeks and is provided with food until it leaves for migration. Normally, the young eagle leaves the breeding area before it's parents and on it's own [Mebs & Schmidt 2006].
Food and huntingFor an eagle, the Lesser Spotted Eagle takes rather small prey. Voles and hamsters are very important, but also takes other mammals up to the size of young hares. Amphibian are important, too. Birds are also taken, especially young birds who are not yet able to fly or just fledged and are not yet very good flyers. Reptiles are taken sometimes and can even be the most important prey [Mebs & Schmidt 2006]. In Africa, insects are often taken, for example termites. Another valuable food source in Africa can be colonies of queleas like the Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea [GRIN 2009].
PopulationComing soon.
ThreatsHabitat destruction in the breeding areas is a serious threat. Forests are managed more intensively in many areas then they used to. Marshes and wet meadows are drained and turned into intensively used agricultural fields. New streets are build through forests which causes disturbance. Recreational activities can also cause disturbance during the breeding season. The Lesser Spotted Eagle is very sensitive when it comes to disturbance.
Another serious threat is (illegal) shooting during migration.
Windfarms can kill the eagles or keep them from breeding or hunting too close to them. This can make an otherwise suitable habitat useless for the eagles.
ConservationThe killing during migration must be stopped. Lesser Spotted Eagles reproduce only slowly and if too many are killed during migration, the population will suffer. In order to stop the killing during migration, international collaboration is important. Research (for example tracking birds with satellite transmitters) can help to identify the areas where the eagles are shot. Laws must be enforced in those countries.
In the breeding territories, the areas around the nests must be kept free of disturbance. Management of the forests must respect the eagles. Forests should be managed in an ecological and sustainable way. Protected areas can help but not all of the breeding areas can be turned into national parks. The areas around the nests should be kept free of any forest work during the breeding period. In some countries, special zones around the nests are enforced by law. This can be very effective.
Wet meadows and marshes must be protected and should not be turned into fields. Farmers who help to protect important hunting habitat for the eagles can be paid by the authorities or nature conservation organisations to compensate for financial losses.
Windfarms and streets should not be build close to eagle nests or hunting territories.
In Germany a program by the Deutche Wildtier Stiftung [DeWiSt 2009] tries to increase the breeding success by taking the second born eagle (which is normally killed by the first born) out of the nest soon after hatching and raise it by hand. A few weeks later the bird is put back in the nest. At this time, the first born is no longer aggressive and two eagles can fledge. This can be an important measure to stabilize or even increase the currently small German population. In the long term, the conservation of suitable habitat is critical for the survival of the Lesser Spotted Eagle in Germany.
Status IUCN/BirdLifeLeast Concern (LC)
Status Global Raptor Information NetworkLower risk
Interviews about the Lesser Spotted EagleInterview with Daróczi J. Szilárd and Zeitz Róbert about the Lesser Spotted Eagle in Romania Interview with Britta Gronewold from NABU/BirdLife Germany about the conservation of the Lesser Spotted Eagle in Germany
[DeWiSt 2009] Lesser Spotted Eagle Conservation Programm by the Deutsche Wildtier Stiftung. Downloaded from http://www.deutschewildtierstiftung.de/projekte/schreiadler/index.php on 5 September, 2009 [GRIN 2009] Global Raptor Information Network. 2009. Species account: Lesser Spotted Eagle Lophaetus pomarina. Downloaded from http://www.globalraptors.org on 31 Aug. 2009 [Gronewold 2009]. Interview with Britta Gronewold from NABU/BirdLife Germany about the conservation of the Lesser Spotted Eagle in Germany on europeanraptors.org [Mebs & Schmidt 2006] Mebs, Theodor & Schmidt, Daniel. 2006. Die Greifvögel Europas, Nordafrikas und Vorderasiens. Kosmos Verlag.
Forsman, Dick. 1999. The Raptors of Europe and the Middle East A Handbook of Field Identification. Poyser Mebs, Theodor & Schmidt, Daniel. 2006. Die Greifvögel Europas, Nordafrikas und Vorderasiens. Kosmos Verlag. Wernicke, Peter. 2009. Schreiadler - Vogel ohne Lebensraum. Hinstorff. Rostock.


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Annie Malone in 1934 warned her Poro agents and beauticians about the possibility of a white invasion in the black hair care industry. We have witnessed how many non-blacks have benefited because of this industry and we can expect this trend to continue. Is it possible to reverse this phenomenon? Is it important that we try to regain the black hair industry? What do you suggest we do to make this happen?
Annie Malone
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Today I am delighted to share with you episode 2 in the 'Using nature for wellbeing' blog series from my very good friend and constant inspiration, Joanna Grace. Joanna is a sensory engagement and inclusion specialist, author, trainer, TEDx speaker and founder of The Sensory Projects. If you missed the start, you can catch up with episode one here!
Take a few minutes to read and absorb this incredibly insightful piece. In requesting these guest posts I ask my authors a number of questions about their personal relationship with nature and how they might use nature to overcome or reduce the impacts of wellbeing challenges they may be experiencing. Since reading Joanna's, I realise the grand, eye-popping assumption I make in asking those questions: that we all find being in nature beneficial. This is not always so. I am inadvertently imposing a neurotypical and, honestly, quite narrow, construct on the responses I am expecting. Joanna's piece brings home the reality that our experiences of nature are not always positive, healing, and empowering. Indeed, the scientific evidence recognises that the psychological construct of our individual nature connection is influenced by the quality of our experiences in nature. If you can relate to this, please do share in the comments below.
Over to you, Joanna!
My relationship to nature is not the sort of relationship that normally springs to mind when people talk about such things. I think the general impression is of someone who would spend time in their garden, or loves to go for walks in the woods. And whilst I do go into my garden and do enjoy walks in woods they are not really definitive of my relationship to nature, and they are also not as easy for me to do as they might be for the next person. I am autistic and part and parcel with comes certain differences in my sensory processing capabilities, for example I can struggle with sight, in general the outside world is too bright for me and patterns can, if I'm not feeling 100%, really bother me.
If I were to pick two things that are my relationship to nature they would be the sea and the air. The sea is my home, it is where I grew up. No, I'm not a mermaid, as much as I might like to be. I grew up on a concrete boat, a childhood reflected in my book Ernest and I. When I am away from the sea I miss it in the way you might miss a loved one. And just in that way I don't visit it as much as I should, the sea to me is like a reliable Grandmother, always there with the kettle on, not asking anything from you, always happy to see you. And I should visit more, if I wasn't so busy, if I had the time, and all the other excuses that don't really wash.
In the not being visited the sea is Grandma like, but in the visiting it is quite different, it is soulful. So very different at different times, wild and tortured, serene and painfully beautiful. I love the connection it gives me with the world. I wade in to swim and my body displaces water that touches every other continent in the world.
The air is the piece of nature I connect with as I rush from house to car, car to train, it is the bit that catches my attention, especially recently with the first crisp tastes of winter. I might be squinting in the light and not noticing the plants around me, but the air can stop me and make me look up. Once looking my eyes always search out the horizon. I once studied art at A level and produced so many different images of the horizon, it's hard to draw a line and make a piece of art out of it, but I was always inspired to try.
Of course I should say I enjoy spending time in nature. But it's not so simple. I spend most of my days in my office working. Nature is in there with me, dried Honesty seeds and Lavender are on display, a thread of seagulls dance from light fitting to curtain rail. But I am inside. I look out to the horizon every time I climb the stairs, I have what estate agents would call 'sea glimpses' from my upstairs windows. I work for myself and could go outside if I wanted. But I do not.
The truth is nature for me is like music. And I stopped listening to music when I was 23. I am trying to listen to it more now I am closing in on 40. Music plays with your emotions, and autism makes it trickier for me to regulate my emotions, so why would I mess with them? Walking the coastal cliff paths in Cornwall looking down on the ocean feels the same. It is raw with emotion, and as beautiful as it is, I'm not sure I could take it every day. Maybe I could, maybe I should, but right now it feels safer to stay inside.
A lot of people with autism (ASD) struggle with their mental health, I believe that trying to understand yourself through Neurotypcial (NT) paradigms can be at the heart of many of these problems. It is the old PC Mac analogy, if you're trying to run PC software on a Mac it's going to be glitchy, not because the MAC doesn't work but because the software does not match the hardware. The difference between the MAC PC analogy and the NT ASD one is that we understand the Mac and PC hardware, where as compared to our understanding of an NT brain understanding of an ASD one is in fledging form.
Staying sane is something I put a lot of effort into. Currently I am running. I dislike running, my body wasn't built to do it. I feel like those people you see in the water who splash about and clearly put a lot of effort in but get nowhere, my running is the land equivalent of that. Whilst I have never found out how far I can swim (they shut the pool whilst I was still lapping up and down) I know quite categorically how far I can run. Running takes me outside, into the brittle autumn air, up the narrow brackeney Cornish lanes, to see the horizon from a different direction. I would like one day to live in a house where I could see the sea and the boats from my kitchen window. As I grow old, if I am privileged enough to do so, I want to sit and eat my breakfast and watch the ocean ebb and flow. I think if it is there all the time I'll be able to take the beauty, just one song playing until death.
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London is the capital and most populous city of the United Kingdom, with a population of 8,538,689. The city's metropolitan area is one of the most populous in Europe with 13,879,757 inhabitants (ONS, 2015 data).
London is a leading global city and a meeting point for the world's business networks and a centre of international trade and finance. For centuries, the capital has been the home of new ideas and trends, and can be considered a creative hub where there is always something new to do and to invest in.
|Average rents in Greater London peaked at more than £1,160 per month in 2014
|In London, property prices have risen faster over the past ten years than any other region in the UK
|With the house prices rising, investors can achieve substantial capital growth, higher than anywhere else in the UK
|London continues to develop and invest in itself, with £100 billion worth of major development projects expected to transform London over the next decade
London's residential market is outperforming the rest of the UK and has been for some time. According to LSL, average rents in Greater London peaked at more than £1,160 per month in 2014 and central London reached closer to £2,500 per month. The rental market in London remains strong as many would-be buyers, due to high property prices, are forced to rent. Unsurprisingly as demand exceeds supply, London saw the highest rental growth figures. House prices have also remained strong with values across London rising by 8% over the past 12 months and 14% for prime residential.
In London, property prices have risen faster over the past ten years than any other region in the UK. Prices have outperformed the wider mainstream market due to continued demand from investors both in the UK and overseas.
The average price of a house in London is now 2.2 times that of a regional home for the first time, according to the ONS. This beats the record set in 2008 when the average price of a London home was 1.75 times that of those in the rest of the UK.
London's population has grown every year since 1988, and it is likely that in the years to 2031 it will continue its steady growth. Therefore the city must accommodate the growing population.
With the house prices rising, investors can achieve substantial capital growth, higher than anywhere else in the UK.
London's appeal is stronger than ever and due to its low price volatility, it is seen globally as a trusted property market that compares favorable with other cities. The liquidity of the London market also means that entry and exit routes are always possible.
London attracts an increasing number of overseas buyers each year, with one out of every two new homes being snapped up by overseas investors over the past 2 years. Property in London has been seen as a safe haven for investors after the world economy crashed.
London's great transport network and a massive investment in infrastructure are other major factors in the city's appeal for renters and landlords alike. Huge projects like Crossrail are predicted to increase residential capital values around stations in central London by 40%, while the completion of the London Overground orbital network and the planned Northern line extension to Nine Elms and Battersea will only enhance the capital's appeal and values.
London is the driving force behind the UK's economy and is one of the world's largest financial centres, with every leading financial institution represented in London. Despite the current economic climate London's economy is expected to grow at a faster rate than New York, Paris or any other established global city, and to become the fourth largest city economy in the world by 2020, according to the Cities of Opportunity annual index.
The most influential decision-makers work in London, from global corporations and trade associations to international and national politics. London is also the gateway to the European Union's 27 member states, the biggest single market in the world, with a population of 500 million. In terms of workforce, London is home to Europe's largest regional labour pool with 9.8 million workers, one in three of which hold a university degree.
London will continue to grow as a world city with the population increasing by 700,000 people by 2016 according to The Telegraph. In order to accommodate this growth, targets are in place for 31,000 new homes to be built each year to 2017. The Mayor of London has targeted East London as a priority area for development, regeneration and infrastructure improvement and has a capacity for at least 104,000 additional homes and 249,000 jobs by 2016. London continues to develop and invest in itself, with £100 billion worth of major development projects expected to transform London over the next decade. A series of high-rise buildings are under construction or planned.
Battersea Power Station will be at the heart of a £4billion regeneration, with serious building work beginning in 2014. When complete, the development will include 16,000 new homes. An extension of the Northern line will include new stations at Battersea Power Station, dramatically reducing the journey time into the city.
All new developments in London come with a commitment to make the city a more attractive, well-designed and greener place. London's Thames Gateway development is the largest urban regeneration project in Europe. In all, London is investing in £190 billion worth of major development projects, including the Olympic Park in Stratford, which will transform London over the next five to ten years.
London was host the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and has so far seen a £9.9 billion trade and investment boost as a result.
During the worst global recession in more than 60 years, the lead up to the 2012 Olympic Games helped generate thousands of jobs in Great Britain. It is estimated that the games will have generated £16.5 billion for the British economy by 2017 and an independent report projects that the total benefit to the UK from hosting the games could reach £41 billion by 2020.
The construction industry benefited greatly from the games, with a report revealing construction projects for London 2012 has given the UK economy a £7.3billion boost. With so many economic benefits already reported, London Mayor Boris Johnson has hailed the impact of hosting the 2012 Olympic Games. "Since summer 2012, the capital has seen a surge in overseas investment totaling billions from Croydon to Battersea to the Royal Albert Docks as well as seeing an extraordinary transformation of East London" he said. "This is delivering tens of thousands of jobs not only in London but spurring growth across the UK and helping the country sprint ahead in the global race for business".
The average price of property in London hit an all time high this month, at over £600,000. Capital growth prospects are therefore extremely high, with investors almost guaranteed to make money on a property in the city. The price of acquisition however is extremely high compared to the rest of the UK and yields in London are low, compared to what is being achieved in the other main cities.
During the worst global recession in more than 60 years, the lead up to the 2012 Olympic Games helped generate thousands of jobs in Great Britain. It is estimated that the games will have generated £16.5billion for the British economy by 2017 and an independent report projects that the total benefit to the UK from hosting the games could reach £41 billion by 2020.
Letting activity grew in London by over 50% in 2014, with prime rents reaching up to £60 per square foot. There are areas of London where property is more affordable to investors and yields are higher, due to the lower price. Watch out for up and coming hotspots including areas of vast redevelopment.
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The price of property can go down as well as up. Historic performance should not be taken as a guarantee of future performance. Geared property investment with mortgages can increase risk of losing money as well as increasing the possible gains. Mortgage products referred to in the website can be withdrawn by the lender or have rates or other terms changed without notice and reference to any products does not imply they are certain to be available in the future. Mortgages referred to may also have certain applicant restrictions and are for indicative purposes only although reasonable endeavours have been used to ensure that they are available at the time of publication and are applicable to a significant number of our purchasers. This site is for information purposes only and nothing on this site should be taken as definitive investment advice for your particular situation without you seeking additional guidance directly from ourselves or from other finance and property professionals. Property particulars on this site do not form part of an offer or contract. The developer and Assetz Property Ltd, whilst endeavouring to ensure complete accuracy in these property particulars, cannot accept liability for any errors. Valuations of property or indicated rents achievable are either estimated or derived from valuations and/or comparables and can change and should not be relied upon without your own additional valuation and research, but we have carried out reasonable endeavours to achieve accurate indications for these figures. All descriptions, dimensions, areas, reference to condition and, if necessary, permissions for use and occupation and their details, are given in good faith as provided by the developer and are believed to be correct. However, these are subject to change, especially, but not wholly, relating to any property that is off-plan or not yet complete. Any intending purchaser should not rely on them as statements or representations of fact but must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to their accuracy. The onus is on each individual investor to undertake their own due diligence, enquiries and inspections. Where shown, net yields are calculated as rental income less expected service charges less expected ground rent as a percentage of the property price. No void periods, optional letting agent costs, repairs or other costs are deducted. Our standard Terms and Conditions of Sale will apply. E. & O. E.


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New Zealand shortage of senior doctors
Specialist disciplines in demand include anaesthetists, medical physicians, obstetricians, gynaecologists, radiologists, psychiatrists and paediatricians.
President of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists Dr Jeff Brown says the problem needs to be addressed urgently.
College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists NZ president Dr Alec Ekeroma said provincial hospitals, especially in Whangarei, Whakatane and Greymouth, all have vacancies in his specialty.
Southland, Northland and Bay of Plenty provinces are also reporting shortages.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stood up to send a question to President Donald Trump's defense team around 6:45 p.m. Thursday, but first he suggested an upcoming 45-minute break for dinner.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., instead of his usual response of "without objection," changed it to a phrase that resonated with the haggard senators and others in the chamber. "I'm sure there's no objection," Roberts said, causing a murmur of laughter to spread even to the page delivering the paper card with McConnell's question to the rostrum.


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UH NSBE members came out to enjoy some classical games with a twist during this eventful Game Night. Competing against each other through song lyrics and a modern "Simon Says", members fully enjoyed taking a brief reprieve from academic work and mingling with fellow members.
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What does it taste like? It tastes like not giving a shit with a hint of recklessness.
Delicious S03 E02
The CannibalRabbit bites back
Sister Monica Joan steals the show again (s7 e8) with this apposite moment:
We are leaping into grief as if we had embraced it as a form of recreation. We are not what we have lost. We are not what has been taken from us. You are all too willing to embrace the void. If you do not cherish what remains you will all become as nothing. You will be nothing. We are not broken. We are each as whole as we will ever be again. And in the end when we cease to be we will all become memories.
As usual Sister Monica Joan, the character with the most clouded vision, cuts through the confusion with the greatest of clarity.
Ghost Town by The Specials is an eminently hummable tune and to find a fragment of it in the Coventry Transport Museum was an unexpected delight.
I can't believe that this has been sat in my inbox for six years. That speaks a lot to the simplicity and strength of the sentiment.
"The standard you walk past is the standard you accept."
This came from the Chief of the Australian Army, Lt Gen David Morrison, as a publicly released address to the Australian Armed Forces. This address was prompted by the findings of investigations into allegations of unacceptable behaviour by Army members.
Via: Skepchick and Brisbane Times