The picks for Gala Coral Maidens ? Romford Preview
The Open Race of Gala Coral Maidens is scheduled to be held at Romford greyhound racing track on Friday, February 24. The high-profile race of 400m Flat distance will commence at 19:46 (GMT).
The entries for the event include Maggies Rocket, Copeland Robbie, Dooey Maeve, Courts Flyer, Hightop Rebel and Carden Simon. These hounds will compete for ?150 of prize money.
Out of the six, Copeland Robbie, Courts Flyer and Maggies Rocket are expected to finish first, second and third respectively in the race.
Below are the career portraits of the trio:
Copeland Robbie
J A White?s Blue dog has bagged two big victories since the dawn of 2012. After winning a race by 3 ? lengths on January 5, he finished first in his last outing at February 11. Both these successes came at Yarmouth course. During the time between these two
wins, the dog suffered some failures at Hove track.
The son of Collision out of Copeland Pearl is turning out to the Romford ground for the very first time in his short career. He is expected to perpetuate his winning momentum and stand first in tomorrow?s contest.
Courts Flyer
After registering a couple of consecutive victories during November 2011, P Garland?s black bitch won a tough race on February 21, 2012 while running at Romford course for the second time since her debut.
The last outstanding performance by the daughter of Black Shaw out of Clash Quickstep exposed her talent properly. Now, the two-year-old is supposed to show a good run again tomorrow. However, she is likely to finish 2nd
as Copeland Robbie will not let her surpass.
Maggies Rocket
Following her two back-to-back victories during September 2011, the A Ingram-trained fawn bitch won another race in December. In her second last outing on February 2, the veteran runner displayed enough fighting spirit and won by a big margin of 2 ? lengths.
As a whole, the daughter of Hades Rocket out of Swift Maggie has not been such an impressive performer in her career. She is supposed to finish 3rd in tomorrow?s contest.
Conclusion
Each of the above favourite trio is carrying sufficient spirit and stamina. Thus, there is going to be a rip-roaring clash at Romford on Friday. Copeland Robbie will have to run to his utmost in order to win the race. Let us see how he struggles for success.
Good luck to all the runners.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are the writer's own and do not reflect Bettor.Com?s editorial policy.
Read more: "Neutrinos: Complete guide to the ghostly particle"
Maybe it was unbelievable for a reason. The signs that neutrinos may travel faster than light, contradicting the well-tested rules of Einstein's special theory of relativity, look like they may have been due to a bad GPS connection.
The speedsters took 2.4 milliseconds to fly from a particle accelerator at CERN near Geneva in Switzerland to an underground detector at Gran Sasso, Italy, a distance of 730 kilometres. Shockingly, they appeared to arrive 60 nanoseconds earlier than they would have if they'd been travelling at light speed.
But that flight time was computed based on a number of different measurements, including the use of a GPS satellite to ensure that the clocks in Geneva agreed with the clocks in Gran Sasso. ScienceInsider's Edwin Cartlidge reported today that a loose cable connecting a GPS receiver to an electronic card in a computer might be able to account for the entire 60-nanosecond anomaly.
However CERN spokesman James Gillies told me, "It's not quite as simple as that....There's a possible explanation, but we will not know for sure until further tests have been made with beam."
He said something similar to MSNBC's Alan Boyle, adding that those tests have been scheduled for May.
OPERA team member Luca Stanco of the National Institute of Nuclear Physics in Padua, Italy, told me that an official update will be released tomorrow. Stay tuned.
Owing to unemployment, competition for jobs has risen. Furthermore, monetary success is also becoming rarer by the day because such chances are decreasing. This condition of the world explains why a lot of individuals are looking to improve themselves.
If you are also looking for methods to improve yourself, then these are quite easy to find and you will achieve self improvement. The following are some ideas that could assist you.
Being Responsible Is Your Foundation Stone
Unfortunately, the media and celebrities sometimes promote a careless outlook. Even so, you should know that being responsible is the only thing that will ever get you somewhere in life. Being responsible only implies that you are an individual who cares about his ambitions.
For instance, if you are responsible about your family then you will do everything in your power to take care of them. Monetary and psychological support are both included in this. On the other hand, if you were a generally irresponsible individual then you would never consider the consequences of you leaving a job or taking off with your friends in the middle of the day for a drink.
Question Everything You Do, Just Because You Can
Most individuals go through their life not even knowing why they do certain things. For instance, an individual driving fast when questioned would almost always say he drives fast because he can. This is an individual who is not aware of himself. The reason for driving fast here is vague. As described above, the majority of individuals live like this.
If the individual was to question why he drives fast then his answer would either result in him wanting to become an expert racer or just plain giving it up. Looking for motives behind every action will allow you to know what is significant.
Figuring Out Your Purpose Of Existence Is Important
After you start questioning your own motivation, you would soon start thinking about the direction of your life. This is how you would think about your purpose of existence. Every person has his own reason to live. Some individuals want to become very powerful while others want to make their families happy.
You need to figure out what your purpose of existence is. Are you looking for power or peace? Your answer will guide you in your life. Furthermore, your purpose of existence would also drive you further towards your goals.
Know Your Limits
Most individuals who reach their pinnacle state that they accepted their limits early on and positively went about dealing with them. Knowing your own limits would allow you to predict where you may falter in the future. As a result of this knowledge, you would prevent yourself from making mistakes.
As a matter of fact, if you know your own limits, you can start working towards resolving them from this point on. For instance, you may be quick feel depressed. This issue can ruin your personal and professional life. Simple meditation or a conscious decision how to overcome depression can help you counter this limit. Waking up late can be seen as another limit. This issue can be dealt with lots of alarm clocks for a few mornings. Waking up early would become easier for you quickly.
As the construction industry recovers, companies looking beyond the this year?s building season are getting attention.
With energy prices on the rise, companies that offer ?green? technology got much of the attention at the annual Eastern Iowa Home Improvement and Landscaping Show last week.
One of the largest displays, a story-and-a-half model of a new construction method of concrete surrounded foam designed by Integra Spec, turned heads. Darin Dietz, of Dietz Construction, hopes the display would also turn some minds to the energy-saving construction method.
?Basically, to put it into laymen?s terms, we?re building a cave above ground,? Dietz said.
That ?cave? would look like any other house but a 2,000-square-foot home would cut winter heating bills by 90 percent, Dietz said. The construction cost of such a building would be 15 to 20 percent above conventional structure costs, he added.
Rising energy costs are fueling interest in the new technique, Dietz said.
?This is going to catch on,? he said. ?We?re on the leading edge of it.?
Local interest in green building matches developments nationally. A nationwide survey conducted by McGraw Hill Construction found green residential projects made up 17 percent of new construction last year. By 2016, the value of the residential green building market is expected to grow fivefold, the survey found. The survey also showed the Upper Midwest is the seeing the second highest rate of green construction in the U.S., behind the leading West Coast.
A green building was defined in the survey as one built to LEED standards in energy and water efficiency and other factors including the site on which the building sits.
According to McGraw Hill, 46 percent of responding conventional builders say incorporating green designs has helped them secure new contracts.
For Dietz, working with the Integra Spec design sets his company apart from others. The McGraw Hill survey echoes that strategy, showing 71 percent of companies that exclusively design and build green spaces say their offerings give them a competitive advantage in the industry.
The green trend isn?t confined to new construction. Many homeowners are looking for ways to save on their energy bills in the home they are already in. The show offered dozens of energy saving tactics including ranging from efficient lighting and appliances to foam insulation and even residential energy production.
In the wake of announced plans for a rate increase from MidAmerican Energy, those products attracted some shoppers.
?I?m always looking for ideas to save money,? said Ryan Fischer, of New Hartford.
Fischer browsed a booth displaying LED light bulbs and looked over a solar powered attic fan. Fischer said he isn?t too concerned about utility prices, which he said have been relatively stable compared to gasoline prices, but was curious about the energy savings some products at the show offered.
The LED bulbs, which have dropped in price by about 50 percent in recent years would need to come down lower in price before he would switch.
Curt Wobeter, of LED Source, said that decline is likely to come but someone buying a bulb now would likely save enough money in energy use to make up for that price difference.
?What you can save in the next couple of years will far outweigh the cost (of the bulbs),? Wobeter said.
For a larger investment, Mike Miller, of Natural Solutions LLC in Cedar Falls, had a display of solar panels for homeowners who are considering generating their own energy.
Solar water heating systems are a popular improvement, Miller said, adding that interest in such systems has gone up while the cost has gone down.
?Every time energy costs go up, it shortens the time on your return on your investment,? he said.
Both Miller and Wobeter were quick to mention savings such improvements can bring won?t take years to materialize. Qualifying energy-efficient investments carry a 30 percent federal tax credit.
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McClatchy-Tribune Regional News ? John Molseed Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Iowa
Home flippers buy dilapidated houses, fix them up, then sell them again as quickly as possible with the intention of making a tidy profit. ?Flipped houses look shiny and new inside, but what?s going on underneath all the new drywall, carpet, and paint? ?Very few home buyers seem to trust flippers, and with the cheesy ?repairs? or ?cover-ups? I?ve seen over the years, it?s easy to understand why. ?Most of the quick and dirty home flippers take the same shortcuts when flipping houses; I?ve seen so many of them done the same way that I?m going to tell you all about the flipped house you just looked at without even knowing the address.
Interior
The interior of the home looks great. ?The kitchen has all new or re-painted cabinets, stainless steel appliances, granite counter tops, and a tiled floor. ?The first floor bathroom has been completely re-done, and a second floor bathroom was recently added, or possibly a basement bathroom. ?They look great. ?All new carpet, paint, light fixtures, outlets, and switches throughout the house. ?Possibly all new windows as well.
When looking at flipped houses, you might notice poorly designed kitchens (ie ? cabinet doors / drawers that are blocked by other cabinets), nail holes that aren?t filled, appliances installed without an outlet to plug them in to, and loose / unsecured countertops or base cabinets. ?Bathrooms will often have vanity cabinets that are way too small for the space because the flipper bought the ?special buy? vanity, top, and faucet combo on sale at whatever home improvement store was close.
The handrails are new, but they might come right out of the wall if you pull on them. ?I?ve found a few handrails at flipped houses that were only attached to drywall.
Electrical
There is a brand new circuit breaker panel installed in the basement, which replaced the old 60-amp fuse panel. ?The new panel has a state electrical inspection sticker on it, and everything looks great. ?I don?t find many electrical problems on flipped houses. ?Even the worst home flippers usually know better than to mess with the electrical; they don?t want their houses to burn down.
Heating
The home has an old, unsafe heating system at the end of it?s life expectancy. ?The flipper has documentation from ?their guy?, some heating contractor that you?ve never heard of, saying the heating system is safe. ?You should be suspicious. ?I?ve found heating safety check forms filled out that weren?t worth the paper they were written on. ?I?ve found furnaces and boilers creating high levels of carbon monoxide that the heating contractors said were fine. ?In one particular case, the home flipper claimed my equipment was faulty; we argued for a while, and eventually the flipper had the gas company come out to do their own test. ?The gas company promptly red-tagged the heating plant and shut it down.
Another possibility is that the heating system was completely replaced. ?If so, great, but check the furnace?s blower fan for drywall dust. ?There?s a good chance that the flipper had the blower fan running while they were doing their drywall sanding, and the interior of the furnace is completely caked in drywall dust. ?The photo below shows a close-up view of a furnace?s blower fan blades covered in a thick layer of drywall dust.
If the home was originally heated with a boiler, the home flipper most likely pulled out all of the pipes and radiators and converted the system to forced air; this is usually far less expensive than repairing or replacing the existing system.
Air Conditioning
If the house is being sold during the winter, the AC is very old and may not be functional. ?If the house is being sold during the summer, the AC is brand new and keeps the house very comfortable. ?I don?t find much in-between those two extremes.
Structure
This is the item that home buyers are most concerned about, especially on flipped house, but I?m afraid I can?t shed any light on this one. ?Despite what home buyers expect, I don?t find structural problems on flipped houses any more than I do with other houses.
Plumbing
The water distribution pipes will either be in acceptable condition or they?ll all have recently been replaced; no issues there. ?There will be major problems with the drains though; nobody has lived in the house yet, so nobody knows about the leaks and clogged drains.??The old steel drain lines are often clogged at the kitchen sink, and possibly at other locations.
New plumbing fixtures often leak when they?re filled with water and then drained; it?s not unusual to find several leaking drains at flipped houses.
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Sometimes we?ll find floor drains, basement showers, or even basement sinks that back up with water when the plumbing fixtures at the upper levels are filled and then drained. ?That?s exactly what was happening with this new basement bathroom sink at a flipped house in New Hope.
Tiled shower floors are also notorious leakers at flipped houses; I?d estimate that half of them leak. ?I remember inspecting one house in Minneapolis about two years ago where both?of the tiled shower floors leaked like crazy. ?The buyers decided they didn?t want the house before I was even finished with my inspection.
Roofs
The shingles on the roof are in bad shape. ?You?ll find patched sections of shingles or shingles that are badly deteriorated and at the end of their life expectancy. ? Replacing the roof covering is an expensive project, but it won?t make the house sell for any more money, so flippers leave the roof alone if it?s not leaking. ?I can?t say I blame them.
Insulation
The insulation in the attic hasn?t been touched for a long time ? it might even be original, and it will need improvement. ?Flippers don?t get any return on their investment for new insulation, so don?t expect anything to be done here.
Exterior
Shoddy workmanship abounds at the exterior. ?The original wood windows were replaced with vinyl inserts, but the old wood at the exterior is still rotting away and has been freshly painted, or someone did a quick and dirty job of wrapping the windows with aluminum and left a lot of rotted wood still exposed.
The basement windows have been replaced with whatever size window was close, ?and the flipper used clear pine or plywood to make up the difference in size. ?This is sloppy workmanship, at best.
Some of the siding repairs may even be comical; I actually found a hole in the siding repaired with a coffee can lid at a recent flipped home inspection.
There is a thin layer of new wood chips surrounding the house, but nothing has been done to correct improperly pitched soils around the house that can lead to a wet basement. ?You?ll want to re-grade right away.
The chimney has a lot of missing mortar and cracks in the crown. ?You?ll need to hire someone to repair the chimney to help prevent the deterioration from getting worse.
Was I close? ?If you just finished looking at a flipped house and you didn?t find any of these issues, buy the house! take a closer look. ?These are the defects that I often find at flipped houses, but keep in mind, these are broad generalizations. ?Some flipped houses aren?t in nearly this good of shape, while others are pristine. ?I?ve worked with plenty of?home flippers who do high quality construction work, including a friend,?Andy Blessing. ?His company occasionally?flips houses,?and I?d be perfectly happy to buy any house he flipped because he does honest, high quality work. ?There are plenty of good contractors who do excellent work, but it?s the rest of ?em that give home flippers a bad name.
If you?re buying a flipped house, the items you should pay the most attention to should be the exterior, roof, insulation, and drains. ?Individual results will vary.
Reuben Saltzman, Structure Tech Home Inspections -?Email?-?Minneapolis Home Inspector
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When looking at flipped houses, you might notice poorly designed kitchens (ie ? cabinet doors / drawers that are blocked by other cabinets), nail holes that aren?t filled, appliances installed without an outlet to plug them in to, and loose / unsecured countertops or base cabinets. ?Bathrooms will often have vanity cabinets that are way too small for the space because the flipper bought the ?special buy? vanity, top, and faucet combo on sale at whatever home improvement store was close.
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