Sometimes a successful real estate investor stretches himself too thin by trying to be involved in too many types of investments. This "jack of all trades, master of none" approach may work for some investors, but it can also bring stress and poor returns.
Other investors stick to one asset class and become experts. John Larson, Think Realty's May/June 2017 Master Investor, has found success by sticking to the investment classes he knows will provide solid returns for clients of his company, American Real Estate Investments (AREI).
Dallas-based AREI provides turnkey rental portfolios for investors looking to build cash flow. The company purchases houses, rehabs them, finds tenants and manages the properties. Larson is a managing partner and one of the owners of the 50-employee firm. It's in four markets now and looking to expand.
Larson's story shows that real estate investment success can be found by relentlessly focusing on doing one thing well.
He and his family started buying houses when the market soured, reasoning that it couldn't "continue to plummet," Larson says. They'd buy the houses for $5,000 to $20,000, put $20,000 into a renovation and rent them out for between $700 and $900 month. This was how Larson became experienced with Class C inventory. The experience wasn't entirely positive.
The "headaches" of dealing with the Section 8 program and managing properties in areas where he didn't feel physically safe told him it was time to exit the market. He made a nice profit on the homes when he sold them in 2011.
Being consistent and a good people person helped him break into the hot Dallas-Fort Worth real estate market in 2012. He says that those traits helped AREI get its "fair share" of available inventory in the tight DFW market.
The marketing degree with a minor in entrepreneurship that the now 30-year-old Larson obtained from Central Michigan University helps him market homes better than his competitors, he says. "I know how to make my marketing more appealing than the other turnkey providers down the road or someone else in another state trying to do the same type thing. I think that's part of what's made me successful in business," he says.
Larson had an epiphany of sorts when he obtained his real estate license after receiving his marketing degree. The market had recovered, and although he realized it would always fluctuate, "these rental properties are almost recession-proof." He knew that real estate would be a great tool to build a successful business as people will still need a place to live as the market teeter-totters between boom and bust.
"If the market does tank again — and it probably will; I mean, everything is cyclical — you still have a rental portfolio of properties that are filled with people," Larson says.
Instead of selling million-dollar homes, Larson decided that renting out properties in good neighborhoods was a better business model. The values of the rentals might drop, but he'd still be receiving rent checks.
Larson chose Dallas, as the market was very affordable and had good jobs and a growing population. "People were moving here in droves, and you know with rental properties, and everybody should know, that they don't perform unless you have somebody living in the home, right?" he says.
AREI has three investment models – Class A, Class B and Class C. Dallas was the ideal market to set up Class A investments, as the 2012 median home price was just under $200,000 versus the national median of $220,000. AREI was able to "buy properties in good neighborhoods at a very affordable value," Larson says.
Average rents in Dallas are about $1,600 per month, and applicants with a 650 or higher credit score need to put down a one-month security deposit. Credit scores below 650 mean higher security deposits for the tenants.
"And then from there, once we get the property fully turnkey — and when I say turnkey, I mean renovated, tenant in place and cash flowing — we transfer ownership to our investors," Larson says.
Currently, AREI won't put forward properties for investment with rents less than $950. Larson still isn't a fan of Class C real estate as an investment, but AREI will source those properties because some clients like the high-risk, high-reward nature of that asset class.
Since he's not comfortable owning them himself, Larson won't offer an investment with low rents.
"I don't want to own that type of inventory, so I don't produce any investments that I would not invest in myself," he says.
AREI believes that the management team's responsibility is to find quality investments, place good tenants and take care of maintenance issues, and that's where the focus should be. Customer service should be handled by a different group that is solely focused on after-sale support. The dedicated rep calls investors monthly to review the status of their properties, go over property management statements and answer questions or concerns.
"That one person will know what's going on with any one of your homes, no matter if you own one with us or 10, you have that kind of one-on-one connection with somebody at my company that's always in contact with you. I think if anything, that's what really sets us apart from other groups," says Larson.
Larson says investors in AREI's Class A market usually start out with one property ("To see how it works"), then buy another one three or four months later. He understands, as investors want proof that AREI's investment model works. Investors in Class B markets, however, tend to buy two or three homes initially, as the homes cost less than Class A properties.
"I've had investors come to me and ask if they should buy five properties in St. Louis, a couple in Texas – 'What should I do?' I just tell them, 'Hey let's just start with one. Give me the opportunity to prove to you that this works. Let me earn your trust and then from there let's explore some more options.' But yeah, most of the time I say eight out of 10 people come back and invest with us again," Larson says.
One of the hallmarks for any successful person is knowing what he or she is not good at. Larson's experience with Class C homes in and around Detroit taught him to avoid that asset class as those kinds of homes provided more pain than pleasure. Even though he knows people in Detroit who are doing well owning and managing 20 or 30 rentals, he realized that hands-on management is not part of his skill set. Larson's just not cut out to be a property manager — and he's OK with that.
"So I learned at that point, if I'm going to have an investment company, a real estate investment company, I prefer to avoid those types of investments because my investors, they're not managing the properties themselves. They're relying on me to manage them. I'm going to manage the stuff that I know is going to work and the stuff that I know is going to make my investors successful," he says.
He won't invest in anything that produces less than $1,100 in rent, even though he'll provide properties with rents down to $950 if his customers ask for them. "I have those investors who understand that is the risk that is associated with those, and they want that type of inventory, so I'll still produce it," Larson says.
Larson knows he doesn't have that type of risk tolerance, so he avoids the asset class. "I've just learned in my experience that with $1,100 rents and above, you're starting to deal with a better quality of tenant. You're buying in better neighborhoods," he says.
In Class A neighborhoods, the houses are easier to lease and keep them leased, Larson says. "We just have more success down here in Dallas. It's because the median rents are at $1,600," he says.
Larson foresees a time when Dallas real estate prices will rise enough that rents won't be able to keep pace, making the math no longer pencil out for the company's Class A model. He likes many Florida markets, especially Tampa Bay. Oklahoma City is also a possibility. "Basically, we're going to chase whatever the hottest market is," he says.
John Larson has become successful by focusing his company on a class of investments that he knows will pay dividends for his investor clients. That, and a relentless focus on his clients' needs, have helped make him a Master Investor.


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How does Sauron rebuild his empire after losing the Ring?
In the opening of the Fellowship of the Ring (film), it's depicted that essentially, the Last Alliance went to Mordor, vanquished Sauron's armies, smashed his castles, and killed him, personally (mostly anyway). He was pretty much finished.
Then jump forward 2500 years and he's back. But Gandalf also explicitly states that he has all his stuff back, too - armies, castles, etc. How did this happen without anybody noticing before now and crushing him before he's ready to fight?
It seems like a colossal mistake on the part of his enemies to just leave Mordor and forget about the whole affair. They could have set up a permanent garrison right next to Mount Doom. They could have scoured Mordor of every Orc and set up their own settlements there. They could have at least sent one bloke on horseback every year to go there and make sure he was just as dead as last year.
This question isn't about why he took so long to rebuild, or indeed, Sauron personally at all. It's entirely about his stuff. The question is why the victors of the Last Alliance didn't ensure he couldn't rebuild his armies, castles, etc.
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Possible duplicate of Why did it take Sauron so long to regain strength? – Binary Worrier Feb 25 '17 at 20:24
@BinaryWorrier I don't think so. Care to explain why you think this is a duplicate? – Gallifreyan Feb 25 '17 at 20:36
Men were too busy fighting men to continue worrying about an enemy they had long ago defeated. – Radhil Feb 25 '17 at 20:38
I think the Men of Gondor had been fighting him for quite some time leading up to the War of the Ring? I believe that's why Boromir is all "by the blood of my people are all your lands kept safe" (paraphrasing) at the Council of Elrond in the movie. – robopuppy Feb 25 '17 at 21:01
This question is clearly not about why it took Sauron time to rebuild. It's about how he was able to rebuild at all. – DeadMG Feb 25 '17 at 23:21
Gondor did place a watch on Mordor in the Third Age; however, it began to wane during the disastrously self-indulgent reign of Atanatar, and failed entirely following the Great Plague (emphasis mine):
Atanatar Alcarin son of Hyarmendacil lived in great splendour, so that men said precious stones are pebbles in Gondor for children to play with. But Atanatar loved ease and did nothing to maintain the power that he had inherited, and his two sons were of like temper. The waning of Gondor had already begun before he died, and was doubtless observed by its enemies. The watch upon Mordor was neglected.
The second and greatest evil came upon Gondor in the reign of Telemnar, the twenty-sixth king, whose father Minardil, son of Eldacar, was slain at Pelargir by the Corsairs of Umbar. (They were led by Angamaitë and Sangahyando, the great-grandsons of Castamir.) Soon after a deadly plague came with dark winds out of the East The King and all his children died, and great numbers of the people of Gondor, especially those that lived in Osgiliath. Then for weariness and fewness of men the watch on the borders of Mordor ceased and the fortresses that guarded the passes were unmanned.
Return of the King Appendix A: "Annals of the Kings and Rulers" I The Númenorean Kings (iv) Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion
This all began over a thousand years after the War of the Last Alliance (Atanatar ascended the throne in TA 1149), and nearly two thousand years before Sauron's final defeat in TA 3019.
Meanwhile, it's believed that the Nazgûl re-entered Mordor around TA 1856, two hundred years after the official end of the Great Plague, when Gondor was beset by an invasion of Wainriders:
The third evil was the invasion of the Wainriders, which sapped the waning strength of Gondor in wars that lasted for almost a hundred years. The Wainriders were a people, or a confederacy of many peoples, that came from the East; but they were stronger and better armed than any that had appeared before. They journeyed in great wains, and their chieftains fought in chariots. Stirred up, as was afterwards seen, by the emissaries of Sauron, they made a sudden assault upon Gondor, and King Narmacil II was slain in battle with them beyond Anduin in 1856. The people of eastern and southern Rhovanion were enslaved; and the frontiers of Gondor were for that time withdrawn to the Anduin and the Emyn Muil. [At this time it is thought that the Ringwraiths re-entered Mordor.]
It's the Nazgûl who ultimately did much of the rebuilding; Sauron himself wouldn't return to Mordor until TA 2942:
2942 Bilbo returns to the Shire with the Ring. Sauron returns in secret to Mordor.
Return of the King Appendix B: "The Tale of Years" (ii) The Third Age
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@DeadMG Like who? Rohan, a Gondorian protectorate that didn't come into existence until TA 2510? The Elves, who reproduce slowly and faced significant losses at the Last Alliance? Dwarves, who were never that terribly invested in the fight against Sauron in the first place? Hobbits? – Jason Baker Feb 25 '17 at 23:40
@DeadMG - Remember we are talking about THOUSANDS of years. Consider how the concerns of today's world vastly differ from the Middle Ages. I think losing interest/diligence/perspective would be natural/expected over such vast amounts of time. However, I do think it's a valid question to ask why haven't any independent explorers/adventurers, without any directive or imperative other than their own personal interests, haven't stumbled onto Sauron's goings-on during that time and raised the alarm. – iMerchant Feb 26 '17 at 1:46
@iMerchant At that point you're getting into the purely speculative, but it's worth noting that Sauron was not the only evil presence at work in any of the places he inhabited. For instance, the spiders of Mirkwood would have been a strong deterrent for individuals operating under their own imperatives to venture anywhere nearby the haunts of the Necromancer. Likewise, there was likely a strong presence of orcs and fouler things burrowed under Mordor. (Also, we mustn't forget Shelob). As a "professional treasure hunter", I'd probably hunt elsewhere. – jmbpiano Feb 26 '17 at 3:35
@iMerchant For immortal elves, I imagine keeping an eye on things for thousands of years isn't that big of a deal. Judging by the answers in the other question, it's not the first time it took Sauron thousands of years to come back. – DeadMG Feb 26 '17 at 12:10
The Elves on the other hand had declined significantly, in numbers and strength, did not have especially close connections to other peoples anymore and had poor history of trying to fight Sauron on their own (see the War of Elves and Sauron in the Second Age, which they would have lost without Numenor eventually sending help). While their leaders at least certainly knew Sauron's eventual return was inevitable, they were not in a position to do much about it. – suchiuomizu Feb 26 '17 at 16:18
Oh my, interesting topic indeed. I might be repeating what others have answered, but since currently I'm reading the sixth book (again, and this time in English!), I feel encouraged to join.
Sauron wasn't killed: since he's a Maiar he cannot die (not even after the destruction of the Ring). At the very least, the Elves did know this, and the Númenóreans should have also, for he was who tricked them and caused them to be the Atalantë. The Valar also knew he was returning, that's why they sent the five Istari: to guide and assist the peoples of Middle-Earth when he returned.
As others have stated, Gondor (and Arnor!) did set watch upon Mordor. Minas Ithil (later Morgul), the Tower of Cirith Ungol (where the orcs take Frodo after he's stung by Shelob), and two towers in the pass between the mountain ranges of Ephel Duath y Ered Lithui (where the black gate is located) were built by the westerners to watch over Mordor. During, like 1500 years or so, Gondor did prevent orcs and haradrim and other foul creatures from returning to Mordor. However, a set of events happened during all this time. Consider the following:
Isildur gets killed by orcs in the Anduin.
After Isildur's death, his only surviving son took ownership of Arnor, but didn't claim Gondor, which was instead ruled by the heirs of Isildur's brother and co-ruler, Anarion. Thus the two kingdoms were separated.
Over time, the kings became obsessed with the lost of longevity. Over the generations, the life length passed from 400 years to 200 and less. Thus the kings dedicated time and resources to find a "cure" to long age (other than being close to Aman).
Gondor suffered several attacks over time from several fronts: the Harad in the south and the Corsairs of Umbar in the south west, and eventually lost lots of lands there; and also from the Easterlings.
A civil war ocurred that led to the devastation of Osgiliath and lots of people death.
The Nazgûl created and built the northern kingdom of Angmar and constantly attacked the norther lands of Arnor, Eriador and Cardolan.
A great plague struck Middle Earth (even killing the White Tree that Isildur had planted in memory of Anarion).
The easterlings invaded and devastated Gondor.
Eventually, Arnor failed and was reduced to nothing, except for the group of rangers known as the Dúnedain.
The line of Anarion also failed, making way for the House of Stewards.
So, after the war with Sauron, Gondor/Arnor were the only beacon of light for humans in Middle Earth. After they failed, everything else decayed into some sort of Middle Ages, so to speak. It is only natural that they lost the track of things. After all, one is first concerned to bring food to the table or repel the attack from the Corsairs, before sending scouts to see if Barad-dur has been rebuilt.
However, despite this, much was done to prevent evil from returning.
A White Council was created to counter the ever increasing eveil returning to Mordor. Saruman was tasked to learn about Sauron and prepare a defense. This happened around the same time when Déagol/Sméagol found the Ring (500+ years before the War of the Ring, and 1000+ years after the decline of Gondor started (usually considered at circa 1500 of the Third Age).
For a long time, Arnor, Rivendell and even Mirkwood kept at bay the attacks of Angmar. Eventually, however, Angmar destroyed the last kingdom of the Dúnedain (Fornost) and Cardolan (where the Barrow-wights were sent, and from where Merry would pick a blade that eventually killed the King Witch of Angmar during the Battle of Pelennor Fields).
The Beorlings managed to keep the pass between the Misty Mountains and Mirkwood open and orc-free for the most part.
Rivendell and Lórien kept the orcs of Moria at bay.
Circa 2000 of the Third Age, the last king of Gondor defeated Angmar.
During the first 1000 years of the Third Age, or so, Gondor fought and expelled the Easterlings from Rhovanion, Mordor and the Sea of Rhûn.
Gandalf, the chief strategist, helped the dwarves of Erebor to reclaim their kingdom, and set in motion events that would lead to the death of Smaug and the resurgence of both the dwarves of Erebor and the Iron Hills, and the Kingdom of Dale, eventually getting rid of the orcs from the north (Angmar) and Dol Guldur, which was a serious blow to Sauron (albeit he later sent easterlings to fight Dale, Mirkwood and Erebor during the War of the Ring).
The White Council eventually drove Sauron from Mirwood. This is important. Although they were late (because of Saruman), this prevented Sauron from learning the whereabouts of the Ring.
The Dúnedain managed to keep the borders of the Shire well protected, and managed to keep out orcs from the Barrow-wights.
The elves managed to keep their kingdoms alive due to the power of the three rings. This is important: otherwise, the elves would have had abandoned Middle Earth for Aman long before, and maybe Aragorn wouldn't have been protected, Narsil wouldn't have been restored, Galadriel would have helped The Company, etc etc.
It's just, it wasn't enough. The westerners had to fight not only orcs, but also wicked men and Nazgûls, while at the same time watching how their kingdoms fell apart. It's not as if they forgot to fight or watch Mordor: they were overrun. Add to that Saruman's betrayal (they could have fought Sauron in Dol Goldur 100+ years before the march of Thorin Oakenshield!) and one can see why Sauron gained its former strength.
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"constantly attacked the norther lands of Arnor, Eriador and Cardolan." Cardolan was one of the three sub-kingdoms Arnor was divided into after the death of one of its kings and dividing the land between his three sons (along with Arthedain and Rhudaur). Eriador was a region that included Arnor but was otherwise ignored by Angmar. – suchiuomizu Feb 26 '17 at 14:12
"Gondor did prevent orcs and haradrim and other foul creatures from returning to Mordor" -- really minor nitpick that doesn't detract from your answer (I upvoted!), but surely you're not implying the Haradrim are among the "foul creatures"? They were human, and had reasonable motives to hate Gondor (even if, like many groups of people, they were ultimately misled by Sauron)... – Andres F. Feb 26 '17 at 21:04
None of these things are really what I expected. For instance, you state that Rivendell and Lorien kept the orcs of Moria at bay. Why didn't the Alliance simply immediately crush the orcs of Moria to ensure they could not be a threat? If the orcs of Moria couldn't be crushed, why did Sauron not use them to save himself? – DeadMG Mar 11 '17 at 22:54
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Managing the energy and other needs in buildings efficiently and intelligently can have considerable benefits. A building energy management system (BEMS) is a sophisticated method to monitor and control the building's energy needs. Next to energy management, the system can control and monitor a large variety of other aspects of the building regardless of whether it is residential or commercial. Examples of these functions are heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), lighting or security measures. BEMS technology can be applied in both residential and commercial buildings. The teaser image illustrates several of the different functions a BEMS can monitor and control.
Buildings' energy consumption in the EU represents about 30% of total EU energy consumption and between 25 and 40% in OECD countries (OECD, 2003). Developing countries have a less efficient building stock where it is even more important to improve on building energy efficiency. In the EU-25, in 2003 total CO2 emissions amounted to 3.8 Gtonnes of which 479 Mtonnes were household emissions (12%) (EU, 2005). In the UK, the domestic sector represents about 28% of CO2 emissions and within that space heating is 53%, lighting and appliances 22%, and water heating 20%. Cooking contributes only 5% (UK DTI, 2006). Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS) control the functions of the building, allowing a smooth operation and efficient functioning of the building. This description elaborates on the BEMS technology.
The IEA (1997) uses the following description of a BEMS: "an electrical control and monitoring system that has the ability to control monitoring points and an operator terminal. The system can have atrributes from all facets of building control and management functions such as heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) to lighting, fire alarm system, security, maintenance and energy management. Another common description is that BEMSs are control systems for individual buildings or groups of buildings that use computers and distributed microprocessors for monitoring, data storage and communication (Levermore, 2000). Other terms frequently used for this technology are Building Management System (BMS) and Energy Management System (EMS).
As such, the BEMS technology is a broad concept of building control, and can have a variety of characteristics. However, the term BEMS is limited to use for sophisticated and advanced control systems (IEA, 1997). Therefore, while all buildings require and have some form of control system, BEMS technology is substantially different from previous control systems. The main point in which a BEMS differs from other control systems is the characteristic of communication: information of the processes and functions of the building can be received and controlles at a central, single operating unit. Therefore, decisions can be made based upon the received information (IEA, 1997). This is a critical aspect of a BEMS as it allows for optimization of the system. For instance, the central and single operating unit can receive information of temperature and building occupancy and can make the decision to lower the temperature in parts of the building that are not occupied. These decisions, therefore can increase energy efficiency. Figure 1 illustrates a possible BEMS configuration in which multiple buildings are connected to each other and are connected via the internet to a central operating unit to allow smooth cooperation among the buildings and increase efficiency. Increased cooperation among different buildings through the BEMS allows for additional increased energy efficiency, as functions of the different buildings can be coupled.
Figure 1: Possible configuration of a BEMS monitoring and controlling multiple buildings. Source: MOD, 2001.
Feasibility of technology and operational necessities
Minimal components of a BEMS are: at least one principal operator position (or central station); a connection of the principal operator position to remote outstations also called controllers. The remote outstations can function independently or can be controlled by the principal operator position. The connection is most commonly provided through the internet.; the prinicpal operator position has an interface with the remote outstations and can control various functions of these outstations depending on the client's requirements (for instance, the system can be limited to energy, or can include other functions such as security). Figure 2 illustrates the main components of a BEMS control system.
Figure 2: Main components of a BEMS. Source: MOD, 2001.
The IEA (1997) identifies three main objectives of a BEMS: a) to provide a healthy and pleasant indoor climate; b) to ensure the safety of the user and the owner; anc c) to ensure economical running of the building in respect of both energy and personnel. As mentioned, a BEMS can monitor and control many factors within the building, or within a group of buildings. HVAC, lighting, domestic hot water, electrical supply/distribution, energy consumption, vertical transportation, and many others are examples of factors that can be controlled by a BEMS. Figure 3 illustrates a BEMS control system in operation. .
Figure 3: Illustration of the functions of a BEMS. The figure shows a BEMS controller controlling the system based on a timer, external inputs such as temperature, and based on feedback from the system itself. Source: MOD, 2001 The IPCC (2007) notes that commissioning is a key stage in the implementation of the BEMS. Commissioning is the quality control process that begins with the early stages of design. In other words, it is essential to consider the BEMS technology and its required functions in the earliest stages of design to optimize the operation potential and consequently the energy savings of the technology. Basically, it is more practical to incorporate a BEMS into the design of the building compared to retrofit a BEMS into an existing building. For example, considering BEMS functions such as vertical transportation management into the design of the building, is more practical as all essential electronics and wiring can be incorporated into the design. Concluding, the IPCC (2007) notes that the commissioning process ensures clear design intent. Proper commission procedures can result in significant energy savinfs in the buildings operation (See e.g: Claridge et al., 2003). Table 1 illustrates some common functional capabilities of a BEMS. Once constructed, the other key aspect of an advanced control system such as the BEMS is the need to maintain operation efficiency (IPCC, 2007).
Table 1. Several common functional capabilities of Building Energy Management Systems. Source: MOD, 2001
Optimisation of building and plant operations.
Provision of energy management information
Remote monitoring and control of services and functions of one or several buildings
Possibility of automatic control of services and functions. For instance, automatic switch-on, switch-off of appliances
Monitoring of building status and environmental conditions
==Status of the technology and its future market potential==
Since their introduction in the 1960s, BEMSs control systems have become more and more sophisticated. Rapid developments in BEMS hardware, such as sensors and communication highways, and computer processing power have made BEMS a preferred management system (IPCC, 2007; MOD, 2001). Not only have the rapid developments significantly reduced costs of a sophisticated management system, the advances in technology have also increased the possibilities for a BEMS and therefore increased its potential. For instance, advances in information technology makes monitoring via the internet possible. In addition, it is now possible to monitor many buildings at the same time, and integrate functions of several buildings. For instance, heating and cooling requirements can be coupled among buildings resulting in higher energy savings beyond what the energy management optimization of an individual building can accomplish (IPCC, 2007).
The IPCC (2007) notes that the BEMS technology is at a stage at which the technology is economically feasible under specific conditions both for developing countries as well as developed countries. While the IPCC (2007) notes that the technology is expensive, the IPCC also considers the technology effective in both cold and warm climates and in developing and developed countries. In other words, the energy savings the technology is able to achieve, make up for its higher initial costs.
How the technology could contribute to socio-economic development and environmental protection
When the technology is applied in commercial buildings or in industrial facilities, it can contribute to social development in two ways. By making the workplace safer, and healthier.
First, due to the improved fire, security and other emergency procedures that the technology offers, the workplace will be much safer. The technology can locate potential hazards within the workplace, notify emergency response teams, and inform personnel about the potential danger.
Second, the technology can monitor and control the environmental conditions in the buildings. This capacity of the technology has the potential to make the workplace healthier. Similar to potential fire or security hazards, the technology can monitor factors such as air quality and water quality and can react when value thresholds are crossed. For instance, the system can increase ventilation when the carbon monoxide levels in a facility increase above a level considered safe.
When the technology is applied in residential buildings, it informs residents about their energy consumption. Residents can draw upon this information to apply conservation measures. In addition, the technology can apply certain comfort settings for the residents. The information the technology provides to residents and the actions the technology can perform can therefore contribute to social development by increasing comfort and reducing energy consumption.
While the operation of the technology might be relatively straightforward due to a sohisticated interface, there is still a need for skilled operators of the technology. In addition, the installation of the technology requires training of the installation personnel.
The reduction in overall energy demand due to the use of BEMS results in an increased security of energy supply. In addition, high penetration rates of the technology reduces the need to build additional energy power stations and reduces the demand for import of energy.
One main characteristic of the technology is that it is capable to provide real-time and extensive data on energy consumption to the facility operator. This information can be used to increase energy efficiency of the overall system. Additionally, the BEMS itself improves energy efficiency by streamlining the operation of the machinery it monitors and controls. Improved energy efficiency leads to increased protection of the environment due to the reduced need for resources. For instance, improved efficiency in the electrical requirement of the building directly results in lower carbon dioxide and SO2 emissions when the electricity is provided by a coal powered facility.
For example, according to the IEA, lighting ranks among the major end-uses in global power demand. Lighting represents 650 mtoe of primary energy consumption and 2550 TWh of electricity consumption in 2005.This means that grid-based electric lighting is equivalent to 19% of total global electricity production. The statistics supplied by the IEA report (2006) shows that lighting requires as much electricity as is produced by all gas-fired generation or 1265 power plants. Of this amount the major consumption sector is commercial at 43% followed by residential at 31%, industrial (18%), and outdoor stationary sources at 8%.These statistics refer to on-grid sources. Through the resulting energy efficiency, an installed BEMS, would be able to lower the lighting requirements of the building in which it is installed. For instance, the BEMS can turn off lights in rooms where there are no occupants for a certain period of time.
Table 2 summarises the main benefits and disadvantages to the BEMS technology.
Table 2. Common benefits from the use of a BEMS (IEA, no date; MOD, 2001)
Increased energy efficiency Higher initial costs for design and installation
Improved environmental conditions Operation and maintenance costs might be higher compared to simpler management systems. However, the BEMS is also capable of reducing overall costs through improved energy efficiency and more efficient use of staff
More efficient use of staff Need for a skilled operator
Improved fire, security and other emergency procedures requires commitment at all levels throughout its operational life to maintain maximum effectiveness
Improved standards of plant/building functioning
Improved management of the building
==Financial requirements and costs==
The IPCC (2007) concludes on the BEMS technology that it is as of yet unclear how much the technology can reduce energy usage and at what costs. Estimates provided on the technology energy savings differ considerably and therefore the technology requires more research and development to determine the financial requirements and costs. For example, Birtles and John (1984) estimate energy savings up to 27 % compared to no BEMS installed, while the IPCC notes estimates between 5 % and 40 % (IPCC, 2007). Additionally Roth et al. (2005) estimate energy savings up to 20 % in space heating energy consumption and 10 % for lighting and ventilation, combining to a 5 % to 20 % overall energy savings range.
Clean Development Mechanism market status
Currently, no projects in the CDM portfolio are registered regarding the implementation of BEMS technology. However, certain methodologies can be identified which might be used for such a projects. Basically, BEMS technology is an energy efficiency measure, since it streamlines the use of appliances and services in a efficient manner. Since the technology does not generate energy it is therefore a demand side energy efficiency measure. Three CDM methodologies can be identified which might be useful for a project that wants to enter the CDM market.
First, Energy efficiency and fuel switching measures for buildings (Version 10 AMS-II.E.): This methodology comprises any energy efficiency and fuel switching measure implemented at a single building or group of similar buildings. The methodology concerns energy efficiency measures such as energy efficient appliances or an optimal arrangement of appliances. Therefore, when the other criteria of the methdology are met, BEMS technology might be suitable for this methodology. A possible example would be the installation of BEMS in a multiple building appartment complex or hotel.
Second, a possible methdology to use for a potential CDM project might be Energy efficiency and renewable energy measures in new housing (AMS-III.AE Version 1): Among other technologies such as renewable energy generation, this methodology is also applicable for efficient building design practices. A project which introduces highly efficient BEMSs in new housing might be able to use this methodology to calculate the baseline and the estimated GHG reductions associated with the project.
Finally, Demand-side energy efficiency activities for specific technologies (Version 13 AMS-II.C.): This might be a suitable methodology for a BEMS CDM project. This methodology comprises activities that encourage the adoption of energy-efficient equipment/appliance (e.g., lamps, ballasts, refrigerators, motors, fans, air conditioners, pumping systems) at many sites. Therefore, the BEMS would have to incorporate multiple buildings and would have to be presented as one specific technology.
While no BEMS related CDM projects are currently registered in the CDM portfolio, there are several CDM projects that relate to energy efficiency in households. The energy efficiency household projects are currently representing 0.1% of the CDM projects in the pipeline. Presently, there are six CDM projects registered in energy efficiency for households - four of them are based on lighting/insulation and two on improved stoves. The lighting/insulation projects are located in India and one in South Africa. The improved stove projects are based in Zambia and Nigeria. For an overview see Energy savings in buildings (Source: UNEP Risoe CDM/JI Pipeline Analysis and Database, February 1st 2010)
General information about how to apply CDM methodologies for GHG accounting can be found at: [[1]].
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Foursquare and Yelp have solved local search. Pick a business, especially a bar or restaurant, and you can find just out just about any detail using either app, from tips and photos to recommendations and rewards. But a new start-up, an iOS discovery app called NightOwl, is launching in New York on Thursday to prove there's room for one more.
NightOwl plugs into Foursquare and Yelp to take their most useful info—tips and reviews—and combines it with an algorithm that tells you exactly where you want to go. Cofounder and CEO Kevin Madden calls it the Nightlife Genome Project, a cheeky nod to Pandora's scientific categorization of songs.
Local search just got even more simple with NightOwl's bar tags.
Madden and his team manually seeded the algorithm with information about most of New York City's major bars and lounges. Once people start using the app, they can tag a place with their own keywords—perhaps "lumbersexual" for a hipster bar in Williamsburg or "bro central" for a downtown club. Those tags will feed the algorithm and help NightOwl recommend new spots for you to try. The app also taps Uber's API so you can hail a car to your destination.
So why use a new app and not an old favorite?
NightOwl is an information aggregator at its core, and it's currently limited to bars in New York. If you want something more detailed, Yelp and Foursquare are still your best bet. But Foursquare's bewildering decision to cast off its most popular feature, check-ins, leaves the door open for another, simpler app, one that can make an easy decision—where should I drink tonight?—even easier.


A computer that monitored drilling operations on the Deepwater Horizon had been freezing with a "blue screen of death" prior to the explosion that sank the oil rig last April, the chief electrician aboard testified Friday at a federal hearing.
"Blue screen of death," or BSOD, is a term most often used to describe the display shown by Microsoft Windows after a serious crash that has incapacitated a PC.
Williams said that a computer control system in the drill shack would still record high gas levels or a fire, but it would not trigger warning sirens, according to numerous reports, including stories published by the New York Times and New Orleans' largest daily, the Times-Picayune .
With the computer frozen, the driller would not have access to crucial data about what was going on in the well.
Williams testified before a six-person federal panel in Kenner, La., a New Orleans suburb. Government investigators have been questioning workers and executives of both Transocean, the rig's owner, and BP, which leased it to drill wells in the Gulf of Mexico. Others have testified this week about a litany of problems on the rig, including power losses, leaking emergency equipment, and cut corners that may have contributed to the explosion.
The April disaster left 11 dead and resulted in the largest oil spill in U.S. history.
Williams survived the explosion and resulting fire on the rig by leaping into the water. While he did not identify the operating system running the balky computer, the phrase "blue screen of death" is typically used to describe a Windows crash.
Microsoft did not reply to a request for comment on Williams testimony and characterization of the crash screen. Transocean also did not respond to e-mailed queries.


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Lake Charles, LA, is located in the southwestern part of the state, not far from Port Arthur and Lafayette. Lake Charles got its name from the lake which borders the city from the west. In 1910, a large fire destroyed the town of Lake Charles, however, it was rebuilt very fast and rapidly grew into a city. In the past few decades, Lake Charles has become a popular vacation spot due to its culture, landmarks, welcoming locals, sports, beaches, and much more.
Lots of wonderful indoor and outdoor activities await visitors in Lake Charles. To spend quality time in nature, head to Bord Du Lac Park, right on the lake shore, where visitors can fish, get something to eat, and simply enjoy the serenity of the park. Additionally, the Prien Lake Park is a very popular due to its walking and biking trails, picnic areas, beaches, and boat docks. Alternatively, Sam Houston Jones State Park has beautiful birds and wildlife -- ideal for budding photographers. Visitors can also join hiking tours here to learn about the history and nature of the area.
On rainy days, check out the interesting selection of museums in Lake Charles. To discover more about the heritage of Lake Charles and Louisiana as a whole, the Mardi Gras Imperial Calcasieu Museum is super engaging and brilliant for kids and adults alike. The museum is filled with costumes, decor, and original art pieces depicting Mardi Gras scenes. If you're a sports fan, make your way to the McNeese State University and cheer on the local college team at a football game.
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The most expensive month to stay in a vacation rental in Lake Charles is in September, while the cheapest month is in February. The most popular time to book a vacation rental in Lake Charles is in the high season in February. Lake Charles has its low season in January, when less people are visiting and the vacation home occupancy rate drops.
The cheapest day to stay at a vacation rental in Lake Charles tends to be Tuesday, while the most expensive day tends to be Saturday. Vacation homes in Lake Charles tend to be busiest on Saturdays, while it tends to be much quieter on Sundays.
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"The Things We Saw" Dublin Decoded: 2015 pictures.
"A Year in the Life": 2015 in pictures – photos from research for our historical and architectural walking tours and of course, from the tours themselves. Thank you to everyone who came on 2015 Dublin Decoded tours and/or who supported us in 2015. Here's our year, looking around churches, old factories, the former sites of vanished rivers, canals and priories. Here's our year, in pictures, warning: If you were on our tours, you may spot yourself below!
Here's our year, one month at a time..
January. – the Liberties.
Officially our tour season runs March to November. In reality, works starts almost straight away, as requests for private tours (as opposed to our scheduled public ones) start coming in straight away. One hardy couple from Minnesota in the U.S. finds Dublin Decoded on TripAdvisor and promptly books a January tour of the Medieval Walls and around the historic Liberties (see our Medieval "treasure map" above). An early start to the year: cold, but fun!
February: Art tours. We resume our tours of Art and Symbolism at the National Gallery of Ireland for both private groups and for schools. These continue throughout the year. Below: snaps from the April and July NGI tours, plus a detail from a stunning Gabriel Metsu's 17th C painting.
February: Art and Music! Also in February, we are honoured to get two invitation to collaborate. One is from the Olivier Cornet Gallery. Oliver's gallery has since moved, (see June below) but was then at number 5 Cavendish Row (Parnell Square East). The invitation/idea is to co-curate an group exhibition. This show will be themed around the history and architecture of the area. The show will take place in summer. Naturally I accept the challenge! Part of my role is preparing a sort of dossier of information for the participating artists, to be ready 2-3 months before the show. The clock is already ticking…
The other invitation comes from @TheDrawingRoom. This is a wonderful project that presents small, intimate concerts of high quality musicians in some of Dublin's most beautiful historic interiors. Over the next 4 months that collaboration spans four different walks and concerts. Each walk is themed and run to coincide with the concerts, ending at the venue 20 minutes or so before the music begins. Venues include 18th century houses on Mountjoy Square and Henrietta Street and the old City Assembly Rooms. I can not convey enough my admiration for @TheDrawingRoom or indeed recommend their lovely, intimate concerts highly enough. They looks set to go again in 2016, find their home page here.
March, Starting to get very concerned about the plight of the Russborough paintings. Start frantically writing to everyone and anyone, including newspapers, the Minister concerned and both to and across any media we have access to. The paintings threatened with sale include this beautiful head of a bearded man, by Peter Paul Rubens (below)
April. Schools, Music and War. We do the second edition of a new tour, a Georgian tour specially adapted for Leaving Cert students. A question on Georgian architecture comes up every year in the Leaving Cert Art History exam. So this tour is to give students the confidence to tackle it, and an edge going into the exams. Here you see a group of students from Pipper Hill College on the steps outside City Hall/The Royal Exchange. For reasons to do with awareness, advocacy and education and conservation, Dublin Decoded are very keen in general to get young people engaged in historic architecture. School tours are offered at a significant discount on normal prices. DEIS schools qualify for further discounts. Leaving Certificate Art or Art History teachers who wishes to make an enquiry, please see here.
Music & War. The walks we run in conjunction with @TheDrawingRoom concerts are themed, such as April's one on Commemoration and Ireland in the First World War. This picture below is from one of our stops on that tour, a memorial stained glass window in St Anne's Church on Dawson Street, to an Irish soldier, RL Bell who died at Sulva Bay in Gallipoli.
The concert itself, of songs and music from the First World War, takes place at the magical Octagon Room at the old City Assembly Rooms, these days home to the Irish Georgian Society (the IGS). For more on the IGS, see below.
May. A hectically busy but hugely fulfilling time. Where do we start? Well, with 2 tours of the National Museum, including this group of Dutch students from the Hague.
Another walk, of the North-West Georgian quarter, includes a privileged look inside the King's Inns.
The extra research done for the summer's Art exhibition at Olivier's gallery (see above and below) comes in handy. The unfortunate artists are about to get a 35- page dossier. On the other hand, our chatty walking tours provide the perfect vehicle to present the mass of information, in more sociable, and digestible form!
May Medieval. another Dublin Decoded walk, this one around the city's ancient medieval quarter. This turns out to be one of my favourite tours of the whole year. Many of our very loyal, kind supporters come back to us for this one. I see for example, Ellen Bonelli and John Tierney in the picture below. I hope you won't mind me naming you John or Ellen!
Another great thing about our Medieval tour in May was how it included special access to the amazing under-croft of Dublin Castle's Powder Tower, with its Viking and medieval Anglo-Norman foundations.
Another stop on the same tour was the ancient and magical Saint Audoen's church, seen both above and below. Below you some of my guests listening to a super talk in St Audoen's from its passionate custodian, Tony Gilroy of the OPW.
May is the busiest month I've ever had to this point of the year. Ominously, it isn't even high season yet. Another memorable tour in May is for guests of our National Broadcaster RTE. Here you see them at the wonderful Sweney's Chemist, reading from Ulysses.
June, July and August, It's high season. Already busy, Dublin Decoded now goes into hyper-drive. Our regular Dublin Decoded public tours continue while now, at the same time we resume our partnership from last year with the IGS (Irish Georgian Society) running tours on their behalf.
We've learned from experience there are too many 18th century masterpieces, and far too much story and detail, to cram into a single tour. Our solution is to run a "Georgian East" tour (around Trinity College, the old Parliament and beyond) alternating with a separate walk called 'Georgian West", showcasing 18th century masterpieces from the other direction. For our own "Dublin Decoded" Georgian tours, we actually divide the city in 4 quarters called after the 4 points of the compass, from NW, NE to SE and SW.
below: some of the guests from a Georgian West and East tours, led by us on behalf of the Irish Georgian Society:
Separately, the IGS organise another tour for members, a wonderful glimpse into the historic interiors of 9/9A Aungier Street, a townhouse from the 1600s now being restored. This turns out to be a real treat.
Just a week later one of my own favorite tours is for this family of 4 sisters and a brother, below. They find our Dublin Decoded website and chose a tour called "South East Potpourri" This is sort of "best of" walk, showcasing highlights of the Stephens Green and adjoining area. Here you see them amid the glories of Newman's University Church on the Green, a Victorian masterpiece of stone-carving, wall paintings and multi-coloured marble.
In addition to all that, the show at Olivier Cornet's gallery is about to open…. We have a stroke of luck as a friend of mine, Dennis Goodbody, man of many parts, including being host of a terrific local history programme on DublinCityFm, "Dublin Explorer" records one of his programme with me, just prior to the opening day. On the programme, Denis and I explore the Parnell Square area on air. Later in the show Olivier speaks about the artists in his show and how they use history in their work.
Below, Oliver and Denis, at Olivier's old gallery on Cavendish Row, Parnell Square, Oliver surrounded with the work he has just hung, and Denis with his sound equipment.
Just a day or two later is the opening itself. I have to give a speech. Yikes. The work on show however is fantastic. The exhibition includes artists like Kelly Racthford, Eoin Mac Lochlainn, Mark Doherty; a stunning stone sculpture called "eblana" by Michelle Byrne, and this extraordinary piece below, "Radio Michael" by Catherine Ryan, with it's extraordinary, intense use of mixed media, all layered up over maps of the area.
This small, iridescent piece is not only beautifully detailed but also very apt. Collins used this very building, as one of his safe houses. He also kept an office on the top floor of number 5. With my love of maps, this is my kind of art. The more you look, the more you see…
It was an honour to be associated with the show and give the opening address at the opening day reception. Olivier's wonderful gallery is now at Denmark Street. Pay a visit when you can. We sometimes end our Georgian NorthEast tours there too, a very fitting end point, in this aristocratic 18th century townhouse, now owned by Belvedere College.
Meanwhile, back south of the river, the final summer tour we lead for the IGS is also great fun. It includes a fascinating discussion at the old House of Lords, plus over an hour inside the amazing interiors and history of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI).
September. Always one of my favourite months of the year. On Friday the 18th, back north of the river again, I lead two tours of the North Georgian Quarter for Culture Night. I get a bit of a shock when speaking about how run-down the centre of Parnell Square is behind the Rotunda Maternity Hospital. Amid my diatribe, about how the Department of Health has to take some of the blame, I realise the actual Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar, is standing looking at me, and is a guest on the tour. Not something one expects.
Not easy to recover either. But I do my best! In fairness to Mr Varadkar he's very decent about it. With a bit of prompting he even speaks about the future of this important heritage site. (Thank you Minister, you could have made it so much worse. 🙂
Later in September more public walks, and some private ones, including this one below for an American couple, where we get a rare glimpse of this tiny graveyard behind a very old and famous church.
September also means the Dublin Festival of History. It's time to relax a little and go to some of the fantastic talks, lectures, interviews and other events, most of them free. The festival is brilliantly organized. The whole thing is a monument to civilization in my view! One of the nicest events is for kids, which naturally I drag my partner and her 6 year old daughter to. It's an activity where families build a street of Georgian Houses and decorate them with colours and cut-outs.
Only one family are obsessive or competitive enough to draw, then individually colour in every brick on their facade. Oh yes. Look at this picture below, and Guess which was our house…
Would love to say I'm embarrassed by my unseemly OCD rendering of every brick. But that would be a lie.
It's October now. More tours for schools and colleges, more tours in the National Gallery. more chances to look at Gabrile Metsu's work again.
Also, since the evening of Culture Night, back in September, yes that very evening when I was caught criticizing the Department of Health by the actual Minister for Health, an idea has been stewing. I've been thinking of a new walk. In truth I've been thinking about it for for over two years; of getting out of the old historic city centre to one of the more "outlying" 19th century residential districts, like Clontarf, Ballsbridge, Dun Laoghaire or Rathmines. But a direct request from a guest called Stephen on the evening of Culture Night finally tips the scales. I commit to the walk and to a date. Leaving the old centre for the first time, "Dublin Decoded" will venture out to… Rathmines! I know, I know, it doesn't sound like much of a departure. It is nothing: in terms of distance. But every notable building there now needs to be researched, dated, analyzed or apprised in some way, so we can interpret the area for guests. Believe me, that means weeks in different libraries, hundreds of pages of notes. Oh Lord..
No rest from now on! By mid-October I'm spending four afternoons a week in the superb city archive at Pearce Street, or the equally wonderful Architectural Archives of Ireland (AAI) on Merrion Square. The rest of the time I spend wandering around Rathmines, looking at maps, buildings, topography, street names, local history and so on.
It's an amazing area, and albeit this was one of the most solidly middle class of areas, it still has a lot to teach us about Dublin in the 19th century. The buildings reflect the sense of civic pride, and offer a sort of catalogue of building styles and typologies from the 1850s to the 1990s.
November: The long-awaited Rathmines tour goes ahead. It sells out over a week before. For almost the first time I have to turn people away, which I hated doing. They may have been the lucky ones however, because we will certainly run this tour again in April or may of 2016, and in our November 2015 version, on the day the weather is awful!
Fortunately, despite the dire conditions, people are fantastic. Everyone is a great sport, not just showing up and braving the elements but entering the whole thing in great spirit and humour, despite the utter drenching we all get! I myself look like a drowned rat, well before the end!
Yet we all somehow have fun. Highlights include the old Kodak factory, one of the best surviving examples of Art Deco in Ireland, and the lovely interiors of Mary Immaculate Refuge of Sinners, the largest parish church in Dublin and, without doubt, the most majestic dome in the city.
We run out of time before getting to the Trinity Church by John Semple, or the wonderful Rathmines Post Office. But we do follow much of the course of the now-buried Swan River and its tributaries, looking at how the river formed both land-boundries and the shape of streets themselves, including the lovely Bessborough Parade. Later on, we also look at some fantasric old mews houses, and later again, outside the childhood home of Lafcadio Hearn, one of our guests, Trevor White from the Little Museum, says a few words about this most enigmatic of writers.
Believe me, we'll be back to Rathmines in 2016, so keep your eyes out, on the monthly newsletter. Or if you're not already signed up, for heaven sake subscribe here. We shall return. Because there are plenty more wonders there to see.
Ten days later sees our last public tour of the year: "Liberties and Library". We've come full circle, ending the year where we began, in the historic Liberties. Here we focus on a handful of churches, on early industry and on philanthropic housing. We also pay special attention to two old, now- vanished bodies of water, the former terminus and harbour of the Grand Canal by the Guinness brewery, and the even older city basin.
The last part of our final 2015 tour is in the extraordinary Edward Worth library from the very early 1700s, packed with rare antique books, where we are treated to a talk on the collection by Dr ElizebethAnn Boran.
Deep Winter now, a chance to calm down a little bit and catch a breath. A few private tours. Public tours are finished. A handful of private tour requests coming in, although eventually I make a decision to take 3 weeks off all tours over the Christmas and New Year period. It's important to avoid burn-out.
On the eve of Christmas, as we nearly always do, I attend the service of Nine Lessons and carols, at Saint Patrick's cathedral with my mother.
The cathedral, pretty much mine and everyone's favorite place in the city, is full of Dublin people for a change. It is full of beautiful music too, sung by the choir and choir school scholars, from the choir school (founded 1432). The Cathedral is looking particularly beautiful. A rich Dublin tradition, and a magical experience, as always.
That's it, the end of our 2015.
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January 2, 2016 March 5, 2016 Arran HendersonArchitecture, Art History, Church Architecture, Dublin Walking Tour, Georgian architecture walking tour of Dublin, Rathmines18th century Dublin architecture walking tour., Dublin Decoded walking tours of Dublin., Georgian Dublin, Georgian Dublin Walking Tour, Hidden Dublin, Medieval Dublin, Rathmines
13 thoughts on ""The Things We Saw" Dublin Decoded: 2015 pictures."
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Every post and image was beautiful, and while there's no comparing apples to oranges, everyone surely must have a favourite. Mine was Catherine Ryan's "Radio Michael." Thanks once again for sharing with the world, and promoting and protecting Ireland's artistic heritage.
I'm delighted to hear you say that oglach. I totally agree, her work is remarkable. So busy and full of energy, yet also so clever and full of delicate detail. It's brilliant stuff. I loved your Newgrange post as you know, it's very funny! Very Happy New Year to you again. And thanks very much again for all your support the last few months, it's much appreciated.
Jane Dougherty
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A year of Dublin tours in pictures and cardboard mock-ups!
Ha, yes, the OCD cardboard house! Many thanks Jane, lovely gesture, very kind. Happy New Year to you and yours. Hope 2016 is a vintage year for you all. A xx
You too Arran. Many more visits and many more satisfied visitors 🙂
I lived in Eire for several years (first in Navan and then in Moynalty, just outside Kells) and my daughter was born over 35 years ago in the Coombe maternity hospital, which is in the Liberties, not far from the Guinness brewery – new mothers were treated to a Guiness to give them much needed nourishment! I enjoyed this virtual tour very much and hope to visit my friend in Dublin next year.
Thanks for your lovely comment. I love that detail about new mothers being given a glass of Guinness by the Combe Hospital. Had heard that before, but had forgotten. I;m sure the Guinness family, as great philanthropists they were then, used to donate the black stuff at cost, or for free. As you know it's rich in iron, so probably a very sound medicinal idea too! Delighted you enjoyed the post and it brought back fond memories. We do our nice Liberties tour on request for private groups, and also (2-3 times a year) as a public scheduled tour open to everyone on our mailing list. So sign up to newsletter, and either method, come and join us with your friend if you have free afternoon on your next visit. We'd love to see you then. -Arran | Dublin Decoded.
Patricia Salamone
This brought back fond memories of our visit to Ireland. We spent time in Dublin with friends who live in Howth. Visited Trinity. The wax museum and market place. We were also taken to the country side and were amazed at the Thatched Roof cottages and Bunratty Castle. Loved the pubs especially Durty Nelly's. I have now pulled out the album and am reminiscing once again. Thank you. :o)
Thanks for such a warm and lovely comment. Am delighted the post brought back such happy memories of Ireland and of Dublin. Many best wishes for the New Year! -Arran.
lindsey colbourne
great blog, arran. Loved the story about the health minister!!! xx
aww Thanks Lindsey. Delighted you enjoyed it. Yes, was MILDLY embarrassing meeting the Minister in that context. He was quite a good sport about it really, in the end. Hope all is well with you. Hoping to see you guys sometime in 2016, whether it's in Wales, Dublin or London. Very best wishes for the year. xx
Ray Wright
Hi Arran, enjoyed your walks in 2015. looking forward to seeing you in 2016. I have some fantastic private ( not published ) pictures of very old Dublin. The old wax works pictures you had got me thinking. Email me a pm and I will explain. regards
Hi Ray that all sound very intriguing and exciting. You can email me privately at any stage on dublindecoded@gmail.com Please put "old Photos Dublin from Ray" or something like that in the Subject header? – so I know its you and its important. (You wouldn't believe the amount of emails I get every day! ) Many thanks for thinking of me. Look forward to talking to you then. We can have a chat on phone too once I get a basic ideas and we exchange numbers. All the best- Arran.
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Coaching Moves That Should Better NHL Odds in 2015
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As the Stanley Cup Finals are underway between Tampa Bay and Chicago, those teams who were left out of the playoff dance and who decided to make coaching changes have already started filling their vacancies hoping to better their NHL odds in 2015.
Pete DeBoer / San Jose Sharks
07In one of the more recent moves, Pete DeBoer has been named to coach the San Jose Sharks. His previous coaching stint was behind the bench in New Jersey, but the Devils let him go after the season had only gone 36 games. This isn't a weak hire by any means, though. In 2012, DeBoer had New Jersey in the Stanley Cup finals, and he also won the Memorial Cup in 2003 with the Kitchener Rangers. However, for a Sharks team that was reputed to give more accountability to its youth, DeBoer does not have a reputation for developing young players. He does have a junior hockey background, but he did not nurture the young players in New Jersey. One example is Adam Larsson, whom the Devils picked with the #4 choice in the 2011 draft. He never gained DeBoer's confidence and appeared to stagnate more with each passing game. However, once the Devils changed coaches this year, Larsson found himself, averaging over 22 minutes per game in the second half of the season. Center Jacob Josefson and defenseman Eric Gelinas appeared to have similar issues under DeBoer, although it's fair to note that Damon Severson was a prospect who flourished under the coaching of DeBoer.
California dreamin. The Sharks officially named Pete DeBoer their new head coach. http://t.co/mu0vKXzFj3 pic.twitter.com/VEF3e9cbDL
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DeBoer also preaches a staunchly defensive style, which worked in New Jersey, as the Devils only allowed 1.89 goals per game. However, the problem was that his teams only scored 1.75 per game. He had a tendency to judge players for their play off the puck, so they focused less on what they did when they had possession. So while he might alter his style and fit in quite well in San Jose, that remains to be seen.
Ken Hitchcock / St Louis Blues
Another curious coaching decision involves the St. Louis Blues' choice to extend coach Ken Hitchcock for one more year. If they were serious about committing to Hitchcock for the future, why not a three-year extension? Instead, they've set him up as a lame duck who will stay there unless the team either goes into a slide or the coach they want becomes available.This isn't to say that Hitchcock is a poor coach. After all, he is one of the game's best minds and has a stellar reputation. However, his Blues have developed a reputation for excellence in the regular season followed by a lack of results in the postseason, and that can cause an ugly taste after a while. It's one thing to lose in the playoffs against Stanley Cup champions from Los Angeles or Chicago, but this year the Blues got outclassed by the Minnesota Wild, who followed up their victory with a dismal sweep in the next round. And so it was clearly time for a change.It's been almost 50 years since the Blues last appeared in a Stanley Cup Final. Hitchcock has been there, winning a Cup in Dallas and getting to the finals some more times. However, the fan base and the players are likely to grumble even more now. The message is that since Hitchcock and his staff get to chance, the problem must be in the roster – which makes roster change even more likely. Expect talented winger T.J. Oshie to be sent somewhere else after developing a rep for underperforming. Expect Hitch to be less nurturing than he has been in the past, with his job hanging from week to week. SourcesNHL.com (http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8456029)CBC.ca (http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/ken-hitchcock-returns-to-coach-blues-for-5th-season-1.3087902)
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