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Terenure

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<p>Terenure is a small town in South Dublin, Ireland.  It is where Ciaran's office<a href="http://odkmarchitects.com/"> ODKM Architects</a> are based.  </p><p>Here are a few pics of some of the other businesses in Terenure.</p><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAgjl3MlX3s2frxFl42bfY2-SZciM-vVWtF2GUNCGhb1jBeeMWIhzM98Kqjai17w7viGhh4nX9Yybb2Gr3pAe8Ada1JjK79v9EJpZNksQQ0KxGHe9izZHvxPf9S8MercSxSFRS4s-PznaE/s1600/20130127_122631.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAgjl3MlX3s2frxFl42bfY2-SZciM-vVWtF2GUNCGhb1jBeeMWIhzM98Kqjai17w7viGhh4nX9Yybb2Gr3pAe8Ada1JjK79v9EJpZNksQQ0KxGHe9izZHvxPf9S8MercSxSFRS4s-PznaE/s400/20130127_122631.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIllMSqGrRMy8hRAkwr4ueAzb2HOzU4cEJdQaKr3MBSkRc1OPS55uCLr-LsC-cHRKEYIEm6BofpPdOM2OJQomK2JPPBRC7UF1eXB_elG-s3DAExabNPRFINzld-b_nb4T5tuh-e97TPxvZ/s1600/20130127_122044.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIllMSqGrRMy8hRAkwr4ueAzb2HOzU4cEJdQaKr3MBSkRc1OPS55uCLr-LsC-cHRKEYIEm6BofpPdOM2OJQomK2JPPBRC7UF1eXB_elG-s3DAExabNPRFINzld-b_nb4T5tuh-e97TPxvZ/s400/20130127_122044.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW6cl4oX8e3EprqhSXarEUID5vxJITZJly1fPqFgOajaXDIj5s4klco-UNhE1_Ha2NRFaE-gFLESTKxGsjiAE7iA7dNCtYz1Fwl0dqAkgISiAJFx7AEyw1Sdks-b1uEel-HLlkNXl2_Mxz/s1600/20130127_121907.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW6cl4oX8e3EprqhSXarEUID5vxJITZJly1fPqFgOajaXDIj5s4klco-UNhE1_Ha2NRFaE-gFLESTKxGsjiAE7iA7dNCtYz1Fwl0dqAkgISiAJFx7AEyw1Sdks-b1uEel-HLlkNXl2_Mxz/s400/20130127_121907.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCmiGTSXFXT_9pFmqoqpNXzTDquOqKj9p1DKHKnie_3khxtoD7amwqNngXuZTN2KIJ2U8jRjXJyJir10OfiPCKJgDOV1Bj-mcwuaHPm7yUGqoVndDhgbpkbP95gpFReMjM5aot-xsosDuV/s1600/20130127_122735.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCmiGTSXFXT_9pFmqoqpNXzTDquOqKj9p1DKHKnie_3khxtoD7amwqNngXuZTN2KIJ2U8jRjXJyJir10OfiPCKJgDOV1Bj-mcwuaHPm7yUGqoVndDhgbpkbP95gpFReMjM5aot-xsosDuV/s400/20130127_122735.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha6o5j6NtdOFcECdoGZFw2n1jhCaJdh3XzQDAYYTyqXxhimsPTNj47jqwln-PiI8-axaTxxDClrzp0GezS1DidYGKKBkisypG-aWVIdUKN6hWUTmFSUa2xQxE00zfGidXSBulSyFYNFhXg/s1600/20130127_122028.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha6o5j6NtdOFcECdoGZFw2n1jhCaJdh3XzQDAYYTyqXxhimsPTNj47jqwln-PiI8-axaTxxDClrzp0GezS1DidYGKKBkisypG-aWVIdUKN6hWUTmFSUa2xQxE00zfGidXSBulSyFYNFhXg/s400/20130127_122028.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHGCa5jv6jfuSUeJk_sAANO-tO6Zv_nDOg1aPxLk8jJb8c0UWOL6A2neTsIclLZ-ZvMDRepTSEga5Ftig7EEGU3FVlfKlF17qNcruzJvAkywtxOe7jOswCdcUW9UQbXWgmed0OFKpoRkoS/s1600/20130127_122741.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHGCa5jv6jfuSUeJk_sAANO-tO6Zv_nDOg1aPxLk8jJb8c0UWOL6A2neTsIclLZ-ZvMDRepTSEga5Ftig7EEGU3FVlfKlF17qNcruzJvAkywtxOe7jOswCdcUW9UQbXWgmed0OFKpoRkoS/s400/20130127_122741.jpg" /> </a> </div>

Terenure

Terenure is a small town in South Dublin, Ireland. It is where Ciaran's office ODKM Architects are based. Here are a few pics of som...

Today's archidose #646

7:00 AM Tukiyooo 0

Here is a tour of Los Angeles architecture by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/">trevor.patt</a>.<br /><br />A few projects by <a href="http://www.morphosis.com/">Morphosis Architects</a>:<br />Dr. Theodore T. Alexander Science Center School, 2004:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8420167738/" title="IMG_5831 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5831" height="363" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8230/8420167738_318ecf36a6_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8419075613/" title="IMG_5837 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5837" height="405" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8354/8419075613_918016a2ff_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8420170770/" title="IMG_5862 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5862" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8323/8420170770_17264bcb71_c.jpg" width="534" /></a><br /><br />Salick Health Care Office Building, 1991:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8400695638/" title="IMG_5985 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5985" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8081/8400695638_2c80b9b46a_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8399602563/" title="IMG_5988 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5988" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8352/8399602563_b2c5d9fc98_z.jpg" width="625" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8399601619/" title="IMG_5997 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5997" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8216/8399601619_484c8b3029_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Venice III, 1986:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8414140500/" title="IMG_5703 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5703" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8050/8414140500_8894bf6961_c.jpg" width="604" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8414140086/" title="IMG_5705 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5705" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8073/8414140086_2cec911216_c.jpg" width="534" /></a><br /><br />2-4-6-8 House, 1978:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8413041745/" title="IMG_5721 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5721" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8083/8413041745_b909d2d197_z.jpg" width="550" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8413041859/" title="IMG_5718cr by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5718cr" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8325/8413041859_85c582fd9e_z.jpg" width="634" /></a><br /><br />A few projects by <a href="http://www.foga.com/">Gehry Partners</a>:<br />Chiat/Day Office, 1991:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8408267183/" title="IMG_5758 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5758" height="362" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8517/8408267183_64cc45cd29_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8409350014/" title="IMG_5766 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5766" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8235/8409350014_9b18a09f04_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Edgemar Center, 1989:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8408258693/" title="IMG_5798 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5798" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8045/8408258693_fb8ea997b4_c.jpg" width="641" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8409353684/" title="IMG_5790 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5790" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8095/8409353684_9a1088b3ee_c.jpg" width="534" /></a><br /><br />Sketch Foundation Gallery - Air and Space Exhibits, 1984:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8419960226/" title="IMG_5849 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5849" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8185/8419960226_c8ae62a72d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8419961340/" title="IMG_5848 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5848" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8357/8419961340_fe08afc3de_c.jpg" width="534" /></a><br /><br />Loyola Law Campus, 1984:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8405475899/" title="IMG_5610 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5610" height="456" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8506/8405475899_f642d37637_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8406564552/" title="IMG_5619 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5619" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8472/8406564552_9556df7d67_c.jpg" width="534" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8406565934/" title="IMG_5615 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5615" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8234/8406565934_b28e2853f8_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />A few projects by <a href="http://www.mmaltzan.com/">Michael Maltzan Architecture</a>:<br />New Carver Apartments, 2009:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8394269282/" title="IMG_5684 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5684" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8090/8394269282_2627076dc5_c.jpg" width="534" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8393183895/" title="IMG_5670 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5670" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8098/8393183895_4754b5ff3f_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8393180301/" title="IMG_5656 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5656" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8376/8393180301_f3537e7562_c.jpg" width="534" /></a><br /><br />Inner City Arts, 2008:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8392498054/" title="IMG_5300 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5300" height="408" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8325/8392498054_fe441cac82_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8391413613/" title="IMG_5302 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5302" height="441" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8467/8391413613_1dd89b3e88_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Rainbow Apartments, 2006:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8392498728/" title="IMG_5287 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5287" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8376/8392498728_df6948fa43_c.jpg" width="602" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8392498420/" title="IMG_5292 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5292" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8232/8392498420_529cb50787_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Some of the buildings designed by <a href="http://ericowenmoss.com/">Eric Owen Moss Architects</a> for Samitaur Projects in Culver City (see my <a href="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/moss.jpg" target="_blank">key to the projects here</a>):<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8390260224/" title="IMG_5467 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5467" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8372/8390260224_72b726b329_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8389157891/" title="IMG_5482 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5482" height="498" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8192/8389157891_cda697a7dd_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8389168743/" title="IMG_5529 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5529" height="387" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8358/8389168743_1465d746f0_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8390266280/" title="IMG_5448 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5448" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8080/8390266280_1e219bf891_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8390267424/" title="IMG_5453 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5453" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8073/8390267424_2ed92b79a0_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8390236068/" title="IMG_5512 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5512" height="486" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8506/8390236068_25242d3c75_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8389152629/" title="IMG_5523 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5523" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8517/8389152629_a1bf49fa37_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />Schindler-Chase House (now <a href="http://www.makcenter.org/">MAK Center Los Angeles</a>), R.M. Schindler, 1922:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8417285464/" title="IMG_5920 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5920" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8363/8417285464_d09bc74419_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8416189433/" title="IMG_5911 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5911" height="418" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8368/8416189433_1e6a4546e8_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8417279912/" title="IMG_5902 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5902" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8230/8417279912_2b3470ec3e_c.jpg" width="534" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8416211423/" title="IMG_5954 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5954" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8476/8416211423_d204615d06_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorpatt/8417278584/" title="IMG_5917 by trevor.patt, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_5917" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8498/8417278584_814240e29d_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />To contribute your Flickr images for consideration, just:<br /><blockquote>:: Join and add photos to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/archi-dose/">archidose pool</a>, and/or<br />:: Tag your photos <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/archidose/">archidose</a></span></blockquote>

Today's archidose #646

Here is a tour of Los Angeles architecture by trevor.patt . A few projects by Morphosis Architects : Dr. Theodore T. Alexander Science Cente...

IWS Babe of the Week: Morning Mika

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">If it's Sunday , it's the IWS Babe of the Week.  This week?  The sultry Mika Brzezinski of Morning Joe fame which airs Monday through Friday 6-9 AM on MSNBC...<br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLzpslnVtOfwnO_vJnbwYwb-1IdjELBRp4lCaSNq9Tbqty5anwQTMqghliLjD1V8BYK-iAltNaS0cgCx0kDTiuxuzV6ul4356LFL5ic59p9zkfFzqsYsI2vvTvVFwWjMA-GWEc0Pz-9tw/s1600/mika+brzezinski+hot+sexy+morning+joe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLzpslnVtOfwnO_vJnbwYwb-1IdjELBRp4lCaSNq9Tbqty5anwQTMqghliLjD1V8BYK-iAltNaS0cgCx0kDTiuxuzV6ul4356LFL5ic59p9zkfFzqsYsI2vvTvVFwWjMA-GWEc0Pz-9tw/s400/mika+brzezinski+hot+sexy+morning+joe.jpg" width="273" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Mika is<strike> eye candy</strike> a top notch journalist and left wing foil to the conservative and irascible Joe Scarborough..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWavohkJj2DvQy3xcNhKHAca_h3cVeXSrFL6KZsrR3_k1aoDz7fOQG5rBi4JzkTPAt_o_46clB-O-4eneAl8dkwJXrPWkiRJJZcDWYU32uAaeobaYIIWjifI71J6QEflxb3yI5N_Xnaqc/s1600/mika_brzezinski+hot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWavohkJj2DvQy3xcNhKHAca_h3cVeXSrFL6KZsrR3_k1aoDz7fOQG5rBi4JzkTPAt_o_46clB-O-4eneAl8dkwJXrPWkiRJJZcDWYU32uAaeobaYIIWjifI71J6QEflxb3yI5N_Xnaqc/s400/mika_brzezinski+hot.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">She's smart, funny, and charming, and she knows how to handle a lighter...I'd let her handle my Bic anytime...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz78hqsbNkADSIHgMRcpB9gX7lG166silEZWH23cEqcM9OGyXJDybEwG-V6ZxcIax21qa2NPn9MUAS86yA5qoHXqXWCGbqzI3qAiMmJIU9emLOtC9VRZUOtrBsDM9B9SMs1i8Qsl0th0A/s1600/mika+brzezinski+hot+sexy+naked.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz78hqsbNkADSIHgMRcpB9gX7lG166silEZWH23cEqcM9OGyXJDybEwG-V6ZxcIax21qa2NPn9MUAS86yA5qoHXqXWCGbqzI3qAiMmJIU9emLOtC9VRZUOtrBsDM9B9SMs1i8Qsl0th0A/s400/mika+brzezinski+hot+sexy+naked.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">She can also be incredibly feisty...To the point where it looks like she has a mustache...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQsWnRWht2pfaxMR7pPuLzhVNJIgrJKtlPJYGe66ucdGcPWijsrm5bJNCQleA8yKX54SLMkEseZrlxNwWdQ9WDrVtMKPtreuej_WCIRO5lGD0ySWiQUJU4cy2ldmYWxddze0WdmUIkY4/s1600/mika+brzezinski+bitch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQsWnRWht2pfaxMR7pPuLzhVNJIgrJKtlPJYGe66ucdGcPWijsrm5bJNCQleA8yKX54SLMkEseZrlxNwWdQ9WDrVtMKPtreuej_WCIRO5lGD0ySWiQUJU4cy2ldmYWxddze0WdmUIkY4/s400/mika+brzezinski+bitch.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And in the end, Mika, in all of her agenda pushing, nanny stater, preach til' my ears bleed beauty, has some really great legs...I just hope she doesn't turn up dead in Joe Scarborough's office...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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IWS Babe of the Week: Morning Mika

If it's Sunday , it's the IWS Babe of the Week. This week? The sultry Mika Brzezinski of Morning Joe fame which airs Monday throug...

Breakfast in Terenure

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<p>We went for breakfast in The Lovely Food Co. In Terenure.  It is just up from Ciaran's office and it is his favourite place for lunch.</p><p>He had the full Irish Breakfast (sausages, rashers, eggs, beans, black & white pudding) but left off the mushrooms.  I had poached eggs, rashers with relish.</p><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghFZtYcA5NZrf6ZLFPZCXc4E5ndQNl1ZUmoVRRXmwPc0nGFE5vYS_6QxmBf4ObUEcUPptTluWsK4GwETghlWvFVtoXeslCRsJwX74gYKe6Xv4A8hrOXGgCwX9oA9xhFz3FPTbapOGxhJbR/s1600/20130127_120348.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghFZtYcA5NZrf6ZLFPZCXc4E5ndQNl1ZUmoVRRXmwPc0nGFE5vYS_6QxmBf4ObUEcUPptTluWsK4GwETghlWvFVtoXeslCRsJwX74gYKe6Xv4A8hrOXGgCwX9oA9xhFz3FPTbapOGxhJbR/s400/20130127_120348.jpg" /> </a> </div><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgux48tNdTE0M9mo_35qfyw6MXL-ucaBb_dhAKKslI7wM_ezRQhSXpoM-9EAHM3R9XWhvl3Mux0HWJYKlCfwvz5VkTV9oXP9gpWY8wUCr_k1gytC1tlSedoOm_a67Eo408GgIz6s8xuZ92J/s1600/20130127_120404.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgux48tNdTE0M9mo_35qfyw6MXL-ucaBb_dhAKKslI7wM_ezRQhSXpoM-9EAHM3R9XWhvl3Mux0HWJYKlCfwvz5VkTV9oXP9gpWY8wUCr_k1gytC1tlSedoOm_a67Eo408GgIz6s8xuZ92J/s400/20130127_120404.jpg" /> </a> </div>

Breakfast in Terenure

We went for breakfast in The Lovely Food Co. In Terenure. It is just up from Ciaran's office and it is his favourite place for lunch. H...

BROKE CYPRUS COULD BE ENERGY TRUMP CARD FOR EUROPE

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<br /> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVTTRDoHsTEr2PK-_oa8-HiEtPyQHFn_4bjKT2okBUD2RTdl5Ch5dJHougK0W9rx3GkND_jCUJ0NLUyHiZ72K9XXnot5zGSpFg-wxTtM-54omL6MpLVnSbBC4fHFbcezP2QrYug5xbctQn/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVTTRDoHsTEr2PK-_oa8-HiEtPyQHFn_4bjKT2okBUD2RTdl5Ch5dJHougK0W9rx3GkND_jCUJ0NLUyHiZ72K9XXnot5zGSpFg-wxTtM-54omL6MpLVnSbBC4fHFbcezP2QrYug5xbctQn/s320/3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">  </span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">CYPRUS’S HUGE UNTAPPED GAS RESERVES WILL BENEFIT THE EUROPEAN UNION</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Geopolitical Analysis and Monitoring wrote January 2013:</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">COULD IT BE THAT THE TROIKA (IMF, ECB AND WORLD BANK) IN REALITY FOCUSES ON TAKING CONTROL OF CYPRUS’S PROCLAIMED HYDROCARBON FINDINGS?</span></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">DE FACTO LOSS OF SOVEREIGNTY: CYPRUS MAKES BIG CONCESSIONS FOR BAILOUT</span></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Read the entire article at:</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/01/cyprus-under-claws-of-imf.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2013/01/cyprus-under-claws-of-imf.html</a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /></span></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Nicosia: EUROPE should not worry about bailing out crisis-hit CYPRUS because the island’s huge untapped gas reserves will benefit the EUROPEAN UNION by making it less dependent on RUSSIAN energy, analysts say.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Despite struggling under a GREEK-exposed debt mountain, the east Mediterranean island sits on potentially huge energy wealth in excess of 600 billion EUR, a Royal Bank of Scotland report said.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">CYPRUS hydrocarbons company chief Charles Ellinas says the island will be exporting to EUROPE by 2019 with a view to meeting 10 percent of the bloc’s energy needs.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“This is not totally hypothetical. EUROPE has a huge dependence on RUSSIA and CYPRUS can help reduce that,” he told AFP.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“If you look beyond the next couple of years the future looks rosy. After 2020 we will start to pay off our debt and eventually create a surplus.”</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">RBS said that despite now facing potential bankruptcy, CYPRUS’S future energy riches will be a boom.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“CYPRUS will become geopolitically important for gas pipeline routes, and EUROPE should benefit from greater energy security away from RUSSIA,” the RBS report said, also sounding a cautionary note.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“These monies however are not readily available; the commodity spoils of EUROPE’S new lucky country are a medium- to long-term story.”</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">If further exploratory drillings match the success of the first findings, these could top 2,950 percent of GDP.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“The long-term potential of CYPRUS is very good but in the short term it has to make adjustments through the austerity measures as part of any loan deal. Gas reserves are there but need time to be exploited,” RBS analyst Michael Michaelides said.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Offshore exploration by Houston-based Noble Energy in Block 12 of CYPRUS’S Exclusive Economic Zone indicates a gross natural gas reserve of up to 254.9 billion cubic metres (9 trillion cubic feet).</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Noble expects to commercially extract and transfer the gas onshore by late 2018 and begin exporting to EUROPE the following year.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL5PubZqQHWKwmQ7aAiZu4I7vQrE2TH5q7-DH5zECWibhvibw_PYIwbLsk991ruO-d7v3Me1ogeYlT0S4wkvleKmwVv03rHLUtyWPuYQ__zgyXX_q5uePjZ88qqNNyr64k_nLIOSUlb4z-/s1600/20120707_EUD000_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL5PubZqQHWKwmQ7aAiZu4I7vQrE2TH5q7-DH5zECWibhvibw_PYIwbLsk991ruO-d7v3Me1ogeYlT0S4wkvleKmwVv03rHLUtyWPuYQ__zgyXX_q5uePjZ88qqNNyr64k_nLIOSUlb4z-/s400/20120707_EUD000_0.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">ITALIAN giant ENI, FRANCE’S Total and SOUTH KOREA’S Kogas are all negotiating for permits in other offshore blocks.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Analyst Fiona Mullen estimates that the current finds alone could mean gas revenues of at least one billion euros annually.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“So the revenue will be very significant when it comes. But I think we won’t see any significant revenue for 15 years,” she said.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Mullen said that is why it is important for international lenders to give CYPRUS a lengthy loan repayment period rather than the four years envisaged.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“CYPRUS will need to find more gas before it can find finance for an LNG plant, which puts back the financing a few more years. Then it could take 10 years to build the plant, so it could be 15 years before the plant is built and the money flows.”</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Nicosia is looking to borrow some €17.5 billion — almost 100 per cent of its annual GDP.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The finance ministry concedes that without a quick bailout agreement, the EUROZONE country faces “bankruptcy”.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">EUROZONE finance ministers are due to discuss CYPRUS’ aid request, but a final decision is not expected then.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Finance Minister Vassos Shiarly said Nicosia had “satisfied all the demands” of international lenders, with the figure for bank recapitalisation the only missing piece.</span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Shiarly said the EUROZONE ministers’ meeting would not have a final figure for the amount needed by the banks, expected to be up to 10 billion euros but with the government hoping to lower it.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Probably the magic number won’t be known in the next couple of days,” Shiarly told state radio, adding that another eurogroup meeting on bank recapitalisation was “unavoidable”.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">This would mean an eventual agreement would be signed by a new government following a presidential election on February 17.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Nicosia applied for financial aid in June after its two largest banks, severely rocked by losses connected with the GREEK debt crisis, sought state support.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">CYPRUS has already pushed through tough austerity measures to meet demands for more than one billion euros in cuts and savings.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">One should not forget however that RUSSIA will also have a say in the matter for it “bailed out” CYPRUS in recent past by providing a large loan. 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