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Squatting is the act of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied space or building, usually residential, [1] that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have permission to use. Squatting is significantly more common in urban areas than rural areas, especially when urban decay occurs. According to author Robert Neuwirth, there are one billion squatters globally, that is, about one in every seven people on the planet. [2] Yet, according to Kesia Reeve, "squatting is largely absent from policy and academic debate and is rarely conceptualized, as a problem, as a symptom, or as a social or housing movement." [3]In many of the world's poorer countries, there are extensive slums or shanty towns, typically built on the edges of major cities and consisting almost entirely of self-constructed housing built without the landowner's permission. While these settlements may, in time, grow to become both legalised and indistinguishable from normal residential neighbourhoods, they start off as squats with minimal basic infrastructure. Thus, there is no sewage system, drinking water must be bought from vendors or carried from a nearby tap, and if there is electricity, it is stolen from a passing cable. There is an important distinction to be made between squatting by necessity and squatting as political statement. In this period of global recession and increased housing foreclosures, squatting has become far more prevalent in Western, developed nations.[4] Obviously, in some cases, need-based and politically motivated squatting go hand in hand. According to Dr. Kesia Reeve, who specializes in housing research, "in the context of adverse housing circumstances, limited housing opportunity and frustrated expectations, squatters effectively remove themselves from and defy the norms of traditional channels of housing consumption and tenure power relations, bypassing the 'rules' of welfare provision."[3] In effect, beleaguered citizens living in a welfare state that cannot provide them with adequate resources take action into their own hands and squat. In many countries, squatting is in itself a crime; in others, it is only seen as a civil conflict between the owner and the occupants. "Squatters are usually portrayed as worthless scroungers hell-bent on disrupting society."[5] Property law and the state have traditionally favored the property owner. However, in many cases where squatters had de facto ownership, laws have been changed to legitimize their status. Squatters often claim rights over the spaces they have squatted by virtue of occupation, rather than ownership; in this sense, squatting is similar to (and potentially a necessary condition of) adverse possession, by which a possessor of real property without title may eventually gain legal title to the real property.
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1. Do You Put Your Joints, Muscles And Ligaments At Risk Each Time You Train?
November 01, 2009
Weight training or bodybuilding is a terrific sport with loads of physical and psychological benefits attached to it, but there are risks involved too. This article is to heighten your awareness of those risks.
As you progress, you will build up to a stage where you’re handling considerable amounts of weight, as your muscles grow and you build up your body. To build muscles you have to get stronger, and the only way to get stronger is to lift bigger weights - this is fact.
You may well get to the stage where you’re squatting for reps with more than double your bodyweight across... (read more)
Author: Ged McCabe
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2. Tenant Eviction solicitors: Growing in popularity
October 16, 2009
Tenant eviction solicitors are in great demand in the UK these days. They help landlords resolve various landlord-tenant disputes in a quick and hassle-free manner.
The tenant eviction solicitors are professionals who have expertise and legal know how about the tenant eviction process. Whether it is a case of unpaid rent, squatting, misuse of personal property, damaging property, or more, the tenant eviction solicitors can handle all.
The tenant eviction solicitors offer comprehensive eviction service to their clients. First, they send legal notice to the problem tenants asking them ... (read more)
Author: Alex Murphy
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3. Options and Solutions For Joint Pain Relief
October 12, 2009
Joint pain relief is a topic of import for people of all ages. At one time, the phrase joint pain brought to mind images of granny squatting down in her garden to pull weeds. This is no longer the case.
Victims of joint pain are increasingly of all ages. In children, this is mostly due to the computer age. Kids who spend a lot of time on computers and playing video games are getting joint pain at a very young age. But what can you do for joint pain relief?
The first thing to focus on for joint pain, as with any medical condition, is prevention. Many doctors recommend reducing as muc... (read more)
Author: Heather Clay
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4. Generate Cash At Will Using Twitter
September 14, 2009
With Twitter’s API application, there is potential for many new applications to be built off the Twitter back-end (although, not quite yet Twitter usernames are essentially keywords used for these applications built on the Twitter platform — and Twitter username squatting is happening. The question is, how will these new businesses monetize — and how will Twitter itself monetize: The power in any advertising-supported website, publication, TV show, etc, is community (readers, viewers, listeners, etc). Build a great service, get people to use it (or read, listen, view) and you can then send ou... (read more)
Author: Gus Schmidt
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5. 3 Muscles In Your Legs To Consider With Your Body Building Workout
July 21, 2009
When putting together a body building workout, it is essential you workout your legs and upper body. There are three main muscles you want to focus on with your legs; your quadriceps, hamstrings and calves. By working out these muscles, you will build strong and durable legs.
Luckily, many leg exercises will workout each of the three muscles. Squats are great for building strong and powerful legs. It involves you placing weight on a barbell and squatting down with the load rested on your neck. It is vital you perform this with good technique. Other exercises for your quadriceps incl... (read more)
Author: Keld Frantzen
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6. Guarding Yourself against Social Media Theft
July 03, 2009
With the advent and development of new web technologies the online identity of people are getting threatened. A lot of internet users have become concerned about social media identity theft. This can be described as a variant of cyber squatting with the means of the social media sites. It is quite common to come across a social networking site member who has an identical name. While this may be a person with the same name the chances of social media identity theft can not be ruled out totally.
Problems can occur if someone takes your name and registers as a member in these sites before y... (read more)
Author: Guna seelan
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7. I Couldn't Believe What I Was Seeing When I Saw This Little Woman Lifting This Huge Metal Ball...
July 01, 2009
To be honest, I started laughing. I thought maybe I was witnessing a crazy person right in front of my eyes. I was taking a relaxing stroll in the park when I spotted her out of the corner of my eye. There she was, a slight woman of maybe 100 pounds or so and she was squatting down and bouncing up quickly and I saw there was a huge ball hanging from the end of her outstretched arms. To be quite honest, it looked as if she was mimicking the activities of a playful guerrilla I had seen recently at the zoo. My first gut reaction was to start laughing. Luckily, I was out of her earshot range. Afte... (read more)
Author: Emile Jarreau
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8. How do I know if I need knee replacement surgery?
June 30, 2009
Most knee replacement patients are between the ages of 60 and 80 years old. In some cases, younger patients with traumatic knee injuries may also require a total knee replacement. However the most common diagnosis is osteoarthritis. If you are prevented from carrying out your everyday activities due to pain or discomfort in the knee, then you may have arthritis of some kind. Similarly, difficulty in bending, squatting, kneeling, and walking may be indications that a knee replacement is in your future.
Pain tends to come in a succession of stages for people suffering knee arthritis. A... (read more)
Author: Jeremy Reither
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9. Painful Knees When Bending - An Overview of Pain & How You Can Help Treat It
June 23, 2009
If you have pain in your knees when you bend them, then you are probably looking for answers now. Several things can happen, that cause knee discomfort when you bend your knees and we discuss some important topics here.
Who gets Knee Trouble?
Anyone can have knee trouble. You already know this is possible. Though it is commonly associated with advancing age, knee trouble is not something strictly relegated to the elderly. On the other hand, in younger people, painful knees are typically the result of participating in high-impact sports such as running, basketball or soccer (and th... (read more)
Author: Daniel Sims
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10. The Squat is THE Most Important Exercise in Weight-Training
May 26, 2009
The squat: any fitness guru performs this essential move on a regular basis. And if you don't? Well then you're not a fitness guru! Don't waste time putting on your spandex until you're ready to put the most important exercise at the top of your regimented work out list. If you're not squatting, then you're not doing squat for your muscle growth and strength building progress. You know the move, place legs hip distance apart, keep the back straight, stick the booty out, then squat to see how low you can go. (the lower the better) This move is referred to as the "king of exercises," and it sits... (read more)
Author: Courtney Krueger
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11. Is Domain Squatting A Great Business for You?
May 20, 2009
Domain squatting is a very unconventional and yet very successful business if you know how to go for it. You can earn good money by selling domain names that you have kept parked. Domain name squatting has resulted in some big money for the people dealing with it! It is a great business to opt for if you want to make some money with very less effort. Market speculation is very important for this and if you are not careful with what you are doing, you may end up with a lawsuit. Here is some information that will render better awareness about this business. How To Select Domain Names ... (read more)
Author: Richard Moog
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12. Helpful Tips in Softball Hitting
May 12, 2009
A lot of softball hitting tips can be read in magazines, newspapers and over the internet. However, there are really many different styles and techniques in hitting the softball. Exercise regularly. Regular exercise will help your body develop power and vigor. Focus on developing your muscle groups that you need for hitting. Squatting, leg pressing, weight lifting and others can help you develop your more power to hit the ball. Spend more time practicing on hitting. Hitting is no ordinary skill to learn. It requires precision and strength. To learn it well and develop easily, add mor... (read more)
Author: Marc Dagenais
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13. Economic Victims of Banks and Government Squatting in Bank Owned Real Estate
April 14, 2009
A growing trend during the current depression is squatters moving into foreclosed homes and living in them rent and mortgage free. Although this seems astounding, with the inflated real estate bubble not yet completely burst, lenders reluctant to recognize losses on such properties, and so many abandoned homes available, it was a likely result of the collapse.
With real estate developers having built far more houses than could ever have been sold, actual homelessness does not have to be an option for foreclosed homeowners or laid-off workers. Instead, they can often just move into an empt... (read more)
Author: Nick Adama
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14. Clean and Jerk
March 05, 2009
Clean and jerk is one of the best exercises for losing fat and gaining quality muscle is the high rep. clean and jerk. If you don't like hard work and don't want your heart rate to soar through the roof, then join the step aerobics class at your gym. However, if you want to compress time, lose fat, or gain muscle then keep reading! How To Perform The Clean And Jerk Beginning The athlete begins the clean by squatting down to grasp the bar. Hands are positioned roughly shoulder width apart. The lifter's arms are relaxed and just outside the legs with the bar right up against the shi... (read more)
Author: Supplement Centre
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15. Hemorrhoids and the evolution of the human being and defecation posture
January 07, 2009
Hemorrhoids and the evolution of the human being.
VARIATION OF DURATION OF DEFECATION ACCORDINGLY TO DEFECATION POSTURE Berko Dov Sikirov, M.D
Hemorrhoids and the evolution of the human being.
VARIATION OF DURATION OF DEFECATION ACCORDINGLY TO DEFECATION POSTURE
Berko Dov Sikirov, M.D
Abstract The variation of duration of defecation of times of six consecutive defecations in squatting posture was minimal comparatively to any sitting posture (p
Introduction In a recent study (1) the time needed for rectal em... (read more)
Author: rachel dot
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16. The Squat
January 04, 2009
The squat is considered a total power lift. Squatting is a useful exercise as it involves your quadriceps and lower back (some of the larger muscles in your body). The squat is probably considered the king of all exercises by a majority of hardcore lifters. This movement has packed more muscle on skinny frames than any other in history except for the deadlift. The squat is a very natural movement. Following some simple steps and cues, anyone can squat.
The squat is performed from a squat rack. The barbell is shouldered and the weight is lowered to where the thighs are parallel to the mat.... (read more)
Author: Joe Andreula
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17. To Domain Within the Law and Trademark Advice
December 04, 2008
To domain within the law, specifically with regards to trademarked domains, what is the exact position? What is cyber squatting? Should I be concerned about these issues? What is the general advice, regarding the registration of company and corporation trademark domain names? Need I be concerned about these issues and if so, why?
To domain successfully and profitably and to domain within the law, that is to register domain names via a names registrar, you will need to be aware of a few facts regarding the exact lowdown of trademark company and corporation domains.
Without going into ... (read more)
Author: mark andrews
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18. 3 Ways To Turn Your Blog Into An Automated Money Machine
December 02, 2008
When putting together a body building workout, it is vital you workout your legs and upper body. There are three main muscles you want to focus on with your legs; your quadriceps, hamstrings and calves. By working out these muscles, you will build strong and durable legs.
Luckily, many leg exercises will workout each of the three muscles. Squats are great for building strong and powerful legs. It involves you placing weight on a barbell and squatting down with the weight rested on your neck. It is important you perform this with good technique. Other exercises for your quadriceps include ... (read more)
Author: Daniel Waser
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19. Cleansing Chakras: Learn About Cleansing Your Chakras!
November 17, 2008
Just like cleansing other parts in the body, cleansing the seven chakras are extremely important to our health. Not only does this benefit our physical health, but also our mental and emotional health as well. It is important to cleanse all seven chakras, but in this article i will show you how to cleanse the Root and Heart Chakra using a yoga exercise. Alright so let's get started!
The Yoga Crow Pose
1. Begin by squatting on the floor, with your legs about shoulder width apart. Make sure your toes are completely flat on the ground with your toes pointing outwards.
2. Reach... (read more)
Author: Rin Otori
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20. Companies House - New laws to crackdown on Brand Squatting
November 05, 2008
"Brand squatting" is where a company name is registered at Companies House in the UK opportunistically, with an attempt to then sell back the name to the "rightful" brand owner. Unlike the process of registering business domain names, until now, there has previously been no process for brand owners to challenge the registration of company names at Companies House.Although the opportunistic individual would need to be formally appointed as a company director, the company would not normally trade and would therefore only be required to submit dormant company accounts to Companies House at the ap... (read more)
Author: Phil Smith
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21. Why Furniture Pieces Are Indispensable
November 03, 2008
There are numerous reasons why people cannot do without furniture pieces. For one, by its definition that furniture is/are "furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy", one can easily surmise that a home will never be complete without furniture pieces regardless of their design, color, or age.
Ever since man found out that it is easier to sit on a chair while eating instead of just squatting on the ground, furniture items have been a part of human history. While it is not impossible to have lunch or dinner while squatting on the floor it is still more convenient to h... (read more)
Author: Chad Isenberg
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22. Fat Burning Exercises for a Naturally Fit and Toned Body
October 24, 2008
Fat burning exercises alone will not give you your desired weight and body. You have to learn how to do these exercises properly and do them regularly. We've listed some of the exercise programs that can help you burn fat and offer some tips on how to workout properly.
Fat-burning exercises:
1) Squat exercises. Squatting can help you burn fat because you are moving your entire body. It also exercises your hips and your knees which you need to bend when you're squatting. You can use dumbbells while squatting to tone the muscles in your arms.
2) Interval exercise. This combines ha... (read more)
Author: Dean James
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23. Why Furniture Pieces Are Indispensable
September 12, 2008
There are numerous reasons why people cannot do without furniture pieces. For one, by its definition that furniture is/are "furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy", one can easily surmise that a home will never be complete without furniture pieces regardless of their design, color, or age.
Ever since man found out that it is easier to sit on a chair while eating instead of just squatting on the ground, furniture items have been a part of human history. While it is not impossible to have lunch or dinner while squatting on the floor it is still more convenient to h... (read more)
Author: Nathan Downey
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24. Hemorrhoids Treated And Cured Without Surgery
April 16, 2008
In fact, there are many causes of hemorrhoids and many treatment options are available for you to consider.
Correct toilet sitting helps to cure, control and prevent hemorrhoids:
One of the most important treatments / preventatives, relates to how you sit on the toilet when doing your number 2's.
In the good old days, people squatted on the ground - we are designed to do our number 2's squatting. Toilets are designed to be sat on, not squatted on - they were not designed to allow the easy elimination of waste from our body. The more modern toilets, sometimes called squat toilet... (read more)
Author: Donald Urquhart
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25. Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle- 3 Exercises to Work Your Midsection
March 26, 2008
There are tons of ways for people to work out. You could get together with you friends and play sports or you can just do something by yourself like bicycling, or squatting. I know of a few exercises that will work out your mid section so good and they are crunches, running, and leg lifts.
The first exercise that will work out your midsection extremely well is crunches these will really isolate your abs and start shedding all of the extra lose skin that you have around the midsection. Crunches are an excellent exercise for you abs but the thing about them is once you... (read more)
Author: Ashley McAllister
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