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History of Queen Elizabeth Park
This 52 hectare (130 acre) park is one of the most beautifully maintained public parks in the world. Second only to Stanley Park in annual visits, it receives nearly six-million people a year.
In the beginning, Queen Elizabeth Park was a city landmark known affectionately as Little Mountain as its summit was just over 152 m (500 ft) above sea level. Its surface had been scarred at the turn of the century when it was quarried for its rock, used to build Vancouver's first roadways.
In 1919, the Canadian Pacific Railway first offered this real estate to the Vancouver Park Board but no action was taken at that time. By 1929, the Park Board had reconsidered and proceeded to acquire the property, which had become an abandoned eyesore but still contained two reservoirs for the city's drinking water.
In 1930, the park's floral future was foretold when the BC Tulip Association suggested transforming the quarries into sunken gardens. By the end of that decade it had been turned over to the Vancouver Park Board for park and recreation purposes, and was dedicated as such by King George VI and his consort, Queen Elizabeth (the current Queen's mother) on their much-lauded visit to Vancouver in 1939.
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The arboretum was started with a grant from the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association (CPPA) in 1949. The first plantings were done on the north slopes of the park by a group of Junior Forest Wardens. They began by planting blocks of timber species such as ponderosa pine, subalpine spruce, and Douglas fir. Annual donations of $5,000 (the equivalent of $50,000 today) were made by the CPPA until the mid-1950s to continue the development and planting of the arboretum. Most of the larger trees in the park are now about 60 years old.
The objective of the arboretum was to grow examples of every Canadian tree species, with emphasis on those of commercial importance. However, this narrow focus on Canadian species was soon expanded to include exotic trees from around the world because it was found that many boreal forest species did not grow well in Vancouver's mild climate.
Planting continues to this day to further the legacy of what has been called "Canada's first Civic Arboretum". There are now about 1,500 trees.
Quarry Gardens
The popular quarry gardens were designed by Park Board Deputy Superintendent Bill Livingstone and were unveiled in the early 1960s.
The smaller North Quarry or dry garden was undertaken to commemorate the city's 75th anniversary in 1962.
Bloedel Floral Conservatory
But the most philanthropic donation was yet to come from lumber industrialist Prentice Bloedel, whose $1.25 million went towards adding a roof to the reservoirs and building the country's first geodesic conservatory surrounded by covered walkways, lighted fountains and a magnificent sculpture "Knife Edge - Two Piece" by modern artist Henry Moore.
The Bloedel Floral Conservatory opened on December 6, 1969, amidst much jubilation with its many climactic zones displaying a huge variety of plants and a superb selection of free-flying tropical birds. In 1972 the Conservatory received the Vincent Massey Award for excellence in the urban environment.
In 1974, the park's last major development in the original plan was undertaken in the form of a new restaurant, perched over the north quarry garden. This was called the Quarry House (now called Seasons in the Park) and, though owned by the Park Board, is leased to an independent operator.
Sculptures, Pitch & Putt, Celebration Pavilion
Over the years other features have been added to this most popular park including the Pitch & Putt (1963), the popular Photo Session sculpture by J. Seward Johnson, Jr., and the Lions Clock (1995) on the entry plaza in front of the Bloedel Conservatory.
More recently, the Queen Elizabeth Park Plaza adjacent to the Conservatory was redeveloped at a cost of $6 million, and officially opened in 2007. The 1.2 hectare area includes seven covered tai-chi arbours, ornamental gardens, the Celebration Pavilion, and the dramatic "Dancing Waters" fountain.
The fountain has one central 'signature' jet (made from five high-pressure nozzles fused together), surrounded by a field of 65 shorter jets, and operates on a program to vary the heights of the jets. It is an integral part of the new (2007) Queen Elizabeth Plaza.
Henry Moore's bronze cast sculpture "Knife Edge - Two Piece" was reinstalled adjacent to the new fountain.
The Queen Elizabeth Plaza is built atop the Little Mountain Reservoir, which is Vancouver's principal drinking water reservoir. The reservoir is operated by Metro Vancouver. It is located at Queen Elizabeth Park because this is the highest point within the city. An open-air reservoir was built at this location in the 1920's. In 1965 a concrete roof was added to better protect the water supply.
From 2001 to 2005, the reservoir was completely rebuilt to increase its capacity to 45-million gallons of water in two separate earthquake-proof cells.
From 2005 to 2007, the Park Board rebuilt the reservoir rooftop garden and parking lot.


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I had originally conducted this interview with Max Tundra at the Free Music Archive, but I feel like this guy is so good he deserves a repost here! Besides, Mr. Tundra is an avid WFMU fan, even shouting out the station in the lyrics of the awesome "Nord Lead Three" from Parallax Error Beheads You:
"One summer in a panelled room
I plugged her into someone's loom
The majesty that did occur
Made pussycats and doggies purr
Someone in the dinner queue
Had heard WFMU
He noticed all her subtle tricks
Depsite their lowness in the mix"
... and he's also done a Listener Hour for the station as well, here's the playlist. But besides any of that, the man is an incredible, incredible musician. For those in the UK, on December 11th, Max Tundra will be playing a show at The Old Fire Station in Bristol. Check out the interview after the jump.
Max Tundra (or Ben Jacobs as he's known around the house) is a London-based electronic producer/multi-instrumentalist whose last album, the brilliant Parallax Error Beheads You (Domino), took six years to make. His music runs the gamut from Scritti Politti-like pop to prog-rock in the vein of Gentle Giant ...with a lot in between.
While he recently announced on Twitter that PEBY will be the last Max Tundra album (say it ain't so!), Jacobs plans to keep producing new music under different pseudonyms, and he's been spinning out great remixes via Soundcloud where you'll also find fabulous covers of Taylor Dane's "Tell it to My Heart" and Daft Punk's "Digital Love", a mash-up of pop superstar Brandy and shoegazers Ride- "Leave Them About Us" (credited to a hilarious combination of the names, Randy Bride), and other goodies.
In 2009, a few months after releasing PEBY, Max Tundra stopped by Talk's Cheap with Jason Sigal on WFMU,delivering a set spanning his two vocal albums, plus a sped-up instrumental cover of The Beatles' "Lady Madonna." The featured track from this set, "Lysine," was originally sung on the album Mastered By Guy At The Exchange by his sister Becky Jacobs (of the band Tunng). Hearing Max Tundra himself perform the song is a treat within itself, as we not only get to hear a new version of the track, but also we get to witness a bit of Tundra's growth as a singer, which he claims took many nights's-worth of karaoke.
I interviewed Max Tundra via email.
It seems that much of your music is inspired by films; be it in the references to auteurs such as David Lynch, Alejandro Jodorowsky, and Michel Gondry, or the cinematic flair that embodies music videos such as "Ink Me" or "Will Get Fooled Again." What relationship does your musical work have with film? Who were the cinematic influences on those videos?
Those videos was directed by talented film-making friends of mine so I'm not sure what their specific influences were. However, it is possible that their love of weird cinema drew me to make friends with those particular people.
Your influence section on MySpace lists well over one hundred artists, as varied from Brandy to Black Dice. However, with each of those groups, I can see how they have affected your music in some way. I wanted to ask about Steve Vai, who is placed in between R. Stevie Moore and Fiona Apple. I'm a fan of his first album "Flex-Able" but I feel like after that he became a bit self indulgent. What do you think of his work?
Many of the artists I've listed in that section have only written one or two albums or songs that I love, but an album like "Flex-Able" is so superior to many bands' entire careers that it's worth listing Steve Vai. (For the record, apart from the StSanders "shreds" clip with the triple-neck guitar, "Flex-Able" is the only thing of his that I like that much. Too many solos!) Furthermore, a lot of these so-called "Influences" are just things I like but which I may have discovered after recording my albums, but Myspace doesn't have a section for "Music I Like".
Jim O'Rourke is in your influence section as well, and has recently released the album "The Vistor", which like your record "Parallax Error Beheads You" was recorded completely by the artist and took the better half of a decade to make. I was wondering if you had heard this album and if you had found any parallels to your own album within it.
I haven't heard "The Visitor", but I do love JO'R's other work. He seems like a lovely fella.
Are there any new artists or albums that have particularly spiked your interest recently?
The J-Pop band Perfume (see http://www.schmooze-blog.com/?p=2880 ) are pretty cool. They make me think that I could potentially have a successful career producing a Japanese pop band, and not have to resort to doing a boring office job two months after releasing an album.
Run us through a typical day in the life of Max Tundra.
Wake up. Drink tea. Eat toast/Marmite. Feed the cat. Biscuits (i.e. English "cookies"). Switch on studio. Biscuits. Check emails. Waste time on Twitter. Tea. Go and buy lunch ingredients from the shops. Come back and cook them. Eat lunch whilst watching an episode of something from a DVD (e.g. Upright Citizens Brigade, Arrested Development, The Day Today, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Look Around You). Waste time on Twitter. Waste time on Twitter. Check emails. Make phone calls. Vacuum the hallway. Feed the cat. Clean cat's litter tray. Generally mess around on the internet. Cook dinner. Eat dinner. Watch another DVD episode. Tea/biscuits. Wash up. Switch off studio. Go to bed.
Your albums have some rather nice packaging and artwork, I'm quite fond of the dove on the keyboard in the insert for "Mastered By Guy At the Exchange." Do you fear that with digital downloading becoming the norm for music listeners, the art of packaging may disappear?
I think so, yes. Already in the move from LPs to CDs we've lost the joyful experience of holding a 12"x12" cardboard picture whilst listening to an album. Now all we have are little square icons on an iPod screen, or not even that sometimes (if the person illicitly downloading the album can't be bothered to Google the artwork). But let's not forget, the music is the main thing - it is important to write an album so special and unique that the artwork doesn't matter.
You've said a few times that "PEBY" will be the last Max Tundra album, but not the last by Ben Jacobs. What do you have lined up for the future, and what will become of Max!?
I will still be remixing bands as Max Tundra and playing shows as him, although there is a pressure on promoters to only book bands who have a recent album. At this point I would like to point out that I have never played a North American music festival, and it is my hope that several festival promoters will read this interview and act upon it. Anyone who leaves their email address at www.maxtundra.com will be the first to hear about my future activities, but I cannot reveal anything at this point.
You've spoken several times in interviews about if you wanted the atmosphere of a particular street at dawn per say on a song on your record, you would go to that street at dawn and record it. I've noticed these atmospheres in tracks like Lysine and Acorns, and I think it's a very interesting idea that is unfortunately not used much. Where did it come from and where have you recorded?
I have a bunch of audio cassettes I have amassed throughout childhood, of me recording various places, I can't remember them all. However there is a ticking clock on Lysine which was recorded at the British Museum. It took several visits to nail it, as we kept getting kicked out of the gallery by the security guard. The background on Acorns is the introduction to my friend Lucy doing some singing at a gig of hers - you can hear her saying hello to the crowd and them laughing at a joke she makes. I'd also like to point out the sound of a nocturnal street, near the end of "Carbon Cones" on my first album. You can hear a truck going past at one point.
...and because you have been a bunch of good kids, here is a full live set of Max Tundra playing at the Black Cat in DC.


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Barua previously lead corporate affairs for PR and lobbying firm Newington, which announced last week that Michelle di Leo would be replacing her in the role.
Barua had worked for Newington for less than two years, before which she spent seven years at national business group the CBI, latterly as comms director. She began her career as a journalist.
The new role at London First unites the group's campaigns, communications, public affairs and events teams with the goal of improving its profile in Whitehall and City Hall.
Its creation comes alongside the promotion of Marilise Saghbini from executive director of comms to deputy corporate affairs director, and of Emma Hutchinson from head of media relations to comms programme director.
In addition to the senior trio, London First has two social media-focused comms staff and a stakeholder engagement manager, and works with Instinctif Partners on media relations. The group as a whole has 50 staff.
London First, whose membership includes more than 200 leading capital-based employers, will be trying to make its voice heard on migration, transport and housing in the coming months. It will be working with Government ahead of a whitepaper on immigration, expected later this year, and push for investments in Crossrail 2.
Jasmine Whitbread, CEO of London First, said: "As Brexit approaches, we have to keep policymakers focused on the need to grow the UK economy and create jobs – and that means investing in talent, housing and infrastructure. There are huge challenges ahead, but Muniya will help ensure that London's voice is clearly heard."


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Students and faculty in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering actively contribute to UBC's reputation as a leading research institution by conducting innovative research and making discoveries essential to a healthy society, environment and economy. Our programs explore the rapidly evolving fields of information and communication technology as well as the latest advances in the more traditional areas of power, control, and electromagnetics. Our students graduate with the skill they need to pursue fulfilling careers in companies, research agencies or as entrepreneurs.
Research Collaborations in Asia
- Professor Victor Leung has been collaborating with several universities in China, including Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing Jiaotong University, Jilin University, South China University of Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Zhejiang University of Technology, in research projects on radio access, resource management, wireless sensor networks, and vehicular networks. The collaborations involve mutual visits, exchange of graduate students, a joint-project under the BC-China ICSD program, co-authoring papers and guest professorship appointments. Victor Leung has recently initiated collaborations with Qatar University, which is jointly supporting a UBC graduate student's research on radio resource management.
- Professor Robert Rohling has a grant called "Ultrasound 3D Imaging Combined with MEMS-based Optical Coherence Tomography." It is funded via BC Innovation Council and the People's Republic of China Innovation and Commercialization Strategic Development Program (ICSD). Professor Rohling is the PI on the BC side. The PI in China is Professor Dai Enguang from the School of Electronic Engineering & Computer Science, Peking University. The cooperation project will target the development of a prototype hybrid ultrasonic imaging and Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) system for imaging the eye. OCT can provide high resolution images at shallow depth, and ultrasound can provide medium resolutions images at greater depths with less dependency on tissue opacity. A hybrid system will be developed for ophthalmologic applications to cover a broad range of conditions and diseases.


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It was a slightly surreal experience arriving at Sydney airport. My wife, Chris, and I had been primed by the brochures to be welcomed by blue skies, sunshine and smiles, but instead we were greeted by Quarantine signs and sniffer dogs. Our landing cards had also warned us that if we tried to bring any food into Australia it would be confiscated! I suppose the Australians are keen to protect themselves from: drugs, disease and pests brought in from the rest of the world. We were potential carriers. It's doubly ironic therefore that Sydney began as a disease-ridden penal colony and that 3 of the country's biggest pests — rabbits, wild camels and cane toads — were imported by Australians themselves.
Luckily, we were found to be "clean" and didn't have to wade through a chemical dip or undergo a whole body search. Once we were through passport and customs, Australia started to live up to what it says on the packet — i.e. we saw blue sky, basked in warm sunshine and encountered welcoming smiles. The first smile came from my wife's son, John, who now resides in Sydney. He lives in Dee Why, a beach resort in northern Sydney, famous for its excellent surfing. We had visited him in 2010 as well, so for us, this was Sydney, second time around.
At first glance, Sydney just seems like a British city with added sunshine. The traffic drives on the left. all street signs are in English, the Queen's face stares out at you from the bank notes and everyone converses in the English language. It's named after a British politician: Viscount Sydney, and was part of the British Empire and then the Commonwealth. It's not at all surprising that Sydney is such a popular destination for British holiday-makers, back-packers and gap-yearers. OK, it's technically a foreign city but for British travellers it provides numerous, familiar home comforts. A large proportion of the population originates from the UK and British programmes often pop up on the television screen. Even the World famous Sydney Harbour Bridge is just a bigger version of the English Newcastle's Tyne bridge and was similarly built by Dorman Long of Middlesbrough.
However, when one has been in Sydney for a while, more and more differences emerge. The blazing Australian sun is the most obvious example. But then there is the luxuriant vegetation and exotic wildlife. One swaps: sparrows, starlings and blackbirds for cockatoos, parrots and pelicans. Glossy Ibises stroll around the parks and are so common that they are regarded as pests! A range of different egrets and herons fish the rivers and pools, while swans happen to be black with red bills.
Dee Why, where we stayed, is an ocean- side suburb of Sydney in the centre of the Northern Beaches region. It has the usual shopping malls, apartment blocks and a busy main road. However the main focus is its extensive beach and attractive coastline. The short, grassy promenade is guarded by a line of handsome Norfolk pines. The sandy beach leads up to a prominent headland ( Long Reef) and is backed by a lagoon fringed by feathery reeds. Surfers ride in on the big breakers and on windy days kite-surfers scud across the water at breakneck speed. It's not the usual thing you would see in a British city. On our first walk there we saw a trio of large white pelicans fishing in the shallows, then twisting their necks round to preen themselves. As I reached eagerly for my camera to capture the moment, two of flew off! Then, as we walked by the lagoon, three black swans suddenly took off and flew towards the sun, gradually turning into silhouettes.
Such wild-life surprises continued throughout our stay. My first view of a cockatoo was while I was walking up the street to the supermarket. It was sitting on top of a lamp-post, squawking away and opening and closing its yellow crest like a fan. It seems that lamp-posts are very popular with wild-life in Australia. As we drove north towards Palm Beach one day, John informed us that we were approaching "Pelican Bridge". I tried to conjure up an image of a bridge in the shape of a giant pelican. Then I saw what he meant. The bridge crossed an inlet of the sea and on almost every one of its lamp-posts sat a pelican warming itself.
On our first full day we walked along the top of the cliffs south from Dee Why on the coastal path to Manley via Curl Curl. The surf was up and we watched as high, crashing waves swamped the open-air swimming pools that feature at the end of every beach. Up in the sky we saw a sea eagle circling and being mobbed by gulls. Amongst the rock pools we observed a small, grey heron standing perfectly still, waiting to strike. Between June and October one can spot migrating humpback whales off this coastline as well as dolphins and porpoises. ( Unfortunately we visited in April, so missed them.) We did however see lizards of all sizes. They scurried along the paths, warmed themselves on rocks or sat like statues pretending to be part of a tree. John identified quite a big specimen with a dragon-like head as an Eastern Water Dragon.
The most vivid reminder that Sydney is in the sub-tropics is the presence of brightly coloured little parrots. They are actually Rainbow Lorikeets and are red, orange and green. They chatter constantly in the trees and visit people's balconies on the lookout for tit-bits. As the sun sets and dusk deepens they fly in to roost in their hundreds, their excitable squawking rising to a deafening crescendo. Less than half an hour later, all is silent.
My most unexpected encounter with Sydney's wildlife was up in the Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National park on the northern edge of greater Sydney. The area is ravishingly beautiful. Thickly forested green hills drop down into the blue ocean. We drove to West Head, a lookout which has fabulous views of beaches, headlands and wooded islands. Two long fingers of the sea meet at Broken Bay off the tip of a narrow peninsula. Sea birds soared on the thermals below us and dozens of tiny yachts dotted the blue bay with their white sails. Opposite, in front of another peninsula topped by a Victorian lighthouse, a seaplane took off, whisking commuters to the city centre. We descended steeply through the luxuriant, subtropical forest to a small beach far below. A tumbling stream followed us. In a tree we spotted a Kookaburra ( or Laughing Jackass), looking like a large furry kingfisher. Later we encountered a Possum perched lazily in the fork of another tree. However, it was when we got down to the beach that the real surprise came. I looked down at my right leg and was horrified to see a black, slimy leech engorging itself on my blood! It's not a nice feeling seeing a parasite stuck to you. John had leeches on his leg too. I brushed it off in disgust. A smaller one was feeding on my foot. I let out a shudder and remembered Humphrey Bogart in "The African Queen" when he discovered leeches on his body after towing the boat through the mangrove swamp. " If it's anything in the world I hate, it's leeches! Filthy little devils!" A bloody streak was left on my shin. Who would have thought I would have encountered leeches while on a visit to the sophisticated city of Sydney! This second visit impressed upon me that Sydney is much more than a built-up, urban environment. So much of this visit was taken up with :scenic beaches, bays, headlands, forests( bush) and wildlife or all shapes and sizes. It's a very surprising city experience.
We did travel into the centre on one day however, following up two full days of exploration on our 2010 visit. Easily the best way to arrive into Sydney, in my opinion, is by boat, We took the ferry from Manley, just south of Dee Why. Manley has the Pacific Ocean on one side and the calmer waters of Port Jackson on the other. Both shores have lovely promenades and beaches. The ferry wharf is on the quieter side. Near to the wharf is a colony of tiny penguins, but we never saw them as they are nocturnal. The ferries are big old tubs, painted green and yellow. They are probably from the 1950's or 60's and they reminded me of the Star Ferry in Hong Kong. The Manley Ferry service began in 1854.
What a way to commute into the city! Enjoy a cappuccino in one of the cafes at the wharf before boarding the half hourly boat which glides smoothly across the waters of Port Jackson right into the heart of Sydney. Port Jackson is actually a flooded, sunken-valley which twists and turns inland to meet the waters of the Parramatta River. On the way it washes into many picturesque coves and bays, winds around rocky points and past little islands.
The ferry slowly turned a corner and the famous twin sights of the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House swung into view. As this scene got closer, the tourist cameras went into overdrive. The water was criss-crossed by a flotilla of small vessels, yachts and cabin cruises as the ferry sailed right into Circular Quay. To the right is the famous arched Harbour bridge, to the right are the graceful, creamy sails or shells of the Opera House, and straight ahead are the soaring, clustered skyscrapers of the CBD. Departure at night was even more spectacular as all these famous sights were floodlit. Arriving by boat at Sydney's Circular Quay is like sailing into the middle of a picture postcard.
The atmosphere on the quay is relaxed and enjoyable. Commuters mingle easily with tourists. The warm sun, blue sky and sparkling harbour help to make this a special place. Cafes, shops and street entertainers all help to create a pleasing ambience. One of the buskers was an aborigine musician, in white body paint, playing a didgeridoo to a backing tape. He added greatly to the enjoyment and atmosphere of the place, but it was sad to see a descendent of one of Australia's original inhabitants reduced to tourist fodder.
We walked towards The Rocks in the direction of the Harbour Bridge. This is the historical quarter of Sydney, being the site of the original convict settlement, established in 1788. The native aborigines must have looked on in amazement at the arrival of their strange, pale-skinned visitors. Some were armed to the teeth while the rest were shackled in chains. The local native tribes were about to be overwhelmed by a very different society than that they were used to. The area soon became a slum and in the later 1800's became notorious for: crime, drunkenness, disease and debauchery. Luckily what was left of The Rocks was cleaned up and saved from the clutches of developers in the 1970's who wanted to demolish it all. It is now one of Sydney's top tourist attractions, slightly resembling an historical theme park. However it is only "historical in an Australian context being 19th and early 20th Century. British and European visitors would have seen much older areas than this. Nevertheless, the Victorian-era architecture of The Rocks contrasts nicely with the modern high rise developments nearby and lend a different feel to this area.
We walked up towards the Harbour bridge passing through Argyle Cutting. This was created by convict chain gangs and later by hired labourers in the mid 19th century. Between them they took 16 long, hard years to cut through solid rock with hammers and chisels. We climbed up a steep staircase at the side of this cutting to gain the bridge.
It's not every day that one gets to step on to the page of a tourist brochure or get up close to an "icon." I hate the overuse and subsequent devaluation of the term "iconic" but even I have to admit that Sydney harbour bridge deserves this accolade. Along with the Opera House which sits opposite to it across the glistening water, the harbour bridge is the instantly recognisable symbol of Sydney and of Australia as a whole. Show someone a picture of the "Coat-hanger" as it's locally known, and no captions are needed. Last time we gazed at it from below and took photographs of it from different angles and in different light conditions. This time, second time around, we walked across it.
The bridge is immense. It carries a 4 lane road, a railway, a cycle track and a pedestrian walkway. It is introduced by 2 huge towers on each side and then the graceful, intricate web of iron girders curves up into the sky. The views of the harbour, the Opera House and the city beyond are fabulous. The bridge was completed in 1932 and links north and south Sydney. At the time it was the largest arched bridge in the world. Today a Harbour Tunnel helps to take the strain of the ever increasing traffic but when you're up there, the vehicles thunder by in a constant stream. We were too nervous to do the ( expensive) bridge climb over the top, but despite the din, it was a real thrill to walk across it.
Later we made the obligatory visit to the steps of Sydney Opera House designed by a Danish architect, Jorn Utzon, in the early 1970's. The giant sails or shells that make up its roof, fit perfectly with its waterside location. Utzon's father was a yacht designer. The thousands of creamy-white tiles shine and shimmer in the sun. The whole effect is strikingly beautiful and it almost looks as if the building is about to float off on the water
Two icons in one day is more than enough so we then relaxed by strolling through the Botanical gardens and visiting the Art Gallery of New South Wales. One disappointment was that the large colony of fruit bats ( or flying foxes) which had been roosting in the garden's Palm Grove on our previous visit, was now nowhere to be seen. John's partner, Freya, suggested that they might have been culled ( ie killed). I hope not.
So it was another memorable visit to Sydney second time around. We saw the famous sights again, but also encountered numerous surprises. This time we didn't visit the wonderful Blue Mountains to the west of the city because of time constraints, but we did have a glorious view of them from the air as we flew north to Queensland. Although it is Australia's biggest and busiest city, it is Sydney's picturesque coast, beautiful national parks and exotic wildlife that will live longest in the memory after this second visit. In many ways Sydney defies the conventional definition of a city. I'm glad that the immigration men and the sniffer dogs let us in!
SYDNEY — Second Time Surprises.26 Jun
It was a slightly surreal experience arriving at Sydney airport. My wife, Chris, and I had been primed by the brochures to be welcomed by blue skies, sunshine and smiles, but instead we were greeted by Quarantine signs and sniffer dogs. Our landing cards had also warned us that if we tried to bring any food into Australia it would be confiscated! I suppose the Australians are keen to protect themselves from: drugs, disease and pests brought in from the rest of the world. We were potential carriers. It's doubly ironic therefore that Sydney began as a disease-ridden penal colony and that 3 of the country's biggest pests — rabbits, wild camels and cane toads — were imported by Australians themselves.
Ada Alice.8 Jun
A surprising but wonderful thing has happened to me. My daughter, Joanna, has just given birth to her third child, a girl, and has named her Ada Alice. These were the Christian names of my paternal and maternal grandmothers. So, in a stroke, five generations of our family have been connected!
I find it very touching that Joanna and her partner Allan Towns, value the importance of family and of remembering those who have gone before. I think this might have arisen from the family history research I did as one of my first post- retirement projects. This led me to acquire, with the help of my parents and my sister, photographs of my two beautiful grandmas when they were in their late teens. They are from another era, the now lost world of Edwardian Britain, before the horrors of the Great War blasted it into oblivion. Now in a new century and a new millennium no less, the naming of my new granddaughter links me to my two departed grandmothers, reactivating the fond memories I have of them. Ada and Alice are gone but far from forgotten.
Ada Millthorpe, my dad's mother, was just 18 when she had her photograph taken. This was around the time she married my grandfather: George Arthur Bates. Similarly, my mum's mother, Alice was captured on film, with my other Grandfather: Thomas Robert Bottoms, on the occasion of their engagement in 1913. Both photos were professional portraits executed in studios. In those distant days, having one's photograph taken was a big, important event. They were the early days of the camera. The resulting pictures were the equivalents of the painted portraits that the aristocracy had commissioned in previous pre-celluloid eras.
My grandparents dressed up in their best clothes, their "Sunday best", for their visit to the photographer's studio. The black and white photographs show them striking serious poses. This was not an occasion for frivolity. Ada stands in front of a painted pastoral scene, surrounded by props that make it seem she is out for a stroll in her country estate. Her curly hair is swept back and tied back in bouffant style. She wears a cotton and lace blouse and a long, dark skirt with 3 frills at the bottom. She wears a delicate watch on a chain. It goes round her neck like a necklace and is pinned to the front of her blouse along with a flower decoration. The picture was taken in the Rembrandt Studio in Marringham, Notts.
Alice, in her portrait, sits seriously by her fiancée. Alice is also wearing an attractive white blouse and a dark skirt down to her ankles. Her blouse has "mutton leg" sleeves and embroidered, fancy cuffs. Like Ada's it is probably made from cotton and lace. Alice's hair is also swept back. She has a broach at her neck and a long, dark necklace. Beside her stands my granddad, proud and erect. He wears a dark suit and waistcoat, a white shirt with a starched collar and a white tie. Into his waistcoat pocket he has tucked his watch and chain.
In sharp contrast, Allan's and Jo's photos of the newly arrived Ada Alice are colourful, bright and informal. They were snapped on instant cameras phones within hours of her birth. Social networking then quickly took over. On her very first day on earth, Ada Alice Towns was the undisputed star attraction on her parents' Facebook pages.( and on mine.) Now little Ada, although only a few days old,is having a blog written about her! Allan and Jo were able to share their great news in rapid time with a wide variety of friends and family members, who responded with their delighted messages of congratulation. After my teenage grandmas had had their formal, photographic portraits taken, there would then have been a wait of numerous days if not weeks before the finished product could be viewed and shared. The film had to be developed in a dark room and then the photos printed from the negatives. Finally they had to be delivered or collected. A great sense of anticipation and excitement must have built up. Today's excitement is just as intense, but the long wait has been dispensed with. We now live in the age of digital photography. Ada Alice has been born into an instant world where communication is achieved through the click of an I-pad or a laptop.
Ada Millthorpe, my paternal grandmother, was born in 1889 in Barrow Hill, Staveley near Chesterfield, in north-east Derbyshire. Her father, John Swann Millthorpe was a hewer in a coal mine and later worked as a general labourer in the Iron and Steel works that dominated Barrow Hill.( but now closed and pulled down.) He had moved there from Wadsley Bridge, Yorkshire, presumably to get work.
In contrast, little Ada Alice Towns's father, Allan, is a probation officer. he couldn't work down a pit even if he wanted to, as they have virtually all been closed down. Ada Alice's mum is a social worker. The senior Ada's mother ( my Great Grandmother) was Harriet from Leicestershire. Ada was the second youngest of 6 children — 4 girls and 2 boys. Many people had large families in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Ada married another collieryman, George Arthur Bates in 1908 at the tender age of 17. He was 7 years her senior. George Arthur, my paternal Grandfather, was a filler, loading the tubs with the coal extracted by the hewers from the face. Later, he too switched to the steel works after the 1926 General Strike led to a savage cut in miners' wages.
The 1911 census finds George Arthur and Ada living as boarders in the house of her father. Even though their marriage was barely 3 years old, they already had 2 children, my aunties Evelyn and Doris. They went on to have 4 more children, ending up with 3 boys and 3 girls in all. My dad, Maurice Reuben, born in 1923, was the youngest.
I remember Ada senior, my Grandma Bates, as a gentle, kind, loving woman. I always liked being with her. We used to visit her and granddad every Sunday, after going to Sunday school at the Methodist chapel down the road. Grandma always had the kettle on, boiling water on the open fire and within minutes of our arrival was "mashing" (brewing) the tea in the pot. Then out came a barrel of sweet biscuits for us to enjoy. Ada must had a hard-working life, looking after her husband and 6 children. This was before the days of washing machines, electric or gas cookers and vacuum cleaners. She and my other Grandma, Alice, would have been constantly: washing, drying, ironing, cleaning, sewing, shopping, cooking and baking. Washing was a case of getting out the poss tub and stick and laboriously heating up buckets of water, rather than just slinging the soiled clothes into an automatic machine as is the case today. For a time Ada was helped by my Auntie Harriet who came home after her marriage broke up. Harriet's child was brought up by George and Ada as their own to avoid upsetting gossip. So they really reared 7 children.
In their later years, George and Ada also kept pigs, chickens, pigeons and a pony on a small-holding. Going to the toilet in their house was always a bit of an adventure, as the white-washed out-house where it was located, was full of pungently smelling sacks of animal and bird feed.
Alice, my maternal Grandmother, was born Alice Anne Barson in New Whittington, Chesterfield in August, 1892. Her father was Harry Barson, from Chesterfield, another hewer down a coal mine. Her mother, Alice Bloomfield hailed from Eye in Suffolk. The coal mines and steel works of north Derbyshire had lured her family away from their rural, agricultural life in East Anglia. So, it seems that the name Alice has been passed down through the generations. My tiny grand-daughter may not know it yet, but Ada Alice will grow up to discover that 2 Great, Great Grandmas and 1 Great, Great, Great Grandma all share her names
Alice Anne Barson married my Granddad: Thomas Robert Bottoms in 1915 in Chesterfeild. It was in the middle of the First World War but Thomas did not go away to fight in the trenches, as he worked in the iron and steel works, an essential industry in the war effort. Thomas was a furnace-man. This protection from conscription also applied to my other Granddad as coal mining was another vital war occupation. Thomas and Alice went on to have 3 children: Leslie, Victor and my mother Jessie, who was born in 1926. ( The same year as the Queen as she never gets tired of telling me!) This side of our family were very religious and active in the non-conformist Methodist movement. Granddad Thomas led the way — being a lay preacher, an organist and chapel choir leader.
Like Ada, Alice worked hard to bring up her family without the aid of modern, labour-saving devices. She too had an iron "range" which consisted of an open coal fire, a cast-iron oven and hot plates where she would place her irons to heat up. All other cooking was done on a little double gas ring on the small work surface near the sink. This was Grandma's kitchen, tucked into a corner of the living room. They did have another ground floor room but this was kept for "best" just in case special visitors came. Alice loved baking. I remember her jam and curd tarts, delicious scones and large trays of sponge cake, spread with icing and sprinkled with desiccated coconut. For some strange reason she called this "buffalo cake." Alice also baked the weirdly named "Az Baz" which was a bit of left over pastry ( after making her excellent pies) with a jam filling. It was a favourite treat of mine.
The original Ada and Alice grew up in a vastly different world from their newly arrived descendent. Edwardian England had few cars, no television, no computers, no Internet. Most people did not have music players and radios were rare in the early 20th century. Provisions were bought from a corner shop not a supermarket. Many people did not worry about their carbon footprints or food-miles because they grew much of their own fruit and veg . Most ordinary folk had no landline telephone and mobile phones were unimaginable, science fiction items of the distant future. People wrote letters using pen and paper rather than typing emails and entertainment consisted of singing round the piano or doing jigsaws. Both my grandmas knitted and sewed, making and mending clothes for their families. I wonder whether the new Ada Alice will become adept at darning socks like her namesakes? More like she will be successfully mastering the latest electronic gadgets and technologies and leaving me standing! She will be comfortable in a world that is increasingly leaving my generation behind.
I spent a lot of time with my Grandma Alice. We were very close. Even as a teenager, when you would have expected me to be listening to pop music or chasing girls, I spent most weekends with her. I would take the bus there straight from school on Fridays. Later I went on my motor scooter. She lived in a two-up two-down terraced house in a courtyard shared with 3 other households. It had a toilet block in the middle of the yard and an old concrete air-raid shelter at the bottom of the garden. Mum remembers going in there during the Luftwaffe bombing raids of the Second World War.
The newest addition to our family, Ada Alice Towns has triggered all these precious recollections. Even now only a few days old, she has already had a big impact on my life. I have my daughter and her partner to thank for this. Ada Alice's arrival brings hope for the future and memories of the past. Looking at her pictures on the computer screen ( and in real life) with her curly, ginger hair and tiny, delicate features, I wonder what life has in store for her? She has been born into a constantly changing, kaleidoscopic world where exciting opportunities will come to her thick and fast. She is lucky to have the stability provided by the unconditional love of 2 families. With her big sisters, Esme and Nin, Ada Alice will carry our family forward into a new generation.
Their world is greatly different from that frequented by the original Ada and Alice in the previous centuries. However, one important thing has not changed in all that time. That is the continued importance of family, whose love and support sustains us throughout our lives. I hope to pass on some of the love that I received from Grandma Ada and Grandma Alice to the new Ada Alice and her sisters. In that way the gulf of time that separates them will simply evaporate and the generations will melt into one.


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This transfer board, sometimes called a Banana Board is a truly universal transfer board. Its unique curved shape and maximum working load of 285kg enable it to be used in virtually all applications with 99.99% of the population. Ideal for use in both assisted and non-assisted transfers, it is also ideal for use in face-to-face transfers within confined areas. Weight Capacity up to 30 stone.


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Hazard Chase signs German Bass-baritone
We are delighted to welcome young German Bass-baritone Martin Hässler to the Hazard Chase vocal roster, for general management.
Martin studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the University of Music and Theatre in Leipzig. In 2016 he gave his debut at Garsington Opera in Eugene Onegin followed by Lliam Paterson's The 8th Door at Scottish Opera, and has since begun developing a further presence in Europe, with engagements at the Opéra National de Lyon, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and Oper Leipzig. Equally at home on the recital and concert stage, Martin has performed at the Wigmore Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, Vienna Musikverein and the BBC Schubert Festival. With an extensive concert repertoire, performances have included Bach's St. Matthew Passion and Handel's Jephtha (Tonhalle Zürich), Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (under Howard Arman), and performances as part of a new project 'Schubert & Co', launched at the Oxford Lieder Festival in 2018 alongside pianist and Festival Director Sholto Kynoch.
This season engagements include Ravel's L'heure Espagnole (Don Inigo) at Opéra National de Lyon, Verdi's Nabucco (High priest of Bel) at Opéra National de Lyon, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and Opéra de Vichy, Marius Felix Lange's Schneewittchen (Zwerg Adi) at Oper Leipzig and his debut at the Händel Festival Halle.


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This is the last one I'll post up for this contest. I've already eliminated myself by posting up twice...and now thrice... I'm sorry I can't resist. I'm seeing such amazing pictures and they are reminding me of other pictures I've taken... so thanks everyone.
About the picture: This is across the bay from San Francisco on Treasure island which is the island in the middle of the bay bridge. You can see all of downtown San Francisco as well half of the bay bridge to the right and golden gate bridge to the left and just a little further left you can see alcatraz island and (former) federal penitentiary.
This is small version of an Hdr stiched panorama consisting of 8 vertical hdr images each composed of 4 different images at different exposure settings. Everything was done handheld so there are some flaws to this one. I tried to get something between a realistic and a painterly look for this one as far as the hdr and post hdr processing is concerned.


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How to Train a Sales Strategy All-Star
Build your sales team from the rookies to the all-stars. Here are steps to help develop your team and earn the right to compete against other sales teams.
July 14, 2014
It's All-Star Game time for baseball fans, who will flock to Minnesota next week for the MLB All-Star Game. Becoming an All-Star in baseball requires exceptional work in the first half of the season (and some degree of popularity -- it is a fan vote, after all). Every team is allowed at least one player for the game, though the best players claim starting roles in the early innings.
There may not be an official sales strategy All-Star competition, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't groom your team to rise from the rookie leagues to the All-Star level. Here are the steps to help develop your team of All-Stars and earn the right to compete against other sales teams.
The Rookie Leagues
Looks like you have some new recruits on your hands. They're all pretty green – some are draftees fresh out of college, while others might be journeymen looking for a new opportunity. In either case, they'll need to learn the ropes of sales before getting called up.
There are no designated hitters in your sales strategy – new players need to learn all facets of the game. Have them start with these resources for enhancing their pitching, fielding and hitting:
- Pitching: Don't Be Obtuse with your Sales Strategy
- Hitting: Lessons and Best Practices for Hitting the Career Curveball
- Fielding: Improve the Listening Skills that Increase Sales
Give your new team some time to nail down the basics, and then have them move up to the minors. Baseball rookies rarely spend significant time in the rookie leagues – it's their performance in the minors that ultimately decides their professional fate.
The Minor Leagues
Depending on your team's performance in the rookie leagues, they could be slotted into development minor leagues or placed on the fast track to the majors. This is where your major league players can help coach and mentor new recruits through the curveballs that arise in modern selling.
At this stage, their basic pitching, hitting and fielding skills should be intact – but they'll need to identify best practices for using them in game time. Utilize these resources to start:
- Pitching: Coaching the Old-School Sales Pro
- Hitting: Competitive Intelligence: Tips to Inform Your Sales Strategy
- Fielding: The Challenges and Opportunities for the Sales Industry
Players who harness and enhance their skills over time become desirable for major league promotion. Once they get the call, they are expected to immediately contribute to the team's success – or risk returning to the minors for further development.
The Major Leagues
Now your team has hit the big time – but that also means they have a big responsibility to fill. Many minor leaguers are called up to fill a temporary hole on the major league roster – but if they prove themselves capable, that spot might just stay open.
Your team has already proven itself talented and capable at this point, so now you can leverage their expertise to nurture the next wave of talent from the rookie and minor leagues. Have your skilled talent focus on these features as they groom new talent and advance their careers further:
- Pitching: Sales Tips: How to Write a Memorable LinkedIn Group Comment
- Hitting: Let's Make a (Better) Deal With Social Selling
- Fielding: So You Wanna Be a Sales Manager
For most major leaguers, this is as far as their career takes them. However, a few chosen players demonstrate exceptional talent in their major league careers, advancing to the final stage of professional development.
All-Star Status
Few players make it to this level, but those who do have become experts in the sales craft. Not only are they focused on the right people and companies, they also stay informed on all prospect updates and have considerable trust with their customers. All-stars are popular figures, carrying extensive influence with the audience.
Your all-stars serve as your organization's closers – when the deal needs to be made, you call on the all-stars to make it – they are the Mariano Riveras on your squad (sorry Yankee haters). Reaching all-star status isn't an end goal, though – merely a step toward consistent success with your sales strategy.
Are you fostering young talent in the sales rookie leagues? Do you have some sales all-stars on staff to help train new recruits? Get 17 tips to start the social selling transformation on your team.


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WLAN Analyzer and Decoder - CommView for WiFi
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Platte River Networks (PRN) managed Clinton's server from June 2013 until early August 2015. Former employee Tera Dadiotis calls it a "mom and pop shop." She adds, "At the time I worked for them they wouldn't have been equipped to work for Hilary Clinton because I don't think they had the resources… [It was] not very high security, we didn't even have an alarm. […] [W]e literally had our server racks in the bathroom. […] We only had the three owners and like eight employees. We didn't do any work in other states." PRN's facility was a 1,900 square foot apartment in an ordinary apartment building until it moved into a larger space in June 2015. (The Daily Mail, 8/18/2015)
However, the security of PRN's offfice may not have been directly relevant to Clinton's server, because a 2016 FBI report will give no indication that her server was ever physically located at the office. It was put in an Equinix data center in New Jersey instead, and mostly managed remotely by PRN. (Federal Bureau of Investigation, 9/2/2016)
PRN also has ties to prominent Democrats. For instance, the company's vice president of sales David DeCamillis is said to be a prominent supporter of Democratic politicians. He once offered to let Senator Joe Biden (D) stay in his house in 2008, not long before Biden became Obama's vice president. The company also has done work for John Hickenlooper, the Democratic governor of Colorado.
Another former employee says everyone was told to keep quiet about the fact they were doing work for Clinton. (The Daily Mail, 8/18/2015)


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Object Details
- Date of making
- 1981
- Date of acquisition
- 1982
- Technique/Process
- Textiles: machine-knitting (pocket technique)
- Materials
- Nylon thread, found objects
- Dimensions
- T-shirt L590mm x W550mm; Jacket L810mm x W1350mm
- Collection Number
Maker Details
- Birthplace
- London, England
- Place Trained
- Royal College of Art, London, MA Textiles, 1978 – 1980; Manchester Polytechnic, Manchester, 1974 – 1978
- Studio
- 82 Nottingwood House, Clarendon Road, London, W11 4JH, England
- Awards
- Crafts Council Research Bursary, 1988 Crafts Council Setting Up Grant, 1981
- Link
- website -->
Textile artist Susie Freeman creates clothes, fabric and framed pieces using her unique pocket technique, which she discovered while studying at the Royal College of Art. Using a fine nylon thread she knits an almost transparent double layered fabric with rows of small pockets. In these pieces, Jacket and T-shirt, Freeman places tiny pieces of braid, ribbon and sequins in the pockets. Her work is an important example of art textiles within the Crafts Council Collection; the items in the pockets embracing concepts of memory, emotion and narrative.
Most recently, this work was shown in 'Turned and Twisted', an exhibition featuring loaned works from the Crafts Council Collection, Inverness Museum and Art Gallery in 2011.
Malcolm Garrett
"The two Susie Freeman garments in the Crafts Council Collection feature her signature machine-knitted pocket fabric. Housing differing types of object, they blend an inherent rigidity and the ambiguities of their meaning with the flexibility of the material. I like them as much for how this original technique has developed in subsequent years as for their creative and technical ingenuity.
Blurring the boundaries between craft, art and social commentary, Susie creates a unique canvas, equally at home in an art gallery or museum collection. Her thought-provoking work Cradle to Grave, now in the British Museum, develops the technique pioneered in these garments. With a single unbroken thread, knitted into a 13-metre-long piece of fabric, it encapsulates a normal lifetime's consumption of medications."
Malcolm Garrett
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- Silver in color, with some bare metal showing, and more than a few character marks from years of service.
- Boxy, almost ungainly appearance which nevertheless manages to convey a no-frills utilitarian handsomeness.
- Faster than she looks, boy.
- Tends not to attract a lot of attention; ideal for avoiding Imperial entanglements.
- Passengers ride in style . . . . worn, slightly scruffy style, but style nonetheless.
- The pilot is guaranteed a good time; everyone else should strap in.
- Something is probably breaking at any given moment, but that's OK.
Today? Oh, yeah, today. Today I replaced the rear brake pads, rotors, and emergency brake shoes. Why? Because of this:
It looks a little like beautiful planetary rings in this picture, but it's just your average brake rotor. You can see the rusty hub on the left, and on the right, the rings where the brake pad made contact. If you're familiar with the way brakes work, you know that the pads are squeezed against the rotor by the calipers when you depress the brake pedal. The pads squeeze the rotor and slow down its rotation, and since it's locked on the wheel hub, that slows the wheel and stops the car. But normally these rings are sort of polished and glossy. This set seems to be rough and grooved, as if something had torn and gouged at the rotor. Do you think maybe that's why my car has sounded like it was coming apart at the seams for the last two weeks? Signs point to yes!
Here you can see the pads from the left rear rotor. The inside pad, on the left, still has a couple of millimeters of material left. The outside pad, on the right, is bare metal. Ouch.
The photo at the right shows the relative thickness a little better. I probably should have put one next to a new pad to show the difference, but what the heck. Back when this pad was just squealing a little, I thought I had a thin pad and an indicator spring was squealing. I was surprised to learn that Volvos don't usually have the indicators (thin pieces of metal bent so that their tips contact the rotor at a right angle. When the pads are at a useful thickness, they don't touch the rotor. When the pads wear down enough for them to touch the rotor, they emit a shriek you can hear for a block, which gets steadily worse as the pad gets thinner. Elegant little bits of engineering--which makes it weirder that Volvo doesn't use them.) Anyway, I was told that Volvos will almost always squeal with any aftermarket pads, even high-performance, high-dollar pieces. Since the Jurid pads Volvo uses are pretty cheap, I went ahead and got those. I did buy my rotors at NAPA, for two reasons. First, my local NAPA has never let me down. Second, when I ordered the various pads, shoes and spring parts, I was hoping to park the car and avoid damaging the rotor any further so it could be turned. That didn't work out, and I needed the rotors on short notice.
It also turns out that the Volvo 850 parking brake is a drum brake inside each of the rear brake rotors. I've never heard of an emergency brake designed that way, but I guess it works. The Haynes manual gave the procedure for checking the parking brake shoes, but noted "the shoes should rarely wear unless the e-brake has been used habitually to stop the car." Members at www.turbobricks.com knew better; "Get the e-brake parts, you'll need them" they said. I'm glad I did! Here's what the shoes looked like when I removed the disc hub, next to the new shoes for comparison:
I don't really use the e-brake very often, but this did not inspire confidence. I'm not sure whether it was even a wear issue, or whether the shoe rusted so badly that the material sloughed off somehow. If I had to guess, I'd say someone drove with the e-brake engaged by accident. Maybe more than a little.
So I had a merry time today; I set up in the driveway, since it would have taken longer to clean out the "open" side of the garage than to do the brake work anyway, and jacked 'er on up. There were, predictably, a few oddities. For one thing, the flare nuts on Volvo brake lines are apparently somewhere between 12mm and 10mm, and also somewhere between 7/16 and 3/8, because I bought wrenches in both metric and SAE and none of them worked. 7/16 and 11mm, which appear to be virtually the same, fit over the nut but are just a little too loose to turn it. Luckily, the manual was right, and as long as you support the brake caliper with some wire, you don't actually need to remove the brake line. That made me nervous, though, because I could picture myself kinking the steel brake line and screwing myself royally.
Also odd was the note in the manual that, once the caliper mounting bolts are removed, "new bolts will be required for re-assembly." I pulled the bolts, examined them closely, and found them to be perfectly ordinary automotive flange bolts with either 13mm or 1/2" heads. They're pretty beefy, and they didn't seem to be worn or damaged at all. They had a little red Loc-Tite on the threads, but I just saw no reason to try to find replacements . . . and besides, even FCP Groton doesn't list them, much less places like NAPA, so I'm guessing I have to go to a Volvo dealer and beg if I want them. I'll ask on the forums, but I just don't see what could make that necessary. I put 'em back in "farmer tight" and I'll check on 'em in a little while to see how they're doing; they're easy to reach.
By the end of the day, it was getting dark and beginning to mist rain, and I was not feeling too sparkly as I wrestled with the calipers. The manual says to compress the pistons with a pair of pliers but not pry against the rotor. Well, I tried the pliers, and a big set of blue-handled plumber's pliers got me most of the way home, but at some point the outside piston was bottomed out and simply didn't want to go any further. I fought it and fought it and, in the end, removed the shim from the pad on that side to get it to fit between the piston and the rotor. I used brake-quiet grease on the backs of the pads, and I have to admit, they are silent and the stopping power is great. But I worry about that outside piston in that left caliper. I don't think it's coincidence that the pad on that side wore down to nothing so fast, and then I couldn't get the stupid thing to compress far enough to fit the new pad in. I think in the near future I'm going to end up needing to get a caliper kit and redo the caliper, cleaning and fixing that piston in the process. That's something I've never done before, but how hard can it be, really?
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This was my first Mercy Watson book and I loved it, but it was way too old for my son. It is part of a series about a pig, named Mercy Watson, who is much like a beloved family dog and the scrapes she gets into. This is a Halloween story and is a hilarious tale of the trouble a pig can make when her owners take her trick-or-treating. This story would be perfect for the child who is just starting to be interested in "chapter" books since it is split up into short chapters, and can maintain their attention for a slightly longer period of time. It can be read aloud in under 15 minutes, though, which is good for the parents looking to get young ones wanting "one more chapter, please?!" into bed. I will pick up this series again when my son is a little older, maybe 4, and will be able to understand the humor. This time around, he was just excited to see a pig!
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"Children are Born Persons" and Swim Lessons
Today, at swim lessons, I had an annoying encounter with the swim instructor that reminded me of how much we, as a society, think children aren't people overall, that their opinions don't count because they aren't fully formed yet and need to be molded into an adult. Anyway, I always ask my son if he wants to go underwater before we do dips in the pool – and I wait for a response. Halfway through today, he told me he was all done, so we stopped doing dips for the last couple minutes. After, the instructor told pointed out that as the adults, we shouldn't phrase commands as questions to our children because it teaches them they have a choice when they aren't capable of making one yet. He stressed that this piece of well-meant advice was from the education he has been receiving on how to teach small children. I didn't say anything, because we see him for 30 minutes once a week – who cares, really? And, a pool full of toddlers is not the place for a debate. Furthermore, what he actually said was true – you shouldn't phrase commands as a question, it just doesn't apply in this case, because it wasn't a command. Inside, I was irritated. Of course he has a choice! He's demonstrated very clearly that he knows what I'm asking, and has the vocabulary to say more, all done, no more, yes and no quite easily. I think it is much more harmful to teach him that he doesn't have a choice, when he should – how would you like to be dunked underwater for no reason if you didn't want to be? If for 4 weeks he refused to go underwater and I felt it was inhibiting his water safety, I might change it to a command instead of a question, but for right now – he is cooperative until he has had enough and I feel that should be respected. Teaching him that his cooperation is rewarded and that his opinion matters seems to me like it will go a lot farther towards promoting good behavior and developing a relationship of trust between us than not taking into account his feelings about what we're doing in the pool.
"Children are born persons." This is principle one of Charlotte Mason's system of education and I have been reading about it lately to prepare for a study group one of my sisters-in-laws is hosting tonight. It seems like a really obvious statement, right? Everyone knows that children are people – but as a society we don't treat them as people. We talk down to them, simplify our language, tell them what they can and cannot like, and generally feed them mental garbage. Our education system is definitely like this – in school we teach excerpts from good books, we set standards and assume they all have to meet the same mold, we dictate who they should be, how they should behave and what they should know based on their age. We tell them what to think and then are amazed when they reach the higher levels of education and do not know how to think for themselves. After years of completely ignoring the fact that children are capable of really really good thoughts, we expect them to share their thoughts and still think that those thoughts have value. I've been irritated by this since I was a child, and I distinctly remember looking up to certain people who treated me with respect even though I was young.
To clarify, I know that children are less mature and have less knowledge and life experience – I don't recommend we let our children have total freedom. My 19 month old regularly throws temper tantrums, tries to touch hot things, wanders too close to the street, and is pretty willing to run straight into the water even without his life jacket on – he doesn't know enough not to yet. He IS still a person though who is capable of making some choices, of telling me what he wants, of coming up with new ideas, fun games and contributing positively to life. He is capable of putting his pajamas in the hamper every morning, and while I'm not willing to fight with him over this yet on the rare morning he isn't excited to do it, I generally expect him to do so. As a part of the family, he needs to know his contributions, even as small as one piece of clothing in the laundry, matter. It doesn't save me any work, it takes twice as long for him to carry his pajamas to the hamper under my supervision, but he is SO PROUD of himself, because he knows he is being useful, and that is something I want to instill in him. I don't want to tell him to go play by himself while I clean up after him – that is counterproductive if I want him to be a capable adult someday.
It isn't just his abilities that matter, though. Charlotte Mason also stresses that children need lots of free play to be allowed to learn about themselves and trust in their capabilities. This is something I believed before I started learning about her principles of educating young people. My son is really good at playing outside, he loves it – "outshide! outshide!" is a refrain you can hear at all hours of the day in our house no matter the weather and I try to foster that. I find though, that if I sit and be boring or try to read, he gets bored pretty quickly and wants interaction. If, on the other hand, I go outside and start weeding the garden, he usually starts out next to me helping and then slowly wanders away to play at whatever game he has invented while pulling weeds up. Recently he discovered you can knock leaves off trees with a stick and the memory of that belly laugh will stay with me forever. Simply by being productive and present I end up fostering independent play and his imagination – it is good motivation to actually get up and weed my garden.
Today's conversation at the pool, and the reading I've been doing on Charlotte Mason's first principle have just served as a reminder to respect my son, and I am grateful for that, I guess that's all I'm trying to say.


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Production at Tambar field resumes after fatal accident
Aker BP has reinstated production from its Tambar field off Norway. The output had been stopped since December 7, after a worker fell off the Maersk Interceptor jack-up rig operating at the field.
Two workers were initially reported injured, however, Aker BP on Friday confirmed that one worker had passed away, while the other was in a stable condition.
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway and the police are investigating the accident. Aker BP and Maersk Drilling have also started their own investigation.
As for the production, according to Aker BP, project activities, well service activities and other activities that are not related to investigation of the accident on Maersk Interceptor will gradually resume in a controlled manner. As a step in this work, production from the Tambar field was started up again on Tuesday.
The Tambar installation is located 16 kilometers southeast of Ula in 68 meters water depth. It is a normally unmanned wellhead platform (NUI), remotely controlled from Ula. The Ula field center serves as an area hub for the satellite field Tambar, and as a third-party host for the Oselvar and Blane fields.
Aker BP is currently working on a redevelopment project on the Tambar field which consists of two additional wells and gas lift. This is expected to extend the production period from the field by about ten years. The gas lift is being installed because the reservoir pressure at Tambar is no longer sufficient to ensure satisfactory production.
As for the Maersk rig, it was hired to drill and complete two new wells on the field, designated 1/3-K-4 and 1/3-K-2.


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The Government of Telangana has issued orders for the recruitment of 1061 assistant professors posts in 11 state universities in Telangana. The Education Department of Government of Telangana has issued the orders to this effect.
Universities to fill the vacancies:
The GO has clarified that the universities will have fill the vacancies on their own and the TSPSC or any other agency will not be involved in the recruitment process.
Executive Councils Approval:
The Executive Councils of respective universities have to approve the vacancies to proceed further with the recruitment process.
Assistant professor vacancies are available in various departments of Osmania, Kakatiya, Telangana, Palamuru, Mahatma Gandhi, Telugu Universities along with Prof Jayashankar Agricultural University, Satavahana University etc. The guidelines of the recruitment will be framed by the Higher Education Council of Telangana.


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Hello everyone,
I will be moving by the end of the year to Dubai.
My question is the following:
I am a real estate broker, and my plan is to do the same in Dubai.
Whatwould be easier for me to do, considering as well permits and visa for myself and my family.
Operate as an individual (do you need any license to rent or sell properties?) or create my own company in Dubai (which could be a branch of a Swiss company..)?
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New England Ski Museum
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The New Eastern Slope Branch is now Open Daily from 9 am to 4 pm in North Conway, NH!
We have created a permanent branch of the New England Ski Museum in the Mount Washington Valley, an area arguably equal in importance to Franconia in the introduction of skiing to America. The long-time location at Franconia Notch State Park has been, and will remain, a welcoming home for the permanent and annually produced exhibitions, as well as the vast and growing collections.
The New Eastern Slope Branch of the New England Ski Museum is located in the former North Conway Community Center that was created by Harvey Dow Gibson, a giant in the history of skiing. Located on busy NH Route 16 in North Conway, NH near the 1880 Victorian train station, village shops, eateries, and popular Schouler Park, the Eastern Slope Branch of the New England Ski Museum is highly visible and accessible.


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Gannett Q3 Revenue Falls on Newspaper Weakness
By: Jennifer Saba | Reuters
n">Oct 21 (Reuters) – Gannett Co Inc, the largest U.S. newspaper chain, reported a 4 percent drop in third-quarter revenue on Monday because of a decline in advertising sales, mainly at its papers.
Publishing revenue fell to $858.1 million on a 6 percent slide in advertising revenue. Circulation revenue dipped 0.6 percent. Gannett, whose properties include USA Today, started charging for digital content a year ago at its U.S. newspapers.


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Miles Staniforth Cater Smith (1869-1934), politician and administrator, was born on 25 February 1869 at Kingston, Victoria, son of William John Smith, farmer, and his wife Margaret Gomersall, née Charlesworth, both English born. For much of his life he was known publicly as Staniforth Smith. Educated at St Arnaud Grammar School, he was employed in the Melbourne office of Goldsbrough Mort & Co. Ltd and went to Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, in 1896 to open an office for Reuter's Telegram Co. Elected as a municipal councillor in 1898, he was mayor of Kalgoorlie in 1900-01. Large, handsome, sociable and confident, he was active in the Federation movement. He nominated for the first Federal Senate election in 1901 and was elected at the top of the State poll. In the Senate he sat in opposition to the Barton and Deakin governments in a bloc with his fellow Western Australians, a strong free trader and ardent advocate of the prohibition of 'coloured' immigrants. He supported J. C. Watson's Labor government in 1904.
Seeking a special niche Staniforth Smith took up the study of tropical agriculture and, after visiting New Guinea, the Federated Malay States and Java, made such a good impression in debates on the Papua Act (1906) that he was favoured by Atlee Hunt, (Sir) Joseph Cook and Watson for the position of lieutenant-governor of Papua (formerly British New Guinea), for which he advocated a 'strenuous developmental policy'. Prime Minister Deakin, who had initially hoped for the return of Sir William MacGregor, gave some encouragement to Smith's aspirations but eventually gave acting administrator (Sir) Hubert Murray the office instead. Smith, appointed in January 1907 commissioner for lands and director of mines, agriculture and works, became his deputy with a dormant commission as administrator during Murray's absence. He intrigued constantly against Murray for the next seven years and, when deputizing during his absence in 1910-11, led a grandiose expedition into the interior. Lost for some weeks and believed dead, his party was rescued at great expense and with wide publicity. He was censured for bumbling management and the loss of eleven carriers but on a visit to Britain in 1912 was fêted as an explorer. In 1923 he was awarded the patron's medal of the Royal Geographical Society.
Staniforth Smith enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in January 1916, failed to pass a short course for a commission at the Royal Military College, Duntroon, and sailed in June as warrant officer with the 44th Battalion. He was commissioned in September and served as battalion intelligence officer. Wounded in June 1917, he spent the rest of the war on staff duties in Britain. In 1919 he was appointed M.B.E. and after demobilization in September was invited to act temporarily as administrator to pacify the Northern Territory after the 'Darwin Rebellion' against J. A. Gilruth. He succeeded in his mission, acting as conciliator and as defender of the powerful North Australian Industrial Union. He also implemented recommendations made by Sir Baldwin Spencer seven years earlier as a solution to Aboriginal problems, gazetting extensive reserves and increasing expenditure. He resigned in 1921 when his proposals for Northern Territory representation in the Federal parliament were rejected.
Returning to Papua in 1921 as commissioner for crown lands, mines and agriculture, Smith devoted himself entirely to his duties and was as successful as the circumstances of the Territory allowed. He retired in 1930 and settled to farming at Kulikup in the south-west of Western Australia. On 4 April 1928 at St George's Cathedral, Perth, he had married Marjorie Mary Bremer Mitchell, a niece of Sir James Mitchell; they had four children. He published several ephemeral books, declined an invitation to stand for the State parliament as a Nationalist candidate and died in Perth on 14 January 1934 of chronic nephritis, uraemia and myocarditis. He was buried with Anglican rites in the cemetery at Boyup Brook, near his home.
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