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- Anna Kendrick and Ron Livingston share a glass in 'Drinking Buddies,' which will kick off the Indy Film Fest July 18.
Indy Film Fest will be all over town during the next couple weeks, from the Harrison Center gym to the Eiteljorg, Sun King to the Libertine, the Indiana History Center to Tibbs Drive-In.
Home base for the tenth annual edition remains the Indianapolis Museum of Art, where two screening rooms will churn out new movies from July 18-28.
But the fest has been synonymous with mobile cinema for the past year - launching a full season of Roving Cinema, which pairs movies with appropriate venues (say, Fight Club in the City Market catacombs); winning $10,000 at a 5x5 idea pitching event to make mobile screenings happen in places unequipped with screen, projector or sound.
And so it makes sense that a Roving Cinema component is at the core of this year's edition.The fest will move out of the IMA and into the community for six nights of the 11-day festival. Medora, a documentary by the creators of Found magazine, about Medora High School's woeful but proud basketball team, opens up the fest's pop-up schedule at the Harrison Center for the Art's gymnasium on July 19.
Then comes Hey Bartender, a doc about mixology, at The Libertine (July 22); Lost for Words, a slick rom-com set in Hong Kong, at Tibbs Drive-In (July 23); Out of Print, a brisk, wide-ranging doc about, mostly, e-book technology, in a free screening at the Indiana History Center (July 24); and Fall and Winter, a doc about climate change, at the Eiteljorg Museum (July 25). The series closes out July 26 at Big Car Service Center with Detroit Unleaded, about a Lebanese-American who reluctantly inherits a gas station (and, along with the surprising and excellent CASS, one of two films made in Detroit on the festival lineup).
Indy Film Fest itself has been on the move. Last year's edition was headquartered at the Earth House, which closed under financial duress at the end of August. The organization stuck around in its office until January, when the building's owners finally forced it to vacate. They've ended up in a temporary home on North Penn, and it was in the waning hours of the afternoon that NUVO caught up with board chair Craig Mince and marketing and PR head Kate Pell in their new space.
- Stacy Kagiwada
- Craig Mince makes his successful pitch for Indy Film Fest's pop-up cinema series at 5x5. The festival won $10,000 to realize its idea.
An all-volunteer operation
It had to be late afternoon because Indy Film Fest is a wholly volunteer-run organization, and just about everyone has day jobs - Mince at the IMAX at the Indiana State Museum, Pell with Simon Property Group (and formerly with the Arts Council of Indianapolis). Mince says there are eight year-round volunteers on staff, but that there's also a "sleeper cell" of temporary volunteers who activate every year during the summer festival.
Mince joined the board in 2009 when festival founder Brian Owens took on a full-time job with the Nashville Film Festival. Owens launched the festival after he returned from a trip to the Toronto International Film Festival and decided Indianapolis deserved something on a similar level. The first edition was a three-day affair at Circle Centre's movie theater, and it expanded from there, eventually reaching its current 11-day length. But if Owens was a visionary, he also left the festival with a debt burden that Mince and the board worked until last year to pay off.
"It's surprising when you can get rid of bottom-line debt, how much you can reinvest," Mince says.
Mince stepped in as someone with theatrical and festival experience; he'd organized a couple editions of the Really Big Short Film Festival, featuring shorts on IMAX's really big screen, before he answered the call for a programming expert. Pell says of Mince that "he puts his heart and soul into this," that "he wants to see Indy thrive as a film community; and for a change, we're actually putting a dent in that goal."
Pell is new to the festival. To give a little context, Mince is one of the veterans on staff, and no single staff volunteer has stuck around since it was founded. Pell started last year as a blogger, then took on her PR and marketing position in 2013. "Anyone on the board will tell you that I know nothing about film," she jokes. "It's gotten to the point where they stop asking if I've seen this or that movie. It's not so much about the film aspect for me, but about the way art and film get to the masses. It's encouraging people to talk about art, getting people to the Fringe Theatre or Indy Reads Books."
Mince says he'll be around forever - "you'll have to pry me off this thing with a pry bar" - and that, like Pell, he's doing this for the community, not for outside filmmakers (or cinephiles, necessarily) or to impress anyone outside this market. From that perspective, the festival is about "adding another layer to the market as far as cultural events that bring in and keep people here professionally." And it's also about helping the local filmmaking community via Skype Q&As and in-person interactions - and showing outsiders that Indianapolis is a viable spot in terms of both distribution and production.
It hasn't all gone according to plan, of course; Mince talks of technical glitches and last-minute theater changes and that time that a tiger nearly mauled a captive audience. Wait, that's a little sensational; as the story goes, in 2009, the Fest presented a documentary called The Tiger Next Door about a rather unbalanced dude living in Flat Rock, Ind., who kept an awful lot of tigers and other dangerous animals in his backyard. The director and the animal keeper were scheduled to attend the first screening, and a few days before it was to take place, the keeper called up Fest staff to inform them that he would be bringing a tiger to the screening. In a cage, of course. And he wasn't asking; he was telling, just giving a fair warning.
The requisite shitstorm ensued, as the IMA, then the DNR and probably other acronyms got involved, while the keeper remained committed to bringing his animal friend. The DNR sent two armed constables to the screening, but they ended up twiddling their thumbs; the keeper didn't bring his cat, and the screening went ahead without any sort of dimension-crossing, cat-leaping-out-of-the-screen surrealism. "It was not a PR stunt," Mince assures (and this writer will add here that NUVO is taking this story on Mince's word, because it is a good story).


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Adelaide Park Lands
Coordinates: 34°56′05″S 138°37′00″E / 34.93467°S 138.61670°E
The Adelaide Park Lands are the figure-eight of land spanning both banks of the River Torrens between Hackney and Thebarton and separating the City of Adelaide from the surrounding suburbia of greater Metropolitan Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. They measure over 2,332 acres.[1]
The Park Lands were laid out by Colonel William Light in his design for the city. Originally, Light reserved over 2,332 acres for a park, including 32 acres for a public cemetery, and planned reserves for Government House, a hospital, market, school and storehouse. Part of the Park Lands are managed by the Adelaide City Council and, since February 2007, the Adelaide Park Lands Authority has advised council and government.[2][3]
On 7 November 2008 the Federal Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Peter Garrett, announced that the Adelaide Park Lands had been entered in the Australian National Heritage List as "an enduring treasure for the people of South Australia and the nation as a whole".[4]
In fact, large areas of the Adelaide Park Lands along the north side of North Terrace were excluded from the Adelaide Park Lands and City Layout National Heritage Place listing, from the Adelaide Botanic Garden to the Thebarton Police Barracks.[5]
- 1 History
- 2 Park Lands today
- 3 Parks
- 3.1 Possum Park / Pirltawardli
- 3.2 Denise Norton Park / Pardipardinyilla
- 3.3 Yam Daisy Park / Kantarilla
- 3.4 Reservoir Park / Kangatilla
- 3.5 Bragg Park / Ngampa Yarta
- 3.6 Lefevre Park / Nantu Wama
- 3.7 The Olive Groves / Kuntingga & Parngutilla
- 3.8 Bundey's Paddock / Tidlangga
- 3.9 Bulrush Park / Warnpangga
- 3.10 Mistletoe Park / Tainmuntilla
- 3.11 Red Gum Park / Karrawirra
- 3.12 Rundle Park / Kadlitpina
- 3.13 Rymill Park / Murlawirrapurka
- 3.14 King Rodney Park / Ityamai-itpina
- 3.15 Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi
- 3.16 Carriageway Park / Tuthangga
- 3.17 Peppermint Park / Wita Wirra
- 3.18 Pelzer Park / Pityarilla
- 3.19 Blue Gum Park / Kurangga
- 3.20 Veale Park / Walyu Yarta & Golden Wattle Park / Mirnu Wirra
- 3.21 Josie Agius Park / Wikaparntu Wirra
- 3.22 G S Kingston Park / Wirrarninthi
- 3.23 Ellis Park / Tampawardli and Ellis Park Road
- 3.24 Gladys Elphick Park / Narnungga
- 3.25 Stella Bowen Park / Tarntanya Wama
- 3.26 Bonython Park / Tulya Wardli
- 3.27 Park 28
- 3.28 Park 29
- 4 Planned parks
- 5 Buildings/institutions within the Park Lands
- 6 Park Land preservation movement
- 7 See also
- 8 References
- 9 External links
Adelaide is a planned city, and the Adelaide Park Lands are an integral part of Colonel William Light's 1837 plan.[6][7] Light chose a site spanning the River Torrens, (which runs through the Park Lands), and planned the city to fit the topography of the landscape, 'on rising ground'.
In early 1837, William Light proposed to the Resident Commissioner James Hurtle Fisher that the figure-eight of open space, which Light later referred to as 'Adelaide Park', be reserved as 'Park grounds'.[6] Despite superficial similarities between [South] Adelaide and William Penn's design of Philadelphia, there is no evidence that Light was influenced by, or even knew of, the plan of Philadelphia. Light was required to set out a town of 1,000 saleable one-acre Town Sections,[8][9] but in planning the City of Adelaide (North and South Adelaide) he also included in his city design 38 acres (15 ha) of city squares: Hindmarsh, Hurtle, Light, Whitmore and Wellington Squares (each comprising six acres), Victoria Square (eight acres), four one-acre Public Reserves (with frontages to Victoria Square), and the Adelaide Park Lands.[10]
In 1838 the Colonization Commissioners for South Australia authorised South Australia's Resident Commissioner to purchase the Adelaide Park Lands,[11] and these instructions were carried out in South Australia in 1839.[12]
By 1839 the Park Lands were threatened by extensive timber cutting, rubbish dumping, brick-making, quarrying, squatting, and grazing. To check this, a body of special constables was instituted on 9 October 1839 by George Gawler and Superintendent Henry Inman. Inman appointed Nick Boys Bull (c.1800-1846), formerly a police sub-inspector, as Keeper of the Park Lands. Bull led an initial team of six park rangers, most being convalescent migrants thrown on government support.[13] This dropped to two by 1840, then back to four by June 1841. Pay and rations were provided by the police department.[14]
Since 1852, the areas of the Park Lands placed in the custodianship of the municipal corporation have been managed and maintained by the Adelaide City Council. Public use of the Park Lands was controlled by a ranger who patrolled the parks, regulating sporting and recreational activities in the parks and supervising the depasturing of stock grazing there.[15]
The Park Lands saw development during the 19th Century, for example the Adelaide Botanic Garden, hospital, South Australian Institute, Adelaide Oval, Victoria Park Racecourse. Extensive felling of trees, quarrying and dumping of rubbish continued, which combined to give the Park Lands an unsightly appearance. In the late 19th century John Ednie Brown, the government's Conservator of Forests, was commissioned by the City Council to prepare a blueprint for the beautification of the Park Lands. Brown presented his Report in 1880, but it was not acted upon until the turn of the 20th century when A.W. Pelzer became the City Gardener. Major progress was made in planting and landscaping the Park Lands during his tenure (1899–1932) and further improvements such as creation of new gardens and boating lakes were carried under the authority of W.C.D. Veale, the Town Clerk (1947–1965).[15]
Park Lands today[edit]
Today, some of the Park Lands are the location of public and cultural buildings. Many parts have been sculpted into planned gardens and playing fields. Some of the remainder is remnant or regenerated Adelaide Plains grasslands or grassy woodlands.[16] Recent developments have focused on maintenance and upgrading of recreational facilities, and removal of remnant grasslands and open grassy woodlands, particularly through urbanisation and the Greening of Adelaide tree planting and replacement programs.[15]
Recent years have seen proposals made to redevelop Victoria Park, with the construction of a grandstand to cater for the Clipsal 500 and horse racing events. Due to lobbying by local resident groups this plan was eventually rejected by the Adelaide City Council and subsequently no longer pursued by the South Australian Government.
In December 2006 the state government passed the Adelaide Park Lands Act 2005, which established the Adelaide Park Lands Authority and a series of statutory protections for the Park Lands. At the time the Act was proclaimed, Premier Mike Rann announced that a major return of alienated Park Lands would be made at the western edge of the city. The area to be returned lies between Railway Terrace, Port Road and the railway lines.[17]
In 2011 Rann unveiled the plans for the return to Park Lands of 5.5 hectares of land occupied since 1879 by the Thebarton Water Depot. The land, which was treeless grasslands prior to European settlement, was developed and landscaped with more than 23,000 trees and shrubs as an 'urban forest'. It features indigenous species including native pine.[18]
Although it is a single Park, for management purposes the Adelaide City Council used the last two digits of survey sections as labels to identify these smaller areas within the Adelaide Park Lands.
There has never been a comprehensive biodiversity audit, or species inventory. The desktop study of historical records included some opportunistic sightings, but did not carry out baseline surveys in the 29 areas of the Park Lands described.[19]
In some, but not all, cases, roadways crossing over the Park Lands coincide with the Survey section boundaries that gave rise to council's numbering (from "Park 1" through "Park 29"). The numbering starts in the North Park Lands (the North Course of the Adelaide Golf Links), and increases clockwise around the perimeter. Some of the parks are more commonly known by a commemorative name, but others, particularly Park 10, are still known mostly by their number. In recent years, many parks were assigned alternative names as suggested by the Kaurna people.[20] However, the original English names assigned in the 19th century remain almost universally used.
Possum Park / Pirltawardli[edit]
Kaurna Park Name & translation: Piltawodli 'possum place' ('pilta' = possum, 'wodli' = house or home) 76 hectares[21]
Of an irregular shape, Possum Park / Pirltawardli wraps around the western end of North Adelaide in a vaguely crescent or banana shape. The southern and western boundaries are provided by War Memorial Drive. The eastern boundary, from south to north, is formed by Montefiore Rd, the western end of North Adelaide (i.e. Strangways Terrace, Mills Tce and Barton Tce West) and Jeffcott Rd. The northern boundary is formed by Park Tce.
Contains the Adelaide Golf Links.
Denise Norton Park / Pardipardinyilla[edit]
Padipadinyilla 'swimming place' 17 hectares[22]
Approximately square, the park is bounded by Fitzroy Tce (to the north), Prospect Rd (to the east), Barton Tce West (to the south) and Jeffcott Rd (to the west).
The Park provides a range of formal and informal facilities for cricket, swimming, tennis and family picnics. The north-west corner of the Park contains the Adelaide Aquatic Centre, picnic facilities and the Bush Magic playground. The remainder of the Park includes sporting facilities, open space and vegetation (designed and semi-natural landscapes).
- The Adelaide Swimming Centre was relocated to this Park in 1968/9 to replace the old City Baths on the current site of the Festival Centre. Renovated, enclosed and renamed Adelaide Aquatic Centre in 1985. Renovated again in 1998.
- The Bush Magic Play Park was designed in 1988, and is important as a precedent for the contemporary generation of play spaces around the Park Lands and metropolitan Adelaide. It was the first play park in SA to incorporate wheelchair access.
- Sporting facilities currently held under an annual licence to Blackfriars Priory School include change rooms, five playing fields and four tennis courts. The licence covers an area of approximately 35% of the Park. The school has first right of use of these areas on weekday afternoons after school, and on Saturday mornings.
Yam Daisy Park / Kantarilla[edit]
Kandarilla 'kandara root place' 3.3 hectares[23]
A small triangle bounded by Prospect Rd (west), Fitzroy Tce (north) and Main North Rd (east).
Contains open park.
Reservoir Park / Kangatilla[edit]
Kangattilla 'kangatta berry place' 9.4 hectares[23]
Approximately pentagonal, bounded by O'Connell St (west), Main North Rd (north-west), Lefevre Rd (north-east and east) and Barton Tce East (south).
Contains open and wooded park, with SA Water facilities at the western end. The former Fitzroy Croquet Club was located in the northern corner of the Park, and there were two ovals in the middle of the Park. The main structure of the SA Water facilities is an earth-covered reservoir, dating from the 1870s, that stores and supplies water to Adelaide. Associated with this are a two-storey red brick pumping station, a small brick pumping station "heavily painted in Brunswick green", and an electricity sub-station.
Bragg Park / Ngampa Yarta[edit]
Ngampa yerta 'ngampa root ground'[23]
Of irregular shape, the park is bounded by Robe Terrace (NE), Medindie Road (SE), Lefevre Road (W) and Main North Road (NW).
Contains two small ovals, surrounded by wooded park. There is also a Tree Planting Memorial, erected in 1982 by the North Adelaide Society, to recognise the community tree planting efforts in the locality.
Lefevre Park / Nantu Wama[edit]
Nanto Womma 'horse plain' or 'male grey kangaroo plain'[24]
Roughly trapeziodal, the park is bounded by Robe Terrace (NNE), Kingston Terrace (SE), Lefevre Terrace (WSW) and Medindie Road (NW).
Contains open park, mainly used for horse agistment. There are three main paddocks, four feeding yards, five horse troughs, and a number of sandpits for the horses to roll in. There is a limit of 20 horses, and those licensed pay a weekly fee. (In 2005, the fee was $19.50 per week.)
The open areas are surrounded by woodland. There is a playground on the western boundary (Lefevre Tce), one of the Glover Playgrounds originally built in 1920, which also contains BBQ facilities and wide lawn spaces. The eastern third contains assorted playing fields, changing rooms, tennis courts and netball courts. Wilderness School holds a licence for eight tennis courts (also marked for netball), one cricket oval, two cricket practice nets, and three hockey/softball ovals. In 2005, there was also a green-painted brick structure with a flat roof, erected in the late 1960s, which "appears to have an undefined purpose and use".
The Olive Groves / Kuntingga & Parngutilla[edit]
Kuntingga 'kunti root place' (park 7)[25] and Barnguttilla 'barngutta root place'[25] (park 8) are small and elongated parks, with a combined area of 4.7 hectares, separating the east end of lower North Adelaide from Gilberton, and contain heritage listed olive groves. They act effectively as an enlarged median strip, with the major ring route of Park Terrace (southbound) and Mann Road (northbound) traversing the perimeter of both parks.
These parks were one of the first sites for the (European settlers) plantings of olives, and are the only section of the Park Lands that have kept the same use since the Council took over formal care of the Park Lands in the 1860s. The olive plantation is listed as a State Heritage Place.
Bundey's Paddock / Tidlangga[edit]
Tidlangga 'tidla root place'[26]
A triangular shape, bounded by Mackinnon Parade (NE), Bundeys Road (S) and Hackney Road (W). It has also been referred to as "Bundey's Paddock".
Contains assorted playing fields and changing rooms. An oval is licensed to Prince Alfred College on Saturday afternoons and Thursday evenings. In the past, contained a number of grass and bitumen tennis courts which have fallen into dis-repair and been removed.
Bulrush Park / Warnpangga[edit]
Warnpangga 'bullrush root place' 19 hectares[27]
Bounded by War Memorial Drive, Bundey's Road, MacKinnon Road, MacKinnon Parade, Finnis and Frome Road.
The Park is dominated by a number of sporting ovals and associated facilities licensed to the University of Adelaide, including a tennis pavilion, a grandstand, and changing rooms.
The Park also contains:
- The Adelaide Archery Club rooms, in the north eastern corner of the Park.
- The University Loop, a well used 2.2 km gravel running track, which encircles part of the Park.
- The Adelaide City Council Organic Recycling Depot/Nursery, (approx 1.6 hectares), comprising: an Office Building, 3 sheds, 6 glass houses, a shade house, and 6 propagating plant frames.
- The Lower North Adelaide Soldiers' Memorial Garden, located in the north of the Park.
- A number of sculptures, located in 1994 on the edge of the River Torrens.
- A small playground
Mistletoe Park / Tainmuntilla[edit]
Tainmundilla 'mistletoe place'
A quite large piece of land bounded by the River Torrens (north), North Terrace (south), Hackney Rd (east) and Frome Rd (west). It contains the Zoological Gardens, the Botanic Gardens, the Botanic Park, the Wine Centre, the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH), the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science (IMVS), the Medical School of the University of Adelaide, and several University of South Australia buildings.
Red Gum Park / Karrawirra[edit]
Karrawirra 'river red gum forest'
Bisected by the river, the northern part contains the University playing fields. The southern part contains the University of South Australia (City East campus), the University of Adelaide (main campus), the Art Gallery, the Museum, the State Library, the War Memorial, Government House, the Torrens Parade Ground, Jolly's Boat House, the Boer War Memorial, the Jubilee 150 Walkway, numerous statues, and quite a lot of other odds and ends.
Rundle Park / Kadlitpina[edit]
Kadlitpinna - named after Kaurna "Elder" painted by George French Angas
Rymill Park / Murlawirrapurka[edit]
Mullawirraburka - named after Kaurna "King" of the Aldinga-Willunga area
King Rodney Park / Ityamai-itpina[edit]
Ityamaiitpinna - one of the three main Kaurna "Elders" with whom the colonists negotiated
Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi[edit]
Bakkabakkandi 'trotting' Used to contain Victoria Park Racecourse. Contains part of the Adelaide Street Circuit, et al.
Carriageway Park / Tuthangga[edit]
TUTTANGGA 'grass place' Contains the Croque Club, et al.
Peppermint Park / Wita Wirra[edit]
WITA WIRRA (wita 'peppermint tree' + wirra 'forest; bush') Contains Himeji Gardens et al.
Pelzer Park / Pityarilla[edit]
PITYARRILLA 'marshmallow root place' Open park and playing fields.
Blue Gum Park / Kurangga[edit]
KURRANGGA 'blue gum place' Contains the French Club and Boule rinks, assorted playing fields, a mountain-bike / BMX-bike track, et al.
Veale Park / Walyu Yarta & Golden Wattle Park / Mirnu Wirra[edit]
WALYO YERTA 'waylo root ground' Contains Veale Gardens, assorted playing fields, et al.
MINNO WIRRA ('golden wattle grove') Contains assorted playing fields, et al.
Josie Agius Park / Wikaparntu Wirra[edit]
WIKAPARNDO WIRRA (wika 'net' + parndo 'ball' + wirra 'forest; bush') Contains about 20 netball courts, aged seating for spectators and a small kiosk and toilet block
G S Kingston Park / Wirrarninthi[edit]
WIRRANENDI ('to become wirra') Contains West Terrace Cemetery, et al.
Ellis Park / Tampawardli and Ellis Park Road[edit]
TAMBAWODLI Contains Adelaide High School and assorted sports grounds
Gladys Elphick Park / Narnungga[edit]
NARNUNGGA Contains assorted sports grounds, and until demolished in November 2010, some SA Water buildings in the north-west corner on the far side of the railway line.[28]
Stella Bowen Park / Tarntanya Wama[edit]
TARNTANYA WAMA Like Park 12, it is bisected by the river. The northern part contains the Adelaide Oval, Creswell Gardens, Memorial Drive, St Peter's Cathedral and Light's Vision. The southern part contains Parliament House, Old Parliament House, Adelaide railway station, the Casino, the Riverbank development, the Convention Centre, assorted boat houses, the Festival Centre and Elder Park
Bonython Park / Tulya Wardli[edit]
BONYTHON PARK / TULYA WODLI A large irregular shaped park bounded by the tram line (south, south-west, west), Park Tce (north-west), Memorial Drive (north-east, east, north-east, north) and the Morphett St Bridge (east), and bisected by the River Torrens.
It contains the Torrens Weir, restaurant and Par 3 putting course, the Dame Roma Mitchell Gardens, the Old Adelaide Gaol, the Bonython Park, the Thebarton Police Barracks, the Road Safety School the remainder of the Railway Yard (the bulk of which was relocated to Dry Creek), assorted broad gauge and standard gauge railway lines and bridges, the new Royal Adelaide Hospital (under construction), assorted hospital and University buildings on the former site of the City Sk8 Park, six Tennis Courts, some boat houses and Rowing Clubs' clubhouses, etc.[28]
Park 28[edit]
Park 29[edit]
BROUGHAM GARDENS / TANDOTITTINGGA[dead link] Brougham Gardens are surrounded by Brougham Place, North Adelaide.
Planned parks[edit]
Other parks are the location for institutions requiring large expanses of turf or other greenery. Planned parks such as these include:
- Adelaide Botanic Gardens (Park 11)
- Adelaide Botanic Park (Park 11)
- Adelaide High School's sports grounds (Park 24)
- Adelaide Municipal Golf Links (Park 1)
- Victoria Park Racecourse (Park 16)
- Adelaide Street Circuit (Surrounding Parks 14 & 15, and inside Park 16)
- Adelaide Oval (Park 26)
- Elder Park (Park 26)
- Himeji Gardens (Park 18)
- Veale Gardens (Park 21)
Buildings/institutions within the Park Lands[edit]
- Adelaide Aquatic Centre (Park 2)
- Adelaide Botanic Garden* (Park 11)
- Adelaide Convention Centre* (Park 26)
- Adelaide Festival Centre (Park 26)
- Adelaide Gaol (Park 27)
- Adelaide High School (Park 24)
- Adelaide Oval (Park 26)
- Adelaide Parklands Terminal (Park 23)
- Adelaide railway station* (Park 26)
- Adelaide University Boat Club (Park 12)
- Adelaide Zoo (Park 11)
- Art Gallery of South Australia* (Park 12)
- Botanic Park (Park 11)
- Government House* (Park 12)
- Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science (Park 11)
- Memorial Drive (Park 26)
- Mile End railway station (Park 24)
- National War Memorial* (Park 12)
- National Wine Centre (Park 11)
- North Adelaide railway station (Park 27)
- Parliament House* (Park 26)
- Royal Adelaide Hospital* (Old site:Park 11, New site:Park 27)
- South Australian Museum* (Park 12)
- State Library of South Australia* (Park 12)
- Thebarton Police Barracks (Park 27)
- Torrens Parade Ground (Park 12)
- University of Adelaide City (main) campus* (Park 12)
- University of South Australia City East campus* (Park 12)
- Victoria Park Racecourse buildings (Park 16)
- West Terrace Cemetery (Park 23)
* North Terrace forms the southern boundary of these establishments.
Now-demolished buildings/structures which were built on the Park Lands include:
- Jubilee Exhibition Building* 1887–1962 (Park 12)
- Jubilee Exhibition Railway 1887–1927 (Park 12)
Park Land preservation movement[edit]
Since the Park Lands were set apart by William Light as part of his original 1837 Plan of the City of Adelaide, and intended by the city founders to be reserved as public walks in perpetuity, any development can be seen to go against the founding ambitions for Adelaide and be a source of controversy in the community.
In response to incessant pressure and erosion, there have been many defenders of the Adelaide Park Lands. In 1987 a public meeting was held, which resulted in the formation of the Adelaide Parklands Preservation Association Inc, (APPA), which later corrected its name to Adelaide Park Lands Preservation Association Inc.[29] Examples of such pressure and erosion are listed on APPA's "Hot Topics" page.[30]
A recent example of one such source of controversy is the Victoria Park racecourse and associated area south-east of the city centre which has been used for motor racing events for short periods of each year. In 2008 these parklands were targeted for development, incurring opposition from members of the community.[31][32] The proposed plans included construction of a permanent corporate facility to house events such as the Adelaide 500 motor racing event.
On 30 August 2007 veteran Adelaide heritage consultant and conservation architect Ron Danvers[33][34] said it was "a myth" that Adelaide's founding fathers created the parklands (sic) exclusively for open space, and that it was "self-evident" that Colonel William Light's 1837 plan of Adelaide envisaged development of facilities beyond the CBD.[35] In a submission to the Adelaide City Council,[35] Mr Danvers said the state Government's $55 million plan for a grandstand at Victoria Park for horse and motor racing was "completely consistent with the founding principles for the city". "Under Light's direction, the intention to locate public facilities outside of the main street grid is beyond question," he said in a report commissioned by developers KBR.[35][36]
Subsequently, numerous counter-arguments demonstrated the fallacies in those points of view, and the proposal was dropped.[37][38][39][40][41][42]
See also[edit]
- ^ Herald Sat 6 Sep 1902 p7 THE PARK LANDS http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110200630.
- ^ Jim Daly (2007) New Authority meets Archived 15 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine., Parklands News No.26, Adelaide Parklands Preservation Association, March 2007, pg.2
- ^ Charter, Adelaide Park Lands Authority, Adelaide City Council, December 2006. Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Hon. Peter Garrett, Media Release 7 November 2008.
- ^ The Adelaide Park Lands and City Layout National Heritage Place map showing areas excluded (white) from the listing. http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/77631837-15de-45b4-8ec4-30e82f33e688/files/10575802.pdf
- ^ a b William Light, sketch map of the site of Adelaide c.Feb 1837
- ^ Colonel William Light's Plan of Adelaide, 1837. Held by History SA, HT2001.166.
- ^ South Australian Gazette and Colonial Register, Sat 18 Jun 1836 p4 MANAGEMENT AND SALE OF LAND-EMIGRATION REGULATIONS: Regulation No.7. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/31749626.
- ^ Colonization Commissioners for South Australia, Instructions to Surveyor-General Colonel William Light, 9 March 1836. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110200630
- ^ William Light. "Colonel William Light's Plan of Adelaide, 1837. Held by History SA, HT2001.166". Retrieved 19 August 2017.
Copy of Light's plan, adelaidia.sa.gov.au
- ^ Colonization Commissioners Dispatch to the Resident Commissioner, 1838; State Records of South Australia.
- ^ Bills Payable, Colonization Commissioners for South Australia, 1839; State Records of South Australia.
- ^ House of Lords Sessional Papers (Colonial Dept), 1840, p 187
- ^ Inman: first commander of the SA Police, by Max Slee (Adelaide, 2010), pp 57,138
- ^ a b c "Parklands: Source Sheet No. 23" (PDF). Adelaide City Council Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2006. Retrieved 2006-05-16.
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- ^ Help save the Adelaide Parklands, http://www.gdp-research.com.au
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External links[edit]
- Park Lands Usage, City of Adelaide fact sheet no.9, March 2009, www.adelaidecitycouncil.com

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We all know that a woman can get the job done! Not only get the job done, we sometimes can do it a little better 🙂 That's why having a wing-woman is the best thing for you! It's always good to have someone put in a good word for you when you're a little shy to talk to your crush.
We females just have a calmer and more convincing tone about ourselves that makes approaching someone more comfortable.I've talked to a lot of females for my guy friends. Even if I knew my guy friend wasn't ish and he just wanted to get laid. -_- But hey, it worked every time 😉
Reasons why having a wing-woman is the best:
1. Females know exactly what other females want to hear
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3. Females are more excited than males to be your wing-woman. Plus, it's easier for a female to approach another female
4. Females have this 6th sense. Sometimes we can tell by just looking at a girl if they are a good pick for you. We will weed out the unworthy ones 😉
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I thought he really liked me, because he'd ask to hangout/talk to me everyday. But we hung out a couple days ago, he texted me that night after. But I haven't heard from him since. Maybe it was because I said no to hooking up for the third time? I got a call from some girl last night saying I was talking to her boyfriend, but I think it was a wrong number because I don't know anyone from that area code. But I texted him an hour ago and he hasn't responded. I'm not super interested in him, I'm just curious.
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We have returned from our two-week trip visiting some ghost towns and World Heritage sites in the San Luis Potosi region of Mexico. Because time was short, we did a whirlwind tour that included many bus rides, a car rental, and a lot of hotel one-night stands. We've come back with an appreciation for Mexico's smaller towns, and have both made New Year's resolutions to improve our Spanish.
**This post is just a basic outline of our two week trip. I plan to post more details later!
Back to Blogging
I never blog when we take trips. I like to enjoy my vacations as much as possible and don't want the responsibility of having to write during them. Writing on a regular basis is a discipline that I like to encourage, but the longer I go without an enforced schedule, the harder it is to get back into it. As usual when we return from a trip, we have many family responsibilities that we must take care of, and that makes it even harder to get back on a blogging schedule. But here I go with my first post after our latest Mexico trip.
Ghost Towns and World Heritage Sites in the Sierra Nevada Oriental
We like to concentrate on small areas when we travel. We decided to see some of the smaller towns and sites in the San Luis Potosi area. There are several "ghost towns" in the area and we made these these the focus of the trip. I put ghost towns in parentheses because they still have people living in them.
Flying Open-Jaw Using Miles and Points
The most logical way to do this trip would have been to fly into and out of Mexico City, but we've done that so many times! We decided to fly into Monterrey using United miles, and to fly out of Guadalajara using American Airlines miles. I booked us a Fairmont Inn in Monterrey using Marriott points, and a Holiday Inn in Guadalajara using IHG points. We felt comfortable letting the rest of the trip take care of itself as we traveled.
We flew into the large industrial city of Monterrey and knew that we were going to be leaving the very next day on a bus. We took the hotel shuttle from the airport to our hotel, and the next morning took a cab to the bus station. Our next destination was Matehuala. Monterrey is flat as a pancake but the mountains just west of Monterrey looked really intriguing. Next time we're here we will go into those mountains and see what is there.
Our ultimate destination was Real de Catorce, but we first needed to get to Matehuala. Guidebooks and on line resources have nothing good to say about Matehuala, but we liked it. There are few historic sites, but it is a manageable town with plenty of hotels, bars, and restaurants. We were lucky enough to stay in the old Hotel Matehuala on the main square. These old hotels are disappearing because they lack modern comforts (which we don't care about) and they cost so much to repair (sad!) After a night here, we took two buses the next morning. The first took us from Matehuala to the tunnel leading to Real de Catorce. We then took a separate bus through the tunnel to the town entrance.
Real de Catorce
The mining town of Real de Catorce was abandoned until about 20 years ago when people started moving back. The town attracts hordes of mostly day tourists. In my opinion the real attraction is the extensive ruins surrounding the town.
We spent the night here and spent the next day getting a bus back to Matehuala where we spent the night.
San Luis Potosi
We took a bus from Matehuala to the World Heritage town of San Luis Potosi. It does have a kernel of historic sites in the center, but we found it too big and noisy for our tastes.
We rented a car here so we would not have to rely on buses to get us to some of the smaller towns nearby that we wanted to see.
Cerro San Pedro
Our first stop with the car was the cute ghost town (but people still live here) of Guadalcazar, just northeast of San Luis Potosi.
We spent a couple of hours here before heading up a long canyon to the very small town of Guadalcazar
We lost internet service on the way here, and couldn't find our research on this town–so we weren't sure why we came here! The drive up the canyon was peaceful and beautiful, and we came out into a fertile valley and into the small town of Guadalcazar. We were lucky to find the one hotel that was open, and they served us both dinner and breakfast the next morning.
Crater de Joya Honda
We knew nothing about this but saw it on Google Maps and had to go. You can't really call it a volcano because lava never flowed from it. Magma approaching the surface turned ground water into steam and blew the overlying rock straight up–like a defective pressure cooker. The resulting crater has impressive vertical walls that are over 500 feet high.
El Venado
Our next destination was the mining town of Charcas, but because we had spent so much time geologising at the crater we ran out of daylight. We stopped at the town of El Venado just as it was getting dark. We found a hotel right on the river that runs through town. The next morning we walked up river through a public park. At the end of the park is a large swimming pool made right into the river. The river is fed from several springs just outside of town. We decided that this would be a great place to spend a couple of days–good hikes and swimming near a small town.
The next morning we drove up to the medium-sized town of Charcas. There wasn't much there that appealed to us, so we were glad that we had spent the night at the nicer El Venado. We spent the afternoon driving back to San Luis Potosi to return the car. We spent another night there before heading out to Queretaro the next morning.
Queretero is another UNESCO World Heritage town, but it is even bigger than San Luis Potosi. We feel uncomfortable in the big noisy towns with their pollution and traffic. We found a hotel we liked in the historic center called Hotel Aquaducto named after the famous town acqueduct, which was our favorite site there.
The next morning we took a bus to the much smaller town of Guanajuato, which is also a World Heritage site. Guanajuato is a swinging college and tourist town. It it built over a series of ravines and has many roads that tunnel under the buildings. There were many tourists in town, but it was so lively and fun that we enjoyed it. I'm glad that we had two days to spend here.
We took our last bus ride into Guadalajara, where we stayed downtown in the Holiday Inn. We walked in the historic center on our last afternoon there. The next morning we took a public bus to the airport. We ate breakfast in the VIP lounge that we accessed with our Priority Pass. We whiled away a layover in Dallas at the Centurion Club, where we had massages and ate and drank too much. We got home about midnight the same night.
This is a synopsis of the trip. I will do a couple of future posts on logistics and what we did/saw in the more interesting locations. Happy New Year!


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Discuss one or two weaknesses of filipinos, especially in relation to nation-building. Why do you consider them weaknesses? How can they be remedied?
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In the advent of globalization, most of the Filipinos are in failure of acknowledging what should be valued. Filipinos readily embrace the revolution of manners brought by worldwide integration of values, economies, and political system. The attention of most us is being projected more on the objects of life and less on living for our country. Thus, with self based ideals, we are not able to build our nation as one.
Choosing a leader is one example. Most of us actualy chose bad leader. we fail to asses our choices by means of their capabilities and achievements and visions, we just directly jump into assesing how wealthy they are, how popular, how good looking, and those make believe words that shift ourselves from the reality.
Most Filipinos do not learn from the past, most of us do not entertain the lessons from previous events. We are always focused on temporary benefits, we fail to acknowledge the reality that we belong to one society.
Filipino Weaknesses: 1. Utang Na Loob (Debt Of Gratitude). Up to a certain point it is a virtue, but too much is a trap in itself. We Filipinos exaggerated this trait unwittingly believing this was natural to us, hence, good. In truth, this is a colonial residue. This is not strength but rather a weakness for it is built upon our belief that we Filipinos were of lesser value. This resulted to over-subjugation in order to survive. Filipinos did survive, but heavily damaged from within. 2. Crab-Mentality. This is what divides the Filipinos as one people and therefore prevents the building of a progressive nation. For instead, we pull each other down out of envy or just plain egotism. We cannot replace burdensome administration if each of us chooses rather to solo his fight and achieves nothing. 3. Ningas-Cogon. This reinforces the crab in us for this means total retreat after taking a few steps to the front. Good politics can achieve something substantial if it is held on a steady course over time. The same way with fighting for a cause. Nothing will happen if the people cannot stay and fight to the end. To come and go as you wish is never a big help to your team. With this, nothing will ever be accomplished..
Technically, if character is a collection of habits, and habit a conditioned behaviour or sets of responses, and character determines our behavior to a particular situation or groups of situations, modifying habits through training can therefore effect a change in character and ultimately our behavior.
This is what the politicians, civic and church leaders mean by moral revolution, which is a term so vague that they end up not really knowing what to do but to the false belief that reciting long litanies and holding hands together in circles they could already solve this national dilemma


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As seen in Ubisoft?s roadmap, Spain, Hong Kong, Poland and South Korea will be the game?s Rainbow Six Siege Year Two countries. Eight operators have been confirmed, so it?s possible that each country will have one attacker and defender character again. New maps weren?t mentioned in the roadmap, but it may still have those if Ubisoft follows their Year 1 DLC delivery pattern.
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According to the official Rainbow Six Siege site, there are four seasons of updates confirmed for the Rainbow Six Siege Year 2 roadmap. Eight new operators are confirmed for this new year of Rainbow Six Siege updates. Additionally, eight new exclusive headgears, eight new uniforms, one R6 Carbon charm, and 600 R6 credits have been confirmed in the Year 2 VIP package. The VIP package also allows players to have an early access of the upcoming operators in the Year 2 DLC.
New Season Pass
New players who recently bought Rainbow Six Siege after the Year 2 announcement won?t be able to buy the Year 1 Season Pass anymore. Players will need to buy the Year 2 Gold Edition or the Complete Edition if they want to access every DLC character in the game. However, they can buy the Legacy Operator Bundle which is available in the in-game store for 2400 R6 Credits.
The whole Rainbow Six Siege Year 2 roadmap will start in February 2017 and will end in January 2018. Potentially, the Year 3 content will be announced around December 2018 as future DLC roadmaps can now loop every February of the year. For now, players will have to wait two months before they can start enjoying the new Rainbow Six Siege content in the game.


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- Young women eyeing older guys for money is now being viewed as a normal thing in Kenya's society
- But in Kahawa Sukari, there's a looming crisis where older women are now hunting younger men as much
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As cases of older men eloping with younger girls increase, younger men and older women are being left in the dark not really sure of their next move.
So it's not rocket science why older women are hunting younger men as loneliness, uncontrollable libido and revenge takes over their "isolated" lives.
Cross-generational affairs are on the rise and the society doesn't clearly know whom to blame.
Is it the older men who started the chain reaction by going for younger girls or, the younger girls started hunting the older men for money? It's a paradox many still argue.
Either way, it's a virus and it's spreading fast.
READ ALSO: Why you should never ever call men hyenas; lady shares her experience
A good sample of where this cross-generational affair is at its highest would be Kahawa Sukari.
With Kenyatta University around there, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology not so far away and a substantial number of rich older couples settled there, Kahawa Sukari creates the perfect characters for this scene.
There's a crisis in there.
Older Women are aggressively hunting younger campus kids who are either engulfed with bitterness after watching their campus sweethearts drive away with an older man or, are just broke and want to live the flashy life seen in the estate.
READ ALSO: Is your man cheating on you? Here are 9 signs to look out for
Most people blame the men for deserting their wives for the younger ladies but, in real sense, also the older women from Sukari crave the thrill of dating or sleeping with a younger guy.
A guy they can easily manipulate around or, as they like to call them, toy boys.
So, as many were shocked of the recent stabbing cases from Wendani, for the residents, it was just another case gone wrong.
Probably worse than they're used to.
Pastors are currently trying to help out in this sticky situation but they need dire help.
But, the question is from whom?
Many, as usual, would want to scream "the government should intervene" but with morals, only us, the society can help and put a stop to this fast spreading epidemic.
Only us!
In this case, Kahawa Sukari residents.
Source: Tuko.co.ke


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5 Pretty In Pink Cupcake Recipes for Mother's Day
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Just wanted to put together a quick, short blog post today about pink cupcakes for Mother's Day.
Not just ordinary cupcakes, but these sweet little pretty in pink cupcake recipes for Mother's Day.
The color pink is the color of universal love of oneself and of other people, so it's no wonder that we choose to bake pretty in pink cupcakes to celebrate our love for our Mothers on Mother's Day.
Pink is usually associated with girls, femininity, sweetness, sugar and spice and everything nice!
Heck, we're even adding a little kick for the celebration with a recipe for Champagne Cupcakes!
♥ Pink Velvet Cupcakes – One of Our Favorite Cupcake Recipes
Pink Velvet Cupcake recipes are among the most popular cupcake recipes on the planet! You'll love this recipe from Summer of Summer Scraps.
♥ Pink Lemonade Cupcakes
This Pink Lemonade Cupcakes recipe was found in an old cupcake cookbook. The cupcakes are sweet, a little tangy, and not particularly dense. They also make great mini cupcakes!
♥ Pink Champagne Cupcakes
There's a beautiful color to these Pink Champagne Cupcakes! They're slightly sweet, and appeal to everyone. Especially nice for celebrating Mother's Day. Remember to use good champagne for your champagne cupcake recipe!
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Lots of fresh strawberries used in this delicious Pink-A-Licious Strawberry Cupcakes recipe! Love the sweet pinkness of the cupcakes and they come out moist and fluffy. Yum, yum, yum!
♥ Raspberry Cupcakes with Pink Buttercream and Lacy Chocolate Hearts
Last, but not least on our Pink Cupcake list are these Raspberry Cupcakes with Pink Buttercream Frosting from Martha Stewart. (our personal fave)
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Vic introduces tanning bed buy-back
The Victorian Government is introducing a tanning bed buy-back scheme to compensate solarium operators for the ban on tanning units which comes into force at the end of 2014. The Health Minister denies that the scheme has been introduced because operators have been trying to sell the beds for private use rather than destroy them and says taxpayers are supporting the modest scheme.
ASHLEY HALL: Before she died six years ago, 26-year-old Clare Oliver blamed her melanoma on commercial tanning beds.
In response, the Victorian Government instigated a tanning bed ban from the end of next year.
Now, it's introducing a buy-back scheme, offering operators up to $2,000 a unit to give up their tanning beds.
The Government denies it's been forced to introduce the buy-back scheme because operators are trying to sell the beds privately rather than destroy them.
The Victorian Health Minister David Davis spoke a short time ago to Samantha Donovan.
DAVID DAVIS: This is fundamentally a disposal scheme, a scheme that is designed to see the safe disposal of commercial solaria sunbeds. It's clear that there's no safe level of usage of these tanning units and the Government is working with the industry to see the safe disposal.
A number of the units for example have levels of mercury in them and obviously there is a waste disposal value for these units. And we would rather see a sensible disposal process in operation.
SAMANTHA DONOVAN: How much of this scheme can be attributed to the fact that people may have tried to sell them rather than destroy them?
DAVID DAVIS: No. Fundamentally we're concerned to see that the sensible disposal does occur and this scheme will see the sensible disposal in operation. It's similar to schemes operating in other states and most Australian states have now moved to ban commercial solaria from the 1st of January 2015.
That's New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Queensland have taken steps in this direction. The Northern Territory and Western Australia has announced that they will be taking steps in this direction too.
SAMANTHA DONOVAN: You're not concerned at all that people are trying to sell them?
DAVID DAVIS: We believe the logical step is to see a sensible disposal scheme. As we say, there's metal and other matters associated with the beds that should be reused sensibly.
SAMANTHA DONOVAN: The State Government's being accused in some media reports of getting taxpayers to foot the bill for this buyback scheme. Is that a fair characterisation?
DAVID DAVIS: Well this is a very modest scheme that is designed to facilitate disposal and to see sensible disposal.
SAMANTHA DONOVAN: But are the taxpayers being forced to foot the bill?
DAVID DAVIS: Well taxpayers are supporting a sensible disposal scheme and encouraging sensible disposal of these units.
SAMANTHA DONOVAN: How much pressure have you been under from operators to introduce a buyback scheme?
DAVID DAVIS: I'm not sure that there's a specific pressure of that type. The key thing here is that we've put in place a sensible disposal scheme.
ASHLEY HALL: The Victorian Health Minister David Davis speaking with Samantha Donovan.


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Wetlands International Africa was established in West Africa in 1998 with Dakar as its regional office. Wetlands International Africa's history in the African region can be divided in three major distinct phases where Wetlands International Africa evolved from a sub regional program essentially focused in West Africa to a continental organization.
Wetlands International Africa focused on the major ecological zones of the sub region producing valuable scientific publications on West African wetlands including the Sahelian floodplains, West African sea board, Mangrove and rice growing fields, and Coastal wetlands of the Gulf of Guinea.
During the second phase, community livelihoods became central to Wetlands International Africa's work as recognition of the services that wetland ecosystems provide to communities grew. WIA also expanded its geographic span with interventions in East Africa, in Kenya and Uganda notably.
Wetlands International's work provided the foundations and direction for negotiations under Ramsar Convention, Convention on Migratory species amongst others.
Wetlands International Africa transitioned into an Africa-wide program. It added a new policy dimension to its interventions with a stronger focus on regional, continental and global advocacy. It also focused on improving the quality of its work as well as the effectiveness of project management.
Wetlands International Africa and its partners have made great strides in wetland wise use and conservation. Specific projects included:
Our global organisation Wetlands International has been involved with wetland protection since 1954. The organisation changed it's name to Wetlands International after a fusion of three regional organisations in 1995.
Wetlands International started its activities in 1954. In those days, we were called the International Wildfowl Inquiry and our focus was on the protection of waterbirds. Later, our name became International Waterfowl & Wetlands Research Bureau (IWRB). In time, our scope became wider; besides waterbirds, we also started to work on the protection of wetland areas.
Later, organisations with similar objectives emerged in Asia and the Americas: the Asian Wetland Bureau (AWB) (initiated as INTERWADER in 1983) and Wetlands for the Americas (WA) (initiated in 1989). In 1991, these three organisations started to work closely together.
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Thousands of detainees – foreign-born radicals and "labor agitators" – arrested during the Palmer Raids win their right to meet with legal representation at deportation hearings. U.S. Attorney General Alexander Mitchell Palmer conducted the raids, stating that communism was "eating its way into the homes of the American workman" and that socialists were causing most of the country's social problems. – 1920
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BS…Bad Science? Or just Bullshit?
I've spoken a lot about the importance of asking for evidence, and not taking claims on blog posts, social media, or even press releases at face value. I still stand by this, and the recent media scare over acrylamide just shows that – the media love sensationalised headlines. To put your mind at ease, there's a link to cancer in rodents but there hasn't been one found in humans, so keep enjoying your toast. It's not going to kill you. Really. We have more important things to worry about.
But it's got me thinking about the importance of basic scientific literacy, and how I wish understanding and critiquing evidence were a part of our general compulsory education (along with things like how to do taxes, how to recognise abuse, how mortgages work… but that's another story). I wish people knew how to be a BS detector and sniff out the bad science.
It struck me that there's no real point just telling people to be more sceptical and more scientific in their thinking, without explaining how. Most people don't have a degree in science, and don't understand the complex language often used by scientists in most publications, and even if they did, these papers are often trapped behind paywalls. Not ideal when we need a more scientifically literate population.
So, in continuing my mission to make nutritional science (and science in general) more accessible, I'm going to do my part and try to make topics like peer-review, statistics, hypotheses and methodologies more fun and exciting. Wish me luck!
Obviously this information cannot substitute a BSc, and shouldn't be taken as such, but it may at least help to clear up some of the confusion and help to (at least ever so slightly) bridge the gap between the general population and the scientific community.
How to become a BS detector:
I'm going to go through a lot of these in more depth in the coming weeks/months. But here's a basic guide to what to look out for, and what should set your BS detector tingling.
1. The 'Expert'?
Can this person be considered an 'expert'? Do they have the relevant qualifications and expertise to be making these claims? Look them up. Is there any conflict of interest? If someone has a series of letters after their name it's easy to simply assume they're legit. But different qualifications hold more weight than others, and if it's not the obvious BA/BSc/MSc/PhD/PGDip/etc. then it's worth looking up. For fitness for example a personal training qualification is vital, and nutritionists and dietitians have their own set of qualifications, which I've spoken about in detail here.
2. One study found…
Are the claims based on "one study found…"? Public health guidelines are based on hundreds, if not thousands of studies to avoid basing important advice on outliers. A single study doesn't tell us much – it's a good start – but it could just be an anomaly and doesn't tell us the bigger picture. We can't know for sure until we put all the evidence from many studies together. There are levels of evidence, and other factors to consider such as number of participants, study duration, and so on. More on this here.
3. Anecdotes as evidence
Relying on anecdotes is a clear warning sign. The plural of anecdote is not data. What works for a single individual cannot be applied to the general population. Anecdotes are the lowest form of scientific evidence, with meta-analyses/systematic reviews at the top of the pyramid, and a great many others in between. Using anecdotes to assume something will work for everyone is wrong.
4. Going against the scientific consensus
The scientific consensuses are based on the accumulation of the evidence that is currently available. New evidence is constantly analysed against this to update what we know to be scientific truths, and to test the validity of currently accepted theories. Extraordinary claims that go against this require extraordinary evidence.
5. Methodology
This is the trickier part. An article can seem legit and be written by someone with a PhD in a relevant area, but that doesn't guarantee that the science is good. We have 'gold standards' when it comes to collecting and analysing data, but these vary according to what is being investigated. This is probably one of the hardest things to call BS on simply because it requires such specific knowledge, and if you're not familiar with the strengths and limitations of these, as well as how they work, then it's almost impossible to tell if it's been done well. So instead of boring you with all the details, I'll be guiding you through two papers: one good and one bad, and analysing the differences between them, so stay tuned for that coming soon.
6. Media article vs journal article
The media love sensationalised headlines; they love the outliers and the odd bits of science that are interesting and weird. Those are fun to write about. Writing about public health guidelines being the same as they were 5 years ago because the science is still robust? Yawn. Unfortunately what's written in a newspaper article is often a massive extrapolation and exaggeration of what's actually been reported in the results of a scientific paper. Even if you can't access the paper due to a paywall, you can still read the abstract, and it's worth comparing the newspaper headline (and content) to the results and conclusions of the abstract. Often you'll find they don't really match up. Trust the science over the media there for sure.
The paper has had to go through a hardcore peer-review system, where scientists get to anonymously criticise everything that's wrong with a paper they've been given to analyse. They get to anonymously determine whether the paper is worth publishing or not. As someone who's been through this let me tell you, it is fucking brutal. There's no niceties, no benefit of the doubt; every tiny flaw is attacked, and many papers don't make it past this stage as a result.
7. Retracted papers
If a paper has been retracted, don't trust it. Simple as. There's clearly a major flaw with it that can't be resolved with a simple amendment, and as such it's deemed not advisable to share with the wider scientific community and general population. In some cases it can be because the paper can be dangerous – take Wakefield's paper on the MMR vaccine and autism for example. It's been disproven so thoroughly, his paper has been retracted, he's been named and shamed…yet people still use this paper as 'proof' of vaccines causing autism. Papers are removed for a very good reason, and thankfully it doesn't happen too often.
8. The power of social media
Social media can have it's major downsides (using Instagram to find medical/nutrition advice for example), but it also has its advantages. Following scientists, registered nutritionists, and registered dietitians on Twitter, for example, is a great way to connect and see their views on certain topics based on what they share. You can also use this to contact people directly to see what they think, and even message the author of a paper you're interested in or would like explaining in less complex terms. You can even use social media to find amazing events like the Rooted Project which connects experts with the general public, and allows them to discuss their areas of expertise in an exciting and engaging way.
So those are my quick top tips to becoming a BS detector. As I said, all of these points will be covered in extensive detail, and hopefully not in a way that's dry and dull. We'll add some examples, a dash of sarcasm, and some cool diagrams (hopefully), and that way I hope you'll be entertained and informed. Stay tuned – we'll make a fine BS detector of you yet.


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Western pharmacology is a relatively new scientific discipline, having originated around 150 years ago. It can be divided into two broad categories: pharmacodynamics (the effect drugs have on the body) and pharmacokinetics (the effect the body has upon the drug). This review is concerned with the former: the way drugs exert their pharmacological action. The keystone of Western pharmacology is based on the Receptor Theory, where the drug acts as a "key" to undo a "lock in specific parts of the body". The receptor is a membrane-located macromolecule with both binding and activity sites. The pharmaceutical drug attaches to the binding site, and either stimulates (as an agonist) or blocks (as an antagonist) the receptor, initiating or inhibiting the receptor's dedicated action. Some drugs (partial agonists) combine both effects. Receptors are normally acted upon by natural ligands, such as hormones, neurotransmitters, and growth factors. Receptors, of which there are many types, are spread throughout the body's tissues, and in the case of antimicrobial agents, within viruses and bacteria. Receptors are also present in ligand ion channels, where they are involved in nerve transmission and hormone secretion.
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text: We are big carnivores and love all cuts of meat. Husband's favorite used to be pin bone sirloin steak. Used to find flat bone or pin bones all the time but lately, no more. Live in Ohio and the butchers and grocery stores only carry boneless sirloins. Would like to find some pin bone sirloins for Father's Day, any ideas?


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Museums & galleries
Explore the history of the city at Skopje City Museum which is located at the Old Railway Station, building that was ruined in the 1963 earthquake. The clock above the entrance still shows 5:17 o'clock, the time when the stroke happened.
The beautiful building that is located at the Vardar river next to the Art bridge is the Archaeological Museum, where you can discover splendid finds that originate from different periods of the rich history of Macedonia.
On Karpos Rebellion Square you will find two museums: the Holocaust Memorial Center that gives a thorough overview of the Jewish community in Macedonia during different times in history and the deportation of some 98% of Macedonian Jews to Treblinka concentration camp; and the Museum of Macedonian Struggle where you can learn about the history of the Macedonian people from many periods.
Don't miss the National Art Galleries in the Old Bazaar. The buildings of Daut Pasin Hammam,Cifte Hammam and Kurshumli Han are art by itself.
Compiled below is a list of city museums and galleries.
Archaeological Museum
This impressive looking and well organised museum will guide you through the finest archaeological collections from the country.
The exhibits are arranged chronologically on three floors. The tour is around 2 hours long and the entrance fee is 300 MKD denars.
Opening hours: Tue-Sun from 10h - 18h
Address: Kej Dimitar Vlahov
Skopje City Museum
The building belongs to Old Railway Station that stands half ruined as a monument to the '63 earthquake. The main exhibit is a very well displayed story of the 1963 earthquake and its aftermath. The museum has free entrance.
Opening hours: Tue - Sat from 9h - 15h
Address: Ss. Cyril & Methodius bb. (Old Railway Station)
Memorial House Mother Teresa
This memorial house is dedicated to Gonxha Bojaxhiu or Mother Teresa who was born in Skopje. Here you can see some personal belongings of Mother Teresa. There are always guides in the house who you can ask to tell you more about Mother Theresa. The house is free to visit.
Opening hours: Tue - Sat from 9h - 15h
Address: Macedonia Street
Holocaust Memorial Center
This multimedia center is a memorial to the Holocaust of the Jews of Macedonia and the history of the Jews in the Balkans. Is located in the so-called Jewish Quarter of Skopje, which was the center of Jewish life in the city until the deportation of the Jews. The entrance is free.
Opening hours: Tue-Sat from 9h - 17h, Sat - Sun from 9h -15h
Address: 11th of March No.2
Museum of Macedonian Struggle
The 13 exhibits in this museum covers the fight for Macedonian statehood, from the beginning of the resistance movement against the Ottoman rule, until the declaration of independence from Yugoslavia on 8 September 1991. Ticket price - 300 MKD denars.
Opening hours: Tue - Sun from 10h - 18h
Address: 11th of March No.1
Museum of Contemporary Art
This museum has one of the most biggest collection of contemporary art in Southeastern Europe. The building itself is a gift from Poland after the '63 earthquake. A lot of artists donated their works to the city after the earthquake in '63, including Picasso, Millares, Vasarely and others.
Opening hours: Tue-Sat from 10h - 17h, Sun from 9h - 13h
Address: Samoilova bb
Museum of Natural History
This little Natural History Museum located next to the city ZOO is the oldest biological institution within the country and shows the richness of Macedonian geology, flora and fauna. All exhibits are displayed in glass showcases and dioramas.
Opening hours: Tue - Sun from 9h - 16h
Address: Blvd Ilinden No.86 (Skopje ZOO)
Daut Pasin Hammam Galery
In the past, this building was the largest Turkish bath in the Balkan region. Nowadays, this historical monument houses collection of modern art and paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Ticket price - 50 MKD denars.
Opening hours: Tue - Sun from 10h - 18h
Address: Krusevska Street No. 1-a
Cifte Hammam Galery
This 15th century hamam was the second largest Turkish bath in the city and was in use untill 1912. After the '63 earthquake it was reconstructed and has also been converted into a contemporary art gallery where prominent domestic and foreign artists exhibit their works.
Opening hours: Tue - Sun from 10h - 18h
Address: Bitpazarska bb
Kurshumli Han
A wonderful place to spend an afternoon learning about the country's ethnography and archaeology. Built in 1550, this was one of the biggest caravansary in town during Ottomans rule. Nowadays, Kurshumli Han is used as lapidarium of the Museum of Macedonia.
Opening hours: Tue - Sun from 10h - 18h
Address: Bitpazarska bb
MKC - Youth Cultural Center
The Youth Cultural Center is home place for many art shows, concerts, festivals and fairs. As part of the center, here you'll find a Planetarium, gallery, small movie theater and a club restaurant.
Opening hours: Mon – Sun from 9h - 24h
Address: Kej DImitar Vlahov 15


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From Capitol Peak, this is the view of Larch mountain that you get. The peak to the right is actually lower but not by much. It has a radio tower and a road that leads up to it. Beyond the ridgeline of the two, you see some of the Olympic mountains in the background. Map of area. Larch Mountain is a few feet higher than Capitol Peak but Capitol Peak has the views. No views from the summit of Larch Mountain at all as you are totally in dense forest at that area.
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Capitol Peak (Mountain/Rock)
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Larch Mountain (Mountain/Rock)
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Object Title: Larch Mountain