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Book review: The E-Learning Revolution
Ana Neves reviews The E-learning Revolution: From Propositions to Action
TITLE: The E-learning Revolution: From Propositions to Action
AUTHOR: Martyn Sloman
The impact of the electronically connected world on the learning and training of individuals and organisations is the primary subject of this book. It presents 21 propositions, which provide a good framework to guide the actions of those involved in directing, managing or supporting the training function. The first proposition is: The internet changes everything, including training. The last one is: More honesty and less hype is required if the training profession is to grasp the new opportunity to maximum effect. In between, the other 19 propositions are factual and provocative enough to fire the readers imagination and interest.
The first chapter covers the birth of the internet, in particular the changes it had on the marketplace: the transparency of information, the diminishing importance of the intermediary role (as it was), quicker access to information, reduced costs of information distribution, etc. Some definitions are given in this chapter and the author challenges readers to question established models and view them through e-conomy lenses. The chapter finishes with the concept of a blurring world, suggesting that the world is not steady or focused any more (the term blur comes from the work of Stan David and Chris Meyer).
What is happening in training? is the title of the second chapter. It reflects on the current status of technology-based training, based on several surveys. Corporate universities are mentioned and the author is alert to the fact that most of the existing ones are merely disguised traditional training centres. The work of Elliot Masie is brought to light, stressing Slomans idea that technology-based training is not only about new delivery channels, but should also consider the user and levels of interaction.
The author also talks about the war for talent and the challenge of giving less skilled people the benefits resulting from good employment. Sloman mentions two important concepts: resource-based strategy and knowledge workers. The first concerns the definition of a strategy based on the available resources and capabilities of a company, rather than on its market position. The latter describes someone whose work is intellectual in context and whose task is to share ideas to bring value to the client.
The next chapter talks about instructional systems development (ISD) and about its limitations. Despite ISDs operational value, the discipline is mainly reactive, as opposed to the proactive profile it should have. Learning organisations and knowledge management are the focus of the remainder of the section, in which the main conclusion drawn is that employees should be made responsible for their own learning.
The focus on the learner offers a bridge to the next chapter, a more practical one, offering real ideas and presenting several case studies. It starts with a choice of four of the 50 ways to blur your business, as presented by Stan Davis and Chris Meyer:
- Try to connect everything with everything;
- Use different delivery channels;
- Deliver anytime and anywhere and take feedback;
- Customise your interface and improve it continuously.
The main lesson to be learnt from this chapter is the importance of finding common aspects between e-learning systems and approaches, while recognising the individuality of each organisation.
The sixth chapter goes over the issues of e-learning: learning needs, platforms and learner support. Some of the activities involved in learner support are referred as soft technology. The trainer has the responsibility of making sure individuals learn what they need and want. This task can be accomplished by theoretically understanding the issues involved, pinpointing preferences, styles and motivations, and continuously seeking, receiving and analysing information about the learning process in the organisation.
Two frameworks can help during the analysis phase: one involves the transmission of knowledge to the learner; the other considers how the learner transforms information. This chapter also mentions the work of David Thornburg and his venues for learning (campfires, the watering-hole, the cave and the hunting expedition) and the learning profiles described by Honey and Mumford (activists, reflectors, theorists and pragmatists). Sloman also considers motivation, and the barriers that inhibit it.
Chapter seven recalls some of the ideas discussed in the first chapter regarding the new business model created by web connectivity. It also mentions the Kirkpatrick model for training evaluation and its four levels: reaction, learning, behaviour and results.
After mentioning it in chapter six, the last chapter focuses on the new role of trainers. Adding to the tasks mentioned during the previous sections, it highlights two more: encouraging greater inclusion of individuals and considering open-source. To conclude, the author offers two pieces of practical advice: afford less hype to the training profession, and establish a community site for trainers to share information issues on the introduction of e-learning.
Throughout the book there are case studies illustrating the authors ideas. Among these are examples from BBC Online, Cap Gemini Ernst &Young, CERN, the Post Office, Motorola University, British Airways and Learndirect. While focused on the situation in the UK, The E-learning Revolution also seeks help from the other side of the ocean, and overall provides a rich compilation of material and ideas. Sloman has succeeded in offering a good starting point for those practitioners who, after reading this book, want to dive into the deeper waters of each of the individual topics covered.
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In Shakopee, Minnesota, Mary Kaufenberg needs just six ingredients to create these cute Kris Kringle confections. Store-bought peanut butter sandwich cookies turn jolly with white chocolate, colored sugar, mini chips and red-hots.
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Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 each) equals 117 calories, 6 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 1 mg cholesterol, 59 mg sodium, 15 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 2 g protein.
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I used vanilla wafers because my daughter doesn't like peanut butter. I think I would use red m&m's for the nose next time too.
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Large fluxes of carbon into the atmosphere from wildfires can have an impact on the global carbon cycle, and with policy initiatives forming around carbon management and carbon budgets, researchers are scrambling to fill in the gaps regarding the role of fire in carbon emissions and sequestration. It has long been conventional wisdom that CO2 emissions were essentially neutral in global carbon fluxes since fires also promote vegetation regrowth and uptake of CO2. However, the more frequent and severe fires that the US and the world is experiencing as a result of climate change and fire suppression have made many begin to question whether that balance continues to exist.
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"It was shocking to see the changes to our plots one month after the Biscuit Fire," says Bormann. ""There was nothing left after the fire—some snags and a few downed logs, almost bare soil. The whole soil structure had changed—it was crusty and would collapse when you walked on it. The soil organic matter was lost and even fine mineral particles from the upper soil layer were gone. We believe that the upper soil mineral layer may have been pulled into the atmosphere in the fire plume."
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In 1997-98 the growth rate of CO2 in the atmosphere doubled, reaching the highest point on record at that time. The cause of that spike was wildfires burning for months over large expanses of Indonesia. Researchers discovered that the main source of the carbon emissions were fires in deep peat bogs, which produced an estimated at .8-2.6 X 1015 gigatonnes of carbon. To put that into perspective, it is the equivalent of the total global carbon uptake by the terrestrial biosphere in a typical year, and it came from one tiny portion of the globe.
James Randerson, a researcher in the Department of Earth System Science at the University of California, Berkeley, points out that when you look at fires in systems like the grasslands of South America; you are looking at a neutral carbon emissions system—burning leads to a steady state of regrowth and uptake. But, burning in tropical rainforests and in boreal forests is resulting in a net loss of carbon.
"In areas where the fire regime is changing rapidly we are no longer in equilibrium with respect to carbon flux," says Randerson. "Tropical rainforests rarely burned before human settlement and now they are burning on large scales. With the collapse of the Soviet Union there has been a strong uptick in fires in boreal forests—even averaged over long time periods, it is apparent that these fires are contributing to much more carbon loss into the atmosphere."
Closer to home and on smaller scales, the fire and carbon equilibrium is also getting out of balance. A whole host of factors—fire suppression, climate warming, and an increase in fuels—has created a context in which larger, more frequent, more severe fires are the norm, rather than the exception, in the western US. Research is starting to show that the changing fire environment is impacting the carbon cycle as well as long-term forest productivity.
In calculations of the global carbon cycle, most forests are carbon sinks, absorbing a good portion of the CO2 released by human activities. Fires cause a sudden conversion of stored carbon into CO2, which is released to the atmosphere. The effect of a fire on the carbon balance can last for a number of years, depending on the intensity of the fire and the recovery of the ecosystem. In healthy ponderosa pine forests subject to high frequency, low-intensity fires, it may only be 2-5 years before a disturbed forest shifts from being a net carbon source to a carbon sink. However, Northern Arizona University researcher, Sabina Dore, has recently provided findings showing that more severe fires can shift the source/sink timeline considerably. She examined the net CO2 exchange of the ecosystem, as the balance of CO2 fixed by plants and lost in respiration, in a ponderosa pine forest hit by a severe, stand replacing fire ten years after the event.
"There was nothing left after the fire, and there is still nothing on the site today," says Dore. "Some snags and logs, almost bare soil. Ten years later, only sparse herbaceous vegetation has returned, and the site has been seriously impacted by wind and water erosion."
"If some of the canopy would have survived the ecosystem would recover more quickly. This would allows the pines to regenerate and there would be less erosion and loss of organic matter."
As these high intensity fires become more common, Dore warns that there is the danger of a large US forest carbon sink, the southwestern ponderosa pine forests, shifting to a decadal-scale carbon source.
Bormann also sees long term implications for increasingly large and frequent fires in the Douglas fir forests of the Pacific Northwest, especially in regards to the time it will take to replace lost humified soil organic matter. Losses in long-term productivity mean reduced rate of photosynthesis which means a non-neutral carbon balance after fire (less carbon will be taken up annually after fire than before).
"Most of the carbon in the mineral soil is not at all like the carbon in woody debris or live vegetation," says Bormann. "Mineral soil carbon, or humus, results from successive decomposition forming more and more stable carbon forms over hundreds of years. This stable carbon plays important roles in nutrient retention, soil structure, water-holding capacity, etc. Its loss cannot be restored quickly, like carbon sequestered in above-ground biomass."
Solutions: Can carbon offsets drive forest management and fuel treatment?
In forests that are likely to be impacted by future intense fires, the key is "preemptive reduction of intense-fire risks," according to Bormann. Strategies like using prescribed fire, reducing fuels, and changing the distribution of fuels across the landscape are essential strategies to reduce losses in long-term productivity, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and improve carbon storage ability.
Of course, land managers have struggled for years to develop fuel reduction strategies that are economical and effective. The scale of the problem is now so large that land management is falling farther and farther behind the growing problem.
Matt Hurteau, a forest ecologist with Northern Arizona University, thinks that the increased interest in forests for carbon sequestration may actually help drive a new approach to managing forests and treating fuels. Carbon sequestration programs help carbon producers offset their emissions by paying to store carbon in standing forests. One liability of these programs has always been the forests' vulnerability to fire—one big fire can potentially wipe out an entire program.
Hurteau says that if you keep the forests from burning to the ground, you keep the carbon in forests as live trees. "If we just keep managing forests based on our scientific understanding of the processes that promote a fully functioning system, we are going to end up in the best position with regards to carbon storage."
This increases the ability of the forest to store carbon over the long term, and may provide the financial mechanism that has been lacking to start getting a handle on the fuels problem.
The key is quantifying the effectiveness of different management techniques in promoting long-term carbon storage. Hurteau has begun to tackle the problem through a series of research projects addressing the following—what is the payback ratio for fuel reduction treatments compared to high severity wildfires?
"We need to develop an equation valuing carbon in a forest based on the risk of loss to fire," says Hurteau.
Under Hurteau's scheme, forests in which the vulnerability to severe fires has been reduced would be more valuable than those which had not been actively managed. "If you have a fire-prone forest and you thin the forest, the carbon stock is better protected," says Hurteau.
Over the next few years, carbon management programs and policies will likely become a big part of our national energy policy, and forests play a large part in some of the proposed programs. But, fire remains the wildcard in those plans, even more so now that research is showing that a changing fire regime is fundamentally altering the delicate balance between forests and carbon cycles.


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While in Memphis I had the opportunity to visit AutoZone Park, home of the Memphis Redbirds. Being that the ballpark was only a block away from my hotel, it was an absolute no-brainer that I would spend one night taking in a game.
Instead of the format I used to describe the first few days of my trip, I decided to post my Memphis-related baseball experience over at Thunder Matt's Saloon, home of those fine connoisseurs of baseball knowledge and appreciation. So swing on by the Saloon and read about my trip to Redbird country.
Bartenders on Location: A Visit to Autozone Park in Memphis, TN
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my gt is ranger747 save the green auto rifle with shock mod for me.
i have these modded weapons with unlimited ammo which i am willing to give away for free to make some friends round here.
1. lvl 50 crowd pleaser with pride mod.
2. lvl 50 McCalls 9mm with pride mod.
3. lvl 50 defender of the motherland with pride mod.
4. lvl 50 gold burst rifle with shock mod.
5. lvl 37 green auto rifle with shock mod.
my gt is ranger747 save the green auto rifle with shock mod for me.
I'd gladly take the burst rifle
GT; I Lift IRL (Add me)
Dude don't try to give things to people to be friends with them. They will only play with you just for free stuff after that point.
i truly don't want any of that crap. i think you should give them away for the skulls or something!
i will be your friend but you dont have to give me anything. i am new to this game so i need friends to play with.
my name is aninfamoushobo and could i have a green auto rifle or defender of the motherland please? :3
and ill gladly be your pikachu to fight the evil that is DEAD ISLAND
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I'd like the McCalls 9mm. I can duplicate it if you want. my gt is fivefdp34
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On Mar 25, 2005, at 1:46 PM, Chris Allport wrote:
> Thank you! Sorry for misreading the EditableOMRect code. I see what
> you
> mean there, now.
> In MapBean, redraw(layer) applies a repaint policy "waiting for lower
> layers
> to call for a repaint()" -- is this worth messing with?
Probably not.
> What do you think of this idea: Use layers primarily for processing
> mouse
> events, etc. Forward all graphics to be drawn to a single, renderable
> layer, and allow all graphics to be generated/painted/etc. together???
I don't understand what you are trying to do that the OMDrawingTool
doesn't handle already.
- Don
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don Dietrick [mailto:email@example.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 1:11 PM
> To: email@example.com
> Cc: OpenMap Users
> Subject: Re: [OpenMap Users] How can I effectively use repaint()?
> Hi Chris,
> On Mar 25, 2005, at 12:28 PM, Chris Allport wrote:
>> When repaint() is called, does it simply redraw the current layer, or
>> does
>> it try to redraw all layers?
> All the layers are redrawn when a layer.repaint() method is called.
>> In a BufferedMapBean application with multiple layers, does it make
>> sense to
>> allow each layer to call repaint() as they change, or should one,
>> single
>> repaint() be called after all layers are updated?
> You have no accurate information available to you to make that
> assessment. Layers are quite independent, and you can't assume that
> their requests for painting mean they are in a stable state. In
> theory, only a layer knows what it's supposed to be showing at any
> given time. If it's told to render before it's ready, it should draw
> nothing, and call for a repaint when it has something new to display.
>> In reviewing EditableOMGraphic, it seems that when the object is
>> moved:
>> - the entire map is marked dirty - map.setBufferDirty(true)
> Only when the drawing tool is finished. Not while it's being edited.
> The map is marked dirty to clean up anything left over from the XOR
> rendering from the drawing tool, and also to render the modified
> OMGraphic in it's place in the layer that had it changed. The
> OMDrawingTool paints that EditableOMGraphic on top of the map when it's
> being moved. If the receiving layer isn't visible, or if it's covered
> by other layers, the complete repaint needs to happen to get the layer
> ordering correct.
>> - all of the graphics are repainted -
>> map.paintChildren(map.getGraphics())
>> Now, if a user is dragging an object around, they obviously cannot be
>> dragging around multiple objects, so maybe regerating the whole map
>> during a
>> drag makes sense.
> That shouldn't be happening during a drag. The drag should be XOR
> rendering some lightweight representation of the objects around on top
> of the map, with a repaint happening when all of the editing is
> complete.
>> However, what is the best way to manage repaint() in an
>> application with multiple graphics on multiple layers that are
>> constantly
>> updated?
> Move the unchanging layers to the background layer in the
> BufferedLayerMapBean, and use a timer to limit update map repaints to
> specific intervals for the changing layers, maybe having a separate
> repaint2() method that works with a centralized timer object. You
> still want the main repaint() method to work in response to projection
> changes.
> - Don
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Bill Frisell: The ECM Years
Frisell was caught in the ECM cycle that sometimes meant two or three years went by between recordingsnecessitated by the label's steadfast insistence on remaining small and keeping the quality upand as he became involved in more and more projects, that kind of delay simply became untenable. It's interesting to note that now, a decade after this interview took place, Frisell has left Nonesuch and signed with Savoy Jazz for a similar reason, only the timeframe has shrunk even further, with the guitarist currently involved in so many different projects that releasing one album per year isn't enough to keep up with his prodigious output. But despite scheduling issues necessitating his departure from not one, but two labels, Frisell is ever grateful for the opportunities and exposure that ECM provided so early in his career.
"I know how lucky I am," Frisell says. "It was basically like when I left my parents. I loved my parents and they supported me, but there was a time when I had to reject my parents, go out on my own and grow up. And leaving ECM had that feeling. It had been a huge presence even before I started recording for the labelthose records [on ECM] were a big influence, from the time when I first heard them around 1969 or '70, like the Jarrett recordings; it was a big thing for me. And to be involved with the label ... but I felt like it was timethat I needed to find my own thing. I needed to get away from it, and Manfred has such a strong presence there; he did every recording in his way. I wanted to be able to not record in just two days, and I wanted to play with people he didn't like. It's the same feeling when a kid leaves home. I could've just stayed there and done whatever Manfred thought I should do, but I really felt like I needed to be on my own to find my own voice."
Even at the time of this interview, in the fall of 2001and today, still, 10 years laterthe spirit of ECM loomed large over Frisell's career, but so, too, did the elements he rejected. "I still related to the spontaneous part of ECM," Frisell recalls, "so leaving it was one of the hardest things, and it was really weirdand I don't know what Manfred thinksbut it was coincidental that Lee Townsend quit on the same day. I wrote a letter to Manfred, saying I wanted to leave, and one of the hardest things was that I was just developing this relationship with Lee, but I sent the letter anyway. And then I called Lee at the office, and said, 'I've got to tell you, I'm gonna leave.' There was just this dead silence, and he said, 'I have to call you back.' And he called back and said, 'You're not gonna believe this, but I just sent a letter to Manfred.' So Manfred gets these on the same day, and thought it was some kind of conspiracy, but it was a complete coincidence. So Lee leaves and immediately talks to me about being my manager, and it seemed perfect. It's weird, because Hans Wendell also quit around that time; Lee was my manager, and Hans continued to work for my publishing, and then Bob Hurwitz was there [at Nonesuch], so there were still people from ECM working with me."
But Frisell's never one to burn bridges, and it became clear, not long after, that his ongoing relationship with Eicher may have been severed, but that didn't preclude the two from working together again. "I thought, after that, 'Well Manfred is never gonna talk to me again,'" says Frisell. "But then I get this call to do this Gavin Bryars record [Requiem (1991)]. I thought, 'Is this for real?' I thought Manfred was so pissed, but I was so happy to go do thathe was so cool, and it felt good. Gavin's someone who I more recently became aware of. I met him when he played a piece that he wrote from one of my tunes ["Sub Rosa," based on In Line's "Throughout," released on 1994's Vita Nova]an amazing thing, an abstraction of what I had played. I said, 'Wow.' It made me think it was what I wished I could do in my own writing. It was my very first meeting with him, in a restaurant with a bunch of people, and he gave me a walkman and said, 'Check this out,' and he really freaked me out. It was great to work with him; there's been something else in the works, and I'm hoping we'll do more stuff. "


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Brighton Fast Becoming One Big Throwaway
There are two major factors influencing the content of this post: The current bin man strike in Brighton, and the resultant angry seagulls.
So, first off, there's been zero bin emptying down here for three days and already it looks like this:
Throwaway everywhere.
Basically a town-sized free-for-all:
Yesterday I managed a warm pepperoni pizza slice and an egg mayonnaise roll piece washed down with a bit of cappuccino. This morning I found myself several beaks of trifle. Sweet as, literally. It was only Morrison's, but I couldn't fault it.
Basically, whatever you fancy, it's out there, which means it's going to get busy when the rest of the UK pigeon population find out (like now, for example). Carnage. Apparently the strike is on till Friday so, as you read this, pigeons everywhere will be hitting the skies, and why wouldn't they? Brighton needs to be prepared though so I've already warned the Pigeon Refuge, and anyone out there with space on their ledge or balcony, you may need to share.
However, despite the fact we should be partying right now, be warned. There are the a few other not-so-nice fuckers tucking into the piles that you need to be wary of. The rats have already appeared, armed and dangerous. Then there are the seagulls. The angry big white seagulls claiming their turf. Those great big fuck-off birds that I thought I'd got to know. Not a bit of it. Every single one of them has gone mental. Off their nut after too much sugar thinking they own it all. Considering most of them have just had kids too, over-feeding on top of a lack of sleep is never a good combination for a seagull. Be warned, and be on your guard. A rat carrying a stick is nothing compared to an angry deranged gull.
A couple of final tips: When going into one of the larger piles, hold your breath. The smell isn't pleasant and NEVER stick your beak into the small black plastic bags tied together at the top. They've got dog shit in them.
Apart from all that, enjoy, and don't forget to drink plenty of water.
Brighton Life
It's been a while since I've done a long one like this. Basically, what with all the Tweeting, twitting and twatting about, I haven't had time. Nor, to be honest, have I had the connections to facilitate it. Despite doing it for as many years as I have, being a pigeon that blogs isn't always easy. Not every fucker appreciates a random pigeon flying through the window and jumping all over their laptop, unless they're expecting one of course, so negotiating those kind of arrangements can be problematic. Someone told me there's a pigeon-friendly public library down here. Is there fuck. It doesn't even have ledges. How am I supposed to find the PCs without ledges? I'm pretty sure the windows don't open either.
Anyway, problem solved. I now have a couple of sources down here happy to help, providing I clean up after myself. Of course as usual, their identities have to remain anonymous in case they get done for encouraging free speech of the pigeon. It wouldn't be the first time.
So, what have I been up to? I won't bore you with the throwaway stories but, safe to say, getting something half decent to eat down here is a load easier than in London. It's smaller for a start and, for some reason, more people tend to drop their food. Don't know why. Come Friday and Saturday nights getting our beaks round some casual spillage is a piece of piss, especially round the the pier, and even better when the weather's good. The best is when one of us spots a big group all wearing the same clothes. Think it's called a hen party. Not sure why though seeing as none of them ever dress like hens. Once we've clocked one, we follow them around and just eat whatever gets dropped on the way. Usually starts out with crisps and peanuts, includes lager and sometimes fizzy wine, and always ends up with chips and kebabs. Genius. For those of us who manage to stay the distance, it's a right result and a great night out, providing you don't tuck into the puke later like Mart did. Not pleasant.
So, just in case anyone's wondering what happened between myself and the sweet lady I saw in Queen's Park? The vision of beauty who lived in a window box in Hove? Turns out to be a right nutter, and not in a good way. Her name's Alice.
I decided I'd meet her in Queen's Park in the end. Figured if it turned out to be a disaster, I had a getaway. I knew that soon as I'd sat in her box there'd be no escaping. Call me cynical, but it's happened before. I thought this way we could keep it casual, hang out a bit, and see if it clicked…
Jesus. Total waste of time. She had nothing to say. Nothing at all. She just did this giggle shit whenever I asked her a question, and I mean banal questions like: 'How long did it take you to fly here?', 'How long have you been in Brighton?' and 'What's your favorite nest padding?'. Questions that were in no way funny. Not even slightly.
This was all I got. Truly dire:
Conclusion: Bonkers.
After I'd decided to call it a day, I also happened to notice none of the other pigeons were talking to her either. Funny that. I've seen her up there since then. Thankfully she doesn't seem to know who I am. Total result and a lucky escape.
Other news is we had to move from the first ledge. Not sheltered enough when the winds were kicking in. I didn't fancy a dusty cliff hole or a dodgy plank under the pier, so went for this instead:
Nice area, solidly built and it's got a roof. Unfortunately we have to share, but you can't have everything.
So here's to summer. Hopefully that wasn't it last week or I will be pissed.
Gull Fest 2013
At last, life is starting to sort itself out down here. Met some great new mates including a number of sea gulls. Hate to say it but I take back everything bad I've ever said about them. Far from dull, a fair few of them have been hilarious with a surprisingly dry wit. Clive who we met the other day wants to teach me to swim. Could be interesting. Of course Mart asked him if he taught surfing too. Said he was planning to make himself a surfboard out of tooth picks. Jesus.
Best bit is we've managed to sort ourselves a half decent ledge in the better end of a place called Kemp Town. Near enough to the action for warm chips, but far enough away to get some sleep on a Friday night, and it's also only a five minute fly to the middle. Genius.
The pigeon refuge was fun for a while – see last post, and it was great to meet pigeons like Tony, but it can get a bit much. Everywhere you turn there's a pigeon wanting to chat. You just want to tell them to fuck off, but you can't.
Now we've finally got our own pad, we can start to kick back. The shit clearing rule stays though.
At the weekend, during a classic game of Shit or Miss over the Brighton Marathon, the sun even managed to come out. At long fucking last it seems the longest winter ever is coming to an end. Surely a hot summer is in order to make up for it?
All in all, life is good, and it's possibly about to get a whole lot better…
Today, I met the pigeon of my dreams. She reminded me a bit of a pigeon I was into years ago called Mary. Something I won't be mentioning.
Clive had invited Mart and me to Gull Fest. Gull Fest is an annual event for the local sea gulls held in a place called Queen's Park.
He told us that not many pigeons get the nod. He wasn't wasn't wrong:
Even though it was banging, we did feel a bit awkward at first.
Think the ducks were feeling it too:
Turned out to be a right laugh in the end.
A highlight for me was when one of the funniest gulls I've ever seen did a routine about swans and sparrows. Last time I saw her was on a mini-break in Brighton last year.
She's called Harriet but likes to be known as Harry.
Yes, It is a female:
She was fucking funny. Mart and me pissed ourselves.
Anyway, there I was hanging out chatting away to a pigeon called Andy who talked a lot when, suddenly, a vision walked in front of me. Nearly spat out my own tongue. Never seen anything so lovely:
She was drop dead gorgeous. I asked Andy to see if he could find out any detail on the whereabouts of her ledge.
She totally ignored him. Hilarious:
Then I found out what he was saying: "Excuse me. My friend over there. See him. Over there. He wants to know where you live."
Jesus. No wonder. Probably thought he was some fruitcake stalker.
But then, thankfully, she changed her mind:
She told him she lived in a window-box in Hove. Think we might be hooking up at the weekend.
Wish me luck. Not been on a date for years. May even have a wash.
Only kidding.
Brighton – Here We Are
We're here, finally, having done one of the hardest flys ever including an emergency stop-over in Crawley after battling gale force winds down the M23. Nightmare and totally knackering. Then, pretty much soon as we get to Brighton, it turns into the Arctic fucking Tundra. Kid you not. WTF? Nearly April and it's chucking down freezing snow. This time last year we were boiling our arses off.
Not on. Ended up spending our first night here. It's a refuge for homeless pigeons:
Couldn't be arsed to go hunting for a dream ledge in this weather.
It's actually turned out to be be quite a laugh in the end. We even managed a bit of a sing along yesterday to keep warm. Genius, until one of them suggested the soundtrack from Mama Mia.
We're thinking we might stay here for a bit, or at least till the weather get's better. The others don't seem to mind and there's plenty of room. In fact, it turns out one of them called Tony has been staying here for two and a half years.
This is Tony (right) on the window ledge:
Said he'd flown away from Worthing one day because he was bored, and landed in Brighton. He'd planned to settle on a nice ledge but ended up here and just stayed on. He was reluctant to say why, so I didn't push it.
"We look out for eachother and help to keep the place clean." He said. "It's more of a commune than a refuge." Nice one, and definitely the place to be for now.
Come on Spring. Get your shit together.
Brighton Here We Come
It's decided. We're moving to Brighton. If these Arctic conditions continue, at least we'll be freezing our arses off by the sea. Mart's bang up for it. London in this weather is just depressing.
This was us yesterday near Marble Arch:
So cold we couldn't even be bothered to speak, and then it rained. It rained all bloody day. Miserable.
Not sure where we're going to end up yet. Possibly the Marina. Got taken there the other day. Not only is there a massive MacDonalds, it's got a car park and a drive through which means people drive through, eat in the car park and then chuck what's left out of the window. Genius. Burger throwaway everywhere, and some of it was still warm.
This is one of our new pals, Clive. It was Clive who told us about it:
Get in there Clive.
Even met a half decent sea gull called Boris (in the middle).
I think Brighton is going to rock and, who knows, maybe I'll try out a few dates? I'll definitely be checking out the stand-up scene. Whatever occurs, it's going to be a damn sight better than sitting on a wall near Marble Arch in the pissing rain.
If anyone can recommend any decent available ledges, let me know.
Valentine's Day Disaster
If you're wondering why you haven't heard from me for a while, I'll tell you. In all the years of writing this blog I have never suffered any injuries. Not one. Pretty amazing all things considered. Some might say flying about with a camera strapped to me might be hazardous to say the least, but no. Nothing.
It also has to be said that in all the years of doing this I have never given a flying fuck about Valentine's Day either. Apart from anything else I've not really had much cause to if you get my drift.
This year, they both come at once. Total nightmare.
Met a half decent bird a couple of weeks ago called Sally. We got on pretty well and seemed to have quite a bit in common like being interested in bagels and trying out different types of nut. We even agreed on a favourite – the Brazil. She seemed pretty into me writing Pigeon Blog for as long as I have too (even though she said she'd never read it). Anyway, cut a long story short I decided to take her out on Valentine's Day. Mart suggested a throwaway on Brick Lane, but I wanted to go a bit more up market. If I was in the zone for a possible legover I had to get it right, so I decided on a sunset ride on a Millennium Wheel pod. Perfect. Both of us staring into out over London. Wings slightly touching. I've never done it myself but heard it's pretty easy to hold on and doesn't go that fast.
So – Feb 14th comes. I get up and go for the necessary wash in Leicester Square and what happens? I stub my fucking toe getting out. Never been in so much pain. Jesus. Couldn't walk. Couldn't stand. Swelled up like a fucking potato. Just had to get back in the water and sit there while Mart went to tell Sally the date was off.
Thankfully the toe has gone down a bit now so hopefully we can do it next week instead. Tell you one thing though – never again will I ever mention the word Valentine.
Snow Gone. Time To Move On…
As always happens in London, the snow all came and went in a couple of days. Up to our knees we were in a slushy nightmare. Anyway, sledging was fun even though all we managed to do was tow each other around a bit. Turned out that carrying a foil throwaway box in the air any distance was too much like hard work. Good times, unlike now. Really not much going on in London at all these days. As far as I can make out, there's not much happening this year full stop. Flat as a soggy pancake.
2012 was all about massive amounts of tourists and parties, and then there was the Olympics and my stint at Time Out. This year, nothing. Nada. Fuck all, so I'm considering moving to Brighton. Been there a couple of times and there's a pretty good scene going on.
Put it this way, this was the biggest laugh we've had since the snow:
Eating shit off the floor in Waterloo Station, and that was only because it was pissing down. Hardly comedy genius.
At least in Brighton you can get yourself a nice sunny-aspect ledge like this one and stare out to sea all day:
Bit of coastal meditation could do me the world of good. Change my perspective a bit. Get the old creative juices going again, especially if I can crack the comedy scene down there. Heard the pigeons in Hove have got a great night going on under the pier on a Wednesday.
For a start, I know I'd write a whole lot more because I'd actually have something interesting to write about.
I mentioned the idea to Mart who was right into it soon as I mentioned the word 'explore'. He said he'd love nothing better than to spend his days exploring just like in the film, 'The Explorers'. Jesus.
Anyway, watch this space.
Pigeon Sledging. Bring It On.
So, this is it. The snow's here, big time, and there's more on the way. In fact I think it's doing it again now. Thankfully I managed to escape the slush of Central London by swapping it for some lush white powder in Richmond. Good move. Plenty of room under the bridge, and we even got fed yesterday. Kid you not. Richmond is definitely the place to be when it snows.
This was me, yesterday:
Good times, despite the cold feet. Jesus they were cold!
Mart's just suggested an activity for today. Possibly the first genuinely good idea he's ever had. Sledging in the park using an empty throw-away box. Ideally one like this:
He's off right now with a couple of pals hunting one down. Should be easy enough to get it up there with a few of us. Watch this space. Or, if you're out and about on the slopes of Richmond Park, watch out for a bunch of pigeons on a tin foil sledge.
Bring it on!
Pigeons Protest Against Starbucks Spikes
It's been a while since I posted, but that's mainly because I've been busy. No excuse I know, but it's true. First off, I'm thinking of moving and have been looking into potential destinations. After all these years struggling in London, I reckon I've had my fill. There's just too many of us with not enough throwaway to go round, and when I read the other day about that BBC hawk chewing on a pigeon, that was the final straw. The odd stray one accidentally downing a pigeon because it's hungry, fair enough. Showing off in front of a load of BBC staff however – not on. Why do the BBC need hawks anyway? Trafalgar Square, I sort of get it seeing as it used to be such a hang out, and still is, but we don't even like the new BBC building. It sucks arse. The only pigeons who go there are either star spotters hoping to catch a glimpse of Bruce Forsyth, or they're lost. Give it up, BBC. You're not that great.
Another nail in London's coffin is the lack of decent ledges. Back in the day there were plenty to go round. Now, no chance, especially in the West End where they're strictly on a first come first served basis, and spikes have clearly come down in price because every fucker appears to be getting them.
Yesterday, I found some pigeons finally making some noise about it outside Starbucks on Carnaby Street:
Bring it on.
I spoke to one of them. Debra from Dulwich (left):
"I can't believe how many spikes there are these days." She said. "They're everywhere. It's especially hard if you're a larger pigeon like me who needs a slightly wider ledge…"
She went on to say they intend to sit up there every day until the spikes are removed. Fair play, although I'm pretty sure that's not going to happen any time soon.
2013 – Pigeons Already Considering Migration
As last year came to its inevitably soggy conclusion it looks like 2012 is officially the wettest on record. You don't say. Frankly, things had better improve in 2013 on the weather front. There's already talk of a new migratory policy and it's only January 2nd.
The only snag is, how do we do it? All those in the know, i.e. all those that fuck off every year, have already fucked off, so it looks like we'll have to wait till the spring when they come back to get the low down.
We just need some detail. Where to go? How far is it? Best en route stop-offs etc.? I'm sure we can make it to Morocco at the very least. Who's with me?
Any of you in any doubt, just take a look at this poor fucker sifting through a pile of wet sick on a Monday morning:
Enough said.
Anyway – Happy New Year!
Carol Singing In Windsor
Mart always accuses me of never wanting to do anything festive. Fair comment as generally I do try to avoid it, apart from the traditional Shit or Miss on the Christmas shoppers on Oxford Street that is. So this year I decided to go for it by suggesting we fly to Windsor for the annual Christmas carol singing event. A pal called Ed goes every year and says it rocks the big one. Mart was made up so off we flew first thing this morning straight up the M4.
Thankfully we managed to dodge the pissing rain. Pretty easy fly as it goes, mainly because you can see the Castle from miles away. The only downer was Mart practising 'Away In A Manger' the whole way there. Kid you not.
As we approached they were already half way through an air-bound rendition of 'Ding Dong Merrily On High':
Have to admit I even hummed along a bit. Of course Mart was straight in there with the harmonies. Painful stuff.
Then everyone hit the turret for Silent Night:
That's Ed at the top. Frankly getting into it a bit too much for my liking.
Still, it was a right laugh and Mart said it was the best Christmas Day he'd ever had.
Tomorrow we're back on the ledge getting ready for the annual Boxing Day Brazil Nut Hunt on Berwick Street.
So, seeing as the world didn't end after all, here's to a Happy Christmas from me and Mart.
Happy Christmas!
The End Of the World? Really..?
Everyone's talking about it. The end of the world is this Friday, apparently. Not sure what that means but checking the mental weather this year, I wouldn't be surprised. Have to say though, it'll be a shame if it does. I haven't even been to the Isle of Wight.
Some of the conversations I've had about it have been hilarious. There are pigeons out there actually preparing for it. Unbelievable.
Take Francis from Morden, for example. Francis has spent months filling her nest with whatever shit she can pick up, even if she doesn't know what it is:
Mental. She can't even sit in it anymore and spends most days walking around with crumbs stuck to her arse.
Pigeons Prepare For The Big Freeze
This year really has been one big weather roller-coaster. Mental, and now it looks like the Arctic is moving in to make 12.12.12 the coldest day, ever.
Not good.
Practically every lamp worth taking in London has gone as pigeons hunker down for the night. Think I'd rather have non-stop pissing rain than this. My beak was literally frozen solid this morning. I even had bits of frost on my toes. This afternoon I decided drastic action had to be taken, especially as Mart spent most of the day sitting as close as possible trying to keep warm. To be honest, I found it all a bit uncomfortable.
The good news is we managed to bag one of these on Leicester Square. Mart is sitting on it right now.
Just got to make sure neither of us roll over in our sleep. Could wake up to a nasty shock:
Still, least we'd have had warm arses for the night.
Cracking a Pigeon Code and Learning to Swim
In this day and age, considering the massive technological code breaking capabilities of now, no-one has been able to crack the note that was stuck to the leg of a dead pigeon from 70 years ago. Mental. Poor dude was found stuffed in a chimney in Surrey. Probably only ducked in there for a bit of shut eye. Hats off though. Daring stuff delivering messages over enemy lines. Not sure there's many pigeons these days who'd stick a metal box to their foot and fly around Europe dodging bullets on the promise of a leg-over (which was the promise, apparently).
If you fancy giving it a go, here it is:
Really not worth the effort. Probably says something like: 'If you're flying over a chimney, don't go down it if there's smoke coming out'. Idiot.
Anyway, talking places to kip, it looks like we're into a winter of sleeping under bridges again. Jesus. The rain has been SO bad I'm considering moving permanently into somewhere with a roof on it. The only snag is, and I know I'm always saying this, but where? Anywhere half decent undercover usually means dodging some sort of spiked obstacle course. Anyone know anywhere dry and risk-free, let me know. And, while we're at it, can I add warm to the mix seeing as the temperature has dropped today by ten degrees? Cheers.
All this flooding has been bad for us pigeons though. Got talking to Sylvia at Clapham Junction yesterday who'd just evacuated herself from Somerset when conditions became 'atrocious'.:
"There was no land for ages. Just water. It was everywhere. I'd be learning to swim right now if we didn't sink. There's got to be a way to deal with it, especially if water is the future. Ducks can do it. Why can't we?"
She has a point. Maybe we should be putting some real effort into it instead of saying, 'Oh. Shame we're a bird that can't swim. Never mind'.
It can't be that hard, surely?
Off tomorrow to chat to some ducks, if I can find one who can string a sentence together that doesn't send me to sleep.
The Thing About Getting Older
The thing about getting older isn't just the occasional ache in the wing joints, it's the rapidly fading memory. Honestly. Mine is so shot to pieces it's embarrassing. Sometimes it feels like there's nothing in there at all.
Yesterday, I bumped into this guy:
"Bri!" He said, straight in my face looking quite excited. "Bri Pigeon! Great to see you again!"
I had no clue who he was. Not a single one.
"Oh, hi." I said, trying not to look too vague, "How are you?"
"Great. Great. Cheers. Bloody hell, that night, dude. Dude! Best night in years. Still laughing about it now!"
"Yeah. It was great, wasn't it." I had no idea what he was talking about.
"When you said that thing. What was it?" By this time he was laughing so hard his foot was slamming on the pavement. "You know? That thing? Hilarious!"
Time for a swift exit: "Listen, really sorry, man, but I can't stop. I'm just on my way somewhere. Great to see you again though. Let's not leave it so long next time."
Then came the sting: "But it was only last week…"
Damn. Fucking typical. He shuffled off looking somewhat deflated despite my attempt to salvage the situation: "But last week feels like ages ago!"
That was the moment I decided something has to be done before it gets any worse and I'll have to start referring to my blog as 'the online diary of an aging pigeon who can't remember very much any more'. Not good.
I figured food might be a good place to start. Turns out nuts can help by boosting my Vitamin E levels. Easy. So tomorrow I shall mainly be sitting under the nut stall on Berwick Sreet Market if anyone fancies joining me?
I'm also going to investigate some other more practical methods. Perhaps a few simple mental agility exercises? Mart suggested counting pavement cracks but that's more likely to send me mental than anything else.
Any other pigeons out there suffering the same lack of recollection, watch this space (if you can remember that is).


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Price war in NOida - Offer from Rajesh Projects in Sector - 120
Saw the ad of Rajesh projects in TOI.
Here is their claim: 1. Price per sq ft would be based on Builtup area and not on Super area. 2. 1 basement parking free 3. 2 KVA power back-up free 4. No leave rent 5. No ECC 6. No FFC 7. Club membership free Since they would be charging on the basis of the built-up area and no charge for other accounts (like lease, ECC etc.), I think, this would start a price war in NOIDA with prices heading more southwards. |
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but one thing is sure.......no builder will sell the flats under price. I called them yesterday and their price are on higher side... this is a new builder in NOIDA and this builder wants to make a grand entry into NOIDA, he wanted to looked different and he offered these free compnents. WELL GOOD FOR BUYERS and i welcome this step from this builder. Saleable area should be the buildup area and not super area...... I THING GOVT SHOULD TAKE STEP AND ISSUE ALL BUILDERS A GUIDELINES TO SELL THEIR FLATS BASED ON BUILDUP AREA ONLY... this builder has taken all the negative points of the NOIDA REALSTATE and offered the customer to attarct them which is good. |
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this is what i got for your guys:
Price without any discount excluding PLC: 3229 CLP 2902 DP POSSEC 2012 Price should be mulpitied by BUILDUP area: They have 3BHK,2T around 1378 super area but they are selling the buildup area that is 1103 sq ft. Location:JUST OPP. OF AMARPALI PLATINA. Add on's: Full wooden work in kitchen,rooms etc... Height:G+22 One reserved car parking get allocated during possesstion during possesstion. Club is there but no fee. no lease rent and all other extra comp. |
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After months of refusing to say how much the agency needs to get things done, FDA commish Andy von Eschenbach has writte a letter to Congress asking for an immediate infusion to inspect imported food, drugs and devices,The New York Times reports.
The request was made in a letter to Senator Arlen Specter, a Pennsylvania Republican, and offers a detailed spending plan for such things as opening new foreign offices, increasing inspections and constructing new databases to track drug hazards, the paper writes. Here is the letter.
Presidential appointees rarely diverge so forcefully from the president's own spending plans, or at least avoid doing so in writing. Andy's action surprised some observers and was taken as perhaps a sign of Bush's waning influence in the closing months of his presidency. "In 30 years at the agency, I never saw anything like this happen before," William Hubbard, a former deputy FDA commish, tells the Times.
In February, Bush asked Congress to provide the FDA with an allocated budget for fiscal year 2009 of $1.77 billion, which included an increase of $50.7 million over the prior year, which isn't enough to cover increased agency salaries, the paper reminds us.
On May 1, Specter wrote Andy a letter asking Andy to detail how much the agency needed "to protect the public's health." In a handwritten aside in the letter's margin, Specter wrote, "Andy, I know the situation is extreme. I want to get you financial help now."
In a May 5 response, Andy wrote that he was providing his budget request "without regard to the competing priorities that the agency, the president, and their advisors must consider as budget submissions to the Congress are developed."
Julie Zawisza, an FDA, says Andy was simply responding to a request for info from a senator. "These resources will accelerate the changes required for FDA to protect and promote the health of all Americans in a rapidly changing world that poses new, emerging threats to the safety of food and medical products," she tells the paper.
Ever since the Bush budget proposal, Andy has suffered bipartisan criticism, following scandals over tainted Heparin and food that have produced calls for more foreign inspections of foreign plants.
At a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Investigations hearing last month, Andy was chastised by John Dingell, a Michigan Democrat who chairs the commerce committee, for not providing a figure needed to inspect imported goods. "You cannot do your job, you are not doing your job, how much money do you need to do it?" Dingell chided him. Andy answered: "That would require me to give you a business plan." (Back story here).
In the Senate a week earlier, Robert Bennett, a Utah Republican, asked the same thing, the Times notes. Andy refused to give a number, but he did say that the agency could not efficiently absorb a $375 million increase in its budget next year. In his letter to Mr. Specter, however, Andy says the FDA could absorb an additional $275 million in just the next few months.
Last week, Herb Kohl, a Wisconsin Democrat who chairs the Senate appropriations subcommittee with jurisdiction over the FDA, sponsored a measure to provide an extra $275 million this year as part of an emergency supplemental appropriations intended to finance the war in Iraq, the paper writes. This may be the only way to provide extra money to the FDA, since appropriations bills for next year may stall.
Kohl's bill mirrors Andy's letter to Specter. Both call for $125 million to finance food safety activities; $100 million for medical product and drug safety activities; $40 million for modernizing the science and work force; and $10 million to upgrade agency facilities and laboratories.
Advocates for increased food and drug oversight said they were thrilled. "We are one step closer to an F.D.A. that has the resources to serve the needs of American consumers," Caroline Smith DeWaal, food safety director for the Center for Science in the Public Interest, tells the Times.
Told of the letter, Dingell wondered "why the commissioner is beginning to finally recognize what has been painfully obvious to everyone else," he tells the Times. "This is similar in enlightenment to when St. Paul got knocked off his mule by a bolt of lightening on the road to Damascus."
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I don't know whether to get behind this in hopes that the FDA will do a better job, or to squash the thought.
I want to know more about these improved databases. Can we assume that it would mean a more proactive MedWatch system? Without the jumbled language and reporting requirements leaving some people with no protection.
Would more money reduce this industry's collateral damage?
I want some reassurance that those tax dollars (our dollars) are going to bring us a more conscientious protection system. Until then, for me, it feels like a tax without a benefit.


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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
As the demolition of St. Patrick's appears to be imminent, it is time to start assigning blame for this travesty. All blame clearly lies solely on the shoulders of two groups, the municipal leadership and Albany Diocese.
Both of these groups demonstrated their lack of creativity and concern for their community, by failing to use their powers as the primary stakeholders. Instead they chose to stand by, and like Pontius Pilate, "washed their hands" of any preservation efforts.
The Diocese could have stimulated preservation efforts by offering to donate the property to municipality. But that would have meant the Diocese would have to forego any sale proceeds.
The municipality could have solicited developers to convert the church into a new municipal building in exchange for the current City Hall building on 15th Street, the school building and the rectory building (for housing conversion.) Instead the municipality chose to just "listen to alternative proposals."
Any municipality willing to sacrifice its architectural character, in the name of progress, for a grocery store, deserves neither character nor progress.
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