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So this morning I received an e-mail from my attorney including the reasons for the rejection. What it boils down to is "the applicant wants to move to British Columbia, and given British Columbia's policy of paying the full cost of medication, the applicant is medically inadmissible due to excessive demand."
This is as I had concluded. My attorney is telling me:
My initial reaction is that this decision makes the same error that was addressed by the Supreme Court in Hilewitz, confusing mere eligibility for a program with probability of demand. In your case we submitted undisputed evidence regarding lack of demand; the application was refused based upon your eligibility for the program.
While I have not really discussed it up to this point, I have done quite a bit to educate myself on the current treatment paradigms. The clinical practice varies dramatically from what I have found in the research data – and the research information is all over the board. I suspect this is because there is actually too much money available to fund research – this encourages far too many people to submit far too many ideas. In addition, it relies upon a system that becomes de-facto self-perpetuating (e.g., in order to obtain and maintain funding you have to gain the blessing of those in power, and those in power only approve research that is in agreement with the current paradigm.) In some ways, we may have been better off in the days when funding sources for research were numerous and varied – simply because it eliminates some of this conformance-based policy practice.
At any rate, the current treatment paradigm here in British Columbia is to prescribe pharmaceutical drugs to everyone who is either at risk or diagnosed. Those pharmaceuticals are quite expensive, at least in Canada, because they are subject to patent protection (although some of those patents are starting to run out.) Thus, the essence of the current CIC policy, combined with the policy of British Columbia, is that anyone who is not medically exempt is ineligible for immigration. The irony of this is that the amount of money they are considering (roughly $58,000 over 10 years) is less than the amount I've already paid (in two years) in just income taxes here in British Columbia. But this isn't a cost/benefit decision, this is a pure cost decision.
Bottom line: I've now spent quite a bit of money pursuing my own protocol – running tests for things that actually matter (according to the scientific literature that I've read, although I have to keep in mind that it is wise to be skeptical of such literature,) taking treatments that might work (a bit more speculative) and finding other affected people who have experience in avoiding the mainstream paradigm (which is "oh, we'd best put you on chemotherapy because otherwise you might get sick!") Protocols such as I've been following aren't even an option in the mainstream public funded health care system, despite the availability of peer reviewed scientific data in support of them.
At any rate, this response means the timer is now ticking – there are 30 days to file the "Application".


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6.08.10 Am I, or Am I not Injured?
Since the Achilles/calf injury that ended my racing season last month, I have been taking it pretty easy with runs.
I have shed the Garmin so I would not focus on speed, capped my runs about four miles and only run about four times a week. Still, I have been in pain.
As promised, this weekend I took three days off from running and my Achilles does feel better, but I am about to do a run today for the first time and am feeling nervous it will start to hurt again.
Running injuries are strange. Some come on quickly and go away just as fast, but some – like Achilles tendonitis – can come on slowly and just keep coming back until a person takes a month or two off. Since I am supposed to start running long again on July 1, I really do not want to have to take a month off, so I need to take care of this now.
The obvious answer is that I should see a doctor, but that would be too simple. And besides, anyone who runs a lot knows better than to go to the doctor who always tells you to take time off. This is not what I need to hear.
I am making an appointment this week with my massage therapist, using a lot of Blue Emu (a special cream for injuries), downing Ibuprofen and just really keeping my fingers crossed that this is something that will go away with time. The last time I had Achilles tendoninitis, I had to take six weeks off, so I am hoping this does not turn out to be that.
One of the main problems with my Achilles is my shoe collection. When a woman wears heels, it shortens her Achilles, then when she switches to flats, it lengthens again. Sometimes this can cause a problem to flare.
Long before I was a runner, I was a shoe lover, so the idea that I may have to scale back (read: throw out) some of my nearly 100 pairs of 4+ inch heels is not easy to swallow. I stopped wearing them for pregnancy and rarely wear them when I have my kids, but I do like to slide into a pair on date night or when I go out with the friends.
Lately, I feel like I need to choose between my love of heels and my love of running and, unfortunately, my shoes may lose.
But my secret dream is to design a line of fierce stilettos made with the runner in mind. But until then (sob), my shoes will likely be in storage.
Sasha Brown-Worsham is a writer, a mother and an unabashed, unashamed runaholic. Check her progress each week as she trains to qualify for the Boston Marathon.

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I have to say before I begin, that Banjo-Kazooie is a great game, but there is one thing that I can't stand: those stupid Jinjos.
Cute?! CUTE?!!!! Obviously whoever said that has a wall full of ceramic cats and lawn gnomes. All they do is yell at you (and now and then whistle) to save their sorry butts. In the players guide, it says they are birds, so why don't they just fly away? And if they can't do that, they got feet! Dumb Birds... No wonder Mumbo Jinj...er...Jumbo wears that mask so we can't tell that he is as well a Jinjo just so I don't get the hidden PP7 in Clanker's Cavern and shoot his sorry hide... he dare turn me into a washine machine...
On a side note, howzabout you put Banjo and Bond in a game! Yeah, I can see it now, Banjo hunts down the Jinjos, puts them in a tennis ball machine (y'know the ones that shoot the tennis balls, duh) and Bond can use them as target practice before he goes out and ventilates Gruntilda. YEAH!!!
Anyhoo, I believe I have wasted a tidy sum of your precious few minutes. I'll let you explain to the children out there where you dirty rats put the PP7 (Hint: There is a secret chamber underneath Clanker's head). Keep the games on rolling!
Rare Says:
You make a number of sensible points. No, hang on, I was looking at the wrong letter. (Comedy turn to camera.)
The Jinjos have been magically rooted to the spot by Gruntilda, don't you read the blurb, man? And here's what the artist responsible had to say in response to your other foul accusations:
"The Jinjos are not birds, they are Jinjos. One defining characteristic feature of the bird family, a feature that makes it stand out from other creatures such as mammals and reptiles, is WINGS. Now look at a Jinjo, it has a head, two legs and quite obviously two ARMS!
"And as for this crazy idea that Mumbo may share some common body parts with the Jinjos - what a load of nonsense, do you really think that the artist would be that cheap? :)"
Dear Scribes,
Do you guys like to torture your diehard fans on purpose?
As I type this, it has now been one year, 9 months, and 11 days since a new DKC game. I've had DKL III, sure, and Diddy Kong Racing and Banjo-Kazooie. But you've already said you were working on DKC64. Can't you at least show us one little screen shot? It can even be from the end credits, I don't care anymore! You've turned this once sane, perfectly healthy man, into a sobbering, little, pathetic, puddle of sorrow. Will it be 64DD compatiable? Will it star all four main Kongs? Will it be in 3-D or 2-D? You guys don't care about telling us, oh no.
I respect your decision to make it perfect. But you haven't even made an official announcement yet! When is the projected release date? You won't tell! As far as I can confirm, you just want to pull a Diddy Kong Racing on us, where you announce the game almost right before it's release. You said that you would put any worthwhile news on your website. Just tell us one, tiny little thing, besides the fact that it will be for the N64. Do it for your fans.
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All we can say is that we'll show you the goods when we're ready. Yes, of course we want to get it as damn near perfect as we can, and no, we're not trying to annoy everyone by clinging onto it for so long. Just bear with us. Here's an amazing DKC64 fact to tide you over: Donkey Kong will be making a return to the limelight at last. You probably could have guessed that anyway, but, you know, you did ask. Oi! Stop spitting at me.
Say it ain't so! A friend of mine who claims to have inside info on games that aren't even released yet just told me that Perfect Dark won't be released in the US! I've been waiting so long for another game like Goldeneye (a first person shooter that is fun, but not too bloody) and now I'm hearing that it won't happen! Perfect Dark looks like a terrific game, and I have been really hyped up about it! PLEASE TELL ME THAT YOU ARE RELEASING IT IN THE US!
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I'm sorry, but after a series of lengthy meetings to discuss the matter, Rare has finally decided to abandon the worthless US market, scale down European operations to the point of dormancy and focus all remaining resources on the substantially more lucrative Tristan da Cunha sector. You divot.
Dear Scribes,
The first time I played DKR I picked Tiptup and I still use him to this day. He is the greatest racer this world has ever known. I was happy to see that Tiptup was in Banjo-Kazooie as well, but, how could you make a game without him? right?
The other day, I when to the store and said to the clerk, "I would like to purchase 'Heaven and Shell: Tiptup 64' please."The clerk gave me a funny look and replied, "We don't carry that...you will have to try another store."Now, anyone knows that if a store doesn't have all the BEST merchandise, it goes under, and since this store was still standing I figured I had the name wrong. "What about 'Slow and Steady 64'" I asked."Look, pal." The clerk said, " All the games we have are in the glass case over there." He pointed to the N64 section. That was when I realized that Tiptup DIDN'T HAVE A GAME.
Now, Diddy has his own games and they count for Krunch, too. Banjo has his own game (obviously). Timber, Drumstick, T.T. and Pipsy all live on the Island so, DKR is THEIR game (even if it's called DIDDY KONG Racing). Conker has not one but TWO titles comming out. That leaves Tiptup and Bumper. I don't know WHERE Bumper came from and, frankly, I don't care.
I have a vision of Tiptup going on a wild adventure in which Tiptup learns not to be so clumsy and less frightened by things. I call it 'Tiptup Comes Out of his Shell' or 'One Shell of an Adventure: Tiptup 64'. Aided by his slow witted but well meaning brute of a friend TankTup (the giant living concert hall in BK) Tiptup must battle an evil Hare (the tortise and the Hare have been locked in mortal combat since the beginning of time) who has kidnapped Tiptup's choir. At the end, Tiptup dusts off his old kart for one last race, and this time, the Hare won't be caught sleeping.
Now, I admit I made some rash decisions before writing this letter. My original plan was to force you to make the game through Terrorism. (Another flash-back... Cue wavy lines)
My plan was ready and I ran from my house. I could not risk entering your HQ so I hid outside in the bushes. As I waited, I pondered just how sharp the edge of my T.V. remote control really was. I thought about touching the seemingly blunt, rounded off edge but could not, through fear that my fingertip would be sliced clear off. Suddenly, I heard someone exiting the building. The plan was to kill just one of the staff. That way, the rest could hire someone to replace him and make the game...or else. I leapt from my hideaway, trusty T.V. remote in hand, and unleashed handheld, plastic fury at the man before me. When I stopped, I saw that my prey had endured, unscathed by my blade. He was looking at me, perplexed, like I was an impossible to get glass key. 'DAMN!' I thought, 'He must be some kind of Super-Human!'. I should have thought of the possibility before. The makers of such fine games would have to be more that just your ordinary Johnny Lunchpail, Joe Blow or John Q. Public. With no options left, I fled from the scene, running like the wind back to my home. FOILED!
Now, I'm sure you don't remember this so I'll tell you why. You see, I live in Canada, not England, and since the attack took place within running distance from my home... It turned out I attacked a bakery,
I will spare you the tale of how I tried to raise Tiptup-Awareness in my community by putting on a Tenage Mutant Ninja Turtles costume, spread bannanas and balloons all over a go-cart track, and challenged people to race. I learned a few things that day. Let me just say that:
1) Balloons float away.
2) Running over bananas hinders your speed, and doesn't increase it as you would like us to believe.
3) I sat on my remote and not only was I not impaled, but my pants didn't even rip. I now use it as a club, striking people with the battery filled end.
4) When you hit the gas as you hear 'GO!' you do not zip forward at high speed but run over and get stuck on the-guy-that-works-there-who-didn't-get-out-of-the-way-fast-enough.
So, after all my mis-adventures, I decided a letter would be the best course of action. Make no mistake, you WILL give Tiptup his rightly deserved game. I'm sure once people read this, EVERYONE will be chanting the name...."TIPTUP! TIPTUP! TIPTUP! TIPTUP!"
Thanks for your time,
Eric Rosenlund a.k.a. Beb
Rare Says:
What is it about Tiptup that inspires such mindless devotion? I'd have voted Timber's mad staring eyes the most likely cause of brainwashing in DKR, if anything. And Tiptup does actually live on Timber's island with the rest of them - what other reason could there be for letting the clumsy, babbling idiot join in all the races?
Still, out of a nagging sense of fair play, I put the matter to DKR's designer and he had this to say: "There has been a huge demand for a new game starring Tip Tup which has beentotally unexpected. Tip Tup will return, but not yet in a game of his own. Look out for the little fella in 1999."
Meanwhile, if any other readers have an opinion on what exactly it is that makes Tiptup such a favourite, we're always ready to feign a polite interest.
Dear Scribes,
This is the second time I have written your institution, and have yet to recieve any reply about me being admitted into it. The flying elves are getting worse and just won't seem to leave me alone. Everyday I wake up, they pelt me with hordes and hordes of beanie babies (and I don't care what they say my ass looks nothing like an onion). I'm beginning to think the elves are in on it with my friends, cause every time I swat one down and show it to them they just say something like, "Yes, that is a fine looking one", and shortly after leave my house. Well anyway, I really could use those things I eat that make me feel happy (ya know, those oval shaped things you get at the drug store...I think they're made by Hostess). I still think Rarewear is a weird name for a mental institution.
Love always,
P.S. Why do the patients answer the email?
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Dear Mr. O'Siris,
Further to your repeated correspondence of September 1998, I regret to inform you that your application to the Rareware Institute has been turned down. Your constant references to "flying elves" and "oval shaped things" have triggered a series of untimely Yoshi's Story flashbacks amongst the patients, from which some have yet to recover. We hold you personally responsible for this incident and the lads are on their way round at this very moment with monkey wrenches and sticks.
Dear Scribes,
So when are you going to stop printing those letters written by people who hate us Americans with a vengeance (i.e. Sam Kirk). Gee we "lazy-assed" Americans don't make any good games, do we? We must suck. All we must do is sit on our lazy American bums and watch pointless TV programs. We don't make any good games at all. Ok, enough of the sarcasm. We (well, not me) do make good games. I will list just a few: Turok, WCW VS. NWO: World Tour, all three Star Wars games (Episodes 4, 5, 6) for SNES, SOTE, WWF Warzone, MK4, Twisted Metal 1 and 2, Colony Wars, Wipeout XL. The list goes on and on. Some upcoming good games by us stupid Americans: Turok 2, Rogue Squadron, Revenge, Rogue Trip, Vengeance, etc, etc etc... Well I hope the Anti-Americans can see that the American game industry doesn't suck at all, and we do in fact make great games. Thanks for listening,
Rick Coan
Rare Says:
Mr. Sam Kirk is also American, as far as I could tell. Very PC. And it's the letters that actually have something to say that get printed, simple as that - there's no prejudice on our part. What do you want, a page full of people saying "Banjo's dead good" and me saying "Oh, cheers"? How riveting would that be?
Of course the games industry (in America as in any other part of the world) turns out some quality stuff to make up for the inevitable dross, or it would have collapsed in on itself years ago. Still, inflammatory letters are always welcome - you can't beat a good slanging match, even in text form.
Dear Scribes,
Ahhhh!!!! I hate you!!! You've spoiled life for me!!! I had so much fun playing Banjo that any other platform game just does NOT cut it in the least! What am I to do, play Spyro the Dragon? BOR-ING! So I just wanted to thank you for ruining the one little bright spot in an otherwise drab existence. "Thanks" she said sarcastically.
Jennifer Starling
Rare Says:
Oh no! It's a letter saying "Banjo's dead good". How inconvenient. Er, we'll try to get Banjo-Tooie out as soon as possible without making it crap. Are you any relation to Joseph?
(PS Oh, cheers.)
Dear Rare,
Let me get right to the point. I think you guys have one of the best names for a fighting game in Killer Instinct, hands down. Immediately you think of an epic fighting tournament like Enter the Dragon. Now if you made a fighting game and gave it that special Rare touch, it would kick the living SH*T out of Tekken. I'm not talking about combo memorization here either, like the two previous Killer Instincts...
I am a videogame expert, one of the most talented around. If I dedicate myself to a game, I never come across anyone who can beat me. Why do I dedicate myself to certain games? Because they had serious depth and were very fun to play. The two games that come to mind are Street Fighter 2 Turbo, and F-Zero. Tekken 3 comes close, but I think the control is a little too "mechanical". Since Namco had three incarnations to make their game the way they want, I know you guys would need lots of time to develop a game like this.
Now think if you put your best team on a game such as this. It would be utterly magnificent. I know you guys are too busy right now to be working on a fighting game, but PLEASE let it be your next project. I know something like this would sell more than something like Jet Force Gemini. Don't get me wrong, it looks great, but what the hell is it all about? You guys already have a cool name in Killer Instinct, why wouldn't you want to put your time into something that would inevitably sell millions? Perhaps it's for the better, on the dawn of 256megabit carts, (maybe even 512, c'mon, I know you guys can do it!), and the RAM expansion pak. Yes, perhaps it's better that you do it now than before, because I know you use games like Jet Force Gemini to be the testing waters for new technologies and ideas you guys have. Why risk a new technology on a franchise, right?
I'm glad you guys are still with me. I have one more thing to say. I know you guys have some serious technical genius, probably rivaling Nintendo's, and so I must ask you why it seems so hard for a company to make a fighter for the N64? Is it just because these people are going half arse or what? (By the way, I actually do like to use that word.) Look at Dual Heroes and Konami's crap fighting game. (It's not even worth remembering the name!) I know Rare can one-up everybody by a considerable margin! Please make it so! Thank you for your time.
Cliff Hudson
p.s Hey, think about making Enter the Dragon, I know Namco put up a Bruce Lee wanna be in Tekken 3, but why no have the real deal? All the elements are there for a great fighter! Trust me on this one! (Goldeneye anyone?)
Rare Says:
Once more, all I can do is reiterate: while we deny working on a fighting game at present, we've never said anything about refusing to consider it in times ahead. There may well come a day in the not-too-distant future when we get working on KI3, or a brand new beat-'em-up franchise, or whatever. But the serious lack of decent 3D fighters on the N64 should tell you something about how difficult it is to get the balance right in this type of game - it's more to do with the fundamental trickiness of the genre than it is to do with lacklustre developers. But enough off-topic poncey verbosity, I'll just leave it at that: we haven't said we won't do another fighting game. And you never know.
Rarewhere People:
Speak English!... American English, that is. You thought you had this cleared up, right? Well, words like "risqué" and "poncey" make no sense in your .com and .net sites here in the U.S., and my dad says that I shouldn't know about that "Maya joke" on /recent/games/ki2. Your jokes aren't that understandable anyway.
Mike Pelensky
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While 'poncey' might well be a steaming great Britism, 'risqué' is a perfectly acceptable word in any dialect: some of my thesaurus' alternatives are 'spicy', 'ribald' and 'indelicate'. I wouldn't worry about not understanding the jokes - they're all crap anyway.
Dear Scribes,
Why is there no violence in Goldeneye? Who made, or forced, the decision to leave out blood (and brains and bone)? Nintendo got heavy slagging from the industry press some years ago when they refused to allow the SNES conversion of Mortal Kombat to have any red stuff in it, despite the fact that the other conversions all had lashings of gore. Was it a Nintendo decision, or did the Rare designers just wimp out of their own accord? Resident Evil sold extremely well despite, or more precisely, because of, its high gore content. Is Goldeneye another example of the fact that many games companies don't seem to want to cater for the needs of a more mature audience who can handle more adult themes and content?
Why do the dead bodies rez out after a few seconds? I've read something somewhere about how the game would eventually stop if they didn't, but I don't understand why that should be so. Surely, if they're in the game, the game has to handle the data for them regardless of whether they're moving or not? Obviously, on some of the instant respawn levels, like the end of the Facility once you've talked with Trevelyan, it would make things tricky as the corridor would soon be hip-deep in dead soldiers. But that'd be cool. Plant a few remote mines, shoot 30 or 40 soldiers as they round the corner, then detonate the mines under the pile of corpses and wait for the rain of body parts... We're not all 12. We don't all want to play Super Mario.
Pihkaljar (email@example.com)
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Look what you've done now. The designer's been wanting to address this alarmingly common criticism for some time now, and you've just given him the opportunity. Taste his wrath, sir:
"The level of violence in Goldeneye is comparable to the level of violence in the Bond films. This means that dismemberment is not ever-present, and is confined to set-piece scenes that either serve to reinforce the evil nature of the central villain and/or his henchmen, or to provide the audience with a sense of justice in seeing the same thing happen to the central villain later in the film. Resident Evil is not tied to any particular zombie flick, though it is clearly influenced by them. In such films, gore is more commonplace; it is moderated by the fantasy context of the genre. Re-animated corpses are not normal sights in the world of James Bond. If the game had been as violent as a zombie horror film, it would not have been a good representation or translation of GoldenEye or the characters in it, and in the eyes of the team it would have been wimping out to have simply added to an increasingly stagnant first-person shooter genre. It was far more risky to have the maturity of stealth and thinking your way through replacing the immaturity of gore and dismemberment as the core of the game. What, by the way, is specifically adult about demanding that your games have outrageous amounts of guts to be worth playing?
"The dead bodies fade out because if they did not, you would have to draw more polygons than the machine could handle to maintain the framerate, and as a result it would spend more time thinking about what to draw on the screen than actually drawing it. 'Respawning' means that once dead, the soldier is replaced by a spontaneously generated live copy; emphasis on the word 'generated'. It means that the soldiers are not hiding around the corner until their numbers are called, but are not actually there at all until they are created by the death of another soldier.
"Playing Super Mario would benefit you
enormously as it would sublimate your violent anti-social tendencies and give you a respect and appreciation of genuine gameplay which you appear to lack."
Dear Scribes,
In BK, in the begining when Banjo first meets Bottles, he acts like he doesn't know who that mole is. But, the funny thing is, if you go to Banjo's extremely small house you see a picture of Bottles over his fireplace. My guess: either the program guys aren't the brightest apples in the bunch, or Banjo is stalking Bottles. Which is it?
Rick Coan (again)
Rare Says:
Come on, it's never been much of a secret that Banjo fell off the stupid tree at an early age. And Bottles, kind and sensitive soul that he is, always tries to take the bear's comical slow-wittedness into consideration when talking to him.
Dear Scribes,
I looked in your Rare Life section and saw that picture of your current farmhouse building. And I gotta say yeah right, on my screen it ain't even two inches tall. How could you stuff a couple hundred programmers inside that little bitty building. Now, on globes and maps I've seen pictures of Britain that I could snugly fit under my thumbnail, but come on. What race of little people could possibly live over there? I apparently could squish all of you at once with one nice thwack (technical term, don't feel bad if you don't understand what it means) from my Goldeneye cartridge. And surrounded by water no less! One tiny wave and you all drown. And that future building of yours, it's even smaller. Longer, yes, but much smaller. Not good planning. I hope you take into consideration the many normal sized gamers out here and build a big wall so you don't get blown away by someone breathing hard. Then where would we get our games you inconsiderate b*****ds?
Thanks fer your time,
-Skippy (don't let that large S in my name fall on any of your most gifted programmers.)
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As it happens, we're finding the shoemaking business much more rewarding than the games business these days anyway. And what you can't make out from the artist's impression is that our new building is situated in a cluster of daisies at the bottom of a daydreaming child's garden, well protected from the grasp of cynical older children and hard-hearted disbelieving adults.
You know what I did? In Candy's Save place in DKC, I turned DK around when Candy blows a kiss, so she is kissing his butt! Hahaha!
Chad M.
Rare Says:
What did I do to deserve this job?
It says in IGN64 that there is a Shakespere code in B-K. Being both a Shakesphere and a B-K fan, I want to know if it is true.
Nir Rothenberg
Rare Says:
Yes: go to the sandcastle and type in M-R-G-U-L-L-I-B-L-E.
I was just wondering when you guys are releasing Office 99? Please update the Thesaurus as I couldn't find an alternative for "gumption".
Marjorie Tindall
Rare Says:
I admire your finely-tuned surrealism. Or are you just dense?
Is that blue guy really gay, or is this some kind of Brit joke?
Tom Horst
Rare Says:
Somebody please tell me what this man's talking about.
If you were on a desert island with Kazooie and starving, how would you like her cooked?
Rare Says:
I'd keep her alive to play with my (No. - The Management)
Why does there even have to be a character in the survey section?
Michael C. Miller
Rare Says:
A good point, which will only depress me if I think about it.
What does arsed mean?
Rare Says:
I can't be bothered to tell you.


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The Desalinization of Surf Music and the Rise of the Panda Band
Yet in this era of shortboards, whose shape allows for a higher control and agility over the wave, a paradox has come about with the sound that surfing has been attached to. The Jack Johnson posse of "oh-I'm-so-laid-back-brudda-ness" is just plain nonsensical and nauseating as a genre that it makes me not even want to surf anymore (a completely untrue statement by the author under a breath of heartless hyperbole). It's as if these songwriters have become more infatuated with the after-surf reefer than the actual activity that goes on in the water.
Thankfully, the Panda Band has brought a nice twist to my animate dismay of surfer music. But to call the Panda Band's music surfer-music would be like calling Cold War Kids' music Christian-rock. It would be more acceptable to label the Panda Band as a group of surfers that have actually taken the excitement of their sport and transposed it into song and lyric. There are the aesthetics that most surfers will identify with: the spiritual overtones ("Eyelashes"), the science of waves ("High In Your Saddle"), the athletic bodies ("Lovely Shoulders"), and endless summer love stories ("We've Got The Face of the Earth"). But through all this, the Panda Band isn't in the least bit alienating to those less than seaworthy but rather capable of enrapturing any with their easy on the heart and sharp to the touch take on pop.
[mp3] The Panda Band – Eyelashes
[mp3] The Panda Band – Musical Chairs
BONUS [mp3] The Beach Boys – Surfin' Safari
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Landscape architecture firms Melbourne
Landscape architecture is an upcoming field in the world today. Owing to the growing concerns related to environmental pollution, many people are opting for landscape architecture for the design of their buildings. Landscape architecture not only enhances the beauty of the buildings, but are also important for maintaining a green cover which can control air pollution by purifying the air, produce more oxygen and can also help in achieving aesthetic outcomes. They can also help in reducing stress levels and provide the much needed relaxation.
Landscape architecture firms Melbourne are growing in number every day to meet the growing demands of people. A house with a landscaped garden has a higher property value compared to others. Also having landscaped gardens as a part of property is found to be symbolic of social status. Some of the most influential and famous landscape architects in Melbourne are listed below. These people work in some of the best landscape architecture firms Melbourne.
- Nathan Burkett - Nathan Burkett is an award winning landscape architect in Melbourne. He has earned acclaim for creating landscape designs by making innovative uses of space, custom built installations, and for integrating existing structures. He has also made use of many cutting edge designs in landscape gardening.
- Richard Weller – Richard Weller is a great landscape architect who is originally from Australia. He holds the prestigious Martin and Margy Meyerson chair of urbanism at the University of Pennysylvania. He has more than 30 awards in the field of landscape architecture to his credit. He has published around 90 academic papers and is the author of four books related to landscape design. He is a board member of the Landscape Architecture Foundation located in Washington and is a judge of the 2015 American society of Landscape architect awards.
- Ruth Czermak – Ruth is an established landscape architect and is the founder of a firm called 'Botanical Traditions'. She is the recipient of the Fellow of Australian Institute of Landscape designers and Managers. She has designed landscapes for community gardens, public parks and historic gardens throughout the state of Victoria. She specialises in the design of rain gardens and play spaces at elevated levels.
- Leon Lange – Leon Lange is the owner of the company 'Lange Design' and an acclaimed landscape architect .His company delivers professional services in the field of landscape master planning and conceptual design, detailed design documentation and contract administration. Leon is actively involved in the design and implementation of projects including urban design, master planning and many more


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Image: Liverpool Wastewater Treatment Works. Picture courtesy of Liverpool Wastewater Treatment Works
The project
CSIC's futureproofing assessment and planning tools assist asset intensive infrastructure companies to:
• develop strategies to futureproof information
• allow decision makers to collect data and secure its long-term availability
• help identify what the lasting value will be for an infrastructure
CSIC's futureproofing tool has been successfully piloted on Liverpool Wastewater Treatment Works (LWwTW) with United Utilities and Costain to meet increasing wastewater treatment demand due to long-term population growth while keeping the River Mersey clean.
The existing wastewater treatment works at Sandon Dock became operational in 1991 and was upgraded to its current form in 2000.
As a result the Mersey now sustains a wide range of fish. However, the works needed replacement.
Liverpool Wastewater Treatment Works is a £200 million extension project to keep the Mersey clean for generations to come. Due for completion Spring 2015, the new plant at Wellington Dock will serve around 600,000 residents. The completed plant will be able to cope with 11,000 litres of wastewater a second.
Action and achievements
CSIC piloted the infrastructure futureproofing tool on LWwTW.
We have:
• identified possible future changes that might affect LWwTW infrastructure
• defined futureproofing criteria in the LWwTW infrastructure context i.e. resilience, adaptability, replaceability, reusability, system stability and information replaceability
• assessed various assets of LWwTW infrastructure (e.g. pumps, buildings, piping, screens) against the futureproofing criteria
• defined futureproofing targets against assets
• conducted gap analysis of current and targeted futureproofing goals for assets
• tested usability and usefulness of the infrastructure futureproofing tool
Impact and benefits
Application of the futureproofing tool has provided direct benefits to LWwTW infrastructure supplying information to support:
• assessment of the suitability of pump, building, piping and screen assets when considering the design of upgrades and new facilities for long-term use and maintenance
• selection of a variety of water and wastewater process asset upgrades
• embedding the infrastructure futureproofing tool/criteria in risk management process/risk register and stakeholder management process/stakeholder map
• driving innovation and improvement in the industry for future projects
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btw, The name for the super bowl came from lamar hunt who saw his daughter playin with a super ball and lamar hunt owns the....
bow down bitches!
Anwyay check it
I thought this was the funniest fuckin one too althought doesnt make a lot of sense that he is "hiding" beer from hsi friends drinkin it but the guys next door are lootin the fridge everytime it shows up....
I do tend to put too much logic into a good joke and ruin it hehe it was hillarious though.
I couldnt beilve burger king wasted that much prodcution money on their stupid song and dance number.


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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014). Based on the comics by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman, and directed by Jonathan Liebesman. The film starts with fledgling newspaper reporter April O'Neill (Megan Fox) investigating the theft of chemicals by The Foot, a gang responsible for various crimes in New York City. O'Neill discovers that the same type of chemical is at another location, and she stakes out the warehouse. Soon The Foot turn up, but they are defeated by a strange masked vigilante. I read the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle comics the first time around, in the late 80s. I liked the TV series, and the films that came after, even if they didn't follow the comic canon. The reboot is more of the same, to some degree. This time the turtles are CG, and done very well. The story is a bit odd for someone who saw it the first time around, with a change to their origin story and other bits 'n' bobs. But as switch-your-brain-off entertainment it worked, for me. Purist fans of the comics at least are unlikely to like it, as are those who are more selective about their actions films. 3/5 (Average)
A Letter to Momo (2011). Written and directed by Hiroyuki Okiura. The film starts with what appear to be three drops of water falling from the sky. Beneath them is a ferry travelling between some Japanese islands. Momo is standing on the ferry's deck holding a half written letter. She folds the letter up and holds it behind her back when her mother joins her. The three drops of water strike her on the head, and fall onto the letter. For me A Letter to Momo was that pleasant blend of real life and fantasy that Japanese films do so well. The film does drag in places, but it's a debatable balance between creating atmosphere and creating a faster pace. Although it has some similarities to Spirited Away it never quite reaches them. Recommended for fans of anime that don't have an issue with a slower paced story. 4/5 (Good)


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This is the second book of the Hunger Games Trilogy. As the tension grows in Panem, Katniss Everdeen is thrown back into the Hunger Games. Just like in The Hunger Games book, I don't want to give you much of a summary because it will give a lot of things away. This book has a lot more drama than the first book, but it really fits into the setting. There are tons of huge surprises around every corner. It is cool how Katniss has such a deep and troubled character, it seems as with every decision something new appears. I give Catching Fire 5 out of 5 shields. This book keeps you guessing the whole time! WARNING! This book also has a lot of violence, gore, and a little bad language! It was on the edge with my parents whether I would be allowed to read this book.
♦♦♦♦♦ 5 out of 5 shields
The movie release for The Hunger Games is even closer! It comes out on March 23! I am so excited!


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We also have an online store where you are able to purchase genuine and top brand aftermarket service items as well as various other items for the modification of your pride and joy. Please note however that the store is not always up to date and we do highly recommend giving us a call prior to ordering from the Online Store. We are currently working on a new store which will have many more products listed.
We also import many parts for imported Mitsubishi's directly from Japan, these are genuine parts, some of the more common parts we keep on the shelf, others we order in with a time frame of generally around 3 weeks.
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Apiphani's Desires and Hair Journey
Starting Our Hair Dreams Today!!! "[...]you can help others more by making the most of yourself than in any other way." The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
June 2010
I was playing in my makeup after taking down a set of bantu knots done on blow dried hair. It was super cute until it met humidity which equaled 0 curls and 10 on the BAAfro scale. I liked my afro but I never fell in love with it. I dont think I did much with my hair in june, but straighten it for my birthday and this style. My hair feigned into a poof on my birthday too but it wasn't as bad as previous experiences. Sorry I dont have any non incriminating pics of me on my bday. That was a really bad pic day for me.
May 2010
I also found myself defining my curls a lot last summer as well which actually only added to the single strand knot issue more but I just couldnt keep my hands out my hair. Not to mention I was very much so in love with my curls. So here are my long over due wash and go and rinse and go instructions.
Wash N Go
1. Detangle hair with deep conditioner and place in plaits.
2. Rinse hair while still in plaits and allow hair to dry 50% to decrease drying time. (I Found that the size of my plaits and the drying time I allowed before applying gel/defining my curls effect the type of curls I have. I.e. With these results I didnt allow my hair time to dry which added to the frizziness at the roots. But allowing the hair to completely dry before the next step will allow for a more wavy look depending on your natural hair's texture and response to moisture. Which is why the deep conditioning step is so important. Without it your hair will try to suck all the moisture out of the air and product you use. Holding your hair hostage to the frizzies more so than the wash n go style you're trying to achieve.)
3. Unravel a plait and section off 1 inch to 2 inch smaller sections clip the larger portion out of the way.
4. Apply leave-in conditioner (i used hawaiian silky 14 in 1) just enough to lightly give the hair moisture or a light coating depending on how long you let your hair dry. Dont over do it.
5. Then apply gel (i used eco styler clear gel)to the roots in a downward motion and to the length of the hair in a rake and smooth motion. Remember less is more when applying product and the amount of times you rake and smooth. You want to do it enough times where the hair is completely coated with product but not drenched in product.
6. Continue sectioning off 1 inch to 2 inch sections and repeating steps 4-5 until you have completed your whole head.
7. If you like extra volume or full curly hair once you are done applying product flip your head upside down and shake or for more fun turn Willow Smith on and Whip Your Hair.
Rinse N Go (to refresh that 3 day old wash n go)
1. While in the shower lightly rinse your hair remember not to rinse the product out your really just wetting your hair.
2. Lightly pull and squeeze your hair into a ponytail just enough to reactivate the gel. Your not squeezing out the gel mind you. Your hair should feel heavy.
3. Plop and Repeat step seven from above to separate your curls. More shaking/whipping equals more volume/fullness.
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April 2010
So last april I blowed dried my hair and put it into cornrows in hopes of stretching out my hair and minimizing the single strand knots. Unfortunately I was honestly not feeling this style. I kept it for about four days and tried my hand at wet bunning again. Which actually kind of worked out because I found myself doing this for the majority of the summer. However I did get a few styles in.
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Long over due for an update
So what have you been up to?
Life has been a train ride lately so much has changed including my thoughts on my hair. But I've also been busy. I guess i'll have to do some back logging lol for this update. I think that'll be the easiest way to update. So here it goes.... O by the way happy new year!! I'm always late lol.
Life has been a train ride lately so much has changed including my thoughts on my hair. But I've also been busy. I guess i'll have to do some back logging lol for this update. I think that'll be the easiest way to update. So here it goes.... O by the way happy new year!! I'm always late lol.
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Monday, April 5, 2010
Mini Update
Hey, I've played in my hair for the past three months and have had many single strand knots as a result so I've decided to go back to my braids. Right now I'm wearing cornrows. I've discovered that my hair can be knotty and rough and grow slowly when I constantly manipulate it. This has led me to believe that braids are the secret ingredient to get my hair knot free and to keep it soft and highly moisturized almost like a secret ingredient makes hamburgers taste like steakburgers. I know weird analogy but it works. I'll be back later with more details on what I plan to do for the next few weeks.
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Sunday, March 7, 2010
Happy New Year!!! LOL
Okay I know I'm three months late, but I'm here. I've been trying to get my self together so that means less blogging and stuff, but I have managed to get some of the surprises together for this year.
The first being that I have reopened and updated my fotki (click here) . So some of my old pics which are already in my earlier posts are there including some new pics of what I've done recently with my hair. I've been debating on how frequently I want to update this, not quite sure yet.
The second surprise is that I'm finally on twitter (check the sidebar to the left). Well technically I've been on twitter, but I have not been tweeting because I had no idea of what to tweet. So I've finally come up with my idea of tweeting a Hair Tip of the Day. Sometimes it might be quirky or silly, but I promise to always tweet truthful facts.
Update on challenges
As you know I started on 6 challenges. First the Braiding for 2010 Challenge: I'm completely failing this challenge. After the 6 month HYH challenge I've been wearing my hair out in puffs, rollersets, washing and bunning. I think I've only worn a braids/weave once this year and it was only for two weeks because the hair was horrible it shedded everywhere and... UGH it was a hot mess. Batik is what I used, it usually works for me, but then again I never get color and this time I did and it was horrible. I've been thinking about calling this a quits because honestly I'm sick of braiding my hair and I refuse to pay for something I can do myself.
Valentines Day Challenge: I pretty much didn't keep up with this challenge. I never checked in and on reveal day I had the funky braids/weave, I wish I never did them they caused so much drama the whole two weeks I had them. SO MUCH DRAMA. I won't go into detail. So yeah umm I've been a very bad challenger in regards to these two challenges.
Baggy Challenge: I'm in this for two sessions which equals the whole year. I slacked a little last month by only baggying twice a week instead of four like I stated I would. But I'm going to up this especially since I've planned my exercise schedule to work with my hair washing, styling, and baggying schedule. This helps to make both regimen simple.
Super Healthy Ends Challenge: I have really been into this challenge. I've been super gentle to my ends moisturizing and sealing them everyday and always snipping at my single strand knots. I'm going to reduce my search and destroys to certain days of the month. Because honestly S&D's are extremely time consuming. Its bad enough I spend hours on wash day caring for my hair, but its well worth it.
4 month Ayurveda challenge: I've also been actively participating in this challenge. I wash every weekend with ... We'll talk about Ayurveda in another post. Its in my regimen now lets just leave it there for now.
MBL Challenge: Most of the time I wear a PS ponytail or bun even when i do my rollersets. I'm very paranoid about my hair touching my shoulders. Even though it passes my shoulders now I'm still not comfortable wearing my hair down because sometimes I feel my hair snagging on my shirt. This is a big no no. Also taking care of my ends every night is definitely helping me retain length and I ALWAYS wrap my hair with my silk scarf before I go to bed.
Okay I feel like I'm missing one, but these are the ones that I remember, I'll have to check later for one that I may be missing.
Of course I still have to do my reviews, and those other things, but also coming up is my length check on the 19th of this month. I haven't officially checked my length by flat ironing my whole head since September or October of last year. So I'm super excited to see where I am now. I hope to do more posts once I find a way to publish a post through my phone it always only goes to the edit file... Okay I'm rambling now. Chat and Tweet with you all soon.
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Thursday, December 31, 2009
Hair Plans for 2010
My house is in order after a super cleaning spree yesterday. I think I went clean crazy. I put on the music and got to work. When I was done, I was ready to relax and browse the hair boards of Long Hair Care Forum. Then I began thinking about all the hair challenges I have signed up for. I have signed up for a total of 5 challenges. All of them work well together. Although I'm still trying to work out some of the kinks for one. Here are my challenges and this should be fun to see how I fair in them.
Challenge ONE- Valentines Day 2 Month Challenge
This challenge has already begun in fact it started on the 14th or 16th of this month and I have been trying to be diligent in this because I believe that I may be able to graze bsl by the end of this challenge. I am truly hoping that this will be the case. What have I been doing for this challenge?
Drinking half a gallon of water daily
Taking my Woman's One A Day and Kelp Vitamins
Moisturizing and Sealing my ends 1-2 times a day and Bagging at night
Protective styling with the exception of Christmas Day and SO's B-Day
Washing once a week
Although I have to admit that I have not DC in about two weeks which is probably why I have resulted to the Baggy method. I do not condone it as a substitute I imagine that if I deep condition and add bagging to compliment that then my hair would probably flourish beyond what I could imagine. I've just been very very lazy lately especially since school has let out for winter break.
Challenge TWO- 4 Month Ayurveda Newbie Challenge
For the past few months I have been researching Ayurveda practices and herbs as well as checking out the threads on them at longhaircareforum.com. I really like what I saw and had been seriously thinking about trying it. Especially since my hair really likes Henna and natural products. When I saw the sign-up thread I couldn't let it pass me by. My current regimen will change when I start this challenge in about a week.
Challenge THREE- 2010 Braid Challenge
This is the challenge that I have been trying to work the kinks out on. I am beginning to be hooked on twists and honestly after the hide your hair challenge I am beginning to grow tired of fake hair. The only thing with this is that I still have enough hair to do two sets of micro braids which could last me about five months. I also don't see myself just braiding my own hair without fake hair. To get myself prepared for this challenge I have been trying to wear my own hair in protective styles. I know eventually I will get tired of my hair and probably will end up braiding it with fake hair unless I can find something more interesting. Sorry for the rambling I'm just trying to figure out how I want to wear my hair. I probably just need a new braid book that always inspires me to go back to them.
Challenge FOUR - 2010 Super Healthy Ends Challenge (Both Sessions)
Although the challenge has not begun I have already begun. This is where the baggy method comes into play. Every day I have been moisturizing my hair with water and cantu shea butter leave in conditioner (review coming soon) 1-2 times a day. Then I seal my ends with unrefined shea butter (the yellow kind). At night after I moisturize and seal I put a plastic shower cap on my head and wrap my hair with a satin scarf. Doing this for the past few days has revived my ends from being hard and crispy almost crunchy to soft and silky. I love it and I don't think I'll ever stop doing it unless my hair tells me to stop. Please do keep in mind that there is a such a thing as too much moisture. Hair can become mushy and the best balance for that is protein. If this were to ever occur I would probably switch out the cantu for a protein leave-in conditioner I have and skip the baggy when I wrap my hair until my hair got back to normal.
Challenge FIVE - 2010 MBL
The Ultimate Challenge for the year. Middle Back Length is the length I hope to be by December 2010. Why? Because I finally graduate from College and nothing, I think, would go better with my cap and gown then long MBL hair. This would be awesome. When I first started thinking about growing out my hair this was my long term goal and APL was my short term goal. Since I started going on to Long Hair Care Forum I have made the goal of APL twice. Once during my transition and now that I am natural. With a little over an inch to BSL, this is my new short term goal, I think I can really make it to MBL by the end of the year. Wish me luck.
Those are the 2010 Challenges at a glance and I need to go eat and get ready for this evening's festivities. So HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! and I'll chat with you all in 2010.
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Tijdschrift voor de Geschiedenis van de Kartografie
Sjoerd de Meer
The 'Atlas of the world': the world map of Gerard Mercator (1569) in the form of an atlas
[Caert-Thresoor 31 (2012) 1, pp. 3-9]
In 2012 the 500th birthday of Gerard Mercator (†1594) will be commemorated. Mercator is known mostly because of his posthumous world atlas of 1595 and his world map of 1569. The world map, Nova et aucta orbis terrae descriptio ad usum navigantium emendatč accommodata, is famous as being the first map in which the Mercator projection was used. The Mercator projection enabled navigators to plot a course on a map as a straight line. One of the three copies of this world map still in existence is, since 1932, in the possession of the Maritime Museum in Rotterdam. It is a world map in the form of an atlas and is known as the 'Atlas of the World'. It was composed probably as an atlas by Gerard Mercator himself. In 1967 the 'Atlas of Europe' was discovered. It is the twin brother or sister of the 'Atlas of the World' and also probably composed by Mercator. Nowadays it belongs to the British Library. Both the 'Atlas of the World' and the' Atlas of Europe' were once in the possession of Werner von Gymnich, marshall of the court of Duke William of Cleve. It is not known why Mercator made both atlases. It is possible that they were used for the education of the Crown Prince of Cleve and, after his early death, became part of Werner von Gymnich's Library. (back)
Paul van den Brink
The Working Group on the History of Cartography in the Netherlands 1959-1966
[Caert-Thresoor 31 (2012) 1, pp. 10-15]
Based on the fragmentary archive of this period on the Working Group, the author has reconstructed its inception and early flourishing in the early 1960s. He goes back to the very beginning of the pursuit of the study of the history of cartography in the Netherlands, and highlights the rôle of the Royal Netherlands Geographical Society (KNAG) in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Especially notable were the contributions of F.C. Wieder, map historian and librarian of Leiden University Library and B. van 't Hoff, head archivist at the National Archives. After WWII, Van 't Hoff and Prof. C. Koeman participated in establishing a cartographic section within KNAG, with - as one of its tasks - the study of the history of cartography, culminating in the official setting up of the Working Group on the History of Cartography in 1959. Next to organizing biannual seminars on historic cartographical subjects, it adopted an ambitious research agenda which, in the 1970s, was transferred gradually to Utrecht University where the chair of cartography had been recreated in 1968. After a period of inactivity in the 1970s the Working Group was re-established in 1984. (back)
Roger Stewart
A Dutch relic in the South-African soil: Van Plettenberg's beacon in the Karoo
[Caert-Thresoor 31 (2012) 1, pp. 16-22]
In 1778, Joachim van Plettenberg erected a stone memorial in the arid Karoo of South Africa. The memorial identified the northern limit of his
journey in the Cape Colony. It was close to the Seekoei River where he and his companions had slaughtered 20 hippopotami. Today, the site of the
beacon is about 30km West of the small town of Colesberg, on the highway between Cape Town and Pretoria.
This memorial stone was only 50cm above the ground. Nevertheless, it soon became an important beacon at the most north-eastern point of the boundary of the Cape Colony. Despite its small size and innocuous inscription, the local Khoisan considered the stone a symbol of colonial oppression. Consequently, they systematically destroyed it until 1892, when local farmers removed and stored the four remaining but recognisable fragments. Thirteen years later, the farmers sent the stone fragments to the Cape Town museum where they are still conserved. In 1938, a monument was erected close to the site of the original beacon. However, because the Historical Momuments Commission of South Africa was uncertain of the accuracy of the placement of the new monument, they did not officially proclaim it. A survey conducted in 1837, recent GPS readings, a trigonometric beacon and the assistance of the local directorate of Geospatial Information, I have determined that the monument probably was approximately 150 metres from the position of the original beacon. Van Plettenberg's beacon appeared in numerous 19th century printed maps of the Cape Colony, e.g. in the maps of the pioneer travellers such as Barrow, Lichtenstein and Burchell and in the maps of publishers such as John Arrowsmith and the SDUK. The local government included the beacon in its cadastral map of the region. The Royal Engineers also included the beacon in its mapping of the region and its wagon roads. The latter linked local farms and towns. Arguably, this was the first rural road network in the country to be surveyed, part of which became the ox-wagon highway over the Orange River to the north-east of the country.
As a result of the colonial expansion, commercial farming and traffic on the wagon roads, the abundant wild life, in and around the Seekoeie River, and the indigenous people soon disappeared from the region about the beacon. Van Plettenberg's beacon disappeared from printed maps at the end of the 19th century. The reasons were logical: the shift of the boundary of the Cape Colony to the Orange River and the destruction and removal of the stone beacon. Because the site of the beacon was not officially proclaimed by the Historical Monuments Commission, it does not appear on modern topocadastral maps.
Van Plettenberg's beacon was cartographically and politically important. Also, it was a symbol of colonial expansion; the conserved fragments are a symbol of indigenous resistance. The beacon is in danger of being erased from the modern record of the turbulent history of the region about Colesberg. I recommend offical proclamation of the momument, which was erected more than 80 years ago, close to the position of the original beacon. (back)
Peter van der Krogt
The 'Pierre levée' of Poitiers: a dolmen with graffiti by mapmakers and draughtsmen
[Caert-Thresoor 31 (2012) 2, pp. 35-38]
About a kilometre east of Poitiers lies a dolmen, a large limestone megalith placed on some smaller stones, hence the name 'Pierre levée' ('Raised
stone'). Students and travellers used to climb onto the stone and scratch their name into it. Among these 'tourists' were some famous sixteenthcentury
cartographers and draughtsmen, such as Hogenberg, Mercator, and Ortelius. The draughtsman Joris Hoefnagel visited Poitiers in 1561 when he and his companions inscribed their
names in the stone, too, and Hoefnagel made a drawing of it. The drawing was later printed in the Braun & Hogenberg town atlas.
On the stone, which broke into two pieces in the 18th century, various names are still legible; but those probably date from the 19th century. As was established during a visit in 2011, none of the earlier names is still discernable. (back)
Peter H. Meurer
Cornelius van Beughem – A forgotten minor figure in Amsterdam cartography
[Caert-Thresoor 31 (2012) 2, pp. 39-46]
Cornelius van Beughem (1639-1719?) was a bookseller living in Emmerich in the Duchy of Cleves, with close connections to Amsterdam over at least four decades. He is best known in literature as the author of some reference works, for instance the first bibliography of incunabula (Incunabula typographiae (Amsterdam 1688). Among a series of specialized bibliographies is the Bibliographia mathematica (Amsterdam 1688). It includes detailed data on, for example, the London map production in the third quarter of the 17th century and a synopsis of the maps in the multi-volume atlases of Blaeu and Janssonius. The results of Van Beughem's personal interests were early distance tables of Cleves (manuscript 1690, published by his son Daniel van Beughem 1693 in Wesel) and of Great Britain (first published 1692 in Amsterdam by Abraham Wolfgang, with further issues by Pieter Mortier and by Covens and Mortier). (back)
Ferjan Ormeling
The name of the sea between Korea and Japan based on Western printed maps of Japan up to 1800
[Caert-Thresoor 31 (2012) 2, pp. 47-54]
Nowadays seas are regarded as geographical objects in their own right, firmly demarcated and named, but in the 16th and 17th centuries this
practice had not then been established. Coastal waters might be named after the country they washed; or seas might be named after the country
they led to, just as was the case for highways, where the London Road would be the road leading to London. Simultaneously (and in an East-Asian
setting even earlier), cardinal directions were used as naming elements. The sea north of one country (or the sea that led one in a northerly
direction) would be named the 'North Sea' of that country but, simultaneously, could be the 'South Sea' of another.
This article describes the several stages of the naming of the sea between Korea and Japan up to 1800, on the basis of the maps incorporated in Jason Hubbard's forthcoming cartobibliography Japonić Insulae. (back)
Bram Vannieuwenhuyze
Brussels, Halle, Vilvoorde. A topographic comparison based on the town plans by Jacob van Deventer
[Caert-Thresoor 31 (2012) 3, pp. 67-74]
In the 16th century Jacob van Deventer drew about 250 topographic plans of towns situated in the Low Countries. They are generally known for their high standard of accuracy.
As a result, they are very important historical documents, which could be used for comparative topographic research of 16th-century towns and their immediate surroundings. In this article, the plans of Brussels, Halle and Vilvoorde - three neighbouring towns in the former duchy of Brabant - are analyzed and compared by using a new digital method for map analysis: the 'Digital Thematic Deconstruction'. It starts from the assumption that historic maps are very complex and multilayered compilations of topographic elements, which have to be analyzed meticulously. The method not only allows one to isolate every single topographic feature, but also to gain insight into the complex composition and accuracy of the maps as a whole.
Moreover, it offers the opportunity to make a solid comparison of the topographic features and patterns of the urban landscape. On this basis, the 16th-century spatial characteristics of Brussels, Halle and Vilvoorde are compared for the first time. (back)
Wybren Verstegen
Maps of the Nature Scenery Act saved and now to be seen on the internet
[Caert-Thresoor 31 (2012) 3, pp. 75-78]
In The Netherlands private landowners were, at least until the mid-20th century, indispensable in the development of nature conservation. An
important improvement in this respect was the introduction of the Nature Scenery Act in 1928. It substantially eased the taxation pressures on estates. The law obliged owners to keep
their estates intact and open them up to the public if they wanted to reap the full benefits of the law. Until the early 1950s some 650 landed
estates, both large and small, and privately owned forests became strong pillars of nature conservation in The Netherlands.
Years ago, a complete collection of 300 maps concerning these estates was saved from a trash container of the Dutch Department of Agriculture. Dating from the 1950's, they can now be consulted on the internet. The collection is administered by the Library of Amsterdam's Vrije Universiteit. (back)
Henk van de Graaf & Martijn Storms
'The polder in question'. The discovery of an unknown 16th-century legal map of the Donkersloot polder
[Caert-Thresoor 31 (2012) 3, pp. 79-84]
In 2008 Leiden University Library acquired an early legal map of the Donkersloot polder (south-east of Rotterdam). Historical research indicated that the map most likely was made
in 1545 by request of the lord of Alblasserdam, Gotschalck van Outheusden, for a legal dispute against the Water Board of Alblasserwaard.
In Gorinchem Regional Archives is kept a map from the same year by the opponent. The Donkersloot polder was part of Alblasserdam, but because of floodings in the 14th and 15th centuries, it 'drifted' apart from Alblasserdam. In the legal dispute of 1545-1549 Van Outheusden tried to clarify that Donkersloot was part of Alblasserdam and that he had usage rights of the polder. Both parties accused each other that the other's map was inaccurate. In 1549 the Court of Holland justified the rights claimed by Van Outheusden for the greater part. The Water Board appealed but in 1579 the Great Council of Malines confirmed the Court's finding. In 1814 King William I decided to add the polder to Ridderkerk. (back)
Hans Kok
The Second World War in the Netherlands. An 'exemplary' summary of a difficult period mapped by the Stichting 1940-1945
[Caert-Thresoor 31 (2012) 3, pp. 85-90]
The number of Dutchmen with firsthand knowledge of the Second World War (1939-1945) is dwindling. A concise report of occurrences from this period is depicted on a map of the Netherlands and mainly concerns events within her borders. The map originally served as a marketing tool for the Stichting 1940-1945. Its purpose was to try to raise money for the victims of WWII, those who took part in the Resistance, and for their next of kin. Illustrations reflect the start of the War proper, the situation in the country during the War and the slow emergence of 'light at the end of the tunnel', culminating in the Liberation by Allied Forces after the winter of 1944-45: this was the cause of death of around 20.000 Dutchmen through downright starvation for lack of food. (back)
Cor Nonhof
The geometric basis of the map of Delfland of 1712 by the Kruikius brothers
[Caert-Thresoor 31 (2012) 4, pp. 107-114]
Jacob and Nicolaes Kruikius produced a map at the scale of 1:10.000 of the area covered by the Water Board of Delfland. The map was printed in
25 sections showing an area of about 22 x 22 km.
Twenty church steeples were referenced to the grid in minutes on the map. The grid was corrected for warping and size differences to obtain the original accuracy of the master drawings. The distances between church steeples were compared to the actual distances as they are known today. The absolute value of the difference in distances between church steeples on the map differed on average by 38 m with a standard deviation of 29 m. A comparison of the length indication on the map with actual distances revealed an exaggeration of distances of 1 promille.
The map was constructed in three separate parts: a map with the baselines comprises the two bases Delft-The Hague and Delft-De Lier and the church of Scheveningen; a map of churches in the upper two thirds of the area as measured from Delft-The Hague and a map of churches in the lower third of the area as measured from Delft-De Lier. The latter two were combined with the baselines map with a misfit of around 1 cm, allowing the deduction of this construction. (back)
Lowie Brink
The second edition of Ferrari's wall map of Suriname: a unique example of Dutch-German cooperation in the field of educational cartography
[Caert-Thresoor 31 (2012) 4, pp. 115-122]
German educational cartography influenced the design of Dutch school atlases and school wall maps in many ways. Still, the second edition (1969) of F. Ferrari's wall map of Suriname (1955) presents a unique example of actual cooperation between Dutch and German educational cartographers. W. Painke, of the post-World War II West German cartographic publishing house Justus Perthes, using directions and sources compiled by geography teacher Ferrari, redesigned the first edition of his school wall map published by Dijkstra. An important role as supplier of up-to-date cartographic data was played by the National Mapping Agency of Suriname in Paramaribo. The cooperation resulted in a much improved physical wall map on which Suriname is clearly, accurately and vividly represented. As could be expected considering the longstanding tradition of the acclaimed Haack-Painke physical wall maps, the relief is depicted with a plasticity unrivalled in maps of Suriname. (back)
Piet Broeders
The Atlas der Nederlandsche Overzeesche Bezittingen in the map collection of the Library of the Royal Tropical Institute
[Caert-Thresoor 31 (2012) 4, pp. 123-129]
The Library of the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) in Amsterdam holds a copy of Atlas der Nederlandsche Overzeesche Bezittingen (Atlas of Dutch overseas possessions), whose title-page mentions P. baron van Melvill van Carnbee (1816-1856). The reader, however, is misled because Melvill was neither the author of all the maps, nor the compiler of the atlas, but only the donor of the maps. Gijsbert Franco Baron von Derfelden van Hinderstein arranged those maps sent to him by Melvill into an atlas. Melvill was mentioned on the Atlas's title-page in appreciation of his cartographic qualities. Therefore this atlas is a unique specimen with a very particular genesis. (back)
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In honor of Throwback Thursday, I'm giving a nod to my ole pal Mickey Mouse. Ah, yeah!
When I was kid, I won a Mickey Mouse plush doll at Disneyland, but my mom gave it to my cousin in Taiwan since she was obsessed with Mickey and never had a chance to go to the park. I was crushed, but sucked it up since I was a nice kid. So, when I was Urban Outfitters a few years back and spotted this tee from a distance, it was like it was meant to be. It's like Mickey Mouse meets psychedelic, rock and roll. To complete the vintage look, I even threw on some Van's. I'm not trying to perpetuate the stereotype that all Asians throw up peace signs when taking photos, but I kind of am. I am embracing it and just having fun with it. How can you not? It's Mickey!
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Residential building for Elderly People "De Vrie Hoven"
Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 1971-1974
Architect: Herman Hertzberger
The residential complex "De Drie Hoven" is intended por physically or mentally handicapped people, most of whom have reached an advanced age. All of them need care, and more especially, attention. The main aim was to create an environment in which each person, according to its limitations, would have maximum scope por social intercourse: the basis of a varied social pattern within thye confines of a small town.
The complex consists of a nursing home section, a section where a degree of care is provided, and a section with independent dwellings and central amenities. Because the combination of these very different categories of accommodation was aimed at maximun interchangeability, so that residents whose condition improved or worsened would have to be moved from one section o another as little as possible, it was obvious that the complex had to be conceived not as a conglomerate of separate buildings but as an urban area, in which all amenities would, in principle, be available and accessible to all residents.
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