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Halfords has commissioned a survey which asked whether the respondents were in favour of number plates for cyclists. A "convincing" 59 percent of respondents were in favour of such a measure, said Halfords, with the retailer claiming the suggestion would "encourage responsible riding."
However, the survey has been criticised by motoring and cycling groups. AA president Edmund King told BikeBiz: "The AA believes that the introduction of number plates for cyclists would be impractical and unnecessary – police already have the powers to stop cyclists."
Cycling UK's head of campaigns and advocacy Duncan Dollimore said: "[The] government has consistently reached the conclusion that such proposals are disproportionate and unnecessary." And British Cycling's policy advisor Chris Boardman said: "No country in the world requires bicycles to be registered because it does not serve the public interest – it would be hugely expensive and drastically cut the number of people who cycle."
The number plate proposal from one of the leading UK retailers of motor-vehicle number plates is included in a press release that has been teased out to the mainstream media over the last couple of days. (The embargo ended one minute ago.) It's possible that the press release will result in some negative coverage for cycling, especially following the recent blanket media coverage given to Matthew Briggs' campaign to incorporate death and serious injury cycling offences into the Road Traffic Act.
The online survey of 2,042 adults was carried out in August by YouGov and has led to the production of "Sharing the Road", a 20-page infographic-heavy report produced for Halfords by its external PR company. The document has a foreword by the retailer's chief customer officer Karen Bellairs, who said "we wanted to examine whether there was a genuine willingness among cyclists and motorists to share the road."
The survey asked whether cyclists should have to take proficiency tests before being allowed to cycle on the public highway, and also asked whether motorists should be required to ride bicycles as part of the driving test. (The answers, respectively, were 50 percent and 18 percent in favour.) Respondents were also asked whether penalties should be increased for cyclists "who don't abide by the Highway Code" and ditto for motorists who "drove aggressively near cyclists." (86 percent and 80 percent respectively.)
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While Halfords may claim that it is not itself advocating for cyclists to be forced to carry number plates, or for sanctions against cyclists to be increased, it's clear that they were the questions put to respondents by YouGov, and provided to them by Z PR of London on behalf of Halfords.
"What our new research makes very clear is that the car is still the nation's favourite means of getting around," said Bellairs, adding that "there is massive support among motorists for better training, more cycle lanes and improved facilities for cyclists." (45 percent of survey respondents said there ought to be "dedicated cycle lanes on all roads".)
Bellairs also claimed that the survey showed, with no evidence provided other than the online questioning, that there was a "genuine willingness" from Britain's motorists to "share the road." She said that this is something that "Halfords, which champions motoring as well as cycling, is very keen to foster."
The Sharing the Road report advises cyclists to "be a peacock" and to "always make sure you're wearing bright clothing when cycling, whether it's a high vis jacket or a high vis vest" but it does not contain similar advice for motorists (Halfords missed a trick here, it could have suggested motorists buy its spray-cans of yellow paint so they can make their cars more conspicuous).
The Halfords press release – which is headlined "Britons back tougher penalities for people who cycle aggressively but drivers and cyclists want to work better together" – states that "65% agree that cyclists should be required to wear reflective clothing, to give them the best chance of being seen."
Required? As in forced? That won't endear the company to many cycling customers.
There was no survey result – or, presumably, any question – about the compulsory wearing of helmets for everyday journeys, either for cyclists or motorists. However, there were questions and answers about cycle servicing. A perhaps surprising 48 percent of those asked said they could mend cycle punctures. And, in what will be news to independent bike shops, 43 percent of Brits can "tighten a loose chain"; 37 percent "know how to adjust their own brakes"; and 31 percent "can clean their gear mechanisms." (Those answers should make one wary of all the others.)
The report goes on to claim that an "overwhelming 93% think it would be beneficial for all education on road safety to be aimed at cyclists and motorists," as if it isn't already.
Responding to the Halfords report, the AA president told BikeBiz:
"Most cyclists are drivers and many drivers are cyclists so we need to live in harmony with each other. Rather than harsher penalties all round, we believe it is preferable to promote better training, infrastructure and positive attitudes."
King said he didn't believe there was a requirement for harsher penalties for law-breaking cyclists:
"There are already penalties in place for cyclists who don't abide by the Highway Code and we believe that targeted enforcement alongside education courses are a more effective way of making our roads safer."
The AA president added that existing laws need to be enforced first.
"We would prefer to see targeted police enforcement through schemes such as Operation Safe Pass whereby the police target dangerous drivers [who pass too closely to cyclists]," said King.
While careful not to criticise Halfords directly (the retailer and Cycling UK partnered for a project earlier this year) Dollimore was critical of the report's timing: "Given the uneven tone of the current debate on cycling, it was perhaps optimistic to expect this survey would be a constructive addition to the discussion."
He added: "We already knew some people instinctively think regulation and testing of cyclists is the answer. Those people frequently fail to appreciate the practicalities of imposing and enforcing regulations on children, the costs involved, or the public health and other implications of putting up further barriers to cycling. Fortunately government has consistently reached the conclusion that such proposals are disproportionate and unnecessary.
"Ultimately, there are opinions expressed in this survey which we agree with, and others we don't, but the truth is this is merely a summary of what people said in response to a series of questions. It's far better, when suggesting a need for change, to assess the arguments for and against, and this is precisely the point we will make to government as it considers its forthcoming cycle safety review."
Boardman said "compulsory proficiency tests and number plates, are quite obviously non-starters and cannot be regarded as a serious contribution to the public debate on road safety."
He added: "The reality is that [British Cycling], and other cycling organisations, already work with groups representing pedestrians and motorists to find ways to make our streets safer for everyone. Indeed Halfords themselves are part of our #ChooseCycling Network of British businesses that strongly believe more cycling is crucial to help business thrive, to encourage people to live healthier lives and to make Britain a greener, less congested and more pleasant place to live."
Boardman – who has an eponymously named brand stocked by Halfords – stressed that "laws should be developed using evidence, focusing proportionately on those with the ability to cause most harm. Around 1,800 people die on British roads annually and more than 99 percent involve collisions with motor vehicles."
The number plate 1D was bought for a record £352,000 at auction yesterday.
Tycoon Nabil Bishara won it in fierce bidding and plans to put it on his wife's Bentley.
His £352,411 offer beats the previous £254,000 best for a DVLA sale, set by 51NGH in 2006. The DVLA's Damian Lawson said after the auction in Claverdon, Warks: We're absolutely over the moon."
Britain's priciest car reg is F1, bought privately for £440,625 in 2008 by Afzal Kahn of Bradford, West Yorks."
The original NSW licence plate No. 4 sold under the hammer on Monday night for $2.45 million, setting an Australian record.
Chinese-Australian wine collector and sex toy magnate Peter Tseng bought the rare collector's item before a crowd of 300 people at the 2017 Shannons Sydney Winter Classic Auction, who applauded when the hammer fell on his purchase.
Mr Tseng, who arrived in his red Ferrari bearing the No. 2 licence plate, is a renowned number plate collector, owning the Hong Kong-registered No. 1 number plate and a personalised licence plate "ONE" registered to his 1969 Mercedes in Sydney.
Mr Tseng is understood to have bought the 1910-registered plate from entrepreneur Steve Shelley, co-founder of workforce management software company Deputy and owner of the Burraneer mansion "Nautilus", which won Australian House of the Year last year.
The No. 4 plates were last seen on Shelley's dual cab ute before it was registered at the Shannons auction with a guide of $1.2 million to $1.4 million.
After an opening bid of $1 million, bids quickly rose in $100,000 lots between two buyers until Mr Tseng raised his hand at the $1.35 million level. Mr Tseng did not put his hand down throughout the auction, leaving it raised for the next 22 bids until the mystery underbidder – known only as "Ray" – dropped out.
The original NSW licence plate No. 4 sold under the hammer on Monday night for $2.45 million, setting an Australian record.
Chinese-Australian wine collector and sex toy magnate Peter Tseng bought the rare collector's item before a crowd of 300 people at the 2017 Shannons Sydney Winter Classic Auction, who applauded when the hammer fell on his purchase.
Mr Tseng, who arrived in his red Ferrari bearing the No. 2 licence plate, is a renowned number plate collector, owning the Hong Kong-registered No. 1 number plate and a personalised licence plate "ONE" registered to his 1969 Mercedes in Sydney.
The crowd at the number plate auction applauded when Peter Tseng made his record purchase.
The crowd at the number plate auction applauded when Peter Tseng made his record purchase.
Mr Tseng is understood to have bought the 1910-registered plate from entrepreneur Steve Shelley, co-founder of workforce management software company Deputy and owner of the Burraneer mansion "Nautilus", which won Australian House of the Year last year.
The No. 4 plates were last seen on Shelley's dual cab ute before it was registered at the Shannons auction with a guide of $1.2 million to $1.4 million.
After an opening bid of $1 million, bids quickly rose in $100,000 lots between two buyers until Mr Tseng raised his hand at the $1.35 million level. Mr Tseng did not put his hand down throughout the auction, leaving it raised for the next 22 bids until the mystery underbidder – known only as "Ray" – dropped out.
Peter Tseng arrived at the auction in his red Ferrari, which bears the No. 2 licence plate.
Peter Tseng arrived at the auction in his red Ferrari, which bears the No. 2 licence plate.
The sale result – at more than $1 million above the highest guide expectations – was the most expensive item sold on the night, which included car memorabilia like the 1920s Michelin Compressor and a 1924 Rolls Royce Barker cabriolet that sold for $123,000. The second most expensive item sold on the night was a 1960 Mercedes Benz Roadster 190SL for $195,000.
The $2.45 million sale result is double Sydney's median house price and matched the recent sales of a renovated three-bedroom, two-bathroom Victorian semi on Woollahra's Roslyndale Avenue, and a Californian bungalow also with three bedrooms on almost 600 square metres on Macpherson Street in Cremorne.
Like most single-digit number plates, the No. 4 number plate is known for its ownership providence, most notably when it was registered to the Rolls Royce of Aussie John Symond, founder and executive chairman of Aussie Home Loans.
Sources have come forward to reveal Aussie John sold the plate in late 2015 to art collector and leading Brett Whiteley art dealer Steve Nasteski in late 2015 for about $850,000.
Mr Nasteski is another well known number plate collector, having bought as many as eight rare two-digit number plates from the late stockbroker Rene Rivkin in 2004 through Nasser Elkordi, an associate of John Ibrahim and former flatmate of radio shock jock Kyle Sandilands.
Despite Nasteski's penchant for number plates, he sold the No. 4 plate last year to Mr Shelley for between $800,000 and $900,000.
At that level, Mr Shelley would have made a windfall of more than $1.6 million on the number plate in the 18 months he owned it.
Mr Tseng featured in the 2013 Australian documentary film, Red Obsession, narrated by Russell Crowe, which tracked the dramatic rise and fall in the price of French wines between 2011 and 2012.
Monday night's auction is expected to set a new benchmark in the cost of single-digit plates. Mr Tseng's purchase of the No. 2 plate set a record at $750,000 that was topped in 2008 when the No. 6 number plate sold for $800,000.
The No. 1 plate is owned by the family of the late founding chairman of Australian National Airways, Sir Frederick Stewart, who had owned it since the 1930s.
In Victoria, single-digit number plates are also investment-grade assets. The No. 1 VIC plate is owned by former Foster's Group chief Peter Bartels.
In 1963, numbers were running out once again, and an attempt was made to create a national scheme to alleviate the problem. The three letter, up to three number system was kept, but a letter suffix was added, which changed every year. In this scheme, numbers were drawn from the range AAA 1A to YYY 999A for the first year, then AAA 1B to YYY 999B for the second year, and so on. Some areas did not adopt the year letter for the first two years, sticking to their own schemes, but in 1965 adding the year letter was made compulsory. As well as yielding many more available numbers, it was a handy way for vehicle buyers to know the age of the vehicle immediately. At first the year letter changed on 1 January every year, but car retailers started to notice that buyers would tend to wait until the New Year for the new letter to be issued, so that they could get a newer" car. This led to major peaks and troughs in sales over the year, and to help flatten this out somewhat the industry lobbied
Students at a school in Surrey have been threatened with having their bikes locked away unless they comply with a new policy on cycling to school, which includes having a number plate attached to their bikes.
In a letter sent to parents, Keith Batchelor, head of the Beacon School in Banstead, said that he was implementing new rules on children cycling into school, and parents would have to sign an agreement before their children were allowed to ride in.
As well as telling students to stick to the Highway Code, wear a helmet, and use hi-vis clothing and bike lights "where appropriate", the new rules also mean that students will have to have a number plate (supplied by the school) attached to their bikes, which Mr Batchelor hoping that this will make students not following the rules more identifiable.
"On joining the school this September, I decided to refine the current cycling policy to enhance further the safety of the students in our care and develop their sense of responsibility on the road," Mr Batchelor said in a statement, as reported by Get Surrey.
"The procedures will support the safeguarding of our students on their journeys to and from school and help us to celebrate safe cycling. We will provide extra training to students where it is needed."
As part of the new policy, the school says that students who fail to follow the rules may be banned from cycling to school, with those who continue to ride in having their bikes locked up until their parents or carers are available to collect them.
Number plates for bikes have been the subject of discussion in recent months after a survey by Halfords found that two-thirds of respondents were in favour of cyclists having to have them attached to their bikes.
However the idea came was slammed by both cycling campaigners and motoring groups, with the AA describing it as "impractical and unnecessary" while Cycling UK said "rather than encouraging people to cycle, and bring all the associated health and wealth benefits, it is more than likely to put newcomers or occasional cyclists off cycling altogether."
As popularity grows, the prices reached for the most expensive plates are always increasing. As of 2008, the record price for a number plate is £397,500 paid at auction in September by an anonymous buyer for the plate S 1. This was originally owned by Sir John H A MacDonald, the Lord Kingsburgh and was Edinburgh's first ever number plate. Car design entrepreneur Afzal Kahn paid £375,000 on 25 January 2008 for F 1 previously owned and sold by Essex County Council and affixed originally in 1904 to the Panhard et Levassor of the then County Surveyor. £330,000 was spent on M 1, sold at auction in Goodwood on 7 June 2006.
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Seize the day and the season's offerings with this delicious scone.
Nothing heralds summer's arrival like the abundance of fresh berries. During the winter, these little gems are shipped from around the world and priced as if they'd had a seat in first class. The season's local offerings are hours fresh, reasonably priced and bursting with the juicy flavor of summertime. So why not take advantage of them by making this tasty morning treat?
Not only do the fresh berries in these scones taste great, but they provide the nutritional bonuses of vitamin C and fiber for you and your growing baby. And the wheat germ adds B vitamins and protein. Preparation hint: You can make the dough the night before, refrigerate it, and then pop it into the oven first thing the next morning.
Summer Berry Scones
Serves 8
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons wheat germ
3 tablespoons rolled oats
1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
3 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
1 egg, lightly beaten
2/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons buttermilk
1 cup mixed berries, plus an extra handful for the topping
Nonstick cooking spray
Preheat oven to 425° F. Combine first six ingredients and 1/4 cup sugar in a mixing bowl. Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Make a well in the center of the mixture and add the egg, 2/3 cup buttermilk and 1 cup berries. Using a spatula, turn and cut the dough until it forms a slightly sticky ball; do not knead. Add a tablespoon of flour if necessary, but make sure the dough stays sticky.
Spray a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray. Transfer the dough to the sheet and pat out to a 9-inch circle, about 3/4 inch thick. Brush the remaining 2 tablespoons buttermilk over the dough. Toss additional berries randomly and lightly press them into the dough. Sprinkle the remaining 1 tablespoon sugar over the top.
Press the edge of the spatula through the dough, cutting into 8 wedges without separating them. Bake for 16–18 minutes or until golden brown. (The wedges probably will bake together. If so, simply run a knife through the cut marks and allow to cool. The scones will break apart easily for serving.)
Nutritional information per serving (1 scone): 186 calories, 27 percent fat (5.5 grams), 62 percent carbohydrate, 11 percent protein, 81 milligrams calcium, 1.2 milligrams iron, 38 micrograms folate, 2 grams fiber.


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Thursday, October 18, 2012
Characterfest interview #18 with Theo and Tara Fox Hall
31 comments:
Thanks so much for having me at Characterfest! :)ReplyDelete
I know this is random but that interview was kinda funny, very interesting at the same time. Hmm... very interesting attitude as well.ReplyDelete
Theo sometimes has a problem with authority...it tends to get him into trouble :) Glad you enjoyed the interview!ReplyDelete
Loved this character interview and great excerpt! You're a new author to me...is this part of a series?ReplyDelete
Loved the excerpt...very hot!!! Theo is book boyfriend material!!!ReplyDelete
DROOL THEO! GOSH YOU ARE SO LUCKY TARA TO RUB ELOWS WITH HIM!! LOLReplyDelete
- AnonymousOct 18, 2012, 4:44:00 PM
Great interview and excerpt. I am definitely looking into this story.ReplyDelete
Hi PC :) Yes, Broken Promise is the second book in the Promise Me series. The first book is Promise Me, which published last June. The third book, Taken in the Night, will come out in late January 2013 :) So glad you enjoyed the excerpt!ReplyDelete
Hi Andieleah. Yes, Theo is one of the main leads of the Promise Me series, and always a handful! :)ReplyDelete
Hi there Linda. Yes, I'm very thrilled to visit with Theo on a regular basis (Leer)! :)ReplyDelete
Hi Tina. Thank you for your interest, and I hope you enjoy the series!ReplyDelete
Everyone of course is welcome to join the Halloween party on Facebook this month herehttps://www.facebook.com/events/514272855268452/. There are many prizes up for grabs, and lurkers are welcome. If your style is more anonymous, feel free to enter the Goodreads giveaway for a print copy of Broken Promise here (scroll down the page): http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16055874-broken-promise
Thank you!
- Rae M.Oct 18, 2012, 5:41:00 PM
Such a tease! I have Promise Me and couldn't wait to read Broken Promises. That mini-excerpt wan't enough! But thanks, I always love character interviews, especially from Theo!ReplyDelete
Maybe next time we can hear from Terian :)
Rae, you must be psychic...look for an interview with the half-demon Terian to appear next week online Tuesday at a different blogsite...:)ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for your interest in my books! :)
Thank You to Bitten by Paranormal Romance for hosting 'Theo' & Tara Fox Hall today.ReplyDelete
Hello Tara,
Your 'Promise Me Series' sounds like an Excellent Series not to be missed, definitely my kind of Books!
I really like Character Interviews & Love Alpha Males...& WoooHooo Theo is one Hot Alpha WereCougar & that Excerpt was such a Scorchin' Teaser, "Promise Me" is on my 'to buy' list!!!
Thank you Tara for taking the time out of your busy day to spend with Us today & giving Us a little taste of Theo...Oh how we wish ;) LOL Yes, I'm Bad! ;)
I would very much appreciate the opportunity to be considered in your very generous giveaway. Thank You!
Take care & Stay Naughty,
PaParanormalFan (Renee' S.)
Hi Renee S. :) I shall certainly try my best to stay naughty! LOL Very glad you liked the post, and am looking forward to hearing what you have to say after you read Promise Me. Thank you for your generous words, and so glad you enjoyed the excerpt! :)ReplyDelete
Mmmmm! I should be starting Promise Me in the next day or so and I can't wait :) Theo sounds great but now yall also have me wondering about Terian (wiggling my eyebrows)!ReplyDelete
I think Theo is my favourite character in the Promise Me series. I love how things work out in Broken Promise.ReplyDelete
I enjoyed Theo's interview. rooting for him all the way. firstname.lastname@example.com
Love this Tara! I most definitely have Broken Promise on my gotta have list for sure...*S*ReplyDelete
I wish you all the best and continued success. Many sales as well of course *S*
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Hi Heather :) I hope you enjoy Promise Me, and let me know what you think of Terian...and Danial. :)ReplyDelete
Hi Jenny. Thank you as always for your praise. I could not have come so far without your constant loving support :)ReplyDelete
Hi Tabitha :) When I wrote Promise Me, I knew that Danial and Sar were going to fall in love. But I wasn't sure what would come after. So glad you liked my plot twist...and I hope you'll like future ones as well!ReplyDelete
Hi Darcy :) Thank you so much for the well wishes, and I hope you enjoy Broken Promise. :) I'd love to know what you think of it!ReplyDelete
I enjoyed the interview.ReplyDelete
Good to see you, bn100 :) Happy Halloween!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the great character interview and excerpt. This book sounds fantastic. Can't wait to read it.ReplyDelete
Hello Joanne :) Thank you for stopping by, and so glad you liked the excerpt! Good luck in the contest!ReplyDelete
Hi Tara & Theo,ReplyDelete
Wow I really liked the excerpt. This is my first time knowing about you Tara and your books. I look so forward getting to know Theo's world.
Theo, learn to trust more. Listen to your heart and it will steer you right.
Thank you both for sharing a little bit about your world.
Teresa K.
You had me at werecougar...I'm a sucker for big cats!ReplyDelete
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congrats to the winner ReneeReplyDelete
Congrats Renee...I'll be contacting you soon about your win!ReplyDelete
Teresa, thank you for your compliments and I hope you enjoy the series!
Texas Book Lover...good to meet you, and I hope Theo fulfills all your expectation! :) Happy Halloween!


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WITHOUT Robert Burns he may well have been forgotten, but without Robert Fergusson, Burns may never have become Scotland's national bard.
So claims award-winning author Andrew O'Hagan in a new BBC programme which examines the life of Edinburgh's 18th century poet, Robert Fergusson.
Fergusson: Burns' Forgotten Hero, which will be broadcast tomorrow, is the first documentary charting Fergusson's rise from the slums of the Old Town through university to being a celebrated poet before his a tragic death in the city's lunatic asylum.
In the programme O'Hagan declares Fergusson an "unsung literary genius" and suggests that even now – despite there being a statue of the poet on the Royal Mile – he is not held in high enough regard.
Visiting the Scottish National Portrait Gallery on Queen Street he discovers that while portraits of Burns and Sir Walter Scott grace the walls, Fergusson's portrait is hidden away.
"It is not to be seen alongside the great and the good," he says. "The portrait was painted by his friend Alexander Runciman . . . it is overlooked and lives in the stores, in the dark, a bit like Fergusson himself."
Yet it was Fergusson, says O'Hagan, who was the "great genius of city life" capturing the city like a documentary filmmaker in his "masterpiece Auld Reekie".
And it was Fergusson who was responsible for Burns' writing in the Scots tongue – despite both being educated to speak and write in English – and who also influenced the style and rhythms of Burns' poetry. So great was Burns' respect for Fergusson that he travelled two days by pony to visit the poet's resting place in Canongate churchyard and then took five years to pay for a headstone after discovering none had been erected.
Born in 1750 in Cap and Feather Close in the Old Town – close by Mary King's Close – Fergusson's parents used what little money they had to ensure their son was schooled. He went to the Royal High School and then won a scholarship to the grammar school in Dundee, before going on to study at St Andrews University.
There, the documentary claims, he was regarded as a "libertine". Professor Robert Crawford, a poet who lectures in English at St Andrews, says: "He got into trouble a lot. He had a wild time, he did some naughty things."
It was while at university that he began to become obsessed with poetry and he delighted in Scots traditions.
Prof Crawford adds: "Like Burns he wrote in neo-classical English, but also like Burns wrote chiefly in the Scottish dialect. He was trained to comb Scots dialect out of his English, but Fergusson was bolshie and he liked to be true to the grain of Scots vernacular.
"He would have heard Doric from his parents, was schooled in Edinburgh and Dundee and at university would be surrounded by teenagers speaking Scots – he writes wonderfully, electrically energised poems in Scots full of quickness, vivacity and emotion."
When Fergusson's father died he returned to Edinburgh and took up a clerking job to support his family. Poetry was something he did in his spare time, a lot of it satirising Edinburgh life. He joined a literary drinking club, The Cape Club, and there met Runciman who went on to publish his works in a weekly magazine. His first book of poems made him £50 – a lot of money in 1773 – and it was this book which inspired Burns.
Historian Chris Rollie says that Fergusson's influence on Burns is clear. "From phrases and imagery and the way of writing Scots . . . when Burns met Fergusson's poems for first time it fired him up, you can see him shining through all of his [Burns] Kilmarnock poems."
O'Hagan goes so far as to suggest that Burns "almost lifts" some of Fergusson's work comparing part of Auld Reekie with the opening of Tam O'Shanter.
Asked if Fergusson gave Burns confidence to write in Scots, Mr Rollie agrees: "Here was somebody writing fantastic Scots the way Burns heard it spoken in the streets and it was celebrated in magazines."
Fergusson, says O'Hagan, went from being unknown to being celebrated in Edinburgh. But things changed in 1773 when he stopped writing and withdrew from society.
"Suffering some sort of mental breakdown he burned his manuscripts. The only thing he was able to read was the Bible," says O'Hagan.Then, on a rare evening out, Fergusson fell down a flight of stairs and hit his head. Violent and raving he was committed to Darien House, part of the Bedlam madhouse, where he died aged 24.
Professor David Purdie of the Royal College of Physicians now believes that Fergusson may have had a bipolar disorder, which was compounded by the fall, which "makes many of us think he had a subdural haematoma – bleeding outside the brain and pressing on it – a common misdiagnosis of insanity in the 18th century".
But despite his success, Fergusson's work was in danger of fading into oblivion. Then 12 years later Burns made his pilgrimage to the churchyard which led him to take steps to immortalise his name.
"It was Burns whom Fergusson taught to use his own voice in Scots, who taught that truth can lie on home turf," says O'Hagan. "If it wasn't for the heartfelt intervention of Burns the genius poetry of Fergusson might have been lost and forgotten. By the same token, if it hadn't been for Fergusson we might never have had our national bard."
Fergusson: Burns' Forgotten Hero will be on BBC One Scotland tomorrow at 5.30pm.


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Jupiter Falls – Revolution
6 months? Are you kidding me? After my first listen to Leeds' based quintet Jupiter Falls, I was surprised to learn that the band had been formed a mere six months earlier. The album sounds like the polished work of a seasoned American hard rock band, not the debut offering from a new group out of the UK.
Although the band is new, these guys are veterans of the rock music scene, and accomplished musicians at that. Fans of Avenged Sevenfold, Shinedown and Metallica are going to love Revolution. The music on their UNIR1 debut is a cross between classic hard rock and modern heavy alt-rock. Lead singer James Hart reached out via Facebook to guitarist Deano Silk and the core pieces were quickly put into motion; ultimately leading to the creation of the band, and this, their excellent first release.
The album highlights the band's diversity; at times they sound like 70's or 80's classic rock, current era Alt-hardcore, or turn of the century metal. Fantastic guitar work, memorable licks and powerful vocals are consistent throughout.
The album kicks off with "Awake," a futuristic sounding opus, where aggressive drums and nicely layered guitars accompany Hart's vocals in a song reminiscent of early Avenged Sevenfold. Two songs later, hard driving drums and an infectious guitar drive the band on "To The Point,"a track that clearly shows the Shinedown influence on the band.
One of my favorite tracks is "Forgiven," a song that brings back great memories of late 80's heavy metal rockers Danzig. It's powered by a dark gloomy guitar, but unlike Danzig classics, this one has excellent uplifting vocals that add a melodic twist. Love the stark guitar in the beginning of the song. It's just a fantastically constructed selection, and one with the potential to become a signature track.
"End of the World" is an aggressive hard rocking cut, and "World War Three" is an excellent and memorable power ballad. On "Story Of A Liar" we are treated to something totally different. The lead from Silk is creative and catchy and meshes exceptionally with the rhythm guitar. It's my favorite guitar work on the album, although I really liked the opening riff on "When the Time is Right," and the intricate solo "Lei e quella" and… OK, it;s just a damn good guitar album.
For sure, it's not a perfect album, but the majority of the cuts are very strong; it's probably the best hard rock debut album I've heard in a few years. This band is just dripping with potential and I can't wait to see their live show.
In an era where so much of the current rock coming out of the UK is watered down and ultra-poppy (yet sometimes still good), this is an extremely welcome change of pace. At times a comfortable flashback and at other times cutting edge genius, it's a welcome addition to the rock music landscape, and one that has the potential to be one of the seminal albums of this genre.
Check out the album below and let me know your thoughts.
Mike G.
Rock And Roll Animal
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When I'm president, we'll fight to make sure we're once again first in the world when it comes to high school graduation rates.
-Barack Obama (Dayton, Ohio, September 9, 2008)
I admit I do things that get me in trouble at school. I like to talk in class, argue with the teacher and make people laugh. But I feel like the teachers and principals are always waiting for me to do something stupid so they can jump on my case. It's like we're in a war. The only question is who's going to strike first.
- Desmin, New York, New York, April 2009
Many Americans hear from or about President Barack Obama near daily. But voices like Desmin's - an 8th grader struggling to finish middle school in New York City - are less heard, though education reform remains a high priority of this president (and the last).
A recent report commissioned by the America's Promise Alliance (PDF) puts the national high school graduation rate at 71%. That number drops sharply in large urban districts like New York, where in 2008 just 60% of students earned a diploma within four years — a new high for the city.
Youth Communication attacks the problem from an unusual angle. Founded almost 30 years ago in New York, YC is dedicated to helping teenagers develop reading and writing skills by publishing magazines written by and for teens. A recent issue titled "Getting to Graduation" included Desmin's story. An excerpt:
Now I am on the brink of being kicked out of school because of my behavior. I think my teachers feel like the school would have no problems if they just got rid of me, and that upsets me. I feel disgusted because they label me the bad seed. I don't see myself as that.
I just want to pass 8th grade and move on to high school. I don't really want to draw negative attention to myself for acting up. I'd rather draw positive attention to myself for being on the honor roll.
I want to go to college and get my master's degree. I want to become an architect or maybe an entrepreneur so I can be my own boss. With this brain, I feel that I have the skills to start my own business—like a champagne label or maybe a record label. But first I have to graduate from high school.
This weekend, take the time to read Desmin's story and others on the Youth Communication website. Often our discussions of education pivot around adult stories, neglecting the voices of those sitting in the classroom - or leaving it too early.
Learn more: Youth Communication
Related content: Listen Up! Youth media network
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Jim is a native Floridian, born and raised in Panama City in the Florida panhandle. He graduated from Bay County High School. He attended the University of Florida, and graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Forestry, majoring in Wildlife Ecology. Jim worked nineteen years as an insurance agent in Brooksville and Spring Hill, and earned the prestigious Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter certification during that time. He worked for the Suwannee River Water Management District as a Water Resources Planner, and as a Consulting Ecologist for an environmental consulting firm.
Jim was employed three different times by Hernando County and served a total of 23 years. His jobs have included: draftsperson, zoning technician, zoning inspector, code enforcement officer, short range planner, long range planner, and conservation lands specialist. Jim has drafted ordinances, comprehensive plans, an Evaluation and Appraisal Report, comprehensive plan amendments, grant proposals, preserve management plans, and a variety of press releases and information pieces.
For the last nine years he served as land manager for Hernando County's Environmentally Sensitive Lands (ESL) Program. His duties include managing most of the things that happen on the ground at the preserves, such as fences, structures, trails, habitat restoration, public environmental education, and management activities. He built a volunteer program that provided critical assistance with a variety of work on the ESL preserves. He also served as the voice of the program with numerous presentations to groups about the Environmentally Sensitive Lands Program. During his tenure, preserves were cleaned up, habitats managed, and amenities improved, with added trails, pedestrian entrance gates, fencing, fire breaks, signage, and benches.
Jim will retire in 2017 and plans to continue sharing his knowledge of Florida ecosystems.


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Various kinds of carrier molecules have been used to deliver nucleic acids, drugs. vaccines and other important compounds. A molecular carrier for immunogenic peptides has been developed which can be used for the development of multicomponent vaccines. diagnostic reagents and the delivery of novel therapeutics or drugs. It has been discovered that the nucleocapsid protein of a local Malaysian poultry virus (Newcastle disease virus) produced in Escherichia coli assembles into ring-like and herringbone-like particles. It is possible to manipulate the lengths of these particles by genetically engineering one end of this nucleocapsid protein.
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Kurt Vile
Kurt Vile is a guitarist and singer from Philadelphia. He was previously the lead guitarist in the band The War on Drugs and also has a burgeoning solo career. He was signed by Matador Records in May 2009 as a solo artist. His music has been likened to Bruce Springsteen, Bob Seger, and Tom Petty. His first album for Matador, titled Childish Prodigy was released in October 2009. Prior to signing with Matador, Vile released two albums, God is Saying This to You and Constant Hitmaker, on Mexican Summer and Woodsist, respectively.


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We're getting ready for October's market here at Make & Mend HQ.
We're getting ready for October's market here at Make & Mend HQ.
This month I've set up some new places to find out about our market on the web.
We now have a Facebook page. Our Facebook group is still there and full of lovely discussions but we wanted somewhere to easily share our markets and stallholders work with fans, plus find some new fans along the way.
We also have Instagram. We'll be using this to post pics of our market days and share brilliant work by our stallholders.
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Come and say hello.
You can now book for our Autumn dates in the Grainger Market, these are:
Stalls are £25 and stallholders need public liability insurance cover for £5million. Take a look at our Stallholder Agreement for more details and email email@example.com to book or if you have any questions.
You can now book for Saturday 2nd April and Saturday 7th May in the Grainger Market, Newcastle city centre.
Just email firstname.lastname@example.com to book.
Stalls are £25. The council require stallholders at the Grainger Market to have public liability cover for up to £5million.
If this is your first time at the market make sure to send a description and photos of your work so we know who's coming. Please read our StallholderAgreement before booking.
We'll be in the Grainger Market for our first market of 2016 this Saturday, the 6th Feb. It feels like such a long break, really looking forward to seeing some familiar faces but also some brand new ones. We've got our hands full with with new stallholders and that means more wonderful reasons to pop along to the market.
You can find a full list of our stallholders on the Facebook event along with links to their own pages. See you there!
It's been a gloriously sunny week, Summer is here.
We've got our next set of dates ready for you to book in the Grainger Market:
To book just email email@example.com with the dates you'd like. If this is your first market with us make sure to send a description and some photos of what you'll be selling too. The market runs from 9am – 5pm.
These are our regular handmade, art, design and recycled markets. Stalls are £25 each – a table, cloth and 2 chairs are provided. The council require stallholders at the Grainger Market to have public liability for up to £5million.
Payment can be made by paypal or cheque. Just let me know which you prefer when booking and I'll send details.
See you at the market.
Our market goes from strength to strength thanks to our fantastic stallholders and wonderful customers. I'd like to say a big thank you to everybody who's been to the market this year. It's been lovely. Hope you'll join us again in 2015 for a great set of markets. First Saturday of the month in the Grainger Market, starting in February.
Here's some photos from our September market to give you an idea of what to expect from us next year. We're always finding new stallholders so there's plenty of surprises in store too.
Some lovely folk and lovely things at our last market.
I also managed to spot Jessica Catherine's porcelain flowers unglazed. I love seeing things in progress. They do look unusual when naked.
You might have spotted us on ezebee last week. We're thrilled to be featured in their magazine. You can give the article a read here: The monthly Make and Mend Market: a handmade medley in Newcastle UK.
Our next market is on the 3rd May in the Grainger Market.
We've also got a special market coming up in Whitley Bay Library on the 24th May. Make & Mend Fictional Worlds Market.
Just a few photos from our first market back. Also mixed in with some photos from our lovely stallholders of their work. Look out for us in the Grainger Market on the first Saturday of each month. Our next one is 1st March. See you then.
We had a fantastic time last Saturday. Joining in with the Grainger Market's October Festival, 1950's themed celebrations. It might have been a little cold for some of our dresses but we had a grand time all the same. We love a good excuse to dress up.
Did you take some photos at our market? We'd love you to share them.
As if that bit of excitement wasn't enough we got a wonderful write up on F6.Studios blog for our October event and a lovely piece in November's The Crack, giving readers a run down of our upcoming markets and our wonderful stallholders.
Why yes. Our Christmas market is the next up and final for this year, on Saturday 14th December at the Star and Shadow Cinema. Our next few blog posts will be introducing you to some of the wonderfully talented stallholders joining us for this year's Christmas shindig. So, keep your eyes peeled. If you're the Facebook type we have an event set up, please join and invite your gang. There'll be festive tunes (and not so festive ones too to keep it interesting) and mince pies to warm you through. See you there folks.
Next weekend, we'll be running a Boardgame Jam as part of the Make and Mend Market at the Star and Shadow Cinema.
This is going to be pretty informal, I'll be there from ten till four. I'm certainly not an expert, but I do have some ideas and will be bringing worksheets and a box of ideas to get people started thinking about themes and mechanics.
A little bit of structure is useful: deadlines help the creativity along and if people are working to a timetable at least we can figure out when we're playing each others games – so here's how it'll work:
The other thing i'll be bringing is a huge box of boardgame bits that we can use to create mashups with: Any collision of Monopoly and Risk seems almost guaranteed to be greater than the sum of its parts.
If you'd like to attend, please consider bringing an old boardgame that we can hack up and a donation of three or four quid to pay for any bits and pieces you use or take away with you at the end.
If you're interested in board game design and playtesting, you should check out this boardgame playtest group – there are fortnightly meetings in Newcastle, usually on Tuesday evenings in the Bridge Hotel organised by Daniel Howard.
If you're looking to buy bits to make boardgames you can buy massive stacks of games at the various charity shops around Newcastle, but you'll get better results in places like North Shields and Whitley Bay. Mosaic sets are good for lots and lots of pieces to use as generic tokens.
If you want high quality bits, check out Board Game Extras.
Also joining us at the Star and Shadow on the 21st is Semeli who will be running a crochet toy making workshop. Join us to learn a simple technique of crochet-in-circles and use it to make children's stuffed toys and more!
Fee: £7 per person which includes, crochet hook, yarn, acrylic filling, felt and buttons which you'll get to take home.
This workshop will be running from noon until 2pm. If you're interested in this workshop please reply and book in.
Based in Hexham, Northumberland, I design and make beaded and metal jewellery and teach jewellery making in my local community. I sell my work through several shops and galleries in the North East, Cumbria and Scotland and through my website.
In this workshop I will show you how to make earrings and a multi-strand necklace using shapes cut from plastic milk bottles and coloured tigertail wire. You will make a pair of earrings and, if there's enough time, also design a necklace that you can finish off at home.
You will be able to experiment with different shapes and incorporate other beads into your piece. All materials and tools will be provided.
Price of this workshop is £6.00. This includes materials for a pair of earrings.
Additional materials, such as findings, tigertail wire and beads will be available for a small charge – the plastic bottles are free, of course!
This workshop will run from 10am until noon.
Pop along to the Star and Shadow Cinema for our market on the 21st September and you can join in with our many activities and workshops including the Jewellery Moment's Drop-in Jewellery Workshop from 2.30pm.
Newcastle's handmade jewellery company are giving you the chance to make your own jewellery! Alice Thompson, jewellery maker and entrepreneur hosts jewellery workshops across the North East. She will teach you the basics of jewellery making, use of the tools and you will leave with your very own handmade piece(s)!
Choose a kit (all difficulty rated 1-5), learn the skills required to make your chosen piece, leave with your own handmade piece of jewellery!
Priced per piece which can all be taken away. £8 earrings, £10 bracelets and £12 necklaces. Starter packs can be purhcased for £30 which includes all necessary tools, a beading mat and one free kit of choice.
On 21st September we'll be back in the Star and Shadow cinema with a rather special market, full of workshops and activities to get you inspired for a crafty Autumn. The first one we'd like to tell you about is a fantastic collaborative project, making a giant fabric map for Northumberland National Park.
NNP Authority has commissioned Clare Satow and Clare Armstrong to make a fabric based map of the National Park area, involving people and groups across Northumberland (rural) and Tyneside (urban). The map projection has been done by Clare Satow, with illustrative and site specific contributions coming from group activities during the past year.
The map (size 2.5 x1.5m) covers an area from the Scottish border in the North, down to Hadrian's Wall in the South, and is 80% complete.
The work still to do mainly involves adding textures to the different terrains and major landscape features such as Redesdale (and other smaller) forests, moorland, the dark skies over Kielder.
Participation on this "worker bee" stage is very welcome, and absolutely FREE!
Your name will appear on any supporting information that accompanies the map on it's future journey.
All the necessary kit will be supplied, along with any instruction on the stitching involved.


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SEVENTY-FIVE homes are to be built in the Colne Valley in a £5m scheme for new affordable rural housing.
The first phase will be 16 family homes for rent in Marsden, but the site has not yet been chosen.
The West Yorkshire Housing Association is set to embark on the five-year programme after arranging cash with Bank of Scotland Corporate Banking.
The programme is going ahead after intensive research to find exactly what sort of new housing is needed.
The association plans to work with a local development company to build the properties. It will be using the Bank of Scotland cash to build the Marsden homes.
The developments are planned to get under way in the spring of next year and will be near transport routes, shops and schools.
An association spokesman said: "There is a growing need for affordable housing among the Colne Valley communities.
"As well as providing new homes, we will be looking to champion local needs in partnership with local neighbourhoods, the council and other agencies," he added.
Neil Smoker, director of housing finance, Bank of Scotland Corporate Banking, said: "As one of the UK's leading funders to the social housing sector, we are delighted to reinforce our long- term relationship with the West Yorkshire Housing Association."
The association manages around 800 homes in Kirklees, Calderdale and Wakefield.
It is a non-profit-making organisation with charitable status.
It provides a wide range of homes, including purpose-built flats for the elderly, small houses and flats for single people of all ages and larger houses for families.
The association manages single and family accommodation for people with disabilities.
Shared and self-contained supported housing has also been provided, to meet a diverse range of special needs in the community.


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Well, it's that time of year again.
I'm sitting in a quaint English cottage in Cornwall, England at the moment. It's pouring rain outside and I can hear it through the windows. It is perfection here. I could live here for the rest of my life.
Creationfest starts on Saturday. I am sooooo excited to see all the awesome things God is going to do this year! God has already showed His hand. Today, we went out to a small town called Padstow. This was the same town where Briana and I had met a woman last year who tugged at our hearts. She was supposed to move away in January to marry a man she really shouldn't have married. Randomly throughout the year, I would remember her and pray for her. But strangely, I never once thought to pray that God would have intervened and stopped the wedding plans. Briana made a mention of that today, and immediately I started praying that it would have been the case.
When we got to Padstow, we booked it to the insurance place where she worked. After about a minute (only!) we saw her! Talk about a divine appointment! She didn't have time to stand and chat at that moment, but she told us when she would be off of work. We went back and exchanged facebook info and phone numbers later. So cool to see how God worked that out.
Lord, please use me as an encouragement to this woman. It was Your divine appointment, now please work Your divine work in Your divine timing.
Divine Appointment
Well, it's that time of year again.
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