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The Maginot Line was a system of defences built along the French border in the 1930s. Much mythology surrounds it, including the belief that it did not work; something the facts completely dispute. It was certainly built to last and more than 70 years after the combat that surrounded it ended, much of it remains – often in a very good state of repair. Having just returned from visiting some Maginot Line sites in the Lorraine and Moselle areas of Eastern France, here a few notes to follow the sort of journey we made.
Where To Stay?
We stayed close to the town of Longwy. This is easily reached in about 4 hours from Calais via Lille, Mons and Namur. A detour to the Ardennes (Bastogne area) could easily be achieved en-route if desired. We found Longwy a good base and stayed in an Ibis just outside the town that had an excellent (and cheap) restaurant. There were Maginot Ouvrages very close to the hotel and all the sites we visited were never more than an hours drive away. Other possibilities for a base would be Thionville or Metz but these are further into Eastern France. Tourism Offices in Lorraine or the Moselle can help with accommodation.
The Top Maginot Forts in the Lorraine and Moselle
On our own visit we went to see four Maginot Line sites: Villy la Ferte, Fermont, Immerhof and Hackenberg. These were all in an easily explored area and you would need two full days to see them all; each location requires around three hours to do them justice. Some of the sites have open days where you can go on a self-guided tour, others operate a guided tour policy only. A fee is charged for each site but all of them are run by Associations and the money goes towards the maintenance and upkeep of the sites, not into a commercial organisations pocket. The four locations offer very different experiences. At Villy La Ferte you see a fort that came under violent attack but only fell when the garrison was asphyxiated. No-one survived here; it is a tragic take. Uniquely Villy retains much of its external defences – barbed wire and anti-tank rails – and we were lucky to be guided by ex-Bundeswehr officer Roger Schmidt who is a very knowledgeable person on the history of the site. Fort Fermont is a much bigger site, has original working lifts and a ride on an ammunition train, along with fighting bunkers fully equipped and a fantastic Maginot Line museum. Here we were guided by Clement, an-English speaking member of the Association who runs it. Ouvrage Immerhof was smaller but a total contrast to all the others; it was, essentially, fully operational; running under its own power, with everything still in place and in almost new condition; all that was missing was the garrison. The president of the Association guided us round, but in French; currently they have no English speakers but they do have a written explanation in English which can be used for a self-guided visit. Finally at Ouvrage Hackenberg we discovered one of the biggest Maginot Line forts, again with a train ride and some working turrets that come up and down and move around; it was also a site that came under attack in 1944 when the Americans liberated the area, so once more it offered a contrast to the other forts. Being a big site there is also a lot to see outside, which can be done in addition to the internal guided tour.
Other Maginot Sites & Useful Websites
Beyond Thionville the Maginot Line continues and the Moselle Maginot Line Tourism website lists many of them as does this site. The Maginot Line At War site is also a suberb resource with much useful information on visiting Maginot sites and the author has also written an Osprey book on the subject. A new guidebook to the Maginot Line has also just been published by Pen & Sword.


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Tairawhiti Development Taskforce report - Advisory
17 November 2000 Media Advisory
Tairawhiti Development Taskforce report
Friday, 24 November 2000
There will be a major announcement in Wairoa and Gisborne, on the Tairawhiti Development Taskforce.
9.30 am Opening of Community Hub in Wairoa,
Corner of Queen and Paul Streets.
There will be
two public meetings and the full announcements
10.30 am - Wairoa Community Centre, Marine Parade, Wairoa; and
02.30 pm - Army Hall Cnr Fitzherbert & Stout Streets, Gisborne
At these
The Taskforce report will be released, containing plans and proposals for the future
The Taskforce will be handed over to the local Mayors to chair.
The Taskforce has provided a model and approach that will now be applied to other regions such as Northland, Wanganui and Eastern Bay of Plenty.
Tairawhiti Development Taskforce has been meeting since May
2000. The Mayors of Wairoa and Gisborne invited Jim
Anderton, Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon Parekura Horomia
and Janet Mackey MP to help improve prospects for jobs and
businesses in the Tairawhiti region.
The Taskforce is made up of local people, runanga, agencies and government, to bring a "whole of government" approach to the development and initiation of a sustainable development programme on the East Coast.
There have been eleven local reference groups in the taskforce meeting and looking at plans for issues such as education and training, Maori land, forestry and health and social services.
More information will be available next week.

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One question we see a lot of around these parts is how do you scan QR codes in Windows 10 Mobile?
Back in the days of Windows Phone 8.1 you could just launch the camera and dive into Lenses for Bing Vision. That app from Microsoft included a nice QR and barcode scanner, but it has since been deprecated and is not even in Windows 10 Mobile.
Unfortunately, for now, the short answer to the QR question is you need a third-party app in Windows 10 Mobile. Seeing as Windows 10 Mobile is not yet complete Microsoft could still cram one in somewhere. However, we don't see this feature exactly being a priority for them either.
So, what to do?
To be clear, there are easily a dozen or so QR and barcode scanning apps found in the Store. Most range from the super simple and free to a full-featured one for $1.99 or more. Today, I'm going to focus on the two I find most useful and reliable, both from the same company. One is free, the other more feature complete one runs for $1.99 (but it runs on Windows 10 desktop as well for tablet owners).
QR Scanner RS (Free)
For myself, QR Scanner RS is likely one of the better free ones on the market. It's fast, and it has a few features on board including letting you pick your search provider and adjust some camera settings too. The app is no-frills, but it has zero ads, launches quickly and you can donate 99 cents to the developer to buy them a cup of coffee.
Now, I'm not saying I have tried every QR scanner out there, but I like this one so far under the free category. If you are looking to scan QR codes for Windows Store apps or basic barcodes for products you can't go wrong. There is an occasional nag to rate the app in the Store, but I can't fault a dev for that as these apps live or die by your votes and reviews.
QR Scanner RS is available for Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 10 Mobile devices. Remember, if you like it give the dev a good review and maybe throw them 99 cents for a coffee.
QR Scanner+ ($1.99)
If you are looking for something a little more powerful, actually a lot more, then grab QR Scanner+. The app is unsurprisingly made by the same dev who makes the above QR Scanner RS. Considering I liked the free one so much, its paid bigger version should not be a shock.
So what does QR Scanner+ do that makes it worth the $1.99? Probably the best feature is the ability to control how fast the scanner goes using the camera. Indeed, you can pin a Rapid Scan tile to your Start screen, and this version of the app is so fast to scan you may miss it if you blink. Just look at a sample of the Settings and you may be shocked that a QR scanning app could offer so much.
This app can also handle more codes, including:
- contact information / business cards (vCard, meCard, bizCard)
- calendar event / appointments (vEvent)
- geo-location
- eMail address
- eMail message
- phone number
- WiFi
- text
- SEPA Credit Transfer (Giro Code)
Now, the question is, do you need all of that? If you are just scanning QR codes for the Windows Store then no and grab the free one above or something else. However, if you want the most full-featured QR scanner out there is, then this may be your app.
There're two other things to note:
- QR Scanner+ has a free seven-day trial, so feel free to give it a go
- QR Scanner+ runs on Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 tablets and PCs too
You may not need a QR scanner for your Surface, but hey, I like the idea that this works everywhere for my $2. Anyway, give the trial a shot and see if it meets your needs.
Download QR Scanner+ ($1.99, free trial)
Don't like my choices for QR or barcode scanners? Fair enough. Shout out in comments what you like better and let others know too (and why you think it's better!).


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Outfit Details // Dress: Free People / Booties: Joie, alternative here and here / Backpack: Rebecca Minkoff, alternative here / Sunglasses: Warby Parker
There is no doubt that I have way more black in my wardrobe since moving to New York. Even in the summer I'm still trying to find ways to incorporate it into my outfits. This little black dress has become a favorite of mine this summer and will transition seamlessly into the fall. Any day now the weather will shift for the better, I can feel it in the air.
What are you looking forward to most about fall?
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Since 1996 (right) there has been a Bach festival in July in the City. First established in conjunction with the St. Anne's Music Society, based at the church of St. Anne & St. Agnes, the home of Bach Vespers, the Festival has been held every summer since. Bach Vespers, featuring a sacred cantata, has been a mainstay of the festival and other events have featured other performers from that series.
See more posters from the Bach Festival series on the Archive page.
Now hosted by Music-at-Hill (the successor to St. Anne's Music Society), the City Bach Collective continue to contribute a Bach Vespers as part of the Festival – not only offering the most appropriate cantata for the Sunday of the performance but also cramming the rest of the service with other great pieces by Bach and his contemporaries. In 2018, we performed cantata BWV 168 Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort, Brandenburg Concerto no. 4 BWV 1049 and Bach's setting of the Creed BWV 437, amongst other music.


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July was a strange month in which the former darling sector of commodities and the dreaded financials area seemed to switch places in performance terms. Just how long that will last is the question. Still it has also reignited the the debate of just how long the bull run in commodities can last.
The main news in commodities in the past few days and weeks has been the climbdown of the oil price – falling from the peak of $145 a barrel. Gold prices have also come down, as have other commodities and mining stocks have been affected.
Considering how prevalent these stocks have become in many mainstream UK equity portfolios as well the knock-on impact that commodities have had on the performance of emerging markets, it will little surprise to see how far reaching these falls will be on everyday investments.
Michael Rawlinson, of Liberum Capital, discussed whether the commodity story had further to go or was it a bubble waiting to burst at a recent meeting hosted by investment boutique Waverton.
Rawlinson is head of research at Liberum Capital and is the firm's specialist for mining, resources and energy. He believes global markets are just in year four of a 20-year bull run in commodities and does not consider there is a comparison with the technology bubble. For one, he notes that many technology stocks were priced on little or no proven earnings from companies – not exactly the case in the commodity sector.
There are parallels between the two asset classes. Strong, rising prices seemingly without end, dissenters and pros on either side and a myriad of fund launches, sparking claims of providers jumping on a bandwagon to take advantage of interest in the area.
But Rawlinson says the trend in commodities is neither a bubble nor a new paradigm, just a cycle that the market has not seen in some time.
He illustrates his point using the price of copper, one of the most liquid industrial metals. Looking at copper prices since 1885, he notes there are periods of 20-30 years of price appreciation followed by declines and the moves upward are generally accompanied by big global GDP events such as industrialisation or rebuilding Japan after World War II. Today the urbanisation of China and India are such events. He says: "A lot of people do not understand that mining has the longest lead time of any sector, including pharmaceuticals. It takes 10 years from first establishing a mine to start to recover the metal and another 10 years after that for full development. This is why we see 20 years of good and 20 years of bad in commodity cycles."
Fund launches in this area are not necessarily jumping on a bandwagon either. For one – there has certainly not been as many commodity funds enter the market as there were, say, property funds a year ago.
In the IMA's specialist sector, there are 13 funds that could come under the banner of commodities and these cover a broad spectrum from natural resources to gold and oil-specific portfolios. Of these 13, only one has just a three-month track record and five have one-year performance figures to July 21 while the remainder all have been running for longer periods.
There are several more offshore and many of these are new entrants. Schroder's $4.9bn agriculture fund, which is now closed to new investments, has been very popular among fund buyers over the past couple of years and the firm has more recently launched an agriculture land trust. In May, Sarasin set up its AgriSar fund and over this summer Credit Agricole added a global commodities portfolio, as well as Allianz Global Investors. Six months ago, BlackRock launched a soft commodities hedge fund and is looking to launch a long-only version into the UK market.
Some could see this launch as marketing-led but BlackRock argues that agriculture and soft commodities are a natural extension of its resources team, considering the firm already manages the long-running gold & general fund as well as a number of mining and energy portfolios. It also points out that it sees soft commodities, as well as demand in the resources area in general, as a long-term theme.
Looking at metals, the demand from China is easily understood but Rawlinson points out it is the supply constraints that have not fully fed through yet that some may underestimate. There has not yet been a shortage in supply but the constraints on that side are being felt in more ways than one.
Consolidation is being seen among mining companies as the expense of exploring and developing new mines continues to rise. It is this move by the industry that is one of the factors that will continue to underpin mining companies, notes Rawlinson.
The outlook for soft commodities is not yet bleak either. Schroder AS agriculture fund manager Rodolphe Roche says there is a strong likelihood of a continuation of the powerful bull market in commodities. The firm believes the performance of various sectors within soft commodities will vary, for example, wheat and corn are expected to have suffered over the summer but are forecast to correct in early September.
Roche says: "Among the soft commodities, the coffee market should continue to be supported by extremely low stocks. Sugar prices are expected to benefit from a strong reduction in the global surplus in the 2008/09 season, coupled with rising ethanol consumption in Brazil. The cotton market should benefit from lower US acreage, lower than expected yields and sustained demand from China. Long-term fundamentals remain very supportive."
In the main, despite the recent volatility in prices, from mining through to food, the theme of commodities is a broad one and is expected to be around for some time yet. How individual fund managers, advisers and investors play it is another matter.


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To many Andover High School students "The Portal" is just the website that displays all your grades and information, usually referred to as Aspen. But to others "The Portal" is a box that connects you to the rest of the world.
The week of March 1st, the Andover Coalition for Education (ACE) organization and a group of town leaders came to the Cormier Youth Center to set up an enormous inflatable golden box that lets you communicate with people around the world.
The town of Andover is the first public school district in the United States to have a portal. "It is a great opportunity to create a community and establish a connection with other people in different countries," explained the director of ACE, Jennifer Srivastava. That is all possible by entering this golden box and meeting face to face with a person across the world through a screen.
The portal is not just staying at the youth center; since it is inflatable it can be moved to many different places, and it already has been set up in the AHS Media Center.
"It is able to deflate within an hour and when it is moved to the area we want it in, we can inflate it again," Srivastava says. "The Portal will spend the majority of time at the high school, but then it will move to all schools in the Andover District."
It is a chance for students in Andover Public Schools to try it out and talk to other students across the world. While it is at Andover High School, teachers can sign up and bring their classes down to the library and chat with other students across the world.
Global Engagements students were the first Andover High School students to try it out at the Cormier Youth Center. "I thought that the experience in the portal was really cool." Katelyn Kendrigan, a Global Engagements student, said after she met face to face with a student from Mexico City. "It was really nice to have a human connection with other people and it felt very similar to having a face-to-face conversation. I think that this will really help educate people about different cultures and help connect people from different parts of the world." It really is exactly like a face to face connection, you can hear what they say very clearly with no glitch, you can see their full body as if you were standing right infront of them, and they can hear you very clearly.
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Week One: Mindfulness at Home
This course is a short introduction to mindfulness and its application to your daily activities. The purpose of this course is not to encourage you to incorporate new activities into you busy schedule. The purpose is to teach you how to make your daily activities more enjoyable by applying mindfulness. Each week, you will learn to incorporate mindfulness into different areas of your life. This week, you will learn how to incorporate mindfulness at home.
In case you are new to the concept of mindfulness, we will review what is mindfulness and how it is different from meditation.
What is mindfulness?
Mindfulness is defined as the mental state achieved when one is focused and aware of the present moment. When you are mindful, you are able to notice and acknowledge your thoughts and how your body feels. When you are practicing mindfulness, you are not thinking of the past or worrying about the future.
Mindfulness can make daily activities, usually considered chores, more enjoyable. For example, regular tasks such as laundry may be more enjoyable when you are doing them mindfully. You may notice the pleasant smell of the laundry detergent and the warmth of the clothes when you take them out of the dryer when you practice mindfulness while doing the laundry. Practicing mindfulness also brings a sense of calm and is an antidote to rushing. Since your are not rushing and you are fully aware of what you are doing when you are practicing mindfulness, the tasks that you accomplish are done with more care.
Mindfulness vs Meditation
The term mindfulness is often used interchangeably with the term meditation. The truth is, the definitions of these terms do overlap, however; they are different and have different purposes. Meditation is an umbrella term that encompasses mindfulness. Meditation is the practice of reaching the ultimate consciousness and mindfulness is considered to be one type of meditation. Other types of meditations include guided visualization, mantra, kundalini, etc. Mindfulness is the practice of being fully aware of the present moment. Nowadays, the terms mindfulness and meditation are often grouped together like so: "mindfulness & meditation". This course will focus primarily on mindfulness.
5 Common Excuses Not To Meditate
The terms "mindfulness & meditation" are often grouped together and this may be influencing your attitude and perception of mindfulness. You may be thinking that meditation is not for you and that only monks practice meditation. You may also be thinking that you do not have what it takes to practice meditation and mindfulness. These are misconceptions. Meditation and mindfulness are accessible and beneficial to everybody. Below is a video explaining how to overcome the 5 most common excuses used to not meditate.
Being mindfulness is conceptually simple and easy, however; most people are not mindful most of the time. Recognizing that you are not focused on the present moment is important because only then are you able to incorporate change. Self assessment questions are listed below and you are encouraged to answer them truthfully.
Self Assessment Questions
1. I notice that I am aware of my thoughts multiple times a day.
2. I notice when my muscles get tense or when my heart begins to beat faster.
3. I try to distract myself when I feel unpleasant thoughts or emotions.
4. I keep my mind busy to avoid thoughts or feelings.
5. I reach for my phone when I am waiting in line or for an appointment.
6. I am aware of the water running on my body when I shower.
7. I am aware of other people's facial and body expressions.
8. I often interrupt people when they talk.
9. I realize that I have overeaten or I forget to eat often.
10. I am aware of my thoughts when my mood changes.
At the end of this course, you are encouraged to answer the self assessment questions once more and to notice if some of your answers have changed.
Practicing mindfulness is not difficult. What is difficult is remembering to be mindful and noticing when you are not. Mindfulness is a practice because it is impossible to be mindful 100% of the time. Your mind will naturally wonder away from the present moment, often. The key is noticing when this happens and gently bringing your awareness back to the present moment.
How to practice mindfulness
Mindfulness can be practiced anywhere and anytime. One easy way to bring your awareness to the present moment is to focus on your breath. Notice your breath going in and then out. Notice your belly expanding and how the air feels when it enters your nostrils. You can then begin to focus your awareness on your other senses. What do you smell? Are you able to identify different sounds? Can you hear birds chirping outside? Are you feeling cold or warm? Can you feel the sun or a breeze on your skin? How is your mood?
Inevitably, you mind will drift away from the present moment and you may not notice this right away. When you notice that you are no longer focused on the present moment, acknowledge it and focus your attention on your breath once more. Know that you will have to keep doing this over and over again. That is why mindfulness is a practice. Eventually, with practice, you will notice when you have drifted away from the present moment quicker and you will be able to bring yourself back to the present with more ease.
This week, you are encouraged to practice mindfulness at home every single day. Mindfulness does have some immediate benefits but there are also long term benefits to a regular practice. The short term benefits include feeling more joy and increasing your patience. Long term benefits include better memory and decreased feelings of stress.
Weekly Assignment
This week, your assignment is to commit to doing one daily household task mindfully. You may choose to do the cooking, dishes, laundry, cleaning mindfully or you may choose to practice mindfulness during your shower or when you brush your teeth. It's up to you!
When you are doing your chosen task, practice mindfulness by focusing on your breath and senses. When you notice that you are no longer focused on the present, bring your attention back to your breath.
You are encouraged to write down how being mindful changes your experience and how you feel about this particular task. You may also write down if you found it difficult to practice mindfulness.
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Wario World
When you think Nintendo the two characters that first pop to mind are Mario and Luigi. The two go hand in hand, but where does Wario fit in to this equation? Well that has been pretty unclear for quite sometime, but what I do know, is that he has made his way off the GBA and onto the Cube in Wario World, a new platformer that ends up having some issues that hold it back from platforming excellence.
With Mario Sunshine being released quite a while ago, it was time for Nintendo to throw out another Platformer for the Cube, so why not use Wario. In Wario World you are basically pulled into the normal Nintendo plot, where you are off to save someone or something. To put it quite simply Wario is all about his treasure, and one of his jewels, a black jewel is turning all of Wario's gold into monsters. So you go on your journey to get rid of the Black Jewel. So all in all, the story is just pretty plain, and doesn't do anything to help the game move along.
Wario World is quite simply a platformer, which is placed in a market that has had some of its best platforming games come in the past few years. With games such as Ratchet and Clank and Sly Cooper (both for the PS2), the bar has been raised for other platformers.
The basis behind Wario World is quite simple, walk around the levels, beating up enemies and collecting coins, with the occasional puzzles, you basically have the formula for a solid platformer. You will be doing a lot of running and jumping from platform to platform to usually end up getting you to a puzzle. These puzzles are never very hard, and usually will only take a few tries (at the most) to complete them.
One of the biggest differences Wario World has from most other platformers is the camera angle in which developers Treasure used to create Wario World. I am not exactly sure what the reasoning is behind this view, and as much as I don't care for it, but it does work. The game is in 3D yet it does like as though it appears on the old 2D look. The one thing this camera view makes it hard to do is to judge alignment, as to where to jump to the next platform. I found in many occasions that I would miss platforms, mainly because of misjudgment. There are also a lot of times where objects would block your view of Wario and you will literally have to take guesses as to where to jump or even where to go. With that being said this camera isn't all that bad, but I would have much rather seen Wario World in a few 3D environments.
Controlling Wario is quite simple (with the camera issue aside), and plays like all the other platoformers on the Cube. There will not be much of a learning curve with Wario World and for the most part the controls remind me a lot of Mario Sunshine and for those of you who have played Mario will feel pretty comfortable with Wario's controls.
What ends up hurting Wario World in the end is not the camera, but it's the lack of anything new or exciting. Everything in Wario World is pretty standard and fails to make you excited. It would have been nice to be able to try some new things or even give some variation in the gameplay, but things are never changed up and just stick to the same old game mechanics throughout the entirety of the game.
The last problem is that Wario World consists of four worlds, yes four measly worlds, in which really kills the replay value of Wario World because this game is just extremely short. Each of these worlds will consist of two levels, which means about three bosses per world. To put it quite simply this is not a long game at all, which is disappointing because the game could have easily stayed interesting for longer then provided to us in this game.
With the camera angle the way it is, it can be hard to really receive the full grasp of how Wario World actually looks. With that being said there are some good things to say about Wario World and there are some downfalls to the graphics that hold Wario World back from being a top notch looking Cube title.
With the camera angle the way it is, the game still retains a lot of color and really has a lot of variety in most of its levels. The environments are pretty well detailed and have some really nice ideas, which does a nice job of keeping things new and not making things repetitive. The character models or Wario looks very detailed and looks top notch, but all of the other enemies could use some help.
What holds Wario World back from being a really good-looking game is that there are a lot of things that need work. Treasure had the main things covered, but it's the little things that are blurry and that are just not what you want to see in games these days. Overall the graphics have there ups and downs, and Wario World ends up being a pretty decent looking game.
Fun Factor
Being a platformer you would expect Wario World to be a lot of fun, but instead it ends up being just another platformer that fails to do anything new or exciting for the genre, which ends up hurting Wario World in the long run. Along with that being said the problem with the length of the game is quite depressing. All in all there is fun to be had but it's not long enough and there isn't enough new to keep you happy anyways.
Wario World has the name, has the graphics, and even has the basic gameplay down, but it fails to do anything new or exciting to make this a 'must buy'. For most of us, we will be able to complete Wario World in a rental period, and unless you are a huge Wario fan I wouldn't really recommend buying this one, because there is little to no replay value.
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I have a love/hate relationship with Eately, Mario Batali's behemoth marketplace in the Flatiron District. The hate part comes in to play whenever it's crowded (which is almost every time I've ever been) and the isles and passageways become almost impossible to navigate. The bad lighting doesn't help matters either. But the hate turns to love when I am finally able to manevour my way over to the fruit and veg section.
While I am fortunate to have many choices for groceries in my neighbourhood, Eately has been scoring points with me lately in the produce arena. For a relatively small produce department, they offer a wide array of choices. Armed with a grocery list, I rarely leave an item unchecked. Basics like strawberries, cherries, and asparagus? Check. Tomatoes? Red or Yellow? They have both. Check. Zucchini? Check. How about some Zucchini flowers too for your risotto? Check. And the fresh herbs. Unlike other shops that routinely seem to be out of whatever herbs I need (Whole Foods, I'm talking about you), Eately has a small but strong selection. And the prices are the same or lower than the local competitors. And they even have a vegetable butcher who will chop and clean your vegetables for free (ok, I'd feel kinda strange asking someone to chop up my vegetables for me but I like knowing I could ask).
On a recent trip, I came away with some lovely strawberries and red grapes, zucchini, baby artichokes, and butter lettuce, golden yellow tomatoes, and big bunches of fresh dill and basil. Everything was delicious and affordable (as was the fresh mozarella, bread, and coffee I picked up from other departments). Eately, I'll be coming back (but please figure out a way to improve the traffic flow).
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It is thanks to a walk in the medina of Hammamet that I discover the workshop of the painter artist Zarrouk. This meeting serves as a fresh air buoy and an original coincidence in the cave of one of the most touristic sites of Tunisia and the Mediterranean, the fort of Hammamet.
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In the den of the medina, there is a worshop-shop that hides. More than that, it deserves itself. The Zarrouk space is located in one of the alleys of the medina and many fish, tagged here and there, in front of the houses and storefronts direct the passers-by to the workshop.
Mr. Zarrouk returned to live his retirement in Hammamet after having lived many years in Germany. He opened his shop a few years ago, started modestly and since exploded originality.
He remembers: "A modest rent, a pleasant space and a passion for a craft that I discover as the most true of the artist's business. I no longer stopped painting, diverting objects, meeting people … Attractive prices are important, we must stop this diktat of exorbitant prices. Making accessible art is my coiviction "
Since then, the artist acquires a clientele that becomes faithful to him as his offer develops. At Zarrouk's, there are drawings, watercolors, sculptures, shirts, bobs, bags, pouches …
The artist is productive and inspired. He enjoys himself while working. He enjoys himself by improving himself. Although his main themes are recurring, Africa and fish, he is able of surprising.
We love the linen shirts that he paints beautiful silhouettes, the bobs he flanks of fish, the canvas bags he tags, the jute paintings he paints fish in beautiful variations of blue.
If the special mention is to be delivered to the artist for his humor, simplicity and elegance in the objects he turns away, in the workshop stands a picture of great originality; A composition consisting of stoppers of wine bottles and which are painted individually and then assembled. The result is amazing! The game of symbols, letters, shapes and colors is absolutely delightful!
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Obscura Society NY: "Psychic Dogs" Lecture with Paul Koudounaris
Hear the fascinating history of canine ESP at this lecture for dogs and humans.
What is your dog trying to tell you? Maybe more than you know. Throughout history, there have been undeniable cases of unexplained or psychic phenomena involving dogs. These are the genuine and verified occurrences that make you question how we communicate and perceive knowledge.
Join award winning author and occult historian Paul Koudounaris to investigate these phenomena at this dog-friendly lecture which explores the most mystical slice of canine history, accompanied by slideshow images. Learn about Kurwenal, from Weimar, Germany, history's most eloquent dog. Or Jim the Wonder Dog from Missouri, who could even answer questions in Morse Code. How and why do some some dogs attain these powers? Is it true that some dogs can even reappear as ghosts or communicate from beyond the grave? Well, OK, we can't really answer these questions--but we can give you specific case histories and present theories on them so that you can draw your own conclusions. All-in-all, this lecture will be a strange but riveting journey through canine history.
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- Published: 22 August 2017
SPRINGFIELD – Two proposals sponsored by State Senator Toi Hutchinson (D – Chicago Heights) that aim to reform Illinois' criminal justice system are now law after being signed by the governor.
"Decades of blindly adhering to harsh justice tactics have done nothing to address the root problems behind crime in our communities," Hutchinson said. "Reforming our criminal justice system will eliminate racial injustices while ensuring dangerous individuals are behind bars and children are given the resources and opportunities to become productive members of society."
Hutchinson's first new law, contained in House Bill 3803, changes the offense of unlawful contact with a street gang member to unlawful participation in street gang-related activity. Under the old definition of unlawful contact, an individual could be charged with an offense for simply being in contact with a family member or close friend with a prior criminal record. The new law requires the person to commit an act in furtherance of gang-related activity before being charged with the offense.


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Water Torture is the seventeenth episode of Season Five of Impractical Jokers and the one-hundredth-eighteenth episode overall. It aired on August 11, 2016.
The guys head to the mall completing challenges while spinning the "Wheel of Faces", ask "Did I Deserve That?" to confused customers at a coffee shop after being thrown water, and save strangers from being shot with a water gun while saying something very awful to the stranger.
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- Goal: Complete the assigned task.
- Loser: Sal
Did I Deserve That?
- Goal: Convince someone you didn't deserve it.
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- Goal: Say the awful line to the stranger.
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- Loser: Sal
- Punishment: In the second ever "surprise punishment" of the show's existence, the Jokers head to the park to shoot a challenge where a child actor has to shoot a stranger and a Joker has to save that person from becoming wet, and afterwards, say a terrible thing to the person of whom they saved. Sal was chosen to go first in the challenge. However, the "child actor" of whom they sent out kept on messing up the challenge, making the guys (Joe, Q, Murr) create a punishment unbeknownst to Sal. The child kept on messing up the challenge, making Sal very upset at the crew and the guys. This goes on and on and eventually Sal walks off set, angry. Afterwards, the guys reveal to Sal that this was his punishment and the whole crew, even the "child actors" were in the whole prank also.
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Angels we have heard on high! The voices of Magnum Chorum bring the joy and wonder of Christmas to you and yours in this splendid seasonal serenade. We long for the coming of Christ in Salvator Mundi by Howells, and journey to a humble cradle for the miraculous story of the child's birth in the Wexford Carol and Olaf Christiansen's nostalgic Sing Nowell! Sing Gloria! With sparkling brass, your spirit will soar to In Dulci Jubilo by Praetorius and a jubilant Trinity Te Deum by Latvian composer Eriks Esenvalds. In brilliant music by our good friends, we lift up our voices in Lo, How a Rose by Craig Hella Johnson combining ancient text with The Rose made popular by Bette Midler, and a stunning newAlleluia by Composer in Residence Paul Rudoi. Beloved hymns, a rousing Nigerian carol, and Ola Gjeilo's sonorous Sanctus with music inspired by Sting illuminate the wonder of Christmas as a "little child whose bed is straw, make new lodgings" in all of our hearts. Visit http://magnumchorum.org/tickets/ to order tickets!!
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Perrier Sparkling Natural Mineral Water announced recently the release of its all-new Street Art limited edition collection.
Teaming up with international street artists JonOne, Kobra and Sasu, the brand tapped each to interpret the brand's bottles and slim cans with custom labeling.
JonOne, a New York native who has lived in Paris since the late 1980's, revisits the Perrier glass bottle series with colorful abstract designs; Sasu, who hails from Tokyo, Japan, brings her elegant and geometric creations to the Perrier PET plastic bottles; and Kobra, from São Paulo, Brazil, adds dynamic graphics and lively patterns to the range of Perrier slim cans.
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The message in the e-mail stated: "January Prize Draw: Win a MacBook Pro. Pass this month's trainings for 2 chances to win one of 2 MacBook Pro laptops with the accelerated response of an Intel Core i5 processor."
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VOGUE ACCESSORY - March Issue
In the March issue of Vogue Accessory, Portuguese Soul. Shot by Frederico Martins and styled by Fernando Bastos Pereira.
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Dear KAs,
On this date–March, 16, 1966–Kappa Phi President Woody Cornwell completed and submitted the official petition to become Delta Epsilon chapter of Kappa Alpha Order at Newberry College. That petition will be on display, along with other chapter memorabilia, at the 50th celebration April 2, 2016, at the David A. Chase House in the Woods.
Over the past 50 years, the heritage of the chapter has become richer each year, and it is time to celebrate! See attachment, please. It includes a reservation form for the Shrimp Boil 50th Celebration.
- First, mark your calendar for April 2 and send in your registration (bottom of attachment).
- Next, get updates and pay your dues at www.deltaepsilon.org
- Finally, show up, reconnect, and have a grand old time!
Many of you do not know who I am or why I am sending this email. I am the fifth Delta Epsilon Rose, and I have loved the chapter for almost 50 years, having arrived at Newberry in 1967. I have planned several "old folks" reunions for the chapter, so I volunteered to send out this reminder. At the Old South celebration in August of 2014, I was unofficially named the "permanent" Rose for the alumni.
I am providing my official "Rose" picture for those who don't know me, but please understand that I look quite different almost 50 years later. (I still love receiving roses from my KAs).
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The South shall rise again on April 2, 2016!
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Our hearts are saddened with the loss of our friend and fellow player, Don McKivett. He was affectionately known as "Yoga" Don because of his very "flexible" Pickleball hitting style. He was such a fun player and a great addition to our group. Our deepest condolences go out to Nancy Plath, who was Don's significant other and fellow Toledo Pickleball player. Here is the link to Don's full Obituary –http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/toledoblade/obituary.aspx?n=donald-mckivett&pid=165549977&fhid=6347#fbLoggedOut Marsha
Toledo Pickleball – Loss of a Friend and Fellow Player Don McKivett


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New people, regular trip participants and family & friends are all invited to a relaxing social day at Lane Cove River. This is an excellent opportunity to meet and socialise during a busy spring and summer filled with hiking and camping trips and outdoor adventures. Lane Cove River is a great spot to enjoy an easy bushwalk, bike ride or take a paddle on the river.
We've reserved Carter Creek picnic area, which can accommodate 200 people with parking for 50 cars. This large grassy area has gas/electric BBQs, drinking water, covered picnic tables, flushing toilets and access to all of the park's features and activities.
Vehicle: $7.00 (up to 8 passengers) or annual vehicle pass.
- Cook up a feast on the BBQ.
- Various walking paths and trails.
- Hire a boat or bring your canoe or kayak.
- Bring your bicycle, or hire one and enjoy the park by road and pathway.
- Relax with other Hike Out members and chat about future trips and ideas.
- Bring a ball game or kite and take advantage of the large grassy picnic area.
- See some of the gear and equipment that participants use and chat about what things you need for Hike Out trips.
- Bring your camera for some wonderful flora and fauna opportunities within the park.
Carter Creek Picnic Area (Site 9), Lane Cove National Park, Riverside Drive, off Delhi Road, Chatswood West NSW 2067.
By vehicle: To the park entrance on Delhi Road, then follow Riverside Drive on the south bank of the river to Carter Creek (Site 9). See this Google Map for directions from Sydney: https://goo.gl/maps/9lehv
Arrange car-pooling with other Hike Out participants. A full car equals a shared park entry fee, a better environment and available parking space when you arrive.
By public transport: Train to Chatswood Station then State Transit Bus 545 Chatswood to Parramatta service. Alight at Delhi Road near River Avenue, Chatswood West (Stop 205766). At the end of the day, get a lift back to Chatswood station or beyond with your new Hike Out friends.
Lunch to cook on the BBQ and your famous salad, dessert or snack to share with others. Bring all the usual picnic gear including crockery, cutlery and food prep. Extra things to bring might include a camera, towel, picnic blanket, ball game, comfy chair, hat, sunscreen and some pictures of past trips and events to show around.
Being a national park, unfortunately domestic animals aren't able to attend.
Please manage your RSVP so that it is clear if you will participate and how many people will join you. If you can not attend, please update your RSVP. Use one of these methods:
- Website - Read the full event description and then email Rick.
- Facebook - Read the full event description and RSVP to the Facebook event.
- Meetup com - Read the full event description and RSVP to the Meeetup event.
Please email Rick to mention how many people will join you if your RSVP will cover a number of people.
Lane Cove National Park: http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/lane-cove-national-park
Carter Creek Picnic Area: http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/lane-cove-national-park/carter-creek-picnic-area/picnic-bbq
Boat Shed: http://www.lanecoveboatshed.com.au/
Make a weekend of it and stay nearby. Follow this link for campsites and accommodation http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/lane-cove-national-park/lane-cove-river-tourist-park/camping
Contact Rick for more information and please also invite your friends to this event. Look forward to seeing you there :)
This event is planned for members of Hike Out, the friendly, diverse and inclusive community of outdoor enthusiasts where everyone is always welcome. Find out more at http://www.hikeout.org/


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I dream of wires...
I dream of lots of things.
Mainly cakes and shoes but at the weekend due to another attack of the dreaded labrynthitis I dreamt of wires.
Ive been meaning to watch this for the longest time. I'm so glad I did.
What a wonderful film. After watching it, all I could think about was moogs with my muffins
The documentary charts the history and resurgence of the modular synthesizers.
Directed by Robert Fantinatto, I Dream Of Wires travels through the history of electronic music, examining the role technology has played in modern day music making.
The cast includes legendary musicians, Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails, I've put him first especially for Queen Michelle), Morton Subotnick, Carl Craig, James Holden, Legowelt and even Gary Numan and Vince Clarke (Erasure) to name but a few...
If you are lucky enough to be in Berlin today ( you lucky lucky person) then you can celebrate the film's release at the Babylon Kino, tonight at 8pm with a screening and special event featuring legendary sound artist Morton Subotnick. The American composer will present a work he created with the video artist Lillevan, marking Subotnick's first appearance in Germany since 2011. Wires will be crossed, in the best possible way .
If you can't make it along, which 99.9% of us can't, it is well worth buying it and watching it at home.
You can keep all of your arguments about modern machines and modules being polyphonic and even taking up less room, but to do so misses the very vital point about this film and analogue machines in the first place - this is all about the unique soul in the machine.
And that my friends is what true electronic music is all about...
Queen Marie


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The Pederson Family
Home is whenever I'm with you.
- Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
I loved this photo session with the Pederson Family. It's photo shoots like this that make me love what I do in the studio. This family is beautiful (inside and out). I had to share.


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Thursday, April 21, 2016
R is for ROOT BEER FLOATS AND SUNDAES #AtoZChallenge,
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In my youth I enjoyed a gingerale (Vernor's) float. I don't know if you had Vernor's in Wisconsin, it was made in Detroit where I grew up and even now is the standard for me. We also called it pop. I also remember when I was even younger that my father used to take us to a drugstore across from the church and get my sister and me ice cream sundaes. Unfortunately that drugstore burned down during the Detroit riot in 1967.ReplyDelete
Finding Eliza
Finding Eliza
Kristin, your youth reflects some of mine easily. I don't recall Vernor's root beer; I do remember Nehi and Wisconsin's Baumeister root beer. Yesterday, I purchased a root beer float for the first time in ages and enjoyed every drop of soda and spoonful of real ice cream!ReplyDelete
I hadn't given coke floats a thought for years, but now I'm craving one!ReplyDelete
We rarely had chips in our house, so when I visited my grandmother, Cheetos were always a special treat.
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Annual Report
Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, Print II
Designer, Photographer
Fall 2007
"Welcome to the newly redesigned Annual Report for 2006. No more boring and ill-divided contents and disastrous layouts. Ours is triggered from the voices, the emotions and the feelings of people - where each park lies in our hearts, and where each community centre plays a role in our daily lives."
This is a redesign of Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation's 2006 Annual Report. The concept is to show more personal connection with the parks and recreation facilties. The newly designed annual report showcases expressive postcards and quotes on transparency hinting how much the parks play a role in our lives.


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In the field of psychology, cognitive dissonance is the mental discomfort suffered by a person who simultaneously holds two or more contradictory beliefs, attitudes or values.
It doesn't matter what happens at the New Visitor Centre at Kilnsea from now on. So far it has been a disaster. It has been a disaster for every person, organisation who knows Spurn or who has never been but affected it by their action. The reason it has been a disaster is because of the following reasons;
It has been a disaster for EOn. A quick search on google for Eon Spurn East Yorkshire brings a page full of negative publicity regarding the visitor centre at Kilnsea. A search on EO.n's website for Spurn, Kilnsea and Yorkshire Wildlife Trust produces no mention of the visitor centre. This from the company that has donated over £900k towards the visitor centre. Are they are too embarrassed to even acknowledge it on their website? Anyone who spends that kind of money donating to what they perceive to be a 'good cause' would surely want to shout about it and tell the world? It is clear that EO.n want as little publicity from the VC as possible and considering they have shelled out in excess of £900k this can only be viewed as a disaster. It was stated that the cash from EOn came from a 'community fund' i'd like to know precisely how EOn think the community has benefitted from this project. At the start of this process, would EO.n have been so keen to support the Visitor Centre if they knew how it would turn out?
This visitor centre has been a disaster for wildlife. A flower meadow has been lost, wildlife has been continually disturbed while it has been built, excavations have disturbed hibernacula for protected species (lizards), nesting habitat has been destroyed, the proposed lighting scheme is completely unacceptable and detrimental to wildlife, the building itself is centred in the middle of prime cover for migrating birds and the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust want to encourage something between 40 and 60 thousand visitors a year. The East Riding of Yorkshire Council and their consultees were so concerned over disturbance from visitors they imposed a planning condition specifically relating to recreational disturbance. The increase in visitors will no doubt increase the use of the YWT's Unimog. This all terrain vehicle travels across the dunes causing damage to the dune system and the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust have an annoying habit of taking it down over high tide and disturbing internationally protected waders and then make dubious claims that they will co-ordinate their trips with low tide- they offer a meek apology and say it wont happen again. Quite simply it doesn't happen. YWT are prepared to unnecessarily disturb wildlife in the pursuit of financial gain. It has also been highlighted that the increase in visitor numbers will almost certainly increase visitor presence around the little tern colony at Beacon Ponds.
When asked about enhancing habitat, mitigation, creation of more wild areas to mitigate the space taken up by the Visitor Centre Yorkshire Wildlife Trust claim there is no money. The same Yorkshire Wildlife Trust that are prepared to spend £15k on a children's play park at the Point.The introduction of this visitor centre is therefore a disaster for wildlife.
The visitor centre has been a disaster for the local community. They have had to endure an extended build period with construction vehicles passing through the village, noise disturbance and a developer who was not willing to communicate or inform what was happening. Yorkshire Wildlife Trust have sent out one newsletter regarding the Visitor Centre in 12 months. They argued at the last Spurn Liaison Meeting for 10 minutes against knocking on 6 residents doors to inform them of possible weekend working. Arguably the biggest contributors to YWT funds when the road was open were sea anglers-they were not even considered, consulted with nor any concerns taken into account. The only contribution made to sea anglers is another 500metres added to an already arduous walke by relocating the gate. The biggest financial contributors have, as with most other groups been treated with contempt.The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust have been given £1.1 million pounds by the Coastal Communities Fund. The purpose of that money (according to the Coastal Communities website) is to promote growth and create jobs. The visitor centre is currently £400 k over its proposed budget ( that was confirmed by YWT in June 2017) the project has since been delayed by another 4 months. There is no doubt in my mind that this delay will incur further costs. That is at least an extra £400k of what is effectively public money being spent on covering up errors, mistakes and delays through poor project management. The VC had a contingency allocation of just over £100k. There was a commitment from both ERYC and YWT by the introduction of a Planning Condition (21) to keep people informed during the build process and to re-build and maintain relations. Neither happened and it would be a fair argument to say that relations have deteriorated further not improved. Yorkshire Wildlife Trust made a pledge in the build up to Planning Approval that the visitor centre would create 19 jobs and apprenticeships. I'm not entirely certain on how that can stack up.However I do know that there is currently an active campaign for the YWT to recruit volunteers at Spurn. I also know that at least £170k has been set aside to pay wages. If I were a resident of Kilnsea ,Easington or indeed Withernsea I would be asking the direct question, how many people currently unemployed who live in these towns and villages will get a job as a direct result of the visitor centre? Why as a means of building some bridges or repairing relations didn't YWT consider spending some of their money on the play park in Easington where there are actually some children? YWT have decimated the landscape, hacked hedgerows back leaving an unsightly mess. They have sent out a message that says we don't care about what happens to the environment, we don't care about the feelings of the Spurn community just as long as we get our visitor centre. Probably the most concerning element of the Coastal Communities money is that there is no mechanism in place for the people spending the money (YWT) and those who it is intended to help (the local community) to decide on how best to spend the money. How can that possibly be right? Why the secrecy? The Spurn Liaison Group were constantly reminded in no uncertain terms that it was not a decision making group- well why shouldn't the community have a say, somehow in how money intended to benefit them was spent? The YWT have a strap line within their annual accounts that refers to 'Be local' It is clear that these are just hollow, meaningless words. YWT have done nothing to 'be local'. The Chief Executive Officer of Yorkshire Wildlife Trust claimed that building the visitor centre 'would give Kilnsea a reason to exist' yet Kilnsea isn't even acknowledged on their fancy new maps dotted around. I accept that 'building and maintaining relations' is somewhat subjective, however if YWT had shown some humility, some respect and actually listened and reacted to peoples concerns then may be some of the protesters signs would have gone by now.The divisions created by YWT will take years to be repaired if indeed they ever do. The Visitor Centre and the actions and behaviours of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust has been a disaster for rebuilding bridges with the local and wider Spurn Community.
The visitor centre has been a disaster for the National Lottery and the Coastal Communities fund. The VC has been shrouded in bad publicity, it has undermined the principles of handing out money to what is perceived to be a good cause and there are some big questions to be asked on how the money is obtained, how it is spent and how it is proven that the objectives are achieved at the end of the process. It is clear however that the prime objectives of promoting growth and creating jobs are not at the top of YWT's agenda, it is safe to say that given the current financial position, a significant amount of that public money has been squandered. To me it seems too easy for someone with a busy schedule at the National Lottery to process a bid for funding and because it is under the banner of 'Wildlife Trust' that it is bound to be spent on good causes. There seems to be no means of monitoring performance or holding anyone to account. We were constantly told by YWT that here was no money available for habitat improvement. Surely improving the habitat improves the wildlife spectacle and encourages more visitors? The visitor centre has undermined the faith in the process for allocating funds and how they are spent. The National Lottery and the ill managed Coastal Communities funds mean they are complicit in the debacle and from a PR perspective this has been a PR disaster for the National Lottery.
The visitor centre has been a disaster for the East Riding of Yorkshire Council. Planning Permission was refused first time around on account of Flooding and Environmental impact by a unanimous decision by the Eastern Planning sub- committee but then with minimal amendments the proposal was put before a different planning committee and it was approved with a majority of 8-4. This quite amazing decision raises eyebrows straight away. The ERYC then acknowledged the need to rebuild and maintain relations by the introduction of a specific planning condition(Planning Condition 21) This gave hope that a line had been drawn and everybody including the YWT had an opportunity to work together for a better Spurn. This was in fact false hope. YWT had no intention of rebuilding relations and unfortunately ERYC had no intention of upholding their own Planning Condition. They had the opportunity to hold YWT accountable by using the mechanism within the Planning Condition to make it work. Unfortunately they didn't and people's faith in the planning process has been massively undermined and instead of a planning process being in place to protect us, whispers of 'cosy relationships' with ERYC and the YWT have grown louder. From the outside it appears that ERYC have not been able to hold YWT to account and it looks like a classic case of the tail wagging the dog. There is no doubt about it that ERYC Planning enforcement has had their work cut out dealing with a substantial amount of complaints. All of this has been played out on social media and it has been hugely damaging to faith in the planning process and therefore it has been a disaster from a brand perspective for the ERYC and disastrous for peoples faith in the planning process.
The biggest losers in all of this are the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust themselves. For them this ill conceived project has been a disaster. They admitted that they should have been more engaging with the community in the lead-up to applying for planning permission. They had a golden opportunity to repair and rebuild relations by the creation of the Spurn Liaison Group instead they failed miserably in any form of engagement or communication. This process has however put YWT under an intense spot light (surely they would have realised that when they pressed ahead with such a controversial project?). It starts with the initial plans a) why would a wildlife trust press ahead with a visitor centre and car park in an area prone to flooding, in the middle of a prime migration flyway and why would they even think of putting a telecommunications arial bang in the middle? If that had been any other developer they would have been all over the media protesting from the highest rooftops. The fact is they have blundered from one disaster to another. They have had to revise their Construction Environmental Management Plan and associated documentation 13 times since the start of this project. Surely an organisation with wildlife protection at the heart of their purpose for being should have a robust plan in place in the first place that might need the odd tweak. To change their CEMP 13 times in less than a year makes them look like a bunch of amateurs that don't know what they are doing. It looks as though they are changing the goalposts to suit their project management failings on site. Natural England stipulated that the building work should only be carried out between April and August to mitigate disturbance to the waders on an internationally protected site.The latest change to the CEMP is to cover works that are still going on and has only just finished in March- classic case of changing the goalposts. It appears that every other week there is something going on down there that creates a whole new surge of negative publicity. The latest being the lighting scheme for the car park. Wholly unacceptable, costly to replace and hugely damaging to the brand of YWT. Quite frankly a huge embarrassment.This isn't an isolated incident. Works have been stopped because of wildlife disturbance on an SSSI. How can that possibly happen? This project should have been a showcase on how it should be done. They could have generated huge amounts of positive publicity on social media. It's happening on their doorstep for goodness sake and either they don't care or are incapable of managing wildlife disturbance on one of their own reserves. Incredible.
Their brand has been damaged probably irreparably. They have put in a development in a sensitive area that flies in the face of every other objection they will ever make. How can they have a credible voice against damage to the environment when they are guilty of exactly the same thing themselves? What about how their members feel? Why are there no messages of support on social media? How do their volunteers feel all of their hard work is being undermined and the very credibility of Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is being brought into question by those responsible for running the organisation. Be Local? seriously are you are having a laugh.
If Yorkshire Wildlife Trust had shown some genuine interest in making this process more palatable and had implemented serious measures in engagement, decision making and communication, they might have been able to build up some good will then maybe, just maybe people would have been willing to cut them a bit of slack. However their tunnel vision determination to build this visitor centre at all costs (whether it be financial, environmental or damage to relationships) unsurprisingly sees them getting a savaging on social media every time they put a foot out of line. For all the hard work of their media team sending out stories of the good that YWT are doing, each one is undermined massively as they lurch from one blunder to another and the whole saga is played out on social media.
Yorkshire Wildlife have alienated almost every interest group that visits Spurn. Some people will never ever set foot in that visitor centre because of the actions and behaviours of the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. At the last planning application over 3000 people took the time to comment 200 for and the rest against. How many of those 200 who supported it would do so again? What have YWT done to appease the 2800 or so who opposed it? Because of YWT action and behaviours whether it be poor communication, wildlife disturbance, planning infringements or failed promises,how many of those 2800 will actually use the visitor centre? The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust have alienated a huge amount of regular visitors to Spurn, they are going to be hugely reliant on that group of people ( if one actually exists) that have not been affected by the way YWT have conducted themselves throughout this process.
We don't have to use their car park. That has been confirmed by East Riding Highways department. We can continue to park on the verge. Why would anybody pay to park when they don't have to?
If I were on the board of Yorkshire Wildlife Trust I would be asking the question what the hell is going on down down at Spurn-you are making us look like a set of amateurs?
No matter how dire a situation, I always try to look for a positive I can genuinely say that there is nothing positive to report about Yorkshire Wildlife Trusts visitor centre at Kilnsea, nor is there anything anyone is saying to contradict my claim.
When this visitor centre finally opens on Tuesday, there will be no celebration, it will not symbolise success, there will be no winners.There will be only losers who have in fact have lost massively already.
All things happen for a reason and when you look to why this visitor centre has panned out as it has, you look for an explanation. Why would an organisation whose primary purpose is to protect our wildlife pursue something that is so damaging to wildlife, the environment and ultimately their brand? It appears that their beliefs are completely at odds with each other. For anyone seeking an explanation for this whole debacle, Cognitive Dissonance might be a good place to start.