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Blueberry Lemon Pound Cake
Why I Love This Recipe
This was adapted from a friends plain pound cake after I had picked tons of blueberries.
Ingredients You'll Need
1 cup butter softened
2 cups sugar
4 eggs (room temp)
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 cups flour & 1 cup flour for dredging berries
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 pint fresh blueberries or 2 c. frozen, thawed
1 tablespoon lemon zest
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Cream butter and sugar.
Add eggs one at a time and beat until light and fluffy.
Add vanilla.
Sift 2 cups flour, salt and baking powder together.
Add sifted ingredients to creamed mixture and beat.
Dredge berries in remaining flour.
Gently fold floured berries & lemon zest into the batter.
Grease and dust a bundt pan with confectioners' sugar or flour; pour batter into it.
Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
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Left to right: Quinten Griffiths, President of MuniSight; Greg Robinson, Director of Community Development & Human Resources, Town of Raymond
MuniSight is proud to announce the winner of the 2019 Municipal Innovation Award is the Town of Raymond, for their cutting-edge solar panel project, becoming one of Canada's first municipalities to achieve a net-zero status.
"The Town of Raymond has found a way to transform the municipal landscape when it comes to climate change, and we are proud to announce them as the winner of the 2019 award," says Quinten Griffiths, President of MuniSight.
In 2019, the Town of Raymond became one of Canada's first municipalities to achieve a net-zero status, saving over $150,000 a year in electricity costs.
Read the Town of Raymond's story here.
As part of the prize, the Town of Raymond received $2,000 from MuniSight to donate towards a charity of their choice within their jurisdiction.
The purpose of the Municipal Innovation Award is to recognize innovative municipal governments. The Award is granted each year to a municipality who has successfully implemented an innovative project that has made a positive impact in their community. The Municipal Innovation Award would like to thank all who submitted applications!
2019 Finalist
The finalist of the 2019 Award was the City of Brooks, for their 'Regional Transportation Pilot Project', aimed to offer a low-cost transportation option to nearby city, Medicine Hat, focusing on health and medical appointments.
MuniSight is the proud sponsor of the Municipal Innovation Award and is dedicated to fostering innovation within municipal governments. To learn more about the award, please visit:


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On Sunday 27th April 2014, large numbers of KUGB black belts from across the UK travelled to the Queens Park Sports Centre in Chesterfield for one of the 2 special dan courses of 2014. This course is free to KUGB Dan Grades and instruction was provided by Sensei Andy Sherry 9th Dan and KUGB Chief Instructor, and Sensei Bob Poynton 8th Dan.
A large group of our members joined the course together with our club Chief Instructor Sensei Garry Harford 7th Dan. Several of our newest black belts were attending for their very first time.
The training covered all the grading syllabus including all the various katas required for each dan grade level.
It was a gruelling but rewarding session with Senseis Sherry and Poynton watching our every move and correcting the fine detail of the katas.
And it was a great opportunity to train with other senior karateka within the KUGB.


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The 26-year-old is a key figure is Eddie Jones' England set up and feels it is crucial that they build on the solid platform already in place.
England claimed an impressive series win in Argentina in June and they will meet with the Pumas again for their November international.
Launchbury insists England must come up with a new game plan for the tie at Twickenham or risk coming away on the wrong end of the result.
"It is really exciting to play Argentina again and it makes it a battle of the game plan," Launchbury said.
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Sophie Francis is kicking off her 2018 with a downtempo fusion of tropical and progressive house that will warm the hearts of all her fans and fresh-eared listeners.
Her beautifully rich and emotional top line glides over passionate guitar and piano-based breakdowns. The vocals build with tight, rolling percussion into an uplifting chorus of lush, euphoric instrumentation, encompassing a clean, punchy drum beat.
Sophie commenced her previous year with a new deal, signing with Spinnin' Records in late January of 2017. Her first single, 'Without You', dropped in February alongside a quirky and original music video. Sophie then followed up in May with a gritty vocal performance for 'Lovedrunk', garnering praise as a vocalist of Janis Joplin's quality. Sophie is clearly Spinnin's number one female priority, including her on their stage at Tomorrowland (Belgium) where her global fan base gathered to revel at her nirvana-reaching live performances.
After her huge debut US performance at Ultra Miami, thousands of new fans took to social media to declare her set as one of the best performances of the weekend. Sophie was officially named by Billboard Magazine as one of UMF2017's Top 4 Female Performers. Sophie successfully cemented her new status as a festival headliner. Sophie was also selected for the prestigious "Top 25 Most Influential Artists Under 25" by Spotify NL, joining fellow artists, Martin Garrix and Oliver Heldens, among others.
"When I play piano, letting my mind blow away, it always goes to the same place: St Francis Bay. It has a special space in my heart. I'll always remember looking down at the ocean, spotting dolphins playing around and whales passing by… This special place in South Africa means so much to me." – SOPHIE FRANCIS
'Hearts of Gold' will illuminate every listener's gloomy winter season, this January, warming you up into an irresistible groove and state of euphoria.


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It's Friday, and you know what that means? Time to treat yourself for surviving the week! I rarely post about food on my blog, unless I find a recipe that I absolutely HAVE to share. In the past, notable mentions are 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies and 3 ingredient pancakes.
Well, there's a new favorite dessert on the block. My current obsession is microwave chocolate peanut butter cake. This takes five minutes, no joke, doesn't create a lot of dishes, and uses ingredients that everyone has in their pantry. So, when you want a quick dessert, this cake will save the day! Feeling hungry? Good, let's get into the post!
Note: this recipe is not my own. It comes from thecomfortofcooking.com! I found the recipe when I was feeling lazy and wanted a quick dessert to make that didn't require cooking. Since this cake is eggless, you can eat the batter if you don't have a microwave! It's your life, man, do what you want.
Just look at that gooey peanut butter. How can you resist?! This cake is also super Instagrammable-if that's a word! Whenever I make these, I add a little bit of brown sugar to hold it together, and some powdered sugar on top.
I'm not sure if the recipe states this or not, but make sure you grease the inside of the mug. The cake sticks to the side otherwise, and it will take a lot of scrubbing to get it clean.
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 cup milk
2 Tablespoons butter, melted
1 Tablespoon creamy peanut butter
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 Tablespoon mini chocolate chips
In a small bowl, whisk flour, cocoa powder, sugar and baking powder until completely combined. Whisk in milk, butter and vanilla until smooth. Fold in chocolate chips. Pour batter into a large microwave-safe mug.
Dollop peanut butter into center of mug, gently pressing down until even with top of batter. Microwave on high for 1 minute. Allow to cool for 1 minute before serving.
What in the world are you waiting for? Grab a mug and get baking–er, microwaving. Same difference. If you make these, which you totally should, let me know how they turned out! Have a great day!


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ZONING; SUBDIVISIONS — Under New Jersey law, except pursuant to an agreement expressly conditioned on final subdivision approval, a property owner who transfers or sells or agrees to transfer or sell property without first obtaining proper subdivision approval faces a financial penalty, but there is a two year statute of limitations for the imposition of that penalty.
A landowner in a residential zone applied for bulk variances to build a house. The zoning board granted the requested variances. A neighbor objected to the application on the ground that the applicant also owned an additional lot which allegedly merged when a predecessor in title had acquired title to the two lots. Thus, the neighbor argued that the variances could not be granted until the merged property was properly subdivided by a planning board. The approved application included a plan drafted by an architect who was a current member of that zoning board. In the neighbor's suit, it was alleged that the zoning board's decision was arbitrary, capricious, and unreasonable, and that submission of the plans prepared by the architect constituted a conflict of interest. The lower court rejected the neighbor's suit, finding that the lots had not merged because they fronted on different streets.
In the appeal that followed, the Appellate Division acknowledged that there was a judicial exception to the merger doctrine for adjoining lots fronting on different streets, even under common ownership. However, it also noted the existence of more recent rulings holding that a merger takes place, as a matter of law, where adjacent, substandard lots come into common legal title. In this case, both lots were substandard and contiguous. So, the Appellate Division held that a merger had taken place when both were held under common legal title. Thus, a subdivision approval was necessary before the variance application could be considered.
After this decision, the landowner sold one of the lots to another party. The neighbor filed a motion to enforce litigant's rights under Rule 1:10-3. The lower court ruled that because neither the neighbor nor the municipality had pursued any of the available remedies under the MLUL within the proscribed two-year time limit, there was no basis, as a matter of law, to impose a penalty against the landowner arising out of the illegal conveyance.
On appeal, the neighbor raised several points, all which the Appellate Division rejected. The Court affirmed the lower court's judgment. Under New Jersey law, except pursuant to an agreement expressly conditioned on final subdivision approval, an individual who transfers or sells or agrees to transfer or sell without first obtaining the proper subdivision approval, faces a potential penalty of up to $1,000. The violator is also subject to a cause of action by the municipality to obtain injunctive relief. In the present case, the landowner had violated the statute, but now that the two year time frame set forth in the statute had passed, the landowner was no longer subject to this liability. Neither the neighbor nor the municipality pursued any of the available remedies under the statute within the two year time limit. Therefore the Court could not impose a penalty against the landowner. Moreover, the neighbor had no separate cause of action against the municipality. It was not a party to the proceedings before the lower court, and even if it were, such action would have been subject to dismissal pursuant to N.J.S.A. 59:2-4, a statute that immunizes a public entity for any injury caused by its failure to enforce any law. Therefore, the lower court properly denied relief to the neighbor. The Appellate Division affirmed and remanded for the entry and recording of an order enjoining further development of the lot retained by the landowner, pursuant to the Court's prior rulings.
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What's the punch line you ask? There isn't one! HA!
The Cream Ale has been retired for a while to be replaced with the Dirty Blonde Ale. I have had a few people already tell me, "I think I liked the Cream better." The honest truth is that our Dirty Blonde is the same Grist and Hop profile as the Cream, but fermented out with a different yeast strain. I feel it gives the beer a crisper finish and comes of a little lighter on the palette then the Cream. Perfect for a summer beer. The new yeast strain ferments out the beer in 2 weeks vs. the 3 weeks that the Cream ale took to finish. You are thinking one week what is that going to do? But with the upcoming summer rush about to hit where 7bbls goes in 20 days, one week is going to be huge for us here in the brewery. But I digress.
So when tasting the Dirty Blonde for the first time don't automatically try to compare it to the Cream. Take a sip and enjoy the beer on its own, because I am sure that you will.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
So a Dirty Blonde goes on Tap at a Bar.......
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- AnonymousApril 12, 2008 at 10:02 AM
If it's the same Blond you guy's had on tap a few weeks ago. Yes the Cream is, or should I say was better. I am also sure with the way you both like to tweak your brews that this one will get better in the long runReplyDelete
Yes this is the same beer that was on a few weeks ago. But we thought the dirty blonde name would turn a few heads. Time will tell on the tweaking!ReplyDelete
Cheers, Tyler
blondes, brunes, reds, or dark beauties; you guys at smutty make 'em all stand out!ReplyDelete
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Culture Trip stands with
Black Lives Matter
This beautiful garden was cultivated in 1984 by Prince Renier III of Monaco, two years after the death of his wife, the legendary American actress Grace Kelly. The pair were famously married in Monaco in 1956, with their glamorous ceremony being televised internationally. As the rose was a favorite flower of the princess, the garden in Monaco-Ville is now home to more than 300 different varieties of the plant sourced from around the world. Refurbished and enlarged in 2014 to create more space for visitors and events, the garden is a tranquil and poignant place in which to spend a few quiet moments.
The Princess Grace Rose Garden, Fontvieille, Monaco-Ville, Monaco
Surrounding the rose garden is Fontvieille Park, a four hector outdoor space with a celebrated sculpture trail. The trail makes for an interesting afternoon of browsing, and includes works from notable figures such as the French-born American artist Arman, one of the cofounders of the nouveau réalisme movement and close friend to both Andy Warhol and Yves Klein. It also boasts a charming and picturesque lake bordered by a variety of different plants, including pretty cyprus and palm trees.
Situated on the Avenue de Princess Grace just minutes away from the Casino de Monte Carlo, this detailed garden provides a piece of tranquility amongst the bright lights and bustle of the city. Commissioned by Prince Renier III and designed by Japanese landscape-architect Yasuo Beppu, Le Jardin Japonais brings a bit of Eastern zen to Monaco, and features a variety of interesting and unusual Asian designs. Keep an eye out for the stone lanterns, bamboo fencing and idyllic meditation area, where visitors can enjoy the garden's serenity for hours.
Le Jardin Japonais, Avenue de Princess Grace, Monaco.
Opened in 1933, Le Jardin Exotique has been impressing visitors for over a century with the variety of unfamiliar, tropical plants it breeds. Sourced mostly from South Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, the flowers here are vibrant, diverse and sweet-scented, and there are many different types of cacti to explore. As well as being a botanist's dream, a visit to the garden is also enjoyable for those less interested in plants, with various attractions on offer in the glorious natural surroundings. Be sure to try out the observatory cave, where rock specialists offer guided tours around the limestone rock caverns situated in the garden.
Le Jardin Exotique, 20 Rue du Château, Èze.
Situated in Monaco-Ville just metres away from the Prince's Palace of Monaco, Les Jardins St Martin offers breathtaking views of the sea, exquisitely sculpted statues and nature in abundance. Follow the winding paths here to experience a rich variety of Mediterranean and exotic plants, a tranquil pond and a number of interesting sculptures and art works, with views of the coast providing a beautiful backdrop at all times. Benches are placed all around, making the park a great place to grab some respite and a bit of shade on a sunny day.
Founded in 1954, Jardin Animalier is both a garden and zoo, situated in the Southern face of the Grimaldi rock on Place du Casino. The gardens are arranged over several levels, and are home to over 250 types of animal, 50 species of bird and many primates and large mammals. All the animals in the garden have been either donated or rescued from unsafe homes and relocated in the park.


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The emerging 4th sector of the economy and a (tangential) AI arms race
Social & mission driven enterprises in the age of AI: mixing up two otherwise unrelated albeit mesmerizing topics.
Agent Smith Clone 1: It is purpose that created us.
Agent Smith Clone 2: Purpose that connects us.
Agent Smith Clone 3: Purpose that pulls us.
Agent Smith Clone 4: That guides us.
Agent Smith Clone 5: That drives us.
Agent Smith Clone 6: It is purpose that defines us.
Agent Smith Clone 7: Purpose that binds us.
— From the movie: The Matrix Revolutions
Any entity & system exists for a reason, an objective to meet (even if only for dissipation purposes in the case of living organisms).
AI is no different in this respect, at least for the time being:
(a self-improving AI may eventually change its own scope of objectives developing some degree of self-control).
In the short term, narrow AI will be/has been pervasively spreading into all businesses and activities. This is an ongoing process, no news in here.
In the current economy, incentives are all in to support narrow AI development fostering efficiencies in every aspect of business, industry and vertical.
The inevitable search for profit or cost reduction will drive corporations to push narrow (and in the future general) AI based technologies to drive these efficiencies (i. e even replacement of workers, Brynjolfsson and McAfee 2011).
We're coming to a point where Machine Learning and artificial intelligence is even being embedded at chipset level.
This remains a valid statement whilst we remain in a competitive and evolutionary based economic system, the question is open if the economy can shift to a different model, altruism (will talk about this later on).
Short term (in the following 10–20 years), a clash of AI clans, an arms race for profit, will define how this technology will evolve, somehow a deterministic future.
A simple example are the all mighty everyday virtual voice assistants: Siri, Cortana, Google Now or Amazon Echo, fiercely compete for end users attention.
While all of this happens and AI goes on making the headlines, the economic system is inconspicuously living a profound change as a consequence of shifting from a for-profit/self-interest into an altruistic model.
Non-for profit, social enterprises, public and government entities are all converging in what's called the 4th sector of the economy.
In the context of this tectonic shift, the sharing (or collaborative) economy, a booming greenfield for unicorn startups & disruptive companies today, is some sort of precursor, initial enabler or tadpole of an economy of abundance.
These are the sharing & collaborative economies, driving low end disruption, extending on-line access to virtually any resource and democratizing prices for on-demand services (Uber-ization).
Sharing economy is an early precursor to the economy of abundance.
In a sufficiently abundant economy, altruism based models will thrive by its own nature.
The 4th sector
Over the past few decades, the boundaries between the public (government), private (business), and social (non-profit) sectors have been blurring with many organizations pioneering and blending social and environmental aims with traditional business approaches.
There are many manifestations of this trend, such us corporate social responsibility, microfinance, venture philanthropy, sustainable businesses, social enterprise, privatization, community development and others. As these activities mature, this is becoming formalized as a 'Fourth Sector' of the economy.
The mission driven economy is based on a fundamental change in purpose.
"Hybrid" entrepreneurs
They do operate today within the constraints of the other three existing sectors. Often requires them to compromise their objectives, complicate their organizational structures, and invent new processes that distract their focus and deplete resources.
The plain fact is that the infrastructures that have come into being to support the three main sectors are not ideal for these hybrid enterprises.
Despite this, many have grown and developed major corporations and global brands.
Toms' Shoes: the 'one for one' business model concept is an example of that. Toms' offer blends footwear sales with donation, making the buyer a benefactor for impoverished children each time a pair of shoes is sold.
The company has given away more than 20M shoes, became a global brand with global presence and extended its businesses into other categories such as eyewear, bags and coffee.
Given its growth and notoriety, Toms is probably the poster child of 'conscious capitalism' of this decade.
The sharing & collaborative economy
Enabling an altruistic economic model
Uber-ization of the economy, the process of disrupting existing industries towards everything-as-a-service, creates enormous efficiencies leveraging technology, enabling availability of (otherwise idle) resources for on-demand services.
At the same time, we are moving from a transactional, ownership based economy to a pay-per-use and subscription service economy.
It's no longer about owning, but having convenient access to assets when needed or wanted. Even access to luxury is democratizing.
With the uber-ization of industries, prices move to a dynamic model, self-regulating with demand, which, again, leverage efficiencies to deliver better services at lower prices by enabling idle resources.
The sharing economy has already created $17 Bn companies, with 60.000 employees and 10 Unicorns (startups with value above $1Bn). This sector of the economy is poised to be a significant engine for resources and assets sharing. This is an early foundation for altruism-based services, core to the 4th sector activity.
As an example, imagine Uber drivers, who, once a week on some spare time could offer rides for free to moms and their children on their way to public libraries.
Or e-Bay giving away toys for free for children in Christmas, or Airbnb (real state owners), offering shelter for a week to people seeking jobs in a different city or country. Or Elance (freelancers) offering some spare time from teachers for people in need of education.
Many similar use cases are already happening at a relative small scale.
Dry cleaners in Portland offer their services for free to unemployed, and also in New York.
The sharing (or collaborative) economy is just enabling altruistic offerings at a bigger scale. This sector is thriving right at the crossroad between traditional economy and the non-for-profit & public sectors. The latest two now blending into the 4th sector.
An afterthought
Considering the acceleration of globalization fostered by ubiquitous Internet access, mobile computing and social networks, now more than ever the world is starting to think and act globally.
A global world, with global altruistic interests, represented and manifested in the 4th sector of the economy will certainly leverage technologies and AI in particular for the greater good.
Oversimplifying this picture, we could think of for-profit; for-control AI oriented developments, relentlessly looking for better efficiencies vertically (traditional economy), coexisting with altruistic, mission driven AI entities at the other side of the spectrum, focused on solving global human problems and challenges (the 4th sector).
With the development of narrow AI in this context, a strong AI or AGI will emerge eventually. This is the moment when humanity, as we understand it, may be exposed and challenged.
Heavy development of narrow AI will lead to strong AI, eventually leading also to 'bad' AI or 'misused' AI in the same way other technologies were and are wrongfully used.
The 2004 Madrid train bombers, who killed 191 people and wounding 1,800, downloaded their bomb-making instructions from the Internet.
After the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, anonymous UseNet posts criticized the construction of the bomb, and offered suggestions on how to overcome the failure of the bomb to do its maximum intended damage.
Many scientists and personalities of our time like Hawking, Elon Musk or Wozniak have already taken steps towards bringing awareness to this issue.
To join these efforts, an open letter against autonomous AI powered weapons can be signed here.
Another afterthought
The 4th sector will definitively leverage new technologies and AI eventually for the benefit of humanity, and this is where history gives us hope:
The Apollo program was a public funded enterprise involving more than 400.000 talented individuals led by NASA with a common objective, to land a man on the moon.
It was the product of the Space race in the 20th century and left a technology legacy that has improved our lives in countless ways.
Reaching the moon or reaching AGI is a human race level task.
Even if posing risks or threats (nuclear power is another example), history proves the human race has done the right thing to preserve the species,
…at least so far.
Richard Dawkins, in his book, the selfish gene, gave us all the clues about the meaning of life and the purpose of our existence. Preserving our species (by self-replication for now) remains our ultimate goal.
That goal leads us inexorably to space exploration and colonization (as the other scenario, facing extinction in a star system with a deadline, may not be ideal) and AGI is a major enabler as well as an earlier event to it.
We just need to get it right within this century.


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Harley Davidson has agreed to pay a settlement fine of $15 million over discrepancies in the emission tests of over 340,000 motorcycles.
It shouldn't come as a surprise that the infamous Volkswagen emission scam has put a lot of other auto manufacturers'products on the radar of governing authorities across the world. As a consequence of that, a number of manufacturers have been accused of rigging the emission results in the recent past. Now, the latest manufacturer that's been found guilty of violating pollution laws in the USA is none other than the country's iconic motorcycle manufacturer, Harley Davidson.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the US, Harley Davidson has been selling motorcycles fitted with an electronic device called "super tuner" that helped its motorcycles to produce more power although at the expense of increased pollution levels. It would have been alright if the part was only sold to motorcycles meant for the racetrack, however, as per the accusation, the company has sold close to 340,000 with this device since 2008 to all the customers.
While Harley Davidson has rubbished the aforementioned claims, it has agreed to pay a fine of $12 million as part of the settlement. In addition to that, $3 million will be towards environmental initiatives by Harley Davidson. The company has also suspended the sales of the affected products.
Of late, Harley Davidson has been seen surrounded by a number of other controversie. Roughly a month ago, the company had also issued a recall for over 27,000 motorcycles over a potential clutch problem.
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Wandle Restoration Part III
June 24, 2006
How we got stuck in
Jon Beer once said that it's not always obvious where a story begins. Fair enough, he was writing about another river entirely. But let's start the Wandle's modern era in October 1995, when something went very badly wrong at Thames Water's sewage treatment works in Beddington.
Today, secure behind ten-foot chain link fences, the old deer park of Sir Walter Raleigh's in-laws still covers hundreds of acres of prime South London. Somewhere among the lagoons and filter beds lie the ruins of a Roman villa. A nearby landfill site provides strangely secluded habitat for Britain's second-largest colony of threatened tree sparrows, and sand martins swoop over some of the most sophisticated sewage treatment technology in Europe.
But back in October 1995… something went very badly wrong. Nobody at Beddington really seems to have noticed, and the works first created by the Croydon Board of Health to protect themselves and the Wandle from the contents of their own thunderboxes debouched a week-long slug of raw sewage down almost eight miles of chalkstream.
It wasn't the first time this had happened, but it was the worst in living memory. For many Londoners, holding their noses as the horror poured past, it was the final insult to a once-great river – and one of them in particular took it personally.
In one of the very first articles I wrote about the Wandle, I described Alan Suttie as a "one-man firebrand, fisherman, illustrator, lobbyist and local historian". I still can't improve on that, so I'll say it again.
Persuaded by Alan and the celebrities backing his newly-created JetSet Club – acronymically, Junior Environmental Taskforce, Senior Environmental Taskforce – Thames Water invested millions at Beddington to guarantee the quality of the water that still makes up 90% of the Wandle's normal volume, and ensure that such an environmental catastrophe could never happen again. (If in doubt, when you're forming your own eco-pressure group, do as Alan did, and recruit a few luminaries like David Bellamy and Angela Rumbold, local MP and Chairman of the Tory Party. You won't go far wrong.)
London's major water company may still get a bad rap for the Hobson's Choice they face on the Thames – flood Isleworth with sewage and watch the writs roll in, or let it out into the Tideway, every time there's a sudden summer storm and still no government-sanctioned Super Sewer to send it down?
But it's truly impossible to understate the ecological importance of the millions Thames Water invested at Beddington during the late 1990′s. After all, you can have a chalkstream with every fish-holding feature in the textbook, but without the right quality of water, that river will be a flowing desert, devoid of all but the most insignificant forms of life. Now, thanks to Alan and Thames Water, the 90% of the Wandle's water that came out of the treatment works had become some of the cleanest in London, and the river's slow rebirth could begin.
So how did the rest of us get involved?
Myself, I'd seen the river for the first time in 1998, researching an article about the old Liberty printworks at Merton Abbey Mills. I remember hanging over the footbridge in front of the Sainsbury's Savacentre, trying to ignore that monstrous grey shed behind me and the knowledge that its bulk obliterated the site of one of Britain's most venerable monasteries, peering into the dark water for a sign of life. Perhaps a dace rose, perhaps it didn't: it was mid-February, after all, and less than three years since the river's very own Great Stink.
But when discussion on an internet fishing forum turned to the Wandle, almost five years after that, I knew what the problem looked like. I won't say I knew right then that my life was about to change, but I certainly sensed some game afoot.
A chalkstream!! In London!! Forgotten by almost everyone else, free for us to turn back into a healthy fishery again!!
How inconceivably cool was that?
(Actually, this is still a feeling I haven't completely worked through. Excuse me while I scream, punch the air and dance around the room with delight again for a moment).
That's better.
OK, so when you're a fisherman stuck in the middle of the big city, and you think you've just discovered your own personal salvation, there's nothing like going off the deep end. And that's just what we did, Richard, Jamie and I, meeting in person for the first time beside the big brown winter-flooded end of the river in Wandsworth, to risk life and limb wading up the culverts under the Big Yellow storage centre on Garratt Lane.
Later, when we'd all dried out a little, we met again in an Irish bar nearby to talk strategy and structure-building. Later still, casting round the internet for more ideas and contacts, we got in touch with Alan.
Very quickly, we concluded that one little urban chalkstream wasn't big enough to soak up more than a single organisation's concentrated efforts, and we knew mad genius when we saw it, too. So our gang joined their gang, and the whole-watershed vision started taking shape.
Working-party river cleanups were rationalised to a regular second Sunday of every month, advertised with email blasts and a website – and hard work all round has turned the charity's keystone "Trout in the Classroom" project into the beginnings of a nationwide phenomenon.
Three years on, volunteer numbers have grown to twenty or thirty at every cleanup, Alan has moved on to other ecological projects, and we've just relaunched the charity as the Wandle Trust.
We don't claim to know everything yet – not by a long way – but we're learning fast. Late last year, we commissioned a full-river survey from the Wild Trout Trust, and we're looking forward to getting going on their blueprint recommendations. Relationships are being consolidated everywhere, from teachers and council waste departments to volunteer river wardens, fisheries specialists and biodiversity officers, and our profile among the Wandle Valley's residents is growing all the time.
Partly to prepare for the way we hope we'll develop – as an educational eco-charity that's river-based but isn't just for fishermen – and partly with the explicit intent of playing "bad cop" to the Wandle Trust's "good cop" when necessary, we've founded the first new and functioning fishing club in London for a hundred years, the Wandle Piscators. In tribute to Lord Nelson, one of the Wandle's most famous anglers, we constituted the club on the Battle of Trafalgar's 200th anniversary, 21st October last year. So it's appropriate that our fishermen are now catching grown-on "Trout in the Classroom" hatchlings not far from where he once plied his left-handed rod.
Naturally, there are still challenges to face.
Anyone who tells you it's easy to fund the running costs of a small charity is lying, and the south of England is burning up with drought and over-abstraction (the Wandle's level dropped to its lowest ever this February, and our headwater aquifer is now emptier than it's ever been recorded).
We're still astonished by the way a river's health can simply fall through the tangle of red tape strung out between even the best-intended local councils and different departments of the Environment Agency. And every time we tackle a new stretch of the river with a Sunday-morning cleanup, it can feel like we're starting all over again.
But it's well worth the work, and sometimes the heart-ache. It's also a lesson I won't forget in a hurry: how a powerful community of interest can suddenly coalesce on the world wide web, making close virtual friends of people who'd never otherwise have met, and then come together offline to start moving tectonic plates of influence in the real world.
So if any of this sounds good, wherever you're reading this on the www… come back next month. In the meantime, I'll start thinking of a few ways you could get to work on a river of your own.
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The United States made history after electing Barack Obama the country's first black president, but, fours year later, the tenure of the son of an African father and white mother has left racial discourse an issue in American society.
Just weeks after taking office, Obama said, "There was justifiable pride on the part of the country that we had taken a step to move us beyond some of the searing legacies of racial discrimination."
Yet, there is not agreement among area residents, community leaders and political officials when it comes to race relations fours years after Obama became president and as the Nov. 6 election looms.
"I think the effect of the last four years have been regrettable. I am also afraid now that it will be more difficult for a black man to be elected again. Even a man like Mr. (Colin) Powell, he has not done his race or the people of this country proud," said Mary Scully, a white female who did not disclose her age or hometown.
"Mr. Obama is not a bad black president, he is just a bad president," she said.
While the topic of race relations often is deemed a delicate one, for state Rep. Gary Holder-Winfield, D-New Haven, being reserved and untruthful is far from his character.
"For some people and most politicians, this is a sensitive topic and we can't continue to dance around the issue of race. What the Obama presidency has done is made people aware that race relations have not progressed in the respect they thought it would," Holder-Winfield said.
"People expected that you would see some of these things change, because he is the president. When have we become a post-racial society? We have never become a post-racial America," said Holder- Winfield, leader of the black and Latino caucus.
A report by the national Gallup Poll, shortly before the 2008 election, found 56 percent of Americans surveyed said race relations would improve if Obama were elected. One day after his victory, 70 percent said race relations would improve and only 10 percent predicted they would get worse, the poll noted.
However, Gallup found in October 2009 that 41 percent said relations had improved and 22 percent said they had gotten worse. Currently, 41 percent of Americans say race relations have not changed as a result of Obama's presidency, the poll said. Thirty-five percent to 23 percent, more Americans believe U.S. race relations have gotten better with Obama as president, according to Gallup.
"Racism is still alive and is a sickness. When we look at what white folk are doing to blacks in this country, they are perpetuating the bleeding sins on their hands that their forefathers committed with these racial attacks against innocent black people," said black New Haven resident Mark Smith, 40, a Democrat, who is married with seven children.
Even the poor whites "of this country have no clue that (Mitt) Romney hates them," Smith said. "So do we really think that the majority of these white, right-wing Republicans want to see a black man, a (n-word), as they see him and feel will take something from white entitlement, go down in history as one of the most successful presidents in human society?"
Democrat Clifton Bush, 66, of New Haven, a political and social scientist at Springfield College, in Springfield, Mass., said racism has become "more sophisticated in today's environment."
"I believe race relations have improved on college campuses because of the president's popularity, but it has gotten more sophisticated of how it is carried out in the inner cities," Bush said.
"It's not right in your face, its very subtle. It's in commercials, intellectual conversations and in many of our social and educational institutions across this country, New Haven included. White America won't call the president a (n-word) in his face, but white folk still have that superiority and entitlement complex of, 'Boy, know your place,'" Bush added.
Since Obama was elected, there have been a political cartoons depicting the president as a monkey and a Muslim terrorist; he has been likened as a skinny ghetto crackhead; a shot was fired at his campaign office in Denver; and there has been racially-charged commentary from former presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, calling President Obama the "food stamp president."
Further, some New Haven residents said they believe the purpose of the media referencing Obama's middle name as "Hussein" is to attach fear in the minds of voters come election time.
Greater New Haven Muslim leader Abdul Majid Karim Hasan noted in some respects there always will be various opinions of race relations in this country, and said some have judged Obama based on who his father was.
"In some ways, race relations have gotten better, because some people of all races that have crossed the color barriers have accepted the president, which has not been the norm," said Hasan, who believes that more than a few stigmatize Obama a Muslim terrorist because of Islamaphobia.
"On the other hand, it has solidified those people who don't like people of color and wouldn't want to see a person of color as president of this country." Hasan added.
Waging class and gender warfare on the American people is something that Ginger Vecchio is adamant the president and Vice President Joe Biden have done to divide the nation's white and black communities.
"I would say that race relations are much worse than when the president took office. When Obama was elected, I personally believed that this was a great step forward in the black community, certainly as role model," Vecchio, a white female, said in an emailed comment.
"Unfortunately, since the day he took office, he and the vice president have attacked what white people have, and will do to the black community; he has waged class and gender warfare on the American people," Vecchio said.
But Mamie Darden, who is black, said she believes Republicans started "with planning on the day of his inauguration, has and will continue to make race relations worst than ever. Their blatant, and egregious racial remarks, disrespect (even on Senate floor), posters, billboards, voter suppression, shows Caucasian Americans have not and never will change."
"They will only accept, 'Put White back in the White House' that we (black folk) built," said Darden, who lives in Greater New Haven.
"Selling out" or "acting white" is common litany inherent in the black community, that suggests black Americans who have "ostensibly" reached a certain socioeconomic status have surrendered racial identity and are labeled as turncoats against their entire race by suggesting race relations in this country have gotten better.
Local attorney and outspoken community activist Michael Jefferson agrees that race relations have not improved, and said polite dialogue on the issue of race will not begin to solve race problems.
"It's clearly an advantage to be white in American society. If improvement suggests that our society is evolving into one in which black life is respected, protected and celebrated to the same extent as white life, I would say no. Race relations have not improved in the last four years. In fact, it's gotten worse," Jefferson said.
Jefferson added, "If race relations are to improve, then whites have to start being honest about racism. It's no different when discussing sexism. If we are to eradicate sexism then men must be honest about our role as chauvinist,"
But Hamden Mayor Scott D. Jackson, who also made history as the first black mayor elected in that town, the same year president Obama was elected, said "race relations have in fact improved."
"From the spheres of government, the president's election fours years ago had a significant effect on my election as mayor of Hamden. It opened doors for the next generation of African-American leaders in government, and the year 2008 was a very important for that," Jackson said.
Jackson noted that since the founding of America, parents have told their children they can become president one day, and "that became much more tangible and real after 2008." On the flip side, "This empowers people to not worry about race anymore, as some have said we have reached the highest point. So the issues of race in 2012 are irrelevant." Jackson said.
When some New Haven residents were asked whether or not race is associated with the Tea Party organization, many contended racism is a factor behind the party's disapproval and disparaging attacks against president Obama.
Tea Party member Ron Wilcox of Newtown, who is white, said this contention is not accurate.
"This is Connecticut, this is 2012 and I don't see race as a factor at all. As a society, we have moved beyond that. This is not the late '50s, early '60s, this is 2012," Wilcox said.
However, Sarah Palin this week released a statement on her Facebook page accusing President Obama of engaging in "shuck and jive shtick" regarding last month's attack in Benghazi, Libya. Her use of the racially-charged expression drew an immediate backlash.
"There will always be one or two. But I'm on the national leadership council of Tea Party patriots, and race has never been brought up as an issue. Look at Wayne Winsley (a black Republican challenging U.S. Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro in the 3rd District), he has had a tremendous amount of support from the Tea Party agenda," Wilcox said. "Its a toxic issue. People should vote for the people who will serve us the best -- skin color does not matter."
Winsley said he has experienced racism and has been profiled by police.
"I have experienced racism on a personal level, but my children have said that race relations have improved, because as we move forward with the next generation, skin difference becomes less and less," he said.
"The main problem in Connecticut between the Republican Party and the black community is that the Republican Party has not tried to speak to the black community in about 40 years," said Winsley. "When I'm out walking in Newhallville, Westville, Edgewood (in New Haven) and other communities, and I'm speaking to people who have not seen a Republican candidate in the flesh, ever."
"The message is to help our neighbors move from food stamps to full-time employment, and we need to help more small, medium and large businesses grow so they can hire more of our neighbors," Winsley said.
Connecticut Republican Party Chairman Jerry Labriola Jr. said, "President Obama's rhetoric is a show of his record despite the hope and promise of a post-racial/post-partisan president."
"His term has been spent dividing the nation rather that uniting us," Labriola said. "Sadly, his failed economic policies have fallen the hardest on minorities, with the poverty rate and food stamp dependants and immigration reform having been nonexistent."
However, Gregory Webb, 50 a resident of New Haven's Newhallville section and a black Democrat, said he believes, "No matter how we look at it or view race, white folk will be white folk."
"We are still economically disenfranchised as a people, and just because a black man has assumed the office of presidency does not mean race relations in this city or country have improved." Webb said. "White folk have beat us up for years and it still continues in different ways. The way we fight racism is by voting."
Aryan Nations leader Pastor Morris Gulett, who wouldn't say how many of his group's members reside in the state, said on the matter of race, "I don't believe Barack Obama will be voted out of office, because the powers to be are not going to allow the first Afro-American president (to) leave office in shame."
"In our opinion, he is being controlled," said Gulett.
When asked who is controlling the president, Gulett said, "Zionist Bankers."
"The goal is to destroy the fabric of America and bring in a communist government," he said. The ultimate goal he said, was to, "exterminate the Anglo-Saxon race. This is an ongoing war between the children of darkness and the children of light."
Greater New Haven NAACP Branch President James Rawlings said "of the people, by the people and for the people" can be attained as a nation if good people would take a more courageous spirit of speaking to the soul of the issues.
"When good people are silent on important issues, they become part of the problem," said Rawlings. "When the best of America is silent, the worst of America prevails."
Contact Shahid Abdul-Karim at 203-789-5614. Follow him on Twitter @Shahid_Akarim.


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The School Board is formed, under the provisions of the School Education Act 1999, with the fundamental purpose of enabling parents and members of the community to engage in activities that are in the best interests of students and that will enhance the education provided by the school. The role of the School Board is that of involvement in the governance of the school. This means taking part in the shaping and monitoring of the school's objectives, priorities and general policy directions.
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In 1961, the Soviet Union was the first nation to successfully send a man into outer space. That man was Yuri Gagarin. Gagarin was born in a town that now bears his name in the Smolensk region of Russia. Blue Raincoat brings the Smolensk Drama Group to tell the heroic story of Yuri Gagarin from his humble beginnings to his tragic and ironic early death in a plane crash.
The cast dressed in trademark higgledy – piggledy style, is hanging about in a huddle on the stage eyeing up the assembling audience and muttering amongst themselves. The lights dim and they line up Brechtian style to be introduced by their leader, played by John Carty, who with a pretty authentic sounding Russian accent explains something of the piece and the multiple roles the cast will play. The stirring sounds of the balalaika and trumpet add the musical motif of the waltz to this moving tale.
Masters of their craft, the cast of Blue Raincoat meld the physical with the absurd in their consummate signature style. The piece is beautifully if comically choreographed thanks to their apposite training in mime and to Niall Henry's fine direction. A low level red motif runs throughout along with a suitable sickle.
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- attached foo.py
Something wrong about branch coverage of class statements
Consider the attached module. Using "coverage run --branch" on it and then "coverage html" produces a coverage report which indicates two partially covered lines.
I would expect that all three methods in the example would be treated the same (ie, either that all three would be marked partially covered, or all three would be marked completely covered).
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Branch coverage gets a bit tricky. I can explain why the coverage report looks the way it does. When analyzing code paths, coverage.py builds a list of "arcs": pairs of line numbers that are possible transitions during execution.
In your code:
class X: def foo(self): "hello" def bar(self): "world" def baz(self): "..."
these are the arcs:
[(-1, 1), (-1, 2), (-1, 5), (-1, 8), (1, -1), (1, 2), (2, -1), (2, 5), (5, -1), (5, 8), (8, -1)]
In these arcs, a -1 is used specially: as the first element in the pair, it means execution can enter at the line number given as the second element. If a -1 is the second element in the pair, it means execution can leave a context at the line number given as the first element.
So for example, (-1, 5) means that when executing the bar function, execution enters at line 5, and the (5, -1) arc means that execution also leaves at line 5.
When actually executing the code, the lines executed are 1, then 2, then 5, then 8, so the arcs actually encountered during execution are (-1, 1), (1, -1), (1, 2), (2, 5), (5, 8), (8, -1). The possible arcs not encountered were (-1, 2), (-1, 5), (-1, 8), (2, -1), (5, -1). Lines missing branches are those named in the first elements of the missing arcs, so there are missing branches on 2 and 5.
Look at the possible arcs for line 2: (2, -1) and (2, 5). The first is what would happen if you executed foo(). The second is what happens when you define foo. The problem is that for line 8, both execution and definition result in an arc of (8, -1). Execution runs from line 8 to the exit of the function, definition runs from line 8 to the exit of the class. There are really two possibilities, but they are both represented by -1, so the set of arcs doesn't include all the information it could.
When the program is run, we get an arc of (8, -1), so there are no arc possibilities for line 8 that are missing from the execution data, so 8 is not shown as missing a branch.
Now you can help me: is this just a hypothetical example, or do you really have code like this? Function defined with only docstrings are unusual.
The real code that triggers this issue is doing interface definitions based on zope.interface. For example, http://buildbot.twistedmatrix.com/builds/twisted-coverage.py-r28849/twisted_internet_interfaces.html. I don't think this is the only case that can trigger this problem, though. Methods with only docstrings are rare outside of interface definitions, but certainly not impossible.
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Thanks for the real code example. I can see a way forward to make all the methods be marked as missing a branch, but I'm not sure that's what you want.
I would guess that you don't want coverage to draw your attention to these classes at all, since you know they are not executed, and are not going to be adding tests that will execute them.
You can keep coverage from mentioning them by excluding these classes from the coverage measurement. The best way would be to create a coverage.ini file, and use a regex to exclude any class derived from Interface:
# coverage.ini to control how coverage.py works [report] exclude_lines = # pragma: no cover class \w+\(Interface\): raise AssertionError
(I included "pragma: no cover" since I assume you still want that, and "raise AssertionError" since those statements, if they exist, are never meant to be executed, though you may have tests that do exercise those lines.)
If you use this coverage.ini file, then your interface classes will never be highlighted as missing execution.
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OK, I've changed coverage.py to record the multiple exits separately. Fixed in cb4e94096b20 .
class \w+\(Interface\):will catch many but not all of the instances of this, since we have quite a few case of one interface inheriting from another (instead of from
Having looked at the coverage code, I don't see any obvious way to catch these instances, though.
Is there perhaps some way we could find them by inspecting the modules, and then telling coverage to ignore them?
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Tom: I marked this as fixed three years ago. Are you still seeing problems? If so, can you provide a code example that demonstrates the problem?
I just stumbled across this myself today, while trying to assure that 'zope.interface' itself has 100% branch coverage. E.g.:
$ git clone https://github.com/zopefoundation/zope.interface.git $ tox -e coverage # doesn't do branches $ .tox/coverage/bin/nosetests --with-coverage --cover-branches
All the "branches" that get marked are empty "methods" of interfaces (defined using the 'class' statement, but with a different metaclass than 'type'): their suites consist purely of docstrings.
(Using 'coverage-4.0a1-py27').
I'm still seeing this issue; the interface methods are marked "partially covered" since the body is never executed (and essentially can never be executed, there's no way to call it).
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Upton upon Severn is an historic riverside town serving a wide rural catchment area with a thriving tourist industry, due to hosting many well known festivals throughout the year including the Folk, Jazz, Blues and Sunshine Festival. The town is approximately 8 miles from Malvern, 10 miles from Worcester and 6 miles from Tewkesbury. Access to Junction 1 of the M50 is approximately 4 miles distant which links to the M5 motorway. There are mainline railway stations located at both Worcester and Malvern. The town boasts a good range of shops, a Post Office with banking facilities, an excellent health centre, library, primary school and high school within 2 miles. Upton upon Severn has a marina and numerous clubs and societies for all ages. It is an active town yet retains charm and character and the surrounding countryside offers delightful walks, in particular the Malvern Hills.
6 High Street is a beautiful Georgian property situated in the heart of this vibrant and historic riverside town, set over four floors and with a delightful award winning rear courtyard garden. The majority of the property is residential and comprises a lovely, spacious reception room on the third floor with splendid views towards the Malvern Hills, four bedrooms are set over the first and second floor with bathroom facilities at both levels and kitchen/diner on the ground floor. There is a small shop with basement to the front of the building which is NOT part of this sale.
Ground Floor
Undercover, shared, street access from Church Street via an alley way. Step up to wooden entrance door. Alley way leads to a rear courtyard/garden area.
Kitchen/Diner - 4.34m (14.24ft) × 3.86m (12.66ft)
Solid wooden entrance door. Clear double glazed wooden door looking out to the garden. Wooden flooring. Several recessed wooden storage cupboards. A range of wooden wall and base units and solid wooden worktop. Stainless steel double sink with taps over and draining board. Freestanding 'Stoves' gas oven with electric extractor over and space over for a microwave. Space and plumbing for a dishwasher. Ceiling lights, Radiator. Telephone point. Large recessed cupboard with space for freestanding fridge freezer. Stairs rising to
First Floor
Landing ceiling light, airing cupboard housing water tank, leading off to
Bedroom One - 4.3m (14.1ft) × 3.2m (10.5ft)
Wooden sash window to front aspect overlooking the High Street, with secondary glazing. Feature ceiling beam.
Shower Room
Corner shower with sliding doors. Wash hand basin. Low level WC. Extractor fan. Ceiling light.
Bedroom Two - 4.3m (14.1ft) × 3.1m (10.17ft)
Wooden sash window to rear aspect. Feature ceiling beam. Wall light. Storage cupboard with hanging rail, shelving and lighting, housing a Glowworm 'Micron' boiler. Radiator.
Second Floor
Landing with ceiling light and door to stairs rising to third floor
Bedroom Three - 3.87m (12.69ft) × 3.73m (12.23ft)
A generous bedroom with wooden window to rear aspect. Feature ceiling beam. Built in wardrobes with shelving and hanging space. Radiator.
Low built in bath with Victorian style taps over. Wash hand basin with modern style taps. Low level WC. Ceiling light and wall light over mirror. Radiator.
Bedroom Four - 3.21m (10.53ft) × 3.02m (9.91ft)
Wooden sash window to front aspect over High Street, with secondary glazing. Large built in wardrobe with hanging rail and shelving.
Third Floor
Opening onto
Sitting Room - 6.35m (20.83ft) × 4.32m (14.17ft)
A light, open room within the eaves. Wooden window to rear with splendid views towards the Malvern Hills. Wooden window to side overlooking roof tops and wooden sky light window to the left. TV aerial point. Two radiators. Feature beams. Eaves storage cupboards, one concealing a kitchenette area with stainless steel sink with taps over and draining board, water heater and power sockets.
Courtyard Garden
Picturesque courtyard garden. Small pond. Blocked paved path leading to alternative off street access. A secure store, two potting sheds and
Garden Studio/Office
With spot lighting and power, this useful space could be utilised as a studio room, guest accommodation or office.
We have been advised that mains services are connected to the property. This information has not been checked with the respective service providers and interested parties may wish to make their own enquiries with the relevant local authority. No statement relating to services or appliances should be taken to infer that such items are in satisfactory working order and intending occupiers are advised to satisfy themselves where necessary.
Agents Notes
Intending purchasers will be required to produce identification documentation and proof of funding in order to comply with The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds Regulations 2017. More information can be made available upon request. John Goodwin FRICS has made every effort to ensure that measurements and particulars are accurate however prospective purchasers/tenants must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the accuracy of the information provided. No information with regard to planning use, structural integrity, tenure, availability/operation, business rates, services or appliances has been formerly verified and therefore prospective purchasers/tenants are requested to seek validation of all such matters prior to submitting a formal or informal intention to purchase/lease the property or enter into any contract.
The property is to be sold freehold, with the ground floor shop and cellar retained by the vendor by way of a 999 year lease at a peppercorn. The shop and cellar can be purchased by separate negotiation and interested parties should note that it is let to The Green Man Herbal Apothecary who have recently renewed their lease for another three years from 1 March 2019, at an initial rent of £4,000 pa, rising to £4,250 pa in year two and £4,500 pa in year three.
Council Tax
COUNCIL TAX BAND "B" This information may have been obtained by telephone call only and applicants are advised to consider obtaining written confirmation.
Energy Performance Certificate
The EPC rating for this property is ().
By appointment to be made through the Agent's Upton upon Severn Office, Tel: 01684 593125
MISREPRESENTATION ACT, 1967 - JOHN GOODWIN - Conditions under which Particulars are issued:
John Goodwin for himself and for the Vendors or lessors of this property whose agent he gives notice that:
- The particulars are set out as a general outline only for the guidance of intending purchasers or leasees and do not constitute, nor constitute part of, an offer or contract.
- All descriptions, dimensions, references to condition and necessary permissions for use and occupation and other details are given in good faith and are believed to be correct but any intending purchasers or tenants should not rely on them as statements or representations of fact but must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each of them.
- No person in the employment of John Goodwin has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatever in relation to this property.
The property is located directly opposite the Agent's Upton office.
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Leasehold Scandal a Ticking Timebomb
Date Published
26 May 2017
When you see the word scandal you night think of the shenanigans at FIFA, or the greedy MP expenses row, maybe even a Big Brother / Strictly Come Dancing celebrity affair.
However, there's a serious scandal going on in the UK right now which is costing people who have leaseholds on their properties tens of thousands of pounds.
We always come across properties in and around Manchester with less than 85 years left on their leases. Owners of properties with leases like these need to act NOW.
Why? Well once a lease goes below 80 years it costs significantly more to renew.
It's a scandal that more isn't being done to warn, advise and help homeowners affected by this ticking time bomb.
It's staggering how few leaseholders are aware of the potential problem creeping towards them relentlessly. Many people are unwittingly sleep walking their way to a big and costly problem if they don't take action.
That's why we offer Free Leasehold Extension Advice on 0161 711 0990 where we can answer your questions and refer you to reasonably priced legal experts who specialise in this field.
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|Turkey Oak - Dulwich Park
This is one of the 'great trees of London' so called by the charity Trees for Cities. The Turkey Oak in the photograph is in Dulwich Park and listed on the Trees for Cities website as one to visit. There are about 500 species of Oak in the Northern Hemisphere although there are far less than that in Britain. The Turkey oak was reintroduced to Britain in 1735, it's deciduous and broadly conical. It harbors gall wasp larvae, which is bad for British Oak but provides a good early source of food for birds. It's fast growing and will grow to about 40m. I will be visiting all of the trees on the 'great trees of London' list and reporting back on them. Dulwich Park is well worth a visit so make sure you look this tree up when you're there it's very impressive.


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Guess what we saw yesterday?
We are up earlier than usual. For the life of me, I don't know how we responded to that frickin' alarm clock all those many years, got up every morning at 5 o'clock to get to work by 8. Sleeping until I feel like getting up is probably my #1 retirement perk. The reason we are up early is because it is dentist day.
Before seeing the dentist, each patient must fill out two pages of personal information. Two blanks will be left blank...social security and driver's license #s. Having worked in the office environment my whole life, I'm quick to critique page formatting. There simply wasn't enough room to write in what medications we take. I had to write small, use arrows and lines to separate one med from the other. Something so simple just drives me nuts.
The road crews are out tending to the icy highways. We can hear the county's large trucks going through town. Would imagine schools will either be two hours late or there won't be classes at all. We're skeptical about being out on the roads in this kind of weather and just might call and cancel our appointment. If it isn't an emergency, it's kinda silly for people our age to be out on the highways. From now until spring, there will be some less-than-desirable weather days. The gravel roads get mushy, and mud ruts make driving a real mess. It's pretty hard keeping vehicles clean. Saturday we noticed the long lines at the automatic car washes.
The robins give us hope for early spring. Our Bichon's black nose starts turning pink when she doesn't get enough sunshine over winter. Bichons are that way. When she'll be out in the sunshine more, her nose will return to its original jet black color. Isn't nature fascinating?


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June 9, 1995
The meeting was called to order by Chair T.J. Ray at 2:05 on June 9, 1995, in Conner 220.
Present: S Arico, L Bolen, J Bass, C Cunningham, C Eagles, M Eftink, D Frate, F Gilbert, C Gold, M Gorove, B Hackett, T Hall, R Haws, G Hopkins, J Johnson, E Komara, M Landon, G Mahler, P Malone, T Ray, E Sisson, J Stephani, P Sukanek, C Taylor, R Varland, D Williams, C Williford, E Wood
Absent: M Arnold, R Bass, D Bazard, L Bolen, M Boose, R Bowen, A Clark, R Cook, J Harlan, W Leary, R McLaughlin, S Schreiber, J Seydel, G Shelnutt, L Smith, M Smith, W Staton, B Vaaler, A Verlangieri
Prior Notification of Absence Given: C Alexander, P Emerson, A Fisher-Wirth, V Grisham, S Husni, W Jordan, R Klein, V Liberta, J Mizenko
INTRODUCTION OF GUEST SPEAKER: T.J. Ray, Chair, introduced Pete Bone, Ole Miss Athletic Director and former Ole Miss athlete Derek Horne.
Pete Boone opened by presenting the background of Derek Horne as an example of how athletics and academics can work hand in hand. After a successful college sports experience at Ole Miss, Mr. Horne advanced in business with a trucking firm. Pete Boone continued with his philosophy in accepting the position. He stressed his love of Ole Miss. Ole Miss offered him a great education and offered him a great opportunity to succeed in the business world. "I owe Ole Miss an awful lot." Additionally, " What is success?" I feel this offers me a great opportunity to be a success in helping young men and women get a holistic education - athletically, academically , and socially. We owe them that . We need to do these things with a lot of enthusiasm, talent, and energy. He felt he wanted to be a part of this and to meet the challenge currently facing the Athletic Department. "That's why I applied for this job." I'm excited about the opportunities and the challenges. We are just a part of this university, but a part just as important as any other. I want to do my best to blend the Athletic Department in with the University, and let's have a one-tiered approach to make this University the dominant university in the state and the South.
He reviewed plans for the coming year, beginning with the budget deficit. Going to lose about $3 million. Will make it up. Plan to raise about $2 million from the loyalty foundation, up from past giving of about 1.3 million dollars per year. Have contracted to move one game to Memphis to give a $450,000 increase. Looking for a $500,000 improvement in ticket sales. Will only have to increase the budget about $200,000 to $300,000. This year we hope to break even with $500,000 in SEC TV and bowl receipts. These offset NCAA investigation costs ($75,000), ticket revenue decreases ($500,000), and coaching staff changes ($450,000). He feels that the deficit next year will be from zero to $500,000. The following year will get TV money and, with CBS contract, about a $1 million more. Will play Tennessee in Memphis again. We're going to make it fiscally . After we get through these next two years, we will be able to have a strong athletic program. We will be able to be stronger in compliance with gender equity, adding two women's sports - soccer this fall and softball next year.
Soccer will cost us about $200,000 and softball about the same. The good news is that these are equivalency sports. We can spread these scholarships over several people. We may have as many as 50 students on these programs that we wouldn't have all things being the same, thus adding to tuition and the student body. That's our game plan. We're adding to the Coliseum coaching offices. Going to have an indoor tennis and volleyball center. This will also house women's programs. The Michael Starnes construction project, funded by Michael Starnes and Dr. Jerry Hollingsworth, should be completed by the fall.
Mr. Boone then answered questions: (1) regarding a change in estimated TV revenue, just my opinion, the NCAA system disallowing appeals on TV revenues helps prevent the university presidents having to make difficult appeal decisions against one another; (2) regarding recruiting of student athletes, student athlete not an oxymoron. It's compatible. In the past several years have not a done a good job. Over the last five years Ole Miss recruited 25 student athletes. Two years later had one or two. Had made a mistake going the junior college route. Also, signed students who weren't capable of getting in. We are not going to do this. Now have limited scholarships. Can't take a chance on athletes who cannot measure up. I don't think we've done as good a job as we should supporting the student athletes. They have to put in a lot of physical and mental effort. We have to give the best help we can. We need more people, for example tutors, to help them. While some might not agree, he thinks the University should let people in to see if they can make it. He feels that everyone deserves a chance; (3) regarding the perception of many international student athletes representing Ole Miss, many men's tennis members are international students. Still, they bonded together to represent and care for Ole Miss. Feels that the base should be built from Mississippi. Out-of-state students also tend to live elsewhere after graduation and are not as active in attending sports events; (4) regarding recruiting in- as well as out-of-state, didn't recruit as well as could have. Going to do better. Have twice the alumni functions planned. Plan to have 3-4 times the attendance. Will take functions to them, selling the University. Noted that Billy Chadwick had signed Barry Hassel and is now recruiting about 3 other players: (5) regarding negative behavior at sports events, not sure I agree (that behavior more negative than positive) We are on the record about the use of the Rebel flag. Also, in reference to a bottle incident, there was one with one student; (6) regarding handling of the (NCAA) compliance officer position, I consider the compliance officer to be like an auditor. David Wells, the compliance officer, should report to both him and the Chancellor. If he cannot resolve a problem with the Athletic Director's Office, he has an obligation to go to the Chancellor's Office. The budget for Mr. Wells' position would be split between his and the Chancellor's; (7) regarding possible offbudget support of athletics at other universities, he's heard (for example) that Southern's program, comparable in size, operates on about 60% of his budget. It does seem difficult to see how they do it. However, to know for sure would require careful accounting. He cited some costs the Ole Miss Athletic Department bears through food services and the physical plant.
In closing, Mr. Boone stressed that "we may disagree, but the ability to have a healthy exchange is the important thing."
COMMITTEE FOR SESQUICENTENNIAL: Senator Wiebe, Chair, presented a proposal review process. He expressed the view that changes requiring little funding will probably receive the Chancellor's approval and be sent on. Changes requiring substantial funding may require reallocations or budget changes. Two points were raised: (1) will the Faculty Senate Sesquicentennial Committee be part of the process? and (2) a concern about the lack of a process for prioritizing projects. Senator Wiebe responded that we get to Stage 5 (forwarding to Sesquicentennial Planning Committee) you (the Senate) should be consulted. Regarding prioritization, this is a problem. It has been discussed. We are not comfortable with it.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of the May meeting were approved with no changes.
INTRODUCTION OF NEW SENATORS: Chair Ray introduced Senators John Coughlin and Peter Sukanek.
OLD BUSINESS: Academic Council - there are some questions regarding paper thickness and design for the catalog.
A question was raised regarding attendance on advisory groups. The Faculty Senate constitution and bylaws state that the Chair of the Senate may attend any advisory group set up by the Chancellor. Thus, why should the Chair be excluded from the Deans' and Administrative Councils? It was suggested that the Governance Committee look into this question.
Chair Ray addressed proposed changes to the bylaws that were previously tabled. After some discussion about the status of the Budget Committee, the proposed changes were continued tabled by hand vote (15 to 7). Proposed changes are attached.
UPDATE ON CHANCELLOR'S SEARCH COMMITTEE: Senator Mahler reported that the search committee met in Jackson. A short list was requested from the Advisory committee. Some changes were made in the purpose of the advisory committee. They were asked to submit a "boiled down" list to the Board. The Board might pick others to add. Senator Mahler noted that the pool of candidates had not grown. He noted that there was a concern that the discussion of an "inside candidate" from the beginning would have a chilling effect that may have caused some good candidates to pull out. Senator Gold asked to what is the "effect" attributed?
Academic Affairs: Applicants screened the week of June 19 for the position of Associate Dean of the Graduate School.
Chair Ray reported for the Classroom Improvements Committee that $209,000 had been spent.
Chair Ray organized the election of committee chairs. He explained that the executive committee would appoint the chair of the Faculty Governance Committee.
Senator Hackett then reviewed the responsibilities of each Faculty Senate committee. The committees then convened and selected chairs as follows: Academic Affairs, M Landon; Academic Support, Senator F.Gilbert; University Services, V. Grisham; and Finance, L Smith.
Senator Hackett then explained that members of each school needed to caucus to select a representative to the Elections Committee. Members of the schools did so and elected the following representatives: Accountancy, still vacant; Business Administration, J Conlon; Education, P Emerson; Engineering, C Cunningham; Law, B Vaaler; Liberal Arts - C Alexander, C Gold, M Landon; Library, E Komara; Pharmacy, D Frate.
Chair Ray adjourned the meeting at approximately 3:50 pm.


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"Wong V. Jing"
The Sixth Appellate District reversed an order and remanded. The court held that a dentist's declaration regarding her treatment of a young patient demonstrated a probability of success in her libel action based on a derogatory website Yelp review posted by the patient's father; the trial court nonetheless erred in failing to grant a special motion to strike as to the patient's mother, whose declaration showed that she had no part in posting the review.
Pediatric dentist Yvonne Wong treated the young son of Tai Jing and Jia Ma. Jing posted a negative review of Wong on the website Yelp. When Wong was unable to get the negative review removed from the site, she sued Jing, Ma, and Yelp for libel per se and intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress.
Jing, Ma and Yelp filed a special motion to strike the complaint under the anti-SLAPP statute.
In response, Wong declared that she had advised and treated the couple's son properly. In particular, in response to Jing's allegation in the review that she used mercury fillings without advising Jing and Ma of the danger, Wong declared that she had provided Ma with detailed written fact sheets concerning the filling materials available and had obtained Ma's written consent to use mercury fillings. In response to Jing's allegation that Wong had "rushed" her treatment of the child and, to that end, had used a harmful general anesthetic, Wong declared that she had used nitrous oxide because the child was afraid of needles. Further, she declared that such use of nitrous oxide was approved by the American Dental Association. Finally, in response to Jing's allegation that she misdiagnosed the boy by failing to discover numerous cavities, Wong declared that, at the time of the boy's final appointment, she had recommended that the family return so that she could take further x-rays. They failed to do so.
In reply, Jing declared that he posted the review without consulting Ma and without her knowledge. Ma declared that she did not learn of the review until long after it was posted.
Before hearing on the defendants' motion, Wong voluntarily dismissed Yelp from the lawsuit.
The trial court denied the motion to strike, finding that although the defendants had shown that Wong's lawsuit arose from protected speech, Wong had succeeded in showing a probability of success on the merits.
The court of appeal reversed and remanded, holding that the trial court erred in part in denying the motion to strike.
The court agreed with the trial court that Wong demonstrated a probability of success on the merits with regard to her cause of action for libel. Given Wong's evidence, a jury could reasonably find that Jing's review falsely implied she had failed to warn and advise the family regarding filling materials, had misdiagnosed the child, and had exposed him to harm through her use of a general anesthetic, and that such implication was defamatory. Further, the defendants' showing did not conclusively negate or preclude such findings. The trial court thus properly denied the special motion to strike the cause of action for libel.
The court reached a different conclusion, however, with regard to Wong's causes of action for intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress. She declared only that the Yelp posting had caused her "to lose sleep, have stomach upset and generalized anxiety." Such an emotional reaction to being professionally criticized in a Yelp review, however unjustified or defamatory that criticism might have been, did not constitute the sort of severe emotional distress of such lasting and enduring quality that no reasonable person should be expected to endure. Wong thus failed to make a prima facie showing of probable success on her cause of action for intentional or negligent infliction of emotional distress because the evidence of her response to the posting, if believed, did not constitute "severe" or "serious" emotional distress.
Further, as to Ma, the defendants' declarations showed that Ma had no part in the Yelp posting, and Wong did not refute this showing. Accordingly, the special motion to strike should have been granted as to Ma with regard to all three causes of action.
Finally, the court held that Yelp had the right to appeal the trial court's ruling, despite having been dismissed from the lawsuit. Jing, Ma, and Yelp filed a joint anti-SLAPP motion. Although Wong dismissed Yelp before the hearing on the motion, Yelp remained a party to the motion because it would have been entitled to fees had the defendants prevailed. Thus, as a party to the motion, Yelp was entitled to appeal from the order denying the motion and seek reversal in order to pursue attorney fees.


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This is the first time Fetty has mentioned Alaiya on any social media, and we're sure Alexis Skyy is happy to see him stepping up. Read the story below for the details about Alaiya's scary surgery.
Alexis Skyy took to Instagram last night to ask her followers to pray for her daughter Alaiya, who just turned a year old in January and who was born three months premature.
Alaiya suffers from hydrocephalus, which causes bleeding and fluid in the brain. According to TMZ, she had to have surgery to repair a malfunctioning implant in her brain that helps drain blood and fluids.
Alexis Skyy posted a series of Instagram stories about the situation on Sunday evening (1/27) asking for prayers for her one-year-old daughter.
And then assured her fans that Alaiya pulled through and was doing fine.
Early Monday morning she wrote, "Lay Lay is good" and thanked her fans for their prayers and well wishes.
According to TMZ, both Alexis and Fetty Wap are by Alaiya's side. We are glad that she is in recovery and hope that she gets well soon!
Alexis looks back at Alaiya's health problems and talks about her continuing struggle to get Fetty Wap to be a co-parent.


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