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3 - 4 Claremont Terrace
3 College Street - Newcastle Racquet Courts
8-14 Claremont Street
800th anniversary of the Mayoralty and the 800th anniversary of the burgesses of the City Freemen
A&P Yard - Hebburn
Ad Gefrin
Alderman Fenwicks House
Alderman Fenwicks House - Buildings of Newcastle 3
All Saints Cemetery
All Saints Church
Advertising Hoarding at Pocket Park Quayside
All Saints Internal Views 7th September 2016
Internal Views - All Saints
Views from the Tower - All Saints
All Saints Church Rennington
Primtive Methodist Chapel - Now Allendale Library
8, Shield Street
Allendale Bunkhouse
Allendale Co-operative Society Ltd
Allendale Forge Studios
Allendale Village Hall
Belvina and Adjacent House to East, Allendale
Former County Primary School
Former Heatherlea Hotel
Former The Hare and Hounds Inn
Former Trustees Savings Bank
Holme Dene
Hydrant in Front of Number 3 Arnison Terrace
Isaac's Well
John Joseph Glendinning Memorial Drinking Fountain
K6 Outside Westhoe House
Midland Bank House, Avison Close
St Cuthbert's Lychgate War Memorial
Stephenson Headstone
Tea Rooms, Market Place
The Allendale Inn
The Dale Hotel
The Golden Lion Hotel
The Kings Head Hotel
Trinity Methodist Church
7 and 7a, Northumberland Street
Aln House, 17 Northumberland Street
Alnmouth & District Ex-Service Men's Club
Alnmouth War Memorial
Barndale Cottage and Barndale House
Duchess Bridge
Former Alnmouth Methodist Church
Former Blacksmith's Forge, Northumberland Street
Hope and Anchor
Pant on North Side of Junction with the Wynd
Peases' Lane Pant
Prudhoe Villas/Prudhoe Mews, Riverside Road
Schooner Hotel
St John's Church
The Ferryman's Hut
The Old Granary - Driftwood Lodge
The Old Watch Tower
The Red Lion Inn
The Sun Inn
28 Bondgate Within Alnwick
8, Bondgate Within
Percy Tenantry Column - The Farmers Folly
1 - 7th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Plaque
1 and 2 Pottergate and 5 Northumberland Street
1 Percy Street & 25 Green Batt
10 Bondgate Without
10 Market Place
12 and 14 Bondgate Without
13-17, Bondgate Without
14 Fenkle Street
20 and 22 Green Batt
20 and 22, Narrowgate
21 Bailiffgate
25 Bondgate Without Alnwick
27 Fenkle Street
36 Narrowgate
58 and 60 Bondgate Within
5th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Plaque
Alnwick Brewery and Maltings
Alnwick Methodist Church, Chapel Lane
Alnwick Playhouse - Northumberland Theatre Company
Alnwick Scientific and Mechanical Institution, Per
Alnwick Town Hall
Alnwick War Memorial
Alnwick Working Mens Club, 23 Clayport Street
Alnwick Youth Hostel, 34 Green Batt
Bailiffgate Museum & Gallery, Alnwick
Barter Books
Bell & Sons, 15/17 Bondgate Within
Bondgate House, 20, Bondgate Without
Chuirch of St Michael - Arcbold Plaque
Church of St James Unitede Reforn Church
Church of St Michael - Bernard Armstrong Hebeler
Church of St Michael - Porch Plaque, IT, AT and IT
Clayport Pant
Clayport Street, 2 and 4
Corn Exchange Lane and Corn Exchange
Denwick Road Pant
Dorothy Foster's House - Dorothy Forster Court
Dukes Memorial Cottages, Pottergate
Easycare Centre - Alnwick Market Place
Edward and Collingwood Bruce - St Michael's
Edward Stamp Headstone - St Michael's Alnwick
Former Savings Bank, 11 Narrowgate
Former Savings Bank, St Michael's Lane
Former St Paul's Church Sunday School
Fusiliers Museum of Northumberland, Alnwick Castle
Gardeners House, Bondgate Without
General Lambert's House, 31 and 33, Narrowgate
Green Batt House
Hotspur Bronze
Jimmy's Dribble, Bondgate Without
Jobsons of Alnwick
Jubilee School, Green Batt - Alnwick Library
Lion Bridge
Lloyds Bank, 24 Bondgate Within
Manhole Cover - 1895
Market Place
Northumberland Gazette, 32 Bondgate Without
Percy Street Hall
Pottergate Tower
Robertsons Pant,
Salvation Army Temple, Hotspur Street
Shy Bairns Corner House, Northumberland Street
Sion Meeting House, 12 St Michael's Lane
St Andrew's Hall
St James Hall, Pottersgate
St Mary's Convent of Mercy, Bailiffgate
St Michael's Parish Church
St Paul's Catholic Church
St. Michael's Pant, Market Street
Tanners Arms (Brewers Arms)
The Alnwick Arms - Mr Fox
The Black Swan, Narrowgate, Alnwick
The Bondgate Boutique
The Fleece Inn, Bondgate Without
The George, 63 Bondgate Within
The Hotspur Gate - Bondgate Tower
The Kiln - 36 Narrowgate
The Market Tavern
The Oddfellows Arms, 35 Narrowgate
The Old Post Office, 1 Clayport Street
The Pinfold
The Plough Hotel, 24 Bondgate Without
The Queens Head, Market Street
United Presbyterian Church
Viking Boat Bench - Market Place
Wager Cottage (Column Cottage)
White Swan Hotel, Bondgate Within
William Dickson Fountain
Ye Olde Cross Public House - The Dirty Bottles
Alston Grammar School
Church Gates, Front Street
Market Cross
St Wulstan Church
The Walton Memorial
Clock Tower War Memorial and Radcliffe War Memoria
Andy Treadwells' - John Cleave's Building Mural
Angel of the North
Antler Newcastle Alpine Bar and Kitchen
Arthurs Hill Area
Dilston Road Methodist Church
James Alexander "Alec" Burns
Prospect House, Arthur's Hill
Wellington Street
Westgate Baptist Church
Armitages Ghost Sign
Ashington Freemason Hall
Ashington Industrial Co-operative Society
Ashington Leisure Centre
Ashington Memorial Garden
Ashington Town Hall
Bellway House
Central Billiard Saloon Ghost Sign
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Doggarts, Station Road
Former Ashington Co-operative Society Dairy
Former Ashington Police Station
Former Ashington Railway Station
Former Lloyds Bank - 89-91 Station Road, Ashington
Former Woolworths on Station Road
Hirst Industrial Club Ltd
Hirst Progressive Social Club
Kingdom Hall of the Jehova's Witnesses
McDonald, Station Court, Station Road
North Seaton Road Church
Northumberland and Durham Mines Rescue Station
Portland Park
Puck Matches Ghost Sign - Station Road
Robert Lancelot Booth
St Aidan's RC Church
Station Road
The Cree
The Miners - Former Excelsior Social Club
The Susan Kennedy Centre
Trinty Methodist and United Reform Church
Wallaw Cinema
Backworth and Shiremoor
Backworth Colliery
Backworth War Memorial
Brierdene and Heritage Green
Fenwick Pit
Station Road Cottages - Backworth
Bainbridge Poster
Ballast Hills Graveyard
12 and 13, Front Street
7 Radcliffe Road, Bamburgh
Bamburgh Boys School -The Old School House
Bamburgh War Memorial
Captain Kenneth Storey M.C.
Grace Darling Tomb and Memorial
James Wilson Headstone
Nativity Sculpture, Bamburgh
Pant and Trough at East End of the Grove
Sergeant T.A. Gibson RAF
Spindlestone Ducket, Outchester Farm
The Castle Inn "The Middle"
The Dovecote
The Lord Crewe Hotel
The Old Post Office
The Village House
Victoria Hotel
Bank of England Demolition
Bardon Mill Pottery
Barras Bridge
Barras Bridge Roadworks
Bath Lane
Beamish Museum
1940's Farm
Annfield Plain Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd
Barclays Bank
Beamish Motor & Cycle Works
John Gledstone Memorial Fountain
Joseph Herron, Baker and Confectioner
Jubilee Confectioners
Old Adverts
Park Lane Masonic Hall
Pit Hill Wesleyan Chapel
Pit Village
Village School
Pockerley Waggonway
Printers, Stationers & Newspaper Branch Office
Ravensworth Terrace
Teacher of Pianoforte and Singing - Number 2
Mr J Jones - The Dentist
J & RS Watson - Solicitors
Redman Park
Rowley Station
St Helens Church - Eston
The Sun Inn
Town - Various Miscellaneous View
Town Stables and Carriage House
Trams and Transport
1 Market Place and 2 Vulcan Place
3 Market Place
Aston's Late Bar - Former Blue Bell Inn
Baedling Manor
Bedlington Masonic Building
Bedlington Police Station and Courthouse
Bedlington Post Box
Bedlington Primitive Methodist Church
Bedlington Social Club
Bedlington War Memorial
Black Bull
Former The Gardener's Arms, Front Street East
Gibson's, Front Street East
Laird's House
Market Cross
Market Tavern
Northumberland Arms
Old Vicarage Bedlington
The Grapes, Front Street West
The Millfield & La Torre Restaurant
The Red Lion
The Sun Inn
Trotter Memorial Drinking Fountain
Bellasis Bridge
4 Front Street
Bellingham Town Hall
Bellingham Tyne Bridge
Chinese Gingall - Bellingham
Church of St Oswald
Former Barclays Bank, Front Street
Irishmen's Graveyard
Lock Up Lane
The Long Pack - Church of St Cuthbert Bellingham
United Methodist Free Church
Bellister Castle
Bells Court
Benton Square Mission
St James Church
10 and 12, Hide Hill
124 and 126, Marygate
23, Castlegate
49 Tweed Street
57 - 59 Marygate
76 Marygate
90 Marygate
Barclays, 22 - 24 Hide Hill
Berwick Masonic Hall
Berwick Methodist Church, Walkergate
Berwick Railway Station
Royal Border Bridge
Berwick Sculpture Trail - Barl the Berwick Bear
Boys' National School
Castle Vale Park
Conduit Head, Castlegate
Coronation Park
Curfew Micro Pub, 46A Bridge Street
Eagle House, 11 Railway Street
Flagstaff House, 5 Avenue
Former Baptist Church, Walkergate
Former Berwick Theatre, 17-21 Hide Hill
Former Church of St Mary
Geo. C. Grieve Ltd
Hen and Chickens Hotel
Jubilee Fountain
Kings Head, Church Street
Lady Jerningham Monument
Lynwood House, 3 Avenue
Monument to Philip Maclagan - Classical Statue
Our Lady and St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Church
Royal Tweed Bridge
St Andrew's Church of Scotland
The Barrels Ale House, 59-61 Bridge Street
The Brown Bear Inn
The Castle Hotel
The Cobbled Yard Hotel, Walkergate
The Custom House
The Free Trede Inn, 75 Castlegate
The Heavy Battery - The Brewers Arms
The King's Arms Hotel, Hide Hill
The Leaping Salmon
The Main Guard - The Old Guardhouse
The Toll House, 3 Castle Terrace
The White Horse, 89 Castle Gate
United Presbyterian Church, Bankhill
Victoria House, 15 & 17 Castlegate
War Memorial
Bessie Surtees House
Bewick Court
Bewick Street
Bigg Market
Half Moon Chambers
Sunlight Buildings
Billy Mill Roundabout - Coast Road
Black and White Day
Black Gate Visit - 23rd February 2013
Blackett Street
Academy of Art - Blackett Street
Blackett Street Mural
Christmas Market
International Market
Emerson Chambers
Monument Mall
1-5 Shildon Road
Abbey Cottage
Abbey Gatehouse with Post Office
Bailiffs House
Blanchland Bridge
Old School Blanchland
First World War Memorial
Shildon House
The Pant
Blandford Square
14 Blandford Square
18 Blandford Square
Change of use of existing car park to external exh
Blandford Square - Workshop Demolition
Blaydon Bridge
Blaydon Road Bridge
Blenheim Street
Former Mulhotra Warehouse - Now PureGym
The Carlisle Pub
Blue Carpet
24 Bridge Street
33 Bridge Street
Bates Colliery Staithes
Bath Terrace
Blyth & Tyne Brewery Co Ltd
Blyth Battery
Blyth Boathouse Restaurant
Blyth Harbour
Blyth Library
Blyth Marine Station - Newcastle University
Blyth Police Station and Magistrates Court
Blyth Powerstation
Blyth Sensory Garden
Blyth Sports and Social Club
Blyth Submariners' War Memorial
Blyth Tall Ship Banners
Blyth Workspace
Boathouse Tavern - Now The Quay
Bondicar Terrace
Bridge House - was Blyth Presbyterian Church
Commissioners Quay Inn
Former Custom House, Ships Chandlers and Warehoue,
Former Harbour Commissioner's Offices
Former headmaster's house for National School
Former Queens Head, King Street
Hedley & Young - 16-18 Bridge Street Blyth
High Light
J Herron & Son - 66 Regent Street
Keelmans House, Summers Street, Blyth
Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses
Kings Head Hotel
Kitty Brewster Inn
Land At Commissioners Quay Quay Road
Market Hotel - Market Tavern
Northumbria House
Oddfellow's Arms, 91 Bridge Street, Blyth
Our Lady and St Wilfrid's, Blyth
Pearl Assurance Coat of Arms - Bridge Street
Plessey Road - Tour of Britain Plaques
Port of Blyth Handbook 1984
Post Office - Bridge Street
Post Office Bar
Prince of Wales
Railway Station Masters House
RNLI Blyth
RNLI Sign - Lifeboat Cottages, Bath Lane. Blyth
Rocket Cart House
Rocket House
Roxy Cinema - Mecca Bingo
Royal Warwickshire Regiment Floral Display
Ships in Blyth Harbour
Spirit of the Staithes
St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Church, Cowpen, Blyth
St Cuthberts Church - Plessey Road
St Cuthberts Church Hall
St Mary, Blyth
Submariners War Memorial
The Blyth and Tyne Hotel, 38 Regent Street
The Buffalo, Regent Street, Blyth
The Flying Horse
The Joiners Arms
The Masons Arms
The Reef Hotel
The Steamboat
The Windmill Pub - Cowpen Road
Waterloo Road United Reform Church, Blyth
Wellesley Nautical School - Second World War Memor
Willie Carr - The Hartley Samson
Blyth Cemetery
Blyth Offshore Demonstrator Wind farm
Blyth Tall Ships Regatta 2016
Christian Radich
Dar Mlodziezy
Fryderyk Chopin
General Views
HMS Grimsby
Johann Smidt
Parade of Sail - 29th August 2016
Shore Views - 27th August 2016
Skonnerten Jylland
Swan LK243
Bolam - St Andrews Church
Bolland Memorial - Bullen Memorial, St Mary the Virgin, Morpeth
Bolton Chapel
Completed Bonga
Departure - 19 October 2003
Bothal Castle
Branton and Glanton United Reformed Church
Brazil versus New Zealand - Olympics 2012
Brinkburn Farmbuilding Range
Brinkburn Lodge
Brinkburn Priory
Broad Chare
Silver Street
Brown Ale - Shearer Special
Brunswick War Memorial
St. Cuthbert's Church Brunswick - Parish of Christ
Brunswick Methodist Church
Brydee Alice Mary Ellwood
Brydee - 10th August 2009
Brydee - 18th July 2009
Brydee - 20th May 2010
Brydee - 2nd August 2009
Brydee - July 2010
Brydee - September 2010
Brydee - Xmas 2010
Brydee and Nao - 28th June 2010
Brydee at 9 Months
Brydee at Hartlepool
Brydee at Whitehouse Farm - 19th May 2010
Brydee Xmas 2013
Brydee's 3rd Birthday - 13th Jukly 2012
Brydee's First Christmas
Brydee's First Day at Nursery School - 18.09.2012
Brydee- 12th May 2010
Christening - 23rd August 2009
Santa's Little Helper
Burradon and Camperdown
Burradon Colliery Memorial
Former Halfway House Pub
Fryers Millennium Green
Grey Horse
Burradon Tower
By The River Brew Co, Hillgate Quay, Gateshead
Brinkburn Street
Budget Hostel - Shields Road
Butchers Arms
Byker and Heaton Union Club (Key Club)
Byker Church School - Headlam Street
F. Beavan Ltd
Former IRDL Site - Fossway
Hadrian Square
Heaton Hotel
Joseph Cowen Healthcare Centre, 8 Wilfred Street
JT Parrish - Parrish Court
Lloyds Bank - Corner of Heaton Rd and Shields Rd
Newcastle Shopping Park
Ringtons - Algernon Road
Robert Laidlaw & Sons - Ghost Sign
St Lawrence Gospel Hall
St Lawrence's Roman Catholic Church - Byker
St Mark's Church, Byker Hill
St Michael's Church
The Grace Inn
The High Main
The Kings Castle Church 162 Brinkburn Street
The Old Post Office
The Raby
W & R Jacobs & Co (Liverpool) Ltd Biscuit Factory
Byker & Heaton Cemetery
Bywell Volume 1
Bywell Volume 2
Cambo Village
Cambo Drinking Fountain
Cambo War Memorial
Former Post Office
Holy Trinity Church
Village Hall
Land North East Of Beach House
Cardinal Basil Hume Statue
Caribbean Cruise 2005
Isla Margarita
Moon Show
Onboard Ocean Village
St Kitts
St Lucia
St Maarten
Carliol Square
Extension to Telephone Exchange Building
Castle Garth
Bridge Hotel
Kevin Boys Archers
Mystery Room
Centenary Soldier
Central Arcade
Central Library and Princess Square
Central Motorway
Central Park Art - Newbiggin By The Sea
Central Station
Centrale - Unit 11
Water Tower
Centre For Life
Chain Bridge Honey Farm Vintage Museum - Horncliffe
Charlotte Square
Chesters Fort
Chillingham, St Peter's Church
Chimney Mill and Mill House, Claremont Road
China Town - Stowell Street
Joe Wilson Plaque
Chirton Grange - Former The Brig Public House
Chollerford Bridge
Chollerton War Memorial
Church of our Lady
Church of St Andrew, Grey Mare Hill, Shotley, Northumberland
Hopper Mausoleum
Tree Plantation
Cinderella Pantomine 2016 - Theatre Royal
City Road
City House
Civic Centre
Claremont House
Claremont Place
Claremont Road
Claremont Road - W.T. Glover Tram Electricity Supply Box
Claremont Street
Clavering Place
Clayton Street
64-68 Clayton Street
Clarendon House
Clayton Street West - Bus Lane Camera
Dirty Dicks
Greenwoods 53 Clayton Street
Cloth Market
Heywoods Court
Old George Yard
Old Town Hall
White Hart Yard
Clouds Over Whitley Bay - 23rd December 2017
Clough's - Heaton Road
Clousden Hill - Horse Trough
Codgers Fort
Colleries in South East Northumberland
Collingwood Street
Collingwood Buildings
Groat House - 20 Collingwood Street
James Crossley Eno - 5 Collingwood Street
The Camera Shop - former Hippo House
Convent of the Good Shepherd - Longbenton
Coopers Studios
12-16, Front Street
18 - 22 Front Street
32-34 Hill Street, Corbridge
4-6, Watling Street
6 Front Street
Birch's Pant - Princes Street
Bridge Bank Cottage
Corbridge - The Old Market Cross
Corbridge Methodist Church
Corbridge Parish Hall
Corbridge Town Hall
Cross House
Duke's Cottages, St Helen Street
Dunedin, Main Street
Eastfield House and East House
Gresham House, Watling Street
Heron House, 18 Hill Street, Corbridge
Hill Street United Methodist Church, Corbridge
Il Piccollo and Stuzzico, St Helen's Street, Corbr
Jubilee Buildings
Linnels Bridge, also known as Linnolds Bridge
Lloyds Bank, Middle Street, Corbridge
Low Hall, Corbridge
Main Street Pant, Corbridge
Market Cross, Market Place, Corbridge
Market Place Chapel, Corbridge
Monksholme, Main Street, Corbridge
Norma James Dress Shop, Middle Street
Oswald Cottage, 8 - 10 Front Street
Reverend George Wilson
Riverhill - Abbeyfield House, Corbridge
Shu Shan - York House, 18 Watling Street
St Andrew Church
St Mary's Chare
The Angel Inn
The Angel Radcliffe, Main Street, Corbridge
The Black Bull Inn
The Blue Bell, Hill Street
The Forge House & The Forge, Corbridge Bridge Bank
The Golden Lion, Hill Street
The King's Oven, Corbridge
The Market Place
The Preaching House
The Wheatsheaf
Vicar's Pele
Vine Cottage
William Lumley Grave, Church of St Andrew
World War 1 Memorial - Lych Gate, St Andrew's Chur
Cormorants On Lloyds Hailing Station, North Shields
Cowpen - St Cuthberts Catholic Church
Cowpen Cemetery (Blyth)
Cramlington Village Mechanics Institute
Cramlington War Memorial
Dunford, Errington and Turnbull Table Tombs
Hicks Family Grave, St Nicholas Church
John The Clerk of Cramlington
Mitchell Bertram Memorial Bench
Peter Manderson - Hartley Pit Disaster Victim
Quarrie House
Surveyors House, Cramlington Village
Taylor Family Tomb
The Blagdon Arms, Cramlington
The Green
The Plough
Wesleyan Chapel, Cramlington Village
William Telford Grave
Craster and Dunstan World Wars Memorial
Craster Harbour
The Jolly Fisherman
Cresswell Bay Tank Traps
Cresswell Hall Gallery
Cross House, Ryton
Cross Street
Cullercoats - Vol 1
Admiral House - Back John Street
Bank Top Cottages
John Falconar Slater
Photographs from September 2004
St Georges Church
The View - Tynemouth Longsands
Cullercoats - Vol 2
16 John Street
Adamson Memorial Drinking Fountain
Concessions Huts
Cullercoats Methodist Fishermen's Mission
Van Gogh The Barber Shop
Victoria Court Sheltered Housing - Cullercoats
Wallington Court - Marden Estate
Cullercoats Harbour Day 2016
Cullercoats Harbour Day 2017
Cullernose Point
Daimler CCG5
Darn Crook
Dean Street
12 and 14, Dean Street
23 Dean Street
Demolition of 103 to 109 Pilgrim Street
Denwick - Pant 50 Metres East of Village Hall
Denwick - Pant, 30 Metres South West of Road Junction in Centre of Village
Denwick Chapel
Dewley Hill
Drury Lane
Dunstanburgh - Gull Crags
Dunstanstead Links
Dunston Staithes
Durant Road Footbridge Demolition
Durham City
Durham Gala
Durham History Fair
Eals Bridge
Taylor Memorial School
War Memorial
East Cramlington United Methodist Free Church
East Howdon - Duke of Wellington
Eighton Banks
Eldon Place
Eldon Square - Old and New
Christmas Decorations 2017 & 2018
Eldon Gardens
High Friars - Grey's Quarter Renders
Knitted Poppies
Mall Sign Wall
Man With Pigeons
Memorial Seats
Mural - Blackett Street
Pop Up Disney
Elemore Hall
Ellison Place
Church of the Divine Unity Durant Hall
Picton Manor - 21 - 22 Ellison Place
St Cuthbert's Church
The Pinfold
46-50 Elswick Road
Elswick Library - Stephenson Library
Newcastle Central Mosque and Islamic Centre
Elswick St Johns Cemetery - Vol 1
Elswick St Johns Cemetery - Vol 2
George Angus
Haswell Stephenson and Charlotte Bond
Jushichii Takezo Fukamachi
Kato Iwamoto
Mather Tomb
Embleton Links Pill Box
Tosson Tower Farmhouse
Embleton War Memorial
Emergency Care Hospital - Cramlington
Erick Street - Back Market Street
Escapology by Cath Campbell
St Mary the Virgin's Church, Etal
Exhibition Park
Featherstone Village Hall, Rowfoot
Felton War Memorial
Old Felton Bridge
575 Westgate Road
Back Wingrove Road
Former Reg Vardy Garage
Former Tram Depot
Fox and Hounds
The Prince of Wales
Fenham Barracks
Former Officers' Mess
Former Sergeants' Mess
North and South Guard Houses
Fenkle Street
Fenwicks Window 2013
Fenwicks Window 2016
Fenwicks Window - 2018
Fenwicks Window 1999
Fenwicks Window 2000
Fenwicks Window 2001
Fenwicks Window 2002
Fenwicks Window 2003
Fenwicks Window 2004
Fenwicks Window 2005
Fenwicks Window 2006
Fenwicks Window 2007
Fenwicks Window 2014
Fenwicks Window 2015
Fenwicks Window 2016
Fenwicks Window 2017
First Day Covers
Flodden and Branxton
Flooding 28th June 2012
Florida 2005
Castillo de San Marcos
Fort Matanzas
Sea World
St Augustine
Florida Holiday 2001
Forces Gala - 2002
Ford & Etal Estates
Black Grave - Church of St Michael
Ford Smithy
Ford Village Well
Former Presbyterian Church
Former Presbyterian Mans
Gravestone of Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford
Jubilee Cottage
Parson's Tower
The Black Bull, Etal
The Waterford Fountain
Forest Hall
Bethesda Gospel Hall - Forest Hall
Christ Church
Forest Hall Ex-Servicemens
St. Mary of the Rosary, Clousden Hill, Forest Hill
The Flying Scotsman
The Ritz Cinema
Forest Hall Police Station
Former Aidan House - now Urban Study Tyne Bridge
Former Grange Interior - North Shields
Forth Banks and Skinnerburn
Forth Street
Beer Street, Forth Street
Errant Brewery, Arch 19 Forth Goods Yard, Forth St
Framlington Place
1-17, Framlington Place
18-23 Framlington Place
Framlington House
Freeman Hospital
Friars Goose
Baltic Place
Gateshead Art Work
Gateshead Dispensary
Gateshead Stadium
Gateshead Town Clock
Hawks Mill Student Accommodation
Jurys Inn
Maidens Walk Art Work
Old Post Office
Old Town Hall
Redheugh Bridge Toll House
Tyne Bridge Tower
Windmill Hills
Gateshead Millennium Bridge
Gateshead Millennium Bridge - Open 1
Gateshead Millennium Bridge - Bollard Removal
Gateshead Millennium Bridge - Journey
Gateshead Millennium Bridge - Naming
Gateshead Millennium Bridge - Open 2
Gateshead Millennium Bridge - Open 3
Gateshead Millennium Bridge at Night
Gateshead Pattern Makers
General Hospital
Geoff Phillips
George Redmayne Murray
George Stephenson
Get Carter
Ghost Signs
Gibside House
Monument to British Liberty (The Column to Liberty


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text: Barbara L. Juliano, 96, of Hingham, died peacefully Wednesday, December 31, 2014, at Exeter Hospital, Exeter, N.H. She was born in Brockton, December 7, 1918, a daughter of the late Harold and Aleatha (Ouderkirk) Howes. Raised in Stoughton, she graduated from Stoughton High School and later Bridgewater State Teachers College. Following graduation she worked as an elementary teacher for 11 years in the Stoughton school district. She was married for 36 years to Dr. Peter H. Juliano who passed away in 1983. She devoted her life to being a supportive wife and mother. Mrs. Juliano was a member of the Brockton YMCA where she led a womens fitness class for 40 years and she also served on the Board of Directors at the Y for 25 years. She was a member of the Central Methodist Church in Brockton where she participated in the choir. She also served on the Security Federal Savings Bank Board for 25 years. Barbara moved to Linden Ponds in 2006 where she continued to enjoy her passion for music, singing with the Linden Ponds Singers & Chorale, playing piano for Vesper services and performing in annual Linden Pond Repertory shows. In earlier days, she enjoyed skiing and tennis with family and friends. Family members include her daughter, Linda L. Higgins and her husband John of Exeter, N.H.; sister, Beverly Moore of Mattapoisett; sister-in-law, Anna Juliano of Brockton; brother-in-law, Donald Juliano and his wife Alice of Cape Cod; and many nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents and husband, she was predeceased by her son, Robert S. Juliano, and brothers, William, Bernard, Harold, Bruce and Robert Howes. Services will be held in the Linden Ponds Theater at Linden Ponds, 204 Linden Ponds Way, Hingham, Saturday, February 14, 2015, at 1 p.m. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers donations can be made in her memory to Old Colony YMCA, Development Office, 320 Main Street, Brockton, MA 02301 or the Linden Ponds Student Scholarship Fund, 204 Linden Ponds Way, Hingham, MA 02043. Assistance with arrangements was by Remick & Gendron Funeral Home - Crematory, Hampton, N.H. Please visit www.RemickGendron.com to view Barbaras memorial Web site, sign the tribute wall or for directions.Add to My Saved Tributes


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537292020947772033.post2378549991438988157..comments2018-12-20T15:18:11.668-05:00Comments on Performance Matters: Progressive JPEGs FTW!Patrick Meenanhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-537292020947772033.post-29800537578960495002015-11-12T11:01:43.903-05:002015-11-12T11:01:43.903-05:00I will remain a big fan of progressive JPEGs and p...I will remain a big fan of progressive JPEGs and push for them any chance I can get. Particularly with HTTP/2 we can do some really interesting things on the server side to send parts of the images on slower connections (though nobody is doing it that way yet).Patrick Meenanhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-537292020947772033.post-50728067249032207682015-11-12T10:31:30.870-05:002015-11-12T10:31:30.870-05:00Just a question and an answer of Kornel (writer of...Just a question and an answer of Kornel (writer of imageoptim) to the radware study:
https://github.com/pornel/ImageOptim/issues/75#issuecomment-156083108

Not sure, if this is true, but I think Kornel is not that inexperienced in image compression/optimization.Dominikhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-537292020947772033.post-55800736293518699262015-01-03T04:48:22.734-05:002015-01-03T04:48:22.734-05:00Great! Thanks for clarifying. Great! Thanks for clarifying. email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-537292020947772033.post-72617608821315152072014-12-31T16:04:40.455-05:002014-12-31T16:04:40.455-05:00I removed it for now (from the UI anyway) because ...I removed it for now (from the UI anyway) because of some research from radware that showed people preferred the experience of baseline images. It's not definitive and there's more research to do but apparently it's not a clear-cut win so I'm not being as in-your-face about it.

I'm also doing some work with different progressive scripts to see if we can deliver a first pass that isn't as blurry.

Slides from their presentation are here: http://www.slideshare.net/Radware/radware-velocity-nyprogressivejpegwebperformanceuxPatrick Meenanhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-537292020947772033.post-82635797119328664162014-12-31T15:54:03.056-05:002014-12-31T15:54:03.056-05:00Hi Patrick- I noticed you mentioned that progres...Hi Patrick-

I noticed you mentioned that progressive jpeg would be added to the grading vectors on the wpt site. I don't see it there. Did it get removed?

Thanks,
firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-537292020947772033.post-20291405575467743942014-06-13T13:55:00.076-04:002014-06-13T13:55:00.076-04:00This online tool will help you to validate your Pr...This online tool will help you to validate your Progressive JPEGs: http://highloadtools.com/progressivejpegdenhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-537292020947772033.post-29374611723188605982014-04-24T15:05:11.657-04:002014-04-24T15:05:11.657-04:00"Progressive JPEGs can be built with almost a..."Progressive JPEGs can be built with almost arbitrary control over the separate scans. The first scan in the default libjpeg/jpegtran setting is extremely blocky and I think we can find a much better balance."

Curious what you mean by blocky? Do you have some suggestions for better libjpeg/jpegtran settings that are less so?A.M.https://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-537292020947772033.post-59253200671176546812013-11-04T03:53:00.339-05:002013-11-04T03:53:00.339-05:00Photoshop also gives an option for that. Just open...Photoshop also gives an option for that. Just open it and save for the web with progressive option checked. (CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + S)Tomhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-537292020947772033.post-365207469308658642013-09-26T08:29:08.306-04:002013-09-26T08:29:08.306-04:00The easiest is probably the jpegtran command-line ...The easiest is probably the jpegtran command-line utility (available on most OS's through their package managers, here for windows: http://jpegclub.org/jpegtran/ ).

jpegtran -progressive source.jpg out.jpg

Stoyan Stefanov wrote a good article on it back in 2008: http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2008/12/05/imageopt-4/Patrick Meenanhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-537292020947772033.post-73802297415316945842013-09-25T22:49:14.120-04:002013-09-25T22:49:14.120-04:00Hello Please inform how to change JPEG Image into ...Hello
Please inform how to change JPEG Image into progressive JPEGs, which software should i use or how should to change it, give me firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-537292020947772033.post-8211479757068317352013-09-17T12:01:25.952-04:002013-09-17T12:01:25.952-04:00Actually, my webpage wallpaper is already lossless...Actually, my webpage wallpaper is already losslessy optimized and progressive (saved using PROGRESSIVE option on Photoshop CS5).
However, webpagetest tells me that the image is NOT progressive and that it could be optimized (furthermore, the optimized version would be a few kB bigger than original version).
I'd appreciate it if you could take a look:
http://www.webpagetest.org/jpeginfo/jpeginfo.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flapane.com%2Fimages_style%2Fwood.jpg

ThanksFlapanehttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-537292020947772033.post-23900259855040369492013-08-07T10:17:04.515-04:002013-08-07T10:17:04.515-04:00With any luck progressive JPEGs will be the defaul...With any luck progressive JPEGs will be the default in Wordpress in the not too distant future: http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/21668

Kraken.io do a good job with creating progressive images and are supposed to be working on a wordpress plugin.

If you have shell access to the server you can also run Adept across your images which is also a great option.Patrick Meenanhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-537292020947772033.post-27543475030644118792013-08-07T09:46:09.369-04:002013-08-07T09:46:09.369-04:00Hi Patrick, thanks for this very informative post ...Hi Patrick, thanks for this very informative post on Progressive jpegs. Just the think I was looking for since I have the same problem with my website at the moment.

Webpagetest:
http://www.webpagetest.org/result/130807_DY_PQ8/1/performance_optimization/#progressive_jpeg

Is there any plugins for wordpress I can use to do this jpeg compression on my images?

Thanks!Julius Briososhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-537292020947772033.post-17822266518966714172013-07-17T10:42:47.677-04:002013-07-17T10:42:47.677-04:00Depending on what data set you look at, IE 8 is un...Depending on what data set you look at, IE 8 is under 10% and declining. I'm not saying we shouldn't support them but I wouldn't necessarily optimize the experience for that small of the population, particularly since it is declining.

Statcounter: http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser_version_partially_combined-ww-weekly-201327-201328-bar

Akamai: http://www.akamai.com/html/io/io_dataset.html#stat=browser_ver&top=5&type=line&start=20130601&end=20130707&net=both

The distribution for a given site may be different so obviously you should take that into account but it's not like were talking about optimizing for the few that are on cutting-edge browsers, we're talking about optimizing for the 80+% case.Patrick Meenanhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-537292020947772033.post-19941908480668262442013-07-17T10:28:43.174-04:002013-07-17T10:28:43.174-04:00Aggreed, progressive JPG accelerate the start rend...Aggreed, progressive JPG accelerate the start render and gives a more useful idea of the content sooner. Not all people agree on this last point, but I'm not of those.
However I do not get why nobody defends the poor users still using IE 8 and earlier (precisely the one who need speed boosts btw) : IE8 and earlier do not smoothly display progressive JPGs. Actually effect is worse than with regular JPG : as long as the image is downloading, you see a blank screen, so you have no visual effect indicating you an image is coming.

Take a look at the screenshots : http://www.webpagetest.org/video/compare.php?tests=130717_N5_a43aa8f9b286a33bb769189a28fed9f5-r:1-c:0
The main progressive JPG is not displayed until fully there, whereas when it was regular the user knew he was downloading (an heavy) something
http://www.webpagetest.org/video/compare.php?tests=130717_K1_ce80cb6e524af4bcf05c985ce9d455c5-r%3A1-c%3A0&thumbSize=200&ival=1000&end=visual

So I dont really agree about saying progressive should be standard : let the websites owner decide if their user base has modern enough browsers to benefit from this techniquejpvincenthttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-537292020947772033.post-3746302463773956402013-07-15T00:44:25.705-04:002013-07-15T00:44:25.705-04:00https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71591...https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=715919#c23Bruno George Moraeshttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-537292020947772033.post-34582768489274598162013-07-15T00:39:47.614-04:002013-07-15T00:39:47.614-04:00IIRC in libjpeg-turbo the SIMD optimizations only ...IIRC in libjpeg-turbo the SIMD optimizations only affect baseline, so the decoder is much slower in progressive. Then in hardware the same slowness can happen.Bruno George Moraeshttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-537292020947772033.post-25236979955624600472013-06-28T10:59:39.303-04:002013-06-28T10:59:39.303-04:00I would also use large progressive JPEGs with caut...I would also use large progressive JPEGs with caution on memory limited devices (entry level smartphones).
To reconstruct a progressive JPEG a browser has to either:
- keep huge matrices in memory (6 bytes per pixel in case of a color JPEG, since each "data units" holds 14-bits values per cell).
- keep all the scans compressed in memory and perform decompression in parallel on those (you loose the benefits of progressive display in this case).

Sequential JPEGs based on interleaved MCU holding the 3 components (YCbCr) do not face this memory hog problem, since the memory used by an MCU (or a lign of MCUs) could be released right after it has been uncompressed back to RGB pixels.
Anonymoushttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-537292020947772033.post-10672820141704547432013-06-28T10:40:37.555-04:002013-06-28T10:40:37.555-04:00"Some people may be concerned about the extre..."Some people may be concerned about the extremely fuzzy first-pass in the progressive case. This test was just done with using the default jpegtran scans. I have a TODO to experiment with different configurations to deliver more bits in the first scan and skip the extremely fuzzy passes."

This is impossible since the JPEG specs states that in progressive mode the DC values (the top left value of a data unit) have to live in their own scan, apart from the 63 AC values.
That's why you'll never be able to write something like "0: 0-5" in a scan file for jpegtran, only 0-0 works, luma and chroma can be interleaved: "0 1 2: 0-0", but if you are looking for the smallest file simply let JPEGrescan do its work.

May I suggest you to read the chapters about JPEG in John Mianos book:
http://www.2shared.com/document/7E31nRlZ/Miano_-_Compressed_Image_File_.html

In the other hand you could produce sequential JPEGS with scans parameters like:
0;
1 2;
(this one is usually better than the default "0 1 2;" when chroma sub-sampling is involved, since it will avoid the inclusion of dummy luma data units to fill the MCU).

0 1;
2;

or

0 2;
1;
can also give better results than default sequential.Anonymoushttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-537292020947772033.post-64177836623466185862013-06-10T08:51:23.198-04:002013-06-10T08:51:23.198-04:00@Eric - do you see something that is inaccurate? ...@Eric - do you see something that is inaccurate? If you already optimized the images then there's a good chance that there isn't room to make them smaller. If the original is already compressed at a quality level lower than 85 (and looking at the artifacts it looks like it was probably well under 70) then re-compressing it at 85 is guaranteed to be bigger.

The JPEG tool just dumps information about the file and checks to see if easy lossless or lossy gains are left on the table.

If you run a site that has that image on it through webpagetest itself, you shouldn't be getting dinged for Image compression. You might get dinged for it not being progressive though since it's over 10KB though but progressive delivery isn't all about file size.Patrick Meenanhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-537292020947772033.post-46730591735879456822013-06-10T02:50:22.914-04:002013-06-10T02:50:22.914-04:00I would not trust the information reported by webp...I would not trust the information reported by webpage test's JPEG tool. The lossless and lossy recommendation it offered were larger in size. http://www.webpagetest.org/jpeginfo/jpeginfo.php?url=http://www.ericperrets.info/images/meme.jpgAnonymoushttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-537292020947772033.post-20298307871060154192013-06-05T14:02:22.793-04:002013-06-05T14:02:22.793-04:00@steve, I'm cautiously optimistic that the imp...@steve, I'm cautiously optimistic that the impact would be even more than that.

Since JPEGs tend to be used for the larger images, they constitute more of the page bytes than the other images.

I don't have scientific data for it but I expect that navigating content and commerce sites will also tend to skew requests more towards JPEGs. Assuming gif/png are used mostly for layout and don't change frequently but JPEGs tend to be used for story photos, product images, etc and will be the content (along with the actual HTML/body) that changes the most often.Patrick Meenanhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-537292020947772033.post-88522495842980080682013-06-05T13:00:30.110-04:002013-06-05T13:00:30.110-04:00Great great post, Pat. Thanks. Since this only app...Great great post, Pat. Thanks. Since this only applies to JPG it made me wonder how popular JPG is compared to other image formats. According to the HTTP Archive, 46% of images are JPG. So this improvement would affect almost half of the images seen on the Web. A big win.Steve Soudershttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-537292020947772033.post-49455067808825887512013-06-05T12:03:48.143-04:002013-06-05T12:03:48.143-04:00The overall score is weighted by the image size so...The overall score is weighted by the image size so small images should not change the overall score much (unless you have nothing but small JPEGs). I'm open to also setting a floor and not dinging for images < 10KB.Patrick Meenanhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-537292020947772033.post-45916625556241014712013-06-05T11:06:34.757-04:002013-06-05T11:06:34.757-04:00The webpagetest report should account for the sour...The webpagetest report should account for the source image size: I've found that small icons actually become larger when using progressive JPEG so our site conditionally enables progressive JPEG only when the image has more than 16K pixels, which is consistently a net win in my testing.Chris Adamshttps://email@example.com


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Weekends were the high-spot of the week for me.
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Please read 'Making a Booking' below and use the calendar to do so
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Making a Booking
This is a free service - payment is made on the day at the course. 9/18 holes of footgolf on average takes 1 or 2 hours to complete, respectively. We recommend booking in advance, as courses get busy and may be booked already, or have queues on arrival.
Bookings :
1. Please select a calendar, either Book 9, Book 18 or Book a Round.
2. Select the date/time you require, click on the box for the desired time, and complete the form
3. You can only book the area of the calendar highlighted with time slots
4. Each tee slot can be booked once for up to 5 players
5. For larger groups, book enough tee slots to cover the group size, e.g. 10.10am, 10.20am, etc.
6. You will then be sent an email confirming your booking(s)
Bookings for groups/parties larger than 12 players :
Please fill in the enquiry form on this page


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Stridor is an abnormal, high-pitched, musical breathing sound. It is caused by a blockage in the throat or voice box (larynx). It is most often heard when taking in a breath.
Children are at higher risk of airway blockage because they have narrower airways than adults. In young children, stridor is a sign of airway blockage. It must be treated right away to prevent the airway from becoming completely closed.
The airway can be blocked by an object, swollen tissues of the throat or upper airway, or a spasm of the airway muscles or the vocal cords.
Common causes of stridor include:
Follow your health care provider's advice to treat the cause of the problem.
Stridor may be a sign of an emergency. Call your provider right away if there is unexplained stridor, especially in a child.
In an emergency, the provider will check the person's temperature, pulse, breathing rate, and blood pressure, and may need to do abdominal thrusts.
A breathing tube may be needed if the person can't breathe properly.
After the person is stable, the provider may ask about the person's medical history, and perform a physical exam. This includes listening to the lungs.
Parents or caregivers may be asked the following medical history questions:
Tests that may be done include:
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Reviewed By: Neil K. Kaneshiro, MD, MHA, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, Brenda Conaway, Editorial Director, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.


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Our memories of our favorite films are often intertwined with the iconic movie posters that advertised them. That's why when you come across a foreign version of a poster for a film that you love it almost feels as if the film itself has been remade — wrongly.
We've compiled a bunch of famous film posters from the last few decades and have put their dumbfounding doppelgangers from across the globe right along side them.
Take a look and be reminded how proud you are to be an American.


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The Hergula: After two seasons of great quotes, it's time to take a look at Seiji Mizushima's Mobile Suit Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer, the film that ends the saga of our beloved Gundam Meisters. There were a number of great lines uttered in this action-packed flick, with Andrei Smirnov making a memorable comment regarding his reasons for fighting and Sumeragi giving great advice to Feldt Grace about her feelings towards Setsuna F. Seiei. Also, Graham Aker made the list with his amazing lines, and so did Allelujah Haptism. To put it simply, there were more than enough quotes to choose from, and like the previous Gundam 00 quotes lists, it was no easy task finding the 10 best and ranking them in order. However, I did my best to include the quotes that were well-structured, meaningful, impactful and were special in one way or another. Hopefully you will enjoy reading the top 10 quotes of Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer!
Make sure to check out our lists for the first two seasons as well: Top 10 Quotes of Gundam 00: Season 1 and Season 2!


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I am desperate for some help. I am an amateur website builder and small business owner. I am skilled with the Divi Builder and created my business website on my own after a gentleman I was working with set me up with Divi. Now I purchased another domain and bought a Divi package to build a new personal site from scratch, but it isn't working the same. I was hoping it would be a blank slate for me to build from, but it came with all this extra junk already built in.. I went through and deleted a bunch of pages to get to square one, but I think I may have messed something up. My main menu and navigation bar does not appear on the site and I have spent a few hours trying to determine why. But as a novice, I don't know it well enough to figure it out. Where can I go for help to have someone quickly tell me why my nav bar isn't showing up so I can start building on my new domain?
Go to Solution.
Elegant Themes has a very comprehensive support area for you to tap into with lots of videos:
The beauty of WordPress themes, especially since you are starting from scratch, is that you can deactivate and then uninstall Divi and then reinstall a fresh copy!
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Services - Lifting - Handling - Transport
Lifting Services
Historically one of the group's major services, the lifting division has continued to expand in the last 40 years. Today, we are able to offer a very complete selection of lifting services across our network in France, its overseas departments and Africa.
Our lifting services :
- Crane hire (long or short term)
- Gantry handling operations
- Rental of complementary lifting machines (semi-trailer truck [articulated lorry], truck with hydraulic arm, nacelles, forklift trucks)
- Turn-key handling operations
- Transport
- Industrial transfers
Lifting - Handling
Crane rental from 35 to 600 Tonnes
We have a fleet of 270 recent cranes at our disposal spread over the entirety of our network. Our flexible organisation allows us to simultaneously cater for :
- Punctual operations
- Contract-related services
- Turn-key handling operations
Rental of trucks with hydraulic arm up to 70T/meters
This fleet of machines is specially adapted for operations that combine Mobility – Rapidity – Handling and implementation.
Of a smaller size, it responds directly to the on-site size restrictions
Rental of lattice boom crawler cranes up to 400 Tonnes.
A direct response to your lifting problems, this type of machine is capable of either ad hoc or long term works :
Classic lifting operations
Specific or particular lifting operations
Dredging, special foundation works, vibro-sinking, dynamic compaction
Thanks to its versatility, this machine can adapt perfectly to all types of building sites and to new, sometimes extreme, site conditions.
Gantry lifting operations up to 400 tonnes.
(Transformer replacement, turbine lifting, positioning of machine tools, shifting of reactor, reactor installation)
These extremely precise hydraulic machines facilitate extraction in places filled with different equipments.
We have centralised our means and resources through an especially dedicated division for this type of operation.
This specialised division is made up of heavy duty cranes (600 tonnes), specialised equipment (such as our 400 Ton gantry crane) and specialised transportation machines (such as our low-slung semi-trailer truck [articulated lorry]).
From the lifting engineering to the coordination of all trade areas, it thus offers a complete set of turnkey services right up until the completion of the project.
Our highly qualified teams along with our all inclusive, efficient logistics allow us to operate at the heart of diverse sectors, carrying out complex lifting of equipment, boiler parts etc.
Our teams of specialists take care of all turnkey operations.
- Erection of industrial units and metal works
- Hand held carrying and shifting
- Erection of tower-cranes
Our teams are made up of specialists, who are highly experienced in their professions of Erection, Lifting and Handling.
Each year, our teams receive training sessions in lifting safety and load handling. For those that work in petro chemistry, our workers also have the G.T.I.S training and certification.
Our teams of operators have the CACES certification and are always trained to use lifting machines and sensitive to the security rules.
On the other hand, we have an internal team dedicated to the maintenance of our materials; they assure maintenance is carried out in a preventive and curative manner.
All of our lifting apparatus is regularly internally checked, as well as a periodic check from an agreed external organization.
Industrial transfers - Transport
Whether it is an internal transfer within a single site or an external transfer to another location, industrial transfers are a delicate operation and can have heavy risks attached.
FOSELEV, present in this market for many years, has responded to these requirements with adapted materials and logistics; equally a human organization made up of versatile and multi-functional teams for operations in France and internationally.
We take charge of a large variety of transfers: factory, unit, production line, machines, industrial materials, assembly/disassembly and reimplantation as well as preparation, handling and transport operations.
We orchestrate all movements involved in re-structuring or transferring to a new site, by carrying out :
- A preliminary analysis of requirements
- A diagram defining the different operational phases
- An analysis of technical constraints
- Management of all trade bodies
- Respect for requirements and deadlines
We have competent and multi-skilled technicians (in mechanics, handling and electricity) at our disposal, who are capable of ensuring the complete transfer of your production lines.
We have a complete set of transport machines, spread across our network of agencies, fulfilling the needs of :
- Classic/conventional transport
We organise the delivery and unloading/installation of your materials, equipment and merchandise.
Our fleet of 25T semi-trailer/hydraulic arm trucks allows us to provide the flexible and efficient logistics required for transport operations.
- Specialised any-distance transport
Thanks to our low-bed machines, such as our low-loader trucks, we are able to transport heavy/high volume loads whilst staying in complete control.
- Abnormal load transport of 2nd/3rd category
Abnormal load transport can't be improvised. Numerous, sometimes heavy, regulations exist and must be respected.
FOSELEV takes account of all these administrative aspects and regulations, whilst always methodically transporting your loads of any size all over France.
Lifting/Elevation of personnel: Hire of aerial work platforms
Associated with the lifting and transport package, the FOSELEV Group's 'Elevation of personnel' division is specialised in the hire of equipment for work at height, which includes a diverse range of activity areas.
Directly responding to various uses, our range of aerial work platforms covers work at heights up to 70 meters.
All of our lifts are the result of a rigorous technical selection process and are well adapted to the particular project and your sites or installations.
Our set of machines is principally made up of :
- VL Aerial lift trucks from 8 to 22 m (with or without operator)
- PL Aerial lift trucks going from 26 to 70 meters (authorized operator required)
- Elevating platforms from 8 to 18m
- VL aerial work platforms from 8 to 22 m (with or without operator)
- Self-propelled aerial work platforms going from 12 to 41 m
Complete package
This package was put together in order to respond to the diverse needs of our clients in the most efficient way possible; from lifting, handling and assembly to transport and elevation of personnel.
This overall package consists of the managing of operations such as the implantation of specific and varied equipment (appliances, pumps, reactors, columns), made easier by the presence of a single representative for the client and all the services.
This multitude of lifting competencies along with the versatility of our personnel makes for a package that is well adapted for all of our clients.
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Tree of Life
I wasn't able to post this week because of big illustration deadlines. Hopefully next week I can get some time in to paint subject matter that interests me rather than having to meet the weird requests of art editors.
This is a painting I made back in October. October and autumn feels like it was eons ago. What a winter we are having! I love do love snow and winter, but I am starting to feel that itch for green. I have been fantasizing about my garden a lot and pouring over seed catalogues.
Anyway "Tree of Life" is available as a print now. Hope you have a lovely weekend and that you are warm and safe, wherever you live.


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Forget tech-infused fashion or concert merch or Margiela "inspired" garments for a moment. A looming trend in fashion has nothing to do with the clothing and accessories themselves but concerns the names that adorn their labels.
Not too long ago, Spanish fast fashion giant, Zara, threatened to sue the owner of a small, United Kingdom-based business, called Zara's Countywear. Zara threatened legal action unless the owner, who named the business her newborn daughter, Zara, rebranded immediately. Before that, Christian Dior threatened to file suit against Australian photographer, Sirous Dior (yes, that's his name) if he kept using his name in connection with his business.
Then there is Chanel. You may recall that the notoriously protective Paris-based design house has periodically run full page "ads" in trade publication, Women's Wear Daily, asking industry insiders to stop describing non-Chanel items as "Chanel-esque" or "Chanel-like" for trademark reasons. More recently, Chanel filed and won a trademark action against Merrillville, Indiana salon owner, Chanel Jones. In its suit, Chanel alleged that Chanel's Salon, a spa and beauty salon, infringes at least nine of its federally registered trademarks and is benefiting from the established reputation of the fashion company's name, which is derived from the founding designer's name, Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel.
Ever the vigilant defender of its name, Chanel also initiated intellectual property proceedings earlier this year against Chanel Bonin, a 20-year old woman from Vancouver, Canada, who has the "@Chanel" Instagram account. In that instance, Chanel did not have much luck. While it was able to get Instagram to remove images from Bonin's account that included its logos, it was unable to claim the account itself.
And do not forget the intra-family trademark battles, the most notorious of which come from Gucci. There was the 1988 case, Gucci v. Gucci Shops, Inc., which involved Paolo Gucci, the grandson of house's founder, who attempted to launch his own business using his last name only to face significant pushback from the family company. The court ultimately prohibited Paolo Gucci from using his last name as a brand name because of the likelihood of consumer confusion, but permitted him to use his name to identify himself as the designer of products sold under another brand name (and provided that a disclaimer notified consumers that he was no longer affiliated with any of the Gucci entities).
A similar case came about in 2009 with Paolo Gucci's ex-wife, Jennifer, who the house accused of hawking "Gucci" skin care products, bedding and linens. There was another in 2010, in which the house successfully halted Elisabetta Gucci's plans to open a global chain of hotels under her name. The daughter of Paolo Gucci planned to open a global chain of hotels under her name. More recently, in 2012, the Italian design house was able to block the business plan of two great-grandsons of Gucci's original founder, Guccio Gucci, one of whom is also named Guccio. They were prevented from using the name "Guccio Gucci" when marketing their own handbags and accessories firm ToBeG Srl.
The most common reaction to such lawsuits? An angry, "But that's his (or her) name!" We saw some of the strongest responses in connection with Chanel's bid to takeover Chanel Bonin's Instagram account, whose photos were littered with comments that read: "Go girl!!! I stand behind you for all the girls around the world named Chanel!!!!"; "Shady corporate assholes feeling entitled to an Instagram username that's already taken"; and "Fuck the big guys, they can't always win." The big guy (Chanel) vs. little guy (Chanel Bonin) theme runs quite strongly along with fashion brands' legal right/duty to protect against unauthorized uses of their trademarks.
Unfortunately for the people who share a name with a famous brand and those that favor the little guys, these instances are a reminder of the well-settled legal fact that an individual does not have an unfettered right to use their personal name for commercial purposes. There have been a number of cases on this issue over the years involving well-known trademarks.
As Chanel stated in its lawsuit against Chanel Jones and Chanel's Salon, there is "no absolute right to exploit one's given name commercially if such use is inconsistent with Chanel's rights." To this, the court held: "Nothing herein may be read to prohibit Jones from using her personal name solely in a personal, non-commercial capacity, or to otherwise identify herself, provided that Ms. Jones does not use her name in any manner that suggests an affiliation or relationship with Chanel."
But why do these design houses care, you ask? Well, this answer is simple. Because their trademark rights – which are some of their most valuable assets – depend on it. Unlike the legal protection afforded by copyright and patent law, which lasts for a fixed duration, trademark protection can potentially last forever, but only if the trademark does not become generic – the instance when the public begins using the trademark as the name of a product itself as opposed to identifying an exclusive source of a product. Examples: Using the word "Band-aid" to describe a generic adhesive bandage; using "Kleenex" interchangeably with tissues, "ChapStick" as synonymous with lip balm, and "Photoshop" to describe the general digital manipulation of photos. Hypothetical: using "Chanel" to explain a tweed jacket or quilted leather purse.
With this in mind, there is a very real reason why brands do not like it when others take advantage of their trademarks. Luxury fashion brands, in particular, have spent many, many decades, and in some cases, even centuries, building esteem and goodwill around their names (and thus, their trademarks). High fashion brands, for example, are not just selling garments and accessories; they are selling a luxury lifestyles based on quality, exclusivity and allure. If their names become commonplace, that appeal is gone. In order for brand names and corresponding intellectual property to remain as valuable assets (because you're not going to be buying a bag with the Gucci interlocking "G" print all over it if you perceive it to be a brand of poor quality or low esteem or widespread accessibility), they must be policed.
The use of such marks – whether it be in the form of Louis Vuitton's Toile Monogram or Céline's trademarked name – by unauthorized third parties often results in consumer confusion and/or use that may impair the strength of the famous marks by diluting them. We also know that this is most commonly done for the benefit of positive association with a well-known mark and its prestige, and thus, for the financial benefit of the unauthorized third party.
So, when houses are seemingly unnecessarily bullying smaller similarly-named businesses, it is almost always for the purpose of maintaining their own names. That is the trademark owner's duty, after all.


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I wanted a cute little hat to match the little Milo Vest I made recently and so I thought a Mahunga was in order. This hat is such a quick hat to make and always looks so lovely. This is made in the gorgeous Olive/Pine green DK yarn from Ewe Give Me the Knits.
I made it in the size larger than he should wear because he HATES hats on his head and this is the only way he will wear one.


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Archive for June 2013
The Language of Flowers
Posted June 30, 2013on:
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Like I said, I have been reading up on landlording books lately. Those books are harder to finish in one fell swoop 🙂 So I decided to read something different 🙂 Well, the truth is I had been on the waitlist for this book for a few weeks and it became available but only seven days. I thought I wouldn't have had the time to read it but downloaded it anyway. But once I have it I started to think about it and decided my life isn't that busy that I cannot finish one tiny little book.
Turned out I probably shouldn't started — I read a few hours two weekday nights, holding my own desire to read through until day break since work has been quite demanding. I was punished for three consecutive days by penetrating headache 😦 I guess no more reading at the cost of sleep before demanding work in the rest of my working life la. I miss the old care-free teenage years when I could finish a book whenever I wanted. Well I did that throughout grad school too. No more. Not any more. The saddest part is my irresponsibility in terms of reading and important work is still here but my physical body wouldn't be able to handle the consequence of irresponsibility any more.
I finally finished the book today. A good book makes an hot day (by California standard) shorter! I think I read Nanny's Diaries on the hottest every day in my second-floor apartment with copious amount of sweat dripping over my futon. Thank you all those books~
I love flowers and languages. They remind me of the old Japanese animation we watched as a young girl. I even wrote down each episode's story line with the flower and what it represented at the end of each story. Well, on the one hand, I loved watching those animation series. On the other hand, I had to finish three pieces of journals every week for the winter break and it is hard to find interesting materials to fill up your journals when you were eight or nine staying inside a small apartment everyday of the winter break. But I remember those memories fondly. Back when I was elbow deep in trouble on my last job, a really old friend, out of nowhere, after like twenty or twenty five years when we last in contact, wrote me telling me he thought of me the other day when he was helping his two daughters picking out movies to watch. He suggested our old series saying there was this one girl who wrote down every episodes of it in my class but his daughters still refused his choice. He wrote me an email about it and it brought the old sweetness back to a very distressed me at the time. Thank you my old friend!
Aside from the Victorian language of what does each flower mean, I also learned more about the foster care system through the book. I felt bad about the children who had no family and no resource and no support but going through a foster care system. I wish everyone of them can find happiness or meaning of their lives one day. The story is nice and touching but in reality, that is probably not the usual case for a foster care child at all. The majority of them would drift through life, with material hardship a small piece of cake to suffer, the emotional trials brutal enough to do most people in.
The second half of the book is not as good as the first half when I was absorbed into figuring out the heroine and her life and why she behaved the way she was. She is a little too self-centered to me in the second half of the book. But it is still a good story, an old-fashioned good story. I love the message of it: how hard forgiveness is to come and how hard it is to ask for it.
If you ask me what is the meaning of my life, this time, or what is it that I am supposed to learn, supposed to improve in this life time, I think it is forgiveness, especially forgiveness for those who hurt me purposely. I know how hard it is and I am working my way through it. To forgive someone who had done something really really wrong to you, who took everything off you at the time, who hurt you beyond repair just for their own desire. In the end I need to forgive them all. I hope I learn the art of forgiveness to perfection this lifetime so that next lifetime I don't need to go through this much hurt and suffering to perfect it any more.
Posted June 30, 2013on:
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This is probably my first time in keeping up with time in terms of writing monthly summaries fit to the public 🙂
The biggest thing happened is our new rental property closed finally. It all started end of April when I finally went to see an open house of our real estate agent in the past and we scheduled a lunch the next day. Turned out he had a deal which was on the verge of falling apart because his client couldn't secure from her (second) husband a statement that he knew she was acquiring property and he agreed that the property had nothing to do with him. So he convinced me to give the property a try. We set out driving in the traffic the same day to view the house and I made an offer the second day. At the time I thought this pie from the sky must be a gift from my dear Buddha. Unfortunately it fell apart in the end with the seller agent tired of the maneuvers my agent had been doing. So I set out officially the next Saturday in May with him to check out houses doing the "market research" which probably should happen before making an offer. Good thing I liked one of the houses and made an offer. My agent had been telling me it is about fifteen offers to one deal for a buyer in the market right now so I wasn't putting in much hope in the offer. But it was accepted, out of the competing bidders, without me raising prices much at all. So maybe the gift is this house not the other one, I told myself 🙂 Anyway, I have been reading a lot on landlording recently, and regret from the bottom of my heart that I should have read all these books three years ago then I would have managed our other remote house way better, especially in terms of the deductions it could bring us. Oh well. I have to remember everything has a book for it and reading can solve all problems 🙂
Work has been busy that it becomes the new norm and I don't have anything to write home about any more 🙂 My plan for volunteering in the future is cut down on the projects with reaching out and I have since rejected an invitation to join a new effort for August. Needless to day it causes a small turmoil, most of which unseen since people are unlikely to speak out and inquire directly. My main reason is my busier work schedule, which is true. I want to focus more on my work — it is hard to say the amount of my volunteering hadn't been happening sometimes at the cost of my working focus and time. It is due time that I shall focus wholly on work and see where it would take me. On the side note, I have been thinking about what makes me uncomfortable inside the volunteer organization. I think I have made progress on that front. I feel more deeply about exploration on my own now, which never happened in the past seven years. So it is probably natural that I went to my first meditation session with a Japanese zen center in walking distance to my house. The session is about 45 minutes which numerous people said was too long for beginners, unbearable time and pain. I thought the same thing would happen to me but it didn't. I don't think I meditate that well since I had spent nearly the entire session fighting either sleepiness or wandering mind and thoughts but when the ending bell sounded I was surprised since I was still hard fighting, so to speak 🙂 After the meditation, the most noticeable thing is my vision became so much sharper that the yard, full of trees bearing branchful of grapefruits, oranges, plums and etc, looks like a different place to my eyes and mind. I intend to keep on going a bit with it, see how far I can go. At the same time, I also realize I have all the symptoms Master says about a not-likely-to-be-successful meditation: the monkey mind and the sleep problem. That makes me feel that Master has known everything and I shall follow him closely since he appears to have the key to solve all these problems, which would be very hard to solve on my own.
Lately the horoscopes have been very accurate for me and family. Mom's state becomes better — she is talking with least negativity in the past two or three years. The stars says Pisces is finally leaving the past two years of turmoil caused by parting, loss, grief, and transaction of real estates. How true description for mom's past two years! The stars also say Gemini is leaving behind two years of extreme hardship behind and their luck for both money and career is up starting second half of the year. I hope my dearly loved family can benefit greatly from what the universe is giving them and steps out of the holes for the past two or three years and finds themselves some good news and enjoyable rides with life.
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You have to create a filter with is:unread label:whatever and apply the action to all matching conversations. Then delete the filter later.
There are tips online saying that there is an option of selecting all matching search criteria in the search results mode. But I cannot find it, in the corporate gmail account.
Posted June 16, 2013on:
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谢谢大家推荐的各种网站 目前为止我最喜欢读远 书比较有意思 别的网站看起来噪音太多 过滤起来有难度 今天我下书把自己的Karma都用光了 所以新建了一个书单 想赚些Karma points 欢迎大家围观注册捧场互相增加Karma 🙂
书单是关于这些年读的和food有关的书 从为什么吃 到应该吃什么 人有没有理由去吃动物 美国的农业政策等等 还有怎么吃 各种食谱 还有食谱掺杂言情/人生感怀等 直接从豆瓣的读书历史上面列出来的 一下也有二十几本了!
但是最近几年food界新出的书基本上都没看呢 所以还是少下书多读书吧!:)
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According to astrology, the universe is gearing up for me — said I should take advantage of the opportunity the stars and the moment is giving me, starting later half of May. I do feel that my life pace is picking up, especially the last one or two week of May. Work has been ramping up. It is not terribly crazy — just the kind of craziness that you know is only the start of real craziness! I feel both scared and pumped at the same time: scared because I haven't faced this many/big challenges for two years; pumped because of exactly the same reason. Let's see!
On the volunteer work side, I had a major argument with people — it is result of tensions for the past few months. On the one hand, I resolve to keep on volunteering because obstacles are not reasons for giving up. On the other hand, I think I should adjust how I volunteer by contributing more time to lamrim and its related work and toning down the time on helping reaching out to more people.
It so happened that just when I made the above decisions, a friend of mine approached me asking my help in volunteering for her nascent organization! I have been amazed by how things go when I am calm and clear about what I need in the past few years: literally every time I think of something it would happen soon, be it I need to find a home contractor then in the next few days I would receive home made flyers of a contractor recently retired from the builder who built my house. I have to thank the universe in this accomplishment and have recently realized that I better be careful about what I think of 🙂
I also realized for the bigger life goals, I should stop thinking of them as if I am planning. I should think of the end goals, imagine what would happen once they accomplish. This way, I help the universe help me achieving it! 🙂
Enough lesson in this — I find no one to talk about it since most everyone I told them about it was incredulous. Most of them commented to me that I must be dreaming and some even expressed concerns that I may need further help 🙂 Maybe they are right but I feel great about my powers 🙂
Anyway I started volunteering for this friend's organization but soon got lost. To put more accurately not even two weeks into it, I realized how unpleasant and incompetent my direct group leader was and wanted to get out of it. They are having a big launch ceremony in June and I decide after it I would have nothing with them. I haven't told my dear friend yet which would be a blow to her. But oh well, it has to happen for me to have a relatively sane and leisure life.
By the end of May, so many people wanted to eat lunch or dinner with me, that for the last week and half, both my lunch and dinner were booked. Some are large group gatherings — where I met some bright and capable and young people. Some are private where I got updated on the latest gossips of past work friends. Some are for people who want something from me, where I have to think before going about what I should be saying no to. I have been spending time learning about faces and even made real-life decisions based on what I learned — I am interested in tracking down the person I have made a prediction and see if those predictions go true or not 🙂
It is a month of energy picking up and I am so looking forward to the next month!
boto code reads from two key names "euca_access_key_id" and "euca_access_secret_key" from their own config file /etc/boto.cfg
however, both keys names "aws_something" in that file
to avoid change boto files, you can export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY in bashrc and boto code will check environment first before trying to fish values out of its own config files.
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Hi potential travellers! Got the bug and not sure where to go? Let me tell you about a wonderful place that combines technology tradition, rich culture, amazing cuisine and an incredible history.
Sydney to Osaka
You have perhaps seen some of the photos from my recent sojourn to Japan! It is in my opinion the most beautiful place I've ever visited and I'm no stranger to travel. The journey started with a comfortable flight with Qantas from Sydney direct to Osaka, I stepped onboard and was greeted by a friendly Qantas cabin crew with a glass of champagne and led to my Business Suite. Once I touched down, the first port of call was a DIY Takoyaki (bite-sized balls of batter with octopus pieces) at Takonotetsu Pizza Ball House in Osaka City. I loved being able to cook my own dinner right in front of me and then dress it with any toppings I liked! I happily went to bed on a very full stomach!
The next morning I got to experience the iconic Itsukushima Shrine located in the beautiful Miyajima Island. On the island, deer roam freely, there is a population of around 500 and they love to interact with the visitors. Itsukushima Shrine has a torii gate located in the water and this vibrant orange structure has been a prominent feature of the island for centuries and can always been seen in visitors photos.
I had been really craving a matcha latte since landing and I found a quaint cafe inside the massive Hondori Shopping Precinct in downtown Hiroshima that fixed my craving. After picking up some kitchen supplies, my nose led me to a small stall where I found a sizzling Hiroshima style Okonomiyaki! Crispy cabbage pancake with your choice of proteins added to it! Both chefs were Hiroshima Carps fanatics (for those of you who don't know, they're Hiroshima's baseball team and pride and joy) and were so entertaining, they even taught me some Japanese! Oishii (that means delicious).
Matsuyama Castle was definitely a Japan highlight! The castle is poised upon 10 metre high stone walls which make it an imposing structure to stand at the base of. The castle itself is nothing short of an elegant design, and amazingly no nails hold the castle together, as it was constructed with wooden joins and mortar. The structure is impenetrable, being one of the few castles to never successfully be overrun. Matsuyama Castle is an interactive experience, I got kitted out in Samurai armour and was allowed to feel the weight of a real samurai sword…a little heavier than one might think.
After a day of pretending to be a Samurai warrior it was time for a hot bath, Japanese style. Onsen are gender specific majority of the time, as they require you to bathe nude, I actually thoroughly enjoyed my first onsen experience and found it to be quite liberating. The baths are usually themed heavily around nature, if they aren't already outside and I left the onsen feeling refreshed and relaxed.
After gorging myself on so many flavoursome meals I felt it was time to get active so I could continue eating my fill on this trip. Don't think this won't happen to you because it is impossible to get a bad meal in Japan, due to the chefs and cooks executing every meal with precision and pride. See you have to understand, a sushi master for example, will spend years mastering every component before they can even pick up a knife to prepare seafood.
Shimanami Kaido
Having gained a little extra weight, I decided to take a breath-taking ocean view bike ride. I rode through the Shimanami Kaido, which is a series of bridges which connect 6 islands and 9 bridges, from Imabari to Onomichi. This route truly showed off Japan's picturesque landscape and stunning ocean views.
I made a stop at the Yoshiumi Iki Iki Kan which has a sizeable seafood market where you can purchase your own fresh seafood and then sit down to a connecting restaurant overlooking the water. You are then provided with your own Hibachi (small Japanese BBQ), to cook the freshest seafood you've ever eaten. I collected a platter consisting of oysters, prawns, scallops, clams, eel and fish. Yoshiumi Iki Iki Kan was my favourite culinary experience during my time in Japan for a number of reasons. Not only was it the best seafood I've ever eaten but noises of popping clams on the Hibachi grill and the busy and bustling energy of other diners only added to the atmosphere.
Don't miss out on creating your own adventure. Qantas is now flying direct Sydney to Osaka Japan, operating three-times per week*. Qantas also has daily flights between Sydney and Tokyo Haneda, in addition to flights from Melbourne and Brisbane to Tokyo Narita.
Continue to follow my sensational adventures in Part 2 of Ben in Japan!
*Schedule subject to change


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Haley Boccomino, Rachel Kloski, Teresa Diehl, Dazmonique Carr, Kierra Johnson and Amy Vangieson of the College of Education have been named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team for women's indoor track and fieldReturn to news listing
The College of Education congratulates seniors Haley Boccomino, Rachel Kloski, Dazmonique Carr, Kierra Johnson, junior Amy Vangieson and sophomore Teresa Diehl for being named to the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) for women's indoor track and field. All six students are pursuing their bachelors in Kinesiology in the College of Education division of Kinesiology, Health & Sport Studies.
Haley Boccomino, Rachel Kloski and Teresa Diehl are being named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team for maintaining a cumulative GPA of at least 3.50 or higher.
Dazmonique Carr, Kierra Johnson and Amy Vangieson are being named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team for maintaining a cumulative GPA between 3.0 and 3.49.
To earn conference All Academic recognition, student-athletics must be an active
member of their respective teams at the end of the season and cannot be a freshman or first-year transfer student. All-Academic Teams are comprised of those student-athletes that meet criteria and carry a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0-3.49. Academic Excellence Teams are comprised of student athletes that have a cumulative GPA of 3.50-4.0. Grades are based on marks from the fall semester.
Rachel Kloski of Warren, Michigan and Kierra Johnson of Pontiac, Michigan are three-time recipients of the GLIAC indoor track academic recognitions. First time recipients are Haley Boccomino of Macomb Township, Michigan; Dazmonique Carr of Lawnside, New Jersey; Teresa Diehl of St. Clair Shores, Michigan; and, Amy Vangieson of Walled Lake, Michigan.