Chase Bank is unmatched in accessibility and customer service, but it may not be the best option for those looking for high interest-earning potential.
Chase offers all major banking services, including checking and savings accounts, credit cards, loans, and investments. Its mobile tools are the best of the national banks, and it has the second-largest network of branches in the country, behind Wells Fargo. It also has the most ATMs, with 16,000 around the nation. Customers have reported a high degree of satisfaction with Chase, with its easy accessibility being a key determiner.
The only thing customers seem mildly dissatisfied with was Chase's rates and fee schedule. Its monthly maintenance fees are nothing special, though there is the opportunity to waive them if you meet certain criteria. Its interest rates, too, are disappointing. In most cases, you only earn 0.01% APY (effective as of 3/15/19. Interest rates are variable and subject to change). If you're interested in higher interest rates, you may want to check out another company, like U.S. Bank, which offers up to 0.05% APY on certain accounts.
ATM Surcharge $5 per withdrawal and $2.50 for any transfers or inquiries at ATMs outside the U.S., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Fees from the ATM owner still apply.
Chase Bank offers a huge network of ATMs and branches, with 5,000 brick-and-mortar banks and 16,000 ATMs nationwide.
Chase offers an impressive selection of mobile banking tools, including mobile deposit and on-the-go account management.
Chase offers some of the best rewards credit cards on the market, which are easily integrated into their mobile app.
Chase Bank has received high marks for its solid, U.S.-based customer service.
Chase Bank puts the customer first. It offers a broad range of services, from checking and savings accounts, to credit cards and loans. It lets you decide what you need, and how you want to access your money.
Yes. Chase Bank provides all major banking services, including checking and savings accounts, credit cards, CDs, auto loans, mortgages, investing, and business banking. Within each service, you have several options, so you can choose the one that best fits your lifestyle. This is especially true of its credit cards. Chase offers 21 cards, each catered to different interests like small businesses or cash back rewards.
Chase has 5,000 branches, making it second only to Wells Fargo, which has 6,000 locations in 39 states. Chase was also named one of Time Magazine's Best Banks in America in 2015 because of its huge network of 16,000 ATMs. But where the company really excels is its mobile banking. As brick-and-mortar banks continue to disappear, a clean web interface and user-friendly apps become increasingly important. Chase outshone its competitors, earning a 4.5 out of 5 rating for iOS devices and a 4.6 for Android. The next best was Citi, earning a 3.5 and 4.1 on iOS and Android, respectively. The worst — U.S. Bank — only scored a 2.5 and 3.8.
Customers have reported a high degree of satisfaction with Chase. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reports Chase has a below-average number of consumer complaints for a bank of its size, which is a good indication that customers are largely satisfied with the service they receive. In J.D. Power's 2017 U.S. Retail Banking Satisfaction Study, Chase Bank scored above the regional average in all 11 regions and consistently outscored competitors like Bank of America and Citibank. The survey found customers were most impressed with the ease of accessing their Chase accounts, but they were less impressed with the company's fee structure. Chase's monthly maintenance fees are slightly above average, and it's one of the only large banks to charge customers for mobile check deposits, along with U.S. Bank.
Branches: Chase has 5,000 branch locations around the country, making it one of the largest networks of any bank. However, most of them centered in the West, New England, and only parts of the Midwest. Residents of the Southeast and North Central U.S. won't have the option of visiting a brick-and-mortar location, but they can still access their Chase accounts online or through the mobile apps.
Average checking accounts: Chase offers three checking account options. The Chase Total Checking® plan is what most people will go with, because it has the lowest monthly fee at $12, but those interested in interest-earning checking accounts should consider the Chase Premier Plus Checking℠ for a higher fee of $25 per month. The interest rate is nothing special, though. You only earn 0.01% APY (effective as of 3/15/19. Interest rates are variable and subject to change). That's pretty standard for checking accounts, but Citibank and a few other companies give you the option to earn more. You have the option to waive the monthly maintenance fees if you meet certain criteria, like maintaining an average account balance or direct deposits every month, but that may be difficult for Chase Premier Plus Checking℠ members to do.
16,000 ATMs: Chase has the most ATMs of any national bank, so no matter where you live, you shouldn't have to travel far to find one. And that's a good thing, because Chase charges an industry-standard $2 per transaction for using out-of-network ATMs to its Chase Total Checking® customers. Chase Premier Plus Checking℠ members can use out-of-network ATMs four times per statement period without incurring any charges.
Credit cards for all lifestyles: Chase currently offers 21 credit cards tailored to a variety of customers. Frequent travelers can choose between several options that earn them travel rewards and have no foreign transaction fees. There are also cards designed for small businesses and, of course, your standard rewards cards. If you're unsure which card is best for you, Chase's Card Finder tool can help you narrow it down.
Low interest rates on savings accounts: With the Chase Savings℠ account, the standard interest rate is 0.01% APY (effective as of 3/15/19. Interest rates are variable and subject to change). That isn't uncommon for a basic savings account, but most major banks give you a choice of a higher-earning account as well.
Offers all types of mortgages: Chase Bank offers 10-, 20- and 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, and 5/1 and 7/1 adjustable-rate mortgages. It also provides more specialized loans, including FHA, VA and Jumbo loans.
Broad range of investment products: Chase Financial Advisors can help set you up with the right investment strategy based on your goals and risk tolerance. The company offers managed accounts, college savings plans, and mutual funds. If you're looking to save for retirement, you can also set up a traditional or Roth IRA. Chase doesn't offer annuities directly, but it partners with several insurance providers that do offer this product, so your Chase Financial Advisor can still point you in the right direction if you're interested in an annuity.
Business banking: No matter the size of your organization, Chase offers checking accounts, credit cards, and lines of credit to suit your needs. Chase's Merchant Services enable you to easily collect payment from your customers, wherever you are — even on the go, if you have the Chase Mobile Checkout app. Chase also partners with ADP to offer you payroll solutions, as well as the ability to track time and attendance.
Chase offers banking solutions to individuals and businesses of all financial situations. The cost to you will depend on your lifestyle and the services you choose. For example, a basic checking account from Chase could cost you a $12 monthly service fee. But if you meet the account's criteria, you won't have to pay a fee at all. Certain credit cards have annual fees while others do not. And if you frequently deposit checks via mobile apps or visit out-of-network ATMs, you'll incur additional charges.
You also have to weigh the gains of opening an account with Chase. In some cases, it may be worth it for you to pay an annual fee on a credit card if it's going to offer you great rewards down the road. On the other hand, individuals interested in savings accounts with high interest rates may be disappointed with Chase's. Those interested in a higher earning potential may want to consider another option, like Wells Fargo.
Before committing to any financial institution, you should do some research and see what your options are. If you were looking to take out a mortgage, for example, you wouldn't go with the first company to pre-approve you. You'd want to compare the rates that several companies offered you to be sure you were getting the best deal. Similarly, you should consider the terms of any credit cards or checking and savings accounts to ensure you're choosing the one that's most in line with your goals.
The right bank for you largely depends on your values. If it's all about the money to you, you may prefer a company like U.S. Bank over Chase. Its monthly maintenance fees are lower than Chase's and it gives you the option to lower them further by opting for paperless statements. It also gives you the option to earn more interest on your savings accounts, in some cases up to 0.05% APY. But on the flipside, U.S. Bank has a much smaller network of branches and ATMs than Chase does, and its mobile tools aren't as strong. If convenient access to your money is more important to you, Chase may be the better option.
Wells Fargo: Wells Fargo has the largest network of branch locations of any national bank. With over 6,000 branch locations in 39 states and 13,000 ATMs, accessing your money is quick and convenient. Its fees are on par with Chase's, but its interest rates are higher, so it's a good company to choose if you're looking for greater earning potential. Wells Fargo doesn't have the selection of credit cards that Chase does, but there are still several options for those looking to earn rewards on their purchases.
U.S. Bank: U.S. Bank may not have the network of Chase or Wells Fargo, but it hangs right with them in terms of customer service. It scored well in the J.D. Power survey, and it has fewer CFPB complaints than any other bank on this list. Its mobile banking isn't as strong as its competitors, so if that is a priority for you, U.S. Bank isn't the best choice. It does offer lower monthly maintenance fees and higher savings account interest rates than Chase, though.
Citibank: Citibank has the smallest branch network of any bank on this list, with less than 800 brick-and-mortar locations across the U.S. Citi has a good selection of checking accounts with no minimum opening deposits. The fees on its basic accounts are about on par with Chase's. Citi's Citigold account gives consumers the opportunity to earn 0.03% APY — which is very high for a checking account. The downside is you have to pay a $30 monthly fee, and it's unlikely that most people will meet the criteria necessary to waive that fee. Citi's savings account is less impressive. The company only offers one account option, and interest rates are low until you accumulate a sizeable balance. You don't exceed 0.01% APY until you hit $10,000. Citi also failed to impress when it came to customer service, consistently scoring average or below in the J.D. Power survey.
Bank of America: Bank of America has a sizeable branch network and a decent selection of services, but it regularly fails to please its customers. It received the most CFPB complaints of any bank on this list, and it scored average or below in every region in J.D. Power's customer satisfaction survey. Its selection of checking and savings accounts is smaller than most of the other companies as well. That being said, its fees aren't unreasonable, and Preferred Rewards clients can earn up to 0.06% APY with the Rewards Money Market Savings Account. And it has a decent selection of credit cards, too.
Ally: One of the top online banks, Ally doesn't have any branch locations you can visit. But it makes up for this with no monthly maintenance fees, convenient mobile tools, and interest rates higher than what you'll find with any traditional bank. Checking accounts earn anywhere between 0.10% and 0.60% APY, and savings accounts can earn up to 1.80% APY. That's a 100% increase over what Chase offers you. Ally also offers a rewards credit card, CDs, IRAs, and auto loans.
Barclays: Barclays is another online bank that's worth considering if you're after high interest rates. It offers 2.05% APY on savings accounts and no monthly maintenance fees. Barclays isn't a good choice if you want to do all your banking in one place, though. It only offers savings accounts and CDs, so those interested in credit cards, checking accounts, or loans will have to check out other options.
Chase makes it easy to access your money wherever you are, and customers have continually voiced their approval. Whether you're planning for retirement, opening a new savings account, or taking out your first mortgage, Chase has options for you.


Who knew there were so many famous people named Lois in the world? Our list of celebrities named Lois includes pictures and information about each person when available, so you can get to know them a little better if you don't know them. The famous Loiss below come from all walks of life, but all ended up achieving fame or notoriety in one way or another. This list includes singers named Lois, actors named Lois, and much more. Lois Chiles, Lois Maxwell, and Lois McMaster Bujold are only a few of the well-known people named Lois on this list.
Lois Hamilton was an American model, author, aviator, artist and actress.
Lois June Nettleton was an American film, stage, radio, and television actress.
Lois Ayres is an American pornographic actress. Ayres was recognized for her contributions to the adult industry by being inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame.
Lois Gail Lerner was the director of the Exempt Organizations Unit of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and is a notable figure in the 2013 IRS targeting controversy.
Lois Ehlert is an author and illustrator of children's books, most having to do with nature. Ehlert won the Caldecott Honor for Color Zoo. She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Lois Wilson was an American actress who worked during the silent film era. She also directed two short films and was a scenario writer.
Lois Winstone is an English actress and musician. Her younger sister Jaime is also an actress. She has had parts in both Holby City and The Bill, as well as in several films.


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A 19-year-old Mission man has been charged in the suspected drunken driving death of a Harlingen man just west of downtown McAllen this past weekend.
The victim, 38-year-old Marco Antonio Ortiz, was run over as he was crossing Bicentennial Boulevard at Beaumont Avenue early Saturday morning. The driver, Jorge Luis Garcia, never stopped but McAllen police spotted his pickup truck heading west on I-2, pulled him over and placed him under arrest.
Garcia was charged with intoxication manslaughter and with accident involving death. He was ordered jailed on bonds totaling $75,000. The McAllen Monitor reports Garcia had paid an employee at the Elevate nightclub on 17th street 40 dollars to allow him to drink there Friday night. The nightclub is reportedly now closed.


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Climate change for the long haul
I Am My Filter and more
Susan Solomon, a senior scientist in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Chemical Sciences Division, said that long-range computer models show that if greenhouse gas emissions peak in 2100 and fall after that, the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will decline only slowly while global temperatures will remain elevated for a millennium and sea levels will still rise.
Photos by Brooks Canaday/Harvard Staff Photographer
Conference sees long-term changes ahead, even if emissions are stopped
By Alvin Powell Harvard Staff Writer
As governments around the world debate steps to slow emissions of greenhouse gases that cause climate change, scientists like Susan Solomon are peering into the future and reaching an uncomfortable conclusion: Even if emissions are stopped in a few decades, the greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere will continue to affect the planet for 1,000 years.
Solomon, a senior scientist in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Chemical Sciences Division, said that long-range computer models show that if greenhouse gas emissions peak in 2100 and fall after that, the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will decline only slowly. Global temperatures, she said, will remain elevated for a millennium, and sea levels will still rise because of thermal expansion, flooding lowland areas around the globe.
If carbon dioxide levels reach 750 parts per million by 2100, and then emissions are stopped entirely, after 1,000 years they will have fallen only to 450 parts per million, Solomon said, still higher than today's 390 parts per million and much higher than the 270 parts per million from preindustrial days.
"The temperature we wind up with will be around for 1,000 years, and sea levels will continue to rise," Solomon said.
Solomon was among several speakers at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study on Friday (April 15) for the institute's ninth annual science symposium. Astronomy Professor Dimitar Sasselov, senior adviser to the institute's science program, introduced the symposium, saying that the event, "Something in the Air: Climate Change, Science and Policy," was a chance to take an interdisciplinary look at climate change.
Harvard Astronomy Professor Dimitar Sasselov, senior adviser to the Radcliffe Institute's science program, introduced the symposium, saying that the event, "Something in the Air: Climate Change, Science and Policy," was a chance to take an interdisciplinary look at climate change.
The event featured a range of speakers largely from outside Harvard, Sasselov said, to bring other perspectives to campus. Speakers from Princeton University, the Washington University in St. Louis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Calgary, and other institutions discussed topics as diverse as the effect of climate change on oceans and human health, politics and clean-energy innovation, geo-engineering, water vapor and climate change, and past human adaptability to the change.
Jennifer Smith, associate professor of earth and planetary sciences at Washington University, said that if humanity is to rely on tried-and-true coping mechanisms that helped it to survive past episodes of climate change, it may be in trouble.
In search of lessons that may be applicable today, Smith examined past societies that are thought to have been affected by changing climates, albeit on regional rather than planetary scales. She looked at the Khmer Empire at Angkor, in what is today Cambodia. By the 12th century, Smith said, an agricultural civilization based on the monsoon rains had arisen and lasted until the 15th century. Looking at archaeological remains shows that the Angkor area had elaborate canals and other waterworks designed to harness the seasonal monsoons for agriculture. A combination of severe droughts interspersed with heavy, destructive monsoons appears to have wrecked the infrastructure and contributed to the civilization's downfall.
Smith said the multiple hits at Angkor illustrate the importance of resiliency if a civilization is to survive serial calamities, both natural and manmade, that can intensify the impact of any one disaster.
One observation that emerges from the archaeological evidence, Smith said, is the importance of migration as a human coping mechanism for catastrophic change. The archaeological record of North Africa shows that migration has been an important way for humans to deal with periods of drought in the region that today is dominated by the Sahara desert. It may have been a migratory response to drying climate in East Africa's Rift Valley region, coupled with a wetter period in North Africa, in fact, that fueled one of two major migrations from the area early in human history, Smith said.
Migration may have been an important survival tool for early humans, but with humanity spread around the globe and with climate change affecting the whole planet, that may not be a tool that can be used effectively today, Smith said.
"What comes out is just how important migration has always been as an adaptive response," Smith said. "I see it as a warning that we can't deal with it as we did."
Freshman Celestine Warren worked on the project I Am My Filter. The team created an in-mouth water filter. This and other projects were developed through Engineering Sciences 20: "How to Create Things & Have Them Matter," a course offered by Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Photos by Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer

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Everhard Dirk van Meurs (Heerde, 18 februari 1790 - Ede, 11 juni 1822) was een Nederlandse schout.

Leven en werk
Van Meurs was een zoon van de schout van Heerde Peter van Meurs en Antonia Elijsabet Werdenier. Hij studeerde rechten aan de Universiteit van Harderwijk en promoveerde aldaar in 1811. Na zijn studie werd hij maire respectievelijk schout van Gemeenteraad Ermelo. In 1816 vestigde hij zich als notaris te Lunteren. In 1818 werd hij schout van de gemeente Ede, waarbij in dat jaar ook de voormalige gemeenten Bennekom, Otterlo en Lunteren werden gevoegd.

Van Meurs trouwde op 17 juli 1817 te Harderwijk met Anna Maria Cramer, dochter van de Harderwijkse predikant Gerrit Abraham Cramer en Theodora Hermina Schwartz. Hij overleed in 1822 op 32-jarige leeftijd in zijn woonplaats Ede. Hij was de laatste persoon die werd begraven in de Oude Kerk aldaar.

In Ede is de Schout van Meurslaan naar hem genoemd.

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Twee van zijn broers waren eveneens schout respectievelijk burgemeester van Gelderse gemeenten. Zijn broer Nicolaas was in 1803 schout van Heerde geworden; hij bleef tot 1863 burgemeester van deze gemeente. Zijn broer Hendrik Frans was burgemeester van Harderwijk en Eerste Kamerlid.

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Kanoa Igarashi has secured his spot on the 2017 Championship Tour (CT) after winning the Hang Loose Pro 2016, in Praia Joaquina, in Brazil.
The American surfer defeated local star and fellow Dream Tour campaigner Jadson Andre and jumped to first on the Qualifying Series (QS) rankings.
In the 35-minute final, a series of mistakes by Andre handed Igarashi the event's title. Kanoa, who never lost a Round 2 heat in the CT season, got the most out of the tricky conditions and surfed his waves with precision and commitment.
"It feels incredible to win again in Brazil. "It's really similar to last year when I needed a good result to qualify for the CT. Now I can go to Hawaii without any extra pressure and just have fun there," said Igarashi.
Jadson Andre has reasons to stay positive. He a runner-up finish at the Hang Loose Pro 2016 jumps from 58th to 22nd in the QS rankings and increases his chances of requalifying for the 2017 CT club.
"It was phenomenal to make the final here in Brazil, and it is always a great feeling to surf in front of the best fans in the world. Of course, I would have loved to win the event, but I can not complain; second place is still a good result," added Andre.


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Actress Sara Lindsey Talks Promised Land and Working With Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher
Recently I got to speak with the lovely and talented Sara Lindsey. Sara appears in two high profile movies that are coming soon, "Jack Reacher" with Tom Cruise and "Promised Land" with Matt Damon. I want to thank her for taking the time to speak with us.
Photos by Sierra Prescott?
What can you tell us about your character in Promised Land and what attracted you to the part?
Well the film is set in the town of McKinley, Pennsylvania and opens with Matt and Frances' characters who have come to lease land for hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. I play a character named Claire Allen who is a single mom with a 10 year old son. I was immediately attracted to the role after reading the script; Matt and John did such an amazing job of creating complex, interesting characters with very full lives, and the details they invented add to the film tremendously.
What sort of research did you do for the role and how did it compare and contrast with past roles?
Every character or movie requires something different in terms of preparation and research. I tried to really familiarize myself with the process of fracking so I could understand exactly what happens from a technical standpoint. I spent as much time as I could with Max, who plays my son in the film, so that we could have an authentic relationship. He's a really amazing kid.
What were some of the more memorable moments on set and how was working with Tom on Jack Reacher?
I was on set for one of the bigger group scenes when Hal and Matt's characters meet and have the first initial debate. The scene was something like twelve pages long with a lot of scientific jargon and facts, and the two of them played the entire scene over and over without ever stopping or dropping a line. It was a complete master class in acting. I had a similar experience working with Tom…He is such a pro and works with this incredible drive and focus that was amazing to see.
Who would be your ultimate cast and director to work with and in why type of project?
I'm a huge fan of Wes Anderson and love the worlds he creates in his films. It's hard to find complex, interesting and smart roles for women, so I'm always on the look out for those. And I would love to work with Kate Winslet or Marion Cotillard one day – they're awesome.
What do you like to do in your free time and which movies are on your to watch list?
I love to watch movies in my free time and have a long list that I'm working through. Speaking of Marion, I'm really looking forward to seeing Rust and Bone. When I'm not working, I get to hang out with my dog, practice singing, play music, do yoga, go for runs, and spend time with my friends and family.
What do you look for from a director to help you give your best performance?
When a director has a very clear vision, it's always easier and more fun for me to help make that happen through my performance. It's harder when the director doesn't know exactly what he or she wants. Also the way in which they communicate that vision – the specific words that are used – have a big effect on actors and it's lovely to work with directors who understand that.
When you consider a script or a potential TV or film project, what elements tend to draw you in and make you want to work on that film?
I always try to identify a particular question or set of questions that a film or show is asking, and if those questions seem interesting and puzzling to me, it's a good sign. I also think a lot about the particular character and how she fits into the story and the world, and whether or not that world feels authentic.
What can you tell us about your upcoming projects?
I'm collaborating with friends on a few projects in the next year, which is very exciting. I'm also looking forward to Promised Land and Jack Reacher coming out in theaters!
Final question, what is the one thing about acting that most people are shocked when you tell them?
My family is always shocked when I tell them how long everything takes. But I think the most shocking thing about filmmaking is also the simplest thing: it's all pretend!
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Police appeal after Willow Lane assault
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted and had a mobile phone stolen during a street robbery in Lancaster earlier this month.
The incident took place around 8.00pm on 10th April 2012 when a 20-year-old victim was walking along Willow Lane on the Marsh Estate with two female friends when they were approached by a group of young men.
Three of the boys grabbed the victim's black LG mobile phone before assaulting him, knocking him to the ground and kicking and punching him to the head and body. Fortunately a member of the public intervened and the offenders ran off.
The victim suffered swelling and bruising to his body and a laceration to the top of his head requiring hospital treatment.
DC Ian Wright from Lancaster CID said: "I would appeal to anybody that witnessed this offence of with any information that could assist with our investigation to contact Lancashire Police on 101."
A 16 year old boy from Lancaster has been arrested in connection with the offence and is currently on police bail.
Labels: Crime Assault, Detective Constable Ian Wright, Marsh Estate, Willow Lane
All Write Jack: creating The Unsociables
Writer Jack Hathaway
A Lancaster sixth former has helped to write a play about last summer's riots which is now performing at The Dukes.
Jack Hathaway is just 18 but he's already been appointed The Dukes young writer in residence and has been working with a team, including an awardwinning writer, to create one of the most energetic shows ever presented on the Lancaster theatre's main stage.
And he's done all this while studying for A-Levels at Ripley St Thomas CE Academy.
The Unsociables is a fast-paced production reflecting on 48 hours of chaos, violence and criminality on a scale unseen for many years in England. (Check out our review, here)
It follows individual stories and imagines the experience of the young people, police and everyone else involved in the riots.
"The part of the play I've written about reflects my political experiences which started when I joined a protest against the student fees," says Jack, who lives in Caton.
"Many young people are a lot more bothered about politics than others might think."
Jack worked with Stephen Fairclough, Anne Wilson & Laurence Wilson, winner of the Brian Way Award for Writing for Children and Young People in 2011, on the script.
Jack, who has yet to vote in an election, has been part of youth theatre activities at The Dukes for seven years, initially as an actor. A highlight was performing with The Dukes Senior Youth Theatre at The National Theatre in 2009 as part of the New Connections programme.
And though he will be appearing on stage in The Unsociables, Jack's real passion is writing, an interest which was also sparked by a group at The Dukes.
"I get a real sense of pride to see what I've written being performed on stage," he says, "and it's great to be able to say to friends and family 'come to The Dukes and see my play'".
Featuring free-running, stunning visuals and live music, The Unsociables is being performed by a cast of up to 35 young people, with more working behind the scenes.
It's the first time a production by The Dukes Young Actors and The Dukes Young Company has been staged in The Rake, emphasising the Lancaster theatre's commitment to young performers from the district.
• Tickets for The Unsociables, which runs until Saturday and contains strong language and challenging themes, are priced £8/£6 concessions. To book, call The Dukes Box Office on 01524 598500 or www.dukes-lancaster.org.
Labels: Dukes Young Actors, Dukes Young Company, Interviews, Jack Hathaway, The Dukes, The Unsociables
Lancaster Jobs for Climate Change Week
The Dukes will be showing the film One Million Climate Jobs Now! (plus shorts) at 7:30pm on Tuesday 22nd and Wednesday 23rd May in the Gallery. On the Wednesday Shaun Dey, the filmmaker will be in attendance.
The films each night are:
One Million Climate Jobs Now! – a film made to start the major campaign of the same name of which the Climate Jobs Caravan is a part.
BULGARIA Fracking Victory! – huge demos in Bulgaria force the government to ban the dangerous process of fracking.
100,000 March in Copenhagen - (from 2010) the biggest march for climate justice ever, plus an introduction to the mass movements of the Global South.
The One Million Climate Change Jobs Caravan (see http://www.climate-change-jobs.org) is coming to Lancaster's Market Square on Thursday 24 May as part of its tour of the North. It has inspired a local festival of events to explain its plan to persuade the government to invest £18 billion a year in sustainable electricity, transport and heating jobs
In the evening of the 24th at 7:30pm there will be a public forum on the One Million Climate Jobs campaign with a national speaker, Martin Empson, introducing. This will be held in the Music Room at the Storey.
During the day there will also be a Green Jobs Fair at Lancaster and Morecambe College (12pm - 4pm).
You can see more about the week's events on facebook at Climate Change Caravan, Lancaster or read more about the national campaign at http://www.climate-change-jobs.org/
See also our previous story: Million Jobs for Climate Change Caravan - a liveable future
Posted by Chris Satori at 12:19
Labels: Climate Change Caravan, Green Jobs, Million Jobs for Climate Change
In Review: The Unsociables
The Unsociables
Congratulations to Director Louise Ingham, writers Steve Fairclough, Jack Hathaway, Ann Wilson and Lawrence Wilson and the entire Dukes Young Company and Dukes Young Actors (all 30 of them) for their first night of The Unsociables.
This is a wonderful use not only of ensemble theatre, with imaginative choreography and never an awkward or slow moment, but also of verbatim theatre, using accounts of the August 2011 riots by various people involved in them: those who joined in, those who stayed inside, those who went to watch and got swept away, those who tried to stop the looting and burning.
Rehearsal photo by
Luke Johnston
Interwoven with that are four individual stories, including one narrated as rap, as we hear one boy's experience, blended with 3 a.m. Facebook conversations and his clumsy, always-unsuccessful pursuit of Kelly.
Importantly, this is not just a play about the August 2011 riots, but what preceded and built up to them: the removal of the Education Maintenance Allowance, protest, joblessness or jobs in Poundshops, community service, all oddly punctuated by William and Kate's wedding. Immediately prior to the riots themselves (with a focus on the Foot Locker), we see five of the actors on a countryside cycle ride, thinking of all the possibilities of life, while round them circle the hoodies.
This is an thoroughly energetic production, with loud, live and recorded music, and excellent use of electronic projection and simple, symbolic props. But best of all is the quality of the acting: there are some very fine performances, in terms of action, gesture and facial expression as well as what is said and how.
Definitely worthy of performance in The Rake.
Jane Sunderland
• Still to run: Friday 27thApril 27, 7.30 p.m; Saturday 28th April, 7.30 p.m. Price: £8 / £6
Dukes Box Office: 01524 598500. The Dukes, Moor Lane, Lancaster LA1 1QE
• More info: http://www.dukes-lancaster.org/theatre/the-unsociables
• Take a peek behind the scenes of The Unsociables in a photographic exhibition which runs until 29th April. Luke Johnston, who is among the cast, has taken pictures throughout the rehearsal process and the results can be seen in The Dukes gallery.
Luke, 17, from Lancaster is studying photography at Preston College and hopes to become a professional photographer. He has acted in several Dukes youth productions. As well as being a talented photographer, Luke shows off his BMX skills during the production
Posted by Jane Sunderland at 07:37
Labels: Dukes Young Actors, Dukes Young Company, Jane Sunderland, Reviews, The Unsociables
Wray Scarecrow Festival starts this weekend
Houseproud scarecrow
The villagers of Wray will be entertaining the multitudes again this year with their legendary week-long Wray Village Scarecrow Festival from Saturday 28 to April Monday 7 May, which will see clever and quirky scarecrow tableaux on topical themes populating the village lanes and gardens all week. (Visitors who are unfamiliar with English rural customs are advised to steer well clear of the giant wicker figure in the back field... ;-).
The festival climaxes on Bank Holiday Monday, 7 May with the Wray Fair, which is a great day out packed with demonstrations of rural crafts, fairground rides, classic vehicles, children's entertainment, rare breeds, charity and trade stalls. And, of course, Duck Herding. The Fair will also feature live performances from the cast of The Sound of Music from Morecambe Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society, tra-la!
This year is the 25th anniversary of the Wray Fair in its modern guise. It co-incides with the Queens Diamond Jubilee holiday, which the village will also be celebrating in its own eccentric style.
The Festival opens with the annual 10km road race and fell race this Saturday 28 April.
On Sunday, April 29, there will be the annual Wray Village Cricket Match and also a car boot sale on the Village Field. On the Wednesday evening the John O'Gaunt Morris dancers will perform outside the George & Dragon and on Thursday 3 May a Classic Bike Night rolls into Wray.
Friday evening will see the Giant Scarecrow Parade through the village and on Sunday 6 May a Vintage Market will be held on the Village Field.
Entry to the Village Fair on 7 May is just £3 for adults, £1.50 for pensioners and kids under 16 are free.
Car parking is £1.50 throughout the Scarecrow Festival and Fair. Delicious refreshments will be on sale all week in the Village Hall as well as in the local hostelries.
You can find out more about the Wray Scarecrow Festival and all the events planned at
http://wrayvillage.co.uk/scarecrows/index.htm
Labels: Wray Fair, Wray Scarecrow Festival
Nuclear waste - tarnishing the Lake District 'brand'?
The Lake District National Park Authority (LDNPA) has issued a consultation response that indicates that its sole concern about proposals for a dump for high-level nuclear waste to be built under the Lake District is bad publicity to the Lakeland 'brand'. The proposed Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) (nuclear waste dump) within the National Park would be the first of its kind, would become known throughout the world, and must remain intact and sealed from any groundwater seepage for several hundred thousand years with potentially deadly consequences to the region if it should weaken at any point in that era.
Their response to the government's 'Managing Radioactive Waste Safely' (MRWS) public consultation can be downloaded as a PDF document here.
Practically every local parish council near the proposed site has voted vehemently against it (read more here). Keswick Council in particular is worried that a dump for high-level radioactive waste would put paid to the Lake District's hopes of becoming a World Heritage Site, a status that would attract increasing jobs and funding as natural green spaces are shrinking elsewhere. Recent earth tremors in nearby Ambleside have focussed minds on the problem.
However the LDNPA's concerns are, worryingly, not with possible radioactive pollution to the Lakeland water table or geological instability over millenia but simply about 'spin' - with polluting the 'brand' of the Lake District. Despite many letters from objectors locally and nationally, in their recent response to the Managing Radioactive Waste Safely Partnership (MWRS) consultation on the proposed dump they raised only one concern:
"We welcome the additional research on Brand Protection and await the outcomes of the research. This will hopefully build on the perception research undertaken by GVA Consultants which highlighted concerns amongst visitors to the Lake District National Park and Cumbria in general.
It remains a concern that significant media interest highlights the potential location of the geological disposal facility in the 'Lake District' rather than 'West Cumbria'. As a result of the association of a geological disposal facility and the Lake District we remain very concerned that there may be a direct impact on businesses operating within and trading off the brand of the Lake District."
In other words, they seek assurance that any piece of nuclear news in the public media should henceforth refer only to 'West Cumbria' and never to 'The Lake District'. The suggestion that 'West Cumbria' is a different entity to the 'Lake District' is misleading, however and has enraged Cumbrians who are passionately attached to their National Park - the jewel in the their own 'brand'. The British Geological Survey report to the government on potential GDF sites ruled out much of Cumbria - except the area that that lay within the National Park boundaries. The proposed site, near the popular visitor destination of Gosforth, with its many charming hotels, lies within the National Park and is a stone's throw from Ennerdale, Wastwater and Buttermere.
The fact that Labour peer and ex-Cabinet member Lord Clark of Windermere is chair of the LDNPA partnership and also a non-executive director of Sellafield Ltd also appears to illustrate the close association between the Lake District and the nuclear industry. It has not gone unnoticed by local anti-nuclear campaigners, many of whom who see a direct conflict of interest between the two roles.
Opponents believe that attempts to 'spin' a potential Lakeland nuclear waste dump as 'West Cumbrian' is an irresponsible strategy of deception that glibly condemns both Cumbria and the Lake District as a whole to inevitable environmental catastrophe. The knock on effects for the North Lancashire visitor industry are serious. Being a gateway to Wastwater is attractive. Being a gateway to 'Nuclear Wastewater' less so.
From the nuclear industry's point of view, which its executives are committed to support, a disposal 'solution' for long-term deadly toxic waste is the key to any future nuclear development. The current priority is simply to drive through the fresh public consultation stage with their plan intact. Their problem seems to be how to prevent the public from actually noticing that Lakeland, a precious national asset, is at stake. The LDNPA is the Lake District planning authority. Its support is vital and its chair Baron Clark is in a key position to oversee delivery of that support. Their response is clear: 'Stop telling anyone'.
The Labour Government's previous nuclear consultation on building a new generation of reactors in the UK was declared a 'sham excercise' in a High Court ruling in 2007. For the Lake District National Park planning authority to be clearly advocating media deception of the public in the debate over the siting of the GDF under the National Park certainly suggests that yet another 'sham exercise' is under way.
Local artist Marianne Birkby, an active member of Radiation Free Lakeland, blogs: 'No matter how many taxpayer £millions are poured into a "Brand Protection Strategy" the only way to protect the 'Lake District Brand' is to say no to nuclear developments, everything else is rearranging the branded deck chairs on the Titanic.'
Labels: Consultation, Geological Disposal Facility, Gosforth, Lake District, Marianne Kirkby, MRWS, Nuclear Dump, Radiation Free Lakeland, West Cumbria
Dog seized by Lancaster Police under Dangerous Dog Act
Police have seized a dog from a Lancaster house following the execution of a dangerous dogs warrant.
Officers attended an address on the Ryelands Estate after learning that the dog could be the puppy of another animal that had already been seized and found to be a dangerous type.
The dog – which is believed to be a pit bull terrier type dog (one of four banned breeds in the UK) - will now be kept in kennels while checks are made.
Any dog can be a danger to the public, but certain types of dogs are banned in the UK. If you own a banned breed of dog you are committing a criminal offence. A banned dog can be seized by police even if it isn't acting in a dangerous manner.
"The dog will be examined to determine what type it is," commented PC Peppi Agliolo of Lancaster police. "If it is not a banned breed of dog then it will be returned to its owner. If it is banned dog, officers will investigate the circumstances around the dog and owner and a decision will be made regarding what offences have been committed and whether to prosecute the owner in either criminal or civil courts.
"If it can be shown that the dog is not a danger to the public, then the courts can place it on the government's Index of Exempted Dogs. The owner may be able to keep their dog, dependant on the courts decision, and a list of compulsory stringent conditions will be imposed - including keeping it muzzled and on a lead when in public and having it neutered.
"It is very important that dog owners take responsibility for their pets – banned type or not," he added, "and that they train them and care for them so that they are not a threat to other animals or people. Where we can see that an owner is willing and able to meet their responsibilities, costs and conditions, we will work with them to have their animal returned."
Labels: Dangerous Dogs Act, PC Peppi Agliolo, Ryelands, Ryelands Estate
Amphetamine seized during Lancaster drugs raid
Police have seized suspected amphetamine, heroin and cash following a raid at a home in Lancaster.
Officers executed a drugs warrant at an address in Harcourt Road at shortly after 1.00pm on Tuesday.
A number of ounces of a substance, believed to be amphetamine, were found inside the premises and were seized by police.
A 37-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of possessing amphetamine with intent to supply; possessing heroin and possessing cannabis. She has since been released on bail pending further inquiries.
Sergeant James Pinder, Lancaster police, said: "Amphetamine, like all illegal drugs, has a negative impact on our communities, not only because of the physical and mental health risks it brings with it, but also because a significant proportion of crime in our neighbourhoods - particularly burglary – is carried out in order to fund a drug habit.
"When we become aware that drugs and drug dealing are causing issues for other local residents we will take action, but we need members of our communities to come to us with any concerns or information that they may have so that together we can solve the problem."
• Information can be given to police on 101 or by calling Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Labels: Crime, Crime Drugs, Harcourt Road, Lancaster, Sergeant James Pinder
Everything's coming up Roses at Williamson Park
Everything will be coming up 'Roses' at Lancaster's Williamson Park this summer when the 2012 Roses Historic Vehicle Run heads to the park.
The 12th Historic Vehicle Run will leave Bradford on Sunday 1st July and make its way via Halifax, Todmordon, Burnley, Clitheroe and through the Trough of Bowland before ending its journey at the park.
The cavalcade of amazing vintage vehicles including motorcycles and commercials is due to arrive at the park from 11.30am. Everyone is welcome to come along and enjoy the occasion.
As well as an exhibition of classic vehicles, Lancaster City Brass Band will be performing in the park during the afternoon to celebrate the end of the run.
• If you are interested in taking part in the Roses Historic Vehicle Run, please see the events and news section at www.lancaster.gov.uk/williamsonpark where you can download an entry form. Alternatively, you can pick up a copy from the park shop. The entry fee is £3 and the closing date for entries is Sunday 6th May 2012.
Labels: Events, Roses Historic Vehicle Run, Williamson Park
Improving your improv - new courses
Improvisation is fast becoming very popular in the UK with it already being in great demand in America. If you want to get better at thinking and speaking on your feet it's a fun and friendly way to go about it. We Are Improv is a new improvisation group based in Lancaster. The group began in October 2011 and has so far run several popular courses. Katy Bateson who teaches the sessions has been improvising for many years and is very passionate about improv, attending courses, workshops and festival all over the UK. She wants other people to be able to enjoy the happiness, joy and exhilaration that she has experienced through improv and tells us:
'Improvisation is acting spontaneously without a script. You react to your surroundings and your fellow course mates. The courses offer a safe environment to have fun and to play with no criticism or negativity. You don't need to be a comic, you don't need to have any acting experience, all you need is you!
'Improvisation is a team activity where you are encouraged and supported by the other members of your group. You will play different games and act out scenarios to create unique scenes that will leave you smiling for days. If you are the type of person who enjoys having fun, laughing and meet new exciting, interesting people then improvisation is for you!'
The next course is a 4 week introduction to improvisation starting on Tuesday 1st of May from 7pm until 9pm. The course will run for 4 Tuesdays at the Quaker Meeting House in Lancaster and costs £20.
For more information you can contact Katy at KLBateson@hotmail.com or visit http://www.weareimprov.co.uk/
Lancaster has another Improv group too. ImprovXpress is also running a course (£3 per session for a nine week course) at the Lancaster Deaf Centre on Monday evenings until 10 June. For more information on this and future ImprovXpress courses for all ages contact David Ash 01524 380176 or email ash.d.david@gmail.com
Labels: ImprovXpress, We Are Improv
'Childhood Memories' Art Competition promotes dementia awareness
Remember the person
To promote Dementia Awareness Week, 20th – 26th May 2012, Alzheimer's Society Lancaster and Morecambe have launched an art competition for those living in the Lancaster and Morecambe area only.
They would like to invite budding artists to take part and submit pictures no later than 14th May, on an A4 sheet, with the theme 'Childhood Memories'.
Lorna Campbell, Support and Development Officer for Younger People with Dementia told us:
'Childhood memories are very important to all of us but are particularly valuable to a person with dementia. For them, these memories are sometimes the only thing they have to make sense of what is going on around them. These memories can help them to maintain important relationships and friendships, to feel positive and to remain a valued member of the family and community.
'We need to tackle the misunderstandings surrounding dementia if we are to ensure people living with dementia are treated with the dignity and respect they deserve. We hope this competition can be used to raise awareness and to learn a little more about people who live with dementia and the effects it has on their lives and daily living.'
The art competition will be open to all budding artists, but not professionals, and will be judged by local artist Chas Jacobs. There will be two categories: the under 18 years and the over 18 years. Please can artists put their name, age, and contact information on the back of their picture and send their entries into Alzheimer's Society Lancaster & Morecambe, Altham Meadows, Bartholomew Road, Westgate, Morecambe LA4 4RR by 14th May. For further information please contact Alzheimer's Society on 01524 402610
Entries will be displayed locally in libraries and the Arndale and St Nicholas shopping centres. The winner and runner up in each category will be presented with a prize. The local radio stations and the local press will be invited to take photographs of the winners and their designs.
It is predicted that by 2021 there will be a million people living with dementia in the UK. Currently the Alzheimer's Society estimates that only 40% of people with dementia receive a diagnosis.
Labels: Alzheimer's Society Lancaster and Morecambe, art competition, Dementia Awareness Week
Steiner School: 'Nature Deficit Disorder' the modern childhood disease
Recent research commissioned by the National Trust highlights that British children are exhibiting signs of a modern phenomenon called 'Nature Deficit Disorder'. This is caused by a lack of engagement with the natural world and can lead to diminished use of the senses, attention difficulties, and higher rates of physical and emotional illnesses, among other symptoms. Evidence suggests the problem is worse in the UK than other parts of Europe, and may help explain poor UK rankings in childhood satisfaction surveys.
The National Trust noted that statistics reveal that things have changed dramatically in just one generation:
-Fewer than ten per cent of kids play in wild places; down from 50 per cent a generation ago.
-The roaming radius for kids has declined by 90 per cent in one generation (thirty years)
-Three times as many children are taken to hospital each year after falling out of bed, as from falling out of trees
-A 2008 study showed that half of all kids had been stopped from climbing trees, 20 per cent had been banned from playing conkers or games of tag.
One local school in particular is taking the matter seriously. Steiner education encourages active engagement with the natural world and Lancaster Steiner School would like to invite parents to an open day this Friday 27 April, from 2.30 - 4.30pm to find out more. (website: http://www.lancastersteiner.org.uk/)
Lancaster Steiner School has existed at Lune Road in Lancaster since 1999. The school does not follow the national curriculum, but is part of a network of thousands of Steiner schools world-wide, and approximately 40 in the UK. It follows the educational philosophy of Rudolf Steiner (www.steinerwaldorf.org).
You can read a previous article about the school's philosophy here.
The school is a independent school, however, which means that an education there comes at a price that not everyone can afford. The full school fees are approx £4000 a year, but there is a bursary scheme available for parents on a low income. Kindergarten children are eligible for the early years vouchers, so we are told that the fees are can be very low (depending on number of days the child goes). You can read the school's most recent Ofsted Inspection Report here.
Lancaster City Council's Junior Play Rangers offer a number of excellent free activity days through the year in local parks teaching handy woodcraft skills that many parents would envy. The Leighton Moss RSPB Nature Reserve Wildlife Explorers Club for 8-14 year olds also meets every month for some real wildlife action. But if we really want to see our kids regularly come home with mud in their ears and smiles on their faces, we need to protect the few precious natural green spaces the city still has left within their reach.
Labels: Lancaster Steiner School, Nature Deficit Disorder, Play Rangers, Wildlife Explorers Club
Volunteer Achievement Awards 2012 Announced
CVS Awards 2011. Image courtesy Lancaster District CVS
Do you know someone who gives their time for free and takes pride in their local community? Volunteers in the Lancaster district will have their hard work recognised at an awards ceremony in June.
And organisers of the event are asking for nominations of the people who volunteer their time to support others.
The Volunteer Achievement Awards 2012 is run by Lancaster District CVS, and celebrates the enthusiasm and dedication of local volunteers.
Last year CVS had 24 group, 50 volunteer of the year nominations and winners were Ann Shaw as Volunteer of the Year from Thumbprint, an organisation which enables people with learning disabilities to set up and run their own projects; and Bob Raby from Signposts, which supports the local community on a wide range of issues including housing and health benefits.
The Young Volunteer of the Year - a new category - was awarded to Daniel Hunter from Morecambe and District Junior Anglers, which aims to teach coarse angling and raise awareness of conservation and wildlife issues for those aged 8-16.
Nominations for 2012 are welcomed in five categories, with prizes including free entry to local museums and attractions.
All nominees and guests are invited to the ceremony, which is a unique opportunity to encourage volunteers to continue their hard work and inspire others to become involved in volunteering.
You can nominate people under the following categories;
Trustee of the Year
Young volunteer of the Year (18 and under)
Community Pride Volunteer
Group nominations
Each nominee will receive a certificate, and winners will receive the prizes, donated by Lancaster City and Lancashire County Council, including a 12 month Xplorer Pass, unlimited free entry in museums across Lancashire; a Salt Ayre Sports Centre Family Inflatable Session two adults and two children; and free admission to the Butterfly House at Williamson Park
• The deadline for nominations is Friday 18th May 2012 and the ceremony will take place on Wednesday 6th June 2012, 4-7pm at Lancaster Town Hall.
• Visit http://www.lancastercvs.org.uk/volunteerawards for nomination forms and further information.
Labels: Lancaster District Council for Voluntary Servic, Volunteer Achievement Awards
Police appeal following indecent assault in Lancaster
Police are appealing for witnesses following an indecent assault on two young girls earlier this month.
The incident happened at around 7.15pm on Monday 16th April on the Millennium Bridge in the city centre.
A man approached two 13-year-old girls on the bridge and put his arm around them both before sexually touching them and laughing. The girls managed to push the man off and ran towards Skerton.
The offender is described as being Asian, aged around 25 years old, with an average height and a slim to skinny build.
He had dark wavy hair and dark eyes and a gap to the side in his upper row of teeth. He was wearing a cream coloured cardigan type top over a blue undershirt and blue jeans.
Detective Constable Brian Shepherd said, "I would appeal to anyone who recognises the man in this picture to come forward and contact the police.
"This is a serious offence and the person responsible needs to be caught and brought to justice. Although not physically hurt, the two girls have been left shaken following a terrifying ordeal."
Anyone with any information is asked to call Lancaster CID on 101.
• People with information can also contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or on-line at Crimestoppers-uk.org. No personal details are taken, information is not traced or recorded and you will not go to court.
Labels: Crime, Crime Indecent Assault, Detective Constable Brian Shepherd, Millennium Bridge
Freeman's Wood - TPO upheld at Appeal Hearing
The Freeman's Wood site.
Photo: March 2012
Lancaster City Council's Appeals Committee confirmed the Tree Preservation Order (TPO) on Freeman's Wood at their hearing on Monday at Lancaster Town Hall. Their decision opens the way for a possible prosecution for alleged recent breaches of the Order.
The single objection against the TPO was lodged by the owners of the property, the Bermuda-based Property Trust Group (PTG), in association with their partners, development consultants Satnam. The meeting heard that both have been in discussions with the City Council Planning Department for some 18 months now regarding their ideas for a new residential development on the site.
Mr Mark Mackworth-Praed, of Simon Jones Arboricultural Consultants, spoke on behalf of the PTG and Satnam. He presented the following objections to the TPO, namely:
That the woodland on the site consisted merely of shrubbery and undergrowth with very few mature trees.
That the site had little or no amenity value
That the trees could not be seen from public land
That the boundaries of the TPO included land that contained no trees
That the TPO notices had been incorrectly served by the City Council
Speaking for the TPO was Tree Preservation Officer Maxine Knagg, who made the case that:
The woodland on the site contains a large number of mature trees
The woodland itself is a organic wildlife environment naturally and desirably consisting of diverse trees, saplings and undergrowth
The site has a well-known history of use as a local amenity
The trees could be clearly seen from all sides of the site and other public locations
That the boundaries could be varied by the meeting to correct any unintended inaccuracies
That any TPO mis-service had been rectified and the proper notices served.
She also informed the meeting that the City Council was currently investigating alleged breaches of the TPO (ie felling / damage to protected trees) on the site.
Freemans Wood
The meeting heard that 72 letters of support for the TPO had been submitted by local residents. There had also been complaints about the damage to the environment, the loss of amenity and the inappropriateness of the fence. This could be seen to be a significant demonstration of widespread community interest and support for the TPO.
Several people spoke from the floor, commenting on the amenity value of the site. Among these were local councillors and a representative of the Fairfield Association, who noted that the land was used as a 'green corridor' by wildlife, including deer. She pointed out that the recent fencing and digging of the land had been severely traumatic for local deer and, consequently, traumatic for local residents who took an interest in their welfare. She raised the importance of preserving a balance between wildlife and humanity for the benefit of future generations.
Unearthed landfill waste on the site
Photo March 2012
The city council's strategy over recent years of developing the adjacent cycling and walking routes as a community and tourist amenity was mentioned, as was the provision in the 1990s of a BMX cycle track for local youth within the site itself, although this has recently been bulldozed by the
owners. The fact that Freeman's Woods has featured as an 'attraction' on the Virtual-Lancaster virtual tour since the website was founded in 1999 was also raised by this correspondent as evidence of the amenity value of the woodland to local residents and visitors.
The presence of asbestos in the construction rubble from the old Williamson factory recently unearthed was mentioned, with the strong recommendation that the council take steps to ensure it is covered again at the earliest opportunity and the trees retained and encouraged to maintain stability of the old landfill under the site.
Bulldozed landfill and trees
Mr Mackworth-Praed then went on to argue that although the land may have had some amenity value in December 2011, when the TPO was set in place, it had since been fenced off, and consequently no longer had such value. In addition, he believed that the fence now obscured the view of any trees that might be there, further reducing their amenity value. Cllr Barry noted that the fence does not entirely surround the site, and it is, in fact, all publicly accessible.
After lengthy deliberations in private the Committee voted unanimously to confirm the TPO on the site with two conditions:
1. the boundary of the TPO be amended to exclude an area of hard-standing
2. Areas within the boundary that are currently grass meadow without trees may be mown without the need for an application to carry out tree works.
A carpet of waste dumped outside
the site fence
The committee's verdict clearly met with approval from the members of the public who had waited over an hour in the corridor to hear it. Local residents have been dismayed by the erection of high steel fencing along stretches of a local beauty spot, the recent destruction of trees and upheaval of the site and the appalling mess as historic landfill waste has been unearthed, scattered and dumped through the surrounding area.
This website has published photographs taken in March 2012 depicting clear evidence of extensive tree felling and damage to the site and the surrounding paths. A deliberate breach of a TPO can incur a fine of up to £20,000 if a Magistrates Court convicts.
Workman felling trees on the site
Where, hypothetically speaking, trees have been felled in breach of a TPO in order to undermine that same TPO, perhaps, say, to potentially reduce the value of a site as a public amenity, one could surmise that such a brass-necked attempt to circumvent legal process could be interpreted as an aggravation of such a breach. This would, of course, be entirely a matter for a magistrate to determine.
Depending on the outcome of their current investigation the City Council may now take legal action to enforce the TPO. The matter of the mess around the site, and the safe disposal of the waste material unearthed from it has also to be resolved. We will keep readers posted and welcome your comments.
• Visit the Save Freemans Woods group on facebook
• See previous stories:
'Catastrophic damage to 'protected' Freeman's Wood - photos'
• 'Coronation Field developer's next target?'
Labels: Appeals Committee, Freeman's Wood, Mark Mackworth-Praed, Maxine Knagg, Property Trust Group, Satnam, Tree Preservation Order
Comic costume call for Kendal Calling Music Festival
Image via Happy Slap Boutique
The massive music event Kendal Calling has just announced its the fancy dress theme for 2012 will be Fairy Tales and Comic Books, a magical all encompassing theme that will see the site transform on Saturday, with the entire congregation encouraged to get involved.
Tickets have been getting snapped up for this year's festival and a full to bursting line up has already been unveiled that includes Dizzee Rascal, James, Maximo Park, Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, We Are Scientists, The View and many more.
For the third year, Kendal Calling reveal a fancy dress theme that has been a huge success in previous years with revellers showing incredible innovation and imagination in designing and donning costumes.
"Getting dressed up for a festival is all about becoming another version of you," a spokesperson explains. "An exaggerated, bold and colourful character. So this year we are transforming the Deer Park into another world with our theme Fairy Tales and Comic Books."
With the backdrop of the stunning Lake District, Kendal Calling expects to see everyone from the Pied Piper to Wolverine, Little Red Riding Hood to Catwoman, the Gingerbread to Tin Tin all partying together and this years theme will make the event even more of a surreal wonderland of fun and frolics than ever before.
The fun and frolics continues at Kendal Calling in the crazy world of the Happy Slap Boutique. This area will be like no other and is where anything goes, and is the home of electro swing and eclectic music. A haven to transform into creatures and characters, the Happy Slap face-painting boutique will get revelers ready to be immersed in magical worlds, dazzled by spectacular cabaret shows, wowed by our travelling circus and entertained in ways you never thought possible.
Happy Slap Boutique present a world of fairy tales and mischief full of secrets to explore and discover, keeping the entertainment going all weekend. Bump into Jack Sprat, a narcoleptic Sleeping Beauty or climb up Rapunzel's hair and witness their take on your classic fairy tales. Performers will be traveling around the festival doing walk-about performance where it's least expected with music, song, dance and ridiculousness.
As night falls, Happy Slap Boutique will transform into a plethora of circus, fire and glow performances alongside clowning, grotesque burlesque, world famous 'Rave Aerobics' and surprise acts that keep buzzing all night.
DJs Ocelus, Tom Excell, Dan The Hat, Wolfie Rassmatazz, Magic Lantern, Vinyl Rights Experience, Mikey J and very special guests will spin a genre defying mix of electro swing, jungle, Balkan, breakbeat, house & electro.
"The only music we can guarantee are upbeat party tunes," the organisers say. "Check out Happy Slap Radio for exclusive mixes."
The music and activities in the Kendal Calling meadow span 11 diverse stages and areas, situated in a close-knit site that means you're never far from your friends.
• Kendal Calling, Friday 27th – Sunday 29th July 2012, Lowther Deer Park, Hackthorpe, The Lake District. Adults £105, £50 11-15 year-olds, under 11's free. Tickets available at www.ticketline.co.uk.
• More info: www.kendalcalling.com
Labels: Events Kendal, Events Music, Happy Slap Boutique, Kendal Calling
Rock Solid Expo set to challenge nuclear waste plans for Cumbria
Director of GeneWatch Dr Helen Wallace will be in Kendal next month to give a free lecture at Kendal Museum, part of the Rock Solid? Expo art and events exploring the government plan to try to contain nuclear wastes in Cumbrian geology.
The exhibition and events have taken their name from 'Rock Solid?' a scientific report written by Dr Wallace (PDF link), an overview of the status of research and scientific evidence regarding the underground disposal of highly radioactive wastes, which in Cumbria would in all probablity include the disposal of waste from the Heysham power stations.
Worldwide, 13 countries are actively pursuing long-term waste management programmes for high-level radioactive wastes resulting from nuclear electricity generation, but no country has yet completed an operational geological disposal facility for such wastes.
Greenpeace argues European leaders are being misled over the safety of underground disposal of highly dangerous nuclear waste, which they claim could poison groundwaters for
centuries.
Cumbria is in the frame for what would be the world's first operational high level nuclear waste geological disposal facility. The Department of Energy and Climate Change have effectively set Cumbria (the only county to "express an interest") the goal of putting the first high level waste into a disposal facility by 2029.
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(Richard) Sherman's March to Fame and Riches
The old lion is roaring in San Francisco.
By Mark Saltveit@taoish Oct 19, 2018, 4:01pm PDT
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The 7th oldest guy on the 49ers roster may be the team's most successful player this season. And that could earn him a lot of money.
A lot of people shook their heads when Richard Sherman gave up an 18-yard pass to Minnesota's Stefon Diggs on his first target in game one. It was a mistake spending all that money on a 30-year-old cornerback coming off of a season-ending Achilles heel injury, everyone said. But then he didn't give up another reception until Week 6.
Per PFF, Sherman leads all NFL cornerbacks this year in every category except interceptions — and it's hard to get those when quarterbacks are afraid to test you. Specifically, their advanced stats show that he's been targeted only once every 19.8 coverage snaps, way ahead of the NFL's No. 2 — Buffalo Bills cornerback Tre'Davious White — at 12.0.
After the Packers game, PFF's analysis team said "he's been the definition of a shutdown corner in 2018." In a season where 13 NFL quarterbacks have passer ratings over 100 — and by the way, Tom Brady is not one of them — QBs targeting Sherman have a passer rating of just 39.6. As Ben Linsley of PFF points out, that is the same rating quarterbacks get for spiking the ball.
If you want to play with numbers, you could argue that Sherman's most telling statistic — receptions allowed per coverage snap — plummeted after Week 6 against Green Bay, all the way down from 146 to 99. That's technically true, because he allowed only his second reception all season, on 198 coverage plays. But it's helpful to know that his newly reduced rate of 99 is nearly 5 times better than the league's second best DB this year, Tre'Davious White again at 21.8 s/rec. Last year's league leader was Cincinnati's William Jackson III, with 26.4 snaps per reception.
A more accurate criticism might be that Sherman has not been targeted because San Francisco's other cornerbacks are so much worse, so why bother? And the numbers back that up. Ahkello Witherspoon's game has crumbled, youngster Greg Mabin is (charitably) up and down, and K'Waun Williams — the team's second best DB — has a passer rating when targeted of 93.8 (vs. Sherman's 39.6) and 12.1 snaps per reception (to Sherman's 99).
Be that as it may, quarterbacks are clearly uncomfortable testing the NFL legend; not just rookies such as Josh Rosen, but even Aaron Rodgers, who is no less legendary himself. Rodgers — who Sherman called the league's best quarterback after the game — threw 46 passes Monday night. Only 3 targeted Sherman, and one of those was thrown away safely out of bounds. The future Hall of Fame QB completed just one pass against the veteran DB, a check-down of two air yards when Sherman was playing ten yards back, and missed his other attempt, what we used to call a "buttonhook" — abruptly turning around at the SF 49 and coming straight back toward the line of scrimmage at no angle. (Different people might call that a dig or a curl or a hitch today.) Even though Sherman was playing off of Davante Adams by at least three yards, Rodgers threw the ball three more yards short of the turnaround point, just out of his grasp. Just to avoid Sherman's intercepting skills.
It's possible that quarterbacks are overestimated Sherman's danger. The NFL record for coverage snaps per reception — which was not tracked before 2010 — belongs to Nnamdi Asomugha (at 31.1), who the Eagles signed as part of their "Dream Team" of high-priced free agents in 2011. It turned out that age had caught up with him, but no QBs wanted to test it after his years of dominating coverage. When they finally did, they found out that he had lost two steps, and Philadelphia waived him immediately after the 2012 season. The Niners signed him in April of 2013, and he played only two months before he was out of the game forever.
A couple of analysts have argued that Sherman has been lucky, because quarterbacks missed open receivers he was covering. That may be true, but it's also possible that Sherman forced them out of their planned routes, and that the QB threw to the designated landing zone. Unless the sports pundits overheard the discussion in the huddle, there is no way to really know. But if Aaron Rodgers can't figure out how to beat you, I'm not sure any QB can.
It's very interesting to watch Sherman's technique. He often lines up diagonally to the receiver, as if he is staring at the quarterback (which I seriously doubt), or even perpendicular to the WR. Here's a screen shot of how the CB aligned on that incomplete buttonhook I mentioned earlier. Even on a pretty bulletproof play, Rodgers threw safely far away from Sherman (and erred on the side of caution, the short side here).
On his other incomplete, Green Bay was at the 11, and Aaron Rodgers is nearly invincible in the red zone. Sherman covers the right side of the field in the cover 3, and Marquez Valdes-Scantling lined up in a very nasty split, nearly inline at the wing position just outside (and a step behind) the tackle. But Sherman clearly had predicted that the ball was coming his way on an out route. He played back, with inside leverage, and Rodgers was forced to throw it away, out of bounds.
It's hard to imagine that Sherman could keep up these all-time best statistics through the end of the season. But he can have a big drop off and still be the NFL's best cornerback. That's where things get interesting.
Remember how he negotiated his own contract, and got tons of criticism for signing an incentives-laden deal with few guarantees? Well, the Stanford graduate bet big on himself, and could be in line for a huge pay day if he's chosen as an All-Pro, as Adam Stites of SB Nation points out.
If that happens, his scheduled [but otherwise unlikely] $16 million in base salary for the 2019 and 2020 season[s] becomes fully guaranteed. Add that guaranteed salary to his $1 million prorated signing bonuses that hit in each of the next two years and $2 million roster bonuses, and Sherman will be one of the highest paid players at his position until he becomes a free agent at age 33 in 2021. It helps too that he doesn't have to split anything with an agent.
Was Richard Sherman confident that he'd come back from a serious injury at age 30 and dominate the league? Or did he realize that the rest of the Niners' DB corps wasn't as good as advertised, and that QBs would pick on them and leave him alone? Either way, he has surprised the pundits and set himself up for a beautiful payday at an age when most cornerbacks are happy just to stay in the league.
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St Vincent's - wrong issue, wrong dispute
Niall Hunter, Editor
The uneasy coexistence between public and private hospital care in Ireland has been highlighted by the current row between St Vincent's Healthcare Group and the HSE over the fact that many of its public hospital consultants are allegedly in breach of their contracts by working in the adjacent St Vincent's Private Hospital.
Basically, the HSE is saying consultants based at St Vincent's public hospital who hold contracts that only entitle them them to private practice in the public hospital in which they work, should not be working in the adjacent St Vincent's Private Hospital.
St Vincent's, for its part, claims they are entitled to do so as technically, it's all the one hospital group, on the one campus and under the same management structure.
HSE Director General Tony O'Brien has expressed concern about this alleged breach of private practice rules.
That well known commentator, 'a cynic', as he/she pores over the contractual complexity of this row, might be tempted to say pass the smelling salts and the corporate law textbooks.
The ordinary punter, meanwhile, will remain baffled and perhaps largely oblivious to the real issue here.
For this is the wrong row about the wrong thing
If the HSE was to have its way (and perhaps legally and technically it may be in the right); practically, it would have the effect of forcing around 80 consultants who are currently practising in the private hospital to do all their private work in the public hospital.
This could have a serious effect on services at St Vincent's Private Hospital.
But worse, it would mean that an even greater volume of consultant's private work would be carried out at St Vincent's public than is currently the case.
This leads us, TS Eliott like, to the overwhelming question, which is - never mind consultants working privately in an 'off-site' private hospital, why is private medicine allowed in a public hospital in the first place? They are, after all public hospitals.
There are two key iniquities in the Irish hospital system.
Firstly, there is the fact that those who can afford the more expensive insurance policies can bypass the public system and can get seen quicker, be guaranteed consultant-provided care and reside in in more comfortable circumstances in private hospitals.
Meanwhile public patients and privately insured people who cannot afford cover for stand-alone private hospitals, must suffer the slings and arrows of the public system.
The fact that private medicine receives indirect subsidisation from the State, through for example, tax relief on insurance premia which subsidises insurance costs, and through private hospitals doing public waiting list work, makes these situation even more iniquitous.
What is even more unfair than the above, however and is in fact a downright scam, is that public and private medicine co-exist in public hospitals.
The existence of private and public care within the same institution implies that there is a two-tier system within that hospital, which obviously would be wrong and is usually not the case. But even to imply that such a concept potentially exists by having this public-private designation in public hospitals, even if there is no overt discrimination, is simply wrong.
The official line is that two-tier access to care in public hospitals no longer exists. The policy now, we are told, is to ensure that there is no discrimination in public hospitals of in favour of private patients attending them in terms of levels of care, or access to and waiting for most services. So private patients in public hospitals cannot 'queue-skip'.
As regards a consultant-provided service, anecdotal evidence will inform you that a 'private' patient in a public hospital is just as likely (or as unlikely), to be seen by the treating consultant, as opposed to a junior, as a public patient.
Perhaps, you might justifiably believe, a private patient in a public institution will get slightly more luxurious or comfortable accommodation. Well, no, not really.
There are very few single designated private rooms in public hospitals, and semi-private wards largely don't seem much different to public wards in most hospitals in terms of bed numbers or facilities.
This leads us, then, to the other overwhelming question. Exactly what are the patients who fork out their hard-earned cash for an insurance policy for private care a public hospital actually getting in return? Remember, they would be entitled to access these hospitals anyway without holding any insurance cover.
The answer is, very little. Such an insurance policy will cover the €75 per day charge for non-medical card patients in public hospitals, which is something, one supposes, but not a whole lot for your money. And one must ask why there is such a charge in a public hospital in the first place.
This, however, will give us a clue as to why private medicine still exists in public hospitals - it's all about income generation. For the consultants, who will get private fees on top of their public salary, and for hospitals, who rely more and more nowadays on private accommodation as a source of badly-needed revenue.
And to make things worse, a recent legislative change by Health Minister James Reilly means that unlike before, a private patient, who through lack of available private or semi-private accommodation, might be placed in a public bed, can now be charged, through their health insurer, as a private patient.
Charged extra for for getting absolutely nothing extra.
And this new law, as it increases the amount that has to be forked out by insurers, has helped push premia up even further.
And then there's the fact that private patients in public hospitals are paying twice for their care - through their taxes and their insurance premia, and are getting nothing extra in return.
At every juncture, the patient is the sucker.
However, at least with private care in private hospitals, the two systems are ostensibly separated and the patient is getting something extra for their money.
Healthcare nowadays is not always about healthcare. It's most of the time about budgets, income and the relentless bottom line.
St Vincent's, judging by its deft manoeuvring with the Dail Public Accounts Committee and the HSE, has not exactly been the poster boy recently for transparency and public policy compliance.
However, in arguing for the retention of the right of its consultants to practice in its private hospital, it may hold the moral and practical higher ground over the HSE on this occasion.
Under the current iniquitous mess that is our public-private healthcare coexistence, allowing the St Vincent's consultants retain their right to private practice in the private hospital would be the lesser of two evils.
Better than more consultants returning to the public hospital and continuing to perpetuate the State-sponsored sleight-of-hand that is private healthcare in public institutions.
In the meantime, we await with bated breath the emergence of equality, liberty, and fraternity under James Reilly's universal health insurance plans.
Whatever people's qualms about it, any system that would essentially remove the money-grabbing public-private distinction and give everyone equal access to basic care can't be all bad.
HSE ultimatum on private practice
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Socha svatého Jana Nepomuckého je umístěna u silnice na náměstí T. G. Masaryka ve městě Dašice v okrese Pardubice. Socha pocházející z roku 1739 představuje hodnotnou pískovcovou barokní plastiku oblíbeného světce. Socha je chráněna jako kulturní památka.

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Vlastní barokní socha světce je umístěna na trojdílném podstavci s profilovaným soklem, hranolovým dříkem zdobeným rytými kartušemi a s profilovanou přímou římsou stojícím na dvou kamenných neprofilovaných stupních.

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SI ANDO BOLESLAWE / TVTVGE. Na soklu podstavce je umístěna signatura G.S.F. / I. D. / A 1739 a nápisy obnoveno 1882, 1934.

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