The Mixed-Signal Methodology Guide: Advanced Methodology for AMS IP and SoC Design, Verification, and Implementation provides a broad overview of the design, verification, and implementation methodologies required for today's mixed-signal designs. The book covers mixed-signal design trends and challenges, abstraction of analog function using behavioral models, assertion-based metric-driven verification methodology, and verification of low-power intent in mixed-signal designs. It also describes methodology for physical implementation in context of concurrent mixed-signal design and for handling advanced-node physical effects. The book contains many practical examples of models and techniques. The authors believe it should serve as a reference to many analog, digital, and mixed-signal designers, and verification and physical implementation engineers and managers in their pursuit of information for a better methodology required to address the challenges of modern mixed-signal designs.
The information and techniques presented in this book are critical to the implementation of a successful analog verification strategy. It is a timely addition to the bookshelf of anyone involved in mixed-signal system-on-chip development.
This book provides excellent visibility into mixed-signal design challenges and advanced methodology to address them. With its extensive coverage, I recommend it as an important reading for all analog, digital and mixed-signal engineers working on mixed-signal designs.
The methodologies captured in this book go a long way to codify the collective body of knowledge, experience, and best practices gained from these collaborations, and I believe it will be an indispensable guide for all analog, digital, and mixed-signal designers, both new and experienced.
The many real-world examples provided in this book, along with the provided example code, make this book a must-read for anyone involved in the day-to-day design of mixed-signal systems.


Last week I watched the TV show Cougar Town's (don't judge me) Valentine's Day episode. As bad as that show can be, the message was pretty good. Guys, as much as your woman says she hates Valentine's Day and she doesn't need to celebrate it…she's not being totally truthful. Every women wants to be made to feel special every so often. Valentine's Day is a perfect time to do something thoughtful for your gal. Here is some insight into what we really mean.
A lot of us girls starting hating Valentine's Day years ago. It was a coping mechanism for the years we were single. February 15th was alway hell listening to our non-single girlfriends gush about all the romantic stuff their guy did for them. But when you're on the other team, Valentine's Day doesn't seem all that bad.
Guys, it really is the thought that counts. Sometimes little gestures mean the world. If there's a movie she's been wanting to see but it's not your thing, take her to it. If there's a band she loves, get her tix to their next concert. And yes, some of us like the cheese. Gushy cards, heart shaped boxes filled with sugary sweet chocolate, and gorilla stuffed animals that sing "Wild Thing". (Note to my fella…I'm not one of these girls…ok,well maybe a little 😉 ) And guys, don't worry…we'll repay the gesture.
All so true, a little cheese is good!


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Q: How to replace a dll library for unit testing in C# Visual Studio? I have developed a plug-in that uses a dll from a third party (third_party.dll). I have created unit tests for this plug-in, but I cannot run them using the third_party.dll, because it requires the application running.
I have created a dll (my_mock_up.dll) that simulates the API of the third_party.dll
To run the tests copy the source code to the unit test project and replace the occurrences of
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but the process is manual and not very efficient. What would be a better approach? Is there a way to run unit tests for a plug-in with the host application running? Does VisualStudio have a functionality or a package for it? I could modify the code of the plug-in to accommodate the unit testing if that is also an option.
Thanks in advance!

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There is no person syncretism in pronouns. However, there is pure number syncretism. As Stefánsson (1909: 220) notes: "It is rarely the jargon makes a difference between singulars and plurals". There are some rare exceptions to this in the data. Stefánsson (1909: 221) mentions a dual and a plural form of the second person pronoun used by native speakers of the main lexifier language, but these forms were not commonly used in the pidgin.


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The concept of Vijnana Kalavedi Centre emerged from the mind of young French artiste, Ms. Louba Schild. Deeply drawn towards the beauty and expression in some of the ancient art forms of Kerala, she was inspired to share her vision of Indian culture with others.
In 1976, she rented a building on the banks of the sacred river Pamba and invited a few of the best teachers in Kerala to initiate a small group of French people interested in discovering "Her Kerala".
Vijnana Kalavedi was officially registered as a charitable association under the Travancore-Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Society Act of 1955 with the aims of:
Providing foreign artists, researchers and culturally oriented tourists with opportunities to become acquainted with the culture and art of India, particularly of Kerala.
Preserving the traditional arts and crafts of Kerala in their and spiritual context
Fostering the artistic education of youngsters in Kerala.
Through the years Vijnana Kalavedi had grown into a unique institution in India, offering training in 18 subjects, ranging from theatre, dance, music, martial art, to languages, Ayurveda, sculpting, painting and cooking. The Centre had grown to accommodate about 200 foreign and 100 local students every year with increasing demand every day.
The Centre had evolved into a model of cultural tourism. It was recognized as, "a cultural educational institution engaged in the teaching and promotion of traditional arts and Indian culture", by the Department of Culture, Government of Kerala. The Centre was also recognized by the Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala. It had been included in the Cultural Resource Directory by Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts and was a member of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH and of the District Tourism Promotion Council of Pathanamthitta District, Kerala.
Over the years various organizations like UNESCO, Sangeet Natak Academy (Delhi & Kerala), Ministry of Culture (India & Kerala), Ministry of Tourism (Kerala), UNDP and many individuals like Madame Nadia Schild Chipiloff (Musician & Therapist, Paris), Mr Pushpa Das (Former director of IFPC, UNESCO), Marine Pitoeff, Padmasree Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair (Eminent Kathakali artist & late patron of the Centre), Dr D Babu Paul (IAS, Chief patron of the Centre) etc had supported Vijnana Kalavedi Centre.
Our vocation, for 3 decades, had been to teach foreign artists and to introduce visitors from various countries to the culture of India, making them the best ambassadors of Indian culture. We had also been working, with more and more urgency, in various ways, to keep alive traditional arts and re-introduce their values in the day-to-day life of the local population.
In the years 1979-80, the Centre received a grant from IFPC (International Fund for Promotion of Culture), UNESCO and organized a large number of performances, concerts, workshops, exhibitions and offered several scholarships to children and youngsters to pursue their art education within the Centre as well as at other centres in Kerala.
In 1981, the Centre organized workshops on Kathakali for school children at an 'India' Festival at the Museum of Modern Art, Paris.
In 1991, the Centre organized a week-long festival called 'Saagara' at Kovalam sponsored by the Government of Kerala. As part of this festival, performances, workshops and exhibitions took place on the seashore.
In 1991, the Centre also organized a seminar on traditional architecture following it up with a project proposal for the creation of a Centre for Traditional Architecture & Mural Painting. The Government of Kerala took up the project, establishing the Vastu Vidya Gurukulam at Aranmula. Ms Louba Schild was appointed Vice Chairperson of the Institution.
For three years from 1996 onwards, the Centre worked in partnership with UNESCO, offering a six month residency at Aranmula for young professional artists from third world countries to learn traditional music and dance, under the programme IFPC-ASCHBERG Bursaries for Artists.
In 1997, a theatre workshop, sponsored by the South Zone Cultural Centre, was organized at the Centre by Sri Kavalam Narayana Panicker and his theatre troupe.
In 2001, the Centre received official recognition from the Department of Culture and the Department of Tourism. In the same year, the Centre offered scholarships to 10 children to learn Kathakali at the renowned Kathakali village, Vellinezhy.
The Centre celebrated the year 2002 as its 25th anniversary Jubilee Year. On December 13th the Centre was honored by a visit from the respected Chief Minister of Kerala, Sri A K Antony.
In the year 2003, the Centre started the 'Volunteer to Teach English" programme in the nearby Malayalam medium schools, with the official recognition of the General Education Department, Government of Kerala.
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Copyright © 1976 - 2009 Vijnana Kala Vedi. All rights reserved.

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Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die discussion
This topic is about The Midwich Cuckoos
1001 Monthly Group Read > March {2010} Discussion -- THE MIDWICH CUCKOOS by John Wyndham
message 1: by Charity (new) - rated it 5 stars
Discussion Time!!
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I guess I will kick us off.
The Day of the Triffids is one of those movies Of everyone has heard but which not many people have actually seen. I was lucky enough to watch it (again, as an adult) a few years ago. While nobody can doubt that the special effects were dire, the story was an intricate blend of layers in which the primary driver was not the Triffids but rather the human characters and how they coped with this adversity and each overcame their selfish nature.
I had never heard of this book before and was intrigued by the premise - an entire town that 'loses' a day and in which it is later found that every female (since the term woman is not applicable) is pregnant. When I them discovered that the book had been made into the cheesy movie 'Village of the Damned' I was concerned and expected the worst. Discovering that it was written by the author of 'The Day of the Triffids' wen some way to easing my trepidation. However I did still begin reading this book expecting to dislike it... And was quite surprised.
The story itself is ludicrous, however the characters so deftly (if sparsely) sketched and the situation so steeped in human haman nature, emotion and feeling that the plot itself can be (on the whole) ignored and the short book enjoyed simply as an exploration of human mature in a particular time in British village life.
And to me those are all key to the understanding and enjoymet of the story: the story is set in a particular time in the past in which cell phones were not around and bicycles and walking were an acceptable mode of transport, and in which respect, manners and community spirit were not so much considered important but which simply WERE important with no consideration bit the alternative; the book is set in a village, and in a British village.
One of my favourite parts of the book is when the women of the village are brought together to address and wzain their mass pregnancy, a fact which simply could not have escaped the majority of them bit which the author implies has simply not been broache and is simply a topic that is being ignored. That meeting is a highlight of the the book: village nature and thinking, and feminine thinking and values at that time in particular, are beautifully demonstrated.
In fact the majority of the books dwells on the pregnancy and the lead-up to the birth. The author does overstay his welcome in this area, and I found myself finding the last few long, philosphical conversations, in which nothing so much was being discussed as possibilities and conjecture, quite tedious. That's not to say the rest of the book doesn't deal fully with the story of the Children. The dread mounts and I simply could not digress out how the village, and ultimately the world, would get out of this situation. The story of the children is a bit rushed, covering aspects of their abiliiea and their manifestation over a period of nine years, and the endings happens all too quickly leaves a feeling of being quite contrived, but what there is in this part of the book is none the worse for it. The Children come across as a force to be reckoned with and the helplessness of the cilagers is quite understandable and the frustration I felt as I read the book (with their situation - which is a sign that a book has really captured me - as opposed to with the book itself) grew to almost imbearable proportions. In fact criticisms about being rushed and contrived a the end aside I don't think I would have persevered with the book had it bbeen any longer - I would probably have had to put it down for a while, read something entirely different, and revisit it when my frustration had abated somewhat.
A thoroughly enjoyable book on the whole and one I am glad to have read.
message 3: by Kirsten (new) - rated it 2 stars
I thought it was interesting that there were similarities in the description of the Childrens' behaviour to the how the Yrr behaved in The Swarm. Did anyone else see the parallels in the description of a collective thinking/being?
Interesting observation Kirsten! Apart from the fact that the male and female children appeared to form two separate collectives there Is a distinct simarity in the collective thinking and the ability for a particular physical manifestation to become the prime and feed back information to the whole. However i didn't feel that the intentions of the Children, beyond simple and immediate self-preservation, was ever explained, while it was clear that the Yrrr had an axe to grind.
I also was looking forward to reading this book, as I haven't read anything by Wyndham for many many years. I did enjoy the read, particularly the examination of how the human race is no longer accustomed to having to fight for survival(as a species). I thought it quite interesting at this time, when it's possible we face extinction in the relatively near future from our own hands, through climate change and its effects.
message 6: by Coqueline (last edited Mar 19, 2010 03:42PM) (new) - rated it 4 stars
Classic sci-fi is not a genre I generally read. In fact, this is the first.
Even though I found the whole premise thought-provoking and it does have relevant philosophical questions behind it, I find the whole background, at best, cutely vintage. From the view that male and female are completely different creatures (if only mentally), the acceptation of female helplessness towards their own reproduction function (even by the male population), and the outdated views on the theory of evolution, it gave an interesting point of view of the zeitgeist of the era. Nevertheless, it was well written, and an enjoyable read. Just not convincing enough to be as creepy as it should've been for this time and day, I'm afraid.
message 7: by Cindy (new) - rated it 4 stars
Coqueline: "cutely vintage" is a great way of describing the book.
I only realized in the final third of the book that I was picturing everything in black and white, like The Twilight Zone. It made some of the sexist comments quaintly palatable.
Other than that, it was a pretty amusing book. Too much talking, but pretty thought provoking.
I wouldn't be surprised if there was a Twilight Zone episode pretty much like the story - especially when the narrator comes back to Midwich for a visit with Bernard after being in Canada.
message 8: by P. (new) - rated it 3 stars
I am almost finished with the book, and have mixed feelings about the whole novel. When I read the blurb I couldn't help thinking 'I've read this somewhere before', then I remembered Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' and the later 'Oryx and Crake'. Those novels are far superior to Wyndham's story, but I have grown fond of his humorous quintessentially English apporach to the calamity that befalls his beloved Midwich.
The soft, benign language however does serve a higher purpose. The early suicide attempts of the women when they find out they are with child did disturb me. I could connect with the terror of the unknown, the feeling of being an incubator for god-knows-what, and the frustration of having the men of the village try and subdue the whole situation.
There were also moments where I thought, 'that would never be allowed to happen'. For instance, the women are portrayed as a bit stupid. I mean, at least one of them would demand an abortion.
But the discussion about the aliens only really being one girl and one boy (a sort of Jungian Collective consciousness) was brief, but good. I can see how this might have made a big impact on the readers at the time.
message 9: by Kristi (new) - rated it 4 stars
I just started this today, but I'm cruising through it. Really like it so far. I enjoy the writing, it's pretty simple but effective. My first by this author, but I've got another waiting for me on my Kindle.
I just watched 'Surrogates' tonight, and there is a scene that describes how I imagined the beginning of the Dayout.
message 10: by mara (new) - rated it 2 stars
but I have grown fond of his humorous quintessentially English apporach to the calamity that befalls his beloved Midwich
I guess so, Zee! I couldn't wait to begin this book and now that I'm half way through I just cannot reconcile the attitude of the villagers and the narrative tone with what is happening. There is nothing like dread or even a semblance of curiosity. There is a flippin Virgin Birth for goodness sake and NOBODY wants to know what alien being or demon force impregnated her? It's just "oh dear, how odd..." no special dectors from top secret facilities helicopter in, nothing, just a bunch of men yammering on. Why aren't the women telling the story? I understand that you have to put the novel in it's context. But I just keep thinking, "really?"
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Has anyone seen the movie Hot Fuzz? That's how I picture Midwich.
They are strangely calm about the whole incubation thing. There is a passage in chapter 19 about how in America there would be 'coast-to-coast panic' during an invasion, but in England an invasion would be met with 'scepticism.'
message 12: by Amanda (last edited Mar 29, 2010 05:01AM) (new) - rated it 2 stars
To be honest, I'm struggling with similar issues to some of the other readers here and as a consequence, am not getting through it at any great speed. I'm a great lover of classic Sci-Fi and I'm very disapointed, because I really wanted to like Wyndham, but he does feel very outdated.
His distant approach to characterisation is making it a little hard to tell one person from another in what is a very large cast for such a short little novella and the indifferent way many of the characters are behaving to what is a rather terrifying occurance goes a bit beyond the explaination of a traditional 'stiff upper-lip'.
I'm especially having problems with the female characters, who seem to stoically accept the fact they have been mysteriously impregnated against their will, despite having no idea what is happening to their bodies, or what they are carrying. Occasionally, one will break down into tears, but quickly recompose themselves, or a younger girl might attempt suicide, but will feel better after having a good old chat...
It is also very queer to my mind that no one has brought religion into question considering the quiet, old-fashioned rural setting and the practiacally dozens of 'immaculate conceptions' that take place there. The security and attempted hush-up surrounding Midwich is shockingly lax too considering such a large fuss is made of it in the beginning of the novel, it doesn't seem to feature after the births. My suspension of disbelief is taking a rather large battering!
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Amanda, don't worry, a minor character does go off a religious deep end later on in the book, so the subject indeed gets brought up.
i do totally agree about the vagueness of the characterization - there were several times where 3 pages into a lengthy conversation i had to go back and realize "oh, it's that OTHER chick having a conversation with the old man!" i could not figure out the necessity of the narrator and his wife in the story. why couldn't one of the villagers, perhaps the old man's wife (the only one to have a non-Child kid), tell the tale and thereby delete some of the useless characters?
"cutely vintage" indeed - a great description of the town's reaction to the whole crisis. this book is so much a product of its times. these women attempt suicide, or one is seen to be "buying a bicycle and pedaling furiously up and down the countryside", because in the 50s it's apparently ok to die or to "accidentally" loose a baby whereas an intentional abortion is literally unthinkable to this crew. that one glaring conceit both made and flawed the book for me. on one hand i love the premise of these "cuckoo" kids sneaking into society, and i really wanted the book to do more with it. on the other hand, the book HAS to be in an era where abortion simply isn't done for it to work.
kudos for the group for picking a back-to-back pair of such dissimilar overly verbose sci-fi novels to compare!
message 14: by Coqueline (new) - rated it 4 stars
means that it is not outdated. Many parts of the US have this perspective as do several European countries. Surely, this makes it just as relevant today?
I beg to differ. Just because it is illegal in certain countries does not mean women in those countries wouldn't seek to have it done medically (as opposed to cycling themselves to death or other homemade methods decribed in this book) when they are faced with unwanted pregnancies. The women in the book seems to have a perspective that it isn't possible at all to have a medical abortion, and this complacency hasn't been relevant for many decades now, I think.
But then again, I also think it has a lot to do with the writer being male, who most probably have not done a lot of research into how real women will react and to what extent to the situation, and that the book reader demographic itself being mostly male that the book didn't delve further into the psychological complexity of mass unwanted pregnancies from the female's perpective.
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Although it wasn't explicit, I figured the children had some influence over the mothers even while fetuses. Of course this was in retrospect after the kids started influencing people, but at the time it was horrifyingly odd. Perhaps that was the intent, reveal the influence later?
Of course, the premise of the children's later development wouldn't be possible if all the women decided (and succeeded) to abort them.
Amanda, I like how you say "distant characterization." That's exactly it. I don't know though, let's go completely out on a limb and say that Wyndham meant for us to think all of this, that he was making a commentary on the way he perceived small town, conventional people in his day. Maybe it's one of those "it's the normal, everyday people who are scary, not the aliens" kind of thing. I don't know. . .
Hot Fuzz!! I LOVE that movie :-) Great tie in.
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Cindy wrote: "Although it wasn't explicit, I figured the children had some influence over the mothers even while fetuses..."
Now that is an interesting idea...it never occured to me before because Wyndham makes no direct reference to it until later, but the attempts of the women to rid themselves of the pregnancies are rather passive, and if I'm remembering correctly, Wyndham puts stress on the fact that the suicide was an 'attempt' and possibly not a very good one.
It stuck me odd that the men were so resigned before, abortion isn't even mentioned and you'd have thought it would have run through a jealous husbands mind, or that of a medical practicioner concerned for the health and well being of the mothers. But there is never any question of the women just bravely seeing the pregnancies through to the end. Are the fetuses controlling the adults of Wyndham even at this early stage of development, or is Wyndham just too shy to broach the subject?
Charlotte, sure, there are plenty of places where the prevailing attitude is that abortion isn't ok...but there would at least be a handful of people who'd sneak off to the nearest big city and quietly get one done anyway if this was set in modern small-town america. it's specifically the homogeneity of the idea, that abortion is literally unthinkable (as in, it's not even so much as mentioned once in passing) that struck me as decidedly antiquated.
as far as the Children exerting influence even in utero, hmmm, hadn't thought of it being a specific literary device. there are plenty of mentions of exactly *how* the Children were strange when the military guy was running through the places where other towns had had dayouts. anyone still got the book to check if there was a mention of specific in-utero crazy? i think i remember one place (the eskimo village??) where they said that everyone left the babies to die of exposure - if that's the case, then you'd have to assume that mental compulsion power doesn't develop until a few weeks after birth.
It was mentioned that they didn't think the Children's ability to control didn't start for a couple weeks, about the time that all of the mother's brought the Children back to Midwich. Michelle, I think you're right about the Eskimo village, and I think there was another village in Africa (?) where the Children were aborted. I seem to remember the women perishing as well...
...and I think there was another village in Africa (?) where the Children were aborted. I seem to remember the women perishing as well...
It was a village in Outer Mongolia, and from the tone of voice I perceive it that the men murdered all women and children because they suspected the women had been lying with the devil.
I watched the 1960 movie version last night, called Village of the Damned. It was pretty hilarious. The Chilren wore horrible blonde wigs. When they were doing their mind-control thing, their eyes would light up, but they would only show still shots while they were doing this. And it was in black and white. I guess we've come a long way in special effects since then. Has anyone seen this version, or the 1995 version?
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Kristi wrote: "I watched the 1960 movie version last night, called Village of the Damned. It was pretty hilarious. The Chilren wore horrible blonde wigs. When they were doing their mind-control thing, their ey..."
On your description alone ~ I now know I need to get to my library and get this copy! Hilarious! I can't wait! :D
message 24: by FrankH (last edited Apr 06, 2010 07:22PM) (new) - rated it 1 star
Agree with Mara and others on the disconnect emerging from the horrific plot elements, the near languid reaction of the villagers to their fate, and the ruminative narrative style. At first, I wanted to reach into my Kindle and give these good burghers a whup up side the head. Don't they know what portends upon the blondish, uniform appearance? The distant glacial behavior? The golden eyes? 'FOR GOD'S SAKE, YOUR BODIES AND LIVES ARE BEING TAKEN OVER BY
ALIENS. DO SOMETHING'. But then, by page 80 or so, I thought, no, 'Midwich' is not really science fiction -- it's a kind of dry, understated satire on English mannered behavior. When the space invaders come and knock-up all the women, invite the villagers over for a cup of tea and a comforting chat on calmness and civility. Nothing more English-like than the
measured response to catastrophe: "What we need to produce," Angela summed up (at the town meeting) , "is something like the companionship of adversity, but without suggesting that it is an adversity -- which, indeed, as far as we know, it is not". How's that again? Imagine John Cleese as Zellaby in some of this dialog and you also get the idea. But I 'Carry On', find myself later reading about the Children as teenagers (even though chronologically they're much younger), and entertain a different idea: it's not satire, it's a parable on
parenthood and on something far worse than creatures from a distant planet -- adolescence. We have the mind control, the hive behavior, the supreme, know-it-all self-confidence, the punishments, including murder, meted out on the kindly moms and dads. Is it the 'Children' or the Parents who are truly 'Damned'? Nothing more logical for the old man to connive blowing up the entire tribe (I was expecting death by poison candy, but I gather the explosion at the end rules this out). In the remaining pages, of course, there's more talk and the continued, disengaged plot mechanics, until at the end, I have my final thought: We can't read this, unfortunately, as a literary lark; rather, the genesis and feel of 'Midwich' arises from the subconscious anxieties of the early atomic age combined with the influence of Huxley and the 'novel of ideas' on Wyndham's creative impulse. How else to understand the pedantic take on this material for someone rooted in the conventions of the pulp genre? For his time, I expect the discussions on species survival were forward-thinking, but it doesn't compensate for the stick-figure characterizations and the first-person technical lapses (is it just me or can Richard logically and seamlessly report on all we're reading about?). It's been two months of expository science fiction: On to free love and D.H. Lawrence.
message 25: by Coqueline (last edited Apr 07, 2010 01:55AM) (new) - rated it 4 stars
Throughout the book, I always imagining Stephen Fry as Zellaby... ;)
message 26: by Tanya (aka ListObsessedReader) (new) - rated it 4 stars
I actually really loved it! I've been meaning to get around to reading 'Day of the Triffids' for a long time, so I was pleased when this came up as the group read as this is going to be the push to get me to pick it up.
I got a similar feeling reading parts of this to what I did when I read HG Wells, so I was amused when they actually mention Wells' martians. I don't know that they really have that many similarities, just that classic sci fi feel. I came into reading it knowing how old it was, so the 'dated' content did not bother me.
FrankH wrote: "the first-person technical lapses (is it just me or can Richard logically and seamlessly report on all we're reading about?..."
There is actually a passage in the book that deals with this:
"And now I come to a technical difficulty, for this, as I have explained, is not my story; it is Midwich's story. If I were to set down my information in the order it came to me I should be flitting back and forth in the account, producing an almost incomprehensible hotchpotch of incidents out of order, and effects preceding causes. Therefore it is necessary that I rearrange my information, disregarding entirely the dates and times when I acquired it, and put it into chronological order. If this method of approach should result in the suggestion of uncanny perception, or disquieting multi-science, in the writer, the reader must bear with it the assurance that it is entirely the product of hindsight."
message 27: by Judith (new) - rated it 3 stars
FrankH wrote: "Agree with Mara and others on the disconnect emerging from the horrific plot elements, the near languid reaction of the villagers to their fate, and the ruminative narrative style. At first, I want..."
I haven't even read the book, but I LOVED your comments on it here! Bravo!
message 28: by FrankH (new) - rated it 1 star
Yes, Tanya, thanks for this note: I forgot or missed this passage..Not entirely persuasive, though. If the 'first person' is absent in much of the rendering, what's the rationale for this approach?
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My two-cents worth - it was a quick read and, I thought, well worth reading. I agree that it's as much a satire on small towns in England as is it science fiction - after all, the whole impregnation event is not really described, just the effects of suspended animation.
message 30: by Josh (new) - rated it 3 stars
I read it in two days and while it's not the best sci-fi I've ever read, it's definitely up there. The style in which the story unfolded was a bit off-putting for me, but I don't see how it could've been done any other way. The philosophical content and the ending are what makes this worth reading IMO.
Great comments from Frank H. Yes, I do think that part of the "fun" of reading something like this is the journey it takes us on toward finding what people were thinking about in a certain time and place in history.
I love the idea that the book is a commentary on adolescence. Hilarious! But I like also how you've mention the early atomic era because we defitely see that theme: what can happen if you ignore a glaring problem or just wish that it will all work out and everything will be normal again. I wonder if part of the thrill of the book is that the reader is so much more excited than the villagers and sees so much more. We get what in reality we would NOT get, a philosophical point of view. This book is, maybe, not trying to be realistic; it's trying to use the advantage of being a book to slow down the action and actually ponder the situation at hand. On the other hand, it is realistic. In reality, when something bizarre happens, people sit around talking about it. You don't flip out. Think of all the news and discoveries that are received for the most part complacently and are the subject of mild table talk. Hmm.
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I found the contrast between the coziness of the author's style and the intensity with which such events would be experienced in real life particularly amusing (Miss Marple meets the aliens?). As others have suggested this novel satirizes the British desire for calm and civility, which in this case almost brings the world to ruin. Compare the British reaction to the reactions of the other world communities where the aliens show up; although cruel, the other reactions (e.g. Soviets nuking a town) actually make a bit more sense.
This was fun read, and I think we should give John Wyndham a break. He wrote the novel in the '50s and was old enough to have served in World War I; we can't expect too modern a sensibility from him. If this was too lightweight a novel for some of us, we have D. H. Lawrence to look forward to.
I like your comments, Mark. I really enjoyed the book, too. I thought it was really thought-provoking, and actually quite humorous. Now I'm motivated to read The Day of the Triffids.
message 34: by Ivan (new) - rated it 5 stars
"The Day of the Triffids" was the second book by Wyndham that I have read, the first was "The Midwich Cuckoos" which was filmed as "The Village of the Damned" (the 1960 version with George Sanders and Martin Stephens is quite faithful - not totally - while the more recent version is gawd awful and should be avoided at all costs). I'm not much for sci-fi novels - which is strange because I love sci-films and television series, I guess I just need the visual. However, I consider this one of my favorite books. I'm thinking that one of the reasons I like it is that it all seems so plausible and possible (I also like that Midwich seems bucolic and the novel an idyll). The film lacks the ambiguity of the novel, the children may over-react in their vengeance, but they are never the aggressors. In the book one of the children is actually struck by the speeding car, and one is actually shot by the brother of the man killed in the car. Also, the children grow at twice the rate of humans, so that when they are seven they actually look fourteen - and are indentical (which would have been to big a trick for filmmakers in 1960). Anyway, if you enjoy "The Midwich Cuckoos" (obviously I did) you should also read "The Day of the Triffids."
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For more than an hour Tuesday night, a cloak of darkness covered Lady Liberty. Some of the lights that normally illuminate the statue. in 2012 — staff members had prepared for a lighting outage.
Directed by Richard C. Sarafian. With Chris Sarandon, Frank Langella, Carrie Fisher, Dana Delany. Drama about how the Statue of Liberty came to be erected in.
Nov 12, 2014. Just like every other New Yorker, and dare I say human, Ms. Liberty has had some bad days. She wasn't always green and tarnished.
By; J.F. Sargent ·; September 04, 2012. Cloverfield — They Made the Statue of Liberty's Head Bigger Than Reality So It Looked "Right". The scene sets the tone of the movie pretty nicely: No matter where you're from, odds are you're familiar.
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Oct 1, 2012. I've included six cover from 1941-1965, all before the film was released, that depict the Statue of Liberty submerged by apocalyptical floods and.
Prior to Hurricane Sandy, much of the Statue of Liberty's lighting system was housed in below ground light wells. Musco Lighting came to the Lady Liberty's aid after the storm and installed a temporary system, which has been in place since November 9, 2012.
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And thus continues the sad tale of post-Sandy Statue of Liberty. First, officials said that Lady Liberty and Ellis Island would be closed "indefinitely"—and now they're confirming that neither will.
The face is horizontal, as if Lady Liberty is lying down, sinking into the grass. 9 to September 23, 2012 as part of the Figment Festival's Interactive Sculpture.
Several university of St. Thomas students destroyed a statue of Mary that had long been a fixture in Ireland Hall, a men's residence on its St. Paul campus, the university announced in March 12 email to its community. The vandalism occurred in the early morning hours of March 3. "This was a.
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Studios celebrates the 50th anniversary of the original Planet of the Apes movie this week with the release of Planet. include the reveal of the ape who calls the remains of the Statue of Liberty.
Then in late 2011 the NPS closed the statue and pedestal for a year of safety upgrades. And then, on the day after Liberty reopened on Oct. 28, 2012, Hurricane Sandy hit, closing the island for about.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — At last, she's back. Public access to the Statue of Liberty's crown returns Sunday, following a year-long renovation project, the National Park Service has announced. Upgrades.
Jun 25, 2012. Between 1984 and 1986, the Statue of Liberty underwent a massive makeover— her first big restoration since having landed on Liberty Island.
VINELAND — The torch-bearing arm of a Statue of Liberty replica at the Vineland Historical & Antiquarian Society museum was damaged sometime between Saturday night and Tuesday morning, said.
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For perspective: It's almost twice the height of the Statue of Liberty, which, including the pedestal. He joined The Times in 2012 from ProPublica. @bydanielvictor
Jun 11, 2009 · The Statue of Liberty, given to us by France, in part signals the historical relationship between the US and French revolutions of the 18th century, but also is an icon of the american belief in Liberty.
The Statue of Liberty has been front and center as the main character in a few scenes when it comes to movies in the past. Our lady of liberty has been through a.
What famous movie was the statue of liberty in buried under the sand?. To get to the statue of Liberty, you go to New York City and buya ferry ticket at Castle Clinton in Battery Park.
May 4, 2012. Top Five Movies in which Violence is Done to the Statue of Liberty. the face, and has her crown slashed by Wolverine), and 2012 (tidal wave).
It was made for a French movie, Le Cerveau ("the brain"), directed by Gérard Oury and featuring actors Jean-Paul Belmondo and Bourvil. A 12 m (39 ft 4 in) replica of the Statue of Liberty in Colmar, the city of Bartholdi's birth, was dedicated on July 4, 2004 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his death.
Lady Liberty's not letting a little storm keep her down (anymore): yesterday, the Statue of Liberty's torch and crown were lit up for the first time since Sandy hit the city. Though damage from the.
The Statue of Liberty immediately calls to mind the United States' reputation of new opportunity and a better life for immigrants. Bertrand Dard writes, "Imagine the effect that this colossal structure, the Statue of Liberty, must have had on those arriving in New York Harbor, seeking a.
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Gerry Canavan collects images of a ruined Statue of Liberty. Ballard is partial to the meme, too. Ballardosphere; features;. also featured a ruined Statue of Liberty in his post-apocalyptic novel Hello America — albeit underwater rather than half buried in sand and debris:. the wooden lighter built to transport the statue had broken.
When Hurricane Sandy hit in 2012, Liberty Island flooded, shutting down the Statue of Liberty for over eight months. Since then, the electrical systems on the island have been raised to six meters.
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The ad, located on La Brea Avenue just north of Hollywood Boulevard, is part of a campaign for the movie "2012." The film is based on the. Why don't they use YOUR Statue of Liberty? Instead of.
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Aug 16, 2017. "Lady Liberty" is quite popular being featured in many popular films such. Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises (2012) in a powerful moment where.
Film-maker Martin Scorsese looks back over the impact of The Statue of Liberty on the. Lady by the Sea: The Statue of Liberty (2004). created 27 Jan 2012.
Statue Photo Gallery Some of the most picturesque views of New York City and the surrounding harbor come from Liberty Island. When planning a trip, make sure to bring an extra camera to take your own gorgeous images of the island and its surroundings.
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Between 1984 and 1986, the Statue of Liberty underwent a massive makeover—her first big restoration since having landed on Liberty Island in 1886. The public was informed in 1982 that the statue would.
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Additive Manufacturing has reached a turning point. In the meantime, it has become a disruptive technology whose capabilities and price points, especially in the area of development projects, have long since become competitive with "classical" production methods. While the moment and magnitude of impact varies with the nature of the product and production processes, it is time for every manufacturer and developer to recognize and understand the chances and opportunities of Additive Manufacturing.
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Timothy Habermacher, Managing Director at Radiate Engineering, comments: "At Radiate, Additive Manufacturing has become an established production technology for various industries and customers. Especially when it comes to highly loaded and functional prototypes, we use Additive Manufacturing in combination with fiber-reinforced plastics. The combination makes it possible to produce economic prototypes in order to generate user feedback as quickly as possible.


WINSTED >> No. 1 Thomaston opened a first-half lead from the outside, then built on it inside for a 56-36 win over No. 2 Nonnewaug in the Berkshire League Girls Basketball Tournament final at Northwestern High School Friday night.
It was the four-time defending league champion and reigning Class S champion's fourth BL tournament crown in a row, avenging the Golden Bears' only league loss this year in the regular season.
Friday's winning margin was the same as the Bears' first game against the Chiefs. In the second game – a one-point Nonnewaug win – Chief forwards Courtney Carlson and Jess Fengler played huge inside.
Friday, Thomaston's man-to-man defense kept Nonnewaug on the perimeter and helped the Bears control the boards.
"(Nonnewaug forward) Jess Fengler has been one of the best players in the league for the past four years and she proved it again tonight," said Thomaston coach Bob McMahon.
Fengler made a few highlight drives, but a Thomaston defensive posse, led by Gabby Hurlbert, kept her under control, with nine points.
Carlson led the Chiefs with 11 Friday, but joined them in ice cold shooting from outside.
After a pound-it-out first quarter with Nonnewaug ahead 15-14, outside shooting in the second quarter was the difference for Thomaston.
Two minutes into the period, the score locked 18-18, junior Nicole Schaefer (14 points) nailed her first three.
Golden Bear Morgan Sanson (game-high 17 points) went to the line for a foul shot.
Nonnewaug's Sarah Schivera sank two foul shots.
The score was 28-20, Thomaston. The Chiefs never recovered.
Sanson and Fengler traded layups, ending the half 30-22, Thomaston.
Carangelo started the second half penetrating the Chiefs' 2-3 zone on a great pass from Sanson.
Schaeffer hit one more three, 35-22.
"My teammates have to do a good job passing when I'm open," said Schaefer.
Schaefer's work on the perimeter was the key to opening the lead. Sanson and Carangelo were keys inside to building it.
With four minutes left in the third, they went to work: put-back by Carangelo, coast-to-coast sprint on a three-point play by Sanson; Carangelo feed to Samantha Bostek; easy layup by Carangelo against Nonnewaug's press.
The score after three was 46-28, Thomaston.
The only question was how big the margin would become.
Thomaston's inside game – put-backs by Sanson and Carangelo, layups by Sanson and Charlotte Eberhardt – kept it at 20.
State Tournaments come next. Nonnewaug (18-5), stuck in Class LL because of its Vo-Ag numbers, hosts Fairfield-Ludlowe (11-9) Tuesday.
The Golden Bears (19-3), No. 3 in Class S, get a first-round bye, then host the winner of Monday's game between Two Rivers and O'Brien Tech.
Nonnewaug (36): Mary Bibbey 1-0-2; Jennie Wingard 0-0-0; Sarah Schivera 1-3-5; Hannah MacLean 0-0-0; Courtney Carlson 3-5-11; Deanna Maurice 1-0-3; Jess Fengler 4-1-9; Olivia Morgan 2-0-6; Totals: 12-9-36.
Thomaston (56): Julia Quinn 1-0-3; Nicole Schaefer 4-2-14; Danielle Genest 0-0-0; Gabby Hurlbert 1-0-2; Morgan Sanson 6-4-17; Charlotte Eberhardt 1-0-2; Camryn Capaldo 0-0-0; Alexa Milius 0-0-0; Samantha Brostek 1-0-2; Casey Carangelo 7-2-16; Totals: 218-56.
3-point goals: N – Maurice; Morgan 2. T – Quinn; Schaefer 4; Sanson.
Records: Nonnewaug 18-5; Thomaston 19-3.


Should pregnancy centers be required to provide information on abortion services?
A California law that requires "crisis pregnancy centers" (CPCs) to provide information about abortion met a skeptical reception at Supreme Court arguments on Tuesday.
The centers, which are often affiliated with religious groups, seek to persuade women to carry their pregnancies to term or to offer their babies for adoption. The law requires CPCs licensed by the state to post notices that free or low-cost abortion, contraception and prenatal care are available to low-income women through public programs, and to provide the phone number for more information.
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Eelume AS, in partnership with Kongsberg Maritime and Equinor have developed the snake-like robot
The robot will be able to travel upto 20 kilometres on self-propulsion
Eelume can be kept at a docking station at depths up to 500 meters (547 yards) for six months
Updated: January 21, 2021 05:23:40 Norway
Inspired by a sea-snake, the deep-sea oil and gas industry is set to witness a six-meter-long, snake-like robot kitted out with sensors and a camera at each end, CNN reports. Developed by Eelume AS, in partnership with Kongsberg Maritime and Equinor, the robot will be able to work in many deep-water wells and pipeline systems.
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Eelume can be kept at a docking station at depths up to 500 meters (547 yards) for six months, without being brought back to the surface, a CNN report said. It will be able to travel on self-propulsion upto 20 kilometres before needing to return to its station to recharge. The report further adds that the robot would be able to swap out parts for different tasks, including tools to operate subsea valves, and cleaning brushes to remove marine growth and sediments.
Elaborating on the USP of the snake robot, Pål Liljebäck, chief technology officer with Eelume Subsea Intervention said that unlike the unmanned vehicles that carry out maintenance work in deep-water wells, this product wil will not be transported to the offshore site on a fully crewed ship and then remotely operated from onboard the surface vessel. This operation on an average costs up to $100,000, Liljebäck added.
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The free trial Provides you access to all of You can only send up to 100 emails although these attributes for 60 days. The trial is a superb way to get accustomed to the platform for a number of messages. When you are sure about the stage, update to the paid version and start blasting away. There is also a 30-day money-back guarantee, which can be uncommon in this space.
Once you're satisfied with your newsletter, It is possible to send it right away or schedule it for later (in 5-minute intervals, such as 3:05 a.m., 3:10 a.m., and so forth ). We could not locate a recurring schedule to send messages on a daily, weekly, or yearly basis the manner Campaigner doesto send messages based on the local time at the recipient's location, as GetResponse can.
The Business also announced a new Feature called Action Blocks, which allow marketers to include polls or RSVP blocks to standard emails. This permits recipients to respond to messages with a single click without needing to leave the email inbox and also go to some web page.
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After we used the shape to manually add an Speech, we repeatedly received an error message but it did not say what had gone wrong. We were motivated to hit on the last button to go back and resolve the problem but we couldn't because the page had died from our browser (Firefox) cache. After a few tries, the whole page crashed. This was an odd experience, to say the least. Constant Contact has assured us has greatly improved since our first test and that this is not likely to happen again.
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These days, the issue, is that there are Lots of other email Tools offering even greater than Constant Contact, and also for a lot less cash. This includes user experience, but also not just features. In fact, for the amount you pay with Constant Contact, you might end up using stronger tools such as ActiveCampaign and GetResponse.


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Coronavirus pandemic blamed for rise in violent crimes across the U.S.
by: Tom Negovan and Nexstar Media Wire
NEW YORK (NewsNation Now) — The latest statistics show violent crime is on the rise across the country, with murders up dramatically in America's three largest cities.
New York saw a glaring example of that trend over the weekend— another random attack on the subway, as a man tried to push a fellow stranger into the path of a train.
Surveillance video released by the New York Police Department shows a third commuter trying to stop the attack, but the assailant shoved the Good Samaritan aside before fleeing. Police said Monday he was still at large and that the victim managed to crawl back up onto the platform with only minor injuries. It's the third such attack in a week.
Video from Nov. 19 shows a man pacing the platform before rushing toward a 40-year-old woman and violently pushing her onto the tracks just as a northbound number 5 train pulls into the station.
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"It's very disturbing," said Chief Kathleen O'Reilly, NYPD Transit. "We see him waiting, calculating for the train to approach the station."
The train can be seen passing directly over the woman as other passengers scream and one covers his eyes. She escaped with minor injuries. Her alleged assailant was taken into custody at the scene.
The random subway attacks are up 45% over 2019 and a reflection of crime numbers across the nation.
Los Angeles just topped 300 homicides on the year-to-date for the first time in a decade. Murders in New York are up 40% for the first 9 months of 2020 and 50% for the same span in Chicago, where crime is otherwise down.
Experts tell NewsNation the pandemic is a big part of the problem; people are out of work, stressed emotionally and financially.
Police in Houston say there's no doubt it's a factor in their city, where murders are up 44% and frustration on the force is said to be at an all-time high after the death of a veteran officer last month.
Sgt. Harold Preston was responding to a domestic call when he was killed, 2 weeks shy of retirement. Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo believes it's time to take a hard look at the justice system and the way it treats repeat offenders.
"Our cops are doing their job," Chief Acevedo said at a press conference Friday. "We're going after the same violent criminals time and again because they're going in one door and out the other. That's a problem."
It's a problem officials in New York and Los Angeles believe is being made worse by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. New York's mayor has pointed directly to school and business closings and the resulting turmoil for the rising crime rate. Shootings in the nation's largest city have nearly doubled over 2019.
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Local Heritage List additions – Railway Tavern & King's Head
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As mentioned in our blog outlining the review of Haringey's Local Heritage List, the Forum has lobbed in a few extra suggestions for inclusion. In this post we're looking at some of our nominations, local landmarks – the Railway Tavern, the King's Head, and Palace Parade. You can see the full list of locally listed buildings in the earlier post, and further CENF nominations in the blog 'Local Heritage List extras'.
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Railway Tavern Public House, 23 Crouch End Hill N8
A once ubiquitous but increasingly rare example of London suburban inter-war public houses, Charrington's Railway Tavern of 1937 is in familiar half-timbered brewers' Tudor. Possibly by Charringtons architect Sidney C Clark, the exterior is intact, with an interior somewhat altered.
It replaced a nineteenth century pub of the same name owned by Hoare & Co, when this section of Crouch End Hill was cleared to make way for the Mountview Telephone Exchange (opened 1938, since partially rebuilt). The pub is named after the nearby now-disused railway and Crouch End station.
The Railway Tavern is not currently locally listed, though lies within the Crouch End Conservation Area. The 2010 Crouch End CA Character Appraisal identified the Railway a positive contributor to the CA. The historic interior is recognised by CAMRA within its London Regional Inventory of Interiors.
Original appearance, image : National Brewery Centre. Photo taken by the Charrington Brewery during an architectural survey of their pubs.
A large detached building of two storeys with first floor black and white half timbered and a red brick ground floor, with two central projecting gables on either side. The pub is designed as a corner building in response to the entrance to the adjacent telephone exchange buildings. Further Tudorbethan forms include the steeply pitched roof, tall chimney stacks, casement windows with leaded lights, heavy structural wooden beams and corbels, diagonal brick courses and diaper patterns. Charringtons 'The House of Toby' glazed tile signage to side. The date 'AD 1937' is inscribed on a curved pub sign bracket.
An 'improved' public house, the interior was unfortunately opened up around 2000 partially removing the upper parts of the internal dividing walls, though the original layout is still legible. Originally there were three bars named after a railway theme, including 'signal' and 'terminus' bars. The public bar was to the front, the lounge to the rear. The bar, bar counters and back rooms remain in situ, as does the Charringtons bar back (with Toby symbols), half-height panelling, fireplace with copper hood and inglenook (a feature of SC Clark designs), and oak doors.
Interest and Significance
The pub may be among more modest examples of the form, but it retains strong architectural interest and integrity as a surviving representative example of inter-war brewers' Tudor, built for Charringtons. Charrington, based in Mile End, was a prolific builder of 1930s pubs, and the Railway stylistically, exterior and interior, belongs to the group of pubs designed by the brewery's Chief Architect Sidney C Clark (attribution unconfirmed). Few of Charrington's pubs of the twenties and thirties survive intact, with many demolished, converted to other uses, or otherwise transformed. Other SC Clark pubs have attained statutory listing.
The significance here is in the rarity value of a once familiar feature of the English high street, often overlooked and now fast disappearing, and potentially as a surviving example of Clark's work. We note the recent demolition of a sister pub, the Duke of Cambridge in Kingston Vale.
The Railway possesses historical interest and evidential value as an example of an 'improved' pub. Improved pubs were designed and marketed at a more respectable clientèle, including women, as evidenced here by the arrangement of bars and the original inclusion of an upstairs restaurant and kitchen. The restaurant was in operation until at least the end of the 1960s.
It has been previously overlooked as a heritage asset, perhaps due to its setting – compromised by poor surrounding buildings that also detract from the local Conservation Area. The pub was not identified or considered as part of the survey in Emily Cole's 'The Urban and Suburban Public House in Inter-War England' (2015 Historic England).
The pub is now owned by Mitchells & Butlers.
King's Head Public House, 2 Crouch End Hill N8
Long-standing landmark public house, built 1892 as part of a group with the adjacent Crouch End Hill shopping parade. A public house has occupied a site near the southern end of the Broadway since 1662, acquiring the name 'King's Head' by 1812. Early nineteenth century accounts describe the village pub informally known as the 'yard of pork'.
The upper storeys are intact, through the ground floor windows are altered. The interior is opened up, lost in the latter decades of the twentieth century. The King's Head is situated within the Crouch End Conservation Area.
An ornate, decorative 3-4 storey corner building in red brick with stone details and banding – built in a combination of Victorian revivalist styles. The roofscape features striking Dutch gables, tall chimney stacks and a large round corner entrance rising to turret with conical roof surmounted by copper clad cupola. A large canted oriel window forms a key feature of the Coleridge Road elevation. The ground floor windows are altered, but much survives including the polished granite Corinthian pilasters. The building forms part of a shopping parade group with nos. 4-12 Crouch End Hill, built by the same builder. The date '1892' is repeated throughout the stone window decoration. A cast iron street name plaque at first floor level.
The King's Head has architectural interest as representative of the boom years of Victorian pub building, lending a positive aesthetic value and enhancing the interest and character of the townscape. It has aesthetic interest as a prominent landmark building of the town centre, illustrative in the Crouch End setting of a Conservation Area characterised by nineteenth century development and the construction of shopping parades and pubs of the 1890s. It forms a companion piece to the other turn of the century public house at the northern end of the town centre, the ornate, but more imposing, Queen's – itself listed grade II*. The Crouch End CA Appraisal (2010) identifies it as a positive contributor.
The King's Head has historical interest and evidential value as the oldest public house site in the area, supported by accounts describing a village inn at the crossroads of main routes from London, dating from the seventeenth century. In addition, and more recently, the pub basement has provided clear community and social interest as the home of a well known comedy club.
Palace Parade, nos. 183-187 (odd) Priory Road, N8 & nos. 314-316 (even) Park Road, N8
A last minute addition to the CENF nomination list –
Central section of a substantial Edwardian shopping parade on the corner of Priory and Park Roads, built 1906. Designed by prolific and locally significant architect John Farrar for estate owners the Warner family, the parade is the centrepiece of the Warner or Priory Estate.
Three storeys and attic floor, red brick, stone decoration, with gabled roof line. The central building features a dome. Some original ground floor shopfronts survive. The complete parade runs nos. 159-187 (odd) Priory Road, and nos. 298-316 (even) Park Road with symmetrical designs ending in turreted corner buildings.
The parade has architectural, aesthetic and historical interest, illustrative of the growth of the suburb and a well valued streetscape. The setting is part of the approach to Alexandra Park and Palace.
Palace Parade is not within a conservation area.
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Apple, Google to improve NHS contact tracing app, says UK. Pixabay
In a U-turn, the UK government that earlier decided not to use the global framework proposed by Apple and Google for its coronavirus contact tracing app has now asked software developers to look and help switch to the exposure notification technology offered by the US tech giants.
The about-turn is result of privacy watchdogs criticizing the UK's government's decision to go alone on its contact tracing app that "will be less effective than incorporating Apple and Google's software, while also gathering too much personal information in a central database," reports The Financial Times.
The NHS app "has also raised concerns about whether the UK app will be compatible with those under development by other countries which are using the Apple and Google", the report said on Thursday.
Keeping this in mind, the government has asked software developers to "investigate" switching its contact-tracing app to the global standard proposed by Apple and Google.
The NHS is scheduled to begin testing the in-house contact tracing solution as part of wider efforts to monitor and mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.
Google and Apple requested by UK to help with NHS contact tracing App. Pixabay
Last month, despite privacy and security concerns, NHSX which is the digital arm of the UK's health organization, decided to create a centralised contact tracing app on its own.
The framework proposed by Apple and Google is a decentralised one, meaning that the tracking information will not be stored in a central server.
Apple and Google had offered their expertise to help NHSX build its own app.
"We've been working with Apple and Google throughout the app's development and it's quite right and normal to continue to refine the app," an NHSX spokesperson was quoted as saying.
France has also rejected comprehensive APIs from Apple and Google in favour of an app that will store users' information in a central database.
The UK is one of the few countries that has chosen to create a contact-tracing app that is incompatible with the contact-tracing API currently being developed by Google and Apple.
In their latest update, Apple and Google have stated that their exposure notification apps (earlier called contact tracing apps) are prohibited from seeking permission to access users location services.
Apple, Google will assist UK better their NHS contact tracing App. Pixabay
Use of the Application Programming Interface (API) will be restricted to one app per country to promote high user adoption and avoid fragmentation.
If a country has opted for a regional or state approach, the companies are prepared to support those authorities, the tech giants said in a statement.
On April 10, Google and Apple announced a joint effort to enable the use of Bluetooth technology to help governments and health agencies reduce the spread of COVID-19 through contact tracing, with user privacy and security core to the design.
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Both the companies have provided developers with new resources to help them make exposure notification apps, including user interfaces (UI) and sample code for both iOS and Android. (IANS)
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