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Q: Optimizing the ondraw method of a view I would like to draw pins for locations on a map. The map is zoomable and pannable thanks to this class in a library I'm using:
https://github.com/davemorrissey/subsampling-scale-image-view.
I extended the subsamplingimageview class to draw images. The resolution of the map
is 2494 by 2048 pixels, each pixel is a coordinate. When the activity is visible, only a part of
the whole map is visible.
The problem:
I need to draw 250 pins on the map, I tried it like this, but zooming and panning the map has a bad performance.
How can I draw the pins on the map without losing performance?
I tried drawing the pins on the image bitmap itself, but I can't put the map with pins image in the view unless it's in the assets folder, but this folder is read-only...
protected override void OnDraw(Canvas canvas)
{
    base.OnDraw(canvas);

    // Don't draw pin before image is ready so it doesn't move around during setup.
    if (!IsImageReady)
    {
        return;
    }

    Paint paint = new Paint();
    paint.AntiAlias = true;

    foreach (Location location in locations)
    {

    if (location != null && pin != null)
    {
        PointF vPin = SourceToViewCoord(new PointF( (float)location.X    , (float) location.Y    ));
        float vX = vPin.X - (pin.Width/2);
        float vY = vPin.Y - pin.Height;
        canvas.DrawBitmap(pin, vX, vY, paint);
        if (pinPushed)
        {
            if (location != null && info != null)
            {
                PointF vInfo = SourceToViewCoord (new PointF( (float)location.X    , (float) location.Y    ));
                float vInfoX = vInfo.X - (info.Width / 2) + (int)ConvertDpToPix(8);//8 pixels cause image is not in the middle
                float vInfoY = vInfo.Y - info.Height;
                //canvas.DrawBitmap (info, vX, vY, paint);
                //float w2 =  info.Width;
                //float h2 =  info.Height;
                canvas.DrawBitmap (textBalloonBitmap, vInfoX, vInfoY, paint);
            }
        }
        }
    }

A: I don't know how much is onDraw called in your case but generally more than 1. Therefore is better don't use "new" inside onDraw. But it is just little optimization. Maybe you can check if pin is visible in currently frame (maybe not all 250 pin are visible in same time).
Just example i don't try it.
private Paint paint = new Paint();
private PointF vPin;
private PointF vPinSTVC = PointF();
private PointF vInfo;
private PointF vInfoSTVC = PointF();

protected void OnDraw(Canvas canvas)
    {
        base.OnDraw(canvas);

        // Don't draw pin before image is ready so it doesn't move around during setup.
        if (!IsImageReady)
        {
            return;
        }

        paint.reset();
        paint.AntiAlias = true;

        foreach (Location location in locations)
        {

        if (location != null && pin != null)
        {
            vPin = SourceToViewCoord(new PointF( vPinSTVC.set((float)location.X, (float) location.Y));
            float vX = vPin.X - (pin.Width/2);
            float vY = vPin.Y - pin.Height;
            canvas.DrawBitmap(pin, vX, vY, paint);
            if (pinPushed)
            {
                if (location != null && info != null)
                {
                    vInfo = SourceToViewCoord (vInfoSTVC.set( (float)location.X    , (float) location.Y));
                    float vInfoX = vInfo.X - (info.Width / 2) + (int)ConvertDpToPix(8);//8 pixels cause image is not in the middle
                    float vInfoY = vInfo.Y - info.Height;
                    //canvas.DrawBitmap (info, vX, vY, paint);
                    //float w2 =  info.Width;
                    //float h2 =  info.Height;
                    canvas.DrawBitmap (textBalloonBitmap, vInfoX, vInfoY, paint);

                }
            }
            }
        }

Next option from documentation (your library) is possible use imageView.setImageUri(".."); maybe you can onstart application draw bitmap and save it on sdcard and use it Uri in setImmageUri.


Often what is discovered in one area of life can be used in another. The more fundamental the finding, the more broadly it can be applied successfully.
For example, while working at a company as part of a large team, I designed and developed software to help other companies manage their mind-bogglingly complex supply chains. These included buying raw materials, running multiple factories busy making widgets, assembling the widgets into subsystems, testing assemblies, and then shipping to other factories, warehouses, and customers as efficiently as possible while keeping track of it all and making suggestions for what to do when something went awry. With that many people, machines, widgets, and locations involved, something unexpected nearly always happened and had to be accounted for going forward.
If you've never seen a factory in full swing, the best way to describe it is chaotic. Machines running, people yelling, big piles of stuff all over the place. It can appear to be a huge mess but hidden in the chaos is order.
Why does any of this matter to a bowler? In order to figure out where to throw, what ball to throw and how to throw it, a bowler should consider the age and type of lane surface, the oil pattern, the number of games already bowled on the pair, equipment available, equipment fit, the feel of the approach, etc. Many variables indeed.
Similar to planning factory operations, planning a bowling shot involves observing and integrating a large amount of disparate information and using that data appropriately so important decisions can be made.
A very smart man studied factories carefully over a period of time and came up with a factory planning strategy that he called the Theory of Constraints. Luckily for us, it turns out that the Theory of Constraints can be applied to much more than factory planning. In fact, it applies to any system as long as two simple conditions are met.
The first condition is statistical fluctuations. This means that when executing an action the results don't come out as expected or can't be predicted accurately. Any bowler who has gotten tapped is a firm believer in statistical fluctuations in bowling, though I've observed that shorter words are generally used on the lanes to describe this outcome!
Scoring the result when the ball goes past the end of the deck.
You cannot alter this sequence and still be bowling. Hence there are dependent events involved in bowling. Since bowling meets both necessary conditions (statistical fluctuations and dependent events), bowling is subject to the Theory of Constraints.
The system will always have precisely one bottleneck.
Productive operation and control of the system can be stated in a single, simple goal.
A straightforward procedure exists for ongoing continuous improvement of the system.


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Teaching institutions should be included in National Education System Bill
Jakarta Globe - July 20, 2022
Maria Fatima Bona, Jakarta – A group of state university chancellors and prominent education figures on Tuesday demanded the specific mention of the Educational Institution for Teachers, or LPTK, in the Bill on the National Education System.
The bill fails to mention the LPTK, causing concern about the future of the very important institution.
"In our opinions, the Bill on the National Education System must explicitly carry articles on the LPTK because the subsequent phases such as the explanatory sections of the law, the government regulations, and the ministerial decrees will ultimately take reference from this particular law," said Enggartiasto Lukita, chairman of the Alumni Association of Indonesian Education University (IKA UPI).
He delivered the remarks after a gathering with 12 chancellors of state universities formerly known as the institute of teaching and education, or IKIP, in Jakarta.
Enggartiasto argued that the LPTK plays a pivotal role in the national education system because it is the only institution authorized to provide teaching certification for elementary and medium levels of schools.
But the former trade minister also asked the government to evaluate and improve the quality of the rapidly growing number of LPTK. He said the issuance of LPTK permits must be regulated in the new law to ensure a quality education system in accordance with the present situation.
LPTK operators are ready to improve and adapt to changes, including the introduction of a new curriculum, he said.
"We are ready to do that. LPTK can rewrite [curriculum] and evaluate because LPTK operators are qualified persons," Enggartiasto said.
The gathering also sought to provide valuable inputs to the government regarding the necessary parameters and conditions for the establishment of LPTK so that it can produce quality teachers, he said.
Enggartiasto reminded the key message from President Joko Widodo that the education system should focus on human development and help supply new entrepreneurs and a professional labor force.
"We in the LPTK share the interest of shaping the bill on the National Education System to become result-oriented before being enacted into law. We are fully aware of the fact that regulating the education system in an archipelagic country as big as Indonesia is never an easy task," Enggratiasto said.
The graduate of Indonesian Education University (UPI) said he believed the bill is prepared well, but it needs fine-tuning.
The group will officially submit their recommendations to the government and the House of Representatives' education commission shortly, he added.
The following are the recommendations agreed upon during the gathering:
1. The amendment of the Law on the National Education System needs thorough and comprehensive reviews.
2. The rush in drafting the Law on the National Education System will not produce a visionary law and in turn prevent progress in the national education.
3. The Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Ministry needs to establish a working committee on the Bill on the National Education System with the participation of all stakeholders to design the national education roadmap and draft the bill.
4. The government needs to provide a residential education system for teachers at LPTK to achieve efficiency and produce quality teachers.
5. The government must include LPTK as a key component of the Bill on the National Education System.
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It's been over a decade since Hanson gave up "MMMBop," and now the boys are all grown up. They're still putting out records too! Their latest, Shout It Out, will arrive on June 8, and the first single from the record, "Thinking 'Bout Something," is out via iTunes on April 27. The band put out a video for the song (above), which reunites them with "Weird Al" Yankovic (who directed several videos for the band in the past). Check it out above.


Dear friends, I wish I could have invited you all to our Christmas party this week.
Most of all, though I wish that we would all respond to the invitation to accept the greatest gift of all this Christmas--the gift of Immanuel, God with us.
No one knew He had arrived.
While a newborn softly cried.
Was the Word of God to man.
But their hearts would not believe.
They would nail Him to a tree.
Would ascend and take His throne.
But as the Lord of every man.
When He comes again to earth!
Merry Christmas and much love to you this Christmas!
Merry Christmas! A beautiful post.
Beautiful post, Richella! Merry Christmas to you and your family! Enjoy!
A beautiful post, just like you and your heart. May you and yours have a most joyous Christmas!
You look beautiful in that photo in your dining room. Merry Christmas!
It all looks fantastic...including you Richella! Hope you had a blessed Christmas. My best friend passed on to Jesus yesterday on Christmas! She and I had been friends for over 34 years. Because she knew Jesus she is with him, and also re-united with her husband of nearly 40 years. We will all miss her so very much...but we know we will see her again!
We will do our family gathering tomorrow. I always enjoy having everyone here together.
Blessings to you and yours in the New Year Richella!
Beautiful post, Merry Christmas Richella!!!
Very funny Christmas! I love them!
Very competent housewife, ready for Christmas so much fine food, I believe that you and your family a happy holiday too.


An organic–inorganic hybrid compound, [N-oqc]ClO4 (1, N-oqc = N-oxy-quinuclidine cation), was synthesized and characterized. Its structure is defined by the zero-dimensional structure built from the [N-oqc]ClO4 units from end to end. The crystal structure and dielectric constant measurements reveal that 1 undergoes reversible phase transitions at 342/300 K (heating/cooling). The order–disorder motion of [N-oqc]+ and ClO4− are the origin of the static-to-dynamic transition. Notably, there are sudden dielectric switches between high- and low-dielectric states, making it a new switchable dielectric material.


I think that's the most damaging phrase today: That people who feel their cause or opinions are the only "right" ones and any differing perspectives are wrong, or evil, or unacceptable. Here in the United States, free speech is supposed to be guaranteed. There was a recent headlining story regarding Nathan Phillips. I have to applaud his poise and intention. From what I can tell, there were two groups at a pro-life rally who were actively verbally attacking each other. It looked like a dangerous explosion waiting to go off. Then Mr. Phillips stepped in, tried to distract them, first with lighthearted conversation, then with traditional song. It worked. Unfortunately, the young men who were pro-life began to mock him. I've seen that often in inexperienced, young people. When we don't understand and are uncomfortable, we laugh at that discomfort. Then it went to the next level. I saw looks of superiority and mania...mob mentality mania, the kind that ends badly, stupidly, and destructively. They felt empowered in their group of many laughing at his soliloquy of tribal drum and song. It's sad there's a large segment of our citizenry who righteously feel their way is the "right" way and haven't an inkling of how to be respectful and teach respectful acceptance to their children, and the strength to voice their opinions without discounting those of others.
Do I agree with the MAGA pro-lifer stance? Not one bit. Do I know anything about the other group shouting at them? Not at all. However, it is their right to peacefully rally and exercise free speech. The key word being peacefully. Do I admire Mr. Phillips strength, calm, and intention? ABSOLUTELY.
In my last post about cultural appropriation, I mentioned some self-reflection and reading. I haven't understood and am trying to understand. I reread Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee and read Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI. More recently, I read some of Sherman Alexie's work (which was doubly helpful as I wondered if I might use The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian as a book study) and Becoming by Michelle Obama.
Sherman Alexie has come under a microscope in the last year. He's addressed it and seems to have made amends as appropriate. Does he seem like he's always a stand up guy, flawless and golden? No and that's what makes his writing so poignant and emotional. He writes about the tragedy in his life and his demons. It's one of the reasons why I thought my students would appreciate his young adult book and connect to it. Mr. Alexie presented cultural bias, bigotry, and appropriation in a way I could understand. He didn't hit me over the head with it or try to attack me for my past faults and mistakes made stupidly in ignorance, and the faults of the white people who came before me. He drew me into his pain and personal experience with his signature raw, bold writing style. You don't have to agree with his past actions in order to weep and get sucked in to his world.
Michelle Obama's writing is completely different. Truly, the style and attitude couldn't be more opposite from Sherman Alexie's. She presents her life in a positive light, always concentrating on love, determination, and persistence of excellence. She blends in the differing treatments, obstacles and outcomes subtly. Towards the end, Mrs. Obama detailed how she is lifting WoC up and building structures for changes. I hope everyone reads Becoming and gets a little of First Lady Obama's infectious outlook on life.
These books, followed by Abby's (Abby Franquemont) insights, are providing an excellent education of what white privilege and the "us and them" outlook has done to our society. I was blissfully ignorant and because these three individuals, who all come from very different backgrounds, cultures, and outlooks, share of themselves, completely without fear, I feel I'm finally getting it.
History is done and I can't change it. I can't atone for others actions and I can't correct my mistakes except in apology but I can make sure everyone in my world knows We are all 100% and promote "we" to banish "us and them" actively.


MIX and MATCH Your Way to a Healthier Happier You!
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Ready to try something different!


Paramount Pictures, Skydance, Bad Robot and IMAX Corporation confirmed today that "STAR TREK BEYOND," the third film in the blockbuster franchise, will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX format and released in IMAX theaters worldwide beginning July 22, 2016.
"STAR TREK BEYOND" is directed by Justin Lin and reunites Jon Cho, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban and Anton Yelchin. Idris Elba, Sofia Boutella, Lydia Wilson and Joe Taslim are joining the cast. Based upon "Star Trek" created by Gene Roddenberry, the film's writers are Roberto Orci & John D. Payne & Patrick Mckay; and Douglas Jung & Simon Pegg. The film is produced by J.J. Abrams and Roberto Orci, and Justin Lin through his Perfect Storm Entertainment. The executive producers are Jeffrey Chernov, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Lindsey Weber.
The "STAR TREK" franchise has earned more than $850 million since the release of J.J. Abram's "STAR TREK" in 2009.
The IMAX release of "STAR TREK BEYOND" will be digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience with proprietary IMAX DMR (Digital Re-mastering) technology. The studio hasn't released any information on the plot of the new film but it's not expected to be the final installment to the rebooted series at this time.


If you think there are a lot of Volkswagen SUVs to choose already, wait till you see what's coming in 2018. First there will be a new seven-seat version Tiguan Allspace, then a next-generation Touareg which, despite its considerable size, will be based on an extended version of the MQB platform also found in the Polo, and finally a Polo-sized convertible called the T-Cross.
Before all that, here's the T-Roc, which will be available to order in the spring. Slightly smaller than the Tiguan in all dimensions, it's built in Portugal and is of course, like almost everything else being built by the VW Group these days, part of the MQB family.
It sounds like it ought to be quite dramatic. It's possible – as I have done a couple of times to my own amusement, if not necessarily anyone else's – to yell "T-ROC!" in an American accent and make it sound like you're referring to a rapper or the star of an action movie. "Yo, T-Roc!" That sort of thing.
In fact, it's fairly conventional. It's attractive in a sharp-edged way, but most of the design elements don't really jump out at you, the only exceptions being the sodding great lumps of metal between the rear doors and the tailgate where any sensible person would have put in some extra glass.
Volkswagen Head of Design Klaus Bischoff suggests that the T-Roc looks "sassy", but maybe he has a different definition of the word than I do. The T-Roc looks more or less as I expected it to before I saw it.
With the rear seats up, the luggage capacity is 445 litres up to the level of the parcel shelf if you don't specify a spare wheel, or 366 litres if you do, and that's fine. The interior isn't as roomy as it might be, but as long as no more than two occupants are much over six feet tall there shouldn't be a problem.
The drivetrains are familiar. Petrol engines range between one and two litres, and although there are also 1.6- and two-litre diesels they're not expected to be popular – Volkswagen reckons that only a fifth of UK buyers will go for those.
Manual and DSG semi-automatic transmission are available, as is 4MOTION four-wheel drive if you really want. Half of the Tiguans sold in this country are 4x4s, but the proportion is predicted to be just 10% for the T-Roc. 4MOTION cars are more adventuresome but slightly less practical, with a luggage capacity of 324 litres.
The main disappointment with the T-Roc, apart from the poor rear side visibility, is the choice of interior materials. The dashboard and door coverings are made of fairly ordinary plastic which echoes when you rap it with your knuckles. More offensive are the dash inserts, which are available in several pretty colours but feel very tacky and unVolkswageny.
The driving experience is far more positive. The head of chassis development reportedly has a fine conceit of himself for the work he and his team did on the T-Roc, and rightly so.
A 148bhp front-wheel drive SEL and a 187bhp 4MOTION with DSG I drove both handled superbly on rural roads, to the point where I reckon there isn't a more enjoyable compact SUV than the T-Roc on the market. A 114bhp one-litre version was less impressive, but that may be because I didn't have the opportunity to take it on the same roads. It would be a surprise if it really were inferior, since my favourite Volkswagens in other ranges all have one-litre engines.
At the moment there are trim levels called S, SE, Design, SEL and R-Line. All of them have dual-zone climate control, an infotainment system with an 8″ colour touchscreen, Bluetooth, DAB digital radio and at least 16″ alloy wheels.
Most T-Roc variants currently available to order are priced between £20,425 and £24,520, though there is then a giant leap to £31,485 for the 2.0 SEL 4MOTION. The £20,425 car is the 1.0 SE, which is also expected to be the most popular.


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Counting Number and Time by Mammalian Stem Cells
Prof. ZHONG Weimin, Associate Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University
Date : 17 May 2019 (Friday)
Prof. Zhong Weimin received his PhD from the Rockefeller University in 1993. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Physiology at the University of California, San Francisco before joining Yale University in 1999. He is currently Associate Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at Yale University.
Prof. Zhong's research focuses on how stem cells balance the competing needs of self-renewal and differentiation during organogenesis and tissue maintenance, as a means to understand the fundamental biology of stem cells and provide insights for their therapeutic use in treating disease and injury. Currently, he uses Numb proteins, which segregate asymmetrically to distinguish the two daughter cells after an asymmetric cell division, as an entry point to examine how neural stem (progenitor) cells are regulated during mouse embryogenesis.
Prof. Zhong has served on expert panels at the US National Institutes of Health, American Cancer Society, and National Natural Science Foundation of China. He is also the Section Editor for Neuroscience and the Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Biological Chemistry.


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October means the evenings are drawing in and getting ready for Halloween at the end of the month. The clocks go back one hour on Sunday 25 October and there is a school holiday on 26-30 October.
The V&A
The highlight of the V&A's India Season, The Fabric of India is the first major exhibition to explore the dynamic and multifaceted world of Indian handmade textiles from the 3rd to the 21st century. Opening on 3 October and running until 10 January 2016.
Wall hanging (detail), cotton applique, Gujarat
Credit: Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Included is a spectacular 18th-century tent belonging to Tipu Sultan, a stunning range of historic costume, highly prized textiles made for trade, and fashion by contemporary Indian designers such as Manish Arora and Rajesh Pratap Singh. Over 200 objects illustrate the skills, variety and adaptability of Indian textile makers and the enduring nature of techniques for dyeing, weaving and embroidery across India.
V&A evening events this month include supermodel Cindy Crawford, Nadja Swarovski from the crystal business, and designer John Galliano.
Across the road at the Natural History Museum, The Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015 exhibition opens on 16 October. Wrestling komodo dragons, ethereal egrets and curious squirrels are among the creatures captured on camera by this year's finalists.
The exhibition showcases the beauty, magnificence and diversity of life on our planet, while also highlighting its fragility and the role photography can play in preserving it. Incredible work from talented professionals and gifted amateur photographers from around the globe.
"To drink or not" Squirrel and seagull face to face. The photo was taken in Morro Bay, California (USA) by Carlos Perez Naval, finalist in the 10 and under category.
While at the Natural History Museum, why not try David Attenborough's First Life Virtual Reality Experience which is on until 25 October?
Journey back to the ancient ocean with Sir David Attenborough in this fully immersive experience that brings natural history to life through cinematic virtual reality technology. Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, the experience takes you on a 3D journey to meet some of the Earth's earliest inhabitants.
There are always lots of reasons to visit this iconic location. One of the best reasons this month is to see Goya: The Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery on the north side of Trafalgar Square. Opening on 7 October, this major exhibition features one of Spain's most celebrated artists.
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Or why not visit on Saturday 10 October for Africa on the Square 2015? It's a celebration of African culture with live music and a DJ, a fashion show, food, a market and a popular family area.
The next day is great too as Sunday 11 October is The Diwali Festival. This is the Hindu, Sikh and Jain festival of lights. The Children's Parade re-enacts the return of victorious Lord Ram to his Kingdom, and there's contemporary Asian music as well as traditional religious music and rites to open and close the show. The food is exceptional at this event and there's always activities for the kids too.
NFL in London
At the start of the month, the New York Jets play against the Miami Dolphins at Wembley Stadium on Sunday 4 October. But even if you don't have tickets the NFL Fan Rally in Trafalgar Square on Saturday 3 October is worth attending as it's a great atmosphere.
American Football has a growing following in London so expect some crowds and some top entertainment from players, cheerleaders and NFL legends.
Later in the month you can have some fun on Regent Street ahead of the Buffalo Bills at Jacksonville Jaguars game at Wembley Stadium on Sunday 25 October.
On Saturday 24 October it's the NFL Fan Festival on Regent Street with lots of entertainment, popular on-stage events and a mini field for the junior players.
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Another reason to visit Regent Street, and a great alternative to the obvious Halloween activities, is the Regent Street Motor Show on Saturday 31 October.
The annual motoring event is back to delight motoring fans with an array of classic, vintage and super cars on display along Regent Street. Visitors will be able to get up close and personal with amazing vehicles before they all head off on the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run the next day.
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It's the London Restaurant Festival so all month there are dining tours and some really interesting foodie tours.
And 12-18 October is Chocolate Week where this sweet treat is honoured with a popular Chocolate Show on 16-18 October where you can buy from iconic brands, meet chefs and cocoa experts.
If you would like even more ideas for this month have a look at the October 2015 in London blog post from London Bridge Hotel, our sister hotel.
We've got to be brave and admit Christmas needs to be mentioned as the Christmas lights will all be switched on during November.
Christmas at Kew looks really good as the botanical gardens are illuminated after dark from 25 November.
The V&A keeps on bringing us something new and exciting. Bejewelled Treasures: The Al Thani Collection has spectacular Indian jewellery, drawn from a single private collection. Highlights include Mughal jades, a rare jewelled gold finial from the throne of Tipu Sultan, and pieces that reveal the dramatic changes that took place in Indian jewellery design during the early 20th century.
And The V&A keeps on improving as the Toshiba Gallery of Japanese Art reopens on 4 November after a full redisplay and refurbishment as part of the V&A's ongoing FuturePlan scheme.
An unusual but interesting idea for next month is Sleeve Notes with Alan Parsons – lectures hosted in Abbey Road's legendary Studio Two. Alan Parsons is a lauded producer and musician synonymous with Pink Floyd, The Beatles and Abbey Road Studios.
Do check out the latest offers as Kensington House Hotel has some great weekend deals. You can sign up for special offer alerts here.
Laura Porter writes the About.com London Travel site and contributes to many other publications while sustaining an afternoon tea addiction to rival that of our Queen. You can find Laura on twitter as @AboutLondon and on Facebook as @AboutLondonLaura.
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Articles In Egyptian Media Respond To Egypt's Reported Withdrawal From 'Arab NATO': Al-Sisi Thwarted A Plan By 'The Satan And Gang Leader Of The World' To Embroil The Arab World And Egypt In A Confrontation With Iran
Author : Mircea Birca | Wednesday, April 24, 2019
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On April 8, 2019, officials from eight countries – Saudi Arabia, the U.S., the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and Jordan – convened in Riyadh to discuss the U.S. initiative to form the "Middle East Strategic Alliance," also known as the "Arab NATO," aimed at confronting Iran's growing influence in the region.[1] Egypt did not attend the meeting, and a Reuters report from April 11 stated that it had decided to withdraw from the Arab NATO initiative and had informed Saudi Arabia and the U.S. of this in advance. According to the report, Egypt questions the motives behind the initiative and fears it will exacerbate tensions with Iran; furthermore, it is concerned about the fate of the initiative if U.S. President Trump is not reelected in 2020.[2] According to the Arabic Post website,[3] Egyptian military figures opposed the initiative from the start, on the grounds that Egypt does not regard Iran as a direct threat to itself that it must confront. They also feared that Egypt could not afford the cost of the initiative, and objected to the alternative of providing the alliance with troops in lieu of Egypt's share of the cost. The website speculated that Egypt's decision may also be a response to the U.S. efforts to thwart an Egyptian deal to buy Sukhoi-35 fighter jets from Russia, and to the Saudi pressures on Egypt to increase its military involvement in Libya.[4]
The Riyadh meeting was held shortly before Egyptian President 'Abd Al-Fattah Al-Sisi's visit to Washington, during which he met with President Trump and with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Despite the praise lavished by Trump on Al-Sisi during the visit, it was apparently clouded by many controversies, not only over Egypt's participation in the Arab NATO initiative, but also over its relations with Russia and the U.S. peace initiative known as the "Deal of the Century."
Egypt has so far issued no official statement on its reported withdrawal from the Arab NATO initiative, but pro-regime Egyptian newspapers confirmed the reports and praised Al-Sisi for insisting on Egypt's independent position despite the pressures he is facing. For example, journalist Mustafa Bakri called his decision "patriotic," and stressed: "We cannot conceivably be part of something that does not serve the interests of the [Egyptian] nation… We will not help the U.S. to instigate regional wars." Regarding the Deal of the Century, Bakri said that Al-Sisi had stated clearly that Egypt would not accept any proposal other than a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, and added that "this position displeased certain elements in decision-making circles in the U.S." He also referred to the issue of the Sukhoi deal with Russia, saying that Egypt will not succumb to threats.[5] Journalist Osama Kamal said that Egypt's refusal to participate in the Arab NATO is proof of its independent decision-making in recent years.[6]
Articles supporting Al-Sisi's position were also published in pro-regime Egyptian papers. These articles questioned the intentions of the Trump administration and contended that the goal of the Arab NATO initiative is to drain the Arab states' resources and embroil them in a war with Iran in order to serve the interests of Israel. They added that the initiative is doomed from the start because its Arab participants disagree on its objectives and on other matters as well. Egypt's withdrawal from it, they said, spelled its demise and was a sore blow to Trump's policies against Iran.
The following are excerpts from some of the articles:
Egypt's Withdrawal From The Initiative Is A Blow To Trump's Efforts To Curb Iran
Journalist Al-Sayyid Al-'Adli, head of Egypt's Independence Party, wrote on a website owned by businessman Muhammad Abu 'Aynain, an associate of President Al-Sisi's: "During President 'Abd Al-Fattah Al-Sisi's recent visit to Washington, the world's chief gang leader, [Donald] Trump, insisted on humiliating him in front of the countries of the Arab region by repeating the term 'alternative [Palestinian] homeland' [sic]– a term which everyone except for the Zionist entity rejects out of hand. President Al-Sisi conveyed the Egyptian policy very well… when he said to Trump that selling even an inch or relinquishing even a grain of Egyptian soil [in favor of a Palestinian entity] is treason, and that the [Egyptian] people had elected him to protect Egypt and its soil. Trump failed in the face of the Egyptian leadership's insistence on preserving the integrity of the homeland. So the hawks in America started to harp on another theme, that of embroiling the Arabs in an armed confrontation with Iran on the pretext of a struggle between Sunnis and Shi'ites. U.S. State Secretary Mike Pompeo is the one currently leading this game, in a bid to embroil Cairo in a war that has nothing to do with it and which contravenes its balanced policy that avoids [both] alignment with various regimes and absolute hostility toward them…
"It seems that the U.S. Secretary of State was daydreaming, and woke up only after Cairo refused to be part of [the Arab] NATO and withdrew from it. Cairo managed to thwart the despicable plan to embroil the Arab region, and in particular Egypt, in a war or armed confrontation with Iran when it stopped obeying the U.S. and withdrew from the efforts to form an 'Arab NATO' comprising the major Arab allies and modeled on [the original] NATO. Its withdrawal is a blow to the efforts of the Trump administration to curb Iran's influence…"
While condoning Al-Sisi's decision to withdraw from the Arab NATO initiative, Al-'Adli called on the Egyptian leadership to maintain its neutrality and not lean too far in any direction: "It's a fact that Egypt managed to escape obeying America, but we must not go too far. We should maintain an equal distance from all sides, and formulate a strategy that prioritizes the interests of the homeland and the citizens. Trump and his gang, who think they can direct Egypt's political compass as they see fit, must understand that Cairo maintains an equal distance from all sides, that it consistently supports Arab causes and will not relinquish its Arab and Islamic identity, that it assists its Arab brethren according to its abilities, and that it pursues a policy of constructive dialogue based on acceptance of the other.
"Trump's gang must understand that Egypt's participation in the Arab coalition that is fighting the Houthi terrorism in Yemen… and the fact that it takes a hostile position toward Iran in this context, do not mean that Cairo is absolutely hostile to Iran. Rather, there is coordination [between the two countries] on other issues, and Cairo always gives precedence to the stability of the Arab region. It has never, and will never, strive [to start] a bitter war in a bid to gain an empty [role of regional] leadership that will not benefit it in any way. May Allah protect Egypt, its people, and our Arab nation from the plans of the Satan and gang leader of the world ."[7]
The Goal Of The Plan Is To Exacerbate The Sunni-Shi'ite Conflict For Israel's Benefit
Magdi Sirhan, a former editor of Al-Wafd, the mouthpiece of the eponymous pro-Al-Sisi party, wrote: "Egyptian will not make any open and explicit statements [about its withdrawal from the Arab NATO initiative] in the near future, due to the sensitivity of this decision in terms of the relations with the rest of the parties involved in the initiative, especially the Arab ones. [Furthermore,] an official and final Egyptian announcement of withdrawal would effectively spell the death of this plan, for Egypt has the largest army, on which [the plan] to form the largest military deterrence force against Iran relies…
"Cairo evidently refrained from sending a delegation to the… meeting in Riyadh, which was attended by the Americans and aimed at advancing the efforts to form this alliance. In light of [Egypt's] absence, and given that Cairo did not issue an official statement explaining it, we should regard the reports about its withdrawal as final, as long as there is no proof to the contrary…
"For over two years I have been warning about the 'danger of the Arab NATO,' and saying that, by adopting this plan, the U.S. is fanning the flames of the sectarian conflict between the countries of the region, while exploiting their wealth and their armies. It presents itself as 'a force for good' that seeks to confront the forces of 'Islamic extremism' in the region – applying this term only to Iran and its expansionist ambitions, and to its Shi'ite supporters in several Arab states, mainly in Syria, Lebanon and Iraq, the chief of whom is obviously Hizbullah. But the covert American view transcends the boundaries of this false attitude, for the goal [of the plan] is not to protect pan-Arab security, but rather to embroil the allied countries [i.e., the members of the Arab NATO] in a sectarian war between Sunnis and Shi'ites, whose only outcome will be preserving and defending the security and interests of Israel…
"Egypt's decision to [withdraw from the initiative] stems from an objective and realistic assessment of its interests. The idea of [forming] this alliance based on the American perception died even before it was born and will never be realized, for there is no Arab consensus on the stated goal of this alliance, namely on the Iranian threat. Moreover, the various countries that are to comprise this alliance are very different in terms of their interests and their complicated strategic relations with [other] superpowers, which are not keen on the idea of forming an Arab NATO. [So] this plan is destined to remain frozen, like previous plans to form [Arab] military alliances."[8]
The U.S. Seeks To Drain Our Resources; We Can Form An Arab Defense Force On Our Own
Saleh Abu Muslim, a columnist for the weekly Al-Usbu', wrote: "The U.S. seeks to control our countries' affairs by channeling our armies and our resources into the so-called Arab NATO, under the pretext of opposing Iran… Assuming that we have really become targets for intervention by various regional and Western countries, and considering the resources at our disposal, are we not able to form an Arab force to defend us from their ambitions and plans? Or have we developed a habit of trusting them and then being surprised by the magnitude of the damage they cause us?
"This American idea is not new to us, for the Egyptian president repeatedly raised it in the course of numerous Arab crises and events that occurred and are still occurring in the region. Despite the great value of Al-Sisi's profound approach, [the idea] was never realized, due to the usual disagreements among the leaders of our countries on trivial and marginal issues. Due to these disagreements and quarrels about inclinations and approaches, the U.S. took up the reigns of the initiative, and resumed promoting its own interests while draining the region's resources, trying to persuade some of the leaders of our countries of the importance of forming an [Arab] NATO modeled on the [original] one, on the pretext of blocking the Iranian policy.
"Since I suspect America's intentions and oppose them, I ask: Is the U.S. the only one capable of deterring Tehran? Are we not capable of dealing with it and with others [by ourselves]? Of course we are. Hence, given the danger of a regional entanglement due to the numerous tricks, initiatives and deals that America [is promoting] these days, Egypt hurried to distance itself from the American efforts to form the [Arab] NATO, fully realizing [the implications] of such a decision, and informed the U.S., and the other sides involved in this proposed Middle East security alliance, that it is not interested [in joining it]…Will our leaders have the wisdom to avoid becoming embroiled in this initiative, and instead take the correct decision and align their interests and approaches, so as to block external intervention in our affairs, before it becomes too late?"[9]
This Is A Deceptive Attempt To Drain The Arab Resources
Majed Habata, a columnist for the pro-regime daily Al-Dustour, wrote: "Some say that this initiative was stillborn… but the absence of the infant's body confirmed the diagnosis of the doctors who correctly identified this as a case of phantom pregnancy… that lasted four years…
"It is a mistake to think that the U.S.'s involvement of Qatar [in the initiative] was the only obstacle preventing this alliance from forming, in light of the boycott imposed [on Qatar] by four states (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain), and in light of its support of terror. It is a mistake to believe this and to disregard the many other obstacles, chief of them being Oman, which is unable to give up its passive neutrality on regional issues, especially those concerning Iran. In addition, most of the countries in this imaginary alliance have conflicts of interest [with each other] on the one hand, and with the U.S. on the other…
"The one sure fact is that Egypt was absent from the conference held last Sunday [April 7] in Riyadh, [whose goal was] to advance the U.S. efforts to bring together Sunni Arab allies for a confrontation with Iran. According to a Reuters report citing unnamed sources, which provided practically the only information [on the subject], Egypt had informed the U.S. and the other sides involved in the alliance, before the Riyadh conference, of its decision to withdraw [from the initiative]. In addition, Reuters cited another unnamed source as saying that what prompted Egypt to withdraw were its doubts regarding the seriousness of the initiative, and its uncertainty regarding Trump's reelection next year and the possibility that his successor will drop the initiative.
"All this is idle talk, of course, since this alliance was nothing more than a phantom pregnancy. [It was] an American attempt to drain the resources of the Gulf countries, whom the American president is constantly squeezing, as he demands – with complete sincerity, or [shall we say] insolence – that they pay for what he describes as American protection. Therefore, it was only natural that Egypt should refuse to take part in this game, and disregard all pressures and all the promised benefits – just as it has opposed many previous agreements and negotiations, since [the day] its decisions began to be made in Cairo alone, and not in any other capital."[10]
[1] Spa.gov.sa, April 9, 2019.
[2] Uk.reuters.com, April 11, 2019.
[3] Formerly the Huffpost Arabic website, founded by former Al-Jazeera director-general Wadah Khanfar.
[4] Arabicpost.net, April 14, 2019.
[5] Elbalad.news, April 11, 2019.
[6] Al-Misriyyoun (Egypt), April 12, 2019.
[8] Al-Wafd (Egypt), April 13, 2019.
[9] Al-Usbu' (Egypt), April 14, 2019.
[10] Al-Dustour (Egypt), April 14, 2019.
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Nelson Airport announces $32m redevelopment
Nelson Airport has released its plans for a $32m terminal redevelopment, which will begin later this year. The project will take approximately 24 months to complete in a staged programme with over half of the new build able to occur on a green field site. The new terminal will cater for growth projections out to 2035, when 1.4m passengers a year are forecast to pass through the facility. Nelson Airport Chief Executive Rob Evans says the project will greatly enhance the customer experience with more space for seating, airline lounges, toilets, new retail spaces and increased car parking. Airlines have welcomed the upgrade to improve the current terminal facilities, which have become stretched over recent years. The current terminal was constructed in 1974 and with some modifications has served the region well for the past 42 years. In the last financial year 865,000 passengers passed through the terminal, which also created a big increase in people meeting and dropping off friends and family.
The cost of the redevelopment will be met 100% by Nelson Airport Ltd with external funding. No ratepayer money will be sought and there will be no reduction in the annual dividend Nelson Airport pays to its Shareholders (Nelson City and Tasman District Councils).
"This is a very exciting step in the evolution of Nelson Airport and its role as the gateway to our region", says Nelson Airport CEO Rob Evans. "We've used the latest industry best practise techniques to determine how this facility works for passengers and its operators, and as a result have created a plan that will see every element of the airport design improved. Visually it will be magnificent; locally sourced timber products, floor to ceiling windows, a spacious open plan style and a unique roof design will all work in harmony to make this space feel very special and reflect the beauty of the region. Functionally we will increase car parking by 300 spaces to cater for 900 vehicles and create more room for taxis, buses and rental cars. We'll have a much more intuitive layout for passengers with an increased check-in area and departure lounge, new retail space, double the number of toilets and more food and beverage offerings."
The new terminal design is modular and flexible, so that it can be easily scaled up in future if demand exceeds the projections.
"Mayors Rachel Reese and Richard Kempthorne said that they were delighted to confirm that the two Council shareholders had given their approval to the investment at meetings last week. The planned development constitutes a major transaction under the company's rules and therefore required shareholder approval.
"The high quality of the Board's work made the decision for the two shareholder councils a relatively easy one. It's also reassuring that the Company can carry the investment on its balance sheet and fund it from revenue growth without affecting dividends. The growth in passenger numbers that this development will cater for plus the future growth forecasts give us confidence that the airport will be very well placed to support our growing economy, visitors and residents of both of our districts." the Mayors said.
Air New Zealand has welcomed the announcement of the new terminal. Bruce Parton, Chief Operating Officer says that "Nelson is integral in our network and the new terminal delivers on our drive to provide exceptional customer service and an enhanced quality of travel experience. The airport team has consulted extensively over the past 12 months and continues to consult on the design elements. We are very pleased with the plans that have been revealed and look forward to working with Nelson Airport through the challenges of completing this development to achieve the optimal outcome for our customers".
Grant Kerr, Jetstar Head of New Zealand, says the airline is very supportive of the need for a new terminal development. "Nelson is one of our most popular regional destinations and we fully understand the airport's need to build a terminal that can cope with the significant growth in passenger numbers." "We're working closely with Nelson Airport on the design concept to ensure it meets our operational and cost requirements."
The new terminal design was created by Studio Pacific Architecture and is managed by Aesculus Project Management. Dunning Thornton and CGW are the engineers.
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Studied Monuments
Stories from a London cemetery
Peter Barr: 'The Daffodil King'
by Bob Davenport
Peter Barr (1826–1909)
At this time of the year it is difficult to go into a supermarket or garden without seeing daffodils on sale or display, and every March since 1986 Marie Curie Cancer Care has been holding a Great Daffodil Appeal to raise money for its work in providing care and support for terminally ill people and their families in the UK. But the present popularity of the daffodil might not have come about without the efforts of Peter Barr, who is buried in Islington Cemetery.
In later life Barr told an interviewer, 'I was born within a few yards of a tulip bed, and I have been amongst flowers ever since.' His father was the owner of a muslin-weaving mill in Govan, Lanarkshire, and a keen gardener with a fine collection of tulips. When the mill ran into financial trouble, ten-year-old Peter – one of twelve brothers – had to find work and became a weaver's assistant until his father, recognising a developing interest in horticulture, got him a job as an errand boy in a Glasgow seed shop. He rose to become the shop's manager, and then took a succession of posts as either manager or partner in horticultural concerns in Newry, Worcester and London until in 1861 he went into partnership with Edward Sugden at 12 King Street ('opposite the Garrick Club'), in Covent Garden. Barr & Sugden issued lengthy bulb catalogues, and a nursery was established in Tooting where Barr experimented with lilies, hellebores and tulips, and began a systematic identification of garden plants.
An 1862 catalogue from Barr & Sugden. By 1872 they were printing 30,000 of their spring seed catalogue.
Eventually Barr turned his attention to daffodils (Narcissi), which by the mid-1800s were widely regarded as wild flowers unfit for gardens and had few British suppliers. Having read that 94 varieties of daffodils had been growing in British gardens in the early 1600s, he went in search of the lost varieties. He bought up the hybrids raised by other enthusiasts and set about classifying them, publishing a list of 361 in Ye Narcissus or Daffodyl Flowre, and hys Roots, following a daffodil conference organised by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), largely at his behest, in 1884.
The cover of Ye Narcissus or Daffodyl Flowre, and hys Roots
In 1890 a four-day RHS daffodil show demonstrated the success of Barr's promotion of the flower among gardeners and commercial growers, and each year his own nurseries – by then relocated to near Surbiton – put on a spectacular display of some 2 million plants. The Gardeners' Chronicle dubbed him 'the Daffodil King'.
Barr had married in 1859, and he and his wife had at least seven children, but by the late 1880s he was a widower, and each spring he would set out in search of new daffodil species in France, Spain and Portugal. Some extracts from his travel notes:
[2 April 1887] Started up the river Rio la Barbane. N. Ajax higher up at Barbados. N. Johnstoni, further on got some bulbs from a farm house. The woman there stated that there had been many Narcissus in the neighbourhood but the proprietor had destroyed them. I think if a coach were taken beyond this point one might find something probably N. Johnstoni.
[1 May 1887] At the Hotel, they baked my shoes in the oven and destroyed them. At 9.50 a.m. took train for Gijón. People told me there were Narcissi at Gerin, Prados de Granaria, and Astacao. At Veriña I was told there were many Narcissi growing in in the meadow and this is not at all unlikely as there is a river and hills near, and at Veriña there were Narcissi growing in the station garden.
[16 June 1887] Started on horseback 5 a.m. and remained on its back as far as it could go. When the horse was done up, Passet and I, started on foot over the snow and reached the mountain ridge and country between Spain and France. On descending had splendid views of valleys and mountain peaks. Further down we were challenged by soldiers who wished to know who I was. In the distance was a posse of soldiers awaiting our approach so we got a public and military reception at Baucharo. It had been reported that Torelle a famous bandit was about to enter Spain and I was suspected of being the man.
[20 April 1892] Went on horseback to Jubea [Trubia?]. The horse had four legs, but three of them were lame that is the two front legs had knee caps, and the left hind leg seemed to have lumbago, so that the action was somewhat peculiar – a motion forward, backward and sideways all at one time so that I never knew whether I should fall off or go over the horse's head or tail. Fortunately I managed to stick on and so escaped biting the dust. After great exertions we covered four miles in three hours. I noticed that I was an object of interest to all on the road but do not know why. [p. 39]
Travelling alone, on one occasion in Spain when only a twin-bedded room was available in a hotel he so much resented being expected to pay the full rate for the room that he spent half the night in each bed.
Having taken his sons into partnership, he retired in 1896 and set out on a lecture tour through the USA, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. A reporter in Melbourne found that
Although over 70 year of age, he is a keen observer, with a remarkably retentive memory, and is much more active than many men 20 years his junior. As he strolls about in a garden he will tell you the family history of each flower or plant that catches the eye. Under his guidance the hidden beauties of plant life unfold themselves in such numbers that the dilettante flower-lover feels utterly abashed. No one can realise how a man can love a flower until he has seen Mr. Barr take a bloom in his hand, and turn its face towards his own. The innocent delight in his eyes, the gentleness and fond delicacy of his touch, are good to see.
In the Australian gold-rush town of Bendigo, when told , 'Well, at any rate, we can grow chrysanthemums here,' he retorted, 'Oh (deprecatingly), the chrysanthemum; That is only a weed. The daffodil (proudly) wants handling. Anybody can grow chrysanthemums.'
But he was caught out by a hoax perpetrated at the Tatura horticultural show, also in Victoria, in October 1900. Having particularly admired one display there, he wrote to the local paper, 'Those who visited the Tatura show must have seen Iris Painted Beauty … The flower is pure white, veined all over with rich rosy red … It is an iris worthy of world-wide fame.' Unfortunately the supposed novelty turned out to be just a common white iris whose stem had been stood in red ink.
He returned to the UK in 1903, and in that year a hybrid Narcissus named in his honour was put on sale at £50 per bulb – equivalent to well over £5,000 today – an extreme example of the prices that the best hybrids could command, although the buyer who negotiated the purchase of the two smallest bulbs for the price of one later declared it the most profitable investment he had ever made. (By the time of Barr's death the price had dropped to 10 shillings (50p) per 100.) In 1897 Barr had been one of the first recipients of the RHS's Victoria Medal of Honour.
Narcissus 'Peter Barr', illustration by M. E. Eaton in Addisonia, vol. 14 (1929)
He settled near Dunoon, where he had two acres of garden devoted mainly to primrose and hellebores, and died of heart failure while visiting one of his sons in London. He was buried in Islington Cemetery on 21 September 1909. Every year since 1912 the Royal Horticultural Society has awarded the Peter Barr Memorial Cup for good work of some kind in connection with daffodils.
Peter Barr's headstone in an overgrown area of Islington Cemetery
• Addisonia: Colored Illustrations and Popular Descriptions of Plants, vol. 14 (New York: New York Botanical Gardens, 1929)
• Peter Barr, 'Travel notes', a transcript on the American Daffodil Society website
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• M. C. Curthoys, 'Barr, Peter (1826–1909)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, May 2009
• 'The Daffodil King', Chronicle (Adelaide), 6 November 1909
• 'The "Daffodil King". Interview with Mr. Peter Barr', Bendigo Advertiser, 23 November 1900
• Kate Donald, 'Peter Barr 1826–1909', The Garden, vol. 109 (1984), pp. 401–5
• 'A Great Flower-Gardener', The Argus (Melbourne), 16 June 1900
• Illustrated London News, 25 September 1909
• 'Joke on an Expert', Wodonga and Towong Sentinel, 1 March 1901, quoting American Gardening, 15 December 1900
• 'Peter Barr', Nature, 30 September 1909
• 'Mr. Peter Barr', The Times, 21 September 1909
10 Comments to "Peter Barr: 'The Daffodil King'"
Suzanne Colburn says:
A wonderful article. I especially enjoyed Barr's description of trying to rise a lame horse. Thank you!
that should be "ride"
Bob Davenport says:
Thanks, Suzanne – I'm glad you liked it.
William Caparne : painter and plantsman | Parks and Gardens UK says:
[…] this time too Caparn met Peter Barr, the pioneering daffodil grower and nurseryman. Their friendship grew and lasted for the rest of […]
John Pedler says:
My father, Edward George Pedler, worked for Barr's for awhile in the early 1900s, say after the 20s and I seem to recall him saying Peter B was his boss and told us of many anecdotes involving him – if only we have recorded them!!!!!
He also worked for Dobbies and for the NHS in London. He certainly knew his stuff, but never realised his full potential, no doubt because of his five year stint in the army 1940 -45. He made a speciality of the narcissis in his working life and enjoyed exhibiting for P.H. Tonkins at local shows.
Blooming Tooting – Summerstown182 says:
[…] Thanks to George Deer and John Brown for their research into Peter Barr, also these two excellent online accounts of his life and times below. https://gardenmoxie.com/2018/04/peter-barr-daffodil-king/ https://studiedmonuments.wordpress.com/2015/03/11/peter-barr-the-daffodil-king/ […]
John Byrne says:
ODE TO PETER BARR…….
SINGETH PRAISE TO THE DAFFODIL KING
FOR ACHIEVING THAT WORTHWHILE THING
HE SCOURED FOREIGN LANDS
FOR RARE DAFFODIL 'BRANDS'
THEN TO TOOTING HIS BULB HAUL DID BRING !!
JOHN BYRNE 28 DECEMBER 2018……..
WHEN VICTORIAN GROWERS AGREED
THAT NARCISSUS WAS ONLY A WEED
WITH THEIR DISDAIN SUCH
IT WAS KICKED INTO TOUCH
A HEADACHE THEY JUST DIDN'T NEED
PRAISE BE TO PETER BARR
At the broad lands of Tooting in Surrey
A Scotsman arrived in a hurry
There were bulbs to be counted
and with by-laws surmounted
Few were the reasons to worry….
I've been researching a New Zealand daffodil breeder who won the Peter Barr cup and have just found this article. How fascinating. I'll make sure I visit his grave next time I'm in London.


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Self-driving cars: Coming to a highway near you
Self-driving cars are just around the corner. Portfolio manager Mark Casey reveals what they can already do, how soon we'll begin to see them and what companies are doing to secure a piece of the action.
Matt Miller: Let's talk about the self-driving cars for a second, because again, we hear a lot about where that may go. Where do you think we are in the trajectory of when is this is going to happen? What are the regulatory or psychological hurdles for people to get over? Have you been to these test sites where they do this stuff, and what's that like?
Mark Casey: I have a lot of thoughts on self-driving cars. This is kind of an interesting one. In 2008, I think — it was the recession, the global financial crisis — and I was driving to work. And they were talking about what sorts of jobs were never going to go away. And that was a time when everybody cared about what sorts of jobs were never going to go away. And one of the jobs that got mentioned on this radio program was bus drivers. "A robot will never be able to drive a bus. The safety demands of driving a school bus full of kids are so high, you're always going to have a trained human."
And that was in 2008. And kind of ironically, Google started its self-driving car project in 2009. And here we are, not even 10 years after I heard that on the radio, and already these self-driving cars are really quite good. And I think almost everybody who's working on developing them, if you said, "Hey, your thing is never going to be safer than a human bus driver," they'd laugh at you and say, "Are you kidding? It's already almost as safe as a human bus driver. And in three or four years, it's going to be a ton safer."
So there's been a tremendous amount of progress in self-driving cars. The Google ones, for example, they make decisions 200 times a second, right? So they have lidar [Light Detection and Ranging] and radar and other sensing devices, including cameras. They're watching the world in a 360-degree sphere that goes 200 yards around the car. These systems never look down to check their text messages. They never reach down to change the knob on the radio. They never have a sip from their Big Gulp and block their vision. They never have to reach around and like, get their kid to put down … you know. They're just always alert. They're making decisions 200 times a second, and they're turning out to be —
Matt Miller: You're saying that's a better capacity than you or I –?
Mark Casey: It's turning out to be quite safe. They can see in the dark. They can see thermal images. So those cars, if they're driving down a highway in the middle of the night and there's a deer approaching the highway — your eye could never see it, but they can tell through their infrared sensor that there's a warm object moving very close to the highway, and they'll slow down and let that deer run by. And then some of the things that self-driving cars do are just common sense. Like for example, when they're in fog, they slow down a lot, because they say, "Hey, we can't see as far. We should drive more slowly." Well, I drive on a very foggy highway to get to work, and nobody slows down at all. People hit these fog banks — they're going 80 miles an hour; they slow down to 70. The Google car would slow down to 50 or something like that.
And so they have better sensors, and then they have very good judgment. So to me, it's just a question of when the cars are so much safer than humans that they start to achieve regulatory approval for certain use cases. It's not a question of if they'll get there. It's not like we're going to have one day where there are no self-driving cars on the road, and then the next day, self-driving cars will have free license to roam wherever they want.
Matt Miller: Right.
Mark Casey: I think we'll see a staged rollout where, for example, they'll start maybe in one city or even just in a suburban area. And the cars will be geofenced in, and it will kind of be, "Here's a self-driving car zone. The town of Redwood City, California, is going to be a self-driving car zone." And the cars are allowed to go here but not there, right? And people will watch.
Matt Miller: And they'll coexist with human-driven cars?
Mark Casey: And they'll coexist with regular people. And then they'll get a slightly bigger area, then maybe they'll be allowed on the highways and so forth. Phoenix, Arizona — a very orderly, sunny, western city — they're going to get there a lot faster than they're going to get to Calcutta, where you have to contend with water buffaloes on the road —
Mark Casey: Or other sorts of chaotic elements. But I think, over a period of years — maybe it's many years — we'll see them spread out and be adopted more and more broadly. But the beginning of it — I wouldn't be surprised if it's by the end of 2017 or 2018 — I wouldn't be surprised if you have a Google-powered Uber-type of service in a certain area, maybe at an Olympic village or that equivalent or some part of the city. I wouldn't be surprised if you have that by the end of the year.
Matt Miller: When you think about this from an investment point of view, as you're thinking about how to help our clients benefit from partnering with firms that are doing this, how do you think about that now?
Mark Casey: I think, broadly speaking, I want to avoid owning things where the market is assuming that self-driving cars won't have an impact. So, for example, I feel like the need for parking garages is going to go down a lot — a ton — in the world of self-driving cars, because you don't need to park your self-driving car. Your car can drop you off at the office, and then it can go drive out to the cheap part of town and park itself. Now, I don't know how many publicly traded companies there are that are involved with parking garages. But I know the whole nature of the parking garage business is you charge a ton more to be in a very desirable location.
Mark Casey: I think right now we're at a period of very high confusion as to what investors should be doing. There was a big announcement, actually just yesterday. Intel is spending $15 billion to buy this company called Mobileye, which is located in Israel. If you happen to have a Tesla Model S, the chip and camera that enable that thing to stay in its lane on the highway and not hit the car in front of it is made by Mobileye. I think there's going to be a lot of that. I think there's a little bit of a musical chairs game going on.
Matt Miller: In terms of the components or supply chain for the autonomous-driving world?
Mark Casey: Yes. If you add up the number of big profitable companies who are having boardroom discussions right now, saying, "What's our plan for self-driving cars?" — the chairman of the board asks that question, and the CEO says, "We don't really have a very good plan" — there's a ton of companies like that. Most of the automakers, for example, are in that situation.
And so I think there's a real scarcity value on anybody who's got self-driving-car talent. They're all being acquired like crazy. So I'm looking for companies that will get acquired.
Mark Casey is an equity portfolio manager with 18 years of investment experience. He holds an MBA from Harvard and a bachelor's from Yale.
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