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Women in Motorsports: Their Past, Present, and Future
Women have been racing for at least 121 years. In light of International Women's Day, here's where they are in motorsports today, and where they may be tomorrow.
byJames Gilboy| UPDATED Mar 8, 2018 12:02 PM
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Motor racing has been a predominantly male hobby since day one. The first recorded race between motorized vehicles, an 1867 street race between steam carriages, took place three decades prior to the first known instance of women racing motor vehicles, when a group of Parisian women on motorized tricycles raced around a horse track. Men may have raced before women, but women were never as far from motorsports prominence as one might expect, despite their lack of legal liberties early on.
Women still make up a minority in current motorsports demographics, but at all levels of racing, from grassroots to professional, women make up a greater proportion of competitors than ever before. Some, by mention of their name alone, conjure up images as heroic as any male in the biz. Others have names whose notoriety has been eroded by the sands of time, and accomplishments overwritten as records tumble to technology's advance.
Their achievements, however, are not eclipsed. Pelting across cobbled roads at 91 mph in a car made from pig iron and optimism is no less impressive today than it was in 1906. If anything, it is made more astonishing by the fact that girls were reared in the day to avoid such hobbies, and were often outright barred from competing. Yet there they were, lasses leaving lads to languish on the lower levels of the podium, seizing the champagne for themselves.
Let's meet some of those women now.
Dorothy Levitt and her Napier, Heritage Images, Hulton Archive, via Getty Images
1901: Camille du Gast, as a wealthy French widow and extreme sports enthusiast, became the first female star of motorsports because of her performance at the 1901 Paris-Berlin race. She started dead last of the 122 entrants, in her 20 horsepower Panhard, and finished 33rd, reportedly unsatisfied with overtaking a mere 89 of her competitors.
For reference, in this same year, girls are included for the first time in Chinese education.
1905: Four years later, at the Brighton Speed Trials, Dorothy Levitt rode an 80 horsepower Napier to almost 80 mph, winning her engine class, the Autocar Challenge Trophy, and the right to call herself the fastest woman on earth. The following year, she raised the bar to 91 mph. Levitt is also thought to have pioneered the rear-view mirror, though hers was handheld, and not affixed to a car.
Also in 1905, women in Honduras received legal
majority, or legal status as individuals with accountability for themselves.
Hellé Nice in her Oméga-Six, Imagno, Hulton Archive, via Getty Images
1921: Gwenda Janson, a decorated, self-taught WWI ambulance driver, got her start in motorcycle racing with a 1,000-mile promotional record on a Ner-A-Car recumbent motorcycle, setting her up for more opportunities to race through the early 1930s.
That same year, in Belgium, women were granted the right to hold public office.
1924: Eliška Junková of Czechoslovakia became one of the first practitioners of scouting racetracks on foot before a race. She drove a Bugatti 30 with Grand Prix history to victory in a regional touring car race. The following year, she seized another win in a Czech hill climb, and two years thereafter, she won the two-liter class at the inaugural car race at the then-new Nurburgring.
While all this went on, Argentina outlawed firing women for being pregnant.
1929: Dancer, model, and until an accident injured her knee, skier, Hellé Nice took up racing as a new career, and won a women-only Grand Prix, unknowingly breaking the women's land speed record in doing so.
Around that same time, Edwards vs. Canada resulted in a ruling that women were eligible to serve in the country's senate.
Odette Siko at Le Mans in 1932, Keystone-France, Gamma-Keystone, via Getty Images
1932: Odette Siko's racing in the late 1920s prepared her for her bids at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which started in 1930. After one successful finish and a disqualification in her first two races at Le Mans, Siko wrangled her Alfa Romeo 6C to a fourth-place finish in 1932, winning the 2.0-liter class. Her finish remains the best achieved by any woman to race at Le Mans.
Colombia and Romania approved of legal majority for married women.
1934: Margaret Allan was invited by MG to race with the team, due to her 10th-place finish in the 1932 Monte Carlo Rally, among other strong drives. She competed at Le Mans the following year in a 0.8 liter MG, finishing the race. Allan eventually lapped Brooklands at over 122 mph in a 6.5 liter Bentley, and became one of a handful of women that would ever complete a lap of the circuit exceeding 120 mph.
At around the same time, Women in Haiti were permitted to pursue careers as physicians.
1935: Remember Gwenda Janson? She became Gwenda Stewart, and more importantly, the fastest woman around Brooklands, with a lap at a speed of nearly 136 mph. Her record was never broken. Brooklands closed four years afterward.
At around the same time, Tehran University in Iran finally opened its doors to women.
Sara Christian in her #71 Oldsmobile, RacingOne, ISC Archives, via Getty Images
1949: Much of the world dropped motor racing to fight World War II, though the postwar economic boom made many wealthy enough to take up racing. Sara Christian was among them, and competed in NASCAR's inaugural race at Charlotte Speedway. Her finish of fifth at Heidelberg Speedway later in the season remains the only top-five finish for a woman in NASCAR.
Ecuadoran women received legal majority.
Maria Teresa de Filippis in a Maserati 250F, PA Images Archive, via Getty Images
1958: Maria Teresa de Filippis took one small step for women, and one giant leap into a more organized Grand Prix racing scene, now known simply as Formula 1. Her F1 debut came at the 1958 Belgian Grand Prix, where she finished 10th. de Filippis was denied the chance to race at the following French Grand Prix, with the race director reportedly telling her, "the only helmet a woman should wear is the one at the hairdresser's."
At around the same time, Swedish women were allowed to become priests.
Denise McCluggage in a Ferrari 275 GTB Spyder, RacingOne, ISC Archives, via Getty Images
1960: Talented rally driver Anne Hall won the Morecambe Road Rally, and became the first woman to win any national or international rally.
Afghanistan's University of Kabul began accepting women.
1961: Denise McCluggage drove a Ferrari 250 GT in the 12 Hours of Sebring, and took home a Grand Touring class win. In the Safari Rally, known for being the most challenging in the world at the time, Anne Hall finished third.
The Dowry Prohibition Act was signed in India.
1964: Hall and McCluggage wrestled a Ford Falcon along the stages of the Monte Carlo Rally, to secure a class win. Whilst in Monaco, Hall butted heads with Graham Hill—five-time Monaco Grand Prix winner, double F1 World Champion, and the only driver to complete the Triple Crown of Motorsport—with a race around the Monaco Grand Prix Circuit that Hill knew so well, in identical cars. Hall beat Hill by a reported 6.6 seconds.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act was enacted in the United States.
1969: Shirley Muldowney, an NHRA Pro-licensed drag racer since 1965, competed in the NHRA Nationals, in the Top Gas category, now defunct.
The taking of women as prisoners of war for forced marriage was deemed a crime against humanity by the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
Janet Guthrie's mechanics tend to her engine, Bob Harmeyer, The Archive, via Getty Images
1971: Muldowney won the IHRA Southern Nationals. The following year, she and her husband Jack—who introduced her to racing—divorced, in part because he was uncomfortable following her upward into nitrous oxide-powered NHRA Top Fuel racing.
Preventing women from practicing law became illegal in the United States.
1974: In a privately-entered Brabham, Lella Lombardi made a one-off entry in F1 at the British Grand Prix, but did not qualify. She was hired by the March team the following year and became the first woman to score championship points in F1, with a P6 finish at the chaotic Spanish Grand Prix.
Spain lifted a ban on women participating in bullfighting at around the same time.
1975: Michèle Mouton won the 2.0-liter class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, beating four teams in larger engine classes.
Abortion was legalized in France.
1976: Flight instructor, aerospace engineer, and former astronaut candidate Janet Guthrie became the first woman to race a NASCAR superspeedway event, at Charlotte Motor Speedway's World 600, where she finished 15th.
The United States Supreme Court upheld the decision of Planned Parenthood v. Danforth, repealing a requirement for written consent for a woman to have an abortion.
1977: Lella Lombardi, after two prior entries at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, finished 11th alongside Christine Beckers in an Inaltera LM77. Fiat France hired Mouton to race for the company in the European Rally Championship, in which she placed second.
Shirley Muldowney won the first of her thee NHRA Top Fuel championships, which would follow in '80 and '82. Guthrie entered the Indianapolis 500 and Daytona 500, the first woman to attempt either race. Engine problems in both races handicapped her to finish 29th and 12th respectively. She finished ninth at Indy the following year, and her best finish in Indycar stands at fifth.
Guthrie fought an icy climate for her entire career in NASCAR. "I knew the woman part was irrelevant, but nobody else seemed to," she stated to Washington Post in 2006. "I am a racer right through to my bone marrow, and that's what it was all about for me."
NASCAR maestro Cale Yarborough, too, saw things from Guthrie's perspective, stating, "there is no question about her ability to race with us. More power to her. She has 'made it' in what I think is the most competitive racing circuit in the world."
At around the same time, in Afghanistan, women and men reached legal equality.
Michèle Mouton slides her Group B Audi Sport Quattro, Mike Powell, Getty Images Sport
1981: Mouton was selected as one of Audi Sport's drivers for its turbocharged, four-wheel-drive Quattro. With Audi, she would win four World Rally Championship events and place second in the championship in her second year with the team.
Sweden became the first western nation to codify a law banning FGM.
1985: In the outrageous Audi Quattro S1, Mouton won the world's longest and most extreme hillclimb, Pikes Peak, setting a course record.
France altered parenting laws to give mothers equal say in the handling of a child's property.
1986: Carol "Bunny" Burkett took the first IHRA Alcohol Funny Car drag race championship, and is still the only woman to have done such. Her nickname came from a period in 1967, during which she worked at the Playboy Club of Baltimore as a hostess, to support her racing. She took the moniker in stride, plastering it on her cars.
In Djibouti, women were allowed to run in elections.
1988: Anne Hall, now 68, made a one-off return to racing, winning the Alpine Cup in a Ford Anglia as part of the Pirelli Classic.
Switzerland and Brazil equalized the legal powers of husbands and wives.
1989: Against doctor's orders, Eliška Junková, at age 89, flew to the United States for a Bugatti reunion, where she received a hero's welcome.
In Canada, retail chain Safeway is punished for inadequate compensation of employees on maternity leave.
, Giovanna Amati suits up for practice, Pascal Rondeau, Getty Images Sport
1992: Giovanna Amati was signed by the faltering Brabham F1 team, but inexperience with fast single-seaters left her uncompetitive, and her contract was terminated shortly thereafter. She remains the most recent woman to have entered an F1 race.
Women's involvement in American politics, specifically the elections of 1992, exploded, resulting in the year being dubbed "Year of the Woman."
1995: Carol Burkett was involved in an accident at a race in Pennsylvania, when her opponent lost control and crashed into her. Burkett's car sailed into the woods at 200 mph, leaving Burkett with injuries that doctors told her would prevent her from walking ever again. About 18 months later, she was back at drag strips, racing her Funny Car, undeterred.
The United States' Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act raised penalties for crimes classified as hate crimes, under which women are protected.
1996: Sommelier and racing driver Sabine Reck won the 24 Hours of Nurburgring, and came back for a second bottle of champagne the following year. She would eventually marry into the Schmitz family, adopting the name many know her by today: Sabine Schmitz, whose 20,000-plus laps of the Nurburgring make her its undisputed master.
Italy reclassified any form of sexual assault as a felony.
Jutta Kleinschmidt's 2001 Dakar Rally win., Patrick Hertzog, AFP, via Getty Images
2000: Indycar driver Sarah Fisher became the first woman in the series' history to post a podium, at the Kentucky Indy 300. Two years later, she secured pole position at the same event, also a first for women in top-level open-wheel motorsports.
Nepal allowed married women under 35 to inherit property.
2001: Jutta Kleinschmidt maintained a speed befitting of the Amazon she is throughout the duration of the 6,200-mile Paris-Dakar Rally, and became the first woman (and first German) to win the race. Across the Atlantic, Venezuelan academic, naval engineer, and former model Milka Duno busied herself with four class wins in the ALMS endurance series.
In the following year, Bangladesh raised the penalty for acid attacks to death.
2004: Duno entered the prestigious Petit Le Mans in a Lola B2K/40, and came away with an LMP2 class win. Later in the year, Sabine Schmitz's notoriety exploded, after she was televised on the BBC program Top Gear, where her lap of the Nurburgring in a diesel Jaguar S-Type beat that of host Jeremy Clarkson's by 47 seconds.
Divorce was made legal in Chile, and in Pakistan, honor killings were outlawed.
2006: Champ Car driver Katherine Legge became the first woman in the series to lead a race lap, and held on to the race lead for 12 laps of the Road Runner 225.
Greece debarred marital rape.
2007: At the 24 Hours of Daytona, Legge completed the millionth lap in the race's history, though she finished far adrift of Duno, who enjoyed a second-place finish overall, less than a lap down from the race leaders.
Egypt and Eritrea forbade female genital mutilation.
2009: The Indy 500 was one of the biggest moments of Danica Patrick's professional racing career. She elbowed her way into the shootout for pole position, ultimately starting 10th. Patrick hunkered down for the ensuing 200 laps, during which she sneaked past seven competitors, to finish third, the best finish for any woman in the race's history.
Sudanese activist Lubna Hussein was fined for wearing pants.
Danica Patrick greets her fans, 2013, Patrick Smith, NASCAR, via Getty Images
2011: In the midst of her Indycar season, a United States customs officer denied Simona de Silvestro's entry to the country, and cited repeated trips in and out of the country as reason to send her back to Switzerland. The officer did not believe de Silvestro's explanation that she was a racing driver.
Afghanistan criminalized any attempt at flight from a forced marriage.
2013: De Silvestro climbed atop the second step of the podium at the Grand Prix of Houston. Danica Patrick blitzed her competition in qualifying at the Daytona 500, and snatched pole position. In F1, Sir Frank Williams prepared his daughter Claire to take over the team. He appointed her to Deputy Team Principal of the eponymous Williams F1 team.
Saudi Arabian women were allowed to ride bicycles, but only in designated zones, in full body covering, and with a male family member present.
2015: The BBC announced that in the wake of the liquidation of its Top Gear hosts, Sabine Schmitz would join the show's roster.
Gambia and Nigeria prohibit FGM.
2016: De Silvestro scored points at the Formula E Long Beach ePrix, and was the first woman to do so. Fabricator, TV host, and racer Jessi Combs shattered the ladies' land speed record, setting a speed of 477.59 mph. Maria Teresa de Filippis, the first woman to race in F1, passed at 89.
Gambia ends forced and child marriage within its borders.
2017: Amazon's "The Grand Tour" revealed its new test driver, 2014 Mazda MX-5 Supercup winner Abbie Eaton, unceremoniously introduced as "the fastest" of any of the drivers evaluated.
Saudi Arabia laid groundwork for women to receive drivers' licenses the following year. The United States reactivated and inflated the Mexico City Policy. Nepal criminalized the exile of menstruating women.
Pippa Mann, front, at the 2017 Indy 500, Michael Allio, Icon Sportswire, via Getty Images
The likes of Mouton, Junková, and Patrick have proven one thing beyond a doubt: Regardless of motorsports discipline, women can kick pedals just like men. Why, then, do women remain a relative rarity in racing?
The answer lies within the accessibility of car culture within which racing resides. Despite advances in communication and media technologies, such as film, television, and the internet, car culture as a whole remains somewhat insular, and fraught with tribalism. Social standing within the car community tends to scale with knowledge; being able to sound off the available engine options for each body style of a car, for example, is a badge of honor.
For that reason, outsiders bereft of knowledge often find it daunting to confront a split-window Corvette owner with pedestrian questions about the car, even if the motive is nothing more than innocent, open-minded curiosity. A lack of knowledge places one squarely at the bottom of the totem pole.
There is, however, a way to circumvent the gauntlet of making a bid to join a social circle: A foot in the door. Having a member of the community be your intermediary or mentor lends their standing within the community to you. It is by this method that many women (and men) are brought into the fold of car groups, and likewise, into racing.
For women, that introduction is often by men, often a coworker, father, brother, romantic partner, or friend. One member of The Drive's own staff, Natalie Fenaroli, got her start in racing when her father dropped her into karts, sending her on a path into a motorsports career.
"I come from a family of car people, but not racers, and that's the key to this story," said Fenaroli. "I grew up around cars, and when I was little, my dad would be working on them all the time, and when I say really little, I mean two or three years old."
Unlike many, Fenaroli would not need to wait until her teens to get behind the wheel—her father had bigger things in mind.
"When I was four years old, my dad heard this story on NPR about how there are windows of time in a kid's development where certain motor skills become hardwired in the brain, and the ones associated with reaction time, and with driving, are developed around the ages of 7 to 8. He decided he wanted to put me in a go-kart, and so they tossed me in a go-kart when I was four and a half years old, and I was terrified of the noise at first—I had to wear earplugs in my helmet because I was so scared of the noise!"
Though unsettled by the ruckus of the kart, Fenaroli was desensitized by the time she was old enough to compete.
"I started racing ten days after my fifth birthday, because 5 years old is how old you must be to kart race. I won my first national championship when I was 7, and I never looked back."
After winning the Group 2 Kid Kart championship, she kept her skills sharp with additional karting over the following years, before upgrading to cars in her early teens. It was around this time that Fenaroli was enrolled in a program run by Denise McCluggage, with an emphasis on mentally, physically, and socially preparing women for the world of professional motorsports.
"I really have always admired Denise McCluggage. I had the opportunity to meet her, and hear some of her stories, which is amazing. As hard as it is for women today, it was SO much harder for her then, and to do it with style, and befriend all of the people along the way is pretty amazing."
"Being around the other women in motorsport—which I had never really seen any of at that point—changed how I viewed racing, and how I approached it. It has lent me a level of professionalism that has served me well, and I can honestly say that if I hadn't participated in that program, I would not be where I am today in motorsport."
The wisdom passed on from McCluggage to Fenaroli steeled her for a career in an industry with a long history of conservatism. Has being a woman in this industry affected her career?
"I think it would be incredibly naive to say that it hasn't, in good ways, and in bad ways," she said. "It's different from segment to segment in motorsports, but in a lot of ways, Indycar, NASCAR, and IMSA can still be incredibly traditional."
"You definitely have to work a little bit harder. It doesn't matter if you are a driver, of if you are in PR, or if you are in a technical role. You definitely have to go the extra mile because it is largely a community of men. And I'm not talking young men; the vast majority of the staff I work with are in their 40s and 50s. I probably run into as many problems with my age as I do with my gender."
"I've always been really fortunate that in the communities I've raced in that I've never really felt unwelcome. I've definitely had moments where I recognized that in order for me to get something that I wanted, I was going to have to work harder than my counterparts. I hesitate to categorize the entire industry like that, but there are people I've worked with in or around Indycar that have given me issues, because I'm young, and because I'm a female."
The sword of femininity, however, is not one destined to wound only its wielder, for it is double-edged.
"I have been positively affected in the sense that being a woman in this industry is an attention grabber. You're in the minority, and maybe you have to work a little harder to get that respect, but getting on someone's radar is probably a little bit easier, because I'm able to leave a little bit more of an impression. I think that if you play your cards right, that can be an advantage, and obviously, you need to demonstrate professionalism in order for that to be effective."
Other examples of entry with the influence of a male acquaintance with later ascensions into professional racing appear throughout history. Eliška Junková and Shirley Muldowney followed their husbands into racing before eclipsing their legacies. De Filippis outraced her brothers to shut them up. Michèle Mouton was her friend Jean's co-driver, before her father offered to support her racing career as a driver.
Introduction in this fashion remains a common point of entry today, with another example of the sort surfacing in the "Where are the Car Girls?" spotlight video by automotive YouTube channel Gears and Gasoline, which interviewed a variety of wheel-wielding women, from hobbyists to professionals. One interviewee, Sally, a former National Auto Sport Association instructor, got her start when a coworker invited her to a day at a nearby racetrack. From there, things snowballed, and today, she drives a caged-up Subaru time attack car, with which she competes at events across the country.
In contrast, not all women have access to an insider via whom they can break into the racing community. Some must go it alone in the pursuit of racing. This approach was also covered in Gears and Gasoline's examination of the subject, with Savannah Little describing her self-driven advance into the racing world.
Savannah had close proximity to motorsports in her professional life, where she was employed as a promotional model for Monster Energy and Nissan's Pirelli World Challenge team. Getting the chance to sit in the cars around which she spent her time cemented her interest in racing, and resulted in the purchase of a Nissan 350Z, which she would later convert into her own race car.
Make no mistake, getting into a hobby as complex as building one's own car without someone to show you the ropes is tricky. Guidance, however, can be found from sources other than existing relationships with other enthusiasts—the internet is a near endless library of information on racing, with all one could ever need to know about how to change brake pads, find racing lines, and correct oversteer. This is the method by which Savannah learned, and perseverance pushed her through to her racing today.
She does not, however, wish to leave the impression that her entry point—modeling—is the only way to get a foot in the door. Not everyone is interested in a modeling career, even with the perk of being paid to hang around racetracks on the table. Again, one may look to history to find women whose intrigue with racing caused them to seek out motorsports for themselves, unsupported.
Camille du Gast herself strode into motorsports after watching the 1900 Gordon Bennett Cup planted an interest in her brain. Lella Lombardi and Danica Patrick tasted karting, and dove down the rabbit hole from there.
Many women in this position often have a sole ally: Intrepidity backed by the simple desire to get out of the bleachers and onto the track. Grassroots racer Kiem Tjong exemplifies this trait and shared her own experiences of blazing a trail into amateur racing as a woman.
"I have no male or female role models around me and did not enjoy the help and guidance of a father or older brother, boyfriend, or husband who were already into racing, and who encouraged me to track or race with them," Kiem revealed.
"I really only purely got into racing because I so enjoy the physical and emotional sensations that I experience when I am driving fast, or when I find myself driving fast next to other fast vehicles."
Kiem does not consider herself an outlier among women; an exception to the rule, for she did not enter racing with many of the advantages many grassroots racers used to support their hobby, such as a preexisting affinity for working on cars, or a social group of other drivers.
"I am otherwise a 'typical' woman in the sense that I have little mechanical aptitude, nor natural curiosity for fixing or modifying cars. I have to labor more than my male teammates when I unload my trailer, or change wheels, and struggle more than they do in trying to understand and find the proper setup for my car on different tracks. I am often the last one to leave the track because it takes me longer to load all of my equipment and my car onto my trailer and truck."
Asking for help with the menials from competitors is no taboo, but not everyone in the pit lane will be ready to lend a helping hand.
"These days, there will usually be some men who are friendly, and make an effort to include women, but most of them are just not well-trained at making a woman feel welcome. Many guys at the track are just naturally a little awkward with women, and some of them will be even more awkward if it turns out the woman is a faster driver than they are."
"In racing, you learn by constant association with other racers, and trying out different things with your car and on the track. It is just much harder for a woman to closely bond and hang out with others if they are all guys."
Kiem acknowledges that socializing with other racers can be difficult for men too, though the discomfort may be magnified a tad for some women.
"I have heard some men make the same remarks about feeling a little left out, and intimidated by the 'I already know how to be a real driver' attitude, but a woman will feel more like the odd duck."
Gender is left in the pit lane with one's trailer when the green flag drops, though. All that drivers see is a car, a competitor, and all that drivers feel is the primal desire to chase.
"When it comes to competing against other drivers on the race track, the joy and confidence (and okay, frustration, at times) of doing so comes to me naturally, and not for a second does it ever enter my mind that I would do better if I were racing against women only. I am no slower, probably faster than most of the men I race with and against."
Optimism in the face of the unique challenges faced by women who wish to race can be hard to maintain without a light at the end of the tunnel. An icon can fulfill said role; heroes are thought to be crucial for inspiring women to participate in many primarily-male fields beyond racing, so the same should hold true for motorsports, should it not?
A problem presents itself when one looks for the most visible women in racing, however, with sign-bearing "grid girl" promotional models capturing an unreasonable portion of the attention, considering their negligible role in the racing itself. The governing bodies of global motorsports, though, see the untapped competitive potential in women and are gradually doing away with grid girls. Formula 1 has already ditched them, and MotoGP is considering the same.
With grid girls gone, focus on women may be redirected to those involved in operating teams and driving the cars. Some of the current crop of racing heroines, however, are exiting alongside grid girls.
Danica Patrick is scaling back her motorsports commitments, though she will compete in this year's Daytona 500 and Indy 500. Sabine Schmitz has not driven the 'Ring Taxi that got her exposure on global television since 2011, and the likes of Simona de Silvestro and Katherine Legge have retreated from global motorsports, settling into regional racing series. A new generation of drivers is needed to maintain the position in the racing world which women occupy today.
And that generation is maturing before our eyes.
Amna & Hamda Al Qubaisi, Great Big Story on YouTube
Across the spectrum of motorsports, from endurance racing to open wheel and karting, talented girls are gaining prominence. In junior motorsports and feeder series, from which talent for ultra-competitive international racing series is drawn, new names are beginning to distinguish themselves from the competition.
Already at the professional level, there are young women to keep tabs on. Audi entered an all-female team at this year's 24 Hours of Daytona in an R8 LMS GT4, and up in Formula 1, Sauber F1 Team declared its new test driver to be Tatiana Calderón, of Columbia.
Trailing them are a number of youths, deserving of the notice taken to them by the racing world. Two of the rising stars are UAE kart racers Amna and Hamda Al Qubaisi, 17 and 15 respectively. Their father, Khaled Al Qubaisi, who has raced professionally since 2009, noticed racing talent sprouting from Amna at a young age, and after she entered karting, Hamda tagged along, as younger siblings do. Both are competitive, and the trophies for their regular podium appearances and wins are taking up ever more shelf space in the Al Qubaisi home.
Across the planet, Juju Noda, daughter of former F1 driver Hideki Noda, is setting Japan's junior open-wheel racers on edge. At 12 years of age, Juju holds the Formula 4 lap record at the historic Okayama International Circuit, and is already practicing in Formula 3 cars, though she is not yet old enough to compete in them. Her driving—which is exceptional for her age—is making an international splash, with even 2009 F1 champion Jenson Button taking notice of her advanced skills. Being on the radar of F1 royalty is advantageous for Noda, who has stated she wants to be the first woman to win an F1 Grand Prix.
Not all is coming up roses, however. In the face of pioneering female racers across the ages, some seek to split the sexes into segregated racing. As of late 2017, a women-only race series was in the works, and oddly enough, it has support from at least one woman in the industry, ex-GP3 driver Carmen Jorda, who has spoken in favor of segregated racing.
Despite holding this position, Jorda was appointed to the FIA Women In Motorsport Commission in December of 2017. The commission's members include significant figures such as Michèle Mouton, Jutta Kleinschmidt, and Claire Williams, all of whom have claimed firsts for women in racing. Because of Jorda's outspoken desire to divide male and female competitors in racing, she found herself opposed by some of the most competitive women in motorsports today, who decried her appointment to the council, and even criticized by other members, such as Leena Gade.
Jorda, whose stint in GP3 concluded with no championship points after three seasons, and the only failure to qualify for a race in the series' history, doubled down on her beliefs earlier this month. Jorda blamed a "physical issue" that she professes to be an obstacle preventing women from being competitive in Formula 2 and Formula 1. She says this makes women more suited to "not super difficult" Formula E.
These comments, too, were inflammatory in the motorsports community. Formula E driver Robin Frijns argued against Jorda's suggestion that Formula E cars are simple to drive, and former F1 driver Jenson Button voiced support for female drivers, denouncing Jorda's purported "physical issue" as not being the barrier standing between Jorda and success as a driver.
The consensus among women more competitive than Jorda remains all but unanimous: Women are competitive with men in motorsports. So says the FIA commission's Leena Gade, so says Indycar's Pippa Mann, so say Tatiana Calderon, Susie Wolff, Jamie Chadwick, and of course, Kiem Tjong.
"I absolutely believe women can—and should—race at the same level as men, and I believe a women-only series is insulting and demeaning, and would limit the racers to a small pool of competitors, only hurting their chances of exercising their full potential," Kiem states.
"In terms of other athletic skills, I used to be a competitive table tennis player, and I have seen women in the upper echelons have as good (or better) hand-eye coordination skills and senses of timing than men."
"I see women as no less capable than men of stepping on the pedals, shifting gears, or turning the wheel. In terms of withstanding heat and discomfort, women often perform better than men do in ultra-marathons so I see no disadvantage for them there."
The question of women versus men in motorsports may well shamble on, but it may be safe to say that it has already been answered. A century plus of women have deemed the racing world their oyster, which many have shucked with hands as skilled as any man's.
One truth remains apparent, which was summed up by Savannah Little, in her interview with Gears and Gasoline.
"Once your helmet is on, you're a driver. It's not about being male, it's not about being female, it's not about anything. Once the helmet's on, none of that stuff matters anymore."
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NJ State Sen Apologizes After Saying Chris Christie 'Prayed' For Hurricane Sandy
By Meenal VamburkarJan 8th, 2013, 10:15 am
"I guess he prayed a lot and got lucky a storm came," NJ Democratic state senator Stephen Sweeney said about Gov. Chris Christie on Monday. Though he quickly apologized, Christie's office released a statement saying Sweeney should be telling the state's residents he is ashamed of his remarks.
In a news conference, Sweeney made the following criticism of Christie's economic policies, according to Philly.com:
"We gave the governor a jobs package. We gave him one. He vetoed it. And his job package is a hurricane. I guess he prayed a lot and got lucky a storm came. I shouldn't say that…I apologize for saying it."
Despite the immediate apology, the governor's office issued this statement:
"It was shocking to hear Senator Sweeney reduce Hurricane Sandy and its devastation to a heartless partisan attack. Ask the thousands of New Jerseyans whose homes or businesses were destroyed or damaged if they view Hurricane Sandy as a partisan political issue, or if this is what they want to hear from their leaders at this time of recovery as we fight for disaster aid in Washington. No one 'prayed' for what New Jersey has endured. This is politics at its worst and Senator Sweeney's next press release should be to all residents of New Jersey saying he is ashamed of what he said today."
But the back-and-forth wasn't over there. Sweeney released his own statement chiding Christie for "exploiting" his "misstatement."
"The truth of the matter is the chief politicizer of Sandy has been none other than Chris Christie. There is no better example of this than his appearance on Saturday Night Live. I stand with every member of the Legislature and elected official in this state to help victims of Sandy to recover to a better place than before. But I will not stand by and allow this governor to turn a blind eye to the problems he has created or ignored during his three years in office.
The statement went on to hit Christie's leadership on job creation, women's issues, healthcare, and housing. The storm does not give Christie the right to "erase the blackboard" and ignore other issues facing the state, he said, tossing in the "Etch A Sketch moment" phrase for good measure.
(h/t Philly.com)
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Q: R: 'unable to connect to 'maps.googleapis.com' on port 80' inside foreach loop I'm new to stackoverflow, so please correct me if I make any major mistakes.
As a part of a bigger project I have a function that requests routes from Google and calculates the driving time, I do this with the package ggmap. This worked perfectly fine until I tried to speed things up on other parts of the project and needed to call the driving time function within a foreach loop. In the loop, when I use %dopar% it throws this error:
unable to connect to 'maps.googleapis.com' on port 80.

Does anyone know, where this error comes from and how it can be fixed?
I managed to produce a small example that shows the behaviour:
# necessary packages
library(ggmap)
library(doParallel)
library(doSNOW)
library(foreach)

# some lines to test the function in a for and a foreach loop
Origins <- c("Bern","Biel","Thun","Spiez")
Destinations <- c("Biel","Thun","Spiez","Bern")
numRoutes = length(Origins)
# numCores = detectCores()
# I use only 1 core in testing to make sure that the debug-file is readable
cl <- snow::makeCluster(1, outfile = "debug.txt")
registerDoSNOW(cl)

timesDoPar <-foreach(idx=1:numRoutes,
    .packages = c("ggmap")) %dopar% {
        getDrivingTime(Origins[idx], Destinations[idx])
    }

timesDo <-foreach(idx=1:numRoutes,
    .packages = c("ggmap")) %do% {
        getDrivingTime(Origins[idx], Destinations[idx])
    }

stopCluster(cl)

The function (with some extra for debugging):
getDrivingTime <- function(from, to){
    if (from == to){
        drivingTimeMin = 0
    } else{
        route_simple <- tryCatch({
            message("Trying to get route from Google")
            route(from, to, structure = "route", mode = "driving", output = "simple")
        },
        error=function(cond) {
            message("Route throws an error:\nHere's the original error message:")
            message(cond)
        return(data.frame(minutes=0))
        },
        warning=function(cond) {
            message("Route throws a warning:\nHere's the original warning message:")
            message(cond)
            return(data.frame(minutes=0))
        },
        finally={
            message(paste0("\nProcessed route: ", from, "; ", to, "\n\n"))
        })

        drivingTimeMin = sum(route_simple$minutes, na.rm = TRUE)
    }
    return(drivingTimeMin)
}

I'm aware that in this example it would make absolutely no sense to use parallel programming - especially with using only one core - but in the scope of the full project it is needed.
I couldn't find any useful information related to this except for this question, where the person asking suggests that the problem might be with the network in their company. I don't think that this is the case for me, since it works with %do%. I couldn't test it in another network yet, though.
(I'm working on Windows 7, using a portable version of R (R version 3.1.0) and R Studio (Version 0.98.501))

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Antonio Serradilla Cuenca, más conocido como Antonio Serradilla, (Sevilla, 10 de enero de 1999) es un jugador de balonmano español que juega de lateral izquierdo en el Elverum Handball. De la cantera del Balonmano Montequinto, es internacional con la selección de balonmano de España, con la que debutó en la Euro Cup de 2019.

Originario de Sevilla dio sus primeros pasos en este deporte en el Balonmano Montequinto. Jugando en el club quinteño fue llamado por el combinado nacional juvenil, con el que, en el 2017, se alzó como subcampeón del mundo con la selección española dirigida por Alberto Suárez y fue elegido 'Mejor Jugador' de las semifinales ante Croacia.

En el año 2018, tras ser galardonado como MVP de Primera División con el club nazareno, fue fichado por el Quabit Guadalajara, donde estuvo 2 años.

En el 2020 ficha por el Ciudad de Logroño.

En junio del 2021 se le extirpó un ojo debido a un tumor ocular, pero afortunadamente se consiguió recuperar, y tres meses después regresó a las canchas de balonmano.

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Blakehomie- Wiki, Bio, Age, Height, Boyfriend, Career, Net Worth
Blakehomie is a YouTube sensation from the United States. Blakehomie's most famous videos feature homemade body enhancements such as piercings and tattoos. She often posts numerous makeup routines, personal stories, and other material on her channel. Know more about Blakehomie Wiki, Bio, Age, Weight, Height, Boyfriend, Relationship, Career, Net worth & Facts
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Leo, Aquarius
Youtube Star, Instagram Star, TikTok star
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Blake Homie Youtube
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Blakehomie Bio, Age, Family, Siblings, And Childhood
Who is Blakehomie? Blakehomie was born on December 09, 2003, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA. She was born under the Sagittarius zodiac sign and is 18 years old. She is a citizen of the United States.
Blake's parents' names and contact details are not currently accessible. Similarly, background details on her other family members, such as her brothers, cousins, and others, are not presently accessible. She has included her family in her YouTube videos and Instagram updates. Similarly, in July 2018, they pierced their mother's ears on YouTube. Her family has also resided in Dallas, Texas.
Height, Weight & Body Measurement
How tall is Blakehomie? She is 5 feet 5 inches tall, 1.65 meters or 165 centimeters tall. She weighs approximately 55 kg (121 lbs). Aside from that, she has lovely warm brown eyes and black locks. What are Blakehomie's body measurements? Her body dimensions are 36-28-40 centimeters. She has a 36 C bra cup size. She often delights her fans by posting her modeling photos on Instagram, and they seem happy to share their gratitude for her snaps update.
Blakehomie posing for a photo Source Instagram
Blakehomie maintains a high activity level on many of her social media pages. She has 258K YouTube subscribers and 80.1K Instagram followers. Similarly, she is very popular on TikTok, with 45.3K fans.
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What is the net worth of Blakehomie? In terms of Blake's earnings and profits, Blakehomie's estimated net worth is $1 million as of December 2022, although it is understood that her primary source of income is YouTube.
Professional Life, Career & Living Style
Blakehomie is the owner of her own YouTube site. She debuted her YouTube channel on October 10, 2016, and has received a total of 16,213,270 views to date. Her YouTube channel is all for piercings and tattoos. Blake also posts other types of content, such as vlogs, beauty tutorials, routines, Q&As, lifestyle, and apparel. Piercing My Lip/How To Pierce Your Lip At Home is the first video on her YouTube page. She posted this video on October 18, 2016, and it has received 514K views. Similarly, the second, third, and fourth videos on her YouTube channel are Piercing My Own Smiley, How I Pierced My Belly Button At Home, and My Ear Stretching Journey (18g to 20mm).
Some of the most famous videos on Blake's YouTube channel include Piercing My Lip/Labret At Home, Piercing My Eyebrow, How I Got Piercings and Tattoos at a Young Age, Taking Out All of My Piercings, Piercing My Bridge At Home, and Piercing My Nose At Home. To date, both of these videos have received millions and millions of views. In addition, Blake Homie is popular on Instagram. She has 99 updates on her Instagram profile as of now. And the posts she shares are visually appealing, eye-catching, stunning, and appealing. Homie also has a TikTok website, which he holds under the name ".blakehomie." She has uploaded 23 videos for a total of 655.4K likes.
Boyfriend, Marriage & Relationship Status
Who is Blakehomie's Boyfriend? Blakehomie is now in a relationship. Her boyfriend's identity, however, is unclear. She has, though, posted a few photos with him on his Instagram. And in one of those photographs, the couple is embracing. However, Blake has never disclosed her boyfriend's name nor discussed the subject in front of her followers or other audiences. Perhaps she prefers to keep it quiet.
Blakehomie is a YouTube sensation from the United States.
Blakehomie's most famous videos feature homemade body enhancements such as piercings and tattoos.
She often posts numerous makeup routines, personal stories, and other material on her channel.
Some of the most famous videos on Blake's YouTube channel include Piercing My Lip/Labret At Home, Piercing My Eyebrow, How I Got Piercings and Tattoos at a Young Age, Taking Out All of My Piercings, Piercing My Bridge At Home, and Piercing My Nose At Home.
She has uploaded 23 videos for a total of 655.4K likes.
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// Aggregates the type of content hosted inside a process and populates the
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class ProcessHostedContentTypesAggregator
    : public GraphOwnedDefaultImpl,
      public PageNode::ObserverDefaultImpl,
      public FrameNode::ObserverDefaultImpl,
      public WorkerNode::ObserverDefaultImpl {
 public:
  ProcessHostedContentTypesAggregator();
  ~ProcessHostedContentTypesAggregator() override;

  ProcessHostedContentTypesAggregator(
      const ProcessHostedContentTypesAggregator&) = delete;
  ProcessHostedContentTypesAggregator& operator=(
      const ProcessHostedContentTypesAggregator&) = delete;

  // GraphOwned:
  void OnPassedToGraph(Graph* graph) override;
  void OnTakenFromGraph(Graph* graph) override;

  // PageNodeObserver:
  void OnTypeChanged(const PageNode* page_node,
                     PageType previous_type) override;

  // FrameNodeObserver:
  void OnFrameNodeAdded(const FrameNode* frame_node) override;
  void OnIsAdFrameChanged(const FrameNode* frame_node) override;
  void OnURLChanged(const FrameNode* frame_node,
                    const GURL& previous_value) override;

  // WorkerNodeObserver:
  void OnWorkerNodeAdded(const WorkerNode* worker_node) override;

 private:
};

}  // namespace performance_manager

#endif  // COMPONENTS_PERFORMANCE_MANAGER_DECORATORS_PROCESS_HOSTED_CONTENT_TYPES_AGGREGATOR_H_

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Sustenance names can help us pick a more prominent healthy eating routine and make certain our fixings are sheltered to expend. Everyone you talk to seems to have dozens of tips on losing weight. Some are good common sense tips, but some seem to come out of left field. Even people who can't seem to successfully lose weight and keep it off, seem happy to offer up tips and advice to other people. That's a pretty good indication that many of us know the best advice and tips on losing weight, but we just don't follow them very well. Here are some tips which, if you use them in your daily journey toward losing weight, can help you.
Use smaller plates. This is one of those tips on losing weight that often makes people roll their eyes. It has nothing to do with eating or exercise, but it really does trick your mind into thinking you're eating more food. A smaller plate will look fuller than a large plate if they have the same amount of food on them. You might even naturally put less food on the smaller plate, to keep it from looking so loaded down. It's a mental trick, but you should try it because it works for many people.
Eat slowly. This is one of the oldest and most popular tips on losing weight. Have you ever watched a speed-eating contest? Imagine someone eating the same amount of food as the winner, but imagine them eating it slowly. The champion may have scarfed down 20 pies in very little time. Could you actually sit down with a fork and slowly eat 20 pies? It's not likely.
The speed eater ate so fast, his body didn't even have time to scream, "STOP, I'M FULL!" And if it had, he was only focused on putting more and more food in, just as we are when we're "starving" and we gulp down our food. Eat slowly and you'll reach a pleasant feeling of fullness rather than the one that means you've eaten too much too fast.
Watch your portion sizes. If fried chicken is your favorite, you might start out with 2 or 3 pieces on your plate. Try grabbing one small piece instead, and filling up on salad or green veggies to replace those missing pieces of chicken. Try to keep a portion of food about the size of your fist. Those mashed potatoes that you don't want to give up? Still eat them, but stop after one small portion, instead of piling a mountain on your plate.
Don't clear your plate. Of all the tips on losing weight, this one is often the hardest. As children we were taught not to turn down food because other people were starving. We might have even gotten punished for "wasting food" and forced to eat it.
You're not starving, and you can't send that food to those who are, so do yourself a favor and don't eat it. To avoid the guilt of wasting food, use another one of the good tips on losing weight and simply start out with less food on your plate next time.


I've always had an interest in the reasons behind an individual's actions; why they act and react in certain ways. Why is it that some people gel and some people don't? After a TetraMap facilitation course, I am closer to knowing those answers.
As a Project Manager, influencing people to take action and communication are two key activities for me. When I deliver a presentation, I like to give everyone in the room a good eyeball, constantly scanning them for signs that they are on my wave length and are interested by the content.
Sometimes I think, I've have absolutely nailed this presentation, and there's still someone who doesn't seem that engaged. I mean what is wrong with them? The presentation has pictures, facts, ideas, moving parts, a story; how could it be any better?! This is what keeps me engaged.
After becoming a certified TetraMap Facilitator, I have an appreciation that we are all different. To keep a group engaged, you need to consider all the different preferences it might include. Thankfully, achieving this is much easier than it sounds.
Spread over two and a half days, my TetraMap training started with a discussion about nature and its basic components: Earth, Air, Water and Fire. TetraMap uses these elements as metaphors underpinning personality preferences.
They may communicate in bullet points or gesticulate with firm hand movements. Individuals who overplay Earth may come across as blunt to others, although this is almost certainly not their intention. They just want to get things done and succeed.
Logic driven: will require evidence.
Detail driven: will want to see statistics and management information.
They will generally want time to consider the supporting argument for doing something, who has done it before and what they have learnt. They are likely to get things right because they have taken the time to make sure it is done correctly.
Individuals who overplay Air can be seen by others as being critical and picky. This is not usually their intention; they just have a high attention to detail and want to get it right.
Water like a lake is CALM. People with a high Water preference are typically driven by emotion and can be recognised by their caring and consistent nature. They are likely to ask you how your weekend has been and take a genuine interest in your thoughts and opinions. When doing a piece of work, they value discussion and work well within teams.
People who overplay Water can come across as slightly hesitant. This is not their intention, they just want to make sure that everyone's thoughts have been taken into account.
Fire like the sun is BRIGHT.
People with a high Fire preference are typically positive and fun. They can be loud, colourful and ambitious. Constantly having ideas, they inspire those around them.
People who over play Fire can sometimes be seen as disruptive, although this is not their intention. They are just excited!
The course teaches us that we are all of the above elements, but tend to see the world through two main preferences. My preferences are Earth and Fire. My personality is aligned to getting things done, so thankfully I am in the right job!
However, I now know that I could improve the buy-in I get from the people around me by dialling up both my Air and my Water preferences. This could be by including more supporting detail in my presentations, or by letting people know that I genuinely do value their opinion and input.
I will take time to ask myself how my behaviour might be perceived by others. Is their perception my intention? My TetraMap experience has taught me how to flex my style to get my real intention across most effectively. I really can't recommend it enough!


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The evolution of Parliament
Changes in legislative authority
Parliament and Empire
Parliament and Empire: From the Parliamentary Collections
70th Anniversary of Indian Independence
Nehru's Birthday Dinner Programme
Jawaharlal Nehru was born in Allahabad and educated at Harrow School in England and later Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1919 Nehru joined the Indian National Congress, then led by Mahatma Gandhi who subsequently became his mentor. In 1928 Nehru became president of the congress and joined Gandhi in many protests against British rule. Whilst the two worked closely towards Indian self-government the two men believed in different methods. Inspired by western socialist thinking, Nehru did not share Gandhi's focus on non-violence and use of religious rhetoric. Instead Nehru preferred to work towards forming a secular Indian state and society. After World War Two demands for Indian Independence increased and the British Labour Government bowed to pressure, assigning Lord Mountbatten to the task. Despite Nehru's disagreement with partition, he worked closely with Lord Mountbatten to finalise India's Independence from Britain and in 1947 became independent India's first Prime Minister.


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As the world burns, Shell – the world's second biggest oil company – has asked people on Twitter what should be done to tackle climate change.
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More creative than Shell
The options in Shell's poll are limited – more gas, less coal; more renewables; capturing CO2; and more energy efficiency. But Twitter users had some much more creative ideas.
Climate activists take action as Bristol airport expansion gets the go-ahead
A senior Tory has received a blue plaque for his commitment to filth
Less multi billion companies paying climate deniers and pulling #FossilFuels out of the ground that we can't afford to burn #ClimateBreakdown @ExtinctionR @GeorgeMonbiot
— Jim Scheer (@jimmerz50) November 23, 2018
Reposting it won't change the sentiment.
— Crypto (@CryptoTwentyOne) November 22, 2018
Come back to us when you start spending more than about 5% of your money on renewables. #greenwash
— It's Oliver now (@fromOliver) November 22, 2018
No more fossil fuel subsidies
If we are to have any chance of keeping global warming below 1.5C, we need to take much more drastic action than Shell is suggesting. As Twitter users said, we could start by ending fossil fuel subsidies:
End all government support for fossil fuels in the form of subsidies, public finance, and more. And Shell can stop lobbying lawmakers to keep the handouts flowing.
— Alex Doukas (@adoukas) November 23, 2018
As DeSmog reported, 2017 report by the Overseas Development Institute found that:
the world's seven major industrial democracies spent at least $100 billion (£70 billion) a year to prop up oil, gas and coal consumption at home and abroad in 2015 and 2016 despite their pledge to end fossil fuel subsidies by 2025.
Between 2013-15, the British government subsidised fossil fuels to the tune of $972m per year, compared with just $172m for renewables. Meanwhile, in 2016, the UK government gave Shell a tax rebate of over £110m. The company made $3.5bn in profits that year.
Leave it in the ground
Leaving fossil fuels in the ground was a popular response to Shell's tweet:
Curiously, number 5 slipped off your absurdly self-appointed, wildly limited list of options: Leave the fossil fuels in the ground. And how about this for 6: Dismantle the growth economy & cherish all life on earth.
— hedgemustard (@hedgemustard) November 23, 2018
False poll…carbon capture, more renewables, greater efficiency and leaving unburnt carbon in the ground are the ways we might have a chance and as a giant in the energy field Shell and others have the responsibility to fix the damage they've caused.
— Scott (@BBTheNugget) November 22, 2018
A 2015 study found that around 80% of the world's known coal reserves, 50% of known gas reserves, and 30% of known oil reserves needed to be left in the ground to prevent climate chaos. The figures today are likely to be even higher. Yet Shell is not just extracting fossil fuels from known sources, it's actively looking for more.
This brings us to another proposal put forward on Twitter: to prosecute Shell executives "for crimes against humanity":
Your business model is liquidated and your executives are tried in the Hague.. thank u, next https://t.co/asgYE7dnNx
— Kate Aronoff (@KateAronoff) November 23, 2018
#KeepItInTheGround: an immediate and complete phase out of fossil fuel use and prosecution of your executives for crimes against humanity.
— Dr. Genevieve Guenther (@DoctorVive) November 23, 2018
This proposal may not be as far-fetched as it seems. Documents uncovered by a Dutch newspaper earlier this year show that Shell was warned by its scientists in the 1980s about the potential dangers of global warming. Despite this, Shell took little action for another decade, stressing the "uncertainties of climate science". A 1995 management brief said that Shell's:
review of the scientific uncertainty and the evolution of energy systems indicates that policies to curb greenhouse gases beyond 'no regrets' measures could be premature, divert economic resources from more pressing needs and further distort markets.
Greatest upheaval "in human history"
The 1988 report by Shell's researchers said that the issue "could have major social, economic and political consequences," and that the resulting upheaval could be "the greatest in human history." But seven years later, Shell was claiming that:
a definitive, unequivocal position on the science of global warming … quite simply is beyond current capabilities.
And while we haven't seen oil company executives in the dock at the Hague yet, people around the world are bringing lawsuits against oil companies for their part in climate change.
Friends of the Earth Netherlands is suing Shell, demanding that it reduces greenhouse emissions in accord with the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. In the US, several lawsuits are ongoing against fossil fuel companies, while the tiny island nation of Vanuatu – devastated by a cyclone in 2015 – has recently announced that it's considering suing fossil fuel companies for damage caused by climate change.
Big Oil is the problem
We're facing climate chaos. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has warned that we have just twelve years to act if we are to have any chance of keeping global warming below 1.5C.
And however much 'greenwash' Shell puts out, most people seem skeptical. Companies that continue to profit from fossil fuels are part of the problem, not part of the solution. The sooner we close them down, the greater the chance that our planet might survive.
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Rottnest Channel Swim results - 1995
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1995 Feb 18
Cottesloe Beach to Rottnest Island (19.7 km)
1 David O'Brien 26 04:22:24
2 Tamara Bruce 17 04:50:10
3 Greg Spicer 26 04:59:59
4 Kim Gardiner 37 05:14:03
5 Colin Mustoe 37 05:23:26
6 Jim Smith 40 05:26:23
7 Mary-Anne Paton 37 05:28:17
8 Jeff Vidler 35 05:37:20
9 Fiona Grieves 15 05:38:42
10 Rodney Veal 26 05:29:22
11 Barbara Pellick 30 05:45:57
12 Claire Evans 30 05:48:10
13 Kelly Dixon 15 06:05:09
14 Debra Martyn 36 06:14:42
15 Rob Jeffery 38 06:16:03
16 Brett Montgomery 40 06:19:01
17 Lynne Cooper 36 06:22:39
18 Michael Lindsay 48 06:25:40
19 Tom Clarke 48 06:29:55
20 Carolyn Whiting 29 06:31:17
21 Andrew Martin 43 06:40:30
22 Kim Burkett 45 06:43:31
23 Brian McMahon 42 06:50:28
24 Ed Hamel 38 06:59:00
25 Trevor Pedler 50 07:09:13
26 David Craig 43 07:14:54
27 Brian Kinneen 31 07:50:10
28 James Kennedy 26 07:55:37
29 Neil Shortte 43 08:26:18
30 John Vergeer 46 08:33:53
31 Patricia Smith 58 08:52:10
32 Lisa Wolfinger 28 09:07:09
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One True Thing By Anna Quindlen
Ellen Gulden is a successful New York journalist. When her mother gets cancer, her father insists she come home. As she looks after her mother, their relationship deepens and Ellen is forced to confront painful truths about her adored father. But as Kate lies dying, and in the days that follow her death, events take a shocking and unexpected turn.
One True Thing Summary
A young woman is in jail accused of the mercy killing of her mother. She says she didn't do it. Ellen Gulden is a young, successful New York journalist. When her mother gets cancer, her father, a university professor, insists she come home. As she looks after her mother, their relationship - tender, awkward and revealing - deepens and Ellen is forced to confront painful truths about her adored father. But as Kate lies dying, and in the weeks that follow her death, events take a shocking and unexpected turn. Family emotions are laid bare as a new drama is played out: between Ellen and her brothers, between Ellen and her father, and in court.
About Anna Quindlen
Anna Quindlen is the author of three bestselling novels, Object Lessons, One True Thing and Black and Blue, and three non-fiction books, Living Out Loud, Thinking Out Loud and A Short Guide to a Happy Life. Her New York Times column 'Public and Private' won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992. She is currently a columnist for Newsweek and lives with her husband and children in New York.
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Our Top Two Tips to Make Healthy Eating Easy!
I like to give all of our new clients my top two super-simple, healthy-eating tips, as it is true that you cannot "out-exercise" a bad diet.
The key to healthy eating is to make it as easy and simple as possible. These two "rules" are my top two tips to simplify healthy eating for good. I promise if you can do these two things consistently, you will automatically avoid the foods that are making you fat, sick and unhealthy!
Rule # 1 – Eat what your great grandma ate!
Think about it. The more processed the food item, usually the worse it is for you—higher in fat, sugar, and hard to pronounce additives, preservatives, colorings and other chemicals, while lower in actual nutrients.
Your great grandma did not eat foods with labels containing 20+ ingredients! She ate real food. Meat, fruit, vegetables, and baked goods made with just a handful of real ingredients. If you fill your plate with real, whole foods—foods that came from a farm, not a factory—you will automatically avoid most of the crap that is hiding in our food these days.
Plus, your great grandma did not cook with canola oil, corn oil, or any of the other "healthy" vegetable oils that are in almost everything today. She cooked with butter and lard.
You may be thinking "heart attack" when you read that, but it turns out good old-fashioned butter and lard (from pasture raised animals), along with coconut oil and high quality olive oil, are much better for your heart than vegetable oils.
As it turns out, processed vegetable oils (corn, soy, canola, grapeseed, safflower, etc) are not that good for you. They cause inflammation in the body and are now suspected by many researchers to be a primary contributor to heart disease.
In addition, it takes a LOT of processing to turn a rapeseed into canola oil, corn into corn oil, etc. They must use solvents to extract the fats and then must treat the resulting oil extensively to make it palatable, adding preservatives and even "de-odorizers".
The bottom line is that you are better off eating the healthy natural fats that people of your great grandma's generation ate in different parts of the world: avocados, nuts, coconut oil, butter, lard (grass-fed), and olive oil (cold applications only—don't cook with olive oil!).
So Rule #1—eat a low CRAP diet, not a low-fat diet, by eating real, whole unprocessed foods and healthy fats, as your great grandma would have. If you can eat this way 80% of the time, you will feel more satisfied, reduce inflammation, and give your body the nutrients it needs to stay healthy!
Rule #2—Never eat carbs alone!
The essence of this rule is to always eat protein with your carbs and vice versa. Your body needs carbs for energy. But it's better for your blood sugar, your energy levels and your hormonal balance to never eat them alone.
When you eat a meal or snack of just carbohydrates (ie bread, crackers, pasta, fruit, vegetables, sweets, milk, flavored yogurts, soda, juice) your blood sugar rises quickly, as does your energy. Your body quickly produces insulin and other hormones to convert excess sugar to fat to store it and get it out of the bloodstream. Before long, your blood sugar crashes and you feel sluggish and tired, and you are usually craving more carbs. So you eat more carbs, repeating the cycle. Repeating this cycle too often leads to insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, along with lots of inflammation in the body.
The solution to this is to balance your protein and carbs at every meal and snack. When you eat protein with carbs, it slows the absorption of sugar into the bloodstream, prevents a big blood sugar spike (and the following spike in insulin), and provides you with energy that lasts. Your hunger is controlled, you avoid cravings and you have more energy. Worth it, right?
If you can follow these two basic eating strategies, you will feel better, have more energy, and get your cravings under control… making healthy eating easier than ever before.
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I could go on and on. I have about 1,000 more of these just like this, but I think you get the point. What is this mystery powder? Stay tuned as I will reveal what it is, but even more exciting than that, I have a big announcement to go along with it.
Erica Jones is a health food enthusiast, natural beauty guru and contributor to Fit Moms for Life.
I'm not a fan of raw cauliflower. Not even a little bit. When I see those pre-made raw veggie trays in grocery stores and they have the ranch dip in the middle, I always wonder why they waste space by offering up raw cauliflower.
It's one of those veggies (right along with broccoli) that I just can't stomach raw. But I know that there are incredible health and skin benefits to eating cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and cauliflower. So I add them to my diet in a way that's palatable to me.
Cauliflower helps to fight cancer, promotes health digestion and fights free radicals which helps to reduce early signs of aging and give skin a youthful glow.
Turmeric has long been recognized for its anti-inflammatory effects which is the root cause of pretty much every chronic condition in Western nations. Chronic, low-level inflammation can also cause persistent breakouts, blemishes and age spots.
Cilantro and lemons are foods that naturally detoxify the body and help to remove impurities from your skin. This can definitely help in having a clear complexion.
Cumin aids in digestion which is directly linked to your complexion. Healthy digestion is a precursor for clear, gorgeous skin while acne prone and blemished skin is almost always a symptom of poor digestive health (which can be corrected with optimal nutrition, gentle detoxification and lifestyle strategies).
This recipe packs a major punch when it comes to health and skin benefits. And if you're not even really a fan of cauliflower, I encourage you to try it because you might be surprised by how much you like it.
Toss the cauliflower in the olive oil along with the tomatoes, garlic and seasonings.
Spread the mixture out on a baking sheet and roast for 25 minutes until cauliflower is just touched with golden brown.
Remove from the oven and sprinkle with fresh lemon juice and cilantro for garnish.
To learn more about Erica and get more recipes and natural beautytips, visit www.truebeautyyou.com or follow her on Facebook at TrueBeautyYou.
One of my favorite side dishes is garlic collard greens with bacon and vinegar. It's a play on the collard greens that my grandmother makes and I tried a similar strategy with this kale recipe. And it turned out to be absolutely delicious. It's such a savory, rich flavor that pairs well with nearly any protein.
A great benefit to eating kale is that kale is a superfood. It's also a cruciferous vegetable—a food group that is widely recognized for helping to reduce the risk of cancer. It's also rich in a wide variety of vitamins and nutrients, it's anti-inflammatory and it contains anti-oxidant properties. All around, eating kale is a win.
I love kale—raw, juiced, sautéed, in my breakfast shake…I'll eat it a variety of ways. This particular recipe is great for anyone that just can't seem to appreciate the taste of kale in its raw form. Sauté it and cook it down and let the natural flavors and aromas lure you into loving this superfood side dish.
Also, please make sure that you get a good quality balsamic vinegar. It really makes a difference in the flavor and can take the taste to another level.
Heat 2 to 3 tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat. Once hot add the onion and sauté until soft, but not translucent.
Add the garlic and sauté for 1 minute until fragrant.
Add the kale and sauté with the garlic and onion, coating the leaves with oil as you stir. Feel free to add more oil if you need to prevent things from sticking. Season the kale with salt and pepper to taste.
Add the balsamic vinegar and continue to sauté, coating the leaves with the balsamic.
Add the broth, cover and let simmer for 5 to 7 minutes until the leaves are very soft and wilted.
Remove the pan from heat and drizzle the kale with more balsamic vinegar, tossing to cover the leaves.
Serve with tomato wedges if you like.
Renee Cefalu is a Holistic Health and Wellness Coach, she is on our social media management team, and is a recipe contributor to Fit Moms for Life.
This tasty recipe includes many healthy ingredients with beneficial nutrients and healing properties. It is also delicious as leftovers.~ ENJOY!
Cilantro aids in the removal of heavy metals including lead, copper and mercury.
Spinach has many phytonutrients and antioxidants that promote health and has properties that prevents disease.
Lemons are known for antioxidant properties and has been used for centuries to cure many different ailments.
Cumin aids in digestion, improves immunity and treats disease and disorders.
Paprika has antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant properties and aids in skin health.
Barley is a nutritional powerhouse loaded with fiber, contains important vitamins and minerals, and offers cardiovascular protection, cancer prevention and is a blood glucose stabilizer.
Preheat oven to 375. Slice eggplant about 3/8-inch thick. Arrange on cookie sheet and brush with olive oil and salt and pepper to taste. Cook 5 minutes, remove and flip eggplant, brush with olive oil and salt and pepper to taste. Cook another 5 to 7 minutes and remove. Once cooled cut eggplant into bit sized pieces. In a bowl toss prepared sauce with eggplant, tomatoes, corn, cilantro, spinach, onion and barley. Wait up to 10 minutes or longer to serve stirring periodically.
To learn more about Renee visit www.integratingwellnessintolifestyle, reneecefalu.healthcoach.integrativenutrition.com or follow her Facebook at Integrating Wellness Into Lifestyle.
I love a good muffin, but sometimes good grain free recipes are hard to find. This one came about on a fluke from playing around in the kitchen. Gluten free baking can be really tough, but I'm proud of these muffins. They go great with Creamy Cauliflower Soup or they can be enjoyed solo. They're savory with a little bit of sweet and they're the perfect side dish for many fall inspired recipes.
Simply roast your potato at 350 F until soft (I ended up needing about half a potato). Once cool, scoop the flesh (no skin) into a food processor and process until smooth. Now you have your sweet potato puree!
1. Preheat your oven to 350 F. Lightly grease 8 cups of a muffin pan with butter.
2. Whisk the eggs in a large bowl. Add the melted butter, sweet potato puree and olive oil.
3. In a separate bowl, mix the herbs, almond and coconut flours, baking powder and salt.
4. Mix the wet ingredients into the dry and stir until combined.
5. Gently fold in the bacon and cranberries.
6. Add a few heaping spoonfuls of batter to each muffin cup, dividing the batter evenly amongst all 8 cups.
7. Bake at 350 for 25 to 30 minutes. Serve warm with butter.
I was brainstorming this recipe I wanted something that was simple and I wanted it to remind me of fall. This recipe did it. It features fresh spinach greens, Bartlett pears (wrapped with bacon, no less), crisp cucumber, crunchy walnuts and pumpkin seeds and my favorite—dried Bing cherries. This fresh salad reminds me of a crisp, fall morning. It's absolutely refreshing.
2. Quarter the pears and remove the stem and seeds. Then cut each quarter in half. You should have 16 wedges total.
3. Using kitchen scissors, cut your bacon into thirds lengthwise. You should have long, thin strips.
4. Gently wrap each wedge of pear with one of the cut pieces of bacon, tucking the end underneath an area where the bacon has already been wrapped around the pear. Continue doing this for all 16 wedges.
5. Place the wedges in an oven safe baking dish and drizzle with olive oil.
6. Lightly dust the pears with sea salt and pepper to taste.
7. Roast the pears in the oven for 20 to 25 minutes until the bacon is cooked through and slightly crispy and the pears are lightly browned.
8. Serve as an appetizer or snack or as part of my Sweet and Savory Fall Salad.
Dump all ingredients into a glass jar. Shake and serve.
1. Place a handful of spinach greens in each bowl. Arrange 4 of the Bacon Wrapped Pears atop the greens.
2. Sprinkle the salad greens with the pumpkin seeds, cucumber, walnuts and cherries or cranberries.
3. Drizzle with Garlicky Balsamic Vinaigrette.
I love a quick and delicious recipe when I can find one and this one I originally found on PaleoPlan.com.
I LOVE garlic, so whenever I get the chance I prefer to use it fresh instead of dried, which is the one change that I made to this recipe. Everything else is perfect as is! Hope you enjoy this as much as my family does!
*Note: If you use the beef bacon, I'd use 8 slices instead of 4. The beef bacon cooks down so much more than the turkey. This is the brand I use of turkey and beef bacon.
Preheat your oven to 350 F and add the garlic, salt and pepper to a small bowl and mix.
Divide the seasoning among the 4 chicken breasts and spread it across each one using your fingers or press it in with a fork.
Lay 1 sprig of rosemary over each piece of chicken. Then gently wrap each breast with a strip of bacon.
Transfer the chicken pieces to a baking dish and bake for 40 minutes or until juices run clear.
I hope you've had a great week and are enjoying the start of June!
You may have heard of the documentary that recently played in theaters called Fed Up. In the past few weeks, 50 clients of my clients have gone to see this film. This was the best documentary I have ever seen on the obesity epidemic. Yes, even better then Food Inc. The main focus of the movie is the fact that sugar and processed foods are more addictive than cocaine. The movie also sheds light on the fact that the food manufacturers are in bed with the government to make this addictive concoction of sugar and processed food so prevalent, that willpower alone isn't always enough to fight off obesity.
The nutritional enemy in this movie is refined sugar that comes from processed foods and liquids. I definitely agree that this is the #1 culprit in our nation's obesity epidemic. Fed Up shares the heart breaking stories of a handful of kids from around America who are morbidly obese. These children are trying to lose weight, but fight an uphill battle because their families are uneducated on proper nutrition and not very supportive in their kid's efforts.
I am glad this documentary hit main stream theaters and I hope that it gains some traction because I believe it is much more important and life changing than the next Hunger Games or Harry Potter flick. This is a must watch with your kids who are 8 or older. For many years, I've felt that the government should stay away from regulating corporations and allow them to sell what the consumers want (even if it is killing them). But seeing what is happening nutritionally in the schools today not only shocked me, but made me angry.
Kids don't have much of a chance of living a healthy lifestyle if they are eating poisonous, processed food both at home and school and are having this garbage "food" marketed to them wherever they go – commercials, sporting events, convenience stores, their own schools! Taking on the billion-dollar food industry and the government seems like such an impossible task, that we have no idea where to even start.
I was trying to think how I could make a difference in regards to the schools, and the best thing I believe I can do is to inform you of what's really happening in the food industry and encourage talk about it around the dinner table and then possibly take it up with your school board. Questioning the status quo and then trying to change it, isn't an easy task, but it's clear that our society will need to change so the children of today will not be looking ahead to a shorter life expectancy than their parents!
I feel strongly about nutrition and wellness because helping others improve their health is why I believe I was put on this earth, but nutrition really and truly is crucially important to the quality of your family's life! A healthy lifestyle and eating plan will add years on to your life and the lives of your kids, and it can also raise your family's levels of self-confidence and self-esteem that generally come with being healthier, fitter, and fully living life each day.
At Fit Moms For Life we are committed to doing whatever we can to encourage and empower you to pave a path of health and vitality for you and your family's future.
If you don't live close enough to join our in-person programs in Madison WI, I encourage you to try out our Fit Moms For Life 6 week challenge. This 6 week home based DVD challenge has radically transformed the lives of over 600 women in the past 8 months! This program is different than anything else you have tried because it addresses 4 key lifestyle areas: mindset, fuel (food), movement (exercise), support/accountability. To create lasting change, all 4 of these areas of your life need to be in play. Click here to get started on your own journey.
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The grocery store is an interesting modern day spectacle. Over 30,000 individual items vying for our hard earned dollars. When making our grocery buying decisions some are very obvious… apple vs a candy bar for example. But there is so much we don't know about when it comes to the food we eat. When I take groups on grocery tours, I devote part of the tour to talking about food labels, and in particular, the ingredients on the food label.
I want to keep things very basic, so here are 9 ingredients you do NOT want to see on a food label in your home. If you see any of the below ingredients on a food label – just put back on the grocery store shelf-do NOT bring it into your home!
If you can avoid consuming the above list of ingredients, you will most likely lose weight, have more energy, experience less bloating, and add years onto your life. Next time you are at the grocery store, spend a few extra minutes looking at the food labels-your health depends on it!
If you are in Madison, I am holding 6 grocery store tours next week on the east and west sides of Madison. This is probably the most effective one hour of education you can receive when it comes to losing weight, feeling better and being healthier! For a small $25 investment, which includes an invite to bring a spouse along for free, you can discover the truth about what we are buying and eating from our grocery stores.
If you haven't watched Food Inc, I encourage you to watch it with your whole family. It is very well done and is sure to spark some great family discussions.


Chambers UK were published last week and we are delighted to have maintained our Band 1 rankings for Aviation, Commodities: Physicals, Shipping, Transport: Logistics and our Band 2 rankings for Asset Finance, Finance Insurance: Contentious Claims, Insurance: Reinsurance and Travel: Regulatory and Commercial.
We have increased our rankings in Fraud and Litigation which have both respectively moved to Band 4 and received a new ranking in Commercial and Corporate Litigation (Band 4).
Feedback received from happy clients include: "They bring experience, a track record and credibility, so we really enjoy working with them" (Corporate M&A: Mid-market); "The team is very strong - they work diligently to accomplish the client's goals and objectives." (Insurance:Non-contentious): ''They are excellent - clearly specialists in their field. They advise on some very complex things, and every time I ring them with a problem that I don't understand, they've always dealt with it before." (Commercial contracts).
A number of our lawyers have been recognised by the Chambers as 'Associates to watch'. These include: Richard Booth, William Reddie and Matthew Wilmshurst.


Thanks to many of you guys we were able to donate several hundred bucks to the German Children's Fund organisation. Instead of meaningless xmas discounts you helped #childreninneed and #refugeekids to have a better future. Well done, Folks 👏🏻 … you will be undoubtedly rewarded with a very fit body in 2018 💪😜 #wecreatemachines /// © Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk e.V.


On Wednesday, August 23, 2017, the Bucks County Mosquito Control Program will conduct an ultra-low volume (ULV) spray operation to reduce high populations of mosquitoes capable of transmitting West Nile Virus. The spraying will take place in areas of Richland Township, Quakertown Borough and Sellersville Borough, Perkasie Borough and West Rockhill Township. In West Rockhill Township, the spray will treat the Pennridge Waste Water treatment facility. In Quakertown Borough, crews will treat the fields behind the Bucks County public library off of Mill Road including the area around the new outdoor amphitheatre, near and around the ball fields also off of Mill Road. In Richland Township, it will target Walnut Bank Farms. In Sellersville Borough, officials will treat the picnic grounds behind the Sellersville Fire Company and the ball fields in front of the Pennridge wastewater treatment plant. Finally, in Perkasie Borough, crews will target the Callowhill Road bike path and adjoining field, and the following streets-Dorchester Lane, Amherst Circle, Waltham Lane and Chelsea Court.
Weather conditions and other unexpected events could delay or cancel this spray operation. If conditions do not allow application on August 23, 2017, a back-up spray date will be announced.


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Dec	11, 2020
West of England Enterprise Area flood defence work gathers pace
Daniel Cattanach	2020-12-15T13:36:19+00:00	December 11th, 2020|
The £80 million Avonmouth and Severnside Enterprise Area Ecology Mitigation and Flood Defence Project to improve flood defences and enhance the natural environment on the River Severn hit a key milestone today...
Plan approved to transform West of England rail travel
Daniel Cattanach	2020-12-09T11:58:11+00:00	December 9th, 2020|
The West of England Combined Authority has set out its plans to transform travel by rail over the next ten years. The plan, agreed at committee on 4 Dec, sets out how rail travel...
New £33m fund to unlock homes and employment sites in West of England
The West of England Combined Authority (WECA) is investing £33m to support the development of new homes, employment sites and infrastructure across the region. The WECA Committee agreed, on Friday 4 December, to allocate...
Don't miss your chance to have a say on the future development of the West of England
Daniel Cattanach	2020-12-03T17:03:02+00:00	December 3rd, 2020|
People living and working in the West of England have until 14 December to share their views to help shape the Spatial Development Strategy, to make sure homes, employment spaces and vital transport links...
Nov	30, 2020
Major investments to be discussed by Combined Authority
Daniel Cattanach	2020-11-30T15:55:43+00:00	November 30th, 2020|
Funding for major regional redevelopment which could deliver 1,435 new homes; 12,000m2 of new employment, commercial, retail, educational and community space, and a new park, will be discussed at the next West of England...
Great Stoke roundabout improvements rolled out
The new layout at the Great Stoke (rabbit) roundabout, which has increased capacity at the busy junction, is now fully operational. Changes made to the roundabout have also improved safety for cyclists and pedestrians....
Green spaces survey reveals changing habits of public during lockdown
A survey carried out by researchers within UWE Bristol's Centres for Sustainable Planning and Environments, and Public Health and Wellbeing, has revealed changes in the way people are interacting with the region's parks and...
Railway bridge replacement completed on Gipsy Patch Lane
Work to replace a railway bridge on Gipsy Patch Lane, Stoke Gifford, has been completed. The new 4,260-tonne railway bridge installed on Gipsy Patch Lane was the heaviest precast concrete bridge move of its...
Public consultation to shape the future of Midsomer Norton town centre
Proposals to regenerate Midsomer Norton High Street and create an attractive multi-use public space have been unveiled today and residents are encouraged to give their views. Bath & North East Somerset Council has launched...
West of England Mayor calls on residents to follow government guidance as region moves to new Covid alert levels
Oliver Pearce	2020-11-26T14:02:28+00:00	November 26th, 2020|
West of England Mayor Tim Bowles is urging residents to follow the latest government guidance to slow the spread of Covid-19 as parts of the region are placed into a high risk (tier 2)...


I've not had many photos mind, please can I have these asap.
Can I have an idea of what the food is gonna be. Me and the Turners dont know. Thanks.
simple buffet, pizza, sarnies, sausage rolls, just simple easy party food.
a few of us will be going down the centre on thursday at 6 to get stuff sorted, anyone want to join us?
I'll lend an extra pair of hands. See you there.
I can't make it! I've had a parent's evening rescheduled!


'Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve' in Western Madagascar is a unique region of amazingly jagged landscape, where needle-shaped limestone formations known as 'Tsingy' rise to heights ranging from few metres to several hundred metres. The razor-sharp karst pinnacles were created due to erosion of limestone cliff by heavy tropical rain. Spread over an area of about 600 Sq. Kms. (230 Sq. miles) along the River Manambolo, it is considered to be World's largest stone forest.
"The unusual formations here are a type of karst system, a landscape formed from porous limestone that was dissolved, scoured, and shaped by water. The exact processes that carved such an otherworldly stonescape are complex and rare; only a few similar karst formations exist outside Madagascar. Researchers believe that groundwater infiltrated the great limestone beds and began to dissolve them along joints and faults, creating caves and tunnels. The cavities grew, and eventually their roofs collapsed along the same joints, creating line-straight canyons called grikes, up to 400 feet deep and edged by spires of standing rock. Some grikes are so tight that a human traveler has difficulty passing through them; others are as wide as an avenue."
The 'Tsingy' which in English translates to 'where one cannot walk' has remained largely unexplored and isolated from most of the World due to these incredibly sharp limestone formations which can easily cut through shoes and flesh. Some walkways and bridges have been provided over smaller pinnacles (known as 'Petits Tsingy') for visitors. The larger pinnacles called 'Grand Tsingy' are accessible only to climbers using ropes and climbing equipment. Although the region is inhospitable for humans and most of the animals yet it is home to 11 species of lemur, 100 types of bird and 45 kinds of reptile.
The area is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.


This is a little bizarre. Photos of an unknown female hang on the wall of the underground sauna. It was unclear what purpose this served. It is especially unusual to hang photos in a sauna, because at high temperatures, the photos would likely wilt. These photos do not appear to have been exposed to the high heat of the sauna. So perhaps it was a secret employee fap room. However, it did seem that the polaroids were taken inside the gym at the hotel, so perhaps it was an employee, reminding themselves that they wanted to sweat off a few pounds.


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Person | Female Born 7/9/1533 Died 24/3/1603
Categories: Race Issues, Royalty, Seriously Famous
Picture source: renaissance-faire.com
Daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Born Greenwich Palace. Succeeded her half-sister Queen Mary I. Reigned: 1553 - 1603. Never married, no children, so followed by James I.
Elizabeth I sponsored the slave trading voyages of John Hawkins.
1 Poultry - Frieze B - Elizabeth I
Colonial Office - B12 - Elizabeth
Elizabeth I statue - Harrow
Harrow School was founded in 1572 under a Royal Charter of Elizabeth I so thi...
Forest Hill mural
{Panel 1:} A Brief Local History In medieval times this area was known as The...
Greenwich Palace
The plaque was unveiled to commemorate the 450th anniversary of Queen Elizabe...
Bill Richmond
Boxer. Born a slave in Richmondtown, Staten Island, New York. He become a servant of Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland, a lieutenant-general in the British army, and it is presumed that he bec...
Person, Race Issues, Sport / Games, USA
Also known as 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning. An art space and gallery in Railton Road, Brixton that for more than three decades has had a strong commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion...
Group, Art, Community / Clubs, Race Issues
Londonist have an interesting post about animals at the Bank of England. The Guardian, 16 April 2022, reporting on an exhibition at the Bank of England, informed that the Bank once owned 599 slave...
Group, Commerce, Politics & Administration, Race Issues
Marcus Garvey
Pan-African nationalist leader. Born Marcus Mosiah Garvey in St Ann's Bay, Jamaica. He founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association in 1914 to foster worldwide black unity, and moved its hea...
Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Jamaica, USA
Nirmal Chandra Roy first stood as a Labour party candidate in the Adelaide Ward of the London Borough of Camden in the 1978 council elections and came 6th. Four years later in 1982 he stood in the ...
Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues