Welcome to South Australia's Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre: a glistening salt pan spanning hundreds of kilometres, transformed by desert downpours into a thriving oasis.
Stretching a mind-boggling 144 kilometres by 77 kilometres, Outback South Australia's Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre is a natural wonder.
Its seemingly-endless expanse of shimmering salt crystals lure travellers year-round, but the real magic happens when the lake is flooded by desert rain.
Once every few years, networks of channels, streams and floodplains converge in Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park, bringing with them an abundance of wildlife, stunning natural beauty and dreamlike pink and orange hues.
With the help of our guide, find out why and when to visit Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, how often it floods, how best to see it and where to stay while you're in the area.
Update: As of August 2018, there is some water in the lake, but it can only be seen from the air and is drying up fast. For more information and to check current conditions, see the Bureau of Meteorology website.
At 144 kilometres long and 77 kilometres wide, Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre is Australia's biggest salt lake. Located 647 kilometres north-east of Adelaide, it was formed approximately 200 million years ago and is the lowest point below sea level on the Australian continent.
When the lake's water level is low, its glittering crystalised surface stretches as far as the eye can see. When it floods, waterbirds descend in their thousands, fish converge in channels and wildflowers blanket floodplains.
Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre is a showstopper year-round, but the best time to visit is when Outback rains have flooded it with water.
Approximately, a small one-and-a-half metre flood occurs every three years and a large four metre flood occurs every ten years, usually in winter. The lake only fills entirely three times every 160 years.
Lake Eyre's weather is typical of an Outback Australian environment with very hot summers reaching 40 plus degrees (Celsius) during the day and winter temperatures dropping to zero degrees (Celsius) at night.
During summer, Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre is extremely dry, with nearby sand dunes and mesas rising from salty claypans and tabelands. In winter, seasonal changes bring the region to life with abundant wildlife and flora.
Before embarking on the trip, make sure you research Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre's current water level. For more information, see the Bureau of Meteorology website.
The best way to get to Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park is by plane. Two, in fact. Fly from Adelaide to South Australia's underground opal town, Coober Pedy, spend a couple of days exploring, then hit the skies for a tour over Lake Eyre with Wrightsair.
If you're an avid four-wheel-driver, fly from Adelaide to Coober Pedy, hire a car, then drive approximately two hours to William Creek for a Wrightsair tour. The drive to Willam Creek will take you across the gigantic Anna Creek Station: the world's largest cattle station, bigger than Israel (!), and also takes-in a section of the famed Oodnadatta Track.
Before driving, please keep in mind that Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park is one of the most remote places in Australia. See our Flinders Ranges and Outback driving safety tips and make sure you prepare.
You can also traverse Lake Eyre by camel with Camel Treks Australia.
The Oodnadatta Track is dotted with some of Australia's most loved Outback hotels and pubs, which make a perfect resting spots when driving to Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre. Top picks include the iconic Marree Hotel and William Creek Hotel, where you can also join a scenic flight.
Another option is to recharge and refresh underground in Australia's opal capital, Coober Pedy, then hit the skies with Wrightsair for a half-day scenic flight.
Parachilna's internationally-acclaimed Prairie Hotel is where the Flinders Ranges meets the Outback. Sink your teeth into their famous feral feast, enjoy some local hospitality, then take-off with Fargher Air for a day spent soaring above Lake Eyre.
Lake Eyre is part of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park, which boasts multiple campgrounds. Halligan Bay Point Campground provides bush camping, while Muloorina Station has campgrounds with toilets and some facilities.
To camp in the park, you must have a Desert Parks Pass or a day entry permit. The Desert Parks Pass includes maps, information about the parks, Lake Eyre's Aboriginal history and safety tips. Day entry permits can be purchased online or at William Creek and Marree.
South Australia's William Creek is one of Australia's most remote towns. Situated along the sprawling Oodnadatta Track, William Creek is an 11-hour drive from Adelaide or a two-hour drive from the Outback town of Coober Pedy. The William Creek Hotel is loved by travellers from all around the world with a front bar decorated by hundreds of notes, memorabilia and mementos.
The Anna Creek Painted Hills are a spectacular outcrop of deep orange sun-baked mountains, emerging suddenly from a flat desert landscape. Part of the Breakaways, the Painted Hills are only accessible by plane. Board a Wrightsair plane from Coober Pedy or William Creek for a scenic flight. Wrightsair also give you the exclusive opportunity to land in the Painted Hills and explore the spectacular landscape by foot.
The mysterious Marree Man is a four kilometre-long carving etched deep into the red earth of Outback South Australia. After being discovered in 1998, still no one knows who created it or why.
Located 65 kilometres away from the town of Marree, you can see the man himself on a scenic flight from the historic Marree Hotel or with Wrightsair.
Journey to the underground town of Coober Pedy – Australia's opal capital, boasting a sun-baked lunar landscape. Descend beneath the earth to discover a labyrinth of underground houses, hotels and even shops. Above-ground, watch Coober Pedy change colour as the sun drenches the land.
Outback stations have been a huge part of South Australia's history for more than 150 years. Today many properties in the Flinders Ranges and Outback combine traditional farm life with luxury accommodation, providing a unique experience for guests. Stay on a sheep or cattle station in shearers' quarters, cook your own meals or join your hosts for dinner. Top picks include Rawnsley Park Station, Angorichina Station, Alpana Station and Beltana Station. For pure luxury, visit Arkaba Conservancy: an indulgent retreat set on a 60,000-acre regenerated sheep station.
Ready to start planning your trip? As exhilarating as driving in the Outback is, you need to take precautions. Stay safe and prepare. Follow our guide for Flinders Ranges and Outback driving safety tips through some of the world's most exhilarating 4WD-ing country.
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Bakugou made a promise long ago. A promise he can't quite remember, but one that he can't quite forget either.
Until the promise comes back around.
Deku isn't the same though. Nowhere near the same. The friend he lost long ago has changed.
Spoiler alert: some kacchaco moments, for sure, but still a fair amount of nefarious villain plots and activities.
It's U.A. High School's first prom and Eijiro Kirishima has no idea who the hell he's going with- That is, until Katsuki Bakugou asks him.
Every main character has their own backstory. The more tragic, the better the character will be.
So in the case of Hinata Jiyu, what could being tortured, starved and her memories erased earn her in anime?
The only thing she has to go on with is her father's dying wish--to don his opal necklace and live as a normal girl--but that's not possible.
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Martin accepts Chambers' explanation of voting for TD who was outside Dáil chamber
The party's Brexit spokesperson will not face any sanction.
By Orla Dwyer Monday 21 Oct 2019, 2:55 PM
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FIANNA FÁIL LEADER Micheál Martin has spoken with the party's Brexit spokesperson Lisa Chambers and has accepted her explanation about "inadvertently" voting for a colleague while he was absent from the Dáil chamber.
It first emerged over the weekend that Niall Collins voted for fellow Fianna Fáil TD Timmy Dooley six times in one session while Dooley was outside the chamber on a phone call.
Now Chambers has admitted she mistakenly voted for deputy leader Dara Calleary in the same set of votes.
She said she "inadvertently" sat in Calleary's seat, which is beside her own in the chamber. She said she "pressed the button in error" while he was at a radio interview, as first reported by The Irish Times.
Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl ordered a report into the Dooley and Collins incident on Saturday. Micheál Martin has asked the Dooley and Collins to temporarily step down from their positions on the party's frontbench after the incident was reported.
It is understood the party leader has today also spoken to Chambers and has accepted her explanation of events. She will not face any sanction.
Minister for Justice (and Fine Gael TD) Charlie Flanagan has said he is "very concerned" that two Fianna Fáil TDs voted for colleagues while they were absent from the Dáil chamber.
Minister Flanagan today admitted he has pushed a voting button for a colleague in the past, but never when that TD was outside the Dáil chamber.
He said there may be occasions where a TD is on their way to their seat and their neighbour may press the button for them "in anticipation and in expectation of that person taking their seat".
"The issue here is one of the sanctity of the chamber. After a period of eight minutes the doors of the chamber are sealed. Anybody who's in the chamber is invited to vote, anybody who's outside the chamber has no entitlement at all," he said.
And that's the issue here, it isn't an issue about any other misdemeanour except arranging proxy vote and that's strictly prohibited under the standing orders of the Dáil, and in fact under our Constitution.
When asked whether his Fine Gael colleagues should all now clarify whether they have ever voted for a colleague, Flanagan said "that's an issue for themselves".
"The issue is the illegal nature, the unlawful act of proxy voting which is a really serious misdemeanour within out parliamentary system," he said.
And that is what the Ceann Comhailre is going to examine where it is alleged that somebody arranged a vote inside the chamber and had absented themselves from that chamber, while the doors of the chamber were firmly locked and sealed, that to me is prima facie a very suspect behaviour and totally unacceptable.
'Honest, genuine mistake'
Chambers had appeared on RTÉ's This Week programme earlier yesterday and said she had never voted for another colleague.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland today, Chambers said she took this question to mean intentionally voting for another TD.
"The answer for that is no," she said." "It was an honest, genuine mistake."
She said the seats in the chamber are identical and the row was fairly empty at the time of the vote, so she did not notice her error until her own seat did not light up on the voting screen.
When she noticed this, she claimed to have moved to her own seat and then registered her own vote after voting in Dara Calleary's seat.
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"I mistakenly sat in the wrong seat… I should have told the teller there was an error," said Chambers.
The TD said this particular vote was lost in such high numbers that she did not see a point in informing a teller of her error.
"Honestly, I don't think I've ever done it before… I'm asking people to have a bit of faith and listen to me this morning."
Fine Gael TD Noel Rock has asked for an "appropriate investigation" into the incident involving the six votes in Dooley's absence.
Dara Calleary said yesterday he "did not, and would not" ask another TD to vote for him in the Dáil. He had previously described Dooley's recorded votes while absent from the chamber as "unusual".
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said he was not aware of any government TDs voting for each other while absent. Speaking to RTÉ News, he said the integrity of the voting system in the Dáil was of "utmost importance".
- With reporting by Michelle Hennessy.
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In an effort to bring increased awareness to the now well-established downward trend in global temperatures (Brrrr!), while simultaneously appealing to the 50% of the ostensibly child-bearing populace who identify as female, Dr. J. Darwin Godley today announced the consecration of a brand new chapel, just off of his office and down the hall from the bathroom, designated The Chapel Of Our Lady of Frigid Affairs.
By praying to this all-new Patron Saint of Denial (and dropping off $20 in the collection box), the supplicant can expect improved gas mileage with fewer CO2 emissions, a warmer indoor environment (even with the thermostat turned down), salvation from global famine and starvation, and a successful run by the entity Algore in the next presidential election.
Dr. Godley has written to the former Vice President to suggest that he campaign in a 24/7 Apollo-era space suit with built-in CO2 rebreather. Flatulence occurring within the suit will likewise be neutralized in order to eliminate any trace of personal carbon footprint.
Millennials are expected to go wild and want space suits of their own. This bodes well for the economy since financially strapped parents of 35-year-olds still living at home will be able to place their children into a space suit and move them out to the garage, to be sustained 24/7 in a safe and environmentally sealed entertainment play place, complete with built-in wifi, VR screen and waste incineration.
By using the latest voice recognition (space gloves are too bulky for keyboard use), suit occupants will be able to tutor English to Chinese students, transcribe manuscripts, create voice-overs and perform similar online, revenue generating tasks, all hands-free.
Accumulated work credits will be applied towards feeding packs. Children who accumulate enough credits will be allowed to move back indoors.
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Turkey's food sector is packed with potential, representing roughly 20% of Turkey's $857.7 billion GDP. Worth hundreds of billions of dollars a year, the industry is always exceptionally busy. 2018 will no doubt be another busy year for Turkey's food and drink players. Let's check out some of the big food and drink stories coming from Turkey from the last few weeks of 2017 into the new year.
Turkey's food sector is packed with potential, representing roughly 20% of Turkey's $857.7 billion GDP. Worth hundreds of billions of dollars a year, the industry is always exceptionally busy.
2018 will no doubt be another busy year for Turkey's food and drink players. Let's check out some of the big food and drink stories coming from Turkey from the last few weeks of 2017 into the new year.
Turkish food industry news round up
Dubai's Abraaj Group acquires KFC Turkey
Dubai-based investment body the Abraaj Group has acquired KFC Turkey from America's Yum Brands. As part of the deal, the private equity fund has taken control of 104 KFC restaurants across Turkey, including branches in Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir.
Since 2015, Yum Brands expanded its KFC franchise system, boosting the fried chicken chain's nationwide presence. Yum Brands' original aim was to reach 400 restaurants across Turkey by 2020.
Abraaj is planning to spend the rest of its $500 million Turkish investment fund in 2018, having acquired transport and logistics firm Netlog Lojistik in July 2017.
Russia sets Turkish tomato export date
Russia is to allow imports of Turkish tomatoes by early 2018, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkday Dvorkovich said in late 2017. This comes after a year full of intense negotiations, following Russia's ban on Turkish produce in 2016.
Now, Russia is gearing up to purchase up to 50,000 tons of Turkish tomatoes in 2018, allaying Turkish producers' fears that the Russian market would remain closed. Thankfully, this is not the case.
Russia placed a ban on Turkish fruit and vegetable imports in 2016. This has been lifted on the bulk of Turkish agricultural goods, but tomatoes have remained under embargo since 2016. Before the ban, Russia imported around $250 million worth of tomatoes from Turkey a year.
Turkish olive producers break export record
Turkish olive and olive oil producers are seeing in 2018 in style following a record-breaking year for their industry. Export values tripled across 2016-2017, reaching a new peak of $174 million.
Turkey is aiming to reach the top spot in global table olive production, and second place in olive oil output. Following on from high crop yields in 2017, Turkey is confident it will meet these goals.
One key market Turkish producers have in their sites is the Middle East. Regional export targets were not met, despite Turkey's worldwide oil success, so Turkish producers have resolved to attend more trade shows in the new year.
TFI Tab Gida goes public
TFI Tab Gida, one of Turkey's largest fast food chains, has gone public in the United States, applying for a $400 million public listing on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
The offering will be intermediated by a number of massive credit and financial firms, including Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, JP Morgan, and Rabo Securities.
As one of Turkey's biggest fast food operators, TFI runs 1,500 restaurants in Turkey and around the world. The company also holds the Turkish master franchise rights for several international fast food brands, such as Burger King, Sbarro, and Popeyes.
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To mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Discovery Channel will air a documentary on May 1 that highlights 55,000 testimonies of survivors and witnesses to genocidal events, including the Holocaust.
The collection of testimonies that will be featured in "Liberation Heroes: The Last Eyewitnesses" are part of the USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive, which is part of the organization director Steven Spielberg founded after filming "Schindler's List," according to Deadline. The one-hour documentary is part of the foundation's 25th anniversary celebration as well as its Stronger Than Hate Initiative.
The project is a "call to action to stand against hate in all forms," said Discovery CEO David Zaslav. "These stories remind us of what can happen when religious, racial and ethnic hatred is unbridled."
Andy Friendly, the documentary's producer, described the film as "a remembrance of the eyewitnesses to one of mankind's darkest moments" and also "their enduring final plea…to never stand idly by."He added, "In the face of the dramatic rise of intolerance around the world, this message is more relevant than ever."
Friendly's father, the late Fred Friendly, wrote about the atrocities he saw firsthand at the Mauthausen concentration camp while covering the war as a master sergeant in the Army. Segments of Fred, who was former president of CBS News, reading his historic "Mauthausen Letter" to his family, and a rarely heard radio report from Buchenwald, are included in the documentary.
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Cornell convenes summit of business school diversity, equity, and inclusion leaders
Michelle Duguid, associate dean for diversity, inclusion and belonging, convenes Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Business School Leadership Summit
October 16, 2020 By: Janice Endresen
Michelle M. Duguid, associate dean of diversity, inclusion and belonging for the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, convened and hosted the inaugural Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Business School Leadership Summit on Sept. 25. The first of an ongoing series of formal, half-day meetings focused on diversity and inclusion programs and practices at peer business schools, the virtual event brought together diversity, equity and inclusion leaders from 16 schools. The second half-day meeting will take place on Oct. 23.
Michelle M. Duguid, associate dean of diversity, inclusion and belonging
"We were already reaching out to each other informally to get ideas about how to overcome challenges," says Duguid, who is also associate professor of management and organizations in the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management. "I thought it would be good to convene people to talk about best practices at other schools. Are there things that we could build on? Could we speak together to see how we could move these initiatives and important issues forward? Why don't we form a network for social, emotional, and professional support?"
When Duguid approached Kevin F. Hallock, dean of the Cornell SC Johnson College, about forming a network and convening a summit, he liked the idea and was supportive. And when she spoke to three colleagues who had recently taken on similar roles, they were enthusiastic. "It just made sense that we all formalize these conversations that we were having in the background," she says. Those colleagues—Denise Lewin Loyd from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Gies College of Business, Ray Reagans from MIT's Sloan School of Management, and Alexis Smith Washington from Oklahoma State University's Spears School of Business—became Duguid's co-hosts for the summit. And together, over several meetings, they hammered out an agenda for the summit.
A higher profile role: Tenure-track professors as diversity and inclusion leaders
The cohort of diversity and inclusion leaders Duguid convened are also professors. "We wanted the conference to be small, at first, and we were very specific that we wanted tenure-track professors who were taking on these roles," she says. They weren't hard to find, because appointing tenure-track professors to leadership roles is "on the rise," says Duguid.
The SC Johnson College created the position of associate dean of diversity, inclusion and belonging, which Duguid assumed on July 1, 2020, in 2017. "Our Office of Diversity and Inclusion officers actually said, 'We would like to have a tenured faculty member who can attend faculty meetings and amplify what we're seeing and hearing," she says. Many colleges appointed professors to newly established diversity and inclusion leadership positions just this year, in response to the murder of George Floyd, Duguid says. Some of them were already connected via academic networks, including many who knew each other through conferences or through the PhD Project, a nonprofit that seeks to advance workplace diversity by increasing the diversity of business school faculty .
In addition to sharing best practices for addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion challenges and programming, says Duguid, "as professors, we also need to think about research. How do we motivate and spotlight research on these issues? This is one of the reasons we decided to choose this specific population."
Participants share and discuss diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
At the inaugural meeting, the group began by getting to know each other and learning about one another's roles and how they are structured. Next, each participant shared initiatives they are engaged in now or plan to implement to address issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion as these relate to faculty, staff, and students. Then the discussion took deeper dives into bold, creative ideas and initiatives. "Everyone had six minutes to either talk a little bit more about what they are doing, ask questions about other people's initiatives, or get feedback from others on their ideas," Duguid says.
Launching a pre-doc program is one idea that stood out. Pre-docs are paid positions students can apply for after completing their undergraduate degree that enable aspiring young scholars to gain the research experience they need to apply for a PhD. Funding pre-docs and partnering with HBCUs and colleges with a large Latinx population to recruit candidates could help feed the PhD pipeline and, ultimately, lead to greater diversity among faculty.
"It was great to dig a little bit deeper and hear about some really creative things others are doing," Duguid says. "I started off by telling people at the beginning: 'We are here to steal each other's ideas. This is a place where we want to share, because we're not only trying to elevate these issues at our own institutions; this is important across the nation. We want to promote belonging and combat racism at all schools."
Duguid and her co-hosts are collecting feedback from participants to set the agenda for the summit's next meeting on Oct. 23. She anticipates the group will grow in size and continue to meet and exchange ideas on a regular basis.
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Freeport-McMoRan has strong year ahead thanks to copper, gold prices, analyst says
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Increased copper and gold production from Freeport-McMoRan Inc. is expected to coincide with long term strength in prices for both metals into 2021 to boost the mining giant in the coming year, a market analyst says.
That report comes after the Phoenix-based company reported earnings on July 23 that beat analysts' estimates for the second quarter amid challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.
In a note to investors, CFRA Research in New York City maintained a buy opinion on shares of Freeport-McMoRan, increasing its 12-month target price by $3 to $16 and estimating earnings per share of $1.30 in 2021.
Those figures take into consideration escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and China that could reverse copper prices modestly, but that slowdown isn't expected to last beyond the short term, according to Matthew Miller, an equity analyst with CFRA Research.
Freeport-McMoRan reported Q2 earnings of 3 cents per share on a net income of $53 million. Analysts had expected a loss for the quarter, which was marked by a round of dramatic cost-cutting as the company responded to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Director Wes Anderson's next film, titled The Grand Budapest Hotel, won't be out until next year. In the meantime, fans can tide themselves over with this short film/advertisement for Prada Candy L'Eau perfume.
The film, cut into three 90-second segments, tells the tale of a young woman (French actress Lea Seydoux) who is caught in a love triangle. The lighthearted tale features several Anderson hallmarks like '60s rock, diorama-style frame composition and suit-and-tie-wearing twentysomething men. And yes, it's also in French.
Anderson is no stranger to advertising work. As AdFreak recently noted, he's directed at least 10 other ads, all of which bear earmarks of his inimitable style. Well, not that inimitable maybe. Check out this parody imagining Anderson taking on the next Star Wars movie.
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Alisa Nicole Harrison was born on November 28, 1982 in Los Angeles County, California.
Her father's last name is Harrison, and her mother's maiden name is Ruiz. If Alisa is still alive, she's now years old.
Her potential siblings include Ryan (born 1979) and Helen (born 1934).


The open source Spago4Q platform has been used by Consip - a public stock company owned by Italy's Ministry of the Economy and Finance - within the Information Technology services management, supporting the maintenance and evolution of its information systems. Consip's mission is that of managing and developing the Ministry's information systems, providing technological, organizational and process know-how. The company also manages the program for the rationalization of public purchases.
To carry out its activities, Consip avails itself of the collaboration of some IT service suppliers. Spago4Q has allowed the development of a dashboard that supports the constant monitoring of the service levels (Service Level Agreements - SLAs) to be observed by the service providers. Moreover, various quality indicators allow to analyze the physical and economic trend of the supply.
Specifically, Spago4Q periodically collects the data needed to define the SLAs and it monitors the values trend over time, at different levels of detail.
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'Encanto' is truly enchanting (and yes, you will need tissues, again)
Disney brings another magical, musical adventure to cinemas this November.
Deirdre Molumby
Directors: Jared Bush, Byron Howard
Actors: Stephanie Beatriz, Diane Guerrero, John Leguizamo
Release Date: Wednesday 24th November 2021
Genre(s): Animation, Family, Fantasy
The Madrigal family live in an enchanted home in the mountains of Columbia. Each child in the house is bestowed with a magical ability once they come of age – that is except for Mirabel (Stephanie Beatriz), who tries to help around as much as possible, though she is ordinary. When the magic of their home comes under threat, Mirabel takes it upon herself to save the day.
'Encanto' is so immediately colourful, vibrant and dynamic, that you know right away that Disney are onto another winner. The opening song introduces the Madrigal family as Mirabel explains how everyone is related, and who has what power or "gift." Lin-Manuel Miranda has produced another terrific soundtrack with songs that delight, or even bring you to tears, with catchy lyrics that'll have you wanting to sing along in no time.
It's a movie about community and generosity as well as family, as the Madrigals use their gifts to be of service to the local town. In this regard, the song "Surface Pressure" is a phenomenal number, relating the strain of taking on too much, being terrified of letting people down, and feelings of worthlessness if you can't do it all. Thus 'Encanto' continues that Disney trend of producing works that are both magical and highly relatable. The song "Waiting on a Miracle" also breaks your heart, as Mirabel sings about being surrounded by exceptionalism, desperate for it to be her turn to be special.
The film integrates a refugee narrative too that is subtle enough as to be lost on little ones, but it's worthwhile for parents to discuss with their children after the film what it means. It never goes too dark though, and between the manic Bruno (voiced by John Leguizamo), spoilt sister Isabela (Diane Guerrero), moody aunt Pepa (Caroline Gaitán) and adorable Antonio (Ravi-Cabot Conyers), the biggest takeaway from this film is its characters, who you'll no doubt want to revisit after the credits roll.
'Encanto' has a couple of plot holes, and a stronger first than second half, so it might not have quite leapt the bar that the House of Mouse has set. Still, it's a magical adventure that's impossible not to be moved and exhilarated by. Watch it with your family and then give them a big group hug after.
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The Intersection announced that Flyleaf, Drowning Pool and Stars In Stereo were allowing all ages entry for the show. This attracted people young and old alike to show up for the concert. With each minute that went by the line kept getting longer. The line stretched outside the Intersection and down the block.
Throughout the line you could hear people shouting, "Let The Bodies Hit The Floor." You could see many people in the crowd brought their families that enjoy rock and metal music. Even before the first band would perform the stage area was getting packed with people gradually stretching back to the bar area.
While Stars In Stereo was performing people kept pouring in packing the crowd tighter and tighter. People in the crowd must have been texting their friends to show up at the show after hearing how good Stars In Stereo sound.
Stars In Stereo: This band had the tough task of getting the crowd fired up like starting and engine. Stars In Stereo took the crowd by storm with amazing vocals of Bec Hollcraft. Jordan Mcgraw followed with shredding lead guitar.
Justin Siegel brought the thunder with the bass. Ryan McCormick brought the rock with rhythm guitar. Thundering with the drums was Drew Langan.
If you never heard of this band you soon will be hearing of them throughout the United States and the World. Their stage presence and performance was amazing. You could tell how good this band is by how the crowd responds to each song.
Usually people are use to hearing a man sing this song but Bec Hollcraft nailed the song and made it her own for that moment.
All of the songs that Stars In Stereo performed sound amazing live. This band is rising and won't stop rising.
Drowning Pool: Many in the crowd were happy to see Drowning Pool on tour. You could look into the crowd and see people singing along to their favourite songs. The crowd went insane when Drowning Pool came on stage.
Jasen Moreno the lead vocals for Drowning Pool had the tough task of winning over old fans of Drowning Pool. It looked like most of the crowd accepted him with open arms. A mosh pit formed in the middle of the crowd to signify their acceptance of Jasen Moreno.
CJ Pierce shredding on the guitar made the crowd go crazy. Stevie Benton on bass brought the metal thunder shaking everyone listening. Mike Luce on drums follows with his own metal thunder.
The whole crowd liked Drowning Pool thanking the United States troops who have served their country. It's great to hear a crowd applaude the troops in any concert. The last song of their performance was Bodies.
This song made the mosh pit look like a human blender with people bouncing around colliding in chaos. Over all Drowning Pool kept the crowd going for Fly Leaf.
Flyleaf: Kristen May the lead vocals came out on stage belted out and amazed the crowd. Sameer Bhattacharya and Jared Hartmann were shredding on guitar to blow the crowd away. Pat Seals on bass and James Cupepper on drums brought the thunder to shake everyone in the crowd.
Flyleaf had a great stage presence that captured the crowd and sonically shook them around. You could see people in the crowd singing along with their favourite Flyleaf song. They made it fun to be at a concert on a Friday night.
Most of the crowd would see this band over and over again.
Flyleaf, Drowning Pool and Stars In Stereo put on a great show. Bec Hollcraft of Stars In Stereo and Kristen May of Flyleaf had the vocals of an angel but could belt out rock lyrics without a problem. Jasen Moreno of Drowning Pool kept the people going crazy with a mosh pit to create an all around fun show to see.


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The lonely hour(s)
A night time walk around the abandoned city , 8th June 2020
Liverpool Road, heading into town, I wonder why theres no blue plaque for Daniel Craig up on the house he was born. I suppose the residents don't want the publicity or groups of tourists on their drive. Still, would make an interesting entry in an Alternative Tourist Guide to Chester that someone should write one day. For when the tourists come back and that. Hopefully by the time they do, the infamous broken wall/ wild flower garden will be fixed… Onto town with the warming sight of the Town Hall ahead in the sober twilight.
Past the closed down VR centre on Northgate street, a good business while it lasted, but from public apathy and lack of publicity, now gone. Next door the former surgery, once taken over by the homeless protesters, now with its barred windows. The whole block, with 3 distinct architectural styles on show, could be taken over by a super Wetherspoons if the popular Bull and Stirrup expanded sideways. One day it will happen!
Make a Super Wetherspoons
Northgate street is changing as shops prepare to reopen and the city awakes from its enforced slumber. The pavement has been widened to allow social distancing, the red sign feeling like something out of a mirror universe, still surreal as our minds adapt to this totally unexpected world. Perhaps the long held dream Bohemian street drinking and dining might happen, although the week's grim weather forecast might make it short lived.
Storyhouse, the best thing to ever happen to us, silenced (apart from online activities) since March 17th, the advertising board outside still showing the abandoned Spring season. You could always find some comfort in there, or something to tweet about at least. They'll be back.
I step down Hunter Street to look at the Northgate development site. The famous yellow bus shacks are still standing after all this time, and people are still bemoaning the moving of the bus station, 3 years later. The site looks grim, but we are told the construction process is going ahead on the new market and cinema. Chester needs something that's for sure , to get people back into the city. Maybe they could put in a big Laser Quest in to replace the much missed city visitor attraction. Or Roman themed Crazy Golf housed in a big black and white bunker.
Round the back of the old library I notice that someone has broken lockdown to write "SUCK YER MA" in white paint. At least they tried to put a message in rather than those boring egoistic graffiti tags. On the subject of street art, the painted shipping container has gone to another place. There's plenty of areas in the city which could be enhanced with professional looking art, what about the white washed , near death experience themed subways? We'll never learn.
The impressions from the weekend's peaceful and distanced Black Lives Matter protest are still felt in Town Hall square, with the messages of support and defiance attached to a chain fence. The messages are stark and haunting and a reminder that the world has much bigger problems than how any of the things people rant about locally.
I walk past the now closed newsagents, a popular haunt of mine for decades. What will this area look like in a decade ? Earmarked for demolition with the closed down McDonalds and the rest of the ageing 60's bloc, in our dreams it might be city centre housing or a tourist attraction, or not, given the historic pace of change. I cut down the alleyway next to the Dublin Packet and note the Roman Strong room: when all this is over that deserves a bit of attention and focus.
Approaching Watergate street, a man is urinating in the entrance alley. "Sorry mate" he says embarrassed. And then, past the closed down Booth Mansion, closed down Betfred and the now closed down offices of the Chester Standard. Sad to see that one go as I once had a good relationship with the journalists there. But the world is changing and people don't read papers like they used to, everyone binging on instant free data feeds on twitter. The internet, the great leveller. Still, the shiny new Stile Napoletano offers some hope for the new world as soon as diners are allowed to enter the premises.
Empty places, what are we living for ?
Through town I continue, stepping onto the rows ( which will soon be one way) to avoid the pavement scrum outside Five Guys. I walk through the failed dining quarter (Bar and Block Steakhouse coming soon, says an optimistic hoarding) and cut down Albion Street to get onto the walls. Years ago in the first bloom of social media "fame" we stood up here watching the filming of Foyles War, the street mocked up to resemble a 1940's marketplace. In the thick silence memories so easily come to the fore, there was the site where the abandoned car was parked with weeds growing on it etc. Atop the Newgate the Lion looks bored, surveying its kingdom ( another one for the tourist guide) and on the other side Dee House looks a grim as it has done for a decade.
Window of Zugers
The TV screen in the window of Cruise, still on playing its promo videos of care free revellers in an endless pointless cycle. The street is deserted as is Eastgate street, lit up by a golden tinge reflecting on the cobbles. It is a magical view, always.
The last leg of the walk takes me to the Town Hall to see it lit up in support of Black Lives Matter. "Virtue signalling!" shouts an angry tweeter at me but I ignore it.
I stand there alone in the void, listening to the birds, until a man on a scooter goes past, and I can hear every movement of its engine. In our lifetime, there will never be another period like this. The emptiness manages to be beautiful, sad, soothing and distressing at the same time. I wonder what all the city's ghosts are doing to pass the time, have I even become a ghost myself?
Doubling back to leave the city limits, I notice a big sign in the window of GAME ( plus the shop sign has gone) saying they have "moved" to the Coliseum Oddly worded given that the store has been open in the Port for a long time, so nothing has moved, its just another closure, I think Pizza Hut did the same trick years ago. Sad to see but who shopped in there anyway? Another another vacant unit on the city's premium shopping street freed up , but I smile at the news of Home and Bargain applying to take over the old Wilko unit. That will be a decent shot in the arm for Chester and a photo opp with the Lord Mayor and a costumed character, we hope.
As the lockdown eases and fades into the "new normal" we can reflect on how this period has changed us for better or worse. A lot of people did great work for others in the community, a lot of takeaway meals were delivered, and most importantly the NHS staff fought their daily battle for us all. For many of us we consider the lost time and the lost meetings and the lost friends. The anxiety and the days merging into one…but at least we got the money out of our Netflix subscriptions. I smile sadly.
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Tag: Paleontology
In Case You Missed Them
There are a few books I wanted to mention here at the height of the holiday season, not because they're new or even necessarily recent but because, selfishly, I simply wish more people had read them. If you're looking for an extra gift, or just a last-minute surprise, for anyone with an interest in architecture, landscape, archaeology, acoustics, geopolitics, history, and more, here are eight titles to consider.
(1) The Strait Gate: Thresholds and Power in Western History by Daniel Jütte (Yale University Press)—This is an academic work, in both tone and approach, but of the ideal kind: nearly every page had something I wanted to underline, write down, or scramble to look up elsewhere. Put simply, The Strait Gate is a history of the door, but, as Jütte shows, this ultra-quotidian architectural detail—the dividing line between inside and outside—has political, psychological, Constitutional, philosophical, mythological, narrative, cultural, and even material implications that are easy to overlook. Whether it's a controversial order that "all door handles and knobs be removed from homes and shops" so that the metal could be melted down for war materiel, divine gateways as described in the Book of Revelation, or the resonant phenomenon of Torschlusspanik—"panic of gate closure," aka a fear of being locked out—Jütte's book is a superb example of how we can still look at architecture afresh.
(2) The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times by Adrienne Mayor (Princeton University Press)—What did cultures without the benefit of modern scientific knowledge think of the monstrous skeletons and fossilized bones they occasionally unearthed? Quite a lot, as it happens. It turns out that huge chunks of human mythology, including the existence of dragons and the idea of an extinct race of titanic super-human ancestors, can all be traced back to misinterpretations of paleontology. Mayor's writing is casually engaging—even quite funny, at times—and the book's many examples of ancient human societies encountering monstrous, inexplicable, and possibly otherworldly things hidden in the earth stuck with me long after reading it.
(3) The Sound Book: The Science of the Sonic Wonders of the World by Trevor Cox (W.W. Norton)—If you have even a passing interest in sound, this is the book to read. Trevor Cox, an acoustic engineer, introduces readers to sonic phenomena around the world, both naturally occurring and artificially induced, from the frozen surface of Russia's Lake Baikal to Stone Age tombs in rural England. There are examples of sound art, acoustic science, and even landscape-scale auditory effects that easily justify the subtitle, "sonic wonders of the world." This would pair well with David Toop's Ocean of Sound, for those of you interested not just in acoustics but in avant-garde composition and ambient music, as well.
(4) The Tomb of Agamemnon by Cathy Gere (Harvard University Press)—This slim book, part of classicist Mary Beard's excellent (but, sadly, now hibernating) "Wonders of the World" series for Harvard University Press, hit so many sweet spots for me. Author Cathy Gere convincingly shows how Mediterranean archaeological discoveries over the course of the 19th century helped to shape an emerging European mythos of the glories of war and historical empire. These same emphases lent themselves extremely well, however, to tragic and grotesque distortions that soon fed into the twin ideologies of Nazism and 20th-century fascism. Along the way, Gere writes, Classical discoveries misinterpreted by modern biases helped to justify British involvement in World War I. Gere's book includes a brief, beautiful, and monumentally sad description of young, Homer-quoting scholars being shipped off to war to fight a rising evil from the East—only to be annihilated in the sodden trenches of the Somme. The Tomb of Agamemnon is probably one of my favorite ten books of the past decade; no other book I've read in that time conveys the true political stakes of archaeological research and the clear and obvious risks in distorting history for ideological ends.
(5) Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson (Anchor)—It's a little disingenuous to suggest that this widely publicized book has been overlooked, but Lawrence in Arabia is nonetheless an uncannily well-timed history of the post-World War I Middle East and well worth taking the time to read. I was utterly absorbed by it for nearly a week. Part military adventure, part geopolitical biography of Lawrence of Arabia, part soul-crushing alternative history of a region that could have been—complete with agonizing descriptions of the infamous assault on Gallipoli—this book will make you see the entire 20th century differently, up to and including our own century's Iraq War and the rise of ISIS.
(6) Map of a Nation: A Biography of the Ordnance Survey by Rachel Hewitt (Granta)—I mentioned this book in a recent post and I would recommend it again. Map of a Nation tells the story of the British Ordnance Survey, the institute's original geopolitical context, and the experimental cartographic tools it used to make its imperial surveys more accurate. For anyone interested in geography, maps, landscape, or British history, Hewitt's book is a must-read.
(7) Exploding the Phone by Phil Lapsley (Grove/Atlantic)—You don't need to be interested in the wonkish details of the telephone system to be amazed by the weirdness of Exploding the Phone, Phil Lapsley's introduction to so-called phone phreaking. On one level, it's a story of bored teenagers using synthesized sound and DIY home electronics to hack the global telephone network; on another, it's a story with hugely metaphoric, almost occult undertones. The phone system's diffuse and labyrinthine system of "inward operators," robotic mechanical test numbers, and secret military phone exchanges—to name only a few ingredients—takes on the air of something invented by Alan Moore or Grant Morrison: teens encountering a world of numerological connection and mechanical intelligence through handheld receivers in the long afternoons of the 1960s and 70s. So good.
(8) Sealab: America's Forgotten Quest to Live and Work on the Ocean Floor by Ben Hellwarth (Simon & Schuster)—The only thing that makes me pause before recommending Ben Hellwarth's Sealab right now is that a brand new paperback edition is due out in June 2017; but, that aside, I heartily endorse this one. Imagine Archigram teaming up with a secretive branch of the U.S. military to invent an utterly bonkers new version of human civilization on the ocean floor, and you've roughly pictured what this book is about. Whether it's describing what were, in effect, moon bases at the bottom of the sea or bizarre experiments with farm animals, submerged ecological research stations or Cold War espionage in the Sea of Okhotsk, Sealab is as much outsider architectural history as it is a maritime geopolitical thriller. At the very least, preorder the forthcoming paperback if you want to wait before diving in.
Finally, it's super-obnoxious to end with my own book, but if you're looking for something to read this winter—or if you need a gift for someone who can be hard to shop for—consider picking up a copy of A Burglar's Guide to the City. It's a mix of true crime, architectural theory, and first-person reporting, from a Chicago lock-picking club to flying with the LAPD's Air Support Division, from an architect who became the most prolific bank robber of the 19th century to fake apartments run by the British police. A Burglar's Guide includes interviews with a Toronto burglar known for using the city's fire code to help pick his next target, with renowned architect Bernard Tschumi, with game designers, and with FBI Special Agents, among others, and the whole thing is currently being adapted for TV by CBS Studios. Check it out, if you get the chance and let me know what you think.
Author Geoff ManaughPosted on December 12, 2016 December 16, 2016 Categories BLDGBLOGTags Acoustics, Adrienne Mayor, Archaeology, Ben Hellwarth, Books, Cathy Gere, Classics, Daniel Jütte, David Toop, Diving, Espionage, Fossils, Geopolitics, Landscape, Lawrence of Arabia, Mapping, Mary Beard, Mythology, Ordnance Survey, Paleontology, Phil Lapsley, Phone Phreaking, Rachel Hewitt, Scott Anderson, Sound, Telephones, Trevor Cox, Underwater, World War I7 Comments on In Case You Missed Them
There's a great story by Ed Yong over at The Atlantic about the fact that, as he explained on Twitter, "hundreds of undiscovered species lurk in the drawers of museums." Natural history collections, Yong writes, are actually "time capsules that contain records of past ecosystems that are rapidly changing or disappearing. They are archives that provide clues about raging epidemics, environmental pollution, and hidden extinctions. And they are full of unknown species—like the sacred crocodile." Check it out. If you like natural history museums as much as I do, meanwhile, you might also enjoy Richard Fortey's book, Dry Storeroom No. 1: The Secret Life of the Natural History Museum.
Author Geoff ManaughPosted on February 8, 2016 May 22, 2016 Categories BLDGBLOGTags Archives, Biology, Ed Yong, Extinction, Life, Museums, Natural History, Natural History Museums, Paleontology, Richard Fortey, Species, Taxidermy1 Comment on Time Capsules
Bones of the Gigantomachy
In her excellent book The First Fossil Hunters, author Adrienne Mayor explains how Classical myths of giants, dragons, titans, heroes, and other ill-formed monstrous beings often stemmed from a misunderstanding of the fossil record. It was not at all infrequent for people of the time to have "striking personal experiences with giant skeletons that weathered out of the ground in Asia Minor," Mayor writes, a place "where strange and immense skeletons emerge from the sand." And, with no particular reason to assemble all those gigantic bones into animal forms with which humans had no direct experience, the bones were, instead, simply fashioned together to form titanic heroes. Gods on earth. Monstrous ancestry.
A mastodon skeleton, for instance, seen here in its proper assembly—
[Image: From The First Fossil Hunters by Adrienne Mayor].
—was pieced together, instead, with Herculean proportions, towering over the human figure beside it.
Heroes, titans, giants: eventually, in a time before human history, Mayor explains, a mythic war between the oversized dwellers of the Earth and the Gods themselves took place, called the Gigantomachy. Explosive battles left incomprehensible body parts scattered all over the land masses, where they were gradually buried by sand or stratigraphically entombed inside rocky cliffs.
Then humans came along, unversed in today's anatomical principles, and assembled these giant bones into a lost and mutant history for themselves. And there you have Hercules, for instance, a mutant being accidentally assembled from the remnant skeletons of other creatures.
Author Geoff ManaughPosted on October 13, 2010 November 22, 2021 Categories BLDGBLOGTags Adrienne Mayor, Bones, Books, Folklore, Giants, Gigantomachy, Hercules, Mythology, Paleontology, Titans4 Comments on Bones of the Gigantomachy
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Q: min method in java keeps returning 0 after entering four values The code I'm posting is actually a class of the tester code.  This is where I think the error is occurring, even though the output is not producing an error message.  The Math.min method is showing zero after four values are inputted.  It should show the smallest value of the four values.  What should I do?  Do I need to add lines or move lines?
public class DataSetMaxMin
{
   private int value;
   private int count;
   private int maxValue;
   private int minValue;

   public DataSetMaxMin()
   {
      value = 0;
      count = 0;
      maxValue = 0;
      minValue = 0;
   }

   public void addValue (int theValue)
   {
      count++;
      this.maxValue = Math.max(this.maxValue, theValue);
      this.minValue = Math.min(this.minValue, theValue);
   }

   public int getLargest()
   {
      return this.maxValue;
   }

   public int getSmallest()
   {
      return this.minValue;
   }
}

The tester program adds four values using addValue(). So if I enter 25, 15, 35, and 65, I'd expect the code to return the largest value 65 and the smallest value 15.
The actual result I get is 65 for the largest value and 0 for the smallest value.

A: due to the fact that minValue is set to the value 0, it means if you perform Math.min(this.minValue, theValue); the return value of this function call will always be 0 apart from when theValue is less than zero. to overcome the problem, change the minValue field from:
private int minValue;

to:
private int minValue = Integer.MAX_VALUE;

or better set both fields to:
private int maxValue = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
private int minValue = Integer.MAX_VALUE;

Also, the initialisations within the constructor were redundant, and are now wrong. You can remove the constructor entirely.

A: It's because you already call minValue=0 at the beginning. Simply say: minValue=Integer.MaxValue; and maxValue=Integer.MinValue;

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Q: Compile C program in Linux with different glibc library I have a firewall appliance base on linux that have glibc-2.3.4, and have not gcc to compile a program for that.
when I compile a program by another linux machine, error message says:

require glibc.x.x.x

How can I compile a c program in another linux machine for that version of glibc?

A: Generally you have to use the proper building environment which contains all target libraries with the needed or compatible versions. The difference between libc variants is not only in linked library name itself. For example, required configuration files can differ. Some interfaces can be provided with header-level inline wrappers which mutated between versions. It's generally safe to run a binary with a newer library version, but not with an older one.
But, if you have a development package of the target libc installed additionally to your system, you could build a binary directly with it using -nostdinc and -nostdlib switches (or call a linker explicitly), and specifying required libraries explicitly. The example could be got from gcc -v output. From my system, it's final linker command:

/usr/bin/ld --eh-frame-hdr -V -dynamic-linker /libexec/ld-elf.so.1 \
  -o t /usr/lib/crt1.o /usr/lib/crti.o /usr/lib/crtbegin.o \
  -L/usr/lib -L/usr/lib /tmp//ccCb5j33.o -lgcc --as-needed -lgcc_s \
  --no-as-needed -lc -lgcc --as-needed -lgcc_s --no-as-needed \
  /usr/lib/crtend.o /usr/lib/crtn.o

Depending on target libc specifics, you should replace some of these instructions to another ones. Especially, startup (crt1.o and crti.o), cleanup (crtend.o, crtn.o), the libc itself (explicit path instead of -lc) shall be replaced; optionally, the same should meet dynamic linker.
P.S. I see this is too old question but it has been reedited just now:)

A: The apbuild-apgcc tool sets things up to link against older versions of the glibc symbols.


To judge by the breathless media reports, Pope Francis's comments this week about the compatibility of evolution and religion signaled a sea change in Catholic teaching. "[God] created human beings and let them develop according to the internal laws that he gave to each one so they would reach their fulfillment," the popular pontiff said, adding that "evolution in nature is not inconsistent with the notion of creation, because evolution requires the creation of beings that evolve." New York quickly labeled Francis's words "shockingly progressive" and a "bombshell." The Daily Beast dubbed them "a small step into a brave new world for Catholics," while Salon celebrated "a leap forward for the Catholic Church." Smithsonian declared Francis had repudiated the "creationist- and intelligent design-leaning views of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI," as did Jezebel.
There's just one small problem with this narrative: the Catholic Church and its Popes have had little quarrel with evolution for decades. Way back in 1950, Pope Pius XII published an encyclical stating that "the Teaching Authority of the Church does not forbid that, in conformity with the present state of human sciences and sacred theology, research and discussions, on the part of men experienced in both fields, take place with regard to the doctrine of evolution." Pius cautioned that evolution had not yet been proven, but said it did not intrinsically conflict with Catholic doctrine, so long as one continued to believe in the divinity of the soul. Notably, this declaration was made when anti-evolution statutes were still on the books in multiple American states, and at a time when, "in response to sensitivity about the topic, national textbook writers became increasingly less dogmatic in their presentation of Darwinism," as Edward Larson recounts in his Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the Scopes Trial. So the Church's stand was far from uncontroversial.
In other words, when journalists and commentators condescendingly congratulate the Catholic Church for getting over its ignorance, they are in fact exposing their own. Why did some in the media get this story so incredibly wrong? Part of it is simply a lack of grounding in Catholic religious history that extends beyond the trial of Galileo. That episode, while familiar to any middle schooler, is far from the entire story when it comes to the Church's relationship with science, but often leads the less knowledgeable to presume the two to be in perpetual conflict.
The press's evolution errors are not just a journalistic failure because they misreport the past. They also short-circuit an important conversation about the Church's future. Such ignorance impedes the press from posing tougher and more interesting questions to the Church about evolution and its theological implications, many of which it has yet to officially address. How does Catholicism reconcile its belief in a benevolent creator with a creation governed by the often-cruel process of survival of the fittest? If evolution is true, and man evolved from prior forms of life, how does that impact the Genesis account of the Garden of Eden? How literally should it be taken? Both Catholic and Jewish thinkers have gestured towards these quandaries, but there is far more work to be done. Yet as long as the media is still caught up relitigating whether the Church even accepts evolution, it will never get around to raising them. Consumers of religion reporting–Catholics and non-Catholics alike—deserve better.


Mogens Helge Thestrup Andersen (1916 -*) Painter. Decoration for RC of the Annual egg 1975, vases and jars in bisquit with transfer print 1977-1978. Worked as early as 1973 for RC.
Gerd Bogelund (1923-1987) Ceramicist. An artist-in-residence at RC Factory since 1946. Worked a couple of years with Nathalie Krebs at Saxbo 1943. Most of her works is stoneware - but she also did porcelain pieces.
Jens Vilhelm Dahlerup (1836-1907) Arcitect. Designed for Aluminia in 1876.
Vilhelm Theodor Fischer, (1857-1928) Painter and sculptor. At RC Factory 1894-1928 signing underglaze painter 1894-1928. Sea eagle 1919.
Julius Vilhelm Guldbrandsen (1869 - 1908) Painter. Signinhg underglaze artist at RC Factory 1902-1908.
Vilhelm Hansen (1824-1898) Painter. 1839 -1894 at RC Factory. Decorating vases and dinnerware.
Nikolaj Kampmann Harald Henriksen (1883-1960) Painter. At Royal Copenhagen 1912-1930. Signing underglaze painter.
Hans Christian Joachim (1870 -1943) Painter and ceramic artist. The widow of P.Ipsen art pottery in the 1890s. Aluminia 1901 where he became Artistic director 1911. Artistic director at RC Factory 1922-33.
Carl Edward Knud Kyhn (1880-1969), painter and sculptor, RC Factory in periods: 1903-1910; 1924-1932 and 1936- 1967. Herman A Kahler, Naestved 1920-1924. Bing & Grondahl 1908-1915 and 1933-1935.
Valdemar Ernst Køje (1872- 1960), Painter. Brogetmaler 1903-08 at Royal Copenhagen.
Axel Thilson Locher (1879-1941) Sculptor. At B&G 1897 -1900. Figurines to Royal Copenhagen in 1913.
Theodor Madsen (1880-1965) Sculptor. At Royal Copenhagen 1896 - 1936. Designed more than 61 animal figurines.
Johannes Franz Arno Malinowski (1899-1976) Sculptor. At Royal Copenhagen from 1921 - 1936.
Peter Elias Petersen (1859-1950) Painter. 1892 -1896 at Royal Copenhagen. At B&G ? 1928 ?
Gerd Hiort Petersen. Ceramicist at RC.
Dag Samsung (1949 - ) Painter. Design of plates.
Philip Schou (?-?) Director of Aluminia from 1868 and later RC.
Marie Myre Vasegaard (1936) Ceramicist. At Bing & Grondahl 1955-1959.
Siegfried Wagner (1874 - 1952). Sculptor. Models of chess figurines for RC 1913. Signing artist for BG.


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Fallen Leaves (October 29)
Lud-en-Brume -- Illustrated!
The Second Thing To Do After You Make Your First S...
Jack-O-Turnip
It Always Snows on Robert Sheckley's Grave
dream diary [October 22, 2015]
A Simple Exercise To Improve Your Prose Style
Protecting Yourself From A Martini Snob
Throngs of New York
TODAY At New York Comic Con!!!
Fallen Leaves (October 9)
A Day Well Wasted With F&SF
My Capclave Schedule -- Also A LOT Of Baking Soda
The Pyramid of Krakow
"Once It's Over Life Is No Big Deal"
Look what came in the mail! It's Lud-en-Brume, a new French edition of Hope Mirrlees' fantasy classic, Lud-in-the-Mist. Better yet, it's fully illustrated with some eighteen ink-wash (I'm guessing) drawings by artist Hugo de Faucompret. The illustrations are, by my interpretation, not of the sedate surface of Dorimare and environs but of the wildness that lies underneath all existence in Mirlees' universe.
This book, from Editions Callidor, is the first illustrated version of Lud-in-the-Mist ever and a real treat for Francophone fantasy lovers. It part of the L'Age d'or de la fantasy, a series that (so far) also includes Le Loupe des steppes, Vol. 1 by Harold Lamb and Les Habitants de mirage by A. Merritt.
Kudos to editor Thierry Fraysse for making all this happen.
Cover above and representative illustration below.
And where, you ask, is Ask Unca Mike...?
Ask Unca Mike is on hiatus until such time as new questions are received.
"I Lived My Life For Lust"
The Second Thing To Do After You Make Your First Sale
This post is addressed at as-yet-unpublished writers.
Sometime in your future your first professional sale is going to appear in print. The absolute first thing you're going to do is whoop loudly, jump up and down, fling things about, grab the nearest person of appropriate gender and attractiveness and plant a big kiss on his or her lips, brag to all your friends, call your mother, explain to her why it's a big deal, accept her congratulations, get drunk (unless you're a teetotaler, in which case you'll go wild by pouring yourself an extra cup of Lhasa Apso), dance, sing, make a nuisance of yourself, and roll into bed either alone or not depending entirely on personal preferences.
Yes, the whole sticky mess of reaction may be considered one thing because, let's be honest, it's all of a piece.
The second thing you should do is to start a bibliography.
I know this sounds silly, but trust me. Look up the formatting, write your name at the top of a blank sheet of paper, and below it type the information. As for example:
"The Last Smurf", Lazarus Long, ed., Dangerous Smurfs, NY: Tor, 2016.
Only not in italics, of course.
For a terrible bleak instant, your first publication is going to look pretty pathetic. One bare line on a vast expanse of white. Suppress that feeling. Print out a copy, file it where you can find it, and save the electronic file. Not long after (because you are a particularly fine writer), the story is picked up for a resale anthology. Now your entry looks like this:
Reprinted in: Ender Wiggins, ed., Smurfs of Wonder,
San Francisco: Toad Press, 2017.
A year passes, during which you've sold another story, and your maiden effort has been reprinted in a best of the year anthology and translated into Elbonian. Meanwhile you've sold another two stories. Now your bibliography looks like this:
"The Animus of Inwit", Bisson's Science Fiction, Vol. 25: Nos. 10 & 11,
October/November, 2017.
Genly Ai and Hari Seldon, eds., Year's Best Smurfs, NY:
Albuterol, 2017.
Translated as: "Zygnadj Szmrf", Wznstn Szmth. ed., Smrgf
Oof, Gyznyd, Elbonia: Yngvy Press, 2018
"Son of the Last Smurf", Susan Calvin, ed., Again Dangerous
Smurfs, NY: Tor, 2016.
Now you're getting somewhere! More importantly, since you've only got one entry to make at a time, the task of assembling a comprehensive and reliable bibliography is an snap.
Provided only that you made it the second thing you did after after receiving your first publication in the mail.
Above: A flower. For you. In honor of your first professional sale.
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"I Flew Halfway Across The Forest"
There are so many serious things I could post about today...
But the heck with that! Samhain is coming!
In honor of my Irish ancestors, I carved a jack-o-lantern the same way they would have -- out of a turnip. The hollowing out and carving of faces into roots and gourds of various types is, I remind you, a Celtic invention, and one that goes way back. Don't you go believing any of that malarky the Web will tell you about Stingy Jack, either. The original story is a terrifying one and not to be shared with children.
It turns out that carving a turnip is not as difficult a task as you might think. I'm definitely adding it to my Halloween repertoire. In fact, as of now, it's an official household tradition.
If you're crafty, you might want to consider doing this yourself. Get as big a turnip and as small a candle as you can.
Enjoy the holiday! Don't let the boggles get you. And remember to keep a stone with a hole in it with you at all times, as a charm against glamour.
"I Was A Poet -- It Made No Difference"
"Let Me Be Reborn As An Ax"
"All I Could Do Was Sigh"
Science fiction and fantasy writers are a group are extraordinarily generous with advice to new writers. A moment's thought, however, reveals that this is just encouraging talented young people to occupy the publishing niches and win the awards that would otherwise go to to us Old Hands. Ask Unca Mike is an attempt to rectify this deplorable situation.
Cutting to the Chase
What good is science fiction?
Money. Through hard work and sheer brilliance, Unca Mike manages to earn the same kind of money that he could have made working as an accountant. But it goes beyond that. Every now and then, a science fiction story is picked up for a movie or television series, and that pays the salaries of some very expensive producers, directors, and actors -- to say nothing (or at least quite a bit less) those of the cameramen, electricians, caterers, and script writers. Even better, if the show is a success, it can go on for decades, spinning off other movies, other series, novelizations, video games, ceramic figurines, toys, bath towels... Is there an object yet which has not been re-branded by Star Wars or Star Trek? Probably not. So, again, the answer to your question is: Money, great big gobs of the stuff.
Unless you're the original creator. In that case, as I said, you'll be lucky to pull down the salary of an accountant. Philip K. Dick did a lot worse.
If you have a question for Unca Mike you can post it below. Or write to AskUncaMike ("at" sign) gmail.com. I'll respond to those I have the best answers for.
Ask Unca Mike appears here on Fridays.
"I Wanted To Be More Than Just A Leaf"
Last Sunday, I was in the Hudson Valley, visiting family, so I made a pilgrimage to Robert Sheckley's grave in the Artists Cemetery in Woodstock. Sheckley was one of the giants of science fiction in his day, largely forgotten in his own land, but still revered in Russia.
This was not my first attempt to visit the grave. A year ago last March, I went there but could not locate the grave because it was covered in snow. Here's what I wrote then:
Eight years ago, on a dark and bitterly cold day I drove from Philadelphia to Kingston, NY, to attend Sheckley's funeral. It was an extraordinary event. Three of his ex-wives were in attendance and a fourth sent her regrets that she was unable to make the trip. His daughter, noted writer Alisa Kwitney gave a loving and moving memorial that began with the words "Robert Sheckley was a terrible father." Barry Malzberg made an extempore speech that was one of the best things I've ever heard, a genuine work of literary art.
I got up then and said a few words on behalf of the Russian people. This may seem a little cheeky of me, but I knew his readers there would want to be represented. Sheckley -- and his clear-eyed, razor-edged satiric humor -- were big as big in that part of the world. When he collapsed in Kiev, months before his death, it was front-page news in Pravda.
Some years before -- and I was lucky enough to be able to tell the man this in person -- I was guest of honor at Aelita, Russia's oldest SF convention, in Ekaterinburg. This was a year after Robert Sheckley was goh. During the press conference, organizer Boris Dolingo was asked how the attendance numbers compared to the previous year's. Looking directly into the television cameras, he said, "Swanwick is a writer. Sheckley is a god."
Bob liked hearing that. And at his funeral, his family were glad as well.
It was snowing when Marianne and I found Sheckley's grave. In my experience, it's always snowing when you go to visit Robert Sheckley's grave. I had no flowers, so I drew a heart on a leaf and left it on the stone
I apologize for being a day late with Wednesday's post. I've got a lot on my to-do list these days.
Above: Marianne placing a pebble on Robert Sheckley's grave.
I went to the cafeteria of the educational institution where I either worked or was a student for breakfast. The only thing they were offering was brie on toast, which was tasty but not filling.
Curious as to what time it was in the waking world, I awoke and checked my phone. It was 7:05 a.m. so I willed myself back to sleep. As soon as I did, the cafeteria workers showed me a single-spaced typed list of what foods they were offering at what times. According to the schedule, the foods changed every few minutes.
Some time later, my dreams returned again to the cafeteria, where they offered me palladium on toast. Even dreaming, however, I knew it would be a bad idea to eat palladium, so I forced myself awake. Half an hour had passed, and I decided to get up.
"At Least I Wasn't A Willow Leaf"
"Whom Storms Could Not Fell, Age Did"
"I Fluttered To The Beat Of A Different Drummer"
Today's post is for gonnabe writers and, to a lesser degree, new writers. My apologies to everybody else.
Let's take a cold, hard look at your prose. It's not as good as you wish it were. Otherwise, you wouldn't be bothering to read this. There are a lot of complicated and/or difficult ways to improve it.
Here's a simple one.
Print out a full double-spaced page of something you're currently working on but unhappy with the sound of.
Done? Okay. Get out a highlighter, the kind that you use or used to mark up textbooks for purposes of study.
Got it? Great! Now mark every word in your text which refers to something tangible, something that can be touched or seen, or even smelled. "World" or "lemon" or "bathtub," but not "beauty" or "concept" or "feeling."
The brighter your page, the more vivid, the more tangible your prose. The dimmer, the duller.
Here's the thing: Primary words move us. Secondary and tertiary words do not; their purpose is basically structural. Words like "and," "or," "however," and "since" are like lumps of clay. They hold the bright words together but, like the grotting in a tile floor, do not excite our admiration.
Nor does a phrase like "excite our admiration" catch the eye like "pour honey on golden toast." It may be necessary for the sense of your passage, in which case it should not be discarded. Clay has its uses, as does grotting. But it's the primary words that will bring your prose to life.
And, yes...
You can do this exercise with verbs and adjectives. But that's only if the first exercise is of use to you. Not every exercise is of use to every writer. Seek out those which are of use to you and disregard the rest.
My apologies for posting this so late in the day... as always, I was on the road.
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"I Was A Fool For Love"
"I Was The Greenest Leaf Of Spring"
I dreamed of a college teacher, unhappy with his society, who discovered a way to phase from his world into a parallel society. As a necessary consequence, the process turned him into a woman. This angered her students and college administration, but she escaped before they could do anything about it.
The new society was better but far from perfect. For a time, the teacher was a local celebrity, a woman who was semi-tranparent and not entirely there. But as she solidified, they took her presence for granted.
In short order, the new woman learned the basics of dress and makeup. But she didn't know the nuances of being a woman in her new society, so she never fit in well.
Once, she had sex with another woman, but the experience made her feel uncomfortable with herself afterward. Another time, she got very drunk and had sex with a man. That too was unsatisfactory. She was, she realized, neither straight nor gay, but an ungendered woman.
Sometimes, she masturbated, weeping for loneliness.
Finally, she decided to move on to the next society. She confided to a male colleague that she had an intuition the next society would be far better than this one."
"Woman's intuition?" he asked, amused.
"No," she said. "Just intuition."
"Let The Young Follow My Example"
Three Characters In Search of a Paycheck
Hey Unca Mike!
Working on a story where three characters are each doing their own thing, and it all comes together in the end. How do you balance their page counts? It always seems like one is always dominating the story, or falling into the background. Any tips?
Future Trilogist
You bet! Remember that you're being paid by the word and write your story three times, with a different protagonist for each version. Michael Moorcock did this once for a trilogy in which Elic of Melnibone, the Eternal Champion, and I think it may have been Hawkmoon go questing together in order to save the universe. The beauty part of this scheme (as Hemingway would have put it) was that only the opening and closing sections were original to each book. The body of the adventure was word for word unchanged.
Moorcock is a genius. Go thou and do likewise.
"In Life
Inseparable"
"I Died A Virgin"
Let's imagine you find yourself cornered at a party or a convention or, indeed, any other social event by a Martini Snob. You know the type... an insufferable pedant, full of trivia about the history of that noble drink, and pronouncements from on high as to exactly what is and is not a Martini. Someone like (cough) me.
You'll want to put the dastard in his place, of course. But given his (it's always a him, isn't it?) superior knowledge of a subject you never felt the least inclination to investigate, how?
Wait for a brief lull in the torrent of words -- even the most long-winded has to stop to take a breath -- and ask, "Do you prefer your Martinis shaken or stirred?"
Nine times out of ten, the Martini Snob will draw himself up and haughtily declaim, "Shaken, of course!" Because if one doesn't chill the Martini by shaking, there is no excuse for collecting shakers.
"Ah," you'll say. "Interesting."
"Interesting? How so?" the Martini Snob will ask suspiciously.
"Because you express a disdain for Martini-like drinks and yet that's exactly what you're drinking -- not a proper Martini, but a Bradford."
Nonsense will come out of the Martini Snob's mouth. He may even sputter. But you will endure it all with a saintly smile. Then, when he finally comes to a stop, you'll whip out your smartphone and suggest that he look it up.
Yes, technically speaking a proper Martini is always stirred, not shaken. Putting the fixings in a shaker and giving it a good rattling magically transforms it into a Bradford.
That's "technically," of course. Nobody uses the term in polite company. Save for the poor soul who's been cornered by a Martini Snob.
So do I use the term myself...?
No, of course not. Whenever I fix a cold, steely Martini, I employ a cocktail shaker. And afterwards I completely eschew the term Bradford for the more dignified moniker of Martini. But I know it's wrong. Very, very wrong.
Wrong in the same way that some of the sexual practices you enjoy so much are wrong.
"Just As I Was About To Achieve Enlightenment"
"I Had A Good Life --
This, I Guess, Is The Price"
I spent Sunday at the New York Comic Con, autographing copies of Chasing the Phoenix, and at times all I could think of was the line from Don DeLillo's Mao II, "The future belongs to crowds." There were a lot of of people there. Last year racked up over 150,000 distinct visitors and since this year's con was sold out months ago, I can't imagine there were any fewer this time around.
Here's the thing, though. DeLillo's novel, first published in 1991, was a dark meditation on the death of liberal humanist values -- privacy, the primacy of the individual, literature, personal agency, and so on. And in the crowds of people paying for the privilege of being allowed to buy into corporately branded fantasies, you could certainly see something like that, if you chose.
But it didn't look like that from the floor.
There were some superficially positive things -- a nice mix of skin colors, the fact that women and girls were far from a rarity -- that you could write off as irrelevant. But so many of those people looked to be having fun in a way that didn't seem to have anything to do with herd mentality. Parents brought their children. A lot of those children came in costume. And sometimes the parents wore costumes too.
It was striking how many people were in costume. It seemed obvious to me that this was their way of emphasizing that however the exhibitors might see the event, it was not for them a solely commercial operation. They were there to celebrate their love of popular culture.
It wasn't a crowd in the sense of DiLillo's despairing vision, mindless and controlled, but something more democratic, and more joyful. All those values that intellectuals were despairing of were in full play -- only focused not on winners of the Penn/Faulkner Award but on Deadpool and Buffy and Power Rangers Dino Charge.
Of taste and scent, no argument," as Avram Davidson liked to say. You can make grumpy noises that, really, people out to have more elevated tastes than they do. But you can't argue with joy.
Above: But it really was very crowded.
"I Should Have Gone For Tenure"
I'll be at the NYCC today. If you're there, why not say Hi?
There are two events:
A signing at Noon (booth 2223).
A panel, GET OUT OF YOUR CHAIR AND OFF THE PLANET in the afternoon.
It should be fun. I'm looking forward to it.
"MEMENTO MORI"
"I Lived
I Loved
I Died"
A Real Quandary
Dear Unca Mike,
This is a real quandary. I have always shied away from mass-market bestselling science fiction. I've always preferred writers like (if anyone could be like) Lafferty, Hughart, Swanwick, Waldrop, etc. Yet, I am reading The Martian right now and loving it. Why? It is a bestseller, is being made into an immensely popular movie. Worse yet, it has a storyline that might even make the puppies happy (or at least less sad for a brief moment). It is a story about a clever guy doing clever things in space to get himself out of improbable deadly situations. It should read like a piece of "Golden Age" pulp, yet I can't put it down, and I'm really enjoying reading it. Is it actually a good book, or am I failing at being a literary snob?
-Perplexed
"Had I Known Death Would Be So Common
I'd Have Died Sooner -- And Avoided The Rush"
"I Leave A Vacancy That Can Never Be Filled"
"I Was Guilty of Every Crime A Leaf Could Possibly Commit"
I had an idylic afternoon the other day, sitting in the back yard with Marianne and brushing and blowing out the baking soda from hundreds of copies of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction that had been de-mildewing in plastic bags for most of a year. These included every issue of the magazine from volume one (when it briefly was The Magazine of Fantasy) to somewhere in the Nineteen-Seventies.
The reason I was doing this was irrelevant (but if you're curious, go back a few days and you'll find it). What matters is that it was a bright blue October day and as we worked, we kept admiring the contents of the magazines. Chesley Bonestell covers! Gahan Wilson cartoons! Original fiction by P. G. Wodehouse and Robert Graves and Truman Capote! Stories by pretty much every major science fiction writer of the times! Some of which were classics. Heinlein's "--All You Zombies--"! Tiptree's "And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side..."
There were also review columns by so stellar a run of writers that if I tried to list them all, I'd be sure to leave someone out, so I'll refrain. And strange one-offs like Samuel R. Delany's review of Stanley Kubrick's 2001.
Plus, of course, the odd pleasure of finding an intriguing story by somebody you've never heard of and dipping into it to see if the author's obscurity is deserved or not.
I won't pretend I didn't stop to read from time to time. It was a lovely way to squander most of a day.
And a lovely reminder of what a distinguished ornament to our culture F&SF has been.
Which reminds me that Gordon Van Gelder, publisher and former editor of F&SF, will be guest of honor at Capclave this weekend. Going to hear him would be a good way to pay homage to the magazine.
Or you could simply subscribe.
I'll be at Capclave too, on Friday and Saturday. If you're there, be sure to say hello.
Above: Also the occasional Hannes Bok cover.
"This Didn't Turn Out The Way I'd Planned"
"Let Me Nourish The Roots Of The Tree I Loved"
I'll be spending much of today shaking baking soda out of old copies of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. That's because Capclave is this weekend and one of its guests of honor is Gordon Van Gelder.
I see that I haven't done a very good job of explaining myself.
Okay, it goes like this: Last year I was contacted by a man who was downsizing his possessions and needed to find someone who could use a twenty-some year run of F&SF, starting from the first issue. Confident I could find somebody, I agreed to take them off his hands. We're talking several boxes here. Only, when I got home I discovered that they were all mildewed. So I sprinkled them inside and out with baking powder, sealed them in plastic bags, and set them aside for a few months to cure.
Meanwhile, I determined that Gordon, who is not only the owner/publisher and for many years (before Charles Finlay took over) editor of F&SF, but a friend of long standing, had a use for extra copies of his magazine. So I'll be hauling many, many copies south over the weekend.
Meanwhile, I'll be standing in the back yard, looking dustier and dustier.
And my schedule....
Here' are the panels I'll be on this weekend. I won't be at the con on Sunday because of multiple scheduling conflicts. If you have to miss a day of one of your favorite conventions, multiple scheduling conflicts is one of the better reasons.
Friday 4 PM-4:50 PM Alternatives to the High Fantasy Epic
Friday 9 PM-9:50 PM Worldbuilding Your Systems of Magic
Saturday 2 PM-2:50 PM Alternate History – Why Are Some Periods More Favored?
Saturday 4 PM-4:50 PM Non-Western Influences In Fantasy
And not that anybody's keeping track but...
Yesterday's photo for the Falling Leaves project was actually posted today. I had computer problems, now fixed. I don't anticipate any more glitches of this kind in the near-month to come.


Among the all the peoples of ancient Scotland, the first to use the name Barre were the Strathclyde- Britons. It was a name for someone who lived in Ayrshire, where the family was found since the early Middle Ages. It is generally thought to have been a habitational name, taken on from any of various place names in southwestern Scotland, in particular in Ayrshire and Renfrewshire. These place names derive from the Gaelic word barr, meaning "height," or "hill."
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Barre research.
Another 124 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1590, 1551, 1554, 1565, 1600, 1612, 1686, 1600 and are included under the topic Early Barre History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
The variation in the spelling of Medieval names is a result of the lack of spelling rules in the English language prior to the last few hundred years. Before that time, scribes spelled according to sound, often varying the spelling of name within a single document. Barre has appeared as Barr, Barre and others.
More information is included under the topic Early Barre Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Some of the Barre family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.


The Council has been notified that Seacombe Community Centre is to be demolished (its Council owned anyway).
Although no planning permission for development has been applied for, the Council have expressed interest in care housing etc being built there.
It is located in Ferry View Road, between the Kingsway ventilation tower, Lowry Bank and the prom. I presume originally the building was a primary school though I can't find any record of this.
Last time I heard about this place is was actively getting regenerated around 2014/15 or so and I believe some people were still trying to keep it open recently.
I notice the Five Bars Rest has now become Seacombe Social Club which perhaps hasn't helped.
Will watch with interest. A week ago today Councillor Chris Jones, at Seacombe L.P branch meeting stated that 'we are looking at re-opening the COSA'.
The Seacombe Community Centre is more of a 'Pub. Although I noticed on Facebook that they have introduced a Community Shop. The old Salvation Army on Poulton Road has the same.
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On a poor copy of the 1954 OS map, it looks like the words 'Employment Exchange' are over that building, but it is a guess as it is very hard to make out. Perhaps someone else can see it on a better copy than mine..
I vaguely remember hearing that somewhere? I think it was a laundrette in the 80's and 90s too.
Councillor Chris Jones said earlier that the COSA was ear-marked for demolition, by the Council. It is in a state of dis-repair- on the verge of dangerous to enter.
However, there is now an 'agency' interested in the building- to use it for 'community purposes'. The building will not be sold. She said.
(In other news, planning permission to turn the former Elmees into 9 bed-sits- 3, yes THREE where to be in the shop space :shock: has been refused. Can anybody familiar with Elmees visualise 3 bed-sits in that space)?