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VICE Loves Magnum
Peter Marlow's Incredible Photos of Eerie Crises
Peter Marlow's career has covered everything from news photography and war reporting to street photography and a much-lauded collection of portraits. I spoke to him about spotting the moments and curiosity in all types of photography.
by Bruno Bayley
April 23, 2014, 11:00am
London, 1978. A National Front march
Peter Marlow's career has covered everything from news photography and war reporting to street photography and a much-lauded collection of portraits. However, he is perhaps best known for his own, more personal projects—like his series on the closure of Longbridge's Rover factory, or Liverpool: Looking Out to Sea, the book focusing on the urban degeneration of Liverpool—often covering the stories with a lack of human subjects, which lends much of his portfolio a sense of eerie stillness even at points of crisis.
I gave Marlow a call to speak about not being cut out for war, spotting the moments and details that bring spaces to life, and the importance of curiosity in photography.
Haiti, 1975
VICE: I spoke to David Hurn for the previous column in this series. He was very open about his motivation for getting into war reporting—that it was the most direct way to become a professional photographer at the time. What were your motives?
Peter Marlow: I am a generation on from David. I left college in 1974, which was an era when you could actually live off your student grant. I led the life of Riley, left school, did some work in the summer, and had never thought about what the hell I was going to do after. We had the luxury of knowing we would probably get jobs easily, because back then people who went to university were much more of an elite than they are now. I'd always wanted to be a photographer. Influenced by color supplements that came out in the 70s, seeing the work of Don McCullin and Larry Burrows. There was an issue of the Telegraph Magazine on war photographers, and I thought, That's what I want to do.
I got a job as a photographer on a cruise liner. I didn't have a clue what I was doing. The other photographer had to suggest to me that I focus and press the button with different hands in order to save me from moving them. After that I traveled around and spent a few months in Haiti. That was the first experience I had of what we used to call the Third World. It was an amazing eye-opener, the first genuine hardship I had seen. I look back at those pictures and think they're some of the best work I've done—the first thing I did that was a serious piece of work.
I then started talking to some agencies in New York and finally at job as a photographer with Sygma, a French photo news agency, and basically went all over the world for a few years. Got everything from Northern Ireland to the revolution in the Philippines, and war in Angola. You name it.
Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1977. A Republican youth with a gun during the Queen's Jubilee riots
I always read that Angola was very unpleasant, even by the standards of that era's African wars.
Yeah, very unpleasant. I was quite political. I took a mobile darkroom in a suitcase and toured with the Patriotic Front's photographers, and sort of in return for that they allowed me to see some of the training camps in Zambia. I was the first person showing these thousands and thousands of guys—it was a big spread in the Sunday Times Magazine—these men and kids training with wooden Kalashnikovs to liberate Rhodesia.
So you were quite idealistic then? It wasn't "I'm going to go there so I can become a professional photographer"?
It was both. I was politically motivated, in that I thought what was going on in Rhodesia wasn't right. It wasn't Apartheid, but it was pretty close. But I got quite friendly with Joshua Nkomo, one of the partners in the Patriotic Front, who eventually fell out with Mugabe because he got rid of a massive part of his tribe. But he used to stay in the Savoy Hotel. That's where I used to go and see him. And I suggested [I travel with the Patriotic Front] and he said, "Yeah, let's do it."
So what went wrong with that type of work for you?
I did get some very good pictures and was doing a lot of conflict work, but I just realized I was never, ever going to be Don McCullin. And actually, in certain situations, I was very, very scared. It just didn't feel… well, I don't mind admitting it, I just wasn't cut out for it. I mean, I'd do earthquakes and famines and, you know, I still do those things; but I always tried to do more behind the scenes. Like the work I did on Kosovo, I was there with the US fleet, behind the scenes.
Having a contract with Sygma meant that if they said, "Go to Iran," or something, you had to go; there was no choice, basically. So I was attracted to Magnum because the impression I got was that you could really do what you wanted. You know, no one was going to tell me what to do. So that was about that.
Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 1979. Ten years after the arrival of British troops in the country, the barricades are once more dividing Catholics and Protestants in the areas of Belfast and Londonderry. Here, children eat their ice creams while soldiers patrol the streets of Londonderry.
What year did you join Magnum?
In 1980. I had always carried on my own work—and I've carried on doing news photography. But I have balanced the two. And I did do news things, like Northern Ireland with Magnum.
And I did a lot of work in Israel, the revolution getting rid of [former Filipino dictator Ferdinand] Marcos. I was working on The Sunday Times Magazine a lot and you had a bit longer when working with them, working with really good writers. And the balance was more in my own hands then. In '82 I did the shipyard strike in Gdańsk and got a big shot there of [former Polish president] Lech Walesa holding up the pencil that the government used to sign the agreement to the strikers' 21 demands. That got a double-page spread in Life magazine.
But I've always tried to do my own thing on the side, so during the mid 80s I started a project on Liverpool and did a book on that. But I'd always be combining that with doing assignments. I'm very prolific as a photographer.
Yeah, and you're quite challenging to interview because of that. Not only in terms of the subjects you work on, but also the type of photos you take—everything from portraiture to reportage to the very different stuff you're more associated with now: empty interiors, buildings, factories, aircraft. It's quite hard to know what to focus on.
The one focus might be that you don't need to have a load of action to take a good picture. The Rover [factory] story is classic, and I think I took like 25 trips up there and it never got published. Wallpaper published [some of the photos], but I thought [the rest of the photos] would make a fantastic book about the deconstruction of a plant that used to employ 45,000 people. I followed that plant all the way through to it becoming a green field. But in a way, there was nothing going on in that place; it was basically falling apart.
Longbridge, Birmingham, England, 2005. The abandoned MG Rover factory and offices after the company went into receivership on the April 7, 2005
I guess that's your thing: capturing the emotions of a story without needing to record the people involved—doing it through objects or streets or buildings. For me, the Rover story was sad—it is sad. There's the unavoidable dreariness about factory life, then the loss of all the livelihoods and that community.
It was all the details that were there… There was a chart on a wall about how the people had their tea—you know, "Pete: two sugars. Eric: no sugar." You can either go and photograph the Job Center in Longbridge [near Birmingham] or you can photograph that, and to me that's more powerful because it shows a way of life that's disappearing. I [enjoy] the challenge of showing that in photography. It's what keeps me interested, because it is so challenging to do that.
It's similar to the Liverpool story, too, which I also found to have a sadness to it. Do you worry that taking photos in the way you do—without the participants—makes the work too open to interpretation?
You can make some comparisons in terms of mood and in terms of the kind of thing I'm interested in with all the details of things in those two stories. There are parallels; one's colour, one's black-and-white. But yeah, I'd agree there are similarities.
Taken from the book Liverpool: Looking Out to Sea (1993)
But was conveying that sense of loss and sadness an active aim for you in shooting the Rover story? Or do you just take the photos and let the viewer take whatever they will from them?
When they closed it down in 2005 I saw it as an opportunity. It was completely closed—no one was going in there, no journalists—and I did a deal with the Birmingham Public Archive that they could have 50 photos if they could help me get permission to shoot there. But I didn't go in there thinking anything. I just went in there as a really curious person. I was fascinated to see this Mary Celeste–type scene. There were 25 factories or something. People had left, like, half cups of tea, and things lying about. I'm fascinated by that kind of detail. I don't know if that's got some deep psychological meaning. It's an emotional thing, not really an aesthetic thing, but I do seem to have the ability to convert it into a picture—translate it into a picture. But I've never understood why I could do that. Why me?
I also wanted to talk to you about the Concorde project, documenting its last days before its 2003 retirement.
That was not my finest bit of work ever, but I don't know. The book was a bit superficial. One of my old assistants became an airline pilot, and he could get cheap tickets on Concorde, so I got a couple of tickets for my wife and youngest son and sent them off to New York on the Concorde. My other son and I went to the end of the runway at Heathrow to watch it take off, and it was like a bloody rocket. I remember being terrified. Seeing it take off was amazing, but the main thing was that, while there, I saw all these people who had come to watch, too. I thought, What a great project. This was before they announced Concorde was shutting down. It's basically a book about obsession, because that's what plane spotting is.
Cumbria, England, 2001. The disinfected mat across the road is an attempt to stop the advance of the foot-and-mouth disease to the farm beyond. Taken from the series Point of Interest
I guess, inadvertently, that project also fell into the theme of things dying and falling apart. So I guess you could say that your projects are often tied together by an emotional subject. Do you think of yourself as covering some theme in general? Do you have an eye for a decline of industry and places? Or is that accidental?
I think what unifies it is a way of seeing things. So I'd liken it to going on a long car journey, and when you close your eyes that night some little images come back into your head and they're very random—stuff that you don't actually notice at the time. I try to identify what those things are and photograph them. Trying to find the places that people tend to ignore and give them meaning. I work a lot better, I think, when not a lot is going on. I get more satisfaction from taking a good picture of an empty place. The challenge of it is what keeps me interested.
And just to make this even harder, let's finish by talking about the recent stuff you've been doing. Portraits—you shoot a lot of them. How do they fit in to all this?
I see portraits more as a "job," but it's a job I'm fascinated by. I shot the deputy prime minister the other day, and we got on quite well. He's a very nice guy—almost too nice, really. And then, during a shoot, there was one picture I took just of his legs—chinos and suede shoes. That was more interesting to me than the head shots. So I don't differentiate between the two, particularly. It's an opportunity to take pictures and see some interesting things. I think, for any photography, you've got to be curious.
Click through for more of Peter Marlow's photographs.
Geneva, Switzerland, 1985. The summit between Ronald Reagan, then president of America, and Mikhail Gorbachev, then general secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR. The two leaders listen to their interpreters during a press conference.
Longbridge, Birmingham, England, 2005. The abandoned MG Rover factory and offices after the company went into receivership on April 7, 2005. Newspaper cuttings showing Rover's recent history
Longbridge, Birmingham, England, 2005. The abandoned MG Rover factory and offices after the company went into receivership on April 7, 2005.
Longbridge, Birmingham, England, 2006. Demolishing the MG Rover Factory, "Old" West Works.
London, England, 2002. Empty office on Gee Street. Taken from the series Point of Interest
Dungeness, Kent, England, 2006. The Experimental Station. The conversion process. Taken from the series Point of Interest
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A new book takes an optimistic approach to the vexing issue of declining membership. Managing the Future of Freemasonry: The Book of Optimism , by Dr David West, is a work by a man who understands philosophical thinking. A graduate in and of Philosophy from the University of Leicester, West has taught at universities in England and Canada and worked in top industries and holding government roles working to fathom the the future of work. He has been an adviser to a Cabinet Minister and founded The Working Manager Ltd, creating the core content of its management education process. An active Freemason of his mother lodge, St Laurence No. 5511, West suggests he sees the possibilities of the future.
The numbers are staggering; since 1959, worldwide membership of Freemasonry has declined by almost 75%, akin to numerous other societies and groups tasked with being positive pillars of the community.
According to Dr. David West, this sudden decline is the result of significant negative changes to society as a whole. In his powerful and evidence based new book, West outlines the problem and suggests plausible solutions for a revival of Freemasonry.
Managing the Future of Freemasonry: The Book of Optimism calls on the author's renowned management and leadership expertise in what is being seen as a true game-changer.
I'm totally convinced that a resurgence of Freemasonry is possible, However, we must first take an objective look at how our society has changed, what has caused this change and what needs to be done to repair things. When we know this, we can 'redesign' Freemasonry to be a vital building block in getting society back on track. It's all down to proper management, lateral thinking and a departure from our old mind-set.
Hard work, open-mindedness, creativity, and above all leadership are skills that Freemasonry needs to hone and be willing to put into action because, after all, reversal of the decline will be far from immediate. Complacency has already become our enemy and, with societal discord now at an all-time high, we have a bold opportunity ahead of us to work for tangible change.
You can find Managing the Future of Freemasonry: The Book of Optimism on Amazon.
The decline can be seen more in the called "Regular" Masonry i.e. the Masonry supported by UGLE and the GL of the USA, than in the not recognised Masonry .
1) The regular masonry is more concerned by caricative actions than by fraternity and moral and spiritual improvement. Ex: From 3rd, you can become 32th in a week end ( USA) or 18th ( England). Many lodges have only 4 meetings in a year, one for initiation, one for passing, one for raising and one for installation (England), while, in France for example, there are one or even two meetings per month during which there are effective works through presentation of papers on a masonic or spiritual subject.
2) Fraternity is just a word in a world where a GL not recognised by the UGLE means that it is not regular, and where there is only one recognised GL per country, except when the already recognised GL does approve the recognition of another GL, which is impossible in the majority of cases. Recognition of regularity should be verified directly by the GL which give its recognition, not through any other intermediary GL.


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package org.scalacheck

import Gen._
import Prop._
import Test._
import Arbitrary._

object TestSpecification extends Properties("Test") {

  val proved: Prop = 1 + 1 == 2

  val passing = forAll( (n: Int) => n == n )

  val failing = forAll( (n: Int) => false )

  val exhausted = forAll( (n: Int) =>
    (n > 0 && n < 0) ==> (n == n)
  )

  val shrunk = forAll( (t: (Int,Int,Int)) => false )

  val propException = forAll { (n:Int) => throw new java.lang.Exception }

  val undefinedInt = for{
    n <- arbitrary[Int]
  } yield n/0

  val genException = forAll(undefinedInt)((n: Int) => true)

  property("workers") = forAll { (prms: Test.Parameters) =>
    var res = true

    val cb = new Test.TestCallback {
      override def onPropEval(n: String, threadIdx: Int, s: Int, d: Int) = {
        res = res && threadIdx >= 0 && threadIdx <= (prms.workers-1)
      }
    }

    Test.check(prms.withTestCallback(cb), passing).status match {
      case Passed => res
      case _ => false
    }
  }

  private def resultInvariant(f: (Test.Parameters, Test.Result) => Boolean): Prop =
    forAll { (prms: Test.Parameters, p: Prop) =>
      val r = Test.check(prms, p)
      s"${r.status}, s=${r.succeeded}, d=${r.discarded}, " +
      s"minSuccessful=${prms.minSuccessfulTests}, " +
      s"maxDiscardRatio=${prms.maxDiscardRatio}, " +
      s"actualDiscardRatio=${r.discarded.toFloat / r.succeeded}, " +
      s"workers=${prms.workers}" |: f(prms,r)
    }

  property("stopCondition") = resultInvariant { (prms, r) =>
    r.status match {
      case Passed =>
        (r.succeeded >= prms.minSuccessfulTests) &&
        (r.discarded <= prms.maxDiscardRatio*r.succeeded)
      case Exhausted =>
        (r.discarded > r.succeeded * prms.maxDiscardRatio) &&
        (r.discarded >= prms.minSuccessfulTests * prms.maxDiscardRatio)
      case _ =>
        (r.succeeded < prms.minSuccessfulTests) &&
        (r.discarded <= prms.maxDiscardRatio*r.succeeded)
    }
  }

  property("size") = forAll { (prms: Test.Parameters) =>
    val p = sizedProp { sz => sz >= prms.minSize && sz <= prms.maxSize }
    Test.check(prms, p).status == Passed
  }

  property("propFailing") = forAll { (prms: Test.Parameters) =>
    Test.check(prms, failing).status match {
      case _:Failed => true
      case _ => false
    }
  }

  property("propPassing") = forAll { (prms: Test.Parameters) =>
    Test.check(prms, passing).status == Passed
  }

  property("propProved") = forAll { (prms: Test.Parameters) =>
    Test.check(prms, proved).status match {
      case _:Test.Proved => true
      case _ => false
    }
  }

  property("propExhausted") = forAll { (prms: Test.Parameters) =>
    Test.check(prms, exhausted).status == Exhausted
  }

  property("propPropException") = forAll { (prms: Test.Parameters) =>
    Test.check(prms, propException).status match {
      case _:PropException => true
      case _ => false
    }
  }

  property("propGenException") = forAll { (prms: Test.Parameters) =>
    Test.check(prms, genException).status match {
      case x:PropException => true :| x.toString
      case x => false :| x.toString
    }
  }

  property("propShrunk") = forAll { (prms: Test.Parameters) =>
    Test.check(prms, shrunk).status match {
      case Failed(Arg(_,(x:Int,y:Int,z:Int),_,_,_,_)::Nil,_) =>
        x == 0 && y == 0 && z == 0
      case x => false
    }
  }

  property("disabling shrinking works") = {

    object Bogus {
      val gen: Gen[Bogus] =
        Gen.choose(Int.MinValue, Int.MaxValue).map(Bogus(_))

      var shrunk: Boolean = false

      implicit def shrinkBogus: Shrink[Bogus] = {
        Shrink { (b: Bogus) => shrunk = true; Stream.empty }
      }
    }

    case class Bogus(x: Int)

    val prop = Prop.forAll[Bogus, Prop](Bogus.gen) { b => Prop(false) }
    val prms = Test.Parameters.default.disableLegacyShrinking
    val res = Test.check(prms, prop)
    Prop(!res.passed && !Bogus.shrunk)
  }

  property("Properties.overrideParameters overrides Test.Parameters") = {

    val seed0 = rng.Seed.fromBase64("aaaaa_mr05Z_DCbd2PyUolC0h93iH1MQwIdnH2UuI4L=").get
    val seed1 = rng.Seed.fromBase64("zzzzz_mr05Z_DCbd2PyUolC0h93iH1MQwIdnH2UuI4L=").get

    val myProps = new Properties("MyProps") {
      override def overrideParameters(prms: Test.Parameters): Test.Parameters =
        prms.withInitialSeed(Some(seed1))
      property("initial seed matches") =
        Prop { prms =>
          val ok = prms.initialSeed == Some(seed1)
          Prop.Result(status = if (ok) Prop.Proof else Prop.False)
        }
    }

    Prop {
      val prms = Test.Parameters.default.withInitialSeed(Some(seed0))
      val results = Test.checkProperties(prms, myProps)
      val ok = results.forall { case (_, res) => res.passed }
      Prop.Result(status = if (ok) Prop.Proof else Prop.False)
    }
  }

  property("initialSeed is used and then updated") = {
    val seed = rng.Seed.fromBase64("aaaaa_mr05Z_DCbd2PyUolC0h93iH1MQwIdnH2UuI4L=").get
    val gen = Gen.choose(Int.MinValue, Int.MaxValue)
    val expected = gen(Gen.Parameters.default, seed).get

    val prms = Test.Parameters.default
      .withInitialSeed(Some(seed))
      .withMinSuccessfulTests(10)

    var xs: List[Int] = Nil
    val prop = Prop.forAll(gen) { x =>
      xs = x :: xs
      true
    }

    val res = Test.check(prms, prop)
    val n = xs.size
    val unique = xs.toSet
    val p0 = Prop(unique(expected)) :| s"did not see $expected in $unique"
    val p1 = Prop(unique.size > 1) :| s"saw $n duplicate values: $unique"
    p0 && p1
  }
}

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A Panicked Stampede At A "Hamilton" Performance Injured 3 After A Medical Emergency Was Confused For A Shooting
According to audience members, "people were screaming, ducking down, crawling on the floor" and "shouts of 'gun' could be heard."
By Julia Reinstein
Julia Reinstein BuzzFeed News Reporter
Posted on February 16, 2019, at 11:30 a.m. ET
HamiltonMusical / Twitter / Via Twitter: @HamiltonMusical
A Hamilton performance at San Francisco's Orpheum Theater ended in chaos Friday night after a heart attack in the audience was apparently confused for an active shooter.
Three people were injured as a result of the pandemonium, one with a broken leg and the other two with moderate injuries.
The person who had the heart attack is in critical condition, the fire department said Friday night.
The confusion may have been elevated because the medical emergency happened at the same time as the show's duel scene, in which gunfire can be heard, WFLA reported.
Joe Khalil @JoeKhalilTV
Our #Hamilton show ended in a mass panic. Members of the audience started screaming and running, shouts of "gun" could be heard. The entire theater cleared out. Theater staff tells us it was actually one person who suffered a medical emergency. Someone misconstrued the situation
06:03 AM - 16 Feb 2019
Journalist Joe Khalil, who was in the audience, said people were "screaming and running" and "shouts of 'gun' could be heard."
According to the fire department, the use of a defibrillator triggered an alarm, causing "confusion" and a "rapid exit" of the theatre. The theatre company said an audience member pulled the fire alarm.
Videos of the incident show people evacuating the theatre in a panic, and many audience members crouching between seats for cover.
Tim Goetz @timpgoetz
Hamilton at Orpheum ended in pandemonium. Medical emergency led to screaming, which led to others shouting "gun". Mass evacuation (hundreds of people stampeding) and police in force. Absolutely nuts.
The performance was canceled after the incident, but people were allowed back into the theatre after to collect their belongings.
In one video following the evacuation, theatergoers applauded the cast as they walked back into the building.
Sam @sam1sf
Hamilton cast walking back to the theater after a medical emergency panicked our audience. #hamilton #shnsf #HamiltonSF
On social media, several people who'd been in attendance criticized the theater for the incident and said they "need to review their emergency protocols."
"It was not an orderly evacuation of the theatre, people were panicked and confused," one person commented on the theater's Facebook post. "I did not hear one announcement and the lights certainly did not come up as people were crawling on the ground to the exits... Also no staff direction and people were trampled."
Laura Lasnier @LLasnier
@shnsf I was in the balcony with my 6 and 9 year old. There was absolutely NO announcement. There was mass chaos and absolutely no support and direction from SHN staff. Extremely disappointed in how the event was handled.
Another person said "screams were heard in the audience, a cry for 'help' for what seemed to be a medical emergency and it quickly turned into chaos and panic with audience members [saying] there was a gun, people were screaming, ducking down, crawling on the floor, jumping over chairs and other people in order to try and reach the exit."
"If any announcement was made it was too quiet to be heard in the panic stricken theater," the commenter said. "It was a misunderstanding and a severe overreaction that quickly got out of hand, but sadly this is the world we live in now."
"It's more believable that there would be an active shooter in a theater than a medical emergency," they said.
Julia Reinstein is a reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York.
Contact Julia Reinstein at julia.reinstein@buzzfeed.com.

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Hi there! I think it's great time for doing a DIY for school! My friend and I did these notebooks together. We have spent few hours on it but we had so much fun doing it. And it was worth it, trust me!
Start with the darker of blue with the biggest sponges and go through all sizes and shades to the smallest sponge and brightest blue. Don't forget to let the layers dry before putting the next one!
Add some color (green, dark violet, light violet, orange, yellow, pink...) using small sponges and if you're done finish the art with small white dots as stars.
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Oh, I like the color designed in this diy tutorial.


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100,000 Synthetic Trees Could Help Combat Climate Change
News Climate Change Rising Temperatures
under Design, Environment, Renewable Energy, Rising Temperatures
by Mike Chino
The field of geo-engineeringhas launched all kinds of outlandish ideas for combating climate change, from dumping iron into the world's oceansto shooting mirrors into space. A report published last Thursday from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME) suggested that a forest of 100,000 artificial "trees" could be "planted" near depleted oil and gas reserves to trap carbon in a filter and bury it underground. The carbon suckerslook more like fly swatters than actual arbors, but researchers say that once fully developed, the "trees" could remove thousands of times more carbon than a real tree.
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME)'s report evaluated hundreds of geo-engineering projects and suggested three that could help mitigate global climate change (and that were actually feasible using current or soon-to-be-ready technology). Depending on how you look at it (and how creative a thinker you are), the suggestions could be lauded as really interesting, or just really insane.
In addition to artificial trees, the IME reportsuggests growing algae in tubes on the sides of buildings. The algae, which traps carbon during photosynthesis, could be collected and transformed into charcoal, which could then be buried underground. The report also points out the benefits of painting roofs white, which reflects sunlight and helps mitigate heat island effectin urban areas.
While the ideas sound good in theory, researchers have yet to see how the tech would actually work, as no one has quite mastered carbon capture and storage. And even the engineers themselves warn that these geo-engineering projects won't provide a solution to global warming–they're meant to be used in conjunction with larger, more long-term efforts to reduce global carbon emissions.
The report also includes a 100-year plan to de-carbonize the global economy, and will be presented at party conferences this fall. Who knows–with the right investments and innovations, the next 10 to 20 years could bring a world filled with fake forestsand floating space mirrors.
+ Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Via The Guardian
Omar Huerta's Solar Light Tree Concept Grows Real Plants
Azuma Makoto's Pixelated Bonsai is Made from LEGOs
Sou Fujimoto's latest masterpiece in Japan spreads its branches like a real tree
Cedar-wrapped House U in Tokyo was built around the view of a local cherry tree
9 thoughts on "100,000 Synthetic Trees Could Help Combat Climate Change"
Parnupol March 18, 2011 at 12:27 pm
This technology should open source for worldwide expert brainstorm.May be the only hope to stop global warming.
ananyareddy March 23, 2010 at 8:02 pm
HOW MUCH DOES THIS TECHNOLOGY COSTS? HOW ABOUT THE EFFICIENCY OF THIS TECHNOLOGY?
sowmya March 12, 2010 at 7:27 am
Is this technology efficient is there any detailed case study regarding this plz help me out
iahawaii September 5, 2009 at 3:13 am
How about dumping human waste in th eoil wells and finding oil there in 25 years or algae planted in the old oil wells and producing methane or other types and go back later with drills and get some recycled petrol from that carbon
vogelkopbower September 4, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Have the designers of this idea has ever designed any kind of major road? These are fatal accidents waiting to happen. I realise this is just CG stage, but the designer may want to think of this before presenting it for official support. If the materials could be be of a material that will lessen impact (many street / highway trees that are used are of a specifically selected for their inherent structure that is softer material and thus lessen impact), that would be a thought. Interesting idea, but maybe worth thinking about this. Good luck with it.
domiat September 4, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Hmm...Prima fascia, these paddleboards look ugly. Perhaps if they actually work I could grow to like them.
denisegp September 3, 2009 at 2:51 pm
I'm a fairly new reader of Inhabitat, but I'm not a troll. So, please don't flame me, but I was wondering: these proposed technologies and mega-gadgets that each can do the work of [insert ridiculously high number] of trees, could they ever affect their local area so much that the real trees around them suffer from lack of CO2?
kamullis September 3, 2009 at 10:03 am
This is the most idiotic idea I have ever heard. There are already all kinds of things that exists in nature that take use 100% solar energy and necessitate no mined or synthetic materials or manufacturing and they absorbs carbon dioxide and respirates oxygen, all for free!!! The are called plants!!! You want to waste energy and materials on building something to do this and it will probably also take energy to run!? WTF!!!! Just limit deforestation and plant more f'n trees! No wonder we are destroying our planet!!! Even "smart" people are mf'n idiots!!
elepski September 3, 2009 at 9:55 am
Firstly, The mirrors idea is BS... to costly and would only produce more emissions in the effort to get them up. The synthetic trees idea however, could work. If they can get the tech to work and have a place to store it or a way to convert it... why not try? At the very least in the urban centers or along highways as illustrated.
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The field of geo-engineeringhas launched all kinds of outlandish ideas for combating climate change, from dumping iron into the world's oceansto shooting mirrors into space. A report published last Thursday from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME) suggested that a forest of 100,000 artificial "trees" could be "planted" near depleted oil and gas reserves to trap carbon in a filter and bury it underground. The carbon suckerslook more like fly swatters than actual arbors, but researchers say that once fully developed, the "trees" could remove thousands of times more carbon than a real tree.
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Watchdog Accuses Trump's NOAA of 'Choosing Extinction' for Right Whales by Hiding Scientific Evidence
As the North Atlantic right whale was placed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's list of critically endangered species Thursday, environmental protection groups accusing the U.S. government of bowing to fishing and fossil fuel industry pressure to downplay the threat and failing to enact common-sense restrictions to protect the animals.
Only 400 right whales are left in existence, and fewer than 250 of them are mature, leading the IUCN to drop its "endangered" classification for the whale and add it to its "critically endangered" Red List.
According to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), NOAA has access to extensive science showing the danger in which humans have placed the whales, but internal emails show the agency aimed to put a positive spin on the outlook for the creatures.
Emails from February 2020 show career scientific staff writing that political officials within the agency were "freaked out" at the notion of the press reporting on Dragon, a female right whale who has not been seen in months and is presumed dead.
"But they'd be all over another calf sighting," NOAA Fisheries biologist Tim Cole wrote.
"Ah, I see. They only want to share the good news, not the bad," replied Allison Henry, another scientist at the agency.
According to PEER, 100% of North Atlantic right whale fatalities are caused by boats striking them and by entanglements in fishing gear.
"The North Atlantic right whale is the world's first large whale species nearing extinction," said PEER science policy director Kyla Bennett. "Its extinction is entirely preventable. NOAA has powerful tools to protect the North Atlantic right whale, but it is choosing not to use them. In this case, NOAA is choosing extinction."
In addition to fishing boats and 900,000 vertical lines that right whales are forced to navigate during lobster season, the whales' wellbeing is threatened by seismic airgun blasts conducted by oil and gas companies for offshore drilling.
In March, Democracy Forward called on the inspector general of the U.S. Commerce Department to investigate whether political appointees at NOAA had altered career scientists' proposed conservation measures regarding the blasts.
Reports that appointees modified scientists' warnings "raise troubling questions about whether political appointees at NOAA violated federal law and NOAA's own Administrative Order on Scientific Integrity, which mandates that in 'no circumstance may any NOAA official ask or direct Federal scientists or other NOAA employees to suppress or alter scientific findings,'" Democracy Forward said.
Democracy Forward demanded an investigation by the U.S. Commerce Department's inspector general.
"In reportedly bowing to political pressure and altering required scientific analysis in the policymaking process, NOAA appointees may have violated federal law and NOAA's own regulations, and jeopardized the very survival of the North Atlantic right whale," said Democracy Forward senior counsel Michael Martinez at the time. "The Trump administration's practice of injecting politics into the scientific decision-making process risks NOAA's credibility as a fact and science-driven agency. An investigation is warranted."
PEER called for a similar probe in 2019 when the National Marine Fisheries Service reportedly omitted scientific research about endangerment in its reporting on the right whale, but neither investigation has been completed.
NOAA has also failed to aggressively restrict the activities of fishing boats even when the agency is aware of right whales in a particular offshore area, PEER said Thursday.
In June, one of just 10 calves born this season was struck by a boat and killed off the coast of New Jersey, where officials had not issued a speed warning to vessels. Warnings are only issued when at least three right whales are known to be in an area.
"At the very least, NOAA must alert vessels when any right whale is in the area of shipping lanes," Bennett said.
The effects of NOAA's negligence on right whales has been compounded by President Donald Trump's June executive order permitting commercial fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, said the Center for Biological Diversity on Thursday.
"The United States and Canada must do more to protect whales from speeding ships and slow, painful deaths in fishing gear," said Kristen Monsell, legal director of the Center for Biological Diversity's oceans program. "We should be closing more right whale habitat to fishing, speeding the transition to ropeless gear and requiring large ships to slow down. These are some common-sense measures both U.S. and Canadian officials should adopt to save these beautiful whales."
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Bożena Szulc-Golska (ur. 18 maja 1885 w Pawłowie k. Gniezna, zm. 26 marca 1966 w Poznaniu) – polska tłumaczka, bibliotekarz, kolekcjonerka ekslibrisów.

W 1905 roku  rozpoczęła studia języków obcych w Paryżu, które kontynuowała w Poznaniu. W 1921 na Uniwersytecie Poznańskim uzyskała stopień doktora filozofii w zakresie filologii romańskiej. Od 1916 pracowała bibliotekach: Uniwersyteckiej w Poznaniu (Kaiser Wilhelm Bibliothek) (1916–1960 z przerwami) i Deutsche Bücherei w Lipsku (1916–1917). Była autorką licznych opracowań historii bibliotek wielkopolskich, bibliografii i katalogów zbiorów. W 1925 roku opublikowała Bibliografię przekładów polskich z literatury francuskiej. Cześć I. Wiek XIX.

Członek Towarzystwa Bibliofilów Polskich w Poznaniu.

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Album Review: The Avett Brothers – Magpie and the Dandelion
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October 17, 2013 | 12:04am ET
Since their 2009 breakout album, I And Love And You, The Avett Brothers have been working with superstar producer Rick Rubin. Despite being one of the most sought after producers today, many of the Avetts' early fans have been disappointed with the glistening sheen that Rubin has used to glaze over the band's endearingly imperfect sound, a facet that was once charming when they were folk's best kept secret. Now three albums into their time with Rubin, this issue remains, albeit the diehard hold-outs are drowned out by ever-growing legions of new fans — their last effort, The Carpenter, peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Charts and went on to be nominated for Best Americana Album at the 2013 Grammy Awards, their first ever nomination. Their latest, Magpie and the Dandelion, continues that upward, if complacent trajectory.
Despite the nagging concerns from longtime fans, The Avett Brothers earned their success the hard way, touring nonstop for several years in support of each impressive indie release. They were perpetual underdogs, earnestly hyping their charming brand of bluegrass-tinged folk. Since their team-up with Rubin, the Avetts have polished their approach; they've tightened up their compositions, started using pianos, added a drummer, and fully utilized the studio luxuries that working with Rubin brings. While this transition hasn't been the smoothest, and some of their recent songs have verged on sappy or even bland, they've managed to largely maintain their trademark charm.
With Magpie and The Dandelion, released just 13 months after The Carpenter, The Avett Brothers are on pace to continue their Rubin-fueled commercial success. Opener "Open Ended Life" is the Avetts at their best, a rollicking, rocking track complete with bluesy harmonicas and a foot-stomping fiddle solo. The lyrics center on the idea of a life not constrained by rules or boundaries, a romantic notion and one that works extraordinarily well for the Avetts. "Morning Song" and "Never Been Alive" are pleasant enough, thanks to the latter's lyrical winks ("Money won't do the trick/ But it will help") and the former's winsome hopefulness. Unfortunately, this revelatory approach, adeptly straddling the line between their roots and their major label demands, loses its momentum by the fourth track.
On "Another Is Waiting", the album's lead single, the band tries their hand at their most straightforward pop song yet. It's concerned with staying true to yourself and doing the right thing — a recurring theme throughout The Avett Brothers' discography. Though their previous releases offered palatable singles to the public, songs like "I And Love And You" and The Carpenter's "Live And Die" had emotional resonance not found here. While it works as a perfectly radio-ready single, "Another Is Waiting" feels lifeless compared to their previous offerings — bland pop rock with banjos and a southern drawl pasted in.
"Good To You", a heartfelt, piano-driven ballad, and the nimble acoustic guitars on "Apart From Me" do well to regain some of the lost footing, but the record ultimately succumbs to an unnecessary live track. "Souls Like The Wheels", a cut off their beloved The Second Gleam EP, was reworked and recorded from a live concert for Magpie. Using previous material for a new LP is a puzzling choice, one that unfortunately highlights a band not entirely sure of itself and its increased exposure. While it's a stunning song, many with even a passing interest with the Avetts have undoubtedly heard it before, making it seem like a slipshod attempt to appease those persnickety fans who still want them to go back to their basics.
Another misstep is the penultimate "Vanity", with co-lead vocalist Seth Avett noticeably straining to reach a nasal tone that doesn't really work. In the middle of the track, uncharacteristically fuzzy electric guitars and a turgid piano cloud the song and distract from their strengths — much like The Carpenter's penultimate track and lackadaisical attempt at being heavy, "Paul Newman vs. The Demons". Even though Seth and Scott Avett originally had aspirations at hard-rocking grunge stardom, these tracks show that they're much better suited for the folksy identity they've created for themselves. Fortunately, whiskey-soaked closing lament "The Clearness Is Gone" is pure Americana, peppered with wailing guitar solos to provide the perfect album-ending moment.
Over the course of their decade-long career, The Avett Brothers have stuck to their guns, and the results have on the whole been outstanding. But, Magpie and the Dandelion is a minor step down from the bar they'd previously set. "Open Ended Life" and "Skin and Bones" summon the immediate triumphs of pre-Rubin albums Emotionalism and Mignonette, but the remaining songs don't even compare to the cuts taken from the two poppy, Rubin-produced discs. With just a little more time and some soul-searching, maybe the Avett Brothers can better incorporate the pop and solidify their newfound voice.
Essential Tracks: "Open Ended Life", "Skin and Bones", and "The Clearness Is Gone"
Album Review: The Avett Brothers - Magpie and the Dandelion


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But at 1 pm, The Gathering guests will meet in the Worship & Arts Center for a special performance by the "Lion of Texas," for an Afternoon with Sam Houston. Created in the style of Hal Holbrook's award winning performance in "Mark Twain Tonight," this one-man show gives the audience an intimate look at the icon who became the hero of the battle of San Jacinto and went on to become the first President of the Republic of Texas. Often humorous and chock full of anecdotes which will entertain and amuse, the dramatic story of the birth of Texas is sure to stir the blood of native Texans and invigorate all those who have immigrated!
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First 8K Satellite TV Broadcasts Have Begun In Japan
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Many of us have grown up around televisions from the good old days where they were fuzzy and grainy, so obviously looking at today's landscape where we are seeing super sharp displays with deep and rich colors is literally like night and day. But at what point does it stop being so readily apparent to the human eye?
Some argue that 4K is that point, but yet there are many who keep pushing the boundaries of technology, such as over in Japan where the first 8K satellite TV broadcasts have begun. This will be from NHK where the first 8K supported movie is 2001: A Space Odyssey, which according to the BBC saw Warner Bros. actually rescan the film's original negatives specifically for this broadcast.
That being said, we have to wonder what is the point of 8K in this day and age. Right now 4K has yet to become as widely supported as Full HD, let alone 8K, which means that the number of people who can actually appreciate/enjoy this 8K broadcast is probably very small. Plus there aren't exactly many 8K displays on the market now (although companies such as LG, Sharp, and Sony are working on them)
8K displays also do not come cheap, such as Sharp's Super Hi-Vision-ready TVs which are said to be priced at a whopping $6,600. However we suppose in terms of futureproofing, at the very least NHK is ready for the time when 8K does eventually become the new standard.
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Ту̀тракан е град в област Силистра, Североизточна България. Той е административен и стопански център на община Тутракан.

Разположен е по брега на река Дунав. Населението на града към края на 2009 година е 9476 жители, което го прави второто по големина населено място в областта.

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Градът се намира на 61 km източно от областния град Русе, на 60 km западно от областния център Силистра, на 72 km северно от областния град Разград и на 371 km от столицата София. Пристанището му улеснява комуникациите и определя значимото място, което е заемал и заема Тутракан в своето историческо развитие.

Градът се намира на 26°36' източна дължина и 44°03' северна ширина. Надморската височина е 13 m от речния бряг, а платото (равната част на града), разположено на 500 m от реката, достига 126 m.

Тутракан е център на община с 15 населени места, 440 кв. км. площ и население 7258 души.

Население

Долната таблица показва изменението на населението на града в периода след Втората световна война (1946 – 2009):

История

През римската епоха в града квартирува част от 11-и Клавдиев легион. Информация за това се черпи от каменен надпис, датиращ от 18 октомври 294 г. Името Трансмариска означава "Селище зад блатата", визирайки срещуположната равна като тепсия низина около днешния румънски град Олтеница. При император Валент (366) е построен салов мост на река Дунав при войната му с готите.

Градът е част от старобългарските крепости от времето на Първото българско царство, а името му отразява титла. "Тмутаракан" е таркан-военноначалник на гранично подразделение. Средновековни арабски географи отбелязват града с имената Рекран, Закатра, Тракан, Тарака. Други го споменават като Туквант, Торкан, Дуракам, Дирака, Диркана, Таткракам. През XV – XVI век в града е имало много водни (на река Дунав) и вятърни (по хълмовете на брега) мелници, които са просъществували до по-късно, а последната водна мелница (шифмюле) е доживяла до 1942 г.

В историята на Тутракан са записани имената на двама видни руски пълководци. На 10 май 1773 г. ген. Александър Суворов превзема града. След оттеглянето на руските войски турците разширяват и укрепват крепостта, но това не попречва на ген. Михаил Кутузов да го завладее на 11 октомври 1810 г.

Превземането на ТутраканНа 21 май 1773 г., след като успешно отразява турската атака, Суворов решава без съгласуване с висшестоящите да превземе укрепения тутракански гарнизон. Турските войски са изненадани и затова Тутракан е превзет със значително по-малки от турските сили и с минимални загуби. Победата има важно тактическо значение, защото така са прекъснати турските съобщения между Силистра и Русчук.

Трофеите от първата победа на Суворов над турците са 10 знамена, 50 лодки и други съдове, включително и пълни с товари. 6 леки турски оръдия са пренесени на лодките; 8 тежки топа – изхвърлени в Дунав. Руснаците загубват 60 души убити, а 150 са ранени.

Вместо обикновен рапорт, Суворов изпраща до Румянцев следните стихове:
 "Слава Богу! Слава вамъ! Туртукай взятъ и я тамъ."
 ("Слава на Бога и слава Вам! Тутракан е превзет и аз съм там.")

Началникът изпраща оригиналния му рапорт на императрицата "като безпримерен лаконизъм на безпримерния Суворов". Същевременно го предава на военен съд за самоволните му действия. "Военната колегия изготви доклад, в който нейният секретар не беше пропуснал нито един закон, за да докара моята гибел" – казва по-късно Суворов. Военната колегия го осъжда на смърт, но Екатерина II не утвърждава присъдата, резолирайки: "Победителите не ги съдят!".

Командването обаче не се възползва от победата на Суворов и турските войски отново завземат Тутракан, след което се опитват да го укрепят. Едва на 28 юни, този път със заповед от командването, Суворов за втори път атакува и превзема крепостта въпреки 4-кратното превъзходство в сили на турските войски. За победата е награден с орден "Свети Георги" II степен.

През XIX век Тутракан е беден рибарски, занаятчийски и лозарски град, в чиито лодкостроителници обаче се правят много лодки, гемии и водни мелници. През 1862 г. е изградена голяма църква и светско училище, а през 1873 г. е основано читалище "Възраждане". През 1867 г. четата на Панайот Хитов със знаменосец Васил Левски прехвърля Дунава край Тутракан от Румъния към поробена България. А през 1876 г. преминава четата на Таньо войвода.

В началото на XX век, а и по-късно, Тутракан е най-големият дунавски риболовен център в страната. От 1913 г. е в пределите на Румъния под името Туртукай. През Първата световна война там се състои прочутата Тутраканска битка. Градът запада и населението му намалява. През 1940 г., по Крайовската спогодба, Южна Добруджа (вкл. и Тутракан) е върната на България.

Религии
Следните религии са застъпени в Тутракан:
 източноправославно християнство – над 60 % от населението
 ислям – в града има турска махала, има и цигани мюсюлмани
 алиани – в самия град няма такива (те са главно в с. Преславци на около 15 km южно), но има алианско теке
 адвентисти от седмия ден – около 100 души
 протестанти

Обществени институции
 Защитена местност "Калимок-Бръшлен"
 Исторически музей
 НЧ "Никола Вапцаров – 1873"
 Обреден дом
 СУ "Христо Ботев"
 СУ "Йордан Йовков"

Забележителности

Поради живописното си разположение по хълмовете край Дунав Тутракан е известен като "Дунавското Търново".

Медии
 Радио "Фокус"
 Местен вестник "Тутракански глас"
 Местен вестник "Напредък"

Музеи
 Исторически музей – адрес: пл. "Суворов" 1, тел. 0866/61235, 61345
 Етнографски музей "Дунавски риболов и лодкостроене" – част е от Стоте национални туристически обекта на БТС, работно време 8 – 12; 13 -17 ч., адрес: ул. Трансмариска 5, тел. 0866/60352, почивни дни – събота и неделя, има печат на БТС.
 Военно гробище (Тутракан) – част е от Стоте национални туристически обекта на БТС, работно време няма, има печат.
 Архитектурен комплекс "Рибарска махала" – адрес: ул. "Рибарска" 29, Посетителски център

Природни забележителности
 Защитена местност "Калимок – Бръшлен" – разположена западно от Тутракан на площ от 60 000 дка. Орнитологично важно място с международно значение BG30.
 Защитена местност "Пожаревски острови" – разположена източно от Тутракан. Обхваща о-в Малък Пожарево и източната част на о-в Голям Пожарево. Смесена чаплово-корморанова колония. Орнитологично важно място с международно значение BG31.
 Защитена местност "Сая кулак" – разположена източно от Тутракан в землището на с. Дунавец. Историческо място. Там са слезли четите на Панайот Хитов със знаменосец Васил Левски и на Таньо войвода. Всяка година от там тръгва младежки поход "По стъпките на Таньо войвода".
 ОВМ "Стената" – разположено югозападно от Тутракан. Льосова стена, дълга около 100 метра. Най-голямата колония в България на пчелояди. Орнитологично важно място с международно значение BG32.
 "Блатен кипарис" – разположен на остров Радецки западно от града. Единственото находище на блатен кипарис в страната.

Редовни събития
 Национален празник на България – 3 март
 Гергьовден и Ден на храбростта и Българската армия – 6 май
 По пътя на четата на Таньо Стоянов – 30 май – 2 юни
 Джулай морнинг – 1 юли
 Фестивал на кайсията – юли
 Огненият Дунав – края на месец юли
 Речни ноти – края на месец август
 Всяка година в първата неделя на месец септември на Мемориал "Военно гробище – 1916 г." се провеждат възпоменателни тържества, панихида, с които почитаме паметта на воините, загинали в епична битка за Тутракан на 5 и 6 септември 1916 г.
 Ден на Тутракан – 21 септември
 Никулден – 6 декември

Личности

Родени в Тутракан
 Ангел Чешмеджиев
 Андрей Чернев (1886 – 1944) български общественик
 Добри Немиров (Добри Зарафов)
 Никола Мавродинов, български книгоиздател от края на XIX – началото на XX век
 Никола Мавродинов (2 ноември 1904 – 28 февруари 1958), български учен
 Петър Мавродинов (18 септември 1873 – 1948), български учител, книгоиздател и общественик
 Тита (Христина Миленова Пенчева) (р. 1999), певица, актриса и фотомодел

Почетни граждани на Тутракан
 Павел Державин
 Пантелей Киселов
 Мария Киселова
 Владимир Козлов
 Алексей Маресиев
 Александър Яковлев

Литература
 "Старият Тутракан" (история на Тутраканската градска община), Петър Бойчев, 1999 г.
 "Тутракан" – Борис Илиев
 "Тутракан", "Добруджа в живота и творчеството на Добри Немиров" – Рачо Змеев
 "Тутраканската епопея" – Петър Бойчев
 "Просветното дело в Тутраканско" – Енчо Йорданов
 Тутракан – разкази и етническа памет. Съст. Николай Ненов. С., 2002.
 "Тутракан в историческото развитие на Добруджа" – сб.
 "60 години Крайовски договор" – сб.
 "Участието на тутраканци във войните"
 "Вечният Тутракан" – Румяна Капинчева
 "Тутракан. Езиково-археологически обзор". Тодор Балкански. Велико Търново, "Фабер", 2011.
 "Из миналото на Тутракан – събития и личности" Енчо Йорданов, 2019

Външни препратки
 Сайт на Община Тутракан
 Средновековната крепост Тутракан
 Интернет страница на музеите в Тутракан
 Интернет страница на Мюсюлманско настоятелство гр. Тутракан
 СОУ "Йордан Йовков"
 Радио и телевизия в Тутракан
 Туристическа информация Тутракан

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Below Mark Klein, General Counsel at Burford Capital, explores five reasons GCs need to take a closer look at litigation finance in order to avoid unexpected surprises.
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Police are appealing for information after this quad bike was stolen from Corporation Road overnight between May 17 and May 18
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A quad bike worth more than £1,000 has been stolen from a garage in Newport .
The incident occurred on Corporation Road some time overnight between Tuesday, May 17 and Wednesday, May 18.
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I swear that one of life's most cruel injustices is losing a good dog with so much of our lives still left to live without them here. If I could have one super power it would be to have our furry friends live as long as we do. They could be called to heaven the exact same time that we are ourselves and walk alongside us thru the gates. Sadly, I have no super powers and our beloved 'Big Dog" crossed the rainbow bridge today. He didn't have a hashtag in front of his name and we never kept his exact stats over the years, but gosh darn he was one hell of a hunting dog.
Stafford's Ten Gauge Express was the patriarch of our hard working canine crew at CICC Outdoor Adventures and many who have enjoyed a hunt or two with us over the last decade have more than likely been blessed to watch him in action. He was aged beyond his years because of the work that he put in for us. He turned thirteen this past December and we are blessed to have had him in our lives for as long as we did. The last two duck seasons he has been officially retired and off duty, but he entertained us daily and his calm, happy presence in our family will be dearly missed.
"Gauge" was a giant part of our family. He technically was mine and Casey's first baby together and therefore very deserving of some sort of eulogy if for no other reason than for our real children to have something to look back on to remember a dog that they both loved beyond limits and have not known a world without him. Tomorrow we will start life without Big Dog. Please keep us in your prayers as we try to do so. Many of our most precious family memories have been spent in a duck blind together and that dog has been a part of most all of those moments. It just won't be the same without him. I had high hopes of blogging something special but I just can't stop the tears from flowing. My heart is hurting but maybe one day I will write all my Gauge stories to share. There are quiet a few!
Casey and I trained Gauge ourselves, out of sheer determination to make a name for ourselves in the waterfowl industry knowing that without a great retriever a guided waterfowl hunt just wasn't the same. As the business grew, so did our need for more gun dogs and Gauge became our best trainer for all the new recruits! As more dogs moved into the line up, Gauge simply became everyone's dog. If a retriever was needed, he was the go to man. Every guide that has worked for us over the years, has hunted with Gauge. He made some remarkable retrieves in his time, across flooded rice fields, swift rivers and deep wetland ponds. He loved it all, and did all he could to please anyone he hunted with. He even retrieved a wounded deer once, believe it or not.
This past Sunday, the waterfowl hunting community lost a legend and role model with the passing of Mr. Ken Hofmann. I can't help but think that Mr. H needed a legend of a retriever to hunt along side him in heaven, so Gauge was called home to hunt ducks forever with legends just like he was.