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Enchanted Celery
Chapter Fourteen
An Exciting Opportunity To Transform Your Life
However worried they might have been about Quigley, in the weeks that followed, it seemed as though they didn't need to be. While Quigley did appear to be looking more and more ill as the days went on, Grape strolled around the school with even more hostility towards any student who wasn't in his own house than usual, which surely had to mean Quigley hadn't given in and told him what he wanted to know yet.
Whenever they passed nearby, Billy, Ed, and Elahoraella would take a small detour, so they could press their ears up against the door to the proscribed passageway and check that Waddles was still on the other side, guarding the trapdoor.
Elahoraella was worrying about a lot more than just the Bewitched Brie, however. Their exams were fast approaching, and she had decided now was the time to start writing up all her notes and planning out her revision for the weeks ahead.
"It's only two months until our exams," she told Billy and Ed one evening when they asked her why she was spending so much time doing school work. "You should both be doing the same."
Unfortunately for Billy and Ed, all their teachers were thinking the same way as Elahoraella, and they now never failed to finish a lesson without giving them all extra homework first. On the last day before the Easter holidays, they had been given an extensive list of subjects likely to come up in their exams and told to spend their two weeks off doing extra research on their own. This meant that rather than going out to the Frogsports pitch with Chad and Larry, as they had planned to do, Billy and Ed found themselves spending every day from breakfast until dinner in the library with Elahoraella, failing to keep up with her pace of work.
"This is pointless," said Ed, pushing away the book he was reading. "They can't possibly fit all this in one exam, it'd be a week-long."
"It wouldn't be a very good exam if they told us exactly what was going to be in it, would it?" said Elahoraella.
"Why not? Are they supposed to be testing our memory or how adept we are at the actual subject? If it's just about remember things, teachers shouldn't be allowed notes or answer books," Ed countered as he sat back in his chair and gazed longingly out the window at the welcoming clear blue sky outside.
Billy, who was reading about the best way to shuffle a deck of cards, didn't look up until he heard Ed say, "Barry! What are you doing up here?"
"Don't shout, Ed, or we'll get kicked out," said Elahoraella.
Barry walked over to them, hiding a book under his arm. As usual, he was wearing his giant coat, but for some reason his hair seemed much neater and cleaner than usual. As if to imply that people like him didn't have the intelligence to read books, he looked as though he didn't belong in the library.
"Ah wor jus' lookin' summa' up in a book," he said in a voice that made them all feel certain he was up to something. "Wha' all theur up t'? Ah 'ope theur workin' n' not still lookin' f' stuff on Émile Arquette."
"Oh, we've already found out who he is," said Ed casually. "We know what that two-headed duck is guarding on the second floor as well. It's Arquette's Bewitched Br —"
"Dunt finish tha'!" said Barry, panicking. "Does theur want 'ole library t' start singin' song?"
Ed apologised.
"There were a couple of things we wanted to ask you about actually," said Billy. "We were wondering what else is guarding the Brie other than Waddles —"
"Shurrup!" said Barry, loud enough that a few of the people sat at nearby tables looked over at them. When they had all turned back to what they were doing, Barry leant in and whispered, "Come n' see me later, reight. Ah'm not promisin' theur owt, bur we can't talk 'ere — theur not supposed t' know owt 'bout this. People will think ah've told theur."
"We'll come and see you after dinner then," said Billy.
Barry walked off shaking his head.
"I wonder what he's trying to hide under his arm," said Elahoraella, as she watched Barry leave the library with an inquisitive look on her face.
"I'm going to go see which books he was looking at," said Ed, and he got up and walked over to the shelves Barry had appeared from. After a moment, he returned with a handful of books and dropped them onto the table.
"Multi-level marketing," he whispered. "Barry was looking stuff up on multi-level marketing. Look at some of these books: Recruiting Downline for Beginners; Is It a Pyramid Scheme?; Inside The 2016 Presidential Election; and Running Your Own Business Made Easy."
"Barry's always wanted to run his own business, he told me so the first time I met him," said Billy.
"You don't think he's taken this whole catalogue thing too far and joined a pyramid scheme now, do you?" said Elahoraella.
"He can't have done, it's against the law," said Ed. "And he'll end up in even more trouble if he starts trying to recruit students to join him."
"But what else could he be up to?" said Billy.
As they walked across the castle grounds towards Barry's hut that evening, they thought at first he had all his curtains shut. But as they got close, they saw that piled high on the other side, and completely blocking the view, were what appeared to be brown cardboard boxes.
When they knocked on the door, Barry seemed reluctant to open it until he first knew for certain it was them. He looked through a tiny gap to check they were alone, then hurried them inside and quickly closed the door behind them.
Even though it was still light outside, the inside of the hut was dark. Cardboard boxes weren't just piled up in front of the windows, but also in the usually lit fireplace, under the bed, next to the bed, and even on top of the bed. They were also taking up most of the space on the chairs, forcing Billy, Ed, and Elahoraella to perch on the edges as Barry made them all tea, seemingly oblivious to their discomfort.
"So — theur said y' wanted t' ask me 'bout summa'?"
Billy decided to waste no time. "We were wondering what else is guarding the Bewitched —"
"Dunt seh name o' it in 'ere," said Barry. "Ah dunt want t' knock owt over."
"We were wondering what else is guarding the Brie other than Waddles?"
Barry frowned at them all.
"Even if ah knew me sen — which ah dunt — y' know ah couldn't tell theur owt 'bout tha'," he said. "n' anyway, by sound o' it, theur all know too much already. Ah still dunt know 'ow theur foun' out 'bout thin' in first place. Ah suppose y' worked out why it's 'ere, though? Nearly got stolen from Sino Pauper Edo Recondo Mammonas — the thievin' lyin' bastards!"
"Oh, come on, Barry, you must know. You helped protect the Brie when it was moved to Frogsports," said Elahoraella, smiling at him. "We don't want to know exactly what the protections are, just who else was responsible for helping put them there."
"Well, ah guess if tha' all theur want t' know ah dunt see no 'arm in telling theur… let's see… Crumbleceiling did most, 'course, n' then 'e borrowed Waddles from me… n' then it wor other teacher who did rest o' it… Professor McDouglass… Professor Millbrook… Professor Quigley… oh, n' Professor Grape did summa' too."
"Grape did something?" said Billy, a little more aggressively than he meant to.
"'course 'e did — good magician is Grape," said Barry, then, off their expressions, he continued, "Theur dunt still reckon e's' out t' steal it do theur?"
They didn't answer.
"None of the teachers know how to get past anything any of the other teachers did, though, right?" said Billy.
"None of 'em even know wha' t'others did, except f' Crumbleceiling."
"And no one knows about Waddles, do they?" said Elahoraella.
"Couple o' teachers 'elp me t' feed 'im, bur other than tha', nah. No 'un knows 'ow t' gerr' past 'im anyway — well, except f' me n' Crumbleceiling."
"Well, that's good at least," Billy whispered to Ed and Elahoraella. "Barry, why is it so dark in here? What are all these boxes for?"
"Oh, they only jus' arrived this mornin'," said Barry. "They're me 'air products."
"Me 'air products. Ah washed me 'air wi' 'em earlier t' test 'em out."
"We can see," said Elahoraella.
"But why do you need so much of it?" asked Billy.
Barry laughed.
"It ain't all f' me sen," he said. "Nah, ah got it t' sell on t' students."
"To sell to students?" said Elahoraella, sounding shocked. "But where did it all come from?"
"It came from me distributor, 'course."
"Your distributor?"
"Yeh. Ah wor down in village las' week 'avin a drink, n' ah got talkin' t' this stranger, n' ah asked 'im if e' might want t' buy his sen a kayak from me book, because ah've only sold the one, see. Anyway, 'e said 'e knew summa' much better than sellin' from book if ah wanted me own business, n' so 'e signed me up as downline distributor for 'im. Offered me good price on all this stock t' gerr' me goin' n' all."
"Barry, are you sure he hasn't just signed you up to a pyramid scheme?" said Elahoraella.
"Ah thought tha' me sen at first, bur 'e said it ain't a pyramid scheme, jus' a scheme that's pyramid shaped."
"Pyramid shaped?" said Billy.
"Yeh, bur ery'thin' is when theur stop n' think 'bout it, ain't it? Ah mean, tek school f' example — that's pyramid wi' students at bottom, then teachers above 'em, n' Crumbleceiling reight at top."
"But what are you going to do with all this stuff?" said Elahoraella.
"Ah already said, ah got it t' sell t' students."
"But what are students going to do with it? Even if everybody bought some, there's enough here to last until Christmas."
"Well, they ain't goin' t' use it, are they?" said Barry, laughing to himself. "They become distributors n' sell it on t'other students f' profit."
"Barry, this is definitely a pyramid scheme."
"Nah. It's an exciting opportunity f' all involved — maybe theur would be interested in becoming part-time independent distributors y' sens? Ah mean, 'aven't theur always wanted financial freedom?"
"Barry, we're eleven," said Billy.
"Never too early t' start livin' lifestyle theur deserve. Tell theur wha', give me a couple minutes o' y' time n' ah'll tell theur 'ow this could transform y' lives…"
Half an hour later, they had eventually got away by promising Barry they would consider it, but as they walked back up to the castle, Elahoraella tuned to the other two and said, "I don't care what he says, Barry has definitely joined a pyramid scheme."
Over the next few days, they did their best to avoid Barry whenever they could. This wasn't too difficult during the week when they had lessons, and most of their leisure time was taken up with revision, but at meal times they had to make sure to keep a low profile and eat quickly, so they could avoid him noticing them and coming over to talk. By the weekend, however, it became simply impossible to ignore him any longer.
At breakfast on Saturday, Yodel had brought Professor Millbrook a note addressed to Billy. It was a good thing Barry had made sure to fold the note before sending it, because when Millbrook gave it to Billy, it read:
"Do you think he's ever going to stop?" said Billy, handing the note to Elahoraella, so she could read it too.
Billy looked up at the teacher's table where Barry was sat waving at them. He gave a half-hearted wave back.
"At least he's only asking us and not any of the other students. He'd be in real trouble if they reported him to one of the teachers," said Elahoraella, passing the note to Ed.
"Yeah, but how long until he does start asking other students if we keep ignoring him?"
"Maybe we should go see him?" Ed suggested.
"We don't have the time, Ed," said Elahoraella, as though this was a ridiculous idea. "We've got revision to do today, remember."
"We've been working late every night this week," said Ed. "It's the weekend, surely we can have a little time off? We can make up for it tonight or tomorrow."
"But what are we even going to say to him? We don't want to join his stupid pyramid scheme."
"Finding out more couldn't hurt —"
"Shut up!" Billy whispered to them.
Austin was walking past, but he had just stopped dead to listen. How much had he overheard? Billy didn't like the look of the smile on his face.
After breakfast, Ed and Elahoraella continued to argue all the way up to the library ("But Ed, you won't make any money from it unless you sign up other students!"; "But I could sign you up, and Billy would do it too, wouldn't you, Billy?"). Eventually, Elahoraella agreed to go down and see Barry with the other two during lunch, if only so she could tell him she definitely wasn't interested in signing up.
It wasn't easy for Barry to let them in when they knocked on his door. The number of boxes seemed to have grown since their last visit, and they had to squeeze their way through a small gap to get inside his hut. There was now only one chair that wasn't being used as a shelf, so Billy and Elahoraella shared it while Ed sat on the floor.
"Ah'm glad theur all came — that's it, mek y' sens comfortable," said Barry without a single shred of recognition that this couldn't have been any less possible.
"Listen, Barry," Elahoraella began, "we have thought about, but I don't think we'd have any time to do any selling or sign anybody else up. We've got all our school work to do, and our exams are coming up. And besides that, if anybody found out, we'd all be in a lot of trouble, and so would you."
Barry didn't seem to be listening to anything Elahoraella was saying, and Ed wasn't helping her by humouring Barry and showing interest in the product list he was now showing him.
"So theur see, this is all t' stuff theur can get. There's 'air products n' facial creams, tha' sort o' thin', bur also 'ealth stuff like shakes n' bars. Bur if theur want summa' a bit different, y' can currently gerr' some o' these on special offer."
Barry reached into the nearest box and pulled out a souvenir mug with a drawing of the Loch Ness Monster on the front.
"Ah know it ain't completely accurate n' tha' — Nessie 'as a bigger nose n' it's pierced in real life, n' they missed out 'er mohawk — bur ah reckon students might like 'em as summa' they can send back t' family at home, see, n' teachers could use 'em in staff room."
"Barry, how many of these have you bought?" said Billy, looking around and trying to count the boxes.
"Ah got twelve boxes, n' there's summa' like 'hundred in each o' 'em."
"You've bought over a thousand of these mugs?" said Elahoraella, doing the maths.
"Aye, bur ah got me sen best discount ah could o' got on 'em, so ah can mek good profit when ah sell 'em on."
"Oh, but Barry, who are you going to sell them to? There aren't even a thousand students at Frogsports."
"Ah explained this t' theur before — students buy more than one n' then they sell 'em on."
"This is definitely a pyramid scheme."
"Complete cobblers! It's nowt o' sort."
"But what do you do with the mugs you can't sell?" said Billy. "Are you able to send them back?"
"No returns allowed. Bur ah dunt mind keepin' 'em f' me sen. Tiptop quality n' all, n' they'll go grand wi' the Nessie planes, glasses, n' table mats ah've got comin' t'morrow."
"You're going to keep them?" said Elahoraella. "But how will you ever make your money back if you can't sell them or return them?"
"Easy," said Barry. "When ah bought all these, they counted as unencumbered units, see, so ah became an 'igher ranked distributor. It means next time ah can buy more cheaper than normal, n' mek more profit when ah sell 'em on."
Elahoraella was shaking her head, she couldn't believe what Barry was saying.
"Never mind 'bout numbers anyway," said Barry. "av' y' sen a look at quality o' printing on these mugs."
"I'm sold," Ed joked.
"Grand," said Barry, not noticing Ed's tone. "So 'ow many mugs do ah put theur down f'? These will all be encumbered units f' theur, 'course, so they won't contribute t' theurs' distributor rank. Anyway, mugs cost me six euro each n' they sell f' ten, so 'ow 'bout theur buy five 'undred off me f' eight euro each, n' theur can mek y' sen n' easy thousan' straight away…"
"Barry —"
"Ah'll even throw in fifty f' free —"
"I was joking," said Ed."
"Oh, ah see," said Barry, sounding downhearted. "Well, why dunt theur all tek a mug each n' use 'em on trail basis f' a bit?" He handed them each a mug. "Theur can see if anybody says owt n' wants their own."
Over the next week, they took it in turns to spend what little free time they had trying to convince Barry to quit before he was caught out, but Barry wasn't interested in hearing anything any of them had to say. Instead, he just kept getting more and more things delivered until his hut began resembling a warehouse rather than a home. On Thursday night, Billy and Elahoraella were sat working in the common room, waiting for Ed to return. It had just gone eleven o'clock when the door opened, and Ed came in wearing Billy's translucency tree. He was in a bad mood.
"Look at this!" he said, showing them his hand, which was bright red and covered in blisters. "He's got this new hand cream, and he told me to try it out, only he put it on my hand before I could say anything, and now I've come out in a rash. I'm telling you, none of that stuff is safe. This feels like I've spilt acid on it."
There was a sudden tap on a window behind them.
"What's that?" said Elahoraella as they all turned to look.
"It's a pigeon," said Ed. "But it doesn't look like Yodel."
"What's a pigeon doing here at this time?" said Elahoraella.
Billy rushed over to the window and opened it to let the pigeon it. It landed on the table where they were sat and dropped a note in front of Elahoraella.
"It's from Barry," she said. "Ouch — it bit me."
As she had gone to pick up the note, the pigeon had attacked her hand, then started pecking at an ink stamp on the bottom of the note that read: Reverse charge postage, recipient to pay.
"I can't believe Barry," said Ed, pulling a coin from his pocket and giving it to the pigeon.
Once the pigeon had flown back off through the open window, Elahoraella picked up the note and read it aloud. "You were right, I need to do away with everything. Quickly."
"What's gone wrong?" said Billy.
"It doesn't say," said Elahoraella.
"But how can he just discard everything?" said Ed. "His whole hut is full of boxes. Even if he tried to use it all himself, it would take years to get through that much."
Billy looked down at the mug he'd been drinking water from all night; it was one of the mugs Barry had given them as a sample. Then it came to him. "Nessie," he said quietly.
"What?" said Ed.
"Nessie."
"What about her?"
"That's the answer. We can just dump all those boxes into the loch. No one will ever find them in there. They'll be too scared of Nessie eating them to search."
"And what if Nessie eats us while we're trying to put them there?"
"We'll just have to use a boat," said Billy. "And we can wear the translucency tree to make sure no one sees us doing it."
"Trees can't row, though," said Ed.
"We can do it at night then," said Billy. "Saturday would be good. There are no lights on the loch, so even if somebody looked out of a window right at us, they'd never make us out."
Ed was sold on the idea, but Elahoraella had reservations ("It's going to cause a lot of pollution in the loch, and what if Nessie tries to eat any of it? It could make her very ill!"). Even so, she eventually agreed to help, because as Ed said, what other ideas did they have?
Next morning, to Billy's surprise, it was Ed, not Elahoraella, who backed out of the plan. The rash on his hand had now spread up his arm, and worse than that, both his hands and face had gone puffy. It looked as though he was allergic to whatever had been in the hand cream. He managed to make it to the end of breakfast before deciding he needed to go up to the hospital wing and get it checked out.
At the end of their final lesson, Billy and Elahoraella rushed to the hospital wing to check Ed was going to be okay, and to deliver the news that Professor Grape was taking five credits from Osphranter house because Ed hadn't had the courtesy of at least dying if he was going to be ill enough to miss his class. After reassuring Ed they would be fine on their own, they went down to visit Barry and explain Saturday's plan to him.
"Ah won't let theur in," he said through a crack in the door. "There ain't a lot o' space in 'ere at mo'."
When they told him about their idea to dump everything in the loch when it's dark, he nodded and said, "Well, ah guess it's f' best — maybe ah should tek up crypto or summa' like tha' next time."
"Barry, why do you want to throw everything away anyway?" said Billy. "You didn't say anything in that note you sent us last night. What changed your mind?"
"Oh, theur dunt need t' know details o' it. Wha' matters, is we av' plan t' fix it."
"I'm still worried, though," said Elahoraella. "What if Nessie tries to eat any of it? I mean, look at what's happened to Ed, and that's just from getting it on his hand."
"Dunt worry y' sen 'bout tha'," said Barry. "Nessie will be fine."
"But how can you be sure?"
"Well, she's a fictional creature f' one thin'," he said. "So it's jus' magic, ain't it? Anyway, speaking o' Ed, theur do promise not t' tell anybody wha' really 'appened dunt they? Seh it wor Grape or summa' — y' always saying ow' theur dunt like 'im anyway."
"What do you think changed his mind?" Billy asked Elahoraella as they walked back into the castle five minutes later. "Barry doesn't seem to want us to know."
"I don't know," said Elahoraella, "but it doesn't matter right now. We just need to do away with everything tomorrow night, and then all this will be over."
Some brushed past them. It was Austin, and he turned back to give them both a knowing smile, then — SMACK!
Too busy glancing back at Billy and Elahoraella to notice where he was going, he had walked head first into one of the Banquet Hall's double doors.
"Do be careful where you're going, Mr Hickinbottom," said a passing Professor McDouglass.
"How much do you reckon he just overheard?" said Billy, once Austin had continued into the hall.
"I don't know," said Elahoraella. "But we can't change the plan now. If we don't get this done on Saturday, Barry might change his mind before we get another chance."
Billy agreed, and they went for dinner.
Once the common room had emptied on Saturday night, Billy and Elahoraella pulled the translucency tree over their heads, then set off down to Barry's hut. They didn't come across anyone else on the way until they reached the entrance hall, where the sudden noise of footsteps made them stop dead.
A moment later, Professor McDouglass appeared from the staircase that led down to the dungeons, but she wasn't alone. Looking annoyed about something, Austin was following behind her.
"Detention for you, Mr Hickinbottom," she said, sounding just as angry as he looked. "And I think we shall have fifty credits from Crocodilian house as well. There is no reason for you to be wandering around at this sort of hour —"
"But Professor, you don't understand. Billy Smith is coming down here — he's trying to destroy evidence of something."
"And that shall be another fifty credits for your havering. How dare you try sproutin' aye ma auntie! Come on, and make no mistake, the headmaster will be hearing about this — well, he will when I work out where he is this evening anyway."
Billy and Elahoraella held their breath as Professor McDouglass stopped as she passed by. She looked at them for a moment, then said to herself, "I see the trees are migrating back outside for the summer early this year," and continued walking.
They waited until Professor McDouglass and Austin's footsteps had faded away before continuing. Elahoraella seemed to move with a new-found joy in her step.
"Austin's got detention!" she said gleefully. "And all because he thought he was on to us."
Laughing about Austin all the way, they left the castle and made for Barry's hut where they could see he'd left them a rowing boat by the water's edge. They pulled off the translucency tree, then folded it up and placed it in a small nook under the hut for safe keeping.
"Ah've got all boxes ready f' theur," said Barry, as he opened the door. "n' ah've also added a bit o' weight t' sum' of the lighter boxes t' 'elp 'em sink a bit quicker, y' know?"
"Aren't you going to help us?" said Billy.
"Can't lad, ah've 'urt me arm. Doctor said ah ain't t' do any 'eavy liftin'."
"When did you have time to see a doctor?"
"Well, ah seh doctor, bur ah mean ah Googled it. Bur it also said ah only got three week t' live, so gerr' on wi' job before ah find me sen six feet under."
As Billy and Elahoraella began loading the heavy boxes into the boat, it was difficult not to wonder if Barry might not have been telling the truth about his arm.
"I think we'll have to come back for the rest," said Elahoraella once they had loaded half the boxes. "If we take too many at once, the boat might sink."
"Agreed," said Billy, and he helped her push the boat out onto the water.
They climbed aboard, then began rowing until they reached what they thought was the middle of the loch.
"I think this is the spot," said Elahoraella. "The loch must be at its deepest here."
Billy leant over the side of the boat to look at his own moonlight reflection staring back at him. Crumbleceiling was right, he thought — he must remember to pay him that bet.
He sat back up and nodded to Elahoraella. "Let's do it."
Box by box, they began throwing the evidence overboard. They had to admit, the extra weight Barry had added to some of them was doing its job. The moment they hit the surface, every box disappeared into the watery depths.
"That's all of them," said Billy, dropping the last box into the water. "Let's go get the rest."
When they returned to the shore, they were in for a surprise. Perhaps it was because he had just been thinking about him, but when he climbed out of the boat, Billy found himself face to face with Professor Crumbleceiling. He had to be imagining things. Maybe he was just hallucinating because of how tired he was.
Billy blinked. Crumbleceiling was still there. Now they were in trouble, he thought.
"Professor…" Billy began with panic in his voice, "we were just —"
"Never mind what you're doing now," said Crumbleceiling. "I came over to ask if I could borrow your boat? My kayak just sunk," he continued. Crumbleceiling pointed over to the edge of the loch edge where a couple of stacks of paper were standing a little ahead of where the top of a kayak was sticking out the surface of the water.
"Er… sure," said Billy.
Billy helped Crumbleceiling load his papers onto the boat, then climbed aboard.
"Ahoy there, matey!" Crumbleceiling said to Elahoraella as he joined them on the boat. Then he shouted out, "Weigh anchor and hoist the mizzen!"
"Are you going to help us row, Professor?" said Billy.
"I'm afraid I can't, dear boy. I hurt my arm earlier."
"Did he have to come on the boat with us?" Elahoraella whispered to Billy. "He's just adding extra weight"
"Well, I couldn't say no, could I? He's the headmaster."
"We're like pirates, aren't we?" said Crumbleceiling as they started rowing back out to the middle of the loch. "Shall we sing a sea shanty?"
"Let's not," said Billy.
"Aye, aye, Captain!"
They stopped in roughly the same place as before, then began dumping the rest of the boxes overboard.
"Professor, what are all these papers for anyway?" Billy asked as he threw Crumbleceiling's cargo into the water.
"Oh, just some old records the school no longer has any need to keep," said Crumbleceiling. "We do pride ourselves on our data protection practises at Frogsports."
Once they had thrown the last box over the edge, they saw a head appear above the water a little distance away. They watched as the head splashed back down as though toasting their cunning before it swam off to the other side of the loch, its mohawk giving it the appearance of a shark involved in the punk rock scene.
Back on dry land, there was another surprise waiting for them, but this one wasn't so friendly. They had just pulled the boat out of the water when Kevin's lantern-lit face appeared in the darkness ahead of them, and Billy felt a sudden need to swab the poop deck.
"Oh dear," said Kevin, making no effort to hold back the smile on his face. "We do have some explaining to do, don't we?"
"Shiver me timbers! It's a scurvy dog," said Crumbleceiling. Then he turned to the other two and continued, "Let's cleave him to the brisket and feed him to the fishies. Dead men tell no tales!"
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Seventeen This Is Cheese as Cheese Should Be No one was. Instead, a decorative stone pedestal stood alone in the middle of the chamber, and on top of it, a small wooden box which quite unmista
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Sixteen Police Aux Frontières Billy would never be quite sure how he managed to get through all his exams when he was half expecting to be murdered if not by Steven coming through the door at
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Disney Trip: Behind the Scenes With the Creators of The Pirate Fairy
April 2, 2014 November 23, 2017 Matt Forbeck
During my trip out to Disney Studios last month, I had the chance to chat with a number of people behind the latest film in the Fairies line: The Pirate Fairy . This film was produced by Disney Toon Studios, which is housed in another building and operates independently of Disney Animation Studios, which produces feature films like Frozen . While animated film legend John Lasseter oversees both studios (and Pixar, as well) they have their own production cycles and even develop their own workflows to get their films done.
Ritsuki Notani, Yuriko Senoo, and Ray Shenusay
Three of the animation team came out to meet us dressed in various levels of pirate gear. Ritsuki Notani was in charge of character design and took a strong hand in developing Zarina, the new fairy destined to become the title character in the film. Yuriko Senoo supervised all of the film's animation, and Ray Shenusay served as the head of story for the film. Together, under the guidance of director Peggy Holmes and producer Jenni Magee-Cook, they led the team of animators who brought Zarina's story to life.
Ray claimed that he was wearing last year's Halloween costume, but none of the others were willing to confirm that he didn't come into the office dressed this way more often. The passion they each brought for their work shined through, though, no matter how they were dressed.
The designers had some high-powered help this time around. Christian Siriano of Project Runway fame pitched in on the designs for Zarina, who's voiced by Mad Men star Christina Hendricks. Siriano's created clothes for Hendricks in real life, so it seemed like a natural fit for him to try his hand at dressing her animated alter-ego as well.
In her own designs, Notani took pains to link Zarina's clothing to the kind of materials that she might have available to her. Sharp-eyed viewers might notice that Zarina's pirate outfit (shown above) is actually constructed from the cuff of a captain's jacket.
The team went to pains to make Zarina her own kind of fairy. She's independent and athletic, and that shows both in her frame and in the way she holds herself. Hendricks brought that to life with her fierce voice acting too.
Jenni Magee-Cook and Peggy Holmes
Later, we had the chance to chat with director Peggy Holmes and producer Jenni Magee-Cook, both before and after our preview screening of the film. Magee-Cook is a graduate of Marquette University, where my parents met, and is originally from Cedarburg, Wisconsin, so we immediately bonded over that.
Both women raved about all the talent they were able to bring to bear on the film, and on how much fun it was to bring the Fairy franchise a bit closer to the Peter Pan story that had inspired it all. They revealed how Lasseter had a direct impact on one of the characters introduced in the film: Crocky, the crocodile destined to grow up to pursue Captain Hook.
The original designs for Crocky looked a lot like an actual young crocodile. While they discussed this during a story meeting, though, Lasseter sketched out a superdeformed version of Crocky with massive, expressive eyes. Veteran animators Bruce Smith and Daniel Abraham took a crack at him next and came up with sharper versions that eventually became the Crocky we see in the film.
This highlighted the collaborative nature of the team's work. Throughout the film's development, they shot ideas and designs back and forth among each other, keeping the best bits each time. This ranged from Tom Hiddleston's inspired voice acting for the young James Hook to Holmes—who has a background in dance and choreography too—recording video of herself acting out some of Zarina's moves.
Check out the clip below for a sneak preview of Crocky's introduction to the world. The Pirate Fairy was released yesterday, so you can grab it right away. No fooling.
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A shortage of funding usually hits as soon as you start, but running out of money is a common problem throughout the course of your business. Pursue extra investment capital from angel investors, business partnerships, or venture-friendly crowdsourcing efforts like Kickstarter. Once you've got it, keep it by tightly managing your cash flow.
Some startups only require a garage and a laptop initially, but eventually you'll need physical space and technological power. Securing these resources quickly and efficiently can be a challenge, but planning ahead helps you scale without breaking your budget.
Startup companies can't offer high salaries, so it's tough to find experienced and talented team members. Plus, the small team dynamics could be problematic if two or more people don't get along. Be very selective in who you hire, and understand that great teams make great companies.
You don't necessarily need an advisor as a startup tech company, but lacking one can make things extra difficult for first-time entrepreneurs especially.
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Startup tech companies are everywhere. It's likely that someone out there has a similar idea to yours, so it's important to make a strong distinction.
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PTI Sindh President Syed Ali Haider Zaidi addressing a press conference at Insaf House. — APP/File
Over the nomination of mayoral candidacy for Karachi, serious differences have emerged among Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Sindh chapter leaders after PTI Sindh President Ali Haider Zaidi sent a letter to the party's central parliamentary board for selecting a candidate from between Muhammad Ashraf Jabbar Qureshi, and Khurram Sher Zaman.
Zaman is currently the parliamentary party leader in the Sindh Assembly, while Qureshi is considered one of the founding members of the PTI. The latter, however, would not agree to work with Zaman if his name was not accepted by the party for the mayorship of Karachi.
On December 13, Zaidi in his letter also informed PTI Chairman Imran Khan that senior member Firdous Shamim Naqvi was withdrawing his nomination for the mayor's candidature. Now the party has two hopefuls in the race —Qureshi and Zaman, the letter reads.
Zaidi stated: "If the party intends to look for more candidates, we will have to wait till the election to select one from the reserve seats of labour, women, minorities or youth." The local body elections, after being delayed thrice, are now scheduled to be held on January 15, 2023.
He requested the party parliamentary board to decide at the earliest so that the party could announce the final candidate and relaunch its electoral campaign for the LG polls.
For the last two months, the party had been organising rallies and public gatherings in Karachi focusing on issues related to national-level politics. However, the party is yet to launch its election campaign for the local bodies' elections.
Talking about the issue, Zaman told The News that the party had not announced the final candidate for the mayorship of Karachi. However, it is expected that the party would finalise the name in the next two days.
He said three names – his as well as those of Naqvi and Muhammad Ashraf Jabbar Qureshi — were sent to the central parliamentary board of the party. "The party would decide the final name of the candidate, and what the party decides, I would happily accept it."
Responding to a question, Zaman said he had been highlighting the issues being faced by the people of Karachi, and if he was elected mayor of Karachi, he would work with other political parties to resolve the problems.
He, however, said he was also ready to support Qureshi. "We are party colleagues. We have to work for winning the mayorship of Karachi. This is not right to fight within the party. All the differences can be settled after winning the LG polls," he remarked.
Meanwhile, Qureshi told The News that some people within the PTI wished to become prime minister instead Imran Khan, and they wanted to enjoy high positions being associated with the PTI. "One thing I want to make clear; if my name was dropped, the party would suffer huge losses in the upcoming local bodies elections in Karachi," he said.
Qureshi said a group of opportunists had been imposed on the PTI, and they wanted to distract the party from the right path and were taking advantage of Khan's engagement in national politics. If Zaman's name was finalised for the mayorship, the rival parties would use his name against the PTI by saying that he was not a local resident of Karachi.
He said the PTI would also lose its vote bank in Urdu-speaking neighbourhoods. "I was assured by PTI Sindh President Ali Haider Zaidi that the party would nominate me as mayoral candidate. This is why I accepted the offer and started the campaign.
Now it's beyond understanding why Zaman is so interested in becoming a mayoral candidate." He said: "I will absolutely not support any electioneering of the PTI in the upcoming local polls if my candidacy for the mayor of Karachi is not accepted."
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1. The error message that displays when the iocage defaults.json file is missing reads: "Default configuration missing, creating one". Suggested rework: "[/mnt/pool1/iocage/]: defaults.json file is missing. Creating new defaults.json file with standard jail settings."
Replace  with the actual path to the iocage dataset that is missing defaults.json.
2. The error message that displays when the iocage defaults.json file is corrupted reads: "Defaults are corrupt, using iocage defaults in memory". The message should communicate where the corrupt file is located and one option to resolve the error.
Suggested rework: "Jail default settings from [/mnt/pool1/iocage/defaults.json] are corrupt. Jail is created with iocage default settings from memory. Delete [/mnt/pool1/iocage/defaults.json] for iocage to recreate the file with working defaults."
Replace  with the actual path to the corrupted file.
The defaults file always lives in one location. So displaying it for that error message is redundant. Furthermore, there can only be one pool activated at one time, and mountpoints can get quite long. So there isn't a mystery where the file lives.
It's meant to be a quick message alerting the user, and the suggestion reads like a novel. We have a lot of iocage users who are not native English speakers and complain about length of messages and having trouble parsing them due to length. This message was chosen as it's short and to the point.
The user changed these defaults, hence the corruption. They know where they are, what they did and that they can remove them to fix it as they never created it in the first place, iocage creates it and they are aware.
Except that assumes knowledge of how iocage works and which dataset is the iocage dataset. We spent some time yesterday working it out, and an appliance user will have much more difficulty.
There are two messages. A message indicating a needed file was recreated does not need to tell the user where it is. One that complains about the file being corrupted certainly should. Otherwise it is not useful, essentially a "Something is wrong" message. As far as length, we would be happy to work with you on wording, as part of our responsibility is to make sure error messages are clear, informative, and give the user some idea of how to solve the problem or where to go next.
If the user changed it, maybe they remember where that file is. Maybe it was corrupted by a data error. Either way, giving them a path to the file makes locating it simple. Telling them they can fix the corruption by deleting the file and letting iocage create it is even better, giving them a way to fix their problem directly.
Beyond all this, every time a clear message eliminates a support call, it reduces time and aggravation on the part of both the user and the support department.
Except you guys didn't work it out, I explained the whole process to Tim in pm. It's a very simple and clear procedure that is intuitive enough imo that it does not require a paragraph of explanation.
Secondly, while a user may not be told the path, the user iocage is aimed at will go to the iocage mount location and instantly notice the defaults.json. It's implied, and does not explicitly need to be told.
Lastly this doesn't save time or aggravation for the support department. As iocage is not officially supported on the CLI. It is supported through the GUI. And since the GUI does not provide a way to change defaults, the users wouldn't be exposed to this. If filesystem corruption happened, iocage would use the defaults in memory and the GUI users would be none the wiser, unless they went to the CLI. In which case see the advanced users explanation above. We shouldn't be encouraging appliance users to use the CLI until we have no choice (to rule out a MW/GUI bug and see if the behavior works for them the 'standard' way). So this message wouldn't be that useful to those users, as they aren't aware of what rm is, and iocage isn't a remedial shell learning experience. It's a jail manager. You are expected to know how to work your way around a shell if an issue comes up, and this includes locating that file with the many means the shell provides you. So the way I see it, providing the users a path is not going to solve the confusion, but instead have the users who shouldn't be messing around in the CLI ask "How do I remove that file?" with a million duplicate tickets asking that exact question. Let's keep GUI users in the GUI and advanced users in the CLI, they know what they need to do.
Anything iocage related outside of the GUI has always been described as 'At Your Own Risk', and it continues to be our message. That won't change, we have our GUI team spending all their energy making a robust GUI for them to use for a reason, let's not confuse our target audiences when we have message suggestions.
Length of messages in iocage is something I care about a lot, as I am the one who has to field the users who complain about them in iocage's tracker. So, I appreciate the suggestion, but as the BDFL of iocage, once again the answer is no.
Throwing ticket to Warren per discussion with Dru. The requirements being no paths in the message, 79 characters max, and not multiple lines.
defaults.json in /mnt/pool1/iocage/ corrupted (delete to recreate), using memory values.
See screenshot. Error message is correct...but is it supposed to create the jail? Just verifying before I pass it.


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If a company is on the up and looks like a winner for our portfolios, do we factor in the ethical implications? Chiquita Brands International (NYS: CQB) is a great example. The company looks cheap, but years of scandals and, shall we say, less-than-ideal business practices warrant a deeper investigation into what it will do for your portfolio and your conscience.
That's a Buffett favorite, and it applies to Chiquita. Chiquita cultivates, packages, and distributes produce around the world under the famous Chiquita brand, as well as others. You can find the company's Fresh Express salad line in nearly every major grocery store. Ever since the iconic Chiquita banana woman sang her song and swung her hips, people have been hooked on the brand. Unfortunately, the branded banana company has also been associated with known terrorist groups.
Chiquita's biggest problem lies far away from the balance sheet. The company pleaded guilty to charges of, intermittently throughout the 1990s, making payments to a radical paramilitary organization to provide security and other services. (Payments were made by a subsidiary company.) The hired group has been accused of kidnapping, torturing, and killing thousands in Colombian villages and is considered by many, including the U.S. Department of Defense, to be a terrorist organization. The company has already been fined $25 million by the U.S. government for its support of the group known as the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia. Ongoing litigation on behalf of victims' family members and human rights organizations could continue to plague the company for years to come.
The issue is not unique to Chiquita; the companies operating in the banana republics are often compared to the cocaine cartels of the 1980s. So does this problem have something to do with the low valuation? Undoubtedly, but there are some other factors affecting Chiquita that are not quite so gruesome.
From 2010 to 2011, operating income took more than a 60% hit. One of the culprits is the lagging salad business. Grocers have been turning to private labels for their greenery needs, and it's hurting Fresh Express. Also, fuel and transportation costs dented the profit margins on all products, resulting in operating losses in the salad segment and slimmer profits for the banana and other produce segments.
How has the stock price reflected these movements and alleged death-squad financings? In a year, the stock has cascaded nearly 50% in value from $15-plus to today's price of $8.64.
It looks to me like Chiquita can turn things around -- financially, at least. On the salad front, the company is now providing grocers with their private-label needs. The Fresh Express line may be doomed, but that's OK if Chiquita is the one filling store's private-label bags. In fact, it's an advantage: Chiquita will reduce marketing costs and shift some of the product risk to the grocer.
Management is committed to improving the balance sheet via refinancing and paying down debt. During the last couple of years, long-term debt has dropped steadily -- a refreshing sight for a company so heavily dependent on short-term trends in commodities.
Chiquita also has a joint venture with Danone to make pre-packaged fruit smoothies with Chiquita-branded fruit in Europe. Smoothies are a big business; just look at how Naked and Odwalla's $4 drinks fly off the shelves at your local grocery store.
If the company's operations improve, can its valuation mature to something closer to that of rival Dole?
At a market value more than twice that of Chiquita's, Dole (NYS: DOLE) is the industry giant. The company's stock price spiked more than 5.5% in March after management announced slimmer-than-expected losses and the disposal of a distribution plant in Germany. Recent salmonella outbreaks and recalls brought the stock back down a bit, but the company still trades at a P/E of 21.43. Compare that to Chiquita's super-cheap P/E of 6.83.
The legal expenses and social irresponsibility have real, material effects on the bottom line. With more and more attention going to where our food comes from, Chiquita needs to be more transparent and strive for ethically responsible business practices.
Whether or not it will, I can't say. But I believe that if Chiquita takes this step and disrupts the industry as it stands today, investors and customers will have more faith in the company. Once that happens, watch its valuations get in line with industry averages.
Chiquita has potential to be a great turnaround story if it successfully reorganizes some of its business lines.
What do you think about Chiquita and the banana republic? Should an investor stick to the numbers and leave saving the world to the activists? Sound off in the comments below.
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Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 5 has been all about the increasingly unstable Zero Point. We've seen Agent Jones hop through dimensions, gathering up and recruiting some of the best hunters from across the universe. Now, Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 6 is set to begin on March 16, furthering the story and bringing new changes to battle royale. Epic Games has announced that the start of Season 6 will feature the Zero Crisis Finale, a solo mission that all players can experience.
Epic Games detailed the news in a post made to its website. "When you first launch into the new Season, you'll play through the conclusion of Agent Jones' mission in the Zero Crisis Finale. The aftermath of this event is sure to shape Reality as we know it." Since the beginning of the season, we've seen cutscenes of Agent Jones as he frantically struggled to contain the Zero Point, all of that has built up to the epic Zero Crisis Finale, where we'll get to see the saga's conclusion.
The post also implies some major shakeups coming to Fortnite following the event. If you're familiar with Fortnite, you know that major changes have become customary following a major event or change in seasons. That said, we have no clue what theme Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 6 will bring, but that will likely be revealed after the event.
The Zero Crisis Finale will be available to play whenever players first login for Season 6. It can also be viewed entirely online, as Epic Games plans to hold a premiere event for players to experience it together. The developer also teases that the interlude to Fortnite Season 6 will be the "most ambitious story cinematic yet," which is certainly saying a lot for a game like Fortnite.
Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 6 will begin on March 16, and will add the Zero Crisis Finale solo mission. For more on Fortnite, stay right here on Shacknews.
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A 15-year-old Melbourne boy is Australia's latest swine flu case but authorities say the outbreak here is "fairly mild" compared to overseas.
As the number of Australian cases rose to 14, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd defended the government's decision to upgrade the alert level to containment stage from delay.
Passengers on a cruise ship berthed in Sydney were quarantined for more than five hours on Saturday as they underwent checks after reporting cases of influenza-like illness.
NSW chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant said four passengers were found to have mild influenza-like symptoms and their test results were expected overnight.
Senator Daniel Inouye introduced legislation in the U.S. Congress to designate the Hawaii Capitol National Heritage Area for the Honolulu/Kapalama Ahupua'a, which covers Kaka'ako, Downtown, Nuuanu and Kapalama. The bill Senate # 359 was co-sponsored by Senator Daniel Akaka.
Updates on the Live Streaming Conversation… Calling the BS NOW!
So now I get the following email from Goodenow telling me why something can't be done. He sent me the PDF File that he talks about, but I can't link it from my email right now for some reason.
They just don't get it!!!
Of course the Site itself needs to be ADA Compliant. But they can run a Live Stream through the Site.
Olelo runs the County MEETINGS… Na Leo Could as well and it wouldn't cost that much!
Sheesh People Try Open your dang eyes!
Kenneth Goodenow… Change in Thinking?
Earlier I blogged how the County Clerk used the excuse of ADA requirements as to why the County is not Streaming the meetings live.
Thanks for taking the time to think of this. Actually, we have looked at free-streaming. Corporation Counsel gave the go ahead, regarding advertising being done on the site, but the problem is ADA requirements for live transcriptions – both Corporation Counsel and HR have advised that it would be dangerous not to provide for live transcriptions as these are official meetings. This would add significantly to the cost and is not part of our current RFP that includes transcription for delayed broadcasts. Earlier this year we determined we would should wait and go out for a new RFP to take into account live transcription (and other matters relating to our new location and the possibility of an automatic camera system, etc.) when our current contract expires 06 /30/10..
I will make another request of corporation counsel and the department of human resources for their input. We were looking at free streaming back in January (Out of the Sea Media) put us on to this. I'll let you know what they say.
I sure wish people would figure out what was going on and quit telling me one thing… then a few hours telling me another thing.
It's not that hard to do and I think they are making a much bigger issue about the technology behind this.
On Tiff's blog… the Significant cost quoted was $12,000. I don't think that is a significant cost for a years worth of public access.
Even more on the Council Members Cancellation of Plans to Stream Meetings on the Internet.
Councilman Yoshimoto on Live Streaming… But Wait… Goodenow Says ADA a Problem Still?
I got the following email from Councilman Yoshimoto in reply to the same letter that I sent to Councilman Yagong that I blogged about earlier.
Thanks for taking the time to think of this. Actually, we have looked at free-streaming. Corporation Counsel gave the go ahead, regarding advertising being done on the site, but the problem is ADA requirements for live transcriptions – both Corporation Counsel and HR have advised that it would be dangerous not to provide for live transcriptions as these are official meetings. This would add significantly to the cost and is not part of our current RFP that includes transcription for delayed broadcasts. Earlier this year we determined we would should wait and go out for a new RFP to take into account live transcription (and other matters relating to our new location and the possibility of an automatic camera system, etc.) when our current contract expires 06 /30/10.
I agree that the ADA doesn't mandate that live hearings have transcriptions for captioning (though this is not entirely clear – our lawyers tell me is that if the cost burden is weighed and found to be unreasonable, we can forgo the captioning). If, however, the transcripts are to be kept for reviewing as was part of the request for proposals that was conducted by the Purchasing Division of the Finance Department with the specifications as provided last year, then transcripts or captioning are needed (the idea for web-casting first came up as an idea to provide archives via the internet which could be searched by subject matter or bill, resolution or communication number). As we already have a contract that includes transcription for captioning (not instantaneous), we would have to either modify our existing contract with Out of the Sea (if found by the Finance Department not to violate the Procurement Code) or wait for their contract to end and go out for a new RFP. This route was decided as there were other options to consider such as the design of the new council chamber, software designed for legislative bodies going paperless, voice activated cameras, etc. The $12,000 per year figure we received was the lowest bid on the request for proposal sent out by the Purchasing Division.
The live streams DO NOT require ADA mandates. The State LEGISLATURE BROADCASTS AND STREAMS LIVE MEETINGS W/OUT THESE MANDATES… WHY SHOULD Hawaii County Council?
Council Meetings are streamed live all across this country on the internet.
"Using Amazon's Mechanical Turk service, you can get audio transcribed for less than $1 a minute with a 24-hour or less turnaround" and have that on the site as well!
Folks… I really don't like getting the run around!
I sent off a letter to the Council Members yesterday explaining who I was and that I basically thought we the public weren't getting our money's worth for what the council is paying to have their meetings shown on TV.
This was in regards to the blog that I posted two days ago. I sent them a copy of the blog posting as well.
I forgot to mention in that post, that I don't even see the need or justification of doubling the amount earmarked for this future year from the year before. Unless more services can be brought to the public.
For those of you who know the scoops… you know the scoops on the Newspaper War that happened and is still pretty much happening on Oahu.
For those of you don't… well I'm not gonna go into it too much because it's not really my story to tell.
But needless to say long time reporter and writer Burl Burlingame does not like the Honolulu Advertiser.
I've added his "Blog" or to the Oahu section of my blogroll.
He's got access to much of the pictures that the Star-Bulletin has covered over the years. Well he had access until Gannett snatched up the majority of the collection, but that's a whole nother story for him to tell you.
Here's a promotional ad for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin when the paper was riding high in the 1920s. The irony is that the circulation was far, far less then than it is now… Burl Burlingame on "Better Days at the Star-Bulletin".


Since 2006, Oregon State University and the Oregon Department of Education have been partners in providing the Oregon Virtual School District to help K-12 education. Neither a school nor a district, ORVSD uses a variety of open source tools to facilitate the use of technology in Oregon's K-12 classrooms.
Come learn how open source is being used to enhance education while simultaneously minimizing cost to the schools.
I've presented both solo and as part of a panel at OSCON (http://www.oscon.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/8384), previous Open Source Bridge (http://opensourcebridge.org/sessions/309), GOSCON (numerous sessions), and other non-tech education conferences.


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Tiree Renewable Energy (TREL)
Some of you may have noticed that Tilley has not been turning for the last few weeks. A generator fault was registered in September and since then two teams of engineers from Enercon (the turbine manufacturer) have attended.
The first team conducted diagnostic tests to locate and identify the fault, and the second carried out preparatory work so that the repairs can be made smoothly. A third team of engineers will be attending shortly to install replacement parts and complete the repair. Enercon are planning to have Tilley operational again by 30th November.
Tiree Broadband continues to be affected by a fault in the BT Cabinet in Crossapol. Tiree broadband normally uses 7 fibreoptic lines from the Crossapol Cabinet as it's 'backhaul' (i.e. where it gets its internet from) and then distributes it to the network via wireless dishes.
Our network is currently operating from one backup fibreoptic line at An Iodhlann which is fed from the cabinet at the Scarinish Exchange. The result is that Tiree Broadband customers will have a restricted service but should still be able to do essential tasks online.
We apologise for any inconvenience this has caused our customers and would like to assure you that we are working hard to resolve this issue and have been speaking with Tiree Community Council to make sure our voice is heard by both BT and The Scottish Government on this issue.
The Cruas Fund
In direct response to the economic impact of the Covid-19 lockdown, The Trust has decided to launch The Cruas fund. Cruas is the Gaelic word for hardship. The Trust will be supported by Cùram Thiriodh to administer the fund via the Solar food project.
The fund is aimed as a short-term support mechanism for people in our community whose financial circumstances change quickly and is not meant to supplement any longer-term benefit system.
If you have recently found yourself in financial difficulty you can contact Solar in the strictest confidence on solartiree{@}gmail.com or 07375 929350 (text or phone).
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Trust & Cùram Launch New Hardship Fund – The Cruas Fund
In direct response to the economic impact of the Covid-19 lockdown, The Trust has decided to launch The Cruas fund. Cruas is the Gaelic word for hardship. The Trust will be supported by Cùram Thiriodh to administer the fund via the Solar food project. The fund is aimed as a short-term support mechanism for people in our community whose financial circumstances change quickly and is not meant to supplement any longer-term benefit system.
If you have recently found yourself in financial difficulty you can contact Solar in the strictest confidence on solartiree@gmail.com or 07375 929350 (text or phone).
Community Fuel Station Update
A new company has been set up to operate a community owned fuel station in Crossapol. Tiree Community Enterprise Ltd is being established as a wholly owned subsidiary of The Trust and will operate with its own board, in the same way as our other subsidiaries like TREL & Tiree Broadband.
During September we will go out to tender for a specialist design and build contractor to design and construct the fuel station. Our aim is that, as with previous capital projects, this will create subcontracting opportunities for Tiree contractors. Keep an eye out or project updates in future editions of An Tirisdeach and on our website and social media.
This project has received funding from The National Lottery Community Assets Fund and HIE as well as a contribution from the Windfall Fund.
Trust AGM and Director Nominations
Tiree Community Development Trust and subsidiary companies will be holding an Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 15th September at 7.30pm Via Zoom. The details of which will be published at a later date.
We still require 10% of our membership (30 people) to be in attendance to have a quorum so please do consider joining us. If you wish to stand for election you must return the completed form by Friday 4th September to admin@tireetrust.org.uk. To be eligible for election you must be on the electoral roll for Tiree and be a full member of TCDT.
Tiree Trust Updates
Lottery & HIE Back Community Fuel Pumps for Tiree
Tiree Community Development Trust has successfully secured just over £500,000 from the National Lottery Community Assets Fund and £150,000 from HIE towards building a new community owned fuel station in Crossapol.
MacLennan Motors informed The Trust last year that they intended to stop selling fuel as part of the handover of the business to the next generation and The Trust has been working with a steering group of volunteers to plan a resilient fuel service that will meet the needs of the island.
An Agreement has been made with MacLennan Motors to keep selling fuel until the new community facility is ready and the Trust helped by providing a working capital loan which will be repaid in full. It is hoped the new fuel facility will be ready in spring 2021.
Plot Required for Community Owned Affordable Housing Project
Tiree Community Development Trust is looking to purchase a modest plot of land with a view to building 2 (semi-detached) high quality community owned affordable houses to rent. The Trust had outline plans to build at The Camp in Crossapol but we were unable to come to a suitable final agreement with the owner. TCDT held a consultation event in January this year with 44 out of 48 attendees supporting such a project. If any land owner has a site that may be suitable, is close to both an access road and water and power services, please contact admin@tireetrust.org.uk or call 220 074 to discuss further.
Tiree Trust News Bites
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The Trust has been working with Highlands & Islands Enterprise (HIE), consultancy firm Delfinity and fuel specialists Adler & Allan on an options appraisal and feasibility study for a community owned fuel facility. The study looks at site options, costs and business model and we hope to be able to present this to the community in the coming weeks. The study has been fully funded by HIE.
• HIE has also shown support for our plans to investigate the development of The Camp at Crossapol, for community owned affordable housing as well as light industrial business and storage units, by providing funding to allow staff to develop this proposal further.
• We have had stage one approval for 'Scottish Land Fund' funding to purchase The Camp and will now work towards a final stage two application after the community consultation process.
• The Trust has also been working with Cameron Anson from Rural Housing Scotland to conduct a housing needs analysis survey which will aim to provide the evidence required for an application to the Rural Housing Fund. You can find the survey here: https://bit.ly/32RnMDD and also an employer's survey here: https://bit.ly/2Wn3EXp
• Further Community Consultation will be conducted on both of the above projects once we have gathered enough information.
• Congratulations to Ishbel Campbell, our Gaelic Development Officer, for her medal and trophy winning performances at the National Mòd in Glasgow in October. Ishbel also conducts the Còisir Bun-sgoil Thiriodh (Tiree Primary School Gaelic Choir) as part of her role with the Trust and they won the Rural Areas Unison Singing competition. Well done to Ishbel and the kids!
• Hayley Douglas has been appointed as the new Ranger for Tiree and will start on Monday 11th November. Hayley has been working as a Ranger and development officer at Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park for the past 9 years and we look forward to welcoming her to the team!
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• The Trust has recently appointed consultants Delfinity to undertake the Feasibility Study on the Community Owned Fuel Service. Work has started this week and we expect the study to be complete by the middle of September. If any community members would like to join the short-term steering group for this project, please contact andy@tireetrust.org.uk
• The Trust is in the process of trying to secure funds to undertake another feasibility study, this time to assess the viability of a small community owned affordable housing project, possibly at The Camp in Crossapol. Please contact Andy (see above) if you would like to join the steering group for this project.
• Gaelic classes will re-start on Monday 26th August, 7:30pm @ Trust Offices, all welcome to come and learn a song and opportunity to build confidence in speaking Gaelic.
• Bookbug – Gaelic rhyme, song and story time returns, each Thursday 9am in the library. Suitable for under 5's and parents/guardians.
• Primary Gaelic Choir & soloists will be attending Mull provincial Mod on 13th Sept & National Mod, Glasgow in October. There will be a premod ceilidh in September, and we will confirm the details shortly.
• After school Youth Work activities will be back to normal as of 26th August, with some sessions running from Wed 21st. For more information see the 'Tiree Trust – Youth Work' Facebook page or contact willie@tireetrust.org.uk
• George Leslie Civil Engineering Contractors has won the tender for the Milton Harbour redevelopment. The competitive tender process was carried out under strict guidelines from funders and we expect the work, which includes an extension, raising the height and erecting a shed, to begin in early April.
• Unfortunately, we have not been able to apply to LEADER for the match funding required for the Beach Access Car Parks project. The Rural Tourism Infrastructure (RTI) Fund has awarded us 70% of the costs and we now have around 8 weeks to secure the match funding or we will lose the RTI grant. We are now considering all options including a crowdfunding campaign.
• Willie MacKinnon, the Trust's Youth Worker, has started a new Sci-Fi after school club on a Monday.
• Ishbel Campbell, our Gaelic Development Officer, has been running weekly Gaelic classes for beginners which have
Tiree Community Development Trust News
The Milton Harbour Project has been out to tender. We hope to announce the result in the next edition of An Tirisdeach and the proposed start date for the work is 1st April 2019.
The Trust has been conditionally awarded £131k from Visit Scotland's Rural Tourism Infrastructure Fund towards upgrading beach access car parks and extending the car park at The Business Centre. This forms around 70% of the costs required and an application to LEADER is ongoing to make up the funding package. Funding has also been secured from SNH, The Windfall Fund and Tiree Community Business.
Youth Worker Willie MacKinnon attended a Duke of Edinburgh training session in Inveraray and Lochgilphead along with Lydia Macajova, in preparation for leading a group of Tiree children to gain a Silver Award.
A visit from Fergus Murray, Head of Economic Development for Argyll & Bute Council, was delayed in early November for the second time and is now likely to be rescheduled in the new year.
At the time of writing a meeting was due to take place on Wednesday 14th November with crofters who participate in the Croft Camping Scheme to review the scheme.
The Trust recently welcomed Ishbel Campbell as the new Gaelic Development Officer. Ishbel will work part time (17.5 hours per week) continuing the fantastic work that Donna MacLean carried out during her time with the Trust including regular Gaelic Bookbug, Stradagan and School Gaelic Club sessions. Ishbel has also started weekly Gaelic classes for adults –if anyone is interested in beginner or intermediate classes please contact Ishbel for more information.
After completing a Gaelic course through Sabhal Mor Ostaig, Ishbel then completed a post graduate diploma (Gaelic Immersion for Teachers) via Strathclyde University and currently works part time as a primary teacher at the school on Tiree.
Tiree Trust February News Bites
Apologies, as it has been a while since we have updated our news-bites via An Tirisdeach.
Please see below some snippets of what's been happening over the last month. More detailed information can be found on our website.
• Lochshell Engineering (based in Wick) has been appointed to undertake the repair works at Scarinish Harbour and an agreement with Argyll Estate to gift the Harbour over to the community is at an advanced stage. A grant has been secured from Marine Scotland and work is due to commence in late February/early March.
• Funding has been awarded from the Scottish Land Fund to cover the costs associated with the Trust taking ownership of the Hynish Buildings from The Hebridean Trust. This includes funding for a 2-year development officer post. This is currently being developed and more information about the post will be announced in due course. The legal process is lengthy, and we are still not at the point of taking on the buildings quite yet.
• We have recently funded a variety of training courses on the island, including 'health and safety at work', 'food hygiene' and 'personal license' which over 25 members of the community have benefitted from.
• We are pleased to welcome Youth Worker Willie MacKinnon back to the office, following a short period of absence due to a leg injury. Willie will be conducting desk duties for the next month or so, we are delighted to report that he is slowly but steadily on the mend!
• You may have noticed that Tilley has not been turning over the last month. This is due to a generator fault and we are working with manufacturers to try and resolve this as part of our maintenance contract.
• The Tiree Ranger Service Guided Walk Programme for 2018 is now available online at: www.isleoftiree.com
We've got three new routes for you to enjoy this year, and the programme will commence in April (rather than June as has previously been the case).
• Argyll and the Isles Tourism Cooperative held a Mini Tourism Summit at the end of the month which was attended by various people involved in the tourism industry.
Trust says Good Bye To Sophie
We are sorry to report that after nearly 7 years fantastic service, Sophie is leaving to take up a new job in Oban.
Sophie is the longest serving member of the Trust team, taking up the role of youth worker back in 2009.
Over the years Sophie has supported a variety of different youth groups on the island to develop the youth program into a very successful project including a variety of weekly activities and also some memorable events including the food festival, sailing workshops, graffiti workshop, archery lessons and career days – just a snippet of her achievements.
Visit from Labour MSP
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Rhoda Grant, Labour MSP representing Highlands and Islands, paid a visit to Tiree last week.
On her first fact finding trip to the island Rhoda toured the business centre and met members of Tiree Community Development Trust and Tiree Community Council.
Rhoda is interested in health care in rural areas and has a 'bee in her bonnet' about the delivery of broadband services to remote locations. She said, " There is no better way to find out about the issues which affect folk in rural Scotland than paying a visit to talk to people. This is my first time on Tiree but I hope it won't be the last!"
Rhoda talked at length to Tiree Community Councillors Ian Gillies and Alison Kennedy about air and sea transport and travel problems, about economic development on the island and about broadband issues and mobile phone signal coverage. She was in complete agreement with the argument that development on Tiree, as with other remote locations, was increasingly dependent upon improvements to mobile and internet services. She said, "There is no question that these things are of crucial importance and everywhere I go I am told that the extension of good internet connectivity to rural areas is vital. If these parts of Scotland are left out of the loop they will wither."
Ian Gillies said, "We had a very productive meeting with Rhoda and hope that she will visit Tiree again soon. We did not hold back in making her aware of the most important issues that affect people here and she took it all on board."
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The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in the external thermal environment, following the application of evaporative cooling systems in buildings, in response to climate change. In order to verify changes in the external thermal environment, a T-test was performed on the microclimate, Thermal Comfort Index (TCI), and building surface temperature. Differences in microclimate, following the application of the evaporative cooling system in the building, were significant in terms of temperature and relative humidity. In particular, temperature decreased by more than 7% when the evaporative cooling system was applied. According to the results of the Thermal Comfort Index analysis, the Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) was below the limit of outdoor activities, indicating that outdoor activities were possible. The Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) values were within the very strong heat stress range when the evaporative cooling system was not applied, When the system was applied, the UTCI values were within the strong heat stress range, indicating that they were lowered by one level. The building surface temperature decreased by ~10% or more when the evaporative cooling system was applied, compared to when it was not applied. Finally, the outside surface temperature of the building decreased by ~12% or more when the system was applied, compared to when it was not applied. We conclude that the energy saving effect of the building was significant.


Will Kimmel's bad luck was not the only low for Kimmel Racing. The other Ford Fusion driven by Steve Kemp was involved in a wreck that he too, had no control over. "I came down pit road to avoid the wreck that was occurring, as I was exiting, a car came down across the track and collected me," says Kemp. Steve was settling in, drafting mid-pack, when the caution came out.
Although, Kimmel Racing produced two strong cars that were exceptional in the draft, they wound up finishing 33rd and 37th. "There's nothing you can do when things like this happen, we'll just pack up and head home and work on the next race," says Crew Chief and Owner Bill Kimmel.
Kimmel Racing will enter the next ARCA series race at Mobile International Speedway on March 9th.
Kimmel Racing currently seeking funded drivers for the ARCA for a partial or complete season in 2013. Call Bill for more details (812) 944-0444 or Bill@kimmelracing.com.
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