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Another Catudal Mystery
Update - the updated information is in red within this blog post:
Recently a cousin of mine wrote to me to ask me if I knew anything about some stories that had been told to him by his father who had, in turn, been told the stories to by his father. The line of Catudals that the story comes from is the line starting at Magloire Catudal (1831-1891), my direct line in fact. Before commenting let me tell you what was passed on to me:
My cousin said that his grandfather had told his father that some of our ancestors had fled from France to Ireland to escape the Revolution. Marie Antoinette's name had some sort of significance to the story as well but what, is not known.
He said that the Catudal family was loyal to France's nobility and when the French Revolution was gaining power the Catudal family fled to Ireland where they stayed hidden. Some made their passage to the New World along with some Irish immigrants.
The story goes on: Apparently one of our great uncles went to France to fight for a heritage claim.
"We were the closest family line that should have received the heritage. The story is that financial resources were collected inside my family to send one of our family members to represent us in court in Europe (France?) for a court dispute. The dispute in court went for so long that our ancestor ran out of money and had no choice but to abandon and to come back in North America."
The amount laid claim to was worth 100,000,000.00 (One hundred million!) – Dollars or Francs, the denomination was not known.
That is one heck of a story! Is it true? Have any of you heard anything about a Catudal connection to Ireland? to a legacy that had such a huge value?? A couple of days ago I was watching an episode of Genealogy Roadshow and someone had a story quite similar to the one above. The professional Genealogist told her about a fairly common practice in the late 1800's and early 1900's and that was how some Genealogists would scam unsuspecting families by telling them that they were related to an influential person and that they had a claim against that said person's estate. The amount, the lady on the show was told, apparently owed to her family was in excess of 70,000,000.
What the Genealogist would do is make-up a story about the family line, leading to a person of some importance, where none existed. They would ask the family for money to send a lawyer overseas to fight to have the fortune transferred to the family. The family would invariably pay. The amount would only go so far and the family would be asked to send more money and more and more until there was no more money to send. Of course, there never was a court hearing the case, nor a bank holding the money.
It's sort of the same concept that we now have with the e-mails we get saying that we are entitled to millions because a family in some remote part of the world all died in a plane crash. We're asked to help 'launder' the money as such and for our trouble we'll receive some millions in return.
That is why I could find no records of any connection to a Catudal family in Ireland, nor could I find any ship's list entry for a Catudal from this particular branch travelling to Ireland nor to Europe for that matter.
I think we can safely say, case closed.
An addendum:
The most famous scammer of them all was Gustav Anjour who wrote some 150 family history books which he then presented to various families 'proving' their connection to someone of worth. He then swindled those families out of as much money as he could get. I checked the list of families he did this to and Catudal/St-Jean/St. John were not among the names. Like I said, there were quite a few charlatans operating this scam at the time.
Here are a few links for further reading - this isn't the only scam that some so called Genealogist have pulled and are still pulling!!
http://www.genealogytoday.com/columns/everyday/020606.html
http://hughw36.blogspot.de/2008/03/fake-genealogy.html
http://www.geni.com/projects/Gustav-Anjou-Fraudulent-Genealogist/4449
There are a ton of sites on the subject. And to think, I didn't know about any of this until a couple days ago. Thankfully, I've never relied on other people's genealogies when I've done my research - always looking for proof about what someone claims.
This story has a number of parallels to the story created by Jacques Catudal (1794-1873) to distance himself from his Catudal relatives; the story that said that he came from the Georges Cadoudal line and when Georges was beheaded for having tried to assassinate Napoleon this line of Catudals was given the option to either leave France or face the same fate as Georges. They left and came to the safety of Canada. This story is a total fabrication; however, here are the parallels between my cousins story and the Catudal/Cadoudal legend:
The setting for both stories is the French Revolution
Georges Cadoudal was a rebel in that he was devoutly loyal to the French nobility. Napoleon on the other hand was a radical Republican. In fact in 1791 he was the president of the local Jacobin club whose mission was to wipe out aristocrats and bishops. The parallel - the story from my cousin states that our Catudal line in France was loyal to the monarchy.
The year 1793 was significant to Marie Antoinette, Napoleon Bonaparte and Georges Cadoudal. Marie Antoinette was tried and executed in October 1793. Napoleon's first noteworthy military action was when he managed to take back Toulon from the rebel forces in November 1793. It was in 1793 that Georges Cadoudal, a Chouannerie (royalist uprising), started the western rebellion of France in Vendee, Bretagne against the Revolution. The parallel - the story from my cousin mentions the French Revolution.
Georges Cadoudal did flee to England a number of times to escape when the French forces got too close to capturing him. The parallel - the story from my cousins mentions the apparent need of our Catudal family members having had to flee to Ireland because of the French Revolution.
Inconsistencies between the legend of a Catudal/Cadoudal connection and the story from my cousin:
The biggest discrepancy is that the name of Georges Cadoudal is not a part of the story from my cousin but does play a major role in the legend of a Catudal/Cadoudal connection.
There is an inheritance in my cousin's story and no mention of one in the Georges Cadoudal legend. In fact Georges wasn't particularly well off at all nor did he come from an affluent family.
Georges went to England to avoid capture while the story from my cousin has Ireland as the country.
Although not terribly significant, one of the differences between the two stories is that I have never heard of this new story before. I have spent more than 8 years intensely researching all things Catudal and have written 2 very large volumes on the topic and till now have never heard a mention of anything like this. What is also strange is that this story comes from my direct line: Magloire was my great great grandfather.
Something else rather strange is that the story or legend of the Catudal/Cadoudal connection was told to me by several people, all of whom come from the line starting at Jacques Catudal (1794-1873). It was Jacques who made up the story to distance himself and his children from the rest of the Canadian Catudals. My line of Catudals, the line with this new story, does not cross paths with Jacques' line. In fact you have to go all the way back to the first Catudal in New France before there is a connection between the two.
My cousin does not know which person went to Europe, presumably France, to fight for this huge inheritance but his understanding is that it was one of Magloire Catudal's sons.
So my question is have you heard of this new Catudal mystery? If you have could you please e-mail me at judy@catudals.com It would be great to be able to find out if this new story is in fact a true story or if somehow it is a variation on the Catudal/Cadoudal legend.
Just as an aside, I have checked ship's passenger lists showing passengers coming from Europe to Canada and the States and have not found anyone with the name Catudal, or one of its variants /adulterations /dit forms /misspellings, on any list that cannot be accounted for. I mean that every Catudal on every ship that I have been able to find were Canadian or American Catudals travelling to and fro either for work or pleasure. There were no stray Catudals on those lists. Please keep in mind, that isn't conclusive proof at all; it just means that all sources I am aware of holding such data have no record of Catudals from Ireland or France as having immigrated to Canada or the States.
Posted by Judy Schneider at 11:17
Labels: French Revolution, Georges Cadoudal, Magloire Catudal
That is a fascinating story Judy!
Judy Schneider 30 June 2012 at 16:40
I hope that one day someone will come forward from this side of the Catudal family who also heard this particular story and give us more information. It really is a huge mystery. The person who told me this has grown up with the knowledge and was kind of surprised that I'd not also heard of this seeing that we come from the same great great grandfather with whom this story originated.

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It Lagging again @ItsHarry xD.
Can we add a car restart in factions which happens every 6 hours. for the first pasr days yet.
You say that every time but do you actually know what you're talking about?
Neither of the memory leaks would have been solved by installing ClearLagg (in fact, it would have made the issue worse).
And the current issue with people being kicked for "Too many packets :(" is a bug in Minecraft/Spigot, again not something that is solved by removing some mobs every 5 minutes..
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Just break a few dubs of dirt, you'll get kicked for "too many packets"
It's kicking for "too many packets" because the client is sending too many packets to the server... Not the other way around.
The client sending too many packets is the result of getting stuck, which is the actual glitch that needs to be solved here.
Please don't try to pretend like you know what you're talking about when you don't.
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I have an out of the box wl-500g with a usb hard drive enclosure attached - a 250 gb hardrive partitioned with 3 fat32 partitions at 32 gb each and the rest of the drive ntfs.
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c	to secure the recognition in Contracting States of adoptions made in accordance with the Convention.
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2	The Convention covers only adoptions which create a permanent parent-child relationship.
The Convention ceases to apply if the agreements mentioned in Article 17, sub-paragraph c, have not been given before the child attains the age of eighteen years.
(4) such consent has not been induced by payment or compensation of any kind.
b	have ensured that the prospective adoptive parents have been counselled as may be necessary; and c	have determined that the child is or will be authorized to enter and reside permanently in that State.
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2	Federal States, States with more than one system of law or States having autonomous territorial units shall be free to appoint more than one Central Authority and to specify the territorial or personal extent of their functions. Where a State has appointed more than one Central Authority, it shall designate the Central Authority to which any communication may be addressed for transmission to the appropriate Central Authority within that State.
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b	keep one another informed about the operation of the Convention and, as far as possible, eliminate any obstacles to its application.
Central Authorities shall take, directly or through public authorities, all appropriate measures to prevent improper financial or other gain in connection with an adoption and to deter all practices contrary to the objects of the Convention.
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Accreditation shall only be granted to and maintained by bodies demonstrating their competence to carry out properly the tasks with which they may be entrusted.
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2	It shall transmit the report to the Central Authority of the State of origin.
c	ensure that consents have been obtained in accordance with Article 4; and d	determine, on the basis in particular of the reports relating to the child and the prospective adoptive parents, whether the envisaged placement is in the best interest of the child.
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c	the Central Authorities of both States have agreed that the adoption may proceed; and d	it has been determined, in accordance with Article 5, that the prospective adoptive parents are eligible and suited to adopt and that the child is or will be authorized to enter and reside permanently in the receiving State.
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3	A Contracting State which makes the declaration provided for in paragraph 2 shall keep the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law informed of the names and addresses of these bodies and persons.
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c	the termination of a pre-existing legal relationship between the child and his or her mother and father, if the adoption has this effect in the Contracting State where it was made.
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3	The preceding paragraphs shall not prejudice the application of any provision more favourable for the child, in force in the Contracting State which recognizes the adoption.
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2	Article 23 applies to the decision converting the adoption.
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2	Only costs and expenses, including reasonable professional fees of persons involved in the adoption, may be charged or paid.
3	The directors, administrators and employees of bodies involved in an adoption shall not receive remuneration which is unreasonably high in relation to services rendered.
A competent authority which finds that any provision of the Convention has not been respected or that there is a serious risk that it may not be respected, shall immediately inform the Central Authority of its State. This Central Authority shall be responsible for ensuring that appropriate measures are taken.
If the competent authority of the State of destination of a document so requests, a translation certified as being in conformity with the original must be furnished. Unless otherwise provided, the costs of such translation are to be borne by the prospective adoptive parents.
The competent authorities of the Contracting States shall act expeditiously in the process of adoption.
d	any reference to the accredited bodies of that State shall be construed as referring to bodies accredited in the relevant territorial unit.
In relation to a State which with regard to adoption has two or more systems of law applicable to different categories of persons, any reference to the law of that State shall be construed as referring to the legal system specified by the law of that State.
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2	Any Contracting State may enter into agreements with one or more other Contracting States, with a view to improving the application of the Convention in their mutual relations. These agreements may derogate only from the provisions of Articles 14 to 16 and 18 to 21. The States which have concluded such an agreement shall transmit a copy to the depositary of the Convention.
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The Secretary General of the Hague Conference on Private International Law shall at regular intervals convene a Special Commission in order to review the practical operation of the Convention.
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2	The instrument of accession shall be deposited with the depositary.
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f	the denunciations referred to in Article 47.
Done at The Hague, on the 29th day of May, 1993 in the English and French languages, both texts being equally authentic, in a single copy which shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and of which a certified copy shall be sent, through diplomatic channels, to each of the States Members of the Hague Conference on Private International Law at the date of its Seventeenth Session and to each of the other States which participated in that Session.
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I følge hjemmesiden for Røde Kors Center Avnstrup findes der for de over 17-årige voksenundervisning og et jobcenter, hvor der er mulighed for hjælp til aktivering og praktikforløb med henblik på, at man kan blive klar til at få job, når man vender hjem. Man kan desuden komme i praktik hos lokale arbejdsgivere.

Der findes en børnehave med åbent 25 timer om ugen.

Hvis man er en familie med børn, har man typisk to rum til rådighed. I øvrigt findes enkeltværelser eller værelser til en eller flere personer. Der findes fælles bad og toilet. De tre daglige måltider serveres i en fælles kantine. Rengøring og tøjvask skal de afviste asylansøgere selv sørge for. Beboerne kan få hjælp på en sundhedsklinik af sygeplejersker og sundhedsplejersker, der vurderer om beboeren kan have brug for fx læge- eller psykologhjælp.

Børn i alderen 6-16 år går på Røde Kors-skolen i Lynge, eller på lokale skoler alt efter, hvad der er bedst for det enkelte barn. Børnene bliver  undervist på dansk og undertiden på engelsk. Udover folkeskolens almindelige fag, findes også modersmålsundervisning.

Efter skole er der mulighed for, at man kan gå i fritidsklub eller SFO. For de 6-12 årige foregår det i eftermiddagstimerne, og for de 13-17 årige er det mest sidst på dagen og om aftenen. I klubben er der uddannede pædagoger, og der bliver sørget for fællesaktiviteter.

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Freeview Play has YouView in its sights
By Telesoft | 16th February 2015
Categories: Content, Entertainment, Smart TV,
Freeview Play is a new service from the popular digital TV service which looks set to take on YouView through offering a similar range of catch-up and on-demand service but for the lack of a price tag that its namesake suggests.
We want to keep television fair and open for everyone.
Launching later this year, the service will be available subscription-free on a range of TVs and set-top boxes. On-demand content will be available at launch including entertainment provided through BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, and 4oD (soon to be All4.)
This initial line-up is hardly surprising, considering Freeview is built out of a partnership between media giants BBC, Sky, Channel 5, and Arqiva.
Guy North, managing director of Freeview, said: "Our new brand identity is bold and contemporary and will stand out in what is a very crowded TV market. Today marks the start of an exciting future for the Freeview brand."
The firm will want to expand this line-up before launch to include services found on rival boxes such as Demand 5, Netflix, Sky Now, Sky Store, Quest, UKTV, Milkshake, and S4/C. It will likely be relying on being built-in to new televisions, as most people who are interested will have bought a set-top box or gadget such as the Apple TV, Roku, Google Chromecast, or Amazon Fire TV.
"In the same way that we took the UK from analogue to digital, Freeview Play is the next step in that vision and it will put the viewer in control, without complexity, commitment or unnecessary cost – we want to keep television fair and open for everyone," added North.
It's an important step for Freeview to take its services to the next-level and compete with rival providers. BT's YouView has the content advantage, as well as benefiting from its availability as a package add-on to the company's broadband offerings.
Freeview on the other hand has the advantage of being built-in to many television sets, which increases its likelihood of being built-in to future sets by various manufacturers. It also means the brand is recognisable which helps to push the service to a wider audience; including the elderly.
We look forward to seeing more on Freeview's plans for Play, and will keep you updated with any further developments.
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Hedges, research and patience can reduce currency volatility
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Portfolio manager Anujeet Sareen says taking a longer-term view on global currencies allows investors to take advantage of opportunities
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Research and patience are key tools for currency investors, says Anujeet Sareen, a portfolio manager with Brandywine Global Investment Management.
Sareen said currencies are notoriously volatile, so it pays to stay attentive when contemplating investments.
"Having a disciplined approach that is very patient until you reach a valuation extreme is important," he said. "That means having a longer-term view on how to invest in currencies and take advantage of the opportunity that presents itself."
According to Sareen, what is true of stocks and bonds is also true of currency.
"Markets overshoot. The real advantage, we would argue, is to understand how to invest during those overshoots," he said. "And for us, what research is about is not only to identify what currencies are at a valuation extreme, but to understand how it's affecting the economy. What's the feedback loop that's going to allow you to realize that upside opportunity?"
In the case of the Mexican peso a few years back, for example, a drop in value was attributed to fears of what a Trump presidency might mean for the North American Free Trade Agreement, combined with a hardline approach to business taken by the incoming Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Sareen and his team judged these concerns to be overblown, and their investment in the peso turned out well following a big improvement in Mexico's trade balance, an increase in the number of Americans going there on vacation, a rise in inflation and, ultimately, a rise in interest rates.
"The Mexican peso has been the best performing currency in the world the last five years," Sareen said, adding that there are similar stories to be found elsewhere.
He suggested a number of emerging-market currencies remain undervalued as Covid makes its slow retreat. Economies that are still challenged by strains on their medical systems and shortages of Covid vaccines are taking longer for their currencies to recover, leading to opportunities for investors.
"This is true of a number of Latin American currencies," he said. "Not just the Mexican peso, but currencies like the Chilean peso, the Brazilian real — these currencies are undervalued today."
These countries are poised for economic growth, he said, but markets have been hesitant because Covid risks remain.
"You are seeing quite a notable improvement in trade performance in Brazil; you've seen the central bank in Brazil raise rates now several hundred basis points in the last several months. The Chileans have started to go down that path as well — so you're seeing the kinds of steps that we like to see that would ultimately support currency performance," he said. "Until those places hit some type of herd immunity, I think people are still hesitating to make those investments."
Sareen believes similar opportunities can also be found in Eastern Europe, particularly Hungary and Poland, which have strong economies. The Hungarian central bank has started to raise interest rates. And Poland has raised rates twice in the past two months.
But not all emerging markets are created equal, Sareen warned.
Governance issues overshadow currency opportunities in countries such as Turkey and Argentina, he said. While the Turkish lira and Argentinian peso appear to be undervalued, investment is just too risky, he said, given the unorthodox economic policies in those regions, growing default risk and politicized central banks.
"In the case of Turkey and also Argentina, the biggest constraint really is governance," he said. "Governance factors really dissuade us from having exposure there."
Sareen said currency hedging plays an important role in his investment strategy.
"If you're going to buy securities in different markets around the world, we would argue one's default position would be to hedge that exposure," he said. "Our decision to hedge the currency will depend upon how strong a view we have on the currency. If we think there's two-way risk or perhaps even downside risk, we're really going to look to hedge that exposure and mitigate the volatility, even if it comes at a cost."
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Q: Dismissing a Modal ViewController back to a Navigation Controller Stack imbedded in a TabBarController causing crash Have been working for a long time trying to find the fix to my crash.  Not sure if it's a fundamental design flaw on my part or something that can be fixed easily.
My app has a NavigationController embedded in a TabBarController.  When I modally present a view from the root view controller of the NavigationController, it is presented and dismissed without any problem.
However, after i navigate forward in the navigation stack from the root ViewController of the NavigationController pushing other Controllers and then back to the root ViewController, I try the modally presentation again.  This time it presents fine but when I dismiss it my app crashes with a EXC_BAD_ACCESS error.
After sometime debugging I found that when the modally presented ViewController is dismissed it is trying to access a ViewController in the navigation Heiarchy that has already been dismissed and thus the crash.  Despite the fact that it was presented from the Root ViewController of the Navigation Stack.
It is causing me a lot of grief and wondering if anybody has come across something similar.  Any help will be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.
Here is the presentation which occurs inside an AlertController Block:
 let createNewMemoAction = UIAlertAction(title: "Create New Memo", style: .Default) { (action: UIAlertAction!) -> Void in
     self.performSegueWithIdentifier("Segue To Create New Memo", sender: nil)
 }

I am using an unwind to dismiss the viewController.  I have tried dismissing with the following code with the same error:
 @IBAction func cancelButtonPressed(sender: UIBarButtonItem) {
     dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)
 }

Thanks

A: did you implement the prepareForUnwind function in the presenting view controller? you need that in order for the unwind to work: here is an example in objective C but it's the same concept for swift!
This code goes in the presenting view controller:
@IBAction func backToHome(segue:UIStoryboardSegue) {
    // code is not necessary here!
}

instead of writing code for dismissing the viewcontroller you just need to ctrl + drag from the button you use for dismissing to the exit at the top of the scene and then choose the function "backToHome" from the popup
you should check the connections:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jwpaz1nxvjkautv/Screen%20Shot%202015-07-12%20at%206.16.23%20PM.png?dl=0

A: I recommend you do push segue and make your own protocol, that way you can navigate back to any viewcontroller. For your example, the pushed viewcontroller code I wrote is :
import UIKit
protocol BoxMessageDelegate  {
    func userDidType(controller: TextAddition, sendsmessage: String) ->  Void;
}

class TextAddition: UIViewController {

    var delegate: BoxMessageDelegate?;
    var message: String?;

    @IBOutlet weak var textMsgField: UITextField!

    @IBAction func `return`(sender: UIButton) {
        self.message = self.textMsgField.text;
        [self.delegate!.userDidType(self, sendsmessage: message!)];
    }
}

in the presenting view controller code is:
override func prepareForSegue(segue: UIStoryboardSegue, sender: AnyObject?) {
    if (segue.identifier == "MessageView") {
        var controller = segue.destinationViewController as! TextAddition
        controller.delegate = self
    }
}

/*
conforming to protocol here
*/
func userDidType(controller: TextAddition, sendsmessage: String) {
    mySquare.text = sendsmessage;
    self.navigationController?.popToViewController(self, animated: true)
}

A: I found the problem.  I had declared the second view in the NavigationController Hierarchy as the delegate for the NavigationController.  That's why it was being referenced.  When I removed that line of code the problem went away.  Thanks very much for all who commented and helped out.

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In a small muslin cloth, place the cloves and cinnamon and tie the loose ends to make a small bag.
Roughly chop onions, tomatoes, carrots and ginger.
In a pressure cooker, add the vegetables, water and the flavor bag.
After about 2 whistles , remove from heat and allow it to cool.
Transfer the vegetables into a mixie jar .
Puree it well so that there no lumps. You can strain the puree to get a smooth liquid.
Now transfer it back onto a pot and add salt and freshly ground pepper.
In a small bowl take cornstarch and 2 tablespoons of water and mix well.
Add this into the soup which will make it thicker.
Boil for a couple of more minutes and check on the seasonings.
Serve hot with more ground pepper and warm toasted bread.


The passage of S.47 including permanent reauthorization of the Land and Water Conservation Fund and the Yellowstone Gateway Protection Act deserves some celebration! It's also a great time to learn more about how to become an effective advocate for hunting, fishing and our public lands so we can look forward to more wins to celebrate in the future, both at the national level and right here in Montana.
The Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is hosting a communications workshop at our next Region 1 meeting, featuring longtime conservationist and former BHA North American Board Chair, Ben Long. You've likely heard Ben's name as he's a regular contributor to Outdoor Life and MeatEater, was recently featured on BHA's Podcast & Blast and he won the 2018 Mike Beagle Chairman's Award at the BHA Rendezvous.
Simply put, Ben is a wealth of knowledge and we're lucky to have him leading this discussion. We hope you can join us.


On 3rd October 2018, Josh Hughes, Senior Associate in the Complex Injury Team, spoke with Eddie Nestor live on BBC London Drivetime Radio about the tragic death of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse. Natasha sadly died from a severe allergic reaction after she had consumed a Pret-a-Manger sandwich which, unbeknownst to her, contained sesame. During the interview, Josh spoke about the urgent need to close the gaps in the law regulating food labelling to ensure similar incidents are avoided.


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Both the capital and the largest city in Finland, Helsinki, today is an exciting place of amazing architecture, developed business infrastructure and people's favorite metropolitan area. The city surprises with its fascinating sightseeing like art galleries, museums, historic and modern architecture, it is simply ideal both for long and short breaks. As our company encourages VPN Unlimited to grow stronger, we will do anything to increase the quality of our online security. We are happy to announce VPN server opening in Finland today. Let's take virtual tour and see what Helsinki has to offer, an exciting moment of exploration!
If you are seeking a place of a whole variety of architectural, historical, outdoor adventure and cultural shock, visit Helsinki. The urban area of the city is actually 'sitting' on granite peninsula, located on the north coast of the Gulf of Finland. With exciting views on the Baltic Sea, there are numerous offshore islands, little coves, inlets and rocky islets, but the city is on the flat area of land. Breathtaking views of the sea, Helsinki is great to be explored by bicycle, public metro or fancy tram system.
Amazing sea fortress built on six islands, Suomenlinna is a part of historical Helsinki. Announced as World Heritage site by UNESCO, the fortress is a great place of enjoyment for locals and tourists. Initially, the Swedish crown started the fortress construction back in 1748 as they tried to oppose the Russian expansion.
The largest Orthodox church in western Europe, Uspenski Cathedral amazes with its deep-red brick walls. Green-and gold onion domes are seen from city center. The unique architecture of the 13 union domes is the initial representation of Christ and the twelve apostles. Impressive with its sheer size, four monolithic pillars hold the central dome. Rich display of icons (believed to work miracles) is simply fascinating yet it is typical Orthodox decorations. The cathedral was built 1862 and 1868 by Russian architect and is based on the 16th-century church near Moscow.
A contemporary art museum, Kiasma is located on Mannerheimintie. Translated from Finnish as 'chiasma' (part of brain with optic nerves), the museum's concept is to center the modern art work to strengthen its status.
Impressive Neoclassical building, Ateneum offers the finest Finland's art collection that is definitely worth to explore.
It has a popular giant wheel, switchback and water tower, meaning lot s of fun and joy!
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Mandjeskaas is magere plattekaas uit Beersel en behoort tot het culinair erfgoed van Pajottenland Zennevallei. De kaas is door VLAM erkend als traditioneel Vlaams streekproduct.

Beschrijving
Mandjeskaas is een plattekaas waarvan de wrongel oorspronkelijk uitlekte in uit riet gevlochten mandjes. De kaas wordt sinds de 15e eeuw geproduceerd in Beersel. Voor de Tweede Wereldoorlog waren in het Beerselse meer dan 150 makers van mandjeskaas gekend die hun waren vooral in de streek en in het Brusselse aan de man brachten. De productie van de kaas gebeurde meestal in familieverband en bood een antwoord op het bewaren van melk in tijden zonder koelkast. Anno 2020 wordt de kaas enkel nog door de firma Walschot geproduceerd.

De basis voor mandjeskaas is gepasteuriseerde melk waaraan boterzuur wordt toegevoegd om het stremmen op gang te brengen. Nadien wordt de melk overgepompt in (vroeger:  houten lambiekvaten) roestvrij stalen tanks en wordt het stremsel toegevoegd. Hierna moet de melk 48u rusten waarna de kaaswrongel zachtjes geperst wordt. Vervolgens wordt de wrongel in wijmen mandjes geschept. Wanneer de kaas voldoende uitgelekt is, wordt hij omgedraaid en verpakt in perkamentpapier waarvan de bovenzijde open blijft. Hierdoor blijft de afdruk van het mandje zichtbaar

De kaas is niet homogeen gemengd met water of room en bevat meer wei dan gewone plattekaas. Mandjeskaas heeft een vastere en meer korrelige structuur.

De mandjes

De wijmen mandjes worden gevlochten van jonge wilgentakken, of wilgentenen. Oorspronkelijk gebruikte men voor mandjeskaas mandjes uit het naburige Halle. Anno 2020 zijn de rieten mandjes vervangen door plastic exemplaren.

Trivia
In 2006 werd een beeld ter ere van de mandjeskaastraditie in Beersel onthuld. Het standbeeld genaamd De Paretter, stelt een kaasverkoopster voor met een mand vol kazen op de schoot. De sculptuur werd gerealiseerd door beeldhouwer Luc Van Ruysevelt. De naam 'De Paretter' is terug te leiden naar volgende uitspraak in het Brussels dialect: "De késboren zen g'aparreteit''.

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Beersel


Released in 1993, the original Bass Station synthesiser was the second piece of hardware ever created by Novation and it's now hailed as one of the most important in the company's history.
Novation's first release was the MM10, a portable, battery powered MIDI controller designed primarily to offer expanded, hands-on access to the Yamaha QY10 music workstation. When creating Bass Station, synthesiser developer Chris Huggett took the outer shell of MM10 and added the same Filter and VCA as his now legendary Wasp synthesiser to develop an instrument with it's own unique sound and instant pedigree.
A two oscillator subtractive synthesiser with a distinctive, warm signal path and MIDI transmission; Bass Station brought real analogue character and previously elusive genre-defining sounds to the studios and live rigs of many. Bass Station broke the mould: it had it's own unique boisterous analogue character and the ability to accurately reproduce the sounds of many celebrated dual-oscillator analogue monosynths.
"It really fitted musicians needs at the time. Bass Station came at a time when people were realising that there was a lot to be gained by using tactile hardware and tweaking controls in real-time".
Bass Station's signature sound was achieved using flexible, digitally-controlled oscillators (DCO's), classic waveforms and a warm analogue 12db / 24db filter, combined with a modern twist: real-time MIDI transmission. This was quite a rarity at the time, and allowed for expressive live 'tweaking' to be captured and recorded. Parameters could also be automated, making Bass Station perfect for studios and live performance.
The success of Bass Station resulted in a demand for more, leading to the release of Bass Station Rack in 1994. This was much more than just a key-less version of Bass Station and featured several huge improvements, most notable of which was expanded memory and a LCD display that allowed for easier navigation of custom sounds. Sound creation was stepped up: the LFO's could now sync to MIDI clock and more parameters were now able to transmit MIDI data. Envelopes could be controlled in a variety of ways and the I/O was improved; the rack version featured the addition of switchable CV and Gate in and out, an all important external input to the filter for processing external sound sources and MIDI thru making it easier to integrate into a rack configuration.
The next addition to the range, Super Bass Station, featured a sub oscillator that greatly expanded its sonic palette. A ring modulator and a white noise generator further increased Bass Station's sound design abilities. The range of available effects were increased in the form of analogue distortion and stereo analogue chorus. A new mixer section meant that sources could now be combined to create complex multitimbral sounds and the memory locations were super sized - the original Bass Station had just 7 memory locations, whereas Super Bass Station had 150 RAM locations and 50 ROM locations that could be quickly and easily accessed.
The Bass Station range has featured in many popular productions, used by artists including Massive Attack, Orbital, Everything Everything, Josh Wink, Nine Inch Nails, Super Furry Animals, Underworld, Apollo 440, RZA (Wu Tang Clan), Radiohead, Jimi Tenor, Laurent Garnier, and Sneaker Pimps to name just a few. Now a classic in its own right, the latest addition to the Bass Station family has all of these famous qualities distilled into one feature-packed unit. Bass Station II is a fully analogue monosynth with digital control for instant patch storage and recall. It shares many design cues with the original: the same 'state variable filter' remains, as does its distinctive unruly character and its ability to replicate many boutique analogue mono synths - plus so much more. Bass Station II is hardier and better equipped for the rigours of touring and live performance than its predecessor. The improved multimode filter now features a dedicated 'Acid' mode and separate diode ladder filter. The introduction of filter frequency modulation from the oscillator has opened up Bass Station II for more than just bass and lead duties. Among the host of improvements to the oscillators and LFOs, Bass Station II comes equipped with a built-in arpeggiator and 32-step sequencer, extending performance techniques by allowing for expressive hands-free tweaking.
Born from a desire to create a real analogue synthesiser with its own unique sound, Bass Station brought authentic Wasp-infused analogue character to music producers around the world, pioneered the integration of MIDI automation and laid the foundations for a family of products that have helped to define modern day electronic music. Building on this rich heritage, Bass Station II delivers a dose of untamed analogue aggression that retains all of the features refined along the way.
Learn more about Bass Station II.
2018 marked the 25th anniversary of Bass Station, and Novation celebrated that impressive milestone with the release of the Bass Station II v2.5 firmware update.
The update introduced a number of frequently-requested and significant new features to Bass Station II, demonstrating the company's ongoing commitment to developing the synth.
Perhaps the most welcome addition was Paraphonic Mode, enabling the pitches of the two oscillators to be controlled independently for the generation of two simultaneous notes. This proved particularly effective when used in conjunction with the newly added oscillator error feature, which brought analogue-style drift and random tuning variance, and microtuning. Microtuning made five tuning tables available for altering the mapping of note frequencies to keys.
Envelope retriggering was another transformative upgrade, allowing Bass Station II's Amp and Mod envelopes to be restarted after the decay stage for LFO-style cyclical modulation. Finally, the implementation of filter tracking tied cutoff frequency to note pitch, resulting in a brighter sound with rises in pitch.
The v2.5 firmware update elevated Bass Station II in terms of both sound and versatility.
In 2019, we released the Bass Station II Firmware v4.14 update, the headline feature of which came about through a direct collaboration with electronic music legend Richard James, aka Aphex Twin.
James approached us with the concept of being able to assign a discrete set of synthesis parameters to each note of Bass Station II, either variations on a 'seed' patch or disparate sounds designed to constitute a chimeric whole. Clearly, refusal wasn't an option, so our engineers set about the not-insignificant task of realising his vision. The architectural result was AFX Mode, whereby any Bass Station II patch could be modified on a key-by-key basis to introduce subtle changes up and down the keyboard; divide the keyboard into multiple zones, each playing its own sound; or create entire drum kits in a single preset. A truly inspiring system, AFX Mode opened Bass Station II up to a whole new world of sound design and performance possibilities.
As well as that, Firmware v4.14 introduced user control of envelope sustain length and retrigger count, the ability to detune the sub-oscillator, and the divergence of Oscillator 2's glide time relative to Oscillator 1 for interesting portamento effects. Arguably Bass Station II's most radical update yet, Firmware v4.14 – and, most notably, AFX Mode – raised the bar once again.


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G3tr1s is another open-source J2ME clon of Tetris. Fulfill a level quota to get to the next level. Game is finished when all levels have been passed, or a block reaches the top of the block-stock. Various statistics are recorded to hi-score tables.


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Spread trading futures is less risk than trading outrights and can help traders grow their accounts more steadily than outrights alone. Traders looking for ways to reduce risk in futures positions should seriously consider spreads. In times like these, no one knows when the next Greece is going to happen. Futures spreads can help protect your risk against unexpected events and volatility. Futures spreads can reduce leverage and allow traders to take positions without the need for tight stops that will most likely just stop them out. Futures spreads allows traders to take advantage of medium to long term moves with less capital.
This webinar will be presented by Saul Knapp - Saul has 20 years Trading and Risk Management experience. Saul started his career on the LIFFE Floor as a runner and progressed through the ranks to become a trader in the 10yr German Government Bonds or the Bunds as they are better known when he was 18 years old hie full Bio is HERE.
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It's funny how life works out isn't it? Call it fate or luck or pre-ordained destiny, but 15 years ago, Mark, Helen and I were all working for the same international healthcare company. Our paths crossed every now and again in meetings and at conferences and we shared similar aspirations for our lives: advance up the corporate ladder, earn a good crust and look after our young families. Who would have thought that we all also shared a passion for food and would one day have ditched the suits and the 9 to 5.
Mark and Helen now run a successful cookery school in Didsbury and, well, you know what I do. Our paths crossed again a year ago and it was immediately obvious to all of us that we could have a great collaboration. We came up with the concept of combining cooking and photographing food. Foodies love cooking and eating, and photographing your food seems to have taken off too.
We've run two workshops together so far and we seem to be on to something. The photography element is suitable for any level and phones or cameras are fine. People can get really stuck into the styling and camera settings or they can just get some quick shots of the end results with their phone. And you can be as hands on with the cooking as you wish, with chef Jason always happy to let you have a go.
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Home » News » Buhari commissions 14km Ijebu Ode-Mojoda-Epe Road, says Gov Abiodun has justified mandate
Buhari commissions 14km Ijebu Ode-Mojoda-Epe Road, says Gov Abiodun has justified mandate
…promises to give priority to Abeokuta-Sango-Lagos road, others
…you're a worthy example of ''promises made, promises kept the governor
…you've made our party proud
James Ogunnaike, ABEOKUTA
President, Muhammad Buhari on Thursday described Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun as the ''performing Governor of Nigeria's Gateway State,'' saying, he is a worthy example of ''promises made, promises kept.''
Buhari, who gave the accolade while addressing residents of the state, during his one-day official visit to the state where he commissioned some landmark projects constructed by the administration of Governor Dapo Abiodun.
The President, during the official visit, commissioned the IjebuOde- Mojoda- Epe road and other four projects located in different parts of the State.
The president was received by Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun and Five others which include Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, Osun state, Alhaj Gboyega Oyetola, Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu and representative of Oyo State Governor, Engr Rauf Olaniyan.
Also on the ground was Alhaji Aliko Dangote and former Governors of the State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Otunba Gbenga Daniel among others.
The President, who showered praises on Governor Abiodun, for delivering visionary and trail-blazing projects for the wellbeing of the people of the state, despite prevailing and challenging circumstances occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic, declared that the present administration under Governor Abiodun has transformed the state than how he left it after his last visit in 2019.
The President noted that the lofty projects; the Gateway City Gate; the 42-Kilometre Sagamu Interchange-Abeokuta Road; the 14km Ijebu-Ode-Mojoda- Epe expressway and two Housing Estates for low, medium and high-income earners at Kobape and Oke-Mosan in Abeokuta, respectively, could not be possible without the State government's huge investment and commitment to the security of lives and property.
''This project has made Ogun State one of the safest and most peaceful States in the country and investors' destination of choice.
''You (Prince Abiodun) have justified the mandate of the people of Ogun State. You have represented our Party very well,'' the President said.
The President expressed delight that the 14km Ijebu Ode-Mojoda-Epe Road commissioned by him has been reconstructed into a modern expressway by the State government.
He noted that the impressive road would complement the Sagamu-Benin Expressway that the Federal Government is currently reconstructing; also due for commissioning this year.
''Just across the road is the 42-kilometre Sagamu-Interchange-Abeokuta road which the state government has reconstructed and equipped with street lights.
''That road enjoys a direct linkage with the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway that the Federal Government is rebuilding and due for completion later this year.
''I am particularly impressed by the quality and standard of your road projects, and the creative way you have deployed resources to reconstruct and rehabilitate them.
''It is significant to note that the two road projects being commissioned today are federal roads. This is an example of constructive engagement, cooperation and collaboration between the States and Federal Government.
''These roads also fit well into our rail transportation masterplan that connects Lagos, Nigeria's economic capital to Kano, with Ogun State having more rail stations, along the Lagos-Ibadan rail corridor.''
On the housing programme of Governor Abiodun, the President commended its inclusiveness, saying it is equally heart-warming that it cuts across different social strata, capturing the low, medium and high-income earners.
Admiring the Gateway City Gate Project, the Nigerian leader said ''it is not just a park beautification project. It depicts that something new is happening in Ogun State, a welcoming entrance into the State Capital at the centre point of the State.''
He added that the project is also an ICON depicting the joining of hands for building the future of Ogun State in togetherness.
''Your Excellency, well done! I am proud of what you have done for your State and your people.
''You have made our great Party, the APC, proud too. You are a worthy example of promises made, promises kept.
''These lofty projects could not have materialised without your huge investment and commitment to the security of lives and property.''
Responding to requests by the State government to give priority to the Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta and the Sango Otta-Idiroko roads respectively, the President assured the people of Ogun State that these roads will receive Federal Government attention.
The President announced that the Federal Government would consider extending tax credit as a funding option for the reconstruction of these roads, as done for the 100km Sagamu Interchange-Papalanto-Ilaro Road.
In the same vein, the President promised to consider the approval of the reconstruction of Sagamu-Ogijo road by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited under the tax credit scheme.
The President thanked the residents of the State for the warm reception accorded him and his entourage in the Gateway State, which is his first visit to any State in the New Year.
''This welcome by the large crowd brings back the nostalgia of my first arrival on this soil as a young infantry officer in the Nigerian Army at the then Lafenwa Barracks in Abeokuta, not long after independence.
''The traditional hospitality of the people of this State has not waned a bit. Today, I am "Omowale" and very happy at this homecoming to meet my brothers and sisters whose goodwill I have always enjoyed. Thank you.''
The President also congratulated the people of Ogun State for having such a focused, deliberate and inclusive Administration under the watch of Prince Abiodun, urging them to continue to support the governor for the successful implementation of the "Building our Future Together" Agenda of his Administration.
''The reward for success is more hard work to meet the increasing expectations of the people.
''When state governments deliver impactful projects, in consultations with stakeholders, as we have witnessed in Ogun State, the trajectory of our national development will be enhanced.''
The President, who was bestowed with ''honourary indigeneship'' of the State, posited that, ''It is also with a sense of responsibility that I receive and cherish the honourary indigeneship bestowed on me as symbolized by the presentation of the key to the Gateway State by Governor Abiodun.
''I will leave Ogun State with fond memories and look forward to enjoying the privilege of my honourary indigeneship.''
Earlier, Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun while speaking at the grand reception of the President, thanked the President for the visit, saying that all the projects and programmes of his administration in the State are deliberate and guided by the vision to give Ogun State focused and qualitative governance and create an enabling environment for a Public-Private Sector Partnership to thrive.
He said his administration believes in the socio-economic development of the State and the individual prosperity of its people.
Speaking on the five projects commissioned by the President, Prince Abiodun said "the choice of the five projects that we are commissioning today from our many landmark projects was a daunting task.
These are just a few of our achievements. We have so much more to showcase. These selected few that Your Excellency will commission are however symbolic of the various types of projects across all sectors of our dear State's economy.
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He said his "Administration in Ogun State has continued to fulfil all its promises to the people within the available means.
'It is noteworthy that all our projects have the inputs and are informed by the needs of the people as expressed by them at different engagement fora that we provide.
"This is because we anchor our "Building our Future Together" Agenda on inclusiveness, equity, fairness, transparency, accountability, justice, and obedience to the rule of law. Under our FIVE Development Pillars with the acronym I.S.E.Y.A; that is I – for Infrastructure, S – for Social Welfare and Wellbeing, E – for Education, Y – for Youth Empowerment, A for Agriculture and Food Security, we based our choices on what the people say they want and we get their buy-in for implementation.
While going through the importance of the roads, Ogun Governor said "the five projects is an iconic monument that not only beautifies the environment but a reflection of the new approach to governance in the State. It symbolizes the convergence, harmony, and unity amongst all the groups and sections of the State. It is not just a physical Intersection of the three Senatorial Districts; it is a symbol of the togetherness of our people and the legendary warmth and hospitality to our visitors and guests.
"The Ijebu-Ode-Epe Road, a Federal Road which Your Excellency commissioned earlier, is another strategic arterial road that links the Lekki / Epe corridor of Lagos State to the eastern corridor of Ogun State at Ijebu- Ode. With this road, socio-economic activities in the South East and South-South zones of our country will receive a boost through the linkage of the road to Sagamu-Benin Expressway for easier access by motorists to Lagos, Nigeria's largest economy.
He said "the Sagamu Interchange-Abeokuta Road is 42km in length and is the main arterial road that leads to our Capital City. It is a dual carriageway with streetlights, median and other road furniture. This road, though a federal road, was redesigned and reconstructed to address the daily challenges being experienced by commuters and to make commuting between the State Capital and other parts of the State and, indeed, the rest of the country a safe, secure and pleasant experience.
"Two of our many housing projects, Housing Estate at Kobape in Abeokuta comprises of 526 units of 2 and 3-bedroom bungalows. The King's Court at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta is a middle/high income Housing Estate and has 31 of its 85 units in the first phase fully completed. The remaining 54 units are at various stages of completion.
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ISLAMABAD - Minister for Petroleum Ghulam Sarwar Khan Wednesday said Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government has fulfilled one of its promises made during its election-2018 campaign by restructuring Boards of Directors (BoDs) of the public sector companies attached with the Petroleum Division.
Chairing a high-level meeting here, he said an all-out effort was being made to transform oil and gas sector and improve efficiency of the public sector companies to achieve self-sufficiency in the energy sector, a Petroleum Division press release said.
The federal cabinet, the other day, has approved new BoDs of Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation (PMDC), Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL), Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) and Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) to improve their efficiency.
The meeting observed that heads and members of the BoDs had been appointed after completing all codal formalities on merit, besides the nominations were made through a transparent process.
Ghulam Sarwar said experts and eminent professionals had been selected for appointment as chairmen/chairpersons of the BoDs.
In the BoDs, he said, provincial representation had been ensured and it was for the first time in the country's corporate history that women had been also been made part of the boards.
Dr Shamshad Akhtar, ex-governor State Bank of Pakistan and a leading UN professional has been appointed head of the SSGC BoD.
Dilawar Abbas Shah would lead SNGPL's BoD as Chairpman, who has over four decades of experience in the oil and gas sector.
Qamar Sharif, who has been appointed as Chairman of OGDCL's BoD, holds a PhD in Petroleum and has over 40 years of experience in Exploration and Production (E&P) sector globally. He has also served in Shell International and Saudi Aramco.
Another prominent appointment is of Shamsuddin Sheikh, w ho would head the BoD of PMDC. He holds degrees of MBA and M.E in Industrial Engineering from the US. He has over 28 years of experience and served at senior management positions at Engro.
It has also been ensured that the nominees carry a blend of technical, management, legal and banking experience to reform these companies, improve their standards and bring them at par with international organizations.


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View more >Recently, we measured the concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and dibenzofurans (PCDFs) in soil and herbage samples collected in the vicinity of a municipal solid waste incinerator (MSWI) from Tarragona (Catalonia, Spain). Since these concentrations could be increased by the presence of other emission sources of PCDD/Fs in the same area in which the MSWI is placed, the main goal of the present study was to determine the PCDD/F congener profiles in the soil and vegetation samples collected in 1996 and again in 1997 near to the facility and to compare with those from samples collected in a close area outside of direct emissions of the plant. From an accurate inspection of the PCDD/F congener profiles, it was concluded that PCDD/F emissions from the MSWI here examined are neither the only nor the main responsible for the presence of PCDD/Fs in the samples of environmental matrices collected in the area under direct influence of the plant.


Today, just 1 c-ringed bird in Nieuwpoort: Herring gull blue YS.AX, the same bird I saw 2 weeks ago.
2nd cal Herring gull blue YS.AX (E. Stienen), my 2nd observation of this bird.
Today I could read the rings of 2 Belgian Herring gulls in Nieuwpoort, one c-ring and one metal ring, both new to me. The first was a 2nd cal bird with c-ring YS.AX (E Stienen), the other an adult bird with metal ring Brussels H-131047.
2nd cal Herring gull blue YS.AX (E Stienen).
Ad Herring gull Brussels H-131047.
Today, during a short lunch break, I was very happy to find a Dutch-ringed Black-headed gull on the beach of Middelkerke (West-Vlaanderen), with white ring E8SC. I also managed to read 4 metal rings of Turnstones in Oostende, probably all locally ringed. There were also 2 Belgian Herring gulls, but the codes could not be read entirely.
Black-headed gull white E8SC (F Majoor), this bird was colour-ringed in summer 2010, and already had a Belgian metal ring. It was seen in the autumn of that year on the same beach as where I saw it, but had not been seen since!


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HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has signed to occupy One Ruskin Square, the first office building of the £500m new development being delivered next to East Croydon station by Schroder UK Real Estate (SREF) and its partner, Stanhope PLC.
The landmark letting of the entire building, several months in advance of completion sees the government department take 180,000 sq ft of prime office accommodation at the heart of a fast evolving business hub in South London on a25 year lease. Designed by award-winning architecture firm shedkm, One Ruskin Square comprises nine floors of offices on floorplates of approximately 20,000 sq ft.
Ruskin Square itself covers a nine acre site and is located immediately adjacent to the station itself and moments from Croydon's central business district, where Hammerson and Westfield will be delivering their £1.4bn retail-led regeneration over the coming years.
The scheme provides its own footbridge directly accessing East Croydon station's platforms to reach Central London in and Gatwick Airport in 15 minutes and is firmly on track, with this first office phase completing in Q4 and the first 161 apartments ready by Q3 this year.
Once all phases complete, SREF's development will provide up to 2m sq ft of new accommodation including 1.25m sq ft of much needed high specification offices with retail and dining at ground level, as well as public spaces and up to 625 homes.
East Croydon has already captured the imagination of a range of up-and-coming businesses: the area has gained a reputation as the newest technology centre for London, with the Tech City project now a formal organisation and movement of over a thousand entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and software developers. BOXPARK is also due to launch its new shipping container hub as an incubator for new dining operators as a 'meanwhile use' on the Ruskin Square site in the coming months.
"This letting of One Ruskin Square in its entirety, prior to completion, is a strong validation of our strategy to commence development on a speculative basis in Croydon - an emerging part of the London office landscape. We are delighted to have secured a tenant of the highest quality that will further enhance the strong underlying fundamentals of our portfolio. Ruskin Square will be a thriving new community for people to live, work and play at the node of this increasingly desirable London borough. It is a clear mark of confidence that HMRC has recognised this and picked Croydon for its headquarters."
"HMRC's decision to locate one of its major new office hubs at Ruskin Square in Croydon will be a further vote of confidence in the regeneration and revival of Croydon and Stanhope and Schroders' creation of an attractive and vibrant destination and sense of arrival at East Croydon station. The first office block is already underway, the first phase of housing is nearing completion and, with the opening of BOXPARK and detailed planning permission for a second office block, Ruskin Square will deliver the sort of commercial, housing and leisure development that Croydon really needs."
JLL acted for HMRC. Savills and JLL are the retained commercial letting agents for Ruskin Square.