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U.S. coal producer Murray Energy heads offshore with buy of Colombian coal mines
August 13, 2015 Barry Cassell Generation
Murray Energy, which has grown tremendously in the last couple of years with a buy of several West Virginia coal mines from CONSOL Energy and an investment in Illinois coal producer Foresight Energy, said Aug. 13 that it is headed to the coalfields of Colombia.
Murray Energy announced that it has acquired Colombia Natural Resources and related assets, located in Colombia, South America. This acquisition includes two developed surface mining operations, the La Francia and the El Hatillo mines, three undeveloped mines, over 184 million tons of coal reserves, a coal port facility, partial ownership of a railroad line, eleven locomotives, 530 railcars, and certain other assets.
"As the United States coal industry continues to be under attack for elimination by the Obama Administration, we must look to international markets to ensure our survival," said Robert E. Murray, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Murray Energy. "We are very excited about this new venture, which solidifies Murray Energy's position as a premier coal producer and exporter in the international marketplace."
"This is truly a transformative transaction for Murray Energy. Acquiring assets in Colombia will broaden our international presence in an attractive market and position ourselves to better serve our customers around the world," said Robert D. Moore, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Financial Officer of Murray Energy.
Murray Energy and Javelin Global Commodities Holdings LLP separately announced Aug. 13 that they have entered into a long-term exclusive marketing agreement, whereby Javelin will be the marketing agent for all coal produced by Murray Energy's Colombian mines, now operated as Murray Colombian Resources LLC.
"Murray Energy is extremely excited to have Javelin market the coal from our South American operations in the international marketplace," said Robert E. Murray. "Murray Energy is a premier coal producer and exporter in the international marketplace, and Javelin's efforts only strengthens our position and our ability to serve our customers worldwide."
"Murray Energy has placed their trust in us to help them carry out their strategic visions, and their acquisition of Murray Colombian Resources is a terrific fit for our ongoing marketing activities in North America, Europe, and Latin America. We look forward to serving these customers with an increasing suite of high-quality coals," noted Peter Bradley, Chief Executive Officer of Javelin. "The low sulphur, excellent blending Colombian coal, which Murray Energy will now produce at Murray Colombian Resources, is an ideal complement to the high heating value, low cost coal from Murray Energy's mining operations in the United States."
Murray Energy is the largest privately owned coal company in the United States and the coal industry's leading longwall coal producer. Murray Energy has grown through its late 2013 acquisition of the Consolidation Coal, producing over 62 million tons of high-quality, underground mined thermal coal in 2014. This year, Murray Energy invested in Foresight Energy and entered an agreement for the management of Foresight's operations, which produce about 25 million tons of coal per year. Murray Energy's combined production is now at 87 million tons of underground mined coal annually, primarily from the Illinois and Northern Appalachian Basins in the United States.
Javelin is a London based company owned by veteran worldwide marketing and trading individuals, Murray Energy, and E.ON Global Commodities SE of Germany. While the primary focus of the Javelin is on coal and electric power, there will be expansion into other commodities. Javelin has entered into a long-term export marketing and domestic advisory agreement with Murray Energy and a long-term hedging and credit line with E.ON.
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The Sarjeant Gallery's new acting registrar, Ben Davis, has a diverse background tailor made for the role. He was one of four Collection Transition Assistants who helped move over 8000 artworks from the historic building on Queen's Park to the temporary premises on Taupo Quay.
Mr Davis also worked for many years in his home town New Plymouth at Puke Ariki museum, the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery – Len Lye Centre and as an arts and design technician for the Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki (WITT) where he worked with tutors and students making resources and mounting exhibitions. Mr Davis has a Bachelor in Visual Arts, majoring in Fine Arts, a certificate in photography and trained at a film school for a year.
It was at Puke Ariki where he met his partner, Sarjeant Gallery Registrar, Te Maari Barham who is on maternity leave for eight months. So being a father is another exciting, new role this year.In his student days he worked at the Govett-Brewster Gallery as a host and front of house then later at the Gallery and Len Lye Centre mounting and dismantling exhibitions. The experience over a number of years showed him how transformative the new Centre has been.
During his time as Collection Transition Assistant Mr Davis also assisted with mounting exhibitions and wrote several articles that give personalized glimpses into the collection. Mr Davis admired the watercolours of Dr Edward Wilson, a physician, natural historian, ornithologist, and artist who died with Scott on his last expedition to Antarctica. The Sarjeant holds fifteen lithograph prints of the accomplished watercolours Dr Wilson painted on the two expeditions he made. Mr Davis's articles are on the Sarjeant Gallery website, which is a portal to the collection.
Now, as acting registrar, Mr Davis has been getting up to speed with the processes involved in receipt and dispatch of the artworks, and checking their condition when they have been exhibited in Sarjeant on the Quay, or are lent to and returned from other galleries. Collection management processes are however familiar territory to him.
For five years he worked on the Swainson-Woods collection of studio photographs of Taranaki people 1923 – 1997, cataloguing and scanning the photographs to make them available online.
He has worked on contract at other museums around the country, including Auckland Museum and the Museums of Transport and Technology, and Maritime Museum and is thrilled that he and Ms Barham have been able to return to Whanganui and the Sarjeant.The Sarjeant has a much smaller team so his experience with collection management, photography, installing and dismantling exhibitions is the kind of broad skill base the Gallery needs.


The 2018 Trollbeads Winter collection is aptly named the Stardust Collection. At the heart of this Trollbeads release are four faceted glass beads that shimmer and sparkle, setting the tone for the holiday season with their festive colors. Two unique glass kits, one comprised of traditional Christmas colors, and the other more elegant and reserved, offer boundless design possibilities. The silver Trollbeads are layered with symbols that speak of love, connection, warmth, and family tradition. We hope that this spirited collection awakens the holiday spirit within you, and gets you ready for this very special season.


REFLEX, Australia's best-known brand of paper, is set to lose its international green accreditation within the next two months unless its manufacturer can strike an unlikely deal with some of its fiercest enemies.
The loss of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification would force Australian Paper, which makes Reflex, to either abandon its public commitment to the FSC process or shift its sourcing from native forests to more expensive plantation timber.
News that Australian Paper's international certification is at risk will come as an embarrassment to Agriculture Minister Peter Walsh, who recently threatened to take forestry jobs away from the Yarra Ranges Council unless it ends a boycott of Reflex paper.
It also threatens Victoria's state-owned logger VicForests, a key supplier of native forest woodchips to Australian Paper.
Australian Paper's problem arises because FSC rules have been tightened since its certificate was issued five years ago. Under the new rules, the company must consult with stakeholders over logging in ''high conservation value'' areas.
Australian Paper's certificate expires on July 26, leaving it little time to reach consensus with environment groups, many of whom oppose logging in forests containing endangered species.
Complicating the process, one of the groups, Central Highlands-based MyEnvironment, has lodged a complaint about Australian Paper's auditor, Smartwood, with the FSC head office in Germany.
The complaint has sparked an international review of Smartwood, a division of environmental standards body Rainforest Alliance, that could lead to its authority to audit wood supply being revoked.
''My understanding is that we could, in theory, be suspended, but we're a long way from that,'' said Smartwood spokeswoman Anita Neville.
She said that under the ''annex 3'' system, which governs consultations over high conservation areas, ''100 per cent agreement'' between Australian Paper and environment groups was not required.
''You have to eliminate the worst cases of disagreement, and that's not always easy,'' she said.
FSC Australia chief executive Michael Spencer said that under the organisation's rules, Australian Paper needed to consult with all stakeholders with an interest in the forest, including environmental groups.
MyEnvironment director Sarah Rees said Australian Paper had made contact with her on Thursday. ''We're really receptive to helping the company move its wood supply from native forest to the burgeoning plantation sector,'' she said.
In any case, she said, the Black Saturday bushfires had slashed the amount of wood left in native forests to about two years worth of supply.
Australian Paper spokesman John Rider did not return calls.
Last year, chief executive Jim Henneberry publicly committed the company to FSC principles, including not obtaining wood from high conservation areas.
In a statement, VicForests spokesman David Walsh said the logging company ''supports Australian Paper's work to achieve certification to a range of industry standards - including its efforts to maintain FSC certification''.
THE Baillieu government continued to bully Melbourne University over the controversial alpine grazing trial even after The Sunday Age exposed its threatening behaviour.
Emails tabled in Parliament show that weeks after it was revealed the Department of Sustainability and Environment had threatened the university's funding, senior government official Peter Appleford demanded action on a letter from two university academics to Environment Minister Ryan Smith.
The emails also reveal the university hit back, saying the academics were ''within their rights of academic freedom''.
The letter, signed by 110 scientists, was written by School of Botany scientists Libby Rumpff and Georgia Garrard using their university email addresses. It raised concerns about the trial's independence and methodology.
At the time the emails were written, the university was finalising a funding contract with the department for the now-stalled trial and was negotiating an extension of a long-term research agreement. The trial overturned Labor's ban on cattle in the Alpine National Park and was designed to explore how grazing may reduce fires.
In an email to Rick Roush, dean of the school of land and environment, Mr Appleford, an executive director of the department, said he was considering bringing the letter to the attention of Melbourne University vice-chancellor Glyn Davis. The letter, Mr Appleford wrote, was ''inaccurate, insulting, accusing and closed minded''.
Professor Roush replied to Mr Appleford the next day, March 18, saying the ''unanimous consensus'' of four senior members of the university's executive was the university could do nothing.
The emails, tabled in the upper house recently, were requested by Greens member Sue Pennicuik. The request followed The Sunday Age reporting that Mr Appleford had tried to blackmail the university. Mr Appleford urged the university to reconsider its concerns over the trial in light of a government contract ''worth millions of dollars annually''.
The government denied it had threatened the university and issued a statement saying The Sunday Age had ''misrepresented and taken out of context comments by a departmental officer''.
Ms Pennicuik told Parliament last week that, after reading the tabled documents, she believed The Sunday Age had reported the emails accurately. She said she was concerned about the continuation of threats.
The documents also show a flurry of emails the night The Sunday Age was writing the story. In several emails, Mr Appleford asks the university to deny any threats were made. In one email that he ''hopes stays between us'', he tells Professor Roush and Associate Professor Gerd Bossinger that ''depending on what type of article appears and what quotes are provided from university staff, if any, the department may be requiring an explanation''.
The state government has not indicated when the trial will resume. Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke ordered the cattle out of the park in April.
Cheeky wilderness warriors showed plenty of skin as they hit the streets of Melbourne in a chilly protest this morning.
Wearing nothing but lingerie, the group from the Wilderness Society braved temperatures of just 14.2C to spruik their cause at 9.30am today.
The protesters were voicing their opposition to the wood-chipping of Victorian native forests to make Reflex paper.
Spokesman Sean Vagg said the stunt was a chilly way to get the point across, but a lot of fun.
"It was very chilly, there was a lot of dancing to stay warm," he said.
Mr Vagg said many had asked if the group hired models.
"People had thought we hired professional models, but it was just us," he said.
STOPPING logging in old-growth forests, particularly in southern Australia, is one of the best ways of making timely cuts to Australia's greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Climate Commission's first report.
Established forests store much more carbon dioxide than plantations, so cutting them down releases more heat-trapping gases, it concluded.
''In general, forests with high carbon storage capacities are those in relatively cool, moist climates that have fast growth coupled with low decomposition rates, and older, complex, multi-aged and layered forests with minimal human disturbance,'' the report said.
If Australia is to stabilise and reduce its emissions in time to make a contribution to global efforts to slow climate change, storing more carbon in the landscape is classified as a useful interim measure while the nation weans itself off fossil fuel-based electricity production. Ending logging ''yields some quick gains while the slower process of transforming energy and transport systems unfolds''.
Over the past century, between 15 and 20 per cent of global carbon dioxide emissions were released by chopping down forests and clearing scrub, the report notes, citing the CSIRO and international research.
In Australia, recent estimates show that eucalyptus forests in cooler regions such as southern NSW, Victoria and Tasmania have a carbon-carrying capacity of about 640 tonnes a hectare. In their natural condition, about 33 billion tonnes of CO2 can be stored in these forests, but about 56 er cent of them have been logged.
If the logged areas were allowed to grow undisturbed again, about 7.5 billion tonnes of additional carbon dioxide could be stored in them again.
A COUNCIL has been warned to lift its ban on a brand of paper or risk losing 45 new jobs.
The State Government said a proposal to move the VicForests corporate offices into the Yarra Range Council's area would be "off the table", unless it started using Reflex paper.
A letter from Agriculture Minister Peter Walsh to Yarra Ranges Council chief executive Glenn Patterson, seen by the Herald Sun, commended the proposal for the VicForests corporate office to move, which would create 45 jobs.
Mr Walsh then says the proposal will be "off the table" unless the council stopped its Reflex boycott.
The threat originated from the council's signing an environmental pledge to stop using the brand because it is made from native forest, which is against the council's policy.
But Mr Walsh said Reflex was a product of Australian Paper, an "important client" of VicForests, and any council signing the "so-called ethical paper pledge" from the Wilderness Society would miss out on the move of the VicForest jobs.
"In my view, council has been hypocritical in seeking to attract VicForests while actively campaigning against a product that forms part of its core business," he said.
But Yarra Ranges mayor Terry Avery said the council joined the Wilderness Society's pledge to not use Reflex paper, and opted for an Australian product line also manufactured by the Australian Paper.
"We feel strongly that the pledge is an accurate reflection of our commitment to sustainability, protection of the environment, corporate social responsibility and local community needs," Cr Avery said.
He said the council would not back down.
"We are disappointed that Minister Walsh has chosen to establish a direct link between the two unrelated issues," he said.
Opposition resources spokesman John Lenders said the Government was threatening jobs in the local community.
The historic peace deal between Tasmanian loggers and conservationists appears to be on the brink of possible collapse.
LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: The historic peace deal between Tasmanian loggers and conservationists appears to be on the brink of possible collapse. One of the key players, the Wilderness Society, has suspended its involvement in the negotiations meant to end the decades-old conflict. The green groups' blaming both the state and federal governments for its withdrawal, as Martin Cuddihy reports from Tasmania.
TERRY EDWARDS, FOREST INDUSTRIES ASSOC (to Vica Bayley): You bloody caused all the trouble, you mongrel.
MARTIN CUDDIHY, REPORTER: There's no love lost between the timber industry and green groups. Today was no different. The latest confrontation stems from a decision by the Wilderness Society to suspend its involvement in peace talks.
VICA BAYLEY, WILDERNESS SOCIETY: We are expressing our frustration by stepping back from the process, by suspending our involvement in these talks.
TERRY EDWARDS: The whole thing may blow up in everyone's faces and we may end up without a forest peace process at all.
MARTIN CUDDIHY: Forestry is more than a polarising industry. It's a decades-old dispute, one that has seen mass protests and rallies, arrests and even violence.
Last year's peace deal was hailed as a breakthrough. It was meant to ban all work in high conservation value forests and phase out logging in native forests.
The agreement was brokered by Our Common Ground, a new player that helped bring together loggers and greenies. In truth, it was more like a cease-fire than a peace treaty. But at the time there was a mood of optimism.
DAVID BARTLETT, TASMANIAN PREMIER (Oct. 2010): They have persisted and have made this once-in-a-generation opportunity come to fruition.
PHILL PULLINGER, ENVIRONMENT TASMANIA (Oct. 2010): We do believe that we've now got a unique opportunity to move beyond the decades of conflict over our native forests.
MARTIN CUDDIHY: But despite the opportunity, the Wilderness Society pulled out late yesterday. It believes federal and state governments are dragging the chain.
VICA BAYLEY: What we need to see is a clear commitment from government that they are on board, that they will back this agreement, that they make serious commitments about protecting our forests and restructuring an ailing industry.
TERRY EDWARDS: There's no doubt the Wilderness Society position makes the reaching of an agreement that much more difficult than it was before their withdrawal.
MARTIN CUDDIHY: Other signatories, particularly the Forest Industries Association, are fuming at the decision to suspend involvement.
TERRY EDWARDS: This seems to be much more about the Wilderness Society wanting to pursue their agenda outside of the negotiations process.
LARA GIDDINGS, TASMANIAN PREMIER: What it shows is when the going gets tough, the Wilderness Society walk out.
MARTIN CUDDIHY: It's not the first time the Wilderness Society has pulled out of a forestry peace deal. Twice in the 1980s and '90s, with the Salamanca agreement and the regional forests agreement, both similar sorts of peace deals, the organisation withdrew when negotiations weren't progressing favourably.
With respect, you didn't actually address the question there. I said you have pulled out of two of these agreements previously. Is this just simply a stunt?
VICA BAYLEY: We make our decisions based on what we believe are going to deliver real outcomes.
NICK MCKIM, TASMANIA GREENS LEADER: I think the Wilderness Society's genuinely frustrated about the lack of progress and I understand that frustration, but the Greens still do support this process.
MARTIN CUDDIHY: Six weeks ago, the facilitator of the talks Bill Keelty handed down an interim report, but as yet there's been no response from either government. In a fortnight, some of the peace delegates are scheduled to meet with the Government in Canberra. The Prime Minister insists she's upheld her end of the bargain.
JULIA GILLARD, PRIME MINISTER: Well, I certainly believe the Federal Government has done enough. What I would say to the people in Tasmania, the representatives who have been sitting around a table, is: now is not the right time to walk away from that table.
PHILL PULLINGER: Despite today's setback, remaining players are vowing to continue the peace process. This agreement is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for Tasmania to both protect our native forests and to get a strong future for the timber industry.
TERRY EDWARDS: We remain committed to trying to produce an outcome from that process and we will continue to participate positively in that process with a view to trying to achieve an outcome.
MARTIN CUDDIHY: And there remains the looming threat that the whole peace deal could fall over, meaning a return to the days of conflict in Tasmania's forests.
LARA GIDDINGS: If there's any danger of it falling apart, it's because parties at the table walk away, just like the Wilderness Society have now.
TERRY EDWARDS: It's very tempting for the other signatories to now decide to walk in and out of the process whenever we feel like it. If it's good for the goose, it's good for the gander.
AN ecology expert has warned that Victoria's fauna emblem, the Leadbeater's possum, is under threat from proposed logging in some Yarra Ranges forests.
Australian National University ecology professor, David Lindenmayer, said he "can't believe" that areas across central Victoria with significant numbers of the threatened possum were being targeted for logging.
He backed Yarra Ranges Council's opposition to VicForests' plans to log 20coupes near conservation reserves that protected threatened species.
The plan outlines 144 logging coupes including Toolangi, Powelltown, Noojee and Marysville in the east of Yarra Ranges Shire.
"Surprisingly there is some small patches of old forest important to the animal being targeted by VicForests for harvesting - a couple of areas have significant numbers of Leadbeater's possum," Professor Lindenmayer said.
He is part of an ANU team monitoring the possums in the region. He estimates about 1000 Leadbeater's possums remain in Victoria - the possum's only known address in the world.
Small numbers lived in Toolangi, despite the area being "belted" by bushfires and logging in the past 100 years, he said.
The species faced a high probability of extinction within 30-50 years unless logging stopped in its ever-shrinking habitat.
The council last week also voted to sign The Wilderness Society's ethical paper pledge not to use native-forest sourced paper.
The society's ethical paper campaign allows groups to pledge not to support Australian Paper and its Reflex product until the company stops using native-forest timber pulp.
Cr Samantha Dunn, who moved the motion, said the pledge wouldn't cost the council, which already uses paper from recycled and plantation timber sources.
VicForests spokesman David Walsh said about a third of timber from Victoria's forests was sold for furniture and flooring, but not parts of a tree that could be used for high-value products.
"Much of the wood that does not meet the high standards required for sawlog is utilised to produce quality writing and office paper."
Do you agree with Yarra Ranges Council ban of Reflex paper?
YARRA Ranges Council is encouraging consumers and other councils to follow their lead in boycotting Reflex paper.
Councillors agreed last week to sign the Ethical Paper Pledge to encourage consumers of paper not to buy Reflex until its makers stop using native forest timber pulp in their products.
At last week's meeting, Cr Samantha Dunn proposed the council support the ban.
The campaign against Reflex, started by the Wilderness Society in February, encourages organisations to sign a pledge "to protect Melbourne's water supply, prevent the extinction of iconic species, and halt the daily release of large amounts of carbon dioxide in Victoria's forests".
Cr Dunn said the decision would have no financial impact on the council because it did not use Reflex.
But Cr Chris Templer said it wasn't appropriate to target a specific company.
Australian Paper, manufacturer of Reflex, has started a website defending its practices.
It states more than half of total fibre needs are met from plantation wood, recycled pulp and wastepaper from kerbside collections, and the rest is sourced through VicForests, a State Government enterprise responsible for the sustainable harvest and commercial sale of wood from state forests.
Do you agree with Yarra Ranges decision to ban Reflex paper?


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Thabo Mofutsanyana (Eastern Free State)
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The Eastern Free State is a beautiful region where golden sandstone hills and mountains dominate the fields of sunflowers, wheat and maize and the orchards of peach trees and cherries that stretch across its plains. The north-eastern areas, surrounded by the Drakensberg Mountain Range and nestling in the foothills of the mighty Maluti Mountains are by far the most mountainous and most scenic. These hills and mountains, magical, mystical places, were home to early San and Sotho tribes and prehistoric creatures and are rich in San rock art and fossils.
The skies of the Eastern Free State are imbued with coppery golden hues as the late afternoon rays of the sun reflect off the fabulous sandstone highlands of the Golden Gate National Park and its twin, Qwa-Qwa National Park.
In the commercial centre of the region, Bethlehem, several sandstone buildings, a building style inherent to the Free State, bring the warm hues closer to the earth. Other well-known towns are Clarens, where trout fishermen often congregate, and Memel, home of an internationally recognised wetlands site.
Warden was laid out on the banks of the Cornelis River in 1913. It is named after Major Henry Warden, a popular British Administration Official in the Free State from 1848 to 1854, when it was known as the Orange River Sovereignty under British suzerainty. The many marshes in the vicinity of the town offer sanctuary to a variety of aquatic birds. Adventure And Sport Water sport: The Warden Dam offers several angling and recreation opportunities. Archaeology And Palaeontology San Rock Paintings: San rock paintings can be seen on the farm Goedgegewend in the area. Fauna And Flora Cosmos Wild Flowers: The beautiful cosmos wild flowers grace the countryside with their colourful presence during the autumn months when splashes of purple, pink and white cover the landscape in a tapestry of colour. Bird-watching: The many marshes in the area attract a rich variety of birds, especially water birds. History And Architecture Dutch Reformed Church: The massive Dutch Reformed Church towers over the surrounding countryside. It is the largest sandstone church in the southern hemisphere and can accommodate more than 1 000 people.
Thabo Mofutsanyana
After the dispute among local residents about the location of the new town was settled, the town was established in 1863 and aptly named Vrede, which means "peace", in Afrikaans. The Bothasberg, Langberg and Witkoppe Mountain Ranges are prominent landmarks in the area. Adventure And Sport Emanzini Country Resort: The resort will provide you with an angling and boating holiday to remember. A swimming pool, restaurant and comfortable chalets complete the picture. 4×4 routes: Several farms in the district have superb 4×4 routes, as well as hiking and bird-watching opportunities. Hiking: Hiking routes have been established on the many holiday farms in the vicinity of the town. Try out the Langberg hiking, biking, abseiling and caving combination trail. Holiday farms: Langberg Springs on the farm Skerpkloof has four trout dams as well as hiking, mountain biking and rock climbing opportunities. Fairview Holiday Farm offers game viewing and hunting opportunities coupled with hiking, angling and 4×4 routes. Horse-riding: The Aldo Riding School is located on the farm Eureka and offers lessons for children as young as five years of age. Holiday camps are conducted during April and December. Other horse-riding opportunities and trails exist on the many holiday and game farms […]
Steynsrus
Steynsrus was established in 1910 and named after the last president of the Free State Republic, Marthinus Steyn. The town's name means "Steyn's rest (resting place)". Steynsrus is well-known for its Salem ceramics. Adventure And Sport Adventure sport: The Eselkop Game Farm offers swimming, angling, horse-riding and several hiking trails. Art And Crafts Art Gallery: The Goedehoop Gallery is 13 km north-west of the town on the Ventersburg road. Salem Ceramics: Salem ceramics are designed and produced locally and distributed nationally. History And Architecture Historic Church: The sandstone church is typical of early Orange Free State church architecture.
Senekal
Senekal was named after a fallen Boer Commander, Commandant-General Frederik Senekal, who was killed in the Basotho War in 1865. Although established earlier, the town was only acknowledged by the then Orange Free State House of Assembly in 1877. The town is laid out on the banks of the Sand River, a tributary of the Vaal River. Adventure And Sport Arcadia Vacation Farm: Tennis, swimming and horse-riding are some of the activities offered on this farm. Accommodation is supplied in a beautiful Cape Dutch farmhouse and guests are treated to traditional Free State cuisine. Biddulphsberg Resort: The resort has a Caravan Park with ablution facilities, two self-catering units, a thatch roofed "lapa" and a dam suitable for swimming. Game drives can be arranged and walking and hiking trails are laid out on the farm. Biking: This is a popular biking area and there are numerous biking routes in the surrounding area and on Biddulphsberg, a farm that belonged to Voortrekker leader, Sarel Cilliers. Golf: The town has an 18-hole golf course and annually stages several tournaments and golf-days. Hiking: The Fern Route Hiking Trail is established on a game farm in the vicinity. The trail is suitable for young and […]
Phuthaditjhaba | Qwa-Qwa
This town lies in a glen where the Elands River forces its way through the sandstone foothills of the Maluti Mountains after flowing from the summit of Mont-aux-Sources in the Drakensberg Mountain Range. The name Qwa-Qwa was bestowed on this area by the ancient San because in their language it meant "whiter than white", referring to the surrounding snow-capped mountains that lend a special charm to the area during the cold winter months. The Afrikaans-speaking community renamed the town Witsieshoek, after Wetse, chief of the BaTlokwa section of the Basotho people, who settled here after the Zulu raids on smaller tribes had ended. In 1969 the area was granted self-government as Qwa-Qwa, the homeland of the baSotho ba Borwa ("Sotho people of the south"). Adventure And Sport 4×4 routes: Exhilarating off-road tracks in the area cater for 4×4 enthusiasts. Golf: Golfers are welcome to try out the 'high altitude" Qwa-Qwa Golf Club. Hiking and rock climbing: There are several hiking trails in the area; amongst others the Herbal Trail, the renowned Sentinel Trail and a series of trails to the back of the Drakensberg Amphitheatre from which rock formations, such as the Devil's Tooth, the Eastern Buttress and Tugela Falls […]
Petrus Steyn
This small town between Tweeling and Kroonstad was proclaimed in 1912 and named after the owner of the farm Sterkfontein on which it was established. The highest railway siding in the Free State, (1 712 m above sea level) aptly named Hoogte ("Height"), is situated here. Petrus Steyn also boasts one of the largest grain silos in the province. Elandskop, a rocky outcrop west of the town, saw many historical meetings and engagements take place during the Anglo-Boer War and afterwards. The town is located in an area that is renowned for its potato, sunflower, maize, corn and soya bean crops. Adventure And Sport Water sport and angling: Middelpunt Dam, 10 km west of the town, is a popular water sport and angling venue for both local inhabitants and visitors. Art And Crafts Curio shops: Reitz Street is the place to find African and other curios. Painters and potters: Two local artists live on farms in the district. Some of their work can be viewed in the Concordia Hotel in Church Street. They also exhibit their work in the art gallery at Clarens. Cuisine Potato tasting: Potatoes can be bought and potato dishes tasted on Grap Potato Farm during the […]
Paul Roux
In 1909, the Reverend Paul Roux, a firebrand minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, who had been a general during the Anglo-Boer War, founded the town. The town, in the Sand River Valley, is surrounded by typical Eastern Free State sandstone cliffs, the source of the sandstone used in many of the buildings in the town. The town also produces poplar wood for the safety match industry. Paul Roux is the birthplace of one of South Africa's Prime Ministers, Mr PW Botha. Adventure And Sport Hiking: Hiking trails have been marked out on the farms Vingerpol and Holhoek, where hikers can view old Sotho dwellings dating back to 1815, as well as the hollow cliff where President PW Botha's mother and other Boer women sought refuge from the British during the Anglo-Boer War. The only hiking trail for disabled persons in the Free State has been established on Holhoek farm. The 5-km trail is accessible to wheelchairs. Archaeology And Palaeontology Dinosaur footprints: Dinosaur footprints were discovered on a farm in the area, proving that these extinct giants once roamed the area. Entertainment African textiles: The Africa textile and material factory between Paul Roux and Senekal sells materials with exquisite African […]
Memel
This pristine little town lies close to the edge of the Central Plains in a basin that is so well watered that the grass sometimes grows as tall as a man's head. The name of the town means "surrounded by waters" in the now extinct Prussian language and refers to the spectacular, internationally recognised RAMSAR wetlands area along the Klip River that is also a prime birdwatching area. Memel is also known for its lovely, natural scenery, consisting of undulating grasslands to the north and the Drakensberg escarpment and mountains to the east and south. The Boer General, Christiaan de Wet, once owned a farm in the district. Adventure And Sport Adventure sport and angling: Mountain biking, canoeing and angling, particularly fly-fishing opportunities, are offered in and around the town. Caravan Park: The Dumela Private Caravan Park offers caravan sites with clean ablution blocks and undercover "braai" (barbecue) areas at reasonable tariffs. 4×4 Routes: Botha's Pass and the surrounding escarpment are ideal for 4×4 enthusiasts. However, some of the roads might pose a problem during the rainy season (in the summer months). Guest Farms: Ronderus Guest Farm offers rest and tranquillity; a good way to spend a weekend or short […]
Marquard
Farmers living east of Winburg tried unsuccessfully to establish a town in the prosperous Marquard area and only succeeded in their efforts with the help of the Minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, the Reverend JJ Marquard. The town was eventually established in 1905 and named after the Reverend. Marquard is situated on Road R708 between Winburg and Senekal and is regarded as the gateway to the Eastern Free State. The town and surrounding district is an eco-tourism, hiking and mountain biking Mecca. Adventure And Sport Abseiling and rock climbing: Korannaberg Mountain offers many opportunities for abseiling and rock climbing. Experienced instructors are at hand to take you through the moves. Angling: There are many opportunities to fish in this area with its many natural and man-made dams. 4×4 routes: The Korannaberg/Merrimetsi 4×4 Trail in the Korannaberg Conservancy is approximately 20 km long and can take up to seven hours to complete. It offers breathtaking views of the mountain scenery and has various obstacles. Hiking: The Koranna/Merrimetsi Hiking Trails in the 7-000 ha Korannaberg Conservancy vary in difficulty and length. The Koranna is a two-day backpacking trail with an overnight stay in either a magnificent cave or a thatch-roofed hut. […]
This small town on the banks of the Vals River, named after the missionary David Lindley, was founded in 1875. A weir built across the river has created a five-km stretch of fairly deep water that is ideal for angling, boating and swimming and the lovely camping and picnic spots set out on the willow-lined banks of the river add to the charm of the town. Dairy farms abound in this area and the town has a powdered milk factory. Lindley also lies in both the Maize Triangle and the Sunflower Belt. Adventure And Sport 4×4 routes: Come and test your vehicle's manoeuvrability at the renowned Lindley Wildekat Slote. Rugby: The Danie Craven Rugby Day is hosted in town annually by the Lindley Rugby Club to commemorate the doyen of South African rugby, Danie Craven. Craven was born and bred in the Lindley district where he first started playing rugby. He left town to study at Stellenbosch University and later became a Springbok rugby player and subsequently Chairman of the World Rugby Association. Sport: The town offers facilities for netball, rugby, swimming and horse-riding. There is also a pistol, pigeon and birdwatching club. Archaeology And Palaeontology Fossils and San Rock […]
Kestell
The Reverend JD Kestell, a well-known churchman of the time, founded this small town in 1905. Although Kestell was the son of an 1820 British settler he identified himself completely with the faith and the people of his Afrikaans mother. He became a prominent figure in Afrikaans-speaking church, educational and cultural circles and one of only three people afforded the honour of being buried at the foot of the National Women's Monument at Bloemfontein. Both Boers and British admired him for his bravery during the Battle of Wagon Hill, when he ministered to both his own and British soldiers while under heavy fire. The town is situated in the foothills of the Rooiberge, a very scenic part of the Free State that offers spectacular views of the Drakensberg and Maluti Mountains. Adventure And Sport Hunting: Hunting is allowed on private farms in the district. Archaeology And Palaeontology Insect and fossil collection: This interesting privately owned collection of fossils and insects belonged to Dr Astrid Jenkielson, an entomologist and resident of the town. The collection can only be viewed by prior appointment. San Rock Art and Archaeological Sites: There are several noteworthy archaeological sites at Lemoenhoek, as well as several San […]
Harrismith (Including Swinburn and Van Reenen)
Harrismith lies on the banks of the Wilge River at the foot of the nine-km long, 2 394-m high Platberg Mountain. The town is strategically situated on National Road N3, midway between Johannesburg in Gauteng and Durban in KwaZulu-Natal. Established in 1849 and named after Sir Harry Smith, the then Governor of the Cape Colony, the town was used as a major base by the British during the Anglo-Boer War. The town also has strong historical ties with the early Voortrekkers, for it was in this area that Piet Retief, a Voortrekker leader, negotiated with the Zulu King Dingane for land. Retief and his men were led into ambush and killed. Today, Harrismith forms the gateway to the Drakensberg Mountain Range and the nearby Sterkfontein Dam with its extended nature conservation area. In addition, stock and crop farming flourishes on the grassy, rolling plains with their plentiful rivers and streams. Recent additions to the many crops produced in the area include apples, berries and flowers. Adventure And Sport Angling: The many streams and rivers in the area and Sterkfontein Dam offer superb angling and fly-fishing opportunities. The Maluti Fly-fishing Club holds trout and yellowfish angling competitions every June. Golf: Harrismith's […]
Fouriesburg
Fouriesburg was established in 1892 on land donated to the Orange Free State Government by one "Rooi" Stoffel Fourie. During the Anglo-Boer War the town was the seat of the Orange Free State Government for a few months. The modest house in which President Steyn lived during this period can still be seen. The town's inhabitants have spectacular views of the often snow-clad Maluti Mountains and the surrounding sandstone hills. In October each year Fouriesburg hosts an Asparagus Festival and Agricultural Show, followed in November by a Rose Show. Adventure And Sport Angling: There are several trout and bass angling dams in the area. Camelroc Guest Farm: Wild flowers and birds abound on this holiday farm with its self-contained chalets and entertainment area. There are also hiking and 4x4x trails to explore. 4×4 routes: 4×4 Safaris are the ideal way to explore the countryside. There are several routes to choose from. Hiking and biking: The Fouriesburg area is ideal for hiking and biking and there are many trails in and around the town. The five-day, 65-km Brandwater Hiking Trail passes through magnificent sandstone formations and offers overnight shelter in caves. One of these caves, Salpeterkrans, is reputed to be the […]
Ficksburg
Ficksburg is a beautiful town situated on the west bank of the Caledon River at the foot of Imperani Mountain. The earliest inhabitants of the Ficksburg area were San hunter-gatherers, followed by the Tlokwa people. The Reverend James Allison, a Methodist Missionary, was the first European to settle in the area in 1834, closely followed by a Mr Moolman, one of the first Voortrekkers to start farming in the area. However, when the town was established in 1867 it was named after General Johan Fick who had led the Boers in a skirmish against the Basotho during one of the Basotho Wars. It is the only town in South Africa in which a border post (with neighbouring Lesotho) is part of the town. Ficksburg is situated in a model stock, dairy and crop farming area where maize, wheat, deciduous fruit and asparagus are cultivated. In South Africa, the words Ficksburg and cherries have become synonymous – it is the largest cherry producing area in the country. Spectacular cherry orchards surround the town and the annual Cherry Festival is an experience not to be missed. The Ficksburg area is also renowned for its sandstone formations: stone quarried here was used to […]
This small rural town was founded in 1875 and named after Cornelia, the wife of a former president of the Free State, Francis Reitz. The town is renowned throughout the Free State Province for its archaeological significance and its rich fossil sites. Archaeology And Palaeontology Fossil Site: One of the most significant fossil sites in the Free State lies on the farm Uitzoek about 10 km out of town on the banks of the Schoonspruit. The owner of the farm had been aware of the fossils since boyhood but only realised their significance when Dr ECN van Hoepen of the National Museum in Bloemfontein inspected the site. The Museum then undertook large-scale excavations and many valuable fossils of extinct species of antelope, a giant buffalo, an extinct sub-species of hippo, four new species of horses and of a donkey-sized pig, as well as many stone-age tools, were discovered. Contact the Municipality if you wish to visit the site.
Clocolan
This area, overshadowed by the 1 820 m high Hlohlowane Mountain, was first named Hlohlowane – "Ridge of the Battle" – by its Basotho inhabitants but, when they were driven out of the area in the early 1800s, the new inhabitants mispronounced the name, and it became Clocolan. The town is located in an area renowned for its fields of sunflowers, their huge heads diligently following the path of the sun during early autumn when they are in bloom. During spring the area is transformed into a sea of pink as the cherry trees start blossoming. Adventure And Sport Angling and canoeing: Angling and canoeing opportunities abound in the many dams in the vicinity, such as Stasie, Moperi, Lucretia and Steunmekaar Dams. 4×4 routes: The area around town has several 4×4 vehicle trails. Hiking: Many of the hiking trails start at the Evening Star, an old restored mission building. Holiday farms: There are various holiday farms in the district such as Breekopskloof Holiday Farm. Sport: The town has facilities for rugby, cricket, squash, tennis and bowls. It also boasts its own golf course and an oval athletics track. Archaeology And Palaeontology San Rock Art: San rock art can be seen […]
Clarens
This picturesque little town, "The Jewel of the Free State", nestles snugly against the foothills of the sandstone Rooiberge ("Red Mountains") and is protectively surrounded by the mighty Maluti Mountains. It was established in 1912 and named after the Swiss town where President Paul Kruger spent his last days in voluntary exile after the Anglo-Boer War. Apart from the town's spectacular location among the mountains, the scenery is further enhanced by the many trees planted in and around the town. During autumn the sight of the poplar trees in their different shades of red, orange and brown awaits visitors, to be replaced during spring with shades of white, pink and lime-green, as the many fruit trees start blossoming and the weeping willows push forth their first tender leaves. Fly-fishermen, artists and photographers all stream to Clarens for its beauty and tranquillity. Clarens has recently been acclaimed as having the best maintained fly-fishing waters for yellow fish, wild rainbow and brown trout in the country. Clarens is also spectacular horse-riding country and white-water rafters are guaranteed full water throughout the year. It is also conveniently close to the entrance of the renowned Golden Gate Highland National Park. Adventure And Sport Abseiling: […]
This town, set among waving fields of grain, is the commercial centre of the Eastern Free State and dates from 1864. The Bethlehem region produces some 65 per cent of South Africa's wheat crop. The name, Bethlehem, is derived from the Hebrew word "Beit Lechem", which means "House of Bread". The Jordaan (Jordan) River flows through the town, and its banks form part of the Pretoriuskloof Nature Reserve, a lovely bird sanctuary and recreational area. Adventure And Sport Air ventures: The National Hot Air Balloon Championships and air shows are held here annually. Contact the Tourism Bureau for information about air flips and hot air balloon trips. Angling, boating and swimming: Anglers frequent the three dams in the vicinity: Gerrand, Saulspoort and Athlone Dams, as well as the Jordaan River and Loch Athlone. These are ideal venues for angling, boating and swimming and the town also boasts an Olympic size swimming pool. Christian festival: The town hosts an annual Christian festival attended by believers from all over the country. Cycling: Cycling is a popular pastime in this area and many cyclists participate in the annual Hoogland Classic Auto Cycle Race that is held here every October. Golf: The town boasts […]
Arlington started off as an important rail link between the towns of Lindley and Senekal, but it soon became an independent town serving a self-sufficient farming community. Adventure And Sport Angling and water sport: The Piekniekdraai Resort Dam is a popular water sport and angling venue. Horse-riding: Horse-riding is a popular pastime and on 16 December each year, a 30-km horse trip is organised, in which all are welcome to participate. Hunting: Hunting trips may be undertaken on private farms in the area during the hunting season. Rafting: The town holds a day of raft racing on Spoorweg Dam in March every year. Other Attractions Agricultural tours: If you are interested in life on the farm, take one of the two agricultural tours on offer in the area. One of these will introduce you to Simmentaler Stud farming and the other will take you to the Wilton Plough factory in town.

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По итогам предыдущего сезона лигу покинули «Твенте», «Рода» и «Спарта Роттердам». Их заменили «Фортуна Ситтард», победитель Эрстедивизи 2017/18, и «Де Графсхап» и «Эммен», прошедший через стыковые игры.

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What I am trying to get it to do is to look like this, as the date changes each day the hours behind it are grayed out.

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The easiest way to describe a dental implant is to compare it to a natural tooth. A natural tooth consists of a root and a crown. The part of the tooth you see and eat with is called the crown. Beneath the crown is the root. The root of the tooth anchors it to the jawbone. When you lose a tooth, you lose both the root and the crown. To replace a tooth, we first have to replace the root. A dental implant is essentially a new root. This specialized titanium screw is fitted into a socket that we create in your jaw, replacing the lost root of your natural tooth.
Once an implant has been placed in the jaw, the bone around the implant will fuse, or integrate, to the implant. The process of integration typically takes from 2 to 4 months depending upon the quantity and quality of the jawbone. Once the implant has integrated (fused) to the jaw bone, a support post, called a final abutment, will be placed into the implant itself. The abutment actually protrudes up through the gum tissue and serves as a post to which a new crown can be cemented. If all your teeth are missing, a variety of treatment options are available to support and greatly increase the stability, strength, and retention of your dentures.
After an initial consultation and appraisal of your mouth with either Dr. Piché or Dr. Ebenal, a preliminary estimate will be given depending on your choice of treatment. After our initial consult, if implants are to be used in the rehabilitation of your mouth, a consultation with the surgeon will be made. This will allow you the opportunity to discuss any concerns or question any aspect of implant placement with the surgeon. Once a tentative treatment plan is established we are in a position to take the restorative records needed to begin your work.
Following the restorative records, a written estimate will be provided and we will be in a position to send estimates and documentation to your dental insurance carrier.
The number of implants needed and complexities of the case will dictate the extent of the records required but could include: photographs, dental models, waxing of models, arch registrations and bite records, radiographs of supporting bone and joints, assessing of muscle biomechanics and function, constructing pre-surgical treatment appliances and surgical guides. Drs. Piché and Ebenal will supply the surgeon with a guide to the numbers and desired position of implants that will support the finished appliance. Once the final tooth position is at a wax try-in stage, you may be required to sign a "cosmetic approval" to finish the case, as positional changes are not easily made once the laboratory work is done.
The success of dental implants depends upon bone forming to the implant so closely that it appears to join at a microscopic level. Once this integration has occurred, there should be no discomfort to tapping or pressure on the implant and there should be no movement in the abutments attached to the implant. If it becomes apparent that a patient is clenching or grinding during sleep, it may be necessary to wear a protective appliance to prevent damage.
Once the implants have finished healing, the prosthetic phase of treatment is ready to begin. The necessary impressions will be taken and the proper components ordered. Depending on the type of restoration planned (i.e. single tooth, overdenture), diagnostic wax-ups may be constructed and tried in your mouth before the final prosthesis is made. If done properly, you will have a very natural, beautiful result.
You will be thoroughly instructed in proper daily maintenance of your implants. This maintenance is no more complicated than cleaning of natural teeth but may require special aids or devices. Depending upon your level of dexterity, difficulty of access and your intra-oral physiology, a program will be designed for you. Proper follow-up care and maintenance is important to the longevity of your implants. Routine recall visits for the first year of an implant supported prosthesis are done at no additional charge to the patient. Should any soft tissue problems occur around implants they should be treated to prevent damage to the supporting bone.


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As I mentioned in my previous post, I'm going to be mining my earlier 2018 travel adventures for blog posts as I spend many winter hours at my desk or on the sofa. I never want to give a false image of my real life, so while I am truly blessed to spend some weeks and weekends of the year doing amazing things in awesome places, there is also plenty of work time, chill time and hours spent reading, writing and generally being static mixed up there as well.
In April, Mum, Jake and I flew pretty much as far you can go around the world before you start coming back, to see my family and jump into an ocean that isn't eerily reminiscent of a freezer.
Australia is one of my favourite places ever. That's a bold claim given it numbers over seven million square kilometres and one of my other favourite place is the left hand side of my sofa, which tops out at a sprawling 40cm2. So yeah, to say that all seven million of those kilometres are my favourite is probably pushing it, especially when there's so much more of Australia that I've never seen. I mean, there may well be parts of Australia that no person has ever put their foot on. I want to spend more time along the West Coast, see the pink lakes, visit Melbourne, surf at Bondi (I've been swimming there a few times but I've yet to get on a board!), swim in Byron Bay and head off to one of the pristine islands and go diving. And I want to eat more TimTams.
But the despite the small fraction of Australia that I've seen over the years, one thing that will always be true is that it houses a group of people I will never stop wanting to fly across the world to see – my wonderful extended family. My mum grew up in Australia but moved to the UK to get her graduate degrees in her mid-twenties, leaving her parents and brothers behind to enjoy glorious sun, incredible coastline and superior flat whites while she lived it up in the land of rain and queues. The only redeeming feature of this decision is that, had she not moved, I wouldn't exist. So we can all be grateful to whatever twist of fate led my mum to decide that beaches and warmth weren't as important as dry humour and emotional repression.
LOOK AT THESE ANGELS. Try and keep me off that plane, I dare you.
It's funny thing, having family so far away. It's odd to have sweet little cousins who have gained years every time you see them. Turns out, there's are some pretty major differences between four and eight and a Peppa Pig obsession is one of them. During Dave, Pia, Phoebe and Hamish's last visit to the UK in 2013, we took Phoebe to Peppa Pig World to meet her idol and she was rendered catatonic with excitement. To whatever poor employee had to wear an enormous, bumbling pig costume and get mauled by small children several times a day, thank you for your service. A few years later, Peppa had been replaced by burgeoning espionage obsession, and the love of that cartoon pig moves into the past. A lot changes with kids and it would have been so special to have been around for it. But there isn't a version of the world where this happened – I was always going to grow up half a world away from my mum's family and to have been able to visit many times over the last twenty years is an enormous privilege.
With Skype, Facebook and email, communication has become a lot easier and soon there will be direct flights to both Perth and Sydney which will shave a staggering two or three hours off a twenty-four hour journey. (I jest. But seriously, seventeen straight hours on a plane is no picnic either). It's doable, and the huge benefit is that I get to explore more of an amazing country every time. I can definitely tell you where the best vanilla milkshake in suburban Perth is and if that's not a valuable travel tip then I don't know what is.
I missed this trip because I was rowing. I don't always understand past me.
Because I'd been rowing so much, I hadn't had an opportunity to visit for three years. When Mum said she was hoping to go out in spring 2018, I was absolutely thrilled to realise that there were no punishing ergo workouts stopping me from going with her. It was also a great opportunity for Jake to meet my family. We spent two weeks in Australia, spending the first week in Perth with one of my mum's brothers and the next week in Canberra with my grandparents and other uncle (and their families). Then Jake and I spent two days in Sydney before flying home, as Mum was staying for longer to spend more time with her parents and meet a client. We also were able to meet some of Jake's extended family who had moved from Poland to Australia some decades prior. A family-focused trip all round, though with plenty of ice cream and ocean for good measure.
This was just the most wonderful trip. April is getting into autumn in Oz, so the weather can be variable, especially on the East Coast. Fortunately we were absolutely blessed with beautiful sunshine, which was great as I wanted to show Jake the best version of Australia for his first trip! Sometimes everything just comes together. It was so lovely that I cried leaving my Perth family at the end of the first week, on the bus to Sydney after leaving everyone in Canberra, and at the airport before our flight home. Many tears saying goodbye to the sweet kiddies and my lovely aunts, uncles, grandparents and friends down under. I have a feeling this is a destination for life, not just because it's the most wonderful place but because it's full of the most wonderful people!
Stay tuned for posts on our trip to Perth, Canberra and Sydney!


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An article explaining research which indicates that the Internet plays only a very small role in recruitment into extremism and radicalisation and that offline social networks, with direct personal contact being the main tool. This research is significant in light of attempts by governments to stifle Internet freedom under the guise of combating radicalisation. Also, the offline social networks from which most recruits tend to come from are those which have a background in ideologies like those of Hizb al-Tahrir and al-Muhajiroun which are promoted by extremists like Anjem Choudhary.
Original article in the Irish Times, 9 May 2017.
The internet has been blamed as a major tool for radicalising terrorists. But most jihadists are not radicalised through connections they form with others online, Prof Peter Neumann of Kings College London told an audience on Tuesday at Berlin's digital festival Re:publica.
"Jihadists use the internet the same way the rest of us do," he said. "The history of jihadism is the history of the internet over the last 15-20 years."
To research how radicals used the internet, his research team tracked 300 social media accounts of jihadists. "Who do they follow, who do they consider to be authorities? We were surprised. The most popular accounts were of those not affiliated with ISIS."
The top account followed by the jihadists belonged to a 21-year-old computer scientist in Bangalore who had never been to Syria and just tweeted news that he read online.
"But what he tweeted was so important that for the fighters of ISIS, he became the source for news about ISIS itself." Two other popular accounts belonged to a man in Michigan, and one in Australia.
After Prof Neumann's group published their research, "the guy in Australia was complaining about us because he was arrested. He was an incredibly influential guy. He convinced hundreds of people to go to Syria. But he's never been to Syria. That's what we mean when we talk about an "Isis ecosystem" that extends beyond those actually involved with ISIS.
His research group found that face to face interactions were far more important than the internet in radicalising ISIS fighters.
He gave as example a young man in Portsmouth called Turab who went to Syria and tweeted frequently, including pictures of the landscape and even, kittens. "Hoping to make you see the beauty of it and come." he said in one tweet. He also asked people to Skype him so he could encourage them to come to Syria.
"Then we looked deeper and found all the people who joined him were not random people on the internet. They were all from Portsmouth, and were his friends who were active in the same extremist group in the city," he said.
Close friendships
"If you start connecting the dots, a very large number, probably two thirds, of those in Britain who went to Syria were connected to each other, people who had already known each other," Prof Neumann said.
"They already had close friendships with fighters, and whenever they went [ to Syria ]there was a big celebration." What Prof Neumann saw via the accounts were similar clusters of jihadists everywhere in Europe.
"You'd have relatively small towns and suddenly you have 20 to 30 people going [ to Syria]. That wouldn't happen if it was just the internet [causing radicalisation]. They went to school with each other, they played football with each other. Ultimately, what decides [whether they go] is not a tweet online but a very profound relationship you've had with someone for many years. Of course the internet plays a roll but it is not the internet that causes them to go to become radicalised."
Prof Neumann says the online landscape is now changing due to the reaction of companies and authorities. Because many of their accounts have been removed from Twitter, jihadists have moved to the smaller network Telegraph.
"What Twitter was before, Telegraph is today. It's a much smaller audience, but it's much more difficult to listen to the conversations. They are talking on highly encrypted apps. You can believe it or not, but most European intelligence agencies are not able to listen in to them. It has positives and negatives but one thing for sure, these people haven't disappeared and it is not necessarily easier to deal with them."
A second important development is that most of the more recent attacks have been "remote attacks ? attacks directed from Syria via private messaging services. They're getting instructions in real-time on WhatsApp and other platforms. Almost all recent attacks have followed that pattern".
Prof Neumann says it's likely terrorists will begin to livestream terrorist attacks. "That should not be a surprise. It's a [new service]that will be exploited by extremists as well."
So what can be done? First, we need to think about actions taken against jihadist accounts.
"Content removal doesn't necessarily cause extremists to go away, it causes them to go somewhere else. That may have negative consequences. It may have a disruptive effect, but it doesn't solve the problem. Content removal may be justifiable and useful in some cases but can't be the only solution."
Social media platforms can be "useful for countering terrorist narratives," he says.
But the wrong steps may be taken due to misunderstanding the role of the internet in radicalisation.
"The number of cases where people have been entirely radicalised by the internet is tiny, tiny tiny. You have to understand what people are doing offline as well as online."
And in another report on ABC Australia, a report on where most of the fighters for ISIS in Iraq and Syria come from:
Peer-to-peer relations, friends telling friends to go, is still the predominant pattern of recruitments.
Peter Neumann
Question: What role do the internet and social media play?
The internet and social media certainly play a role in recruiting foreign fighters but Professor Neumann said there was "a lot of rubbish" about how important they were.
"The internet and social media are certainly important, especially for ISIS, but their significance can easily be overstated," he said.
"Nor is the flow of information as centralised and as coordinated as often imagined."
Personal ties to other people who have joined the fight were a much stronger factor.
"When it comes to recruitment ... the internet doesn't in itself make people go," Professor Neumann said.
"If it was the internet that made people go, then you would expect the distribution of people going to Syria to be even across the country because the internet is everywhere. The reality is all across Europe you have clusters of people going."
For example, he said Portsmouth, Cardiff, Brighton and certain parts of London accounted for large numbers of the UK's foreign fighters, while almost all of Norway's recruits had left from not only the same town, but the same street.
"Peer-to-peer relations, friends telling friends to go, is still the predominant pattern of recruitments," he said.
"The internet plays a role in the sense that it enables people to stay in touch with people who are on the frontlines - but it doesn't play the role that is often portrayed in the media that people see an ISIS video and then the next second they are packing their bags and they are on their way to Syria. That's absolutely not the way it works."
The most effective recruiters of foreign fighters were people who had already travelled to fight, Professor Neumann said, with the urge to join the fight spreading among groups of people who had been friends even before the conflict started.
"They create a sense of social obligation. That's how recruitment happens in I would say 90 per cent of cases."
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Feeding Schedule for Jack Dempsey Cichlids
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Jack Dempsey cichlids are large, New World cichlids favored by aquarium enthusiasts for their bright colors and behavior. Feeding these guys isn't tricky as they're willing to devour just about anything. A varied, healthy diet is pivotal to seeing their bright color displays.
Native to North and Central America, the Jack Dempsey cichlid is an aggressive fish that prefers the muddy waters of canals, ditches and swamps of the Papaloapan and Hondurian Ulua rivers. In these murky waters, this fish attacks its prey, hidden by the plants and low visibility.
Natural Diet
With the diversity of species found in its native waters, the Jack Dempsey has an almost endless all-you-can-eat buffet at its disposal. They'll eat almost anything smaller than them, including small frogs, fish, insects, worms and even the occasional crustacean. They're also known to devour the plants found in their natural habitat. As such, your Jack Dempsey will appreciate similar foods in their captive diet.
Feeding in Captivity
Because it has such a diverse diet in the wild, feed your Dempseys a variety of meat-based foods in the aquarium. Crickets, feeder fish, small frogs or other live foods not only will be devoured, but they'll be appreciated as well. A high-quality pellet food designed specifically for cichlids is an excellent base for your Dempsey's diet, as long as you incorporate either live or freeze-dried meats. Because Jack Dempsey cichlids eat plants in the wild as well, incorporate kale, lettuces or plankton every now and then.
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Like other cichlids, feed your Jack Dempseys two to three times a day, but only as much as they'll devour in a minute or two. Watch your fish carefully as the more aggressive ones will eat quicker and may leave little to nothing for less aggressive fish. Keep an eye on any tank mates you have in their aquarium as well, as many Dempseys will readily attack and eat anything they can get their mouths on.
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Wiltshire (including Swindon) is in the South West of England. It has a population of around 680,000 and covers approximately 348,000 hectares. Here is a list of nearby or neighbouring counties: Berkshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset.
Wiltshire is a landlocked county and has a landscape of wide valleys, the chalk grasslands of Salisbury Plain and ancient forests. Among the counties attractions, most shrouded in mystery are the stone circles, which were built thousands of years ago during the neolithic period and each year hundreds of thousands of people visit the World Heritage sites of Stonehenge and Avebury. Whilst there are various theories regarding the meaning and purpose of the stone circles, they continue to capture our imaginations as they have done for generations. National Trust properties in Wiltshire include the eighteenth century house and garden of Stourhead and Avebury Manor and Garden, which was built during the sixteenth century. Performing arts venues in Wiltshire include Salisbury Arts Centre, Swindon Arts Centre, the Athenaeum Centre in Warminster, the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon and the Pound Arts Centre in Corsham.
Among the most visited places in Wiltshire is Salisbury Cathedral, which was built during the thirteenth century and is considered to be the greatest Gothic cathedral in England. Other famous sites include The Iron Age Hill fort of Old Sarum, which was later occupied by Romans, Saxons and Normans. For a taste of the art and architecture of previous centuries there are country houses such as Longleat, which also has a Safari Park. Wiltshire Museum in Devizes has exhibits reflecting the art, archaeology and history of Wiltshire, whilst Coate Water Country Park provides a pleasant day out, with its varied wildlife and visitors can also see a 1930s Art Deco diving board by the reservoir. Other attractions in Wiltshire include picturesque Castle Combe Village, Trowbridge Museum and Art Gallery, Westbury White Horse, Corsham Court, Great Chalfield Manor and the ruins of Old Wardour Castle.
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Home Herald-Post Collection U. S. Federal Building, Louisville, Kentucky, 1920.
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Title U. S. Federal Building, Louisville, Kentucky, 1920.
Description Old U.S. Federal Building on Fourth Street in Louisville, Kentucky. It is a four-story building with a clock tower. Two pedestrians below. On back of image: "Presented by Louisville Convention & Publicity League. June 18, 1920." Stamp on back of image: "Louisville Free Public Library."
Source 8 x 6 in. b&w photographic print. Item no. 1994.18.0162 in the Herald-Post collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives.
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