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Inside a British lunatic asylum
One building dominated the horizon near where I grew up in north east London. It had the distinctive, squat, red-brick water tower common to the Victorian era British lunatic asylum. This was Claybury Hospital, a vast complex covering 290 acres for treating the mentally ill of east London and the Essex suburbs.
Both my parents were on the medical staff at Claybury in the 1960s and in fact, it's where they met – in the cafeteria. However, my father decided psychiatry wasn't his bag and changed careers but my mother was there until the asylum closed in the late 1980s. Despite all the criticism and misinformation levelled at psychiatric hospitals, as well as the fear they inspired, she loved the work.
To go inside a lunatic asylum
As a child, I got a privileged look at life in an asylum. And it fascinated me. Every weekend, I'd accompany my father in the car to pick up my mother as she came off her Saturday and Sunday shifts. As with many psychiatric hospitals, the grounds were idyllic. Beautifully landscaped with pristine lawns, chestnut trees, a large willow, an eighteenth century manor house incorporated into the hospital, tennis courts and two big old churches – Anglican and Catholic.
As children, my sister and I would go and practice our serve on the tennis court, which I think was for staff, while outside the wire fence, patients would walk around in their dressing gowns in what could often look like a mildly zombified state. I assumed this is what they meant by a "chemical straitjacket". Quite frequently, patients would wander out of the main gates and into the local town and then be returned by police officers or locals.
It's hard to convey the scale of Claybury. But it was like a self-contained village even generating its own electricity up to 1929. The hospital was a combination of closed, semi-closed and open wards. There was therefore a large cohort of permanently resident patients for whom Claybury put on a detailed calendar of social and sports activity. In 1964, a Social and Recreational Centre was opened that put on dances with a small orchestra providing the music.
From lunatic asylum to therapeutic community
In the 1960s, the hospital pioneered what was called the 'therapeutic community' approach to its 2,000 patients. Patients and staff collaborated on day-to-day functions. And former patients were employed to work with nurses on the domestic chores to keep the wards clean and functioning. This was termed the "Claybury revolution" and not all staff, used to a more authoritarian regime, liked the new way. But it was mandated by two charismatic and reforming managers at Claybury – Denis Martin and John Pippard.
They wanted to break with the old stereotypes of the Victorian asylum. Decisions on treatment would be made through democratic discussion and, as far as was possible, patients were encouraged to take responsibility for their own behaviour. The therapeutic community approach at Claybury become an international talking point in mental health circles.
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I was always taken by the personal relationship that my mother had with patients at the asylum. She would bring their artwork and even cookery home to share. I'll be honest, as a child I was reticent to eat the cakes made at Claybury. I remember blurting out: "What if they put a razor blade in there?" Seriously ignorant comment. And I'd get a telling off for saying such a thing. When a patient passed away, my mother was genuinely upset. There were strong bonds between some of the patients and medical staff.
Controversial treatments
In terms of the controversial aspects of Claybury – one can't ignore the use of lobotomies for a period. My mother was present at one and the nurse next to her fainted during the procedure. This awful operation was thankfully discontinued but not before it had ruined many lives. What still continues to this day is the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). That is sending an electric current through the brain, normally to address severe depression.
I'm always amazed at the number of people who think ECT doesn't happen anymore. It very much does. But way more sparingly than fifty years ago. I once asked my mother how ECT worked and she told me that a consultant had once summed it up to her: "We have now idea what it does but it seems to do the job". In other words, ECT is based purely on the empirically observed, surface results without much idea of what it's doing beneath the surface.
Contrary to what many people think, it's performed under general anaesthetic – though in the old days that was not always the case. Having sadly lost a friend to depression (he jumped off a motorway bridge head first), I realise that for some people any cure is grabbed at when all else has failed. My mother recalled being on 'suicide watch' at Claybury when a patient in bed during the night tore a button off his pyjama bottoms, split it in half, and managed to slash his wrists. My mother told me this to illustrate how suicidal feelings can overwhelm some poor souls.
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There is no doubting the asylum system was flawed and you wouldn't re-invent it. However, nobody believes that we spend anywhere near enough on mental health or that 'care in the community' and the closure of the asylums was driven as much be cost saving as a desire for better therapies. And sadly, there is a high representation of mentally ill people in another institution these days: prisons.
Claybury – or the 'loony bin' as my schoolmates used to term it – is now a luxury housing estate. The wards of the one-time lunatic asylum are now bedrooms and dining rooms. One of the Victorian churches has a swimming pool in what was previously the nave. I own one of the pews, which I took with the vicar's permission before the hospital gates closed for the last time. And the patients and staff are ghostly memories.
Posted on May 18, 2021 May 18, 2021 Author Tony McMahonCategories cultureTags asylum, Claybury, delusional, ECT, electroconvulsive, geriatric, hospital, illness, insane, loony bin, lunatic, mad, mental, NHS, paranoid, Pippard, Post-war, psychiatric, schizophrenia, therapeutic community, therapy, Victorian Leave a comment
My father dies of Covid – a reflection
Little did I expect at the beginning of the Covid pandemic that my own father would succumb to this virus. But just over a week ago, he died in hospital of Covid-19 related pneumonia.
This was given on the death certificate as the primary cause of death. Being an 83 year-old, there were other underlying conditions including COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), gradual onset of dementia and E.coli, which he'd more than likely contracted in the care home – leading to his collapse.
My father had been a heavy smoker up until ten years ago but giving up had given him a new lease of life. However, his lungs were impaired and in 2012, he'd punctured one of them falling off a ladder.
Two weeks before his death, he collapsed at the care home where he'd been resident for nearly two years. Those of you with elderly parents or other relatives know only too well that the final years are punctuated with repeat falls and trips to hospital. But this time, I sensed it was a lot more serious. Though I didn't know he had Covid.
Covid at the care home
The virus had ripped through the care home with 32 staff and residents being infected in a four month period from October 2020 to January 2021. I was eventually rung in January to be informed of this by the care home manager.
It also emerged that the GP (family doctor) was unwilling to give vaccinations on site for at least four weeks. However, the GP then relented and my father received his first Covid jab a week before collapsing.
What amazes and frankly distresses me about the care home situation generally is the refusal of about 20% of care home staff nationally to be vaccinated for 'cultural' and – yes, believe it or not – 'medical' reasons. Think about this – staff refusing to be vaccinated and then looking after your loved ones. I call that negligence.
At the hospital, he displayed all the signs of Covid infection but there was some uncertainty at the outset. However, a swab test came out positive after he'd been there for a week.
In the days that followed, he seemed to be resisting the worst of the virus. So much so that medical staff thought he could be transferred to an intermediate facility and then sent back to the care home. The E.Coli was presenting the great challenge and the difficulty he was experiencing with swallowing food. But my father seemed to be defeating the Covid virus.
This turned out to be very wrong.
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That turnaround moment
A week to ten days after being in hospital, the information given from the ward led us, as a family, to believe that he'd displayed once more what we called his 'bounceability'. Time and again, the old man had looked ashen-faced and positively deathly only to claw his back to the land of the living.
So, we seemed set for another bounce.
The only thing I'd noticed was his dementia getting a little worse. This manifested itself in various vaguely paranoid ideas involving shadowy conspiracies against him. All pretty standard stuff I'm afraid to say. But it was still possible to engage him in rational conversation once you got through some initial nonsense.
What started to overturn the optimism were the daily reports to me by the doctors that indicated the antibiotics weren't working and that he was becoming more delirious. I was assured, though, that the objective was still to get him back to the level he'd been in when he was admitted to hospital. Not perfect – but stable.
However, on the Sunday evening before his death a new doctor came on the line and asked me whether I fully appreciated the seriousness of my father's condition. I was flabbergasted. I knew the antibiotics hadn't been working and that he'd ingested material into his lungs.
But now I was told that if I wanted to come on to the ward and see him, Covid restrictions would be lifted. That could only mean one thing. I asked for some candour. And I got it. The doctor told me that the problem with swallowing was linked to the dementia – he was forgetting how to do this basic human task.
He'd now developed 'aspiration pneumonia' and was not conscious. In combination with his underlying conditions, it was doubtful he'd make the night.
But then he did.
All through Monday my father clung on. His breathing now becoming the classic 'death rattle'. And even though he wasn't particularly religious, I agreed to a chaplain giving last rites. I'm an atheist myself but the thought of him being entirely alone in his final hours overrode that consideration. A bit of ritual and company seemed right.
There are many awful decisions to make as the clock ticks to the end of a life. The doctor posed the question to me – do we try and cure or do we manage the situation? I opted to manage the situation knowing full well that there was no cure. A Rubicon had been crossed in health terms.
He died at 01:20am on Tuesday morning. As agreed, I was phoned. Amazingly, I'd fallen asleep. But then found myself at my desk emailing family, writing death notices for the newspapers and even, I kid you not, amending the Ancestry.com website. The things you do to stay sane in that moment!
Within 48 hours, I had the death certificate in my hand with Covid-19 related pneumonia as the primary cause of death and COPD as the secondary.
Already, I'd had to deal with funeral arrangements. We'd decided, because of Covid, for my father to go directly from the care home to a crematorium and the ashes to be delivered to my home. Then later in the year, we'd have a service when the pandemic had lifted.
Now, I had to redirect the undertakers to the hospital. And then discovered that because of a Covid backlog, my father wouldn't be cremated for nearly a month. So, suddenly, I was having to find out where his body would be kept. Whose fridge? The hospital to begin with – and then the crematorium – it turned out.
Disconnects in the health service
I'm a huge supporter of the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK. But those of you who've had to process your ageing loved ones through the system – will have lost your rose-tinted spectacles on the way. I should mention that both my parents worked in the NHS – my mother in a psychiatric hospital for thirty years. So we were an NHS family!
The plus sides of the NHS include having access to top medical care from paramedics, nurses and doctors free of charge. I was having lunch with my father when he had a stroke in 2018. The ambulance arrived promptly and the London hospital brought him back from the brink.
The staff were amazing and selfless. And I would say the same of the doctors in my father's last few days. Always keen to update and keep me informed. Plus a pleasant and understanding manner.
So what about the downsides?
Well, the inability to share data in the NHS is mind boggling. With my mother, she would turn up from the care home (with advanced dementia) for a hospital appointment, after developing cervical cancer, and another hospital or the GP wouldn't have sent her file in advance.
This wasn't a one off. And it begs the question – can't all this data be shared on these curious modern devices called computers?
I was also asked on two occasions – in an ambulance after my father had suffered a stroke and a week before my father died when he was in hospital – whether my father was allergic to penicillin. Now, I knew he was. But I bet a lot of people might not be able to answer that question.
Why on earth don't we have a central database with this information accessible via our NHS numbers? Answer: because some people think it would infringe our civil liberties. So the next time you're given an antibiotic that takes you to death's door – thank your local libertarians.
If we'd got my father into sheltered accommodation earlier, it would have been a godsend. But he'd experienced several falls at the home he'd lived in for fifty years, most of them with my mother. The GP's records showed these falls and no sheltered accommodation provider would accept him. So – he had to go straight into a residential care home with nursing care.
The cost – about £1500 a week. Goodbye savings! I can only liken it to pulling a plug on his bank account. And for a man who saved diligently and was terrified of going overdrawn, he protested furiously at paying out this money. But we prevailed on him as a family that he should have the best even though it was our inheritances going up in flames.
From Spanish flu to Covid
After my mother died in 2016, I'd got my father involved with Ancestry.com. We opened an account and I began to plunder his grey cells for details on the family. And what a mine of information he turned out to be! In fact, he'd been doing a whole load of research for years as well as being able to churn out names and stories from memory.
At the time, he was at the very early stages of dementia. I'd certainly recommend something like family tree research as a great way to engage those whose brains are at risk of degenerating. Apart from anything else, I became totally addicted to Ancestry.com as we made some amazing discoveries together. So, keeping him mentally active wasn't a chore – but good fun.
One of the things we uncovered were relatives who died of diseases like tuberculosis and the dreaded Spanish flu. The latter was the Covid equivalent of the years immediately following the First World War. My grandfather's sister was one of those who sadly died of Spanish flu aged 29.
This Covid pandemic has taken us all on quite a journey. Not a physical one but into our own minds and our closest relationships. I had no expectation that it would claim my father. And I've seen friends and acquaintances contract Covid but mercifully pull through. But it's changed all of us.
How we emerge from this horror is anybody's guess. I used to worry that every day would be like the next until the grave. Now, I'm craving normality and routine stuff like going for a walk, shopping and popping down the pub.
In recent years, digital strategists blathered about the virtue of 'disruption'. You don't hear so much of that anymore. But the virus has disrupted us. In our families, Covid has robbed us of loved ones. In our communities, it's blighted the prospects of the young. And in our wider societies, it's devastated entire sectors like retail and hospitality.
Covid came to visit me this month – and now I'm mourning a much loved father.
Posted on February 18, 2021 February 18, 2021 Author Tony McMahonCategories history TVTags age, Ancestry, Ancestry.co.uk, Ancestry.com, Blackrock, BUPA, care home, Covid, Covid-19, death, dies, E.coli, family tree, genealogy, hospital, Ireland, life, McMahon, notice, obituary, pandemic, Peter, Peter Anthony McMahon, Pettigo, virus, Woodford 4 Comments
A horrific day trip to Georgian London!
Imagine you have decided to take a day trip to London two hundred years ago. What do do? Well, let me be your guide as we take a horrific day trip to Georgian London!
If you enjoyed the BBC series Taboo – you're probably wondering what London was really like at that time. Could it really have been so bleak and awful. Well, in large part it certainly was.
That violent drama is set in 1814, the late Georgian period, and as luck would have it, I own several guides to London from the first two decades of the nineteenth century. One from 1804 is especially descriptive and I'll quote liberally below.
These books were intended to guide a visitor around the city taking in places of interest, like a prison for example or a mental asylum. Yep, you really could pay to go and gawp at criminals and the insane. So – here's a selection of oddities from the period of Taboo.
YOUR DAY TRIP TO GEORGIAN LONDON STARTS HERE!
Visiting a prison: You've arrived in London and wondering what to go and see. How about a prison? You could pop along to Newgate prison – where the Old Bailey now stands – and pay the "turnkey" two or three shillings to go in and stare at the unfortunates behind bars. One guide I have to London laments the overcrowded part of the prison for debtors, who were treated worse than thieves and other felons. Those who were condemned to death were normally held in irons, which must have been a thrilling sight for the Georgian tourist!
Then watch a public execution: My 1804 guide bemoans the attitude of Londoners to the growing number of executions. They'd become quite indifferent to them! "Among the many nuisances which disgrace the metropolis, there is not perhaps one which excites more horror than the frequency of public executions. The numbers of unhappy culprits that annually forfeit their existence by violation of the laws, afford sufficient proofs that an ignominious death is no longer our safeguard. Six, eight and ten criminals executed in the public streets, even in the heart of the metropolis, in the broad light of day, before the eyes of the multitude, scarcely excite emotion."
You're a victim of crime during your visit to London: There's no police force at the time of Taboo so having been robbed, beaten up or defrauded by a fortune teller – you could take your case to one of the places where magistrates were in session every day of the week like the Mansion House, Bow Street, Hatton Garden or Guildhall. In a "summary way" they would deal with everything from murder to "disorderly houses", "persons of ill fame found in avenues to public places with an intent to rob" and "vagabonds".
Pop into a workhouse: In the early 1800s, Dr Hooper was the resident doctor at the St Mary-le-bone Workhouse and was happy to show any gentleman round if they were interested. There was also the St Martin's Workshouse in Castle Street, near Leicester Square (roughly corresponding to the National Portrait Gallery). In my 1804 guide to London, it's pointed out that one of the inmates was 104 years old! If you made a proper application to the master of the house or the churchwardens they were prepared to "readily gratify the curious".
Strange entertainments: Like today, Londoners loved the theatre. Some of it was very bawdy while other houses put on fine operas and plays. Then there was just the plain bizarre. For example, Mr Cartwright could be found at the Lyceum putting on a display of "philosophical fireworks" while Miss Cartwright played the musical glasses. In the absence of movies, you could also go and watch The Phantasmagoria – also at the Lyceum. Basically, images projected on to a screen from a "magic lantern". No CGI I'm afraid.
Moral societies for bettering Londoners: If you were aghast at the depraved ways of Georgian London, you could join a society to improve things. In one guide to London I own the author recommends The Society for giving effect to His Majesty's Proclamation against Vice and Immorality founded in 1787. There was also The Society for Promoting Religious Knowledge by distributing books among the Poor and The Society for Preventing Crimes by prosecuting Swindlers, Sharpers and Cheats, based in the Strand.
Observe the diseases killing Londoners: In 1802, Londoners died of an interesting variety of ailments. Nearly six thousand had perished before reaching two years of age; 266 died of apoplexy; 3,503 died of "convulsions"; 559 were spirited away by measles; 1,579 succumbed to small-pox and 107 died of the condition that hit heavy drinkers of port wine – gout.
Cheer the chimney sweeps!: Children were still being sent up chimneys at this time. And there were plenty of chimneys to clean with most houses using filthy fossil fuels. There was a growing awareness that this was a terrible thing to do to young kids but nobody seemed to have come up with an alternative. Still, once a year, the chimney sweeps of London – on MayDay – dressed up in their finery (whatever that amounted to) and paraded through the streets to the cheers of London's citizens. Only to be sent back up the chimneys the following day.
Posted on November 18, 2017 June 11, 2020 Author Tony McMahonCategories London historyTags asylum, BBC, chimney, death, disease, Execution, Georgian, hanging, hospital, London, poor, poverty, prison, reality, sweep, Taboo, Tom Hardy, workhouse 2 Comments

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It's official knowledge. My scheduled appointment with my associate Fernando Galvan for a West Wing tour of the White House on November 18th, 2009 is officially ON THE BOOKS. Along with the swarms of other visitors that have entered the hallowed grounds of this National Park, I've been categorized as someone who had direct access to staff while being escorted through the wide hallways of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building and winding passages of the West Wing. This means that the American people want to know what my agenda was in visiting such a prestigious locality and influential staff. Thankfully, they've got me covered in the spreadsheet, by linking me to Google, Wikipedia and several other visible sites where I'd be listed if I'd ever given a sizable contribution or had a powerful position in life. Unfortunately, I don't usually go by my given first name, making the linking rather fruitless.
In conclusion, if you'll be in DC on March 27th & 28th, and you're interested in being part of a greater discussion on Transparency in Government & Technology, come join us in an "unconference" at Transparency Camp DC 2010, being organized by the Sunlight Foundation. A good number of my counterparts will be attending and I expect it to be an all-around good time filled with the sharing of knowledge and ideas in order to continue the open course that President Obama has outlined for his Administration.


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BLACKROCK ACQUIRES BEDFONT INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
The BlackRock UK Property Fund has completed the acquisition of the Bedfont Industrial Estate from Trehaven Group for £24 million.
The 17 acre site is located one mile to the south of Heathrow Airport and the BA World Cargo Centre. The Estate is currently operated as an open storage site but has planning permission for redevelopment to provide 300,000 square feet of industrial/distribution accommodation. BlackRock was advised by Tudor Toone, Doherty Baines and Graftongate.
Justin Brown, Portfolio Manager for the BlackRock UK Property Fund, said, "The Bedfont Industrial Estate is a well located site with a significant number of options for the Fund to pursue in the forthcoming months. We are excited about the prospects for its future performance within the BlackRock UK Property Fund."
The BlackRock UK Property Fund invests in a diversified mix of real estate including traditional and alternative property assets. In May, BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MGPA, the independently-managed private equity real estate investment advisory company in Asia-Pacific and Europe. The planned acquisition will make BlackRock a global real estate investment manager, with pro forma assets under management of approximately $25 billion as of March 31, 2013 and substantial investment teams in the world's top six markets.
For further information please contact David O'Donovan.


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Un dissipatore viscoso (o smorzatore viscoso) è un dispositivo meccanico che ha il compito di smorzare il moto ad esso impresso trasformandolo in attrito viscoso. La forza viscosa con cui il dissipatore risponde alla sollecitazione è proporzionale alla velocità e ha verso opposto alla forza impressa, per cui la forza risultante è minore della forza che viene impartita al dispositivo e conseguentemente si ha un rallentamento del moto.

Tale dispositivo viene spesso utilizzato in accoppiamento con una molla.

Tipi
Esistono due tipi di dissipatore viscoso: lineare e rotativo.

Le specifiche di un dissipatore viscoso lineare sono la corsa e il fattore di smorzamento.

Nel caso di un dissipatore viscoso lineare il coefficiente di smorzamento è dato dal rapporto tra forza e velocità, mentre nel caso di un dissipatore viscoso rotativo il coefficiente di smorzamento è dato dal rapporto tra momento torcente e velocità angolare del fluido.

Un altro tipo di dissipatore viscoso è lo smorzatore a correnti parassite, il quale è costituito da un magnete posto all'interno di un tubo in materiale conduttore (ad esempio alluminio o rame). Anche nel caso di uno smorzatore a correnti parassite, la forza viscosa prodotta è proporzionale alla velocità.

Applicazioni

In molte applicazioni al dissipatore viscoso è associato un bypass meccanico "a senso unico" (ad esempio una valvola di non ritorno), in modo tale da permettere lo svolgimento del moto senza alcuna costrizione in un verso, mentre il dissipatore viscoso agisce nel verso opposto: un dispositivo di questo genere applicato ad una porta permette l'apertura rapida della porta (grazie al bypass) e una chiusura graduale (grazie al dissipatore viscoso). In questa maniera si evita che la porta venga "sbattuta" durante la chiusura.

I dissipatori viscosi vengono inoltre utilizzati nell'ambito dell'elettronica di consumo per rallentare l'apertura e/o la chiusura dei carrelli per l'inserimento di supporti di memorizzazione (ad esempio CD).

Il cilindro idraulico di un ammortizzatore è un altro esempio di dissipatore viscoso.

Nell'ambito dell'edilizia i dissipatori viscosi vengono utilizzati per contrastare l'azione del vento sulle strutture. Soluzioni di questo tipo sono state impiegate nella costruzione del World Trade Center di New York e del Columbia Seafirst Tower di Seattle.

Il dissipatore viscoso nei modelli viscoelastici

Il concetto di dissipatore viscoso viene impiegato per la costruzione dei modelli per spiegare il comportamento reologico dei materiali viscoelastici. Ad esempio nel modello di Maxwell il materiale è rappresentato da un dissipatore viscoso collegato in serie con una molla, mentre nel modello di Kelvin-Voigt il materiale è rappresentato da un dissipatore viscoso collegato in parallelo con una molla.

Il comportamento dei materiali viscoelastici è intermedio tra i materiali puramente viscosi e i materiali elastici, per cui il dissipatore viscoso è utilizzato per tenere conto dei contributi di tipo viscoso, mentre la molla è utilizzata per tenere conto dei contributi di tipo elastico.

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Voci correlate
 Ammortizzatore
 Viscoelasticità
 Moto armonico smorzato
 Pistone (idraulica)

Altri progetti

Apparecchi idraulici
Componenti meccanici

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While in the process of looking for real estate in Vermont, I noticed on the front page of a newspaper a controversy over a windmill project on Grandpa's Knob.
I have done some research on windmills in the effort to bring them to my New York State town of Butternuts. For you see our town is in the process of enacting a ban on hydrofracking by the oil and natural gas industry.
The residents of Butternuts understand that in this world of ever dwindling fossil fuels and breaking our dependency on foreign energy we would be hypocrites to ban one energy source without finding another.
I am not telling the residents of Vermont how to think about renewable energy. I will make one point clear though. I would give anything at this moment in time to have Governor Shumlin sitting in NYS Governor Cuomo's seat.
Governor Shumlin protected your beautiful Green Mt. State from all of the contaminating, water intensive, compulsory integrating and storage of Flowback waste by the oil and gas industry by banning fracking.
For more information on fracking visit your local library and check-out the documentary Gasland.


Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has agreed to scrap the country's controversial anti-protest law as part of the latest concessions offered to opposition groups which have been staging demonstrations for the past two months in the capital Kiev.
After a round of talks between Yanukovych and other opposition leaders, including Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who was offered the prime ministerial post, the president consented to do away with the draconian legislation aimed at cracking down on protests.
According to a statement on the presidential website, Justice Minister Elena Lukash announced: "A political decision has been made to abolish the laws adopted on January 16 that caused multiple discussions.
"The parties have discussed joint participation in the Constitutional reform and obligatory cooperation in that context with the European institutions. Also, the issue of referendum procedures has been touched upon."
It is unclear whether the repealing of the legislation will be backed by the Ukrainian MPs at a special parliament session starting soon.
The anti-protest law was introduced amid demonstrations in Kiev, which remained largely peaceful. Later, the protests turned violent and the last few days have witnessed clashes between demonstrators and security personnel, claiming at least three lives.
During the talks, Yatsenyuk had rejected Yanukovych's offer of the prime ministerial post.
The government and opposition have also agreed an amnesty for the arrested activists, provided the protesters leave the occupied government buildings and clear the barricades erected in Kiev.
However the opposition groups have insisted the rallies will not be stopped, repeating their demand that Yanukovych resign. Negotiations between the two sides are set to continue.
Amidst the continuing volatile situation, the EU's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, is arriving in Kiev in a bid to defuse the tension.
She is areportedly alarmed at reports that the government could impose a state of emergency. These reports have since been discounted by the Ukrainian authorities.
The US also warned Yanukovych against resorting to harsher methods to quell the protests.
Vice President Joe Biden said: "Declaring a state of emergency or enacting other harsh security measures would further inflame the situation and close the space for a peaceful resolution," according to a White House statement..
The current wave of protests began following Ukraine's failure to reach an agreement on integrating the country with the EU. Yanukovych reportedly dumped the deal under Russian pressure.
Russian President Vladmir Putin is also due in Brussels for a summit meeting with the EU and is expected to discuss the chaos in Ukraine.


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The murdered journalist recognised one of his attackers, reports CNN, and he is heard speaking to him in the gruesome audio recording of his final moments
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Istanbul — Journalist Jamal Khashoggi repeatedly told his killers "I can't breathe" during his final moments in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, CNN reported on Monday. Quoting a source who said they had read the full translated transcript of an audio recording, CNN said that Khashoggi recognised one of the men, General Maher Mutreb, who told him: "You are coming back". Khashoggi replied: "You can't do that ... people are waiting outside." His Turkish fiancée Hatice Cengiz waited for hours outside the consulate on October 2 and, when he did not return, contacted Turkish authorities about his disappearance. There was no further dialogue in the relatively short transcript, prepared by Turkish authorities, CNN's source said. As people set upon Khashoggi, he started fighting for air, repeating, "I can't breathe" at least three times. The transcript then used singular words to describe the noises, including "scream", "gasping", "saw", and "cutting". Turkish sources told Reuters a bone sa...
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Trade Publications Remain Prime Target for Industrial Marketing, Branding
As trade magazines expand influence through online portals, the ability to target specific industrial prospects through feature length articles remains one of the most profitable forms of branding and lead generation
Despite the increased focus on social media, tried-and-true industrial trade publications remain one of the best tools for reaching targeted industrial audiences. Now, as trade magazines continue to spread their influence through online portals, this influence is only getting stronger.
With general content and articles that dominate major search engine rankings, trade publications are no longer simply about what goes in print.
Today's trade publications now have sophisticated online portals that offer magazine issues in digital edition format (flipbooks, laid out like the magazine) as well as greatly expanded online content that goes far beyond the information found in the pages of the latest print issue.
For the generation that searches for much of its information online, these articles can get more "eyes" on them than ever before, often appearing at the top of the major search engine rankings.
Within the posted content, which can range from news and new product announcements to industry trend articles, the holy grail of coverage are feature length (800 or more words) editorial articles that inform and educate the market while also potentially promoting a client's product or service.
When objective third parties are quoted, this type of feature article coverage can be one of the most powerful, credible forms of marketing in the industrial space today.
"Trade magazine coverage – both print and now increasingly online – can deliver a powerful combination of branding along with direct lead generation," says Jeff Elliott of Power PR, a company that for 27 years has written and facilitated placement of editorial features in industrial and commercial trade magazines.
By way of example, Elliott cites the case of EonCoat, a developer and manufacturer of a new type of VOC-free, protective coating that prevents corrosion at industrial facilities.
The longtime client of Power PR has benefitted from more than 200 articles in trade magazines print and online about its unique product offering. Over time, these articles have generated significant awareness and a substantial quantity of qualified leads.
However, when a target prospect from a major water works company requested a meeting, Merrick Alpert, EonCoat's president, says he was "stunned" when the engineer walked into the meeting with a prestigious trade magazine open to a feature article about his product and said, "This is why we contacted you. This is why we are here."
Alpert says the engineer then began to refer to specific content in the article: Here are some tanks you coated that are similar to ours; this person in the article was quoted as saying the coating eliminated rust, here are the benefits we like about your product…
"The prospective customer had not only read the article, but also really internalized the benefits of the product that were reflected in the article," says Alpert.
According to Elliott, this is the power in feature length editorial coverage – the ability to explain in depth the value proposition of a product or service; to explain why a prospect should pay more for a product upfront because it saves money in the long run; to explain how a difficult-to-understand product works; or simply to create awareness for a product that is not known in the industry.
"Many industrial companies have products that are 'the best kept secret' in their industry and they want to change that through feature length editorial articles in trades," explains Elliott.
The brass ring, however, is when these editorial articles include testimonial quotes that serve as credible third party endorsements.
"There probably is no type of industrial marketing that is more credible than an article that includes testimonials," says Elliott. "What that means is you can essentially harness the power of word-of-mouth and force multiply it out to a massive, targeted audience of prospects."
Best of all, in many cases posted trade articles remain online and at the top of the search engine results for years.
So how do industrial companies secure feature article coverage in the trades?
There are many avenues for generating feature article coverage, including directly approaching editorial staff, leveraging advertising buys or working with PR companies that facilitate such coverage.
It also helps if the product in question is unique in some way, increasing its news value to editors. If it is not, then the article needs to successfully differentiate the item from the rest of the market.
"Some manufacturers have a hard time initially verbalizing what is unique or interesting about their product. However, by going through a process of examining the primary benefits and how the product is different than other options on the market, this can often be formulated and included in articles.
The secret, though, is to give the trade magazine what it wants – valuable content that informs and educates the market and not a blatant PR piece.
"Trade magazines do not care about promoting a specific product or service. They want well-written, interesting and newsworthy editorial content," explains Elliott. "However, if done correctly it is possible to include details of the benefits of a product and even testimonials within the context of such articles."
This "skill" in writing full length features that serves both the goals of the magazine and includes some promotion is one refined over time based on experience working with editors and understanding what will be seen as "too much."
"Most companies have hit a ceiling where the only types of articles they post on their sites or get in trade magazines are short news articles or product releases that are 2-5 paragraphs long with a photo," says Elliott. "These types of articles are more of a 'formula' and really don't impart much information.
In short, the ability to create feature length editorial style articles requires a different approach and level of expertise. But when done properly, feature articles can be a win-win situation for both trade magazine and industrial company looking to promote its product.
"As trade magazines continue to grow in influence and scope online, they remain one of the most trusted information sources for today's engineers, buyers, plant managers and manufacturers. And that's still the name of the game today – getting valuable, well-written information in front of potential prospects."
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Reader reviews for The Mechanical Mind of John Coggin (Walden Pond Press/HarperCollins) are starting to roll in! And Elinor is quietly developing ulcers.
If you like what you hear about this comic adventure for kids ages 8-12, you can find it on Amazon, IndieBound, and in your local bookstore.
"The story of John and Page's resulting adventures reminded me of Roald Dahl, Daniel Pinkwater, and even the Mr. Toad portions of The Wind in the Willows. (Let's just say that John doesn't have much more luck with motorcars than that estimable amphibian.) The supporting cast is made up of highly-entertaining characters; my favorite was Miss Doyle, a sort of middle-aged, reptilian-looking version of Lara Croft.
"This was a rather interesting book. I want to say it takes place around the early 1900's-ish, but it's somewhat confusing. What's even more confusing is that it is a good type of confusing – it gives the impression that the book could happen anywhere, and maybe even anytime. That was a nice touch.
"When I say that The Mechanical Mind of John Coggin reminds me of Roald Dahl's stories it's definitely a major compliment. I was immediately sucked into this book, worried about John and his sister and hoping they would figure out how to stand up to their Great-Aunt Beauregard…but I had no idea the adventure I would get to go on with them.
"As soon as you read the first page, you are drawn into the story by the request for a story. Without missing a beat, Elinor Teele draws us willingly into places seemingly familiar but completely unique, describing the communities, residences and other modes of transportation in which our main characters find themselves. The phrase, a cast of colorful characters, applies with gusto to this narrative. John and Paige find themselves thrust not always by choice but more due to circumstances into the presence of diverse and multi-dimensional people.
"I was lucky enough to win this book in a giveaway. If I described this book in one word, it would be stupendous! I loved it! I have been looking for a book for my nephew; a book to trigger a life-long love of reading. My search is over! Elinor Teele has created a delightful story, full of adventure and hope.


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The Perfect Combination of Stopover and Staycation at the Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi
May 23, 2017 by Jean Holy Smithereens 4 Comments
Most stopovers include a quick tour of the city, or at least exploring the hub in 24-48 hours. I found myself stopping over in Abu Dhabi and opting to have a staycation/stopover at the Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel & Villas instead. Indulging and pampering are one of the things that the Middle East does best, and that's exactly what I did on my Abu Dhabi stopover on my way back to Australia from the Seychelles.
What constitutes a perfect weekend for you? How does a weekend of dinner and breakfast in bed, a staycation by the beach, fresh seafood, and a pampering massage sound?
I spent such a dreamy weekend at the Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi. It was too dreamy I still wonder if it really happened, or if it still belongs to one of my 'too ridiculous to be real' dreams.
One of the reasons I love stopping over in Abu Dhabi when I'm travelling is it gives me a legitimate reason and excuse to spend a couple of days in pure indulgence.
This time, I was travelling from the Seychelles back to Australia with Etihad Airways and I decided to break down the long journey by stopping in Abu Dhabi for a couple of days.
I've been to Abu Dhabi a couple of times previously so for this stopover, I wanted to just chill and spend my two days inside a hotel/resort.
I decided to stay at the Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel & Villas for my two days of R&R.
Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel & Villas
I first stayed at this Park Hyatt property in 2012 when it first opened and I was extremely happy with my stay. 4 and a half years later, I find that it still delivers and impressed like a newly opened hotel.
Our flight landed in Abu Dhabi late in the evening. It took about 30 minutes from Abu Dhabi International Airport to the Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi. We took the "regular" luxury airport taxis that Abu Dhabi International Airport offers and it's extremely convenient, comfortable, and costs very little (around AED 70 / AUD 26 to central Abu Dhabi ).
Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel & Villas- in the morning
As it was late in the evening, the lobby was quiet when we arrived and check-in was quick and seamless.
Park King Room
doorway chandelier – Park King Room , Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel & Villas
Park King Room, Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel & Villas.
The Park King Room is the lead-in category, and as all things in the Middle East (and Park Hyatt), this lead-in category is massive at 50 square metres (538 sq feet) with a generously sized private balcony.
The room is furnished with modern amenities including a 42-inch LED TV, mp3 player docking station, Nespresso coffee maker and minibar.
Arriving late in the evening, we wanted to just chill. But as we were also feeling a bit peckish, we ordered room service where I had my first taste of how amazing the seafood was at the Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi.
late night room service dinner at the Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi
Alright, we were more than just peckish because we consumed everything , including dessert (their pistachio red velvet cakes are amazing!).
Needless to say, I slept quite soundly that night. I did try to stay up for a couple of hours after eating though. It's a once-in-a-blue-moon indulgence that's not the healthiest but is quite good for the soul and tummy.
Breakfast at The Cafe
Breakfast at The Cafe, Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel & Villas
The next day, we slept in and had late breakfast at The Cafe, one of the three main restaurants at the Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi.
There's a very extensive buffet available, and also cooking stations for a la carte orders. It was here that I discovered that the Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi is a popular place for breakfast / brunch for residents of Abu Dhabi as the place was busy. It was however, not overly chaotic or busy that you could not find a place to sit. The Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi is big on space so there was ample room for everyone.
The Beach / Pool
Saadiyat Beach at Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel & Villas
After breakfast, we walked around the area and I was pleasantly surprised to see the Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi had direct access to the extremely fine, white sand of the Saadiyat Beach. It was at that point that I was convinced that if one looked hard enough, you will always find beach moments anywhere in the world (Yes, even in desert-land!).
The Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi is one of three hotels that have direct access to the Saadiyat Beach.
The Pool at Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel & Villas
In my opinion, the Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi's signature stunning view would be its pool. Our King Park room had a gorgeous view of this pool from the balcony, and it's even more impressive when you walk around the area.
The palm trees add that dramatic Middle Eastern flair, and this is easily my favourite spot in the hotel.
Lunch at the Beach House
The Beach House Restaurant, Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi Hotel & Villas
The Beach House is Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi's Mediterranean restaurant that serves home-made, family style dishes from the coast with accompanying selection of wines, sangrias and cocktails.
lunch at The Beach House, Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi
The Beach House is the perfect 'resort' lunch spot as the meals are not too heavy. Again, the seafood is very fresh and well-done.
The Beach House Mediterranean Restaurant at Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi
Atarmia Spa
Atarmia Spa at The Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi
After lunch, I fought off the desire to take a nap and decided to indulge in something better than siesta – a one hour massage treatment at the Atarmia Spa.
The Atarmia Spa is located in the lower level of the Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi and it gives a completely quiet and serene atmosphere of being away (or below) from it all.
My massage therapist was from Bali and she delivered the 1-hour aromatherapy (relaxing) massage perfectly. I did fall asleep during the treatment and woke up feeling both dreamy and ready for more staycation activities.
Cocktails and Shisha at Rooftop
The Beach House Roof Top at Night , Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi
When evening came, we went to the Beach House's roof top, which completely transforms at night. It's such a dreamy and romantic setting overlooking the beach and sand.
The rooftop also serves cocktails and flavoured Shishas.
Since the the art of smoking hookah or Shisha is one of the oldest traditions of the Middle East, I decided to give it a try for the evening. The Beach House serves them in different flavours to go along with your cocktail.
Shisha at the rooftop of The Beach House, Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi
As this was earlier in the year, I found that smoking the grape-flavoured shisha was an ideal way to stay warm and toasty during the cold winter evening in Abu Dhabi.
Dinner at The Park Bar & Grill
Seafood dinner at The Park Bar & Grill at Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi
If steaks and seafood over a charcoal grill is your kind of dinner, then The Park Bar & Grill is the perfect spot for you.
I am a seafood person through and through and could not get enough of seafood during my dinner at the Park Bar & Grill.
I had seafood for starters (Caesar salad with Tiger Prawn) and mains (Tiger Prawns again! and lobster). If they had seafood for dessert, I would probably have that as well.
The seafood and steaks may be grilled at the Park Bar & Grill but this is the Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi's more formal restaurant and also offers private dining in a contemporary setting.
In-Room Brunch
What are staycations for if you cannot sleep in to your heart's content?
I consider sleeping in one of life's greatest pleasures and luxury. So waking up at 1030 and ordering brunch in-room was such an indulgent way to spend my final morning at the Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi.
Balcony Brunch at the Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi
As I always say, the early bird may get the worm, but the indulgent one will wake up to a party.
By the time we left the Park Hyatt for the airport to catch our last leg of flight home, we were so refreshed and awakened and didn't have that dreadful feeling of heading back home that one normally does after a vacation.
When I think of stopovers, I often think of mad dashes and quick city explorations. But when you've been to a hub city more than twice and would like to experience what it's like to just indulge in the destination, it's not a bad idea at all.
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Amanda @ Adventures All Around says
Oooh this looks like a brilliant way to break up a flight! Crazily I've never actually made it out of the airport in Dubai or Abu Dhabi. I clearly should make time on one of my trips to do a stopover in style!
Richard Ketter says
The food line-up looked spectacular! The architecture and views were also stunning. Way to make the the absolute most out of a dreaded stopover!
Great review as always ; Abu Dhabi seems to be an interesting stop-by location when visiting Dubai, like Oman or Doha. Wish to get there soon 🙂
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AOC gets rejected for key committee slot in Pelosi's House … and it wasn't even close
W.E. Thompson Jr. December 18, 2020
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez burst onto the D.C. political scene nearly two years ago with a ridiculous plan to massively overhaul the U.S. economy as a way to reverse climate change and promote SJW nonsense.
The Green New Deal – which featured ideas like ending all fossil fuels in a decade, retrofitting every building in America with enviro-friendly technology, and ridding the world of "farting cows" – made the New York Democrat the darling of the hardcore environmentalist left.
But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi apparently sees headaches where others see salvation.
According to Fox News, Pelosi allowed the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, which is responsible for assigning lawmakers to various committees, to vote on filling a vacant seat on the influential Energy & Commerce Committee. The Energy Committee oversees policy that guides the U.S. economy, a vital part of which is the fossil fuel industry.
Pelosi permitted the steering panel to pick between a pair of New Yorkers: AOC and Rep. Kathleen Rice.
Rice won in a landslide. Fox noted Thursday's vote to add her to the Energy Committee instead of AOC was 46-13.
Speaker Pelosi announces appointments to several powerful committees, most notably the selection of Rep. Rice over Rep. Ocasio-Cortez on the House Cmte. on Energy and Commerce. https://t.co/nd0k6ymmfy
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 18, 2020
The vote came just days after Ocasio-Cortez launched a broadside at Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
"I do think that we need new leadership in the Democratic Party," AOC said in an interview with The Intercept. When asked if that meant dumping Pelosi and Schumer, AOC responded, "I think so," adding later in her comments, "Do we need new leadership of the Democratic Party? Absolutely."
"But how do we ensure that when we shift we don't even move further to the right," AOC added later in her comments, apparently with a straight face. "And that's the kind of thing that keeps me up when I think about what we're going to do moving towards the future."
As for the Energy Committee vote, Politico noted that some Democrats weren't warm to AOC's penchant for supporting primary challengers to incumbent Democrats, or threatening to do so.
"I'm taking into account who works against other members in primaries and who doesn't," said Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar, who was forced to fend off a primary bid by an AOC-backed challenger.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was DENIED a seat on the Energy and Commerce Committee.
She was blocked by her own fellow Democrats.
This a huge setback for her socialist Green New Deal.
While an embarrassing defeat for @AOC, it's a win for the American people!
— Daniel Turner (@DanielTurnerPTF) December 18, 2020
Ultimately, Politico added, "Progressives both inside and outside of the Capitol said it would be critical to have Ocasio-Cortez on the Energy and Commerce Committee to help influence critical policies in the early days of the Biden administration. But some senior Democrats, including on the Energy and Commerce panel, had privately voiced concerns about Ocasio-Cortez landing the seat. Some feared that the firebrand Democrat, who backs progressive priorities like the 'Green New Deal' and 'Medicare for All,' could cause issues as Congress attempts to draft bipartisan health and climate policies next year."
Take the "bipartisan" part of that observation with a huge grain of salt. There is scant evidence the shrunken Democratic majority will feel compelled to work with Republicans on anything of substance that could affect the nation's energy or healthcare policies.
But one important point raised here is that AOC, if only momentarily, seems to have worn out her welcome with the less radical members of her caucus.
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Aevitae was not satisfied with any of their existing firewall solutions and sought a solution that would provide seamless, end-to-end data visibility across their hybrid environment. None of their current vendors could provide this. They also wanted a provider who understood the Azure fabric and had products specifically built for cloud and hybrid environments.
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Sentimental Journey: a focus on travel in the archives
August 1, 2013 / Jane Ronson	/ 1 Comment
Archives Hub Feature for August 2013
© Image is in the public domain
The season of summer often brings hopes and plans for holidays and this month we're looking at the wider theme of travel.
The hundreds of collections relating to travel featured in the Archives Hub shed light on multiple aspects of travel, from royalty to the working classes, and encompassing touring, business, exploration and research, the work of missionaries and nomadic cultures.
"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page" – St. Augustine.
There are a number of travel diaries recording impressions of, and experiences in, the UK, Europe and beyond from a bygone era. 'Grand tours', leisurely and often luxurious, were the domain of the more privileged classes, where sometimes business and pleasure were combined. In more recent times, the pursuit of knowledge, education and ideas has motivated similar educational journeys.
Thomas Moody, journal of a tour through Switzerland and Italy, 1822.
http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb227-msd919.m7e22
Beatrice Webb, A summer holiday in Scotland, 1884.
http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb227-msda865.w4
Harriet Susan Miller: Continental Tour Journal, c. 1856.
https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb12-ms.add.6230
Watercolour paintings and photographs of Canada by an unidentified artist, 1884.
The paintings and photographs are held within a large album, providing a record of a journey by unidentified travellers to Canada from Liverpool in 1884. http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb159-ms57
Extracts from the journal of William George Meredith during a trip to Spain and the East in the years 1830-1831.
Accompanied by Benjamin Disraeli, together with associated correspondence.
https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb206-brothertoncollectionms19cmeredith(1)
Diary of travels through Italy and France, compiled by Sir William Trumbull, 1664-1665.
http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb206-brothertoncollectionmstrvd1
Nassau William Senior Papers, 1830-1864.
Copies of journals kept by Nassau William Senior recording his visits to France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Ireland, Greece, Algeria and Egypt between 1850 and 1862. http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb222-bmssnws
Papers of Sir Leonard David Gammans and Lady Ann Muriel Gammans, ne Paul, 1916-1971.
Diaries, notebooks, etc. of Leonard David Gammans, 1916-1956; diaries. etc. of Ann Muriel Gammans, 1918-1970; tourist brochures and other printed material concerning South Africa, [1965-1971]. http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb161-mss.brit.emp.s.506
J.R.T. Pollard Papers, 1930-1999.
The collection consists of diaries and papers of J.R.T. Pollard. The diaries include details of the author's extensive travel, particularly in Europe and observations regarding his years of army service in Africa (1941-1945). http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb222-bmssjpol
Manuscript Itinerary of Henry III of England.
Not quite a diary, but of special note, is the late 19th Century Manuscript itinerary showing the geographical whereabouts of Henry III, where known, for all dates from 1216 to 1272. http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb133-engms123
Business and work-related travel
Records of the United Commercial Travellers' Association (Nottingham Branch), 1908-1975.
The collection comprises accounts from 1932-1967, Committee minutes from 1908-1967 and registers from 1920-1975.
http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb159-ct
Papers of James Craig Henderson, fl. 1941-1950, commercial traveller.
Commercial traveller in the Middle East.
https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb248-ugd305
Papers of John Hunter, fl 1865-1912, carpenter's mate, Royal Navy.
http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb248-ugc076
John William Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie: Naval Notebook, HMS Galatea , 1869-1871.
http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb12-ms.add.9279
Papers of John Wylie, merchant, Glasgow, Scotland, 1809-1840.
http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb248-ugd028
Household book of James Sharp, Archbishop of St Andrews, 1663-1666.
Household account book of James Sharp, archbishop of St Andrews, kept by his secretary George Martin of Claremont, including details of journeys to Edinburgh and London.
http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb227-msbx5395.s4m2
Exploration and research
Photograph of Greenland Sea by Frank Illingworth. Copyright © Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge.
Contrasting with travel for pure pleasure, was travel for the purpose of exploration, discovery and research.
William Gibb: Journals of Voyages in the Carnatic and the Yangtze River, 1838-1844.
Johan Hjort collection, 1912.
The collection comprises of correspondence by Hjort to polar explorer William Speirs Bruce (leader of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, 1902-1904).
http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb15-johanhjort
Michael William Leonard Tutton: Natural History Diary, 1930-1932.
Natural history diary kept while Tutton was a King's Scholar at Eton, which was awarded the Natural History Prize, 1930-1931. The diary contains notes on occurrences of insects, especially butterflies and moths, and occasionally birds and mammals.
Henry Seebohm: Ornithological Notebook.
Unfinished notes of visits to Glossop, Worksop, Ashopton and other places in Derbyshire; to the Farne Islands and Coquet Islands, Northumberland; to Flamborough Head, Yorkshire; and to Asia Minor (Constantinople and Smyrna) in 1872. The notebook also includes some watercolour sketches.
Memoirs of Elizabeth Thomson, 1847-1918.
Teacher, missionary, traveller and suffragette, c1914.
Diary of the Rev. David Cargill, 1 May 1842 – 29 Mar 1843.
Diary kept on his second missionary journey to Tonga.
http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb231-ms0911
Papers of George Murray Davidson Short, 1890-1978.
Arts graduate and missionary, Glasgow, Scotland 1927.
Alexander Gillon Macalpine.
Malawi missionary papers and linguistic studies, 1893-1964.
http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb237-coll-48
Records of the Calabar Mission, 1849-1969.
http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb237-coll-212
St Joseph's Society Missionary Society (Mill Hill Missionaries), 1865- .
http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb2254-stjosephsmissionarysociety
Romanies and Gypsies
The Gypsy Collections, c.1860-1998.
The collection consists of two separately-catalogued but interlinked parts, the Gypsy Lore Society Archive (GLS) and the Scott Macfie Gypsy Collection (SMGC).
https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb141-gls%26gb141smgc
Manuscripts relating to gypsies and other travellers collected by Sir Angus Fraser, 1752-1976.
http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb206-brothertoncollectionmsrom-fraser2
Georg Althaus Photographs (including Hanns Weltzel Papers and Photographs).
1907 – 1960s.
http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb141-glsadd.ga
Letters of Jeanie Robertson, 1954-1956.
The Scottish traditional folk singer Jeanie Robertson is regarded as a seminal figure in the music culture of Scotland's travelling people. The collection includes letters from Robertson to the poet Hamish Henderson (1919-2002).
Miscellaneous and related information
The Records of the Traveller's Aid Society, 1885-1939.
The Travellers' Aid Society was initiated in 1885 by the Young Women's Christian Association to aid female passengers arriving at ports and railway stations, where they were met by accredited station workers who reported to the Travellers Aid Society Committee.
http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb106-4/tas
Cold Comfort, The Franklin expeditions (previous feature).
http://archiveshub.ac.uk/features/jul04.shtml
Charles Darwin and the Beagle Collections in the University of Cambridge: a Voyage Round the World (previous feature).
http://archiveshub.ac.uk/features/darwin.shtml
Romanies and Gypsiologists (previous feature).
http://archiveshub.ac.uk/features/jun06.shtml
200 years of railways (previous feature).
http://archiveshub.ac.uk/features/railways.shtml
Sea-Fever: Britain's maritime heritage (previous feature).
http://archiveshub.ac.uk/features/apr05.shtml
Perthshire Cant: Secret language of Scottish travellers, BBC History:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/0/22874080
20 Gorgeous Posters From a Time When Travel Was Glamorous blog post:
http://gizmodo.com/20-gorgeous-posters-from-a-time-when-travel-was-glamoro-758243140
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The electrician has finally been brought in to actually begin connecting things, like outlets, switches, junction boxes, and the like.
One of the first things he did was run a large conduit along the flat roof and through the gable end into the attic.
As luck would have it, during a short rain spell, I climbed up to take a couple of shots of roof-top activity, and saw an abandoned measuring tape, just sitting all by itself, in the rain.
Here's the other end of that electrical conduit. It actually starts in the breaker box, just on the other side of the wall in the pool utility room. As you can see it goes up through the roof and follows the edge around to the attic.
There's a whole catalog of little things that are hanging fire, as is normal with a fairly complicated project like this. One of those things is the blue trim. Here Errol is applying it over the white primer.
This picture doesn't really show it well, but we've got 1/4" PlyCem, that has been painted chocolate brown, covering the soffit framing. it really cleans up the soffits, but unfortunately, it doesn't photograph all that well.
Same with the gable ends There's a strip of the chocolate PlyCem covering those soffit ends as well. The chocolate paint will be used to cover the exposed wood all along the gutter edges and other parts of the soffits on all three sides.
We have an assortment of junction boxes, switches, outlets, controllers for the LED potlights, and a bunch of other stuff as well. The electician will be making use of it all.
As you can imagine the soffit covers take a fair amount of work. Measuring, cutting, trial fitting, etc., all take time and energy. Up and down ladders for a good bit of the day. I know it sounds like it should be easy, but believe me, in this heat and humidity - even in December, when we should be dressed warmly, everyone is still in shorts and tees, early in the morning on through the day. It's hot.
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A selection of some of the stuff that will be installed.
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New Albany girls lacrosse too much for Jackson in Division I state semifinals
Cliff Hickman CantonRep.com sports writer @chickmanREP
Too much size. Too much speed. Too much experience. Senior-laden New Albany girls lacrosse defeated Jackson 13-5 in a Division I state semifinal game at Wooster High School on Wednesday.
WOOSTER It was a story of David and Goliath. Unfortunately David was unable to find enough stones to drop this giant Wednesday evening at Wooster High School.
New Albany and its nine senior starters held off Jackson and its nine freshman starters 13-5 in a Division I state semifinal game. The Eagles were simply bigger, stronger and faster and those immense physical gifts were just too much for Jackson to ultimately overcome.
"It really was a David and Goliath situation," Jackson head coach John Kroah said. "There is only so much mentally and physically you can do to try and stay in a game like that. That was a great team. New Albany worked hard for this."
The advantage was never more evident than on draw control. New Albany started the game 6-1 in that category and held a 14-8 edge overall. It's no surprise that fast start in the circle helped the Eagles jump out to a 5-1 lead. Jackson did not have an offensive possession for the first five minutes of the game.
"That killed us," Kroah lamented. "That's the key to everything. You are only going to get so many possessions against a team like that. They are very physical."
The young Polar Bears never seemed to be discouraged despite the rough start. Freshman Annise Berkeley scored two goals and Camille Patton added another to cut the New Albany lead to 5-3 at one point but Jackson would get no closer.
"We just couldn't get over that hurdle," Kroah said. "We cut it to two but we never had any momentum going. I'm not saying we would have won the game had we been able to get it back to even but it would have been interesting."
That was about it for the highlights. Berkeley added a goal in the second half to make it a hat trick. Chelsea Debevec added a final goal with 6:30 to play for the Polar Bears. Ultimately, the Eagles outscored Jackson 6-2 in the second half to seal a trip to the state finals.
Alyssa Kneedler had four goals for New Albany. Chloe Platte and Emily Rezabek also scored three goals each for the Eagles.
"It was the same differential as in the regular season," Kroah said. "We lost the first game 12-4. I felt like we fought harder this game even though it doesn't show on the scoreboard. We left it all on the field."
The loss ends a season that exceeded expectations for the Polar Bears. With only three seniors, Jackson was unsure how the season would unfold. The Polar Bears finished the regular season strong and shocked Hudson 11-10 in overtime to reach the state semfinals. Jackson trailed by five goals in that contest.
"It's hard to put all of this into words," Kroah said. "These kids are hungry and I can tell you the 2020 season starts tomorrow. They are going to be back at it and working hard. They don't need me to tell them anything either. This group is driven."
Despite the tough loss, it's hard to see how the future could be brighter for Jackson. All of its young starters gained valuable regular season and postseason experience and made major strides this year. There is no telling how good freshman players like Berkeley, Debevec and Allie Hartnett will ultimately be after solid seasons. Patton, the team's leading scorer, will also be back for the Polar Bears next year as a senior.
"I see a lot of promising things coming up for us," Kroah said. "We have some nice players coming into the program from our youth teams also. I think it says a lot about the culture we have developed that we can reload like this."
Jackson wraps up the year at 13-9.
"Some might see that record and not be impressed with it," Kroah said. "I think our record doesn't reflect our accomplishments and growth this year. This is one of the best seasons we've ever had in my opinion."
Reach Cliff at 330-580-8307
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Despina Papadopoulos is the founder of the interactive design group Studio 5050 Ltd, a multidisciplinary design and strategy studio based in New York City. After spending a year working to revitalize traditional arts in Afghanistan as the director of business development for the Turquoise Mountain Foundation (funded by Charles, Prince of Wales), she founded Principled Design, an organization that creates shared frameworks and strategies for collaboration, development and change. Papadopoulos has been named one of New York City's "Six most interesting women in tech" and she is an adjunct professor at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program and a member of the faculty at the School of Visual Art's MFA in Design for Social Innovation.

Education

Papadopoulos received her bachelor's and master's degrees in philosophy from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. She also received a master's at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Interactive Telecommunications Program.

References

External links
Principled Design web page

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American people of Greek descent
Tisch School of the Arts faculty
American women company founders
Catholic University of Leuven alumni
Tisch School of the Arts alumni
School of Visual Arts faculty