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Piezoelectric cement-based 1-3 composites
Kwok Ho Lam, H. L W Chan
This paper presents a new functional material for smart structure applications. Piezoelectric PZT/cement 1-3 composites that have good compatibility with civil engineering structural materials have been studied. The composites with different volume fractions of PZT ranging from 0.25 to 0.77 were fabricated by the dice-and-fill method. It was found that the 1-3 composites have good piezoelectric properties that agreed quite well with theoretical modeling. The thickness electromechanical coupling coefficient could reach 0.55 in the composite with a ceramic volume fraction of 0.25. Those composites have potential to be used as sensors in civil structure health monitoring systems.
Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing
Lam, K. H., & Chan, H. L. W. (2005). Piezoelectric cement-based 1-3 composites. Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing, 81(7), 1451-1454. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-005-3226-0
Lam, Kwok Ho ; Chan, H. L W. / Piezoelectric cement-based 1-3 composites. In: Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing. 2005 ; Vol. 81, No. 7. pp. 1451-1454.
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Hotel quarantine 'to blame' for 768 deaths
by Melissa Iaria
28th Sep 2020 6:48 PM
The Andrews Government's bungled hotel quarantine system is to blame for 768 deaths, an inquiry has heard.
Counsel assisting Ben Ihle said the evidence showed there were "critical and fundamental shortcomings" with the program.
"Those deficiencies were in its structure and focus, specifically in the areas of governance, infection control, outbreak management, healthcare, welfare and human services," he said.
"In light of the epidemiological, genomic sequencing, positive case data and mortality rates, the failure by the hotel quarantine program to contain this virus is, as at today's date, responsible for the deaths of 768 people and the infection of some 18,418 others.
"One only needs to pause and reflect on those figures to appreciate the full scope of devastation and despair occasioned as result of the outbreaks.
"The board will comfortably find the hotel quarantine program failed to meet its primary objectives."
Counsel assisting, Ben Ihle. Picture: Supplied via NCA NewsWire
NO SINGLE DECISION OR ACT TO BLAME, HOTEL INQUIRY TOLD
A "multitude" of decisions, actions and inactions led to the failure of the hotel quarantine program, the inquiry been told.
Counsel assisting the inquiry, Tony Neal QC, said that with 36 hours to create the program after it was announced on March 27 by the Prime Minister Scott Morrison, there was "simply not the time to undertake the ordinary activities of translating a policy into a plan and then realising that plan."
Mr Neal said an "extraordinary" ask was made of those who were tasked to develop the program.
"An enormous immediate unenviable burden was placed on those in public service to establish not one but two settings of infection control facilities in buildings clearly not designed for quarantine purposes," he said.
Hotels would need to be "stood up" quickly, staffed with security guards and other personnel often at "very short notice".
He dismissed any notion of corruption or bad faith by those involved in setting in up.
"There'll be no suggestion from those assisting you that those engaged in setting up this program worked other than to the best of intent and the best of their ability. Bad faith or corruption is not what the evidence shows," Mr Neal told board chair Jennifer Coate on Monday morning.
"Yet it is true that that hastily assembled program failed at two locations in approximately two and a half months and with disastrous consequences."
Mr Neal said it was no single decision or act that caused the program to fail. Rather, complex systems failed in complex ways.
"It would not be suggested a single decision or single act caused the hotel quarantine program to fail in its objective of stopping the spread of COVID-19 into the broader community," he said.
"What the board will hear in due course is that a multitude of decisions, actions and inactions, many of which compounded the effect of the other, ultimately expressed themself in the outbreaks which subverted the very reason for the existence of a hotel quarantine program."
Jenny Mikados at the inquiry last Thursday
QUARANTINE PROGRAM A 'SEEDING GROUND' FOR COVID SPREAD
The hotel quarantine program failed to achieve its primary objective, instead becoming "seeding ground" for the spread of COVID-19 into the community, the inquiry heard.
In concluding remarks, counsel assisting, Tony Neal QC said a 'multitude' of decisions, actions and inactions" led to the failure of the hotel quarantine program.
He said it was not seen first and foremost as a public health program and "mischaracterised" as a mainly logistic and compliance operation.
He said the program failed to meet its primary objective to stop the virus spread.
"The program that was intended to contain the disease was instead a seeding ground for the spread of COVID-19 into the broader community. Infection prevention and control measures were ad hoc and inadequate, not only at the Rydges Hotel in Carlton but across the entire hotel quarantine program, until the establishment of the health hotel model with the standing up of the Brady Hotel in mid-June," he said.
He said failure to appoint people without health expertise to the position of state controller for the pandemic response limited the program's focus on infection prevention.
Mr Neal also reiterated that no one turned their mind as to whether the security industry was the appropriate workforce, "because no one understood themselves to be the original decision maker".
It was also a "matter of great concern" that the DJPR placed the responsibility for PPC and infection control education on private security providers - a decision he said was made by "mid ranking" officials rather than a considered decision made at a secretarial or ministerial level.
Mr Neal also referred to failures by departmental secretaries Chris Eccles, Kym Peake and Simon Phemister to pass on important information to their respective ministers.
"There is a spectrum of seriousness as to these admissions," he said.
"The evidence before the board shows that these were indeed significant issues which should have been brought to the relevant Minister's attention.
"For serious government to work, secretaries must be accountable to their ministers and that involves keeping ministers informed."
Mr Neal said this also likely contributed to lost opportunities to address issues that could have led to "better, fuller and more timely action".
"In our submission, these matters tend to demonstrate attitude to transparency and accountability that likely manifest in its practices that contributed to problems within the hotel q uarantine program."
EARLY APPROACH TO DETAINEE TESTING UNDERMINED PROGRAM
While testing of hotel quarantine detainees evolved over time, early approaches to how detainees were tested for COVID-19 undermined the program, the inquiry heard.
Many detainees were not tested before leaving the 14-day program.
And those who tested and had positive results were still permitted to leave after day 14 if they undertook to self isolate.
Professor Sutton told the inquiry this could have led to people being released while infectious.
"The initial approach to testing risked undermining at least to some degree the efficacy and intention of hotel quarantine program," counsel assisting, Ben Ihle said.
"In doing so it risked transmission of COVID-19 from those detained in the program into the community."
It wasn't until July that detainees who refused tests were directed to do a further 10 days in quarantine, Mr Ihle said.
Even under this direction, detainees awaiting test results were still allowed to leave hotel quarantine if they had a place to quarantine safely in Victoria.
Staff at Rydges on Swanston hotel in Melbourne. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Geraghty
SUTTON SHOULD HAVE BEEN STATE CONTROLLER
Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton should have been given the job of state controller, the inquiry heard.
The inquiry has been told Professor Sutton was overlooked by government officials for the role of state controller in charge of the emergency response to the pandemic, despite wanting the job.
Under the State Health Emergency Response Plan, the chief health officer would ordinarily be the state controller.
But DHHS deputy secretary Melissa Skilbeck recommended that someone else be appointed because Prof Sutton would be too busy with his role as CHO and it should go someone with more time and expertise to look after the logistics of the hotel quarantine program.
Prof Sutton disagreed, telling the inquiry that if he was appointed, he'd be able to have a "line of sight" over the operational elements of the pandemic response.
Counsel assisting, Ben Ihle, said the failure to appoint Prof Sutton deprived him of that visibility.
"This was clearly a health emergency. The board should agree that it was preferable, if not necessary, that he be appointed or someone with sufficient and equal qualifications," he said.
The role ultimately was given to two people, Andrea Spiteri and Jason Helps, from the DHHS.
However, days after their appointment, Prof Sutton was also appointed the role in February, but never told of that fact.
Mr Ihle said the board must grapple with an "unsatisfactory" explanation as to why that was the case.
The inquiry has heard Prof Sutton and Victoria's senior medical Adviser, Dr Finn Romanes, had expressed concerns that those in the leadership roles of the hotel quarantine program were people without significant public health experience.
Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Daniel Pockett
QUARANTINE SET-UP CONTRIBUTED TO VIRUS RISKS
Counsel assisting the inquiry, Ben Ihle, says the prior to the announcement on March 27 that returned overseas travellers would be placed in 14-day hotel quarantine, Victoria had no plan for large scale quarantine.
The lack of a plan meant the hotel quarantine program had to start from scratch and be set up quickly, placing "incredible" strain on the state.
Given the program established was 'untested', it should have been accompanied by intensive ongoing monitoring and auditing, he said.
"The board should find these failures contributed along with others, the difficulties of the implementation and operation of the hotel quarantine program in this state and overall contributed to an increased risk or at least to a failure to adequately mitigate risks the virus would be transmitted from returned travellers," he said.
ARMY DECISION 'APPROPRIATE'
The decision to not use the ADF to guard at quarantine hotels was appropriate, the inquiry has heard.
The use of private security guards, over police and army personnel, in the quarantine program has been a controversial issue in the inquiry.
However, council assisting, Rachel Ellyard, said an early decision by Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp not to seek ADF help for frontline work was sound.
"He knew that he could ask for it if he needed it," she said.
"But it appears that in that first meeting, understanding that private security was going to be engaged after the expression of Victoria Police's preference … he thought the matter would be handled within Victoria and ADF boots on the ground weren't required.
"It was a reasonable conclusion for Mr Crisp to come to on that day that resourcing was available for the various aspects of the program so that there wasn't a need to request boots on the ground from the ADF."
Ms Ellyard said Mr Crisp's request on June 24 for 850 army personnel that was made, then rescinded, after the health department believed the private security workforce had to be replaced, was also appropriate.
"Again, it appears that those decisions about the use or non-use of ADF were reasonable and open and no criticism we say should be directed to those who made those operational decisions about whether frontline ADF were needed in the hotels."
However, Ms Ellyard said Victoria's top public servant Chris Eccles, should have told Premier Dan Andrews about an offer made to Victoria by his federal counterpart in early April for ADF personnel.
"The evidence is that that was not brought to the attention of the Premier," she said.
Mr Eccles cannot recall whether he told Mr Andrews.
Mr Andrews told the inquiry on Friday that had he known that the secretary of Prime Minister and Cabinet Phil Gaetjens told Mr Eccles that troops were available for the quarantine scheme in April, it may have influenced his decision-making.
"It would have been appropriate for the Premier to have been made aware of that, although it is not possible to speculate on what the outcome would have been," Ms Ellyard said.
Premier Daniel Andrews at the inquiry
DEPARTMENT FAILED ON PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTS
The Department of Jobs, Regions and Precincts didn't adequately manage private security contracts, the inquiry has heard.
Counsel assisting, Rachel Ellyard, also said the onus for infection control should not have been placed on those companies.
The three contractors selected by the Department of Jobs, Regions and Precincts to guard returned travellers in quarantine hotels had responsibility to ensure their workers complied with PPE use and COVID-19 training requirements.
"The risks of those matters were placed on the security companies and the same was true for hotels, and that in our submission, ought not to have occurred," counsel assisting, Rachel Ellyard, said.
Ms Ellyard invited the board to conclude the DJPR failed to have adequate oversight of the use of subcontractors in the program.
From day one, Unified security was almost entirely reliant on subcontractors, in turn drawing on small subcontracting companies.
One of the small subcontractors was providing hundreds of guards a day across six hotels.
The company was not on a government panel of preferred businesses to use, like the other larger two companies, MSS and Wilson, yet got a lot of the work, including at the Rydges on Swanston, where the first outbreak occurred in May.
"DJPR placed more than half the hotels in this program with a company which was using nearly entirely subcontracted labour, which wasn't on the panel and which was using that labour without active knowledge and oversight by DJPR," Ms Ellyard said.
"That's a particular risk for the success of this program, occasioned by so much responsibility ending up on the shoulders of a small subcontracting firm for the identification and supply of hundreds of staff who had to be appropriately trained and resourced at a time when there were other larger companies who were not being called upon in the same way.
"The board should conclude DJPR didn't have adequate oversight of the use of subcontractors in the program and didn't consider, when apportioning work between the three contractors, the extent to which those contractors had access to appropriately trained staff.
"This was, we submit, a failure of contract management on the part of DJPR and it ignored a mechanism designed to ensure the safety of subcontractors and returned travellers alike."
Rydges on Swanston hotel in Melbourne. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Geraghty
Ms Ellyard said this became a real issue, because a separate decision had contracted out the responsibility for infection prevention education and PPE usage to the security companies.
She said Unified was more reliant on advice from the Department of Health and Human Services about infection control issues and less self sufficient than larger companies yet getting more of the work, including in that 'crucial' hotel, Rydges, which housed COVID-19 guests.
Ms Ellyard said those entering into contracts on behalf of DJPR, didn't understand how common subcontracting was.
It also didn't appear Unified gave formal notice that it was using subcontractors and when DJPR found out, it did nothing to approve them.
"One is left with the impression that although they were relying so heavily on Unified in the program, DJPR didn't really understand the extent to which Unified in turn was relying on contractors," Ms Ellyard said.
USE OF PRIVATE SECURITY WAS 'PREFERENCE THAT BECAME OUTCOME'
The decision to use private security to guard at hotels for returning travellers was a "creeping assumption that became the reality", the inquiry has heard.
Counsel assisting Rachel Ellyard, said the question of who decided to use private security "astonishingly" remains unanswered following 25 days of evidence.
"No accountability has been accepted by ministers secretaries or any other official for that decision being made," she said.
"It is a question of critical importance we submit to you, because of the impact that decision ended up having.
"This decision ended up employing thousands of people and costing tens of millions of dollars. As a matter of proper governance we ought to be able to say who's accountable for that decision."
However, Ms Ellyard said there wasn't any specific decision by any individual or group to use that workforce.
"It was a creeping assumption that became the reality," she said.
She said the board should not take the view a final decision was made any time before a State Control Centre meeting around 4pm on March 27 chaired by Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp - the day the program was announced.
"It seems that if the decision was made in that State Control Centre meeting, no one knew they were making it and no one wanted to own it. It is for that reason that we submit to you the use of private security is not really a decision at all.
"While no one person made a decision, by the end of that State Control Centre meeting it was understood by all present that that was what was going to happen.
"It is a conclusion that was arrived at by way of a creeping assumption, that took hold over a period perhaps of a couple of hours, and that wasn't questioned by anyone."
Ms Ellyard said it was "strongly influenced" by everyone at that meeting understanding that Victoria Police's preference was for private security to be the front line of security.
"Their preference became the outcome."
PROGRAM CANNOT BE VIEWED WITH HINDSIGHT ALONE
The hotel quarantine program cannot be assessed with the benefit of hindsight alone, the inquiry has heard.
Counsel assisting, Tony Neal QC, has begun addressing the board on the conclusions it will invite it to draw about the hotel quarantine program.
He says the context in which the program came to be created needs to be acknowledged.
"That context was a new disease that quickly became a serious global pandemic with disastrous consequences," he said.
"In coming to the task of assessing what happened and what went wrong, it behoves all to remember the particular circumstances in which the decision to set up the (hotel quarantine program) was made.
"Whilst necessarily there must be critiquing of the program and analysis of its shortcomings, the decision to enter into the hotel quarantine program cannot be fairly assessed merely with the wisdom of hindsight."
The board is hearing closing submissions today until 4pm.
INQUIRY HEARS CLOSING SUBMISSIONS
The hotel inquiry will resume today to hear closing submissions on what findings the board should make over the flawed scheme.
It comes after Health Minister Jenny Mikakos resigned from parliament on Saturday after 20 years of service, in the wake of Premier Daniel Andrews' evidence to the inquiry.
In his appearance on Friday, Mr Andrews told the inquiry he considered Ms Mikakos and her department accountable for the bungled scheme, which is blamed for triggering the second COVID-19 wave that has claimed more than 750 lives and infected over 18,000 people.
"I have never wanted to leave a job unfinished, but in the light of the Premier's statement to the board of inquiry and the fact that there are elements in that I strongly disagree with, I believe that I cannot continue to serve in his cabinet," Ms Mikakos said in a statement on Twitter.
The inquiry has heard 25 days of evidence, with retired judge Jennifer Coate AO due to deliver her report to the Governor by November 6.
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Foden: I'm over the moon!
@dclayton_MCFC
Mon 10 Dec 2018, 18:00
Phil Foden says it's a 'dream come true' to have signed a new deal with City.
The Stockport-born lifelong Blue has penned a new contract to 2024, having worked his way through the youth set-up to Pep Guardiola's senior team.
READ: Phil Foden signs new contract
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One of the game's brightest young English talents, playing for his boyhood side, Foden told CityTV he couldn't be happier to have committed his long-term future to the Club.
"I'm over the moon," he declared. "I've been here since day one – I've grown up and seen a lot of new faces and people.
"It's a dream come true to sign a new contract."
Foden also discussed his remarkable achievements, including his exceptional 2017 Under-17 World Cup campaign, plus his early memories of the Club and his idol.
Watch the full interview above…
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Centuries after they first appeared in the landscape, many castles remain intact, complete with cathedrals and symbols of the Middle Ages and the power of their lords and rulers. For five centuries, the creation of these castles was accompanied by a political and cultural evolution during the medieval period.
Over time, the shapes, designs, and characteristics of the thousands of castles built in Europe have changed considerably. These structures represent a world in constant change, and from 1000 to 1500 these castles had three functions: defend the territory, affirm the prestige of their rulers, and serve as housing.
These two documentaries trace the history of these fortresses using testimonies from experts, researchers, historians, and conservationists, as well as sequences of historical reconstruction and three-dimensional replications of the architectural elements of the castles as they were in the Middle Ages.
A look into the great history of castles, exploring and revisiting 500 years of medieval architecture!
From the first wooden fortresses of the 9th century, to Philippe Auguste's construction of castles with standardized plans in the 12th and 13th centuries, the documentary "Fortified Castles, The Origins" explores three centuries of architectural challenges and innovation. The structures that were built during this period shaped the vast territory that would eventually become France.
In order to establish their power, King Philippe Auguste and his successors covered the territory with fortified castles. However, the use of destructive jets at the end of the 13th century forced the fortresses to adapt their architecture.
The documentary "Fortified Castes: The Rise and Fall" details the evolution of the defensive systems that the castles acquired in the 14th century. With the invention of powder and cannons, how were these majestic buildings able to maintain themselves in the French landscape?


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Wendy Davis, DOMA, Political Will, and the Value of Art
Via. Note that this is strictly Biblically accurate.
If you haven't been following American politics lately (and honestly, why would you when there's so many exciting things happening elsewhere in the world?), over the past couple of days we've had a number of rather significant dustups between our conservative and progressive factions. Let me try to summarize everything that went on, and why it's a big deal:
The Supreme Court hamstringing legislation that forced historically racist (er... more than average, I mean) areas of the USA to jump through hoops before changing voter laws. Previously, this legislation protected people of color from rapid redistricting or the implementation of voter ID laws that systematically and disproportionately disenfranchised poor African Americans and Latin@s. Basically, the Supreme Court has said that Congress needs to reassess which areas require such legislation and edit the bill accordingly. The outlook for Congress functioning well enough to get that done is pretty bleak; hence: civil rights have been, at least with respect to voting, hamstrung. THANKS GUYS
A bill that would have dramatically restricted access to abortion in Texas was filibustered (i.e. someone got up and talked so long that the bill wasn't able to be passed before a time limit) to death by a senator named Wendy Davis, who stood without leaning, without food, without water, without breaks, without being able to deviate even slightly off topic, for 13 god damn hours. And then the conservatives who were pushing for the bill had the vote anyway, and doctored the timestamp on the website to make it look like they had voted within the time limit. Luckily, the fact that the Internet was watching (even though none of the major news channels were, heyo!) forced them effectively to admit they were trying to pull a fast one. So that was exciting.
And then that morning, right as people were ready to get good and furious over the Texas thing, the Supreme Court decided that the obnoxiously-named "Defense of Marriage Act"--which forced the federal government to ignore queer marriages that their home states (because some states allow queer marriage and others don't, because AMERICA!)--had to be struck down. Turns out it's unconstitutional. Shit, I could've told them that. Anyway, this is a pretty huge deal for us LGBT* folk, since it means that we have protections now federally that we didn't before.
As a recent migrant to Tumblr, I watched all this through the lens of that social platform and its particular oddities. Mainly, I watched it through the lens of the flippant one-liners that are Tumblr gifsets:
This actually got me thinking, as I do, about the role art has in discourse. Periodically someone will write an article about the uselessness of art. The basic gist seems to be, typically, that art has not made the world a better place, that it cannot serve such a progressive role in society, that, in fact, art is fundamentally useless. There was, I believe in the New Yorker, an editorial that contemplated President Barack Obama's seemingly contradictory support of the arts... and his support of drone warfare that kills astonishing numbers of civilians in countries where we have no place meddling. If I recall correctly (I tried to dig up the article but had no luck) he drew parallels to the high culture of the Nazis--great lovers of art; great killers of men. If art should have an effect of increasing empathy and understanding, surely these cases are proof that art is useless!
Well, leaving aside all the bad science inherent in such a leap (watch out, kids, for things like this that Sound Very Wise but don't stand up to scrutiny. I got sucked in initially, and even still found the argument kinda persuasive right up until the point that I started trying to explain it for this article) I'm not sure art needs to serve that particular purpose to serve a purpose at all, if that makes sense. The moral reformation of mass murderers is certainly noble and all that but that's hardly the goal of all or even most art. What's more, there's a whole bunch of other stuff art can do that's worth maybe breaking down and codifying a little bit, with the help of some of the stuff I found on Tumblr. So, this article is going to be basically The Best of Tumblr's Reactions to This Bullshit, Plus Academic Commentary. It's like if you combined Buzzfeed with an Art History degree or something.
Art Gives Us Touchstones To Discuss Ideas
I love the way our pop culture provides us with a gigantic Matrix-style arsenal of tools and weapons to say what we want to say. It's not always a complex conversation like you get with thousand word essays, but sometimes it gets surprisingly clever:
http://njudah.tumblr.com/post/53941396211/mad-men-2058
Could this commentary exist without relying on reference to Mad Men? Yeah, maybe, but it's one thing to say, "History is going to think people during this time period were wacked out morons, as history so often does," and quite another to say, "Hey, you know how you react on a weekly basis to this particular show? People in the future will feel the same way about shit that we just take as a matter of course." That's a powerful statement, because it links our emotional experience to ideas that otherwise would remain largely academic and abstract.
Art also allows us to turn ideas into active entities, which is, I guess, a logical fallacy, but is also frankly a powerful way of understanding ideas:
http://trolljuju.tumblr.com/post/53932946879
http://bropaulcalypse.tumblr.com/post/53940839951/wendy-davis-i-recognize-the-senate-has-made-a
I love the way some of the baddest asses of fiction in these posts are paralleled with Wendy Davis. This stuff isn't complex, for sure, it's just slapping a name on a character. (Or a character's head, as the case may be.) But the very presence in fiction of heroes that we admire and seek to emulate allows us to recognize when real people stand up and become heroes, as well. Even if we don't draw comparisons consciously to particular characters, art helps us reach a point where we can put them in a narrative framework.
And, honestly, this stuff is a hoot:
http://impuls3.tumblr.com/post/53941844370
http://rumpunching.tumblr.com/post/53941968456/this-woman-is-my-khaleesi-mhysa
Which leads me to my next point:
Art Helps Us Deal With Bullshit
http://inverseagonist.tumblr.com/post/53973556187/australianss-this-video-is-about-all-im
Sometimes you just need a way to unwind your frayed nerves a bit and have a good laugh. I suspect that's actually quite important for psychological well being when you're in the trenches of the culture wars, yet I've seen very little analysis of the role of humor in resistance/rights movements. A lot of the posts here certainly count as humorous in one way or another, ranging from the simple amusement of seeing Dirk Strider recast as Wendy Davis, or a reference to a gag from Pirates of the Caribbean, to sardonic jabs, to... well... this:
http://trolljuju.tumblr.com/post/53959797875/lopstrosity-disneyismyescape
Sometimes you just need out and out absurdity; sometimes it's the only way of responding to the world. This is why caricature artists are such a perennial part of our culture:
Honore Daumier, drawing a bunch of old fat white men who run the government. So many things have changed in a century and a half...
Politics isn't always funny. Often, it's deadly serious. Art's there to help us make that seriousness bearable. And really, mockery, satire, caricature, and laughter that has a bit of a bite is not a sign, as I've seen some claim, of us lowering ourselves to the levels of our opponents. First, embracing laughter as a way of staying sane against the constant barrage of ignorance and bigotry seems perfectly reasonable to me. And second... well, the only way humor could lower us to their level is if they actually used humor to begin with.
And does anyone really think Mallard Fillmore is funny?
Art Is The Will Of The People, Manifested
Laughing, or even nodding our heads, to a work of art in unison is, itself, an act of political organization. It shows a democratic will to join together under a single banner. In that sense, art allows political will to manifest itself. It is a tangible conclusion to a conversation about our beliefs and values, and by sharing, trading, and talking about art, we indicate where we stand.
Art is solidarity:
http://internationale426.tumblr.com/post/53942063748
We can make use of pop culture--even pop culture that is problematic!--to express our beliefs and desires. Look at that first image: it's a statement made possible by the collision of pop culture (in the form of a LMFAO song) and emergent political language (Chapulling), which represents the same sentiment present in the slogan "Occupy Everything." It is the sentiment of solidarity, the sentiment that our struggles worldwide are the same. Just as occupation is a manifestation of shared will, just as the chanting protesters who demanded Wendy Davis be allowed to speak is a manifestation of shared will, so is this art.
Art can go a step further, though, to become more than simply an expression. It can also become a call to action.
Art Provides Us With A Rallying Cry
I think these posts pretty much speak for themselves:
http://mizzanthr0pe.tumblr.com/post/53942075228
http://rarobyn.tumblr.com/post/53940793085
http://mikeedesign.tumblr.com/post/53941382656
http://thefairkid.tumblr.com/post/53942408678/standwithwendy
These images are more than just expressions of will. They push art into an even more radical territory--the Call to Action, the demand for change. So, we're kind of back where we started with the whole question of art's utility. I'm not sure that these statements are going to change any minds, exactly, but I also think it's undeniable that they serve a different purpose than simply demonstrating agreement and unity with respect to a political cause. The statements by Leticia Van de Putte, in particular, work great as a symbol of the status of the wider women's rights movement right now and how feminism has been sort of shouted down and out of public discourse.
Will Rick Perry stop being a sexist, homophobic, racist fuck simply by standing in proximity to this set of minimalist posters?
Probably not. Art isn't pixie dust. (Except maybe Ke$ha's music, but that's another argument entirely).
But isn't that asking a bit much of art, considering all the other stuff art can do?
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I'd say Bob Filner makes a better symbol of how much women's rights are respected right now. Filner apparently being completely unable to be trustyed to be alone in the same room as a women lest he fondle, grope, and force kisses on them, aaaaaand the Democrat party throwing as much support behind him as they can get away with, as well as coercing others (particularly women) into supporting him despite knowing what a perverted swine he is.


Some people compare different electric car models based on the price per mile of driving range. Cars with long driving range are more flexible, greater autonomy, than ones with shorter driving range. By that measure long range electric cars are more valuable to the car owner because it is more useful because it can be taken on a larger variety of trips.
Put simply, greater autonomy is more valuable.
"Autonomy" is the freedom to drive wherever you want. In a gasoline car autonomy is dependent on gas stations and remembering to fuel up before driving off into the desert. In an electric car, autonomy is dependent on charging stations and the charge rate (measured in miles of range gained per hour of charging).
As we saw before, electricity is a cheaper fuel than gasoline, so the more an electric car is driven the greater its potential to save money. The longer range electric car, by being more useful for a larger variety of trips, has more potential to save money.
It's not just electric car driving range to consider. An electric car with fast charging capability, in an area with plenty of fast charging stations, can be driven with more freedom. An electric car with Fast Charging capability supports a faster effective trip speed making for a more pleasant than if the charging was limited to Level 2 (6 kiloWatt) or so.
Of course the longer range electric car has a higher cost. That bigger battery pack comes at a price. Currently battery pack prices are falling, witness the number of automakers offering 200+ mile range electric cars in the $35,000 range when previously that much range meant buying a $70k+ Tesla.
The objective way of measuring all this is to calculate the cost per mile of range. We want to have autonomy, but don't want to break the budget. By knowing the cost per mile of range, plus whether the car has fast charging, we can gauge how much autonomy our budget can afford.
Of course we're ignoring tax credits.
The figures come from fueleconomy.gov and are therefore focused on the USA market. The figures were captured during the year named in the model year of the car. Of course now that it is 2019, the costs etc for the 2015 model year electric cars are not all that useful.


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According to a recent study conducted by NPAsource.com in the whole of Gujarat, NPA properties worth Rs 984.03 crore have been identified for the period under review. Under the study, NPAsource.com, a portal by Atishya Technologies Pvt. Ltd., has covered a total of 366 NPA property units of Gujarat valued at Rs . 984.03 crore.
Ahmedabad district, the financial hub of the state, accounts for more than 50 per cent of total NPA properties in Gujarat with Rs . 547.64 crore spread across 90 units. What's more, the runner-up, Surat, comes at a distant Rs 93.30 crore valued from 62 units.
"Out of total 90 units in Ahmedabad district, 46 units account for Rs 502.84 crore of commercial and industrial properties. There are 30 residential properties in Ahmedabad district valued at Rs 19.54 crore," the study states. Further, Kutch stands at number three with Rs 73.41 crore of NPA properties for five units, followed by Valsad, Bharuch and Vadodara with Rs 62 crore, Rs 60.68 crore and Rs 57.93 crore, respectively.
"It is obvious that Ahmedabad, being the financial capital of Gujarat tops the list of districts having highest number of NPA properties. But, with just five NPA properties, Kutch comes at number three in the state. As Gujarat has been the growth engine for India's industrial development, it is but natural that the quantum of NPA properties too will be higher, especially in highly industrialised areas like Ahmedabad and Surat," said Devendra Jain, CMD of Atishya Group.
The study also revealed that out of the different types of properties given as collateral against loans, commercial and industrial properties worth Rs 737 crore spread across 132 units accounted for a majority of the total NPA properties. Land worth Rs 181 crore spread across 90 blocks of land and 121 residential units valued at Rs 38 crore were the other major categories in NPA properties.


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The Emotional Experience Associated with Worrying in Adolescents
Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment > Uitgave 1/2013
Samuel Fowler, Marianna Szabó
This research was partly supported by a grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council awarded to the second author.
Among adults, both normal and pathological worrying has been found to be associated with a unique emotional syndrome involving irritability, restlessness, low frustration tolerance and difficulty relaxing. This emotional state is empirically distinguishable from anxiety and depression, and is reliably assessed by the Stress scale of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS). The association between worry and 'stress' may have important implications for a better theoretical understanding of worrying in adults. Among youth, however, the emotional experience associated with worrying has not yet been clearly described. The present study aimed to explore whether a distinct, adult-like 'stress' syndrome can be assessed in adolescents via self-report, and whether, as in adults, stress has a specific association with worrying. A simplified version of the DASS was created to maximize its comprehension by adolescents. A group of 340 12–18-year-olds completed the simplified DASS and a self-report measure of worry. Factor analyses revealed a three-factor structure underlying the simplified DASS, similar to the original adult version. Further analyses showed that worry had a unique association with Stress, over and above its association with Depression and Anxiety. Adolescents who worry more excessively and uncontrollably also reported higher levels of irritability, restlessness and difficulty relaxing, while the autonomic arousal symptoms of anxiety had consistently low associations with worrying, especially in older adolescents. Results indicate that the proposed cognitive avoidance function of worrying may be present by adolescence.
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Samuel Fowler
Marianna Szabó
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Alligator spotted and caught in Pottawatomie County
Posted 11:49 pm, September 6, 2018, by Cassandra Sweetman
POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY, Okla. - A couple were at a loss after what they thought was a giant lizard turned out to be an alligator just outside their home.
Rick and Deborah Ames live outside Shawnee near Twin Lakes. On Thursday, Rick was driving nearby when he happened upon something unusual.
"He thought, oh that`s an awfully big lizard," Deborah said, "and it ended up being that little alligator."
A three-foot long alligator sitting on the side of the road. Rick didn't know what to do with it but he was afraid to leave it alone out on the road. So he captured it, wrapped up its snout, and brought it home.
"I thought he was so cute," Deborah said. "He is really cute."
Even though it's not very big, Deborah said it's pretty strong and lunges quickly.
"I don`t know how rick even got it," she said. "I know he said it was really hard to get it."
The two stuck it in a dog crate an started making calls to the sheriff's office, police, animal rescues, anyone they could think of.
"Some kind of idea where we can give him a home," Deborah said. "We don`t know what to do with it."
It wasn't until a deputy showed up with a game warden close behind that the couple got some answers.
"If it is going to be an endangered species they have to come recover it," if it`s just a regular breed of cayman they animal will be released to anybody who wants to take ownership of it," said Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Deputy Brian Bruce.
In fact, game wardens classified it as an American Alligator. Deputies said it could have swum up from farther south, but for now, how it ended up here is a mystery.
"It`s really sad," Deborah said. "It just goes back to what the news media says all the time that people get these exotic pets, and they get to a certain size, and then they just let them go. "I`m sure that`s probably what happened."
Game wardens said it's illegal to possess American alligators so they picked this one up.
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PARIS, FRANCE | JUNE 18
We're playing at Download Paris in Paris, France on June 18. Tickets are available now HERE.
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We're playing at FortaRock in Nijmegen, Netherlands on June 2. Tickets are available now HERE.
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"Try to Disappear" and "Morningstar" Picture Discs Pre-Orders Start Today
We are releasing "Try to Disappear" and "Morningstar" 12-inch picture discs on Tuesday, December 12 at your local independent record shop in the US. The cover art for these two picture discs, along with those of "Chlorine & Wine" and "Shock Me," will complete the album cover art of PURPLE.
In addition to being available at select independent record stores (US), there will be a limited quantity available in the Baroness web store HERE, where you will also find the "Chlorine & Wine" and "Shock Me" picture discs. Starting today at 2pmET, pre-orders of the "Try to Disappear" and "Morningstar" vinyl will be available in our shop.
• "Try to Disappear" 12" Picture Disc:
Side A: "Try to Disappear" / Side B: "Try to Disappear" (Live)
• "Morningstar" 12" Picture Disc:
Side A: "Morningstar" / Side B: "Morningstar" (Demo)
• Limited copies of each made
10th Anniversary Limited Edition 'Red Album' Tees in the Shop
To celebrate The Red Album's 10-year anniversary, we have released two new red t-shirt designs. These are "limited run" tees and will not be available at shows. They are now available in the shop HERE.


The Arthur M. Gignilliat, Jr. Fellowship was endowed by the former Savannah Electric & Power Company (now Georgia Power) to support Armstrong campus' goal of "maintaining a 'tradition of excellence' by providing the best educational experience for its students." The fellowship provides support for Armstrong campus full-time faculty member to conduct research or do work on a creative project, which enables the recipient to advance his/her scholarly activities while also enhancing his/her teaching abilities and areas of expertise. In most recent years the fellowship has been designed to support faculty work during the summer months. Application information is forthcoming. Please check this page periodically for updated information.
According to the guidelines at UGA's Institute of Higher Education, each eligible university can submit two nominees for the Governor's Teaching Fellowship. The Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) will solicit nominees from department chairs and deans. When the CTE receives multiple nominations, the director's selection committee will make a recommendation to the Provost.
With appropriate encouragement and support from one's department chair and dean, candidates should send a letter of interest and intent to the Center for Teaching Excellence at cte@georgiasouthern.edu. The CTE will collect the applications and–with assistance of the selection committee–make a recommendation to the Provost, who will forward the recommendation to the President of the University.
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Applications for the GTF summer programs should arrive at the CTE on or before the first working day of January after the university's holiday break. The committee's recommendation for the summer session should be delivered to the President by the Friday prior to the Martin Luther King, Jr. national holiday. The nominee is responsible for submitting the complete application package to the Institute of Higher Education by the deadline established at the link provided above.
Applications for the GTF academic year program should arrive at the CTE on or before the Monday following spring break. The committee's recommendation for the academic year session should be delivered to the President on or before the first working day of April. The nominee is responsible for submitting the complete application package to the Institute of Higher Education by the deadline established at the link provided above.


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NFL Team Is Shocked, Shocked That Cornerback Uses "Retard" as a Noun
From ESPN:
Giants waive CB Janoris Jenkins after 'offensive' tweet to fan
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The New York Giants waived cornerback Janoris Jenkins on Friday, two days after he made an inappropriate remark to a fan on Twitter.
On Wednesday, Jenkins called a critical fan a "retard" when taking exception to questioning about why the stats Jenkins was using to showcase his effectiveness weren't contributing to victories.
Jenkins said Thursday that the usage of the word was "slang" that is "just part of my culture."
What culture is NFL cornerback Janoris Jenkins? I don't have a clue … He could be Samoan, white, South Asian …
Nah, just kidding. All 64 starting cornerbacks at the beginning of the last 16 NFL seasons have been black.
(For background, a cornerback is a football defensive back whose job is to guard one of the offensive team's best wide receivers. The job is to inflict the maximum disruption of the offense's carefully designed passing plays.)
Giants coach Pat Shurmur met with Jenkins on Wednesday and said in a statement Friday that Jenkins' refusal to admit that what he did was wrong led to his release.
Hmmhmmmhh … an NFL cornerback who is aggressive, hostile, and self-assured … That's NOT the kind of cornerback we want on this team! Here at the New York Giants, we like our cornerbacks meek and mild. We want them to sound like old NPR Morning Edition announcers.
"It was an unfortunate situation," safety and captain Michael Thomas said. "It's unfortunate. It's unfortunate."
Jenkins, 31, had one year and $11.25 million remaining on his contract.
The Giants are 2-11 this year and probably aren't going to be a whole lot better next year, so why pay a 30-something defender $11.25 million when you can wriggle out of your contractual obligation by being shocked, shocked that he used the word "retard"? (Let me know if I'm misinterpreting the contractual implications.)
… "I regret it. But at the end of the day, it's my slang," Jenkins said. "So if you take it how you're going to take it, it's on you. I don't mean to offend nobody. My dad always told me, 'Speak freely and own up to what you say.' So I always speak freely as a man, and I speak how I want to speak."
Something must be done about the Cornerback Menace. They don't seem to be as easy to intimidate into submission as everybody else these days.


Dr. Markham is the deputy director of the UTPRC and and an associate professor of Behavioral Science and Health Promotion at the University of Texas School of Public Health. She is also associate director of the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research (CHPPR) at the University of Texas School of Public Health. She was the principal investigator for the It's Your Game…Keep it Real Risk Avoidance randomized controlled trial. She is joint principal investigator on a project to adapt It's Your Game…Keep It Real for Native American and Alaska Native youth.
Dr. Peskin is the associate director of evaluation for the UTPRC and the principal investigator for the Center's new core research project on mobilizing community partnerships for effective sexual health education in middle school. She is also the co-principal investigator for the It's Your Game…Keep it Real Tech study, a randomized controlled trial evaluating an online version of the It's Your Game…Keep it Real program. She is an assistant professor at The University of Texas School of Public Health.
Dr. Shegog is the associate director of communication and dissemination for the UTPRC. His research focus is on the development and evaluation of computer-based applications for adolescent health promotion and disease management behavior change. He is currently co-principal investigator with Dr. Charles Begley on a CDC Special Interest Project (SIP09-12) to develop and evaluate a clinic-based decision-support application for epilepsy management. He is also the co-principal investigator for the It's Your Game…Keep it Real Tech study, a randomized controlled trial evaluating an online version of the It's Your Game…Keep it Real program. He is an assistant professor at The University of Texas School of Public Health, adjunct professor with the University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences, and oversees the UTPRC's communication strategy.
Dr. Tortolero is the director of the University of Texas Prevention Research Center and an associate professor of Behavioral Science and Health Promotion, and Epidemiology at the University of Texas School of Public Health. She is also the director of the Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research (CHPPR) at the University of Texas School of Public Health. Dr. Tortolero is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Primary Prevention, and vice chair for the Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. She was the principal investigator for the first It's Your Game…Keep it Real randomized controlled trial.


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Info: Icebreakers, games, water balloons, snack/merchandise stands, lunch (pizza, water), pieing the region team, spirit battling, and more!
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This Beautiful, Bold, Graphic Tee combines the Maltese Cross, Star of Life and Police Shield to pay tribute to America's First Responders.
We know that many First Responder Families have members in more than one service. This shirt is the chance for family members and the public the show their support of all of them.
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Q: Ajax response Object I perform an Ajax call and when done, I call
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The output from this is something like
array(5) { [0]=> string(24) "mymail@gmail.com" [1]=> string(8) "Approved" [2]=> string(1) "F" [3]=> string(8) "Rejected" [4]=> string(6) "ABC123" }

That would suggest that I could then do something like the following
.done(function (response) {
    $('#results').append(response[0]);
});

If I do this though, my output is the single character 'a'.  I have tried .html, .text etc all with the same result.
Is there any reason this may be happening?

A: The reason is PHP file has:
var_dump($whatever);

Change it to:
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Tibiriçá é um distrito do município brasileiro de Bauru, no interior do estado de São Paulo.

História

Origem
O povoado que deu origem ao distrito se desenvolveu ao redor da estação ferroviária, inaugurada pela Estrada de Ferro Noroeste do Brasil em 27/09/1906. A estação foi aberta com o nome de Presidente Tibiriçá e ele (o então Presidente do Estado Dr. Jorge Tibiriçá) estava presente na comitiva no dia da inauguração do trecho, que foi o primeiro da ferrovia a ser aberto.

Outro marco importante para o desenvolvimento do distrito foi a Fazenda Divisa, pois o povoado desenvolveu-se à partir de uma doação de 5 alqueires paulistas de terras da fazenda no ano de 1915, feita pelos proprietários Antônio Gonçalves Fraga e Joaquim Rodrigues Fraga para a Irmandade de Misericórdia que rapidamente dividiu a área e vendeu os lotes. No final da década de 1920 ganhou força a economia cafeeira, e a Fazenda Divisa é um expoente dessa época.

Formação administrativa
Distrito criado pela Lei nº 1.675 de 09/12/1919, com o nome de Presidente Tibiriçá e com território desmembrado do distrito de Jacutinga (atual Avaí), no município de Bauru.
Distrito policial criado em 22/12/1919.
O Decreto n° 9.775 de 30/11/1938 altera a denominação para Tibiriçá.

Geografia

População

Pelo Censo 2010 (IBGE) a população total do distrito era de  habitantes, sendo 761 homens e 723 mulheres, possuindo um total de 540 domicílios particulares. Já a população urbana era de .

Área territorial
A área territorial do distrito é de .

Serviços públicos
Atualmente Tibiriçá possui algumas estruturas públicas importantes como Núcleo de Saúde, Centro de Referência da Assistência Social (CRAS), Creche, Biblioteca e Escola Estadual.

Administração
Subprefeito de Tibiriçá: Antônio Marcos Munhoz.

Registro civil
Atualmente é feito na sede do município, pois o Cartório de Registro Civil das Pessoas Naturais do distrito foi extinto pelo  Tribunal de Justiça do Estado de São Paulo, e seu acervo foi recolhido ao cartório do 1º subdistrito da sede.

Infraestrutura

Rodovias
O principal acesso a Tibiriçá é através da Rodovia Marechal Rondon (SP-300).

Ferrovias
Pátio Tibiriçá (JTC) da Linha Tronco (Estrada de Ferro Noroeste do Brasil), sendo a ferrovia operada atualmente pela Rumo Malha Oeste.

Saneamento
O serviço de abastecimento de água é feito pelo Departamento de Água e Esgoto (DAE).

Energia
A responsável pelo abastecimento de energia elétrica é a CPFL Paulista, distribuidora do grupo CPFL Energia.

Telecomunicações
O distrito era atendido pela Telecomunicações de São Paulo (TELESP), que inaugurou a central telefônica utilizada até os dias atuais. Em 1998 esta empresa foi vendida para a Telefônica, que em 2012 adotou a marca Vivo para suas operações.

Cultura

Patrimônios históricos
 Estação Ferroviária de Tibiriçá, tombada pelo Conselho de Defesa do Patrimônio Cultural de Bauru (CODEPAC) em 2005.
 Sede da Fazenda Divisa, também tombada pelo CODEPAC em 2005.

Atividades econômicas
O distrito de Tibiriçá tem uma diversidade marcante na produção rural, com atividades como a agricultura familiar e a pecuária leiteira.

Ver também
 Lista de distritos de São Paulo (estado)
 Lista de municípios e distritos do estado de São Paulo por área
 Lista de municípios e distritos do estado de São Paulo por população (2010)

Ligações externas

 Fundação Seade - Histórico da Formação dos Municípios
 Mapa (IBGE)

Distritos do estado de São Paulo
Bauru

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RSPB Lake Vyrnwy Visitor Centre at RSPB Lake Vyrnwy Nature Reserve01691 870278work Visitor CentreThe RSPB Visitor Centre includes a well-stocked shop with its wide range of gifts and books, from where you can access nature trails and information about the surrounding countryside. There is a cinema with regular showings of a film featuring the reserve, and lots of family events from bat and owl walks to farm fun days.
The Visitor Centre is also the main starting point for events and guided walks that cater for birdwatching beginners, families and the more active walker and birdwatcher.
Special trails for children, including a new nestbox trail, an ever-growing sculpture park trail and the exciting new natural play area with den building, slide, balance beams over a stream and mud kitchen.
The RSPB Lake Vyrnwy nature reserve with its variety of different habitats is an ideal base for a school visit. You can visit any weekday during the term. Half-day or full-day sessions are available. Please contact the field teacher for details. All the equipment needed is provided except pens and pencils. Each child should bring waterproofs and sturdy footwear, plus a sunhat and sun cream.Teaching in Welsh and English is available at all times.
LAKE VYRNWY NATURE RESERVE
As an important area for wildlife, Lake Vyrnwy has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) as well as a Natura 2000 site. Lying above the beautiful reservoir of Lake Vyrnwy are thousands of hectares of heather moorland, meadow and woodland, crossed by rocky streams and dotted with crags.
The RSPB, in partnership with Hafren Dyfrdwy, manage part of the reserve as the largest organic farm in England and Wales. You may see great crested grebes and goosanders on the water, dippers by the streams and ravens, buzzards and even a peregrine, soaring overhead.LlanwddynOswestrySY10 0LZUnited Kingdom52.765968264100-3.453863687200https://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/lake-vyrnwy/
RSPB Lake Vyrnwy Visitor Centre at RSPB Lake Vyrnwy Nature Reserve
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Visitor Centre, free entry
Llanwddyn,
Oswestry,
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The RSPB Visitor Centre includes a well-stocked shop with its wide range of gifts and books, from where you can access nature trails and information about the surrounding countryside. There is a cinema with regular showings of a film featuring the reserve, and lots of family events from bat and owl walks to farm fun days.
The RSPB, in partnership with Hafren Dyfrdwy, manage part of the reserve as the largest organic farm in England and Wales. You may see great crested grebes and goosanders on the water, dippers by the streams and ravens, buzzards and even a peregrine, soaring overhead.
www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/lake-vyrnwy/
Reserve open at all times.
Lake Vyrnwy Nature Trails
RSPB Lake Vyrnwy Nature Reserve
Map reference: SJ 020197 Lat: 52.76597 Long: -3.45386
From Llanfyllin, take the B4393 to Llanwddyn. Continue along the B4393 to Llanwddyn by taking a right turn. At the dam, turn left, then left at the end of the dam. The visitor centre is on the right.
Accessible by Public Transport: 22 miles from Welshpool station
Education/study area
Facilities for educational visits
On-site catering
Picnic site
Telephone (public)