I was asked to carve a round sign in time for Christmas, bearing the words "Barrow upon Humber Geology Museum" and featuring an ammonite fossil; it so happened that I had a suitable piece of oak, big enough for a 14″ circle and at 3″ thick, deep enough to be able to make the fossil really stand out.
After some bandsaw calamities (my temperamental old machine finally gave up ~ luckily I had another in reserve, but without a blade…cue twiddling thumbs as I awaited delivery of a new one) I sawed the circle to shape. I'd drawn the area to be left raised for the ammonite and routed to half of the depth of the circle.
After drawing on the ammonite more accurately I tidied up the edges and the flat surface, making sure all the areas where they met were neat and crisp.
I then set about creating a bit of a Cumberland Sausage effect, lowering the coils as they turned into the centre and rounding them into a tube shape.
The trick was to leave the finish slightly tooled, giving a better effect. After completing the ammonite I routed the outer edges of the circle and traced on the lettering. Once carved, a couple of coats of oil and the sign was complete.


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Square Enix Teases World Premiere of a New Game at Digital E3 2021 Event
By Sam Lockwood 3 June 2021
Square Enix has announced that the summer edition of Square Enix Presents, the company's digital show where world premieres, new game announcements, updates and news are delivered directly to the global gaming community.The stream will include exciting news from across the globe including: The world premiere of a new game from Eidos-MontréalAn exciting update on BABYLON'S FALL™Details about Marvel's Avengers Expansion: Black Panther- War for Wakanda and updates on upcoming in-game eventsA deep dive on Life is Strange: True Colors™ and a first look at Life is Strange: Remastered Collection https://twitter.com/SquareEnix/status/1400467710287306753 How do I watch Square Enix Presents during E3?Square…
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Rugby 22 announced by Nacon
Rugby 22, from Nacon and Eko Software, will release on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and PC in January 2022. This latest version has been improved by the Paris-based developer using all its expertise in sports games (Handball 21, Rugby 18 and Rugby 20). The improvements include more realistic AI, a difficulty curve that better matches the level of the player, and photogrammetry is used to create more realistic star-player faces – particularly on the next-gen consoles. Rugby 22 continues and builds upon the great work started by Eko Software on the previous two games. We want to…
Release dates confirmed for Pokemon Brilliant Diamond, Pokemon Shining Pearl, and Pokemon Legends: Arceus
Nintendo and Pokémon Company International unveil new details about Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Legends: Arceus games for the Pokémon Company International and Nintendo, as well as improvements for Pokémon HOME. Launch dates for Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl are November 19, 2021, and January 28, 2022 for Pokémon Legends: Arceus. The games will all be exclusive to the Nintendo Switch console. You can watch the trailer for Pokémon Legends: Arceus here: Pokémon Legends: Arceus Pokémon Legends: Arceus, billed as a hybrid RPG and action game, takes the Pokémon series in a whole new direction. Gameplay is set in…
Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown announced by Sega
On June 1, The Legendary 3D Fighter returns exclusively for PS4 consoles with stunning graphics and new online features. The PS4 digital exclusive Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown is now available worldwide. In a 60th anniversary special edition SEGA's iconic Virtua Fighter 5 trilogy will be remade and made available to a new generation of fighting game fans. Virtua Fighter 5 has received popular updates over the years, most recently in 2012 when it received a console re-release. Classic fighting game fans have long praised its strategic gameplay, intuitive mechanics, intricate balance, and intense martial arts combat. With beautiful HD…
The Roland-Garros eSeries on Tennis World Tour 2 will be live streamed
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Miniclip acquires leading UK studio Supersonic Software
Supersonic was founded in 1988 by Pete Williamson and Andy Williamson and is well known for puzzle games such as Puzzle Page and Picture Cross, as well as enduring titles such as World's Biggest Crossword and One Clue Crossword. Miniclip's acquisition of Supersonic, their fourth UK studio, opens up the possibility of expanding into the very popular puzzle genre, thus continuing its quest to unleash the gamer in everyone. Having been independent for so long, joining a new partner is a very big deal for us. We've always admired Miniclip and having had the opportunity to get to know them…
Psyonix has just announced that Formula 1 is coming to Rocket League on May 20! Prepare to take control and go for the apex with the Formula 1 Fan Pack! Take a look at the trailer below: The new car has been fitted with a rocket boost, a Dominus hitbox, and signature Pirelli Wheels. The Formula 1 Fan Pack (2000 Credits) adds the following to your garage: Formula 1Ⓡ 2021 CarAlfa Romeo 2021 DecalAlphaTauri 2021 DecalAlpine 2021 Decal Aston Martin 2021 DecalFerrari 2021 DecalHaas 2021 DecalMcLaren 2021 DecalMercedes-AMG Petronas 2021 DecalRed Bull 2021 DecalWilliams 2021 DecalPirelli Wheels The cockpit is waiting for…
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World of Warships is hosting the biggest ever online exhibition of naval museums
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Ron Paul, on Chemical Weapons in Syria: 'I think it's a false flag'
Appearing Wednesday on Fox Business Network's Cavuto program, former congressman Ron Paul pointed a finger of chemical-weapons suspicion at Al Qaeda, posited that "Assad I don't think is an idiot—I don't think he would do this on purpose in order for the whole world to come down on him," and stated flatly that "It's a false flag, I think, really, indeed."
Watch the whole appearance:
That same day, his son, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), expressed skepticism to me about the chemical-weapons claim, asking "to whose benefit does this redound?"
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Wow. I thought he was free-speaking while in office, but damn, just laying out there what we're all thinking.
Suthenboy
If only we could have more of that. Honorable men rarely speak cryptically.
Contrast this candor with anything that has come out of the whitehouse in the last….6…..or 100 years.
That's what I said
False Flag: While the Western world gears up for possible military action against Syria using an alleged chemical weapons attack as justification, vastly more evidence points to the culpability of the death squads than to that of the Syrian government. Information continues to emerge disproving the mainstream media and Western government claims regarding the tragedy which took place last week.
CatoTheElder
SoS John F. Kerry, who served in Vietnam and who also was famous for protesting that war afterwards, has unambiguously stated that there is abundant evidence to conclude that Assad forces launched the poison gas attack. He also said there is other evidence to support this conclusion but he can't share it because it's secret.
That should settle it. It is not like senior officials of the Obama Administration would ever lie about something that has life and death consequences.
What, at this point, does it matter?
You know who else rushed to war in the Middle East on flimsy or possibly fabricated evidence?
August.31.2013 at 5:33 am
Just read about Pelosi has a war boner because she thinks chemical weapons are bad. You mean kind of like the undisputed chemical genocide of Iraqis by Mr. Hussein?
It might be. It also might not be, as it's known that Syria does have chemical weapons. Did they use them? Who used them? Does that matter when people are being killed by the truckload by other means?
Besides, what the heck are we supposed to do? We're in a world of shit if we support either side. I guess we could issue some multinational pronouncement that we'll blow something up if chemical weapons are used again, but I have a feeling that won't do much good unless we're willing to actually invade.
Generic Stranger
Yeah…it could be a false flag, or, if Assad didn't actually give the order, it could have been one of his generals who had just the right combination of access, stupidity, arrogance and desperation acting without orders.
Hard to say at this moment, which is one of the big reasons going to war so soon would be a mistake.
Personally, I think we should be pretty sure before we kill people, stir up the crazies, or destroy infrastructure, but I'm a whacked out libertarian conservative or something.
The proper term is "wacko bird"
Or "conspiracy theorist".
His brother Maher might fit your criteria, but if something intra-familial is going on that we haven't heard about, then it's just one more reason not to intervene. If anything, a big split in the ruling family might even the sides, and then we'll have al-Qaeda and Hezbollah killing each other within a contained arena, which was a strategist's dream scenario not so long ago.
Journalism.
White House aides say President Obama's drawn-out decision making process on military action against Syria is evidence of a thoughtful, responsible leader. But it could also be the sign of a tortured spirit, a reluctant president who never wanted to find himself in this position in the first place.
Now, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who has made ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan his signature foreign policy achievement, is at risk of entangling the U.S. in a fresh Middle East conflict.
Now, the loss of British backing of a strike against Syria is a significant blow to Obama's vision, setting up two undesirable options: not keeping his word on "enormous consequences" for crossing that "red line," or going it relatively alone.
I'm surprised this ABC news reporter could type all that with one hand.
The Rt. Hon. Serious Man, Visc
You don't understand! Obama is a sensitive, thoughtful individual. He can't make tough decisions, he's a president!
Episiarch
Obama is both a constitutional and foreign policy genius and a put-upon indecisive flower at the same time, just like Bush was an evil genius and a blithering retarded idiot at the same time. Contradictions aren't difficult for people who make mongoloids look like rocket scientists. And remember, they all want cake.
Cake?
Entropy Void
Nigerian Yellow Cake.
Let's be honest, we're talking about President Obama here, not George W. Bush.
Aresen
"Libya? Where's Lybia?"
You don't need hands to give a blowjob.
Cascadian Ephor Xenocles
They help.
I always assumed ABC News was more of a power bottom.
Maybe His Oneness should not have been so overtly disrespectful of the British government in the past.
Recall his return of the Churchill bust, presents of non-functioning DVDs, and dissing of royal protocol several years back? Personally, I think it was BS, but only because I think all government is BS.
Warty
a reluctant president
Qua?
ChrisO
The North Korean press was barely more gushy than that about Kim Jong il.
In a year we could have 50,000 troops on the ground losing a war in Syria and MSM would be writing article after article about how Obama is striving to end it.
Knarf Yenrab (prev. An0nB0t)
who has made ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan his signature foreign policy achievement,
This will remain false no matter how many times you repeat it.
The face of modern propaganda is to say anything, no matter how easily it may be demonstrated to be false, and then to ignore anyone who demurs and continue on with your Zinn narrative.
significant blow to Obama's…
surprising turn of phrase
darius404
He can use both hands, it's his mouth that he doesn't need for typing. I'm more surprised that he was able to deal with the cramped space under the presidential desk.
Who gives a shit? We absolutely should not get involved, and we almost assuredly will seeing as the administration has a rock hard WAR BONER. Who actually used the weapons will not be a consideration.
Welcome to government.
Welcome to one-man rule.
One man rule? Are you high*? There are a ton of politicians right there on this with Obama, and there are a bunch more who should be asserting their Congressional prerogatives but don't, because doing nothing is politically safer. No, this is a collusion between the power elite, not one man rule.
* I wish I was
jesse.in.mb
You're not?
Should we call a doctor? Are you feeling OK?
I'M AT WORK JESSE
Not that I'm doing anything. I worked my ass off yesterday, today I do next to nothing. I'll get out of here right at five and go directly to bacon happy hour. Yes, that is BACON happy hour. Martinis and bacon, an unstoppable combo.
Wait a second. Is it possible to ferment bacon grease? My God, the possible applications–they're endless!
Not enough carbohydrates. It'd just go rancid.
OTOH, it can be used as a flavoring agent.
http://www.bakonvodka.com/
I do not so easily accept defeat. Surely it is possible to synthesize excited bromide in an bacon matrix.
It's a bacon essence but in solid, not gaseous, form. Put simply, in deference to you, ProL, it's like lasing a strip of pork belly.
Wait, you're on fire today–a bacon laser! Holy shit!
As soon as we apply heat, ProL, we couple to a state that is radiatively coupled to the ground state. I figure we can extract at least ten to the twenty-first bacon bits per cubic centimeter which will give one kilopork per cubic centimeter at 600 nanometers, or, one megapork per liter.
That's tastier than a sticky bun!
As you know, Warty and I were working on the bacon system. Well, earlier today it ate itself. But, these little set-backs are just what we need to take a giant step forward. Right, ProL? Needless to say, I was a little despondent about the melt down, but then, in the midst of my preparations for hara kiri, it came to me. It is possible to synthesize excited bacon in a martini matrix. Yes, it's an excimer frozen in its excited state.
This movie ends with a laser shooting at a house filled with exploding pork rinds, right?
Maybe you could do some kind of martini emulsion.
Hmm… I'll have to try that after I get around to my maple shortbread cookies with bacon fat.
EDG reppin' LBC
Maple shortbread cookies with bacon fat sounds delicious. I know what I'm doing tomorrow. Thanks Jesse.
Let me know how they turn out. I've been saving bacon fat in the freezer and have enough, but the weather got nice and I don't feel like baking. I'll get around to it next time it gets cold out.
The pineapple upside down cake with bacon fat went over really well. Apparently people liked it enough that staff members from our other locations have asked me to make it for them too.
For all you Baconphiles near Central Florida:
http://festivalofbacon.com/
Don't say I didn't warn you …
Get yourself puregold oil for your ecig and puff away at work to your hearts content unbeknownst to your coworkers.
Pussies. I just eat raw bacon. You cosmos enjoy you "essence of bacon extract".
I just use bacon powder in all my my cooking. Works wonders.
It's often the case. Technically, Hitler had the Reichstag, Augustus had the Assembly and the Senate, and so on. Dictators often have people around them who could stop them, either legally or practically, but don't.
You know who else didn't let an elected representative body stop them? Oh wait…
No, this is a collusion between the power elite
I'd say it's more a matter of overwhelming groupthink than collusion.
R C Dean
You say tomayto, I say potahto.
William of Purple
Also note it's only left-leaning states like France and Australia that are backing his Obamaness
Res Publica Americana
Britain and Germany are ruled by leftists. Keep in mind that when I say "leftist", I'm going by objective standards, not comparatively.
It should be pointed out Assad is a leftist.
I think Ron Paul should STFU and have the good grace not to embarrassing his son or other non-senile fold working against involvement in Syria.
There is no real way of knowing and any definitive statement opens the door to "gotcha", which is really irrelevant in this case.
Calidissident
Yeah, I think he should have simply brought up the possibility of a false flag attack rather than commit to it like he did. Based on available evidence, there's no real way to know for sure either way. And even if Assad did use chemical weapons, intervention is still a bad idea
^This. A better point is that if we help topple the Assad regime what kind of groups may get their hands on the chemical weapons? Al-Qaeda?
"Ron Paul 'false flag' Conspiracy Theory" is already the top story at Salon.
The sad thing is if Paul is proven right Salon will not mention it ever.
Well of course it is. The only thing TEAM BLUE likes better than fellating Obama is finding the slightest thing that Ron Paul says that they can ridicule. And by ridicule I mean "say what he said was stupid by deliberately and willfully misinterpreting it".
Of course, Ron tends to help them out, which isn't good.
Killazontherun
Which is so much worse than their guy shooting his mouth off about red lines in the sand and now people have to die so he can save face.
Really, Team Blue? Really? There is not a day that goes by that you don't absolutely disgust me.
Using the term false flag is idiotic because it's become synonymous with conspiracy theorists.
Of course, saying that the Syrian rebels, who have lit four year olds on fire in the past, might be willing to gas their own people in order to goad the U.S. into a war isn't much of a conspiracy theory. It's something that clearly could have happened. That doesn't change the fact that calling it a 'false flag' makes people immediately start thinking of Alex Jones.
Libertymike
Ron Paul is more credible than ANY other republican party politician. That some people may not understand this, there can be no doubt.
Who, more than any other single American politician, has most accurately predicted what would ensue the passage of the Patriot Act, the waging of the War on Terror, the creation of Homeland Security and the TSA, the war in Iraq and the fear mongering orchestrated by those who think that they are entitled to rule the world?
Ron Paul is more credible than ANY other republican party politician.
Your hero worship =/= credibility.
Ron Paul predicted endless 'death by blowback' from the WoT and Iraq and that never happened and is never going to. He also predicted NAFTA would lead to a North American Union or some such nonsense. He IS kind of a nutjob and it's long past time for libertarian politics to move beyond Ron.
He predicted that we would spend trillions in Afghanistan and Iraq.
He was right.
He predicted that there would be thousands and thousands of yanks brought home in body bags.
He predicted that there would be no objective reached as a result of the wars.
He predicted that we would accelerate our debt descent.
He predicted that gasoline prices would rise dramatically.
He predicted that air travel would become much more of a hassle and that millions of hours would be wasted by the inevitable big government, impulse to control response = TSA and that the quality of life for the travelling public would dramatically decline.
Wait . . . who in the US doesn't find the pejorative 'yanks' annoying?
Southerners and neo-Confederates?
I didn't know bin Laden was still alive and AQ still in Afghanistan.
You don't and you're a prime sales prospect for Tom Vu or Bernie Madoff if you believe that there is no AQ in Afghanistan.
Impossible. Reason has told me many times that AQ does not have a significant presence in Afghanistan.
Not to mention the housing bubble.
Death Rock and Skull
Syrians made their problem, they deal with it. U.S. military action shouldn't be a serious discussion.
Of course it's a false flag. Our incompetent ruler gave the rebels an unbelievably huge incentive to stage a gas attack.
You assume it was incompetence and not part of the overall plan. US commandos aren't in Syria for no reason, you know.
Palin's Buttplug
OT: Brunswick baby-killer verdict = Guilty on all counts after short deliberation of less than two hours.
ant1sthenes
While I think that a false flag attack is a definite possibility, there are quite a few scenarios that don't involve Assad giving the order to use chemical weapons: a false flag attack by the rebels, an accident on either side, and, although I hate to judge before all the facts are in, it's beginning to look like some commander exceeded his authority.
I've seen (informed?) speculation that this doesn't have the fingerprints of a mil-spec gas attack, which could mean either that Assad is lobbing low-grade gas, or that the jihadis cooked something up and used it. I think it tends to support the latter, though.
Why would the jihadis have to cook it up?
This is a civil war going on…how hard would it be for the jihadis to get into a military stash?
Also I think there is mil-spec and then there is Syrian mil-spec.
They don't even make their own rifles…what makes yo think they would make good nerve gas?
what makes yo think they would make good nerve gas?
It doesn't matter whether the Syrians can. We know the Russians can, and they have been all over the Syrian program.
I put it forward merely as a data point to throw into the mix.
We're going to find out the chemicals used were just preservatives so the organs of the dead don't decay and become bacteria ridden filth before the rebels can eat them.
Guy LaGuy
I don't believe the US government acts ethically while conducting its foreign affairs. If the US government is trying to do something internationally and uses "ethics" as the justification, I assume there must be some other motive.
False flag? Or just a lie?
At best a false flag. At worst an outright lie.
EPISIARCH WHAT ABOUT THE CAKE?
For you, Tim.
It wasn't so much a lie as it was yummy and delicious so I didn't leave you any.
I wasn't told there will be cake. Will there be cake?
WHY WAS I NOT TOLD THERE WILL BE CAKE?!
CAKE!CAKE!CAKE!CAKE!CAKE!CAKE!CAKE!
Maybe it's time to watch "Tomorrow Never Dies" again. It's currently available for streaming on Netflix.
What? No synopsis?
From IMDB:
James Bond heads to stop a media mogul's plan to induce war between China and the UK in order to obtain exclusive global media coverage.
I believe Putin said that if we took military action the consequences would be disasterous for us. I wonder what he meant by that? Was he threatening or giving advice?
He is probably snickering to himself thinking " Go ahead Jugears, wade into that sea of shit and see what comes of it.".
Fucking idiot obama has painted himself into a corner. Nothing but tears will come of this. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, the economy is still shit, obamacare is an unmitigated disaster, the NSA is still breaking the law, the IRS is still breaking the law………I could go on for pages.
the economy is still shit . . . .
And the news cycles this week were consumed by Miley frickin' Cyrus.
Have I mentioned that we are doomed?
At least we will be able to see Johnny Football.
A master artist at work. It's like he's running on artificial turf, and everyone else is wading in mud.
Is Miley "twerking" again? Yay!
As I mentioned, punks, especially music critics, in the mid 80s hated the Beastie Boys for distracting from the immorality of the Reagan Administration with their vulgar display of inflatable cocks on stage. The show must go on. Political types hated Swing music in the 30s, too.
You can't create a better society if the people are having too much fun.
pmains
Saudis reportedly behind gas attacks.
Many believe that certain rebels received chemical weapons via the Saudi intelligence chief, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, and were responsible for carrying out the dealing gas attack.
"They didn't tell us what these arms were or how to use them," complained a female fighter named 'K.' "We didn't know they were chemical weapons. We never imagined they were chemical weapons."
"When Saudi Prince Bandar gives such weapons to people, he must give them to those who know how to handle and use them," she warned. She, like other Syrians, do not want to use their full names for fear of retribution.
Whether true or not, it's certain there's only one wise choice for us: Stay Out of Syria.
Which is why he will dive in.
Has anyone ever detailed all that we gained from the illegal Libyan war? We got a monster overthrown and replaced him with different monsters, and probably supplied Al Qaeda with a few SAM missles….aside from that I mean.
What is it we stand to gain in Syria? As I have pointed out before, everything this guy touches in the middle east seems to end up with radical islamists.
As long as I am on about it….havent we travelled this road before with Jimmah Carter?
It is stunning how the left can travel down the same road to disaster over and over again in almost every sphere.
If Obama wanted to look like radical Islam's best friend, and enabler, he couldn't do a better job.
It's so cute how libertarians just, like, don't give a shit about evidence. Has any of you ever said "I don't know" in your entire life? Is it that you must have an opinion about everything, regardless of how little you may know? If so, why do you always take the conspiratorial route?
Questions nobody is interested in because you're all stupid.
If anecdotal evidence isn't enough to prove the existence of UFO's, then it shouldn't be a pretext for military intervention, either.
It seems like we are the ones who do care about the evidence. It's the President and the French who want to start shooting before anyone gets a good look at it.


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Cute and Adorable Crocheted Little Piggy! This is a simple project and figure I share the pink pig that I made. Just a little yarn, any color could work but made it with a purplish pink color. It's small only needed the legs and arms attached, while the entire thing is crocheted from snout to tail.


The most famous Slovenian candy brand Šumi marks its 140th anniversary. In honour of this event, the Žito and the Podravka companies together with the Slovenian Ethnographic Museum prepared a special exhibition "Šumi — 140 Years: Candies of All Generations" ("Šumi 140 let: Bonboni vseh generacij"). The exhibition will be open to visitors of the Slovenian Ethnographic Museum until 17 January. It will introduce the history of the first and only Slovenian candy factory.
The history of the Šumi brand began in 1876, when Franc and Josipina Šumi opened a pastry shop in the Congress square in Ljubljana. Then they manually produced different kinds of sweets, chocolate, biscuits, jam, cooked raspberry juice and other sweets. According to the speakers of the yesterday's ceremony, the manual labour was automated only in 1964.
In 1923, the Company employed 30 workers who produced about 400 tons of confectionery and sweets per year. Today Šumi produces 700 million sweets, which are exported to 41 countries around the world.
The exhibition was prepared by Adela Pukl and Miha Špiček from the Slovenian Ethnographic Museum. The organizers demonstrated a variety of items, packaging, documentaries, and advertisements in newspapers and on television.
One of the original exhibits was the chandelier made from candies. Its production involved 4,500 Šumi candies and it weighs 27 kg. It was designed by 11 people who were "embroidering" it for 45 hours.


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Ravat–Wonder–Dunlop was a cycling team formed for the 1928 Tour de France.

Background
The Ravat–Wonder–Dunlop cycling team has its origins in the Dunlop Grand Prix that was held in Victoria, Australia, between 14 and 19 November 1927. The plan was to find a team and send it to European races. The Dunlop Grand Prix was decidedly won by Hubert Opperman. He was asked to write an article for The Sporting Globe and he credited New Zealand rider Harry Watson, and fellow Australians Ernest Bainbridge and Percy Osborn in that article for helping make the race what it was. These were the riders selected to travel with him to France. Opperman was made captain—he was chosen by the riders themselves—but the team was more egalitarian than was traditional for European teams with their domestiques clearly in a sub-ordinate role. The Australasian team instead decided that they would help each other so they could ideally all finish the race.

The initiative for sending the team came from The Sporting Globe in conjunction with The Melbourne Herald; the newspapers acted upon a suggestion made by the Victorian manager of the Dunlop Rubber Company, Stan Lough, at a dinner given for Opperman's win of the Dunlop Grand Prix. The moment that Henri Desgrange, the organiser of the Tour de France, cabled the acceptance of the Australasian team, the fund-raising effort began. Whilst the initiative was a national one, all three Australian riders were from Victoria and outside of the state, there was apathy as far as fund-raising was concerned.

In New Zealand, The Sun was driving the effort; the initially Christchurch-based newspaper had just started publishing in Auckland, too. Fund-raising was also undertaken by the Athletic and Cycling Union for Watson. And as soon as Watson returned to New Zealand, races were held with the surplus going towards his expenses. The first such race was at English Park on 24 December 1927. Another fund-raising race was held at English Park on 4 February 1928. And a few days later on 8 February, a race meeting was held at the Caledonian Ground in Dunedin. In all these races, Watson competed—amongst others—against Phil O'Shea. Watson was trained by O'Shea (born 1889), himself a legend on the bike. O'Shea had a long career and competed from 1909 to 1932. If enough funds could be raised, O'Shea was to accompany the team to France, but this was not achieved and he stayed behind in New Zealand. A similar initiative was pursued in Koo Wee Rup in Victoria, where funds were raised to get the 1926 winner of the Melbourne to Warrnambool cycle race and fourth at the Dunlop Grand Prix—Les Einsiedel—to accompany the team; again, this came to nothing.

The committee in charge of organising the team comprised Norman Broomhall (president of the Australasian Federal Cycling Council) as chairman, W. Smith (president of the League of Victorian Wheelmen), A. D. Mc. Heywood (honorary secretary of the League of Victorian Wheelmen), Charles Brown Kellow (as a representative of the sporting public), J. M. Cross (handicapper of the League of Victorian Wheelmen), W. R. Forster (editor of The Sporting Globe and sporting editor of The Herald), and J. J. Maher (cycling editor of The Herald and The Sporting Globe). Kellow nominated businessman Bert Watson as his deputy on the committee.

On 16 February 1928, Watson left by SS Manuka from Lyttelton via Wellington to Melbourne. In Melbourne, there were more races for fund-raising purposes and the four team members were fitted with blazers, caps and jerseys. The jerseys were emblazoned with national symbols of Australia and New Zealand: a wattle leaf and a kiwi. As part of a send-off party, the team was hosted at the Tivoli Theatre, where a movie of the Dunlop Grand Prix was shown.

Osborne left Melbourne on the East-West express for Fremantle on 5 March 1928; the committee had agreed for him to appear in a promotional activity for the opening of their new Fremantle Cyclodrome. The other three riders left Melbourne the following days on the RMS Otranto.

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BUSINESS IN MISSION
It's an arrangement where we agree to cooperate with each other in order to advance our mutual interests. Our mutual interests are building the kingdom of God through church planting.
To engage with like-minded churches who want to build and be a part of a network of churches that work together to plant churches.
Partnering with other churches to support a new church plant.
Partnering with Aquila Institute to teach and equip church planters.
Being a new ministry, there are a lot of startup costs involved in getting this initiative off the ground. We are praying the Lord will provide the means for Aquila Initiative to build the infrastructure necessary to train those who are going through the apprenticeship program. We plan to launch our first business in 2020 which will be used to help train people in the Business in Mission model of church planting.
Once the apprenticeship program is established church partners will be involved in supporting church planters as well as participating in the training portion. It is our hope that the BIM's we help start will help financially support the church planters, and even help support the next BIM. Every church has something to offer, and it is our desire to see different ministries with specific skill sets come and train those in the apprenticeship program about ministry life, church planting, biblical studies, business management, and entrepreneurial skills. This allows for different people from many churches to be directly involved in equipping people for church planting.
Laramie Valley Chapel - Laramie, Wyoming.
A well-established church with a strong heart for evangelism, discipleship, and church planting. Serving as the sending church in the USA for Aquila Initiative Director David Martin, LVC has also partnered with Aquila Initiative to serve as the local church authority helping to offer wisdom and support to Aquila Initiative.
Prestonwood Baptist Church - Dallas, Texas.
One of the largest Baptist churches in the United States, Prestonwood is passionate about participating in global missions. With a passion for using short-term missions as a gateway to long-term foreign missions, Prestonwood has partnered with Aquila Initiative to offer an exciting and enriching time of ministry training and evangelism in Cologne, one of the darkest cities in Europe.
Colonial Baptist Church - Cary, North Carolina.
A mission-minded church of over 4,000 pastored by Stephen Davey. Colonial has partnered with Aquila Initiative financially through their Grace Promise funds to help support the Aquila Institute.
International Baptist Church of Bonn - Bonn, Germany.
With the assistance of Aquila Initiative, IBC Cologne planted IBC Bonn in 2019. Now pastored by Aquila's Academic Director Dr. Stephen Campbell, IBC Bonn has partnered financially and prayerfully with Aquila Initiative and hopes to participate in church planting by serving as a training ground for future apprentices of the Aquila Institute.
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Since it was officially launched in 2012, the passion of Gospel Grace church has been to plant church-planting churches, a mission that they carry out through their own training program. GGC has partnered with Aquila Initiative through finances and prayer.
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In order to investigate the effect of land use and land cover changes on hydrological process in northern parts of China, a distributed hydrological model was developed and applied in the Laohahe catchment. The direct evaporation from the intercepted water, potential canopy transpiration and potential soil evaporation were computed using a physically-based two-source potential evapotranspiration model, which would be regarded as input to the distributed hydrological model for the computation of actual evaportranspiration. Runoff generation was based on mixed runoff mechanisms of infiltration excess runoff and saturation excess runoff and the Muskingum-Cunge method was adopted for flow routing. The land cover data were available for 1980, 1989, 1996 and 1999. Daily streamflow measurements were available from 1964 to 2005 and were divided into 4 periods: 1964–1979, 1980–1989, 1990–1999 and 2000–2005, based on the land cover scenarios. The distributed hydrological model was coupled with a two-source potential evaportranspiration model for simulating daily runoff. The result of runoff simulation showed that the saturation excess runoff generation was dominant in the catchment. Model parameters were calibrated using hydrometeorological and land cover data corresponding to the same period. Streamflow simulation was conducted for each period under these four land cover scenarios. The results showed that the change of land use and land cover had a significant influence on evapotranspiration and runoff. The land cover data showed that forest land and water body had decreased from 1980 through 1999 and farm land and grass land had increased. This change caused the vegetation interception evaporation and vegetation transpiration to decrease, whereas the soil evaporation tended to increase. Thus the green water decreased but the blue water increased over the Laohahe catchment. This result was inconsistent with the fact that runoff ratio had a tendency of decrease in the catchment in 2000. It is this reason that water use out of stream channel has been increasing in recent years.


Life, or Death? No, not a threat, or a philosophical conundrum - but a late night kebab choice for the students of Cambridge.
When I went back for a college reunion recently, we had a lavish dinner but I couldn't not go to the Van of Death - and I couldn't miss telling you about it. Like many things in Cambridge, the Van of Death - or VoD as it is affectionately known - officially has another name: Uncle Frank's. But this is common - the nightclub we went to was known as Cindy's, and appears to still be called Cindy's by students now, even though the name had changed to something else (Fifth Avenue) even by the time I started university in 1998, and I think it's now called Ballare.
So Uncle Frank's will always be the Van of Death to us. Situated on the left hand side of the market square if you are facing King's, there is also a similar van on the other side of the square - known as the Van of Life. There were various myths and legends as to how the name came about, but none of my friends really know.
The thing was, you were loyal to one or the other. My group of friends were always for the VoD - disparaging remarks would jokingly be made about people who went to Life and vice versa, a bit like how Oxford and Cambridge students tease each other. To be honest I doubt the food was much different, and late at night on the way home from Cindy's nobody really cared. Did we only go to the VoD because it was fractionally (that is, a matter of yards) closer to our college? I don't know. What I do know is that we looked very fondly upon the men who worked in the van (I think one of them may have been the eponymous Frank) and his clarion call of "chilli sauce?"
If you're ever in Cambridge late at night, there's nothing like a trip to the VoD.


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Coronavirus: A Global Guide to Force Majeure and Mitigating Measures on Supply Chains
While, the full impact of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak and the resulting emergency measures on international trade remains to be seen, our clients have reported substantial business and operational disruptions, including closures of workplaces and ports, disruptions to supply and distribution channels, shortage of labor and weakened regional demand.
Given the unexpected nature of the outbreak, attention has focused on the prospect that parties to affected commercial contracts may invoke force majeure provisions in those contracts in order to excuse delay or nonperformance.
However, it is equally important to take practical measures to identify and mitigate disruptions in the supply chain.
Affected contracts
Numerous force majeure claims have already been reported in the world media and it is likely that claims with a wider ambit will follow as the ripple effects of the outbreak spread globally.
Any contract with a specific force majeure clause may be the subject of a claim. Contracts governed by a civil law framework which grants force majeure remedies, whether or not they are written into the contract, may also be the subject of the claim. This includes the PRC.
Force majeure claims are particularly relevant for contracts with a long-term or ongoing supply and in the following markets:
Commodity contracts (including iron ore, coal and copper); 
LNG contracts; 
Ship building contracts; 
Supply contracts for textiles, foodstuffs and mechanical equipment; 
Contracts for electrical equipment and electronic components; 
Medical equipment manufacturing contracts.
The effect of the outbreak on suppliers is perhaps most obvious. With emergency measures impacting on goods, workers and logistics, many suppliers appear unable to fulfil their contracts within the prescribed time or at all. But invoking force majeure may also be of interest to buyers, either because taking delivery under the contract has been impacted or due to disruptions in downstream markets.
The concept of force majeure (FM) is widely recognized in civil law jurisdictions. It is also of wide application in common law jurisdictions and is frequently used in commercial contracts governed by such common law systems because of the limited remedies otherwise available to the parties when the contract becomes impossible, difficult or onerous to perform due to events outside the affected party's control.
Whether the source of FM rights is legislation or the terms of the contract, FM regimes typically operate by excusing non-performance by a party of its contractual obligations where non-performance is caused by a defined FM event.
Determining whether an event is a FM event normally involves applying the objective test found in the relevant law or written in the contract. However, most FM regimes are "open" or inclusive in the sense that the event does not need to be specifically listed as a FM event, provided it meets the requirements of the objective test.
Below we consider FM under PRC law, the most likely applicable civil law jurisdiction and from the common law perspective.
PRC law perspective
FM exists as a doctrine under Article 180 of the General Rules on the Civil Law and Articles 117 and 118 of the PRC Contract Law. The regime applies automatically to commercial contracts governed by PRC law where the contract contains no FM provisions.
Test/Causation
A FM event is an objective event or situation which is (1) unforeseeable (at the time of entering into the contract), (2) unavoidable in terms of occurrence or impact and (3) impossible to overcome.
There must be a causal link between the FM event and the affected party's failure to perform (i.e. the affected party must establish that the FM event must have caused the non-performance). If there are too many steps between the FM event and the non-performance it will be difficult for the affected party to satisfy causation.
Requirements for claim
The affected party must notify the counterparty of the FM event promptly or in a timely manner stating their claim for an exemption of liability and providing proof of the existence of the FM event and the impact of the event on the affected party's non-performance. There remains some uncertainty under PRC law as to whether such notice must be given before non-performance actually materializes. Accordingly, it is advisable to do this where possible.
Where such prompt or timely notice is not given the affected party may become liable for losses suffered by the counterparty which could have been avoided had such notice been given.
If the affected party fails to utilize its best efforts to overcome the impact of the FM event on its non-performance it may not invoke FM.
Under the Contract Law, FM does not apply (1) where the contract is entered into after the FM event, (2) to non-performance of monetary payment obligations; or (3) if the FM event occurs after the affected party delays performance.
FM remedies under the Contract Law are (1) the affected party is excused from civil liability, including damages, in relation to its non-performance (or delay); and (2) either party may terminate the contract where the essential purpose of the contract cannot be realized as a result of the event of FM.
While not expressed in the Contract Law, decisions of the PRC courts in the wake of the 2003 SARS outbreak demonstrate a willingness by the courts to also grant modification of the contract terms, though under a different doctrine – see alternate remedies below.
"Force Majeure" Certificates
The quasi-governmental China Council for the Promotion of International Trade ("CCPIT") announced on 30 January that it would offer "force majeure certificates" to help companies deal with disputes with foreign trading partners arising from government control measures.
The purpose of these certificates is to facilitate the invoking of FM remedies where the contract requires the provision of such a certificate issued by a relevant government authority as a prerequisite to the bringing of the FM claim. Such certificates will not be binding on PRC courts either as to the existence of the relevant FM event or the effect of the event on the affected party's nonperformance.
So are they of any practical use where not required by a contract? Perhaps only to add a level of authenticity when accompanying FM claims submitted to foreign counterparties. Certainly, we do not recommend relying on them alone as a virtual shield against liability as implied in several media reports.
Common law perspective
FM is a creation of the contract in common law jurisdictions. Generally, FM provisions are interpreted by focusing on the actual language used with the result that each particular case rests on its own contractual language and set of facts. Another complication is that the term "force majeure" is also sometimes used to refer to other provisions frequently applying to exceptional supervening events such as "hardship" clauses and those creating a framework for making amendments to the contract for material changes in circumstances.
What constitutes an FM event and the precise objective test depends on the specific wording of the provision. As noted above, the definition of FM is generally inclusive but some clauses are exhaustive instead. While common law systems generally take a consistent approach, variations (some subtle) persist and it is important to approach interpretation of each FM provision with regard to the corresponding case law.
FM provisions commonly contain a notification requirement, which can operate as a "condition precedent" precluding relief if the relevant notice is not given in the necessary timeframe. Such provisions are generally enforceable, and so complying fully with all notice requirements will be important for parties seeking to declare FM.
FM provisions commonly requires the claiming party to show that is has taken all reasonable endeavors to avoid or mitigate the event and its effects (a highly fact sensitive enquiry).
These are a matter of drafting and can doom an otherwise valid claim. In some markets, it is common practice to exclude changes in the relevant market or demand. This can increase the challenge for a buyer who wishes to claim FM but cannot show it was unable to accept delivery of the supply, particularly if it has taken advantage of falling prices and already sourced the supply from elsewhere.
These are a matter of drafting and need to be sufficiently certain to be enforceable. Typically, the affected party is excused from relevant non-performance while the FM event (or its effects) persist. Again, depending on the drafting, this can take effect as an extension of time or general suspension of the affected party's obligations.
Alternate remedies to FM
Aside from the typical FM provisions outlined above, the affected party may have alternate remedies, depending on the governing law of the contract.
For English law contracts, the affected party might claim relief under the doctrine of frustration, which permits parties to cease performing contractual obligations where it becomes impossible to do so in circumstances entirely beyond the remit of the parties.
For PRC law contracts, the doctrine of "change of circumstances [situation]" may apply where a FM remedy is not available. While the judicial process is more complex than for a FM claim, the affected party may apply for the contract to either be terminated or modified (something not generally available for a FM claim based on the civil law).
Mitigating disruptions in the supply chain - task force units and back-up plans
Many companies report having established task force units to investigate and mitigate the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on their supply chains. The aim is to identify existing or impending supply shortages in order to develop back-up plans and find alternative suppliers if necessary.
This is particularly noticeable in the automotive industry, which is highly affected by the coronavirus. Nearly every major automaker and supplier has confirmed they are closely monitoring the situation with many saying they have created special task forces for this purpose.
The need for such task forces will continue to grow as the virus continues to spread around the world. After all, today's alternative supplier could be affected by the coronavirus tomorrow.
Clearly if you are entering into new contracts during this period, you should consider the FM provisions with particular care.
If, whether as buyer or supplier, you have entered into commercial contracts that have or may be affected by the outbreak, we recommend the following actions:
Review each contract carefully, with particular regard to the governing law and FM provisions, including any time bars or other procedural requirements.
Form a preliminary view on whether any FM provision is "open" or exhaustive in relation to the list of FM events and whether the outbreak and/or resulting government crisis measures are covered/excluded.
If you may need to invoke a claim, consider your obligation to mitigate the effect on non-performance and what steps you can take. Starting a mindful dialogue with the counterparty may be an important part of the process.
Consider any potential flow on effects from the invoking of a claim such as termination of the contract.
Aside from the legal position, there are generally going to be several other important matters of concern:
For a counterparty who receives a FM claim they do not think is valid, there is the issue of enforcement of the contract, particularly if it does not provide for international arbitration.
There are the reputational risks and potential damage to long-term supply relationships with foreign buyers and suppliers. Even where there is no legal basis for FM relief, parties who receive FM claims may wish to be flexible about amending or restructuring (e.g. by postponing deliveries) the contract to accommodate the affected party.
Declaring FM or receiving a FM claim may impact on insurance arrangements.
Buyers who are part of a chain of supply contracts may themselves need to declare FM in response to a supplier's declaration in order to avoid being in breach. Each contract in the chain may of course be on different terms or subject to entirely different governing laws and this can create substantial challenges for the buyer, especially where their downstream contract has less favorable (or no) FM provisions. There may also be separate time bars or other procedural requirements as above.
As practical measures, the appropriate department, whether it is a newly established task force or an existing department, should address the following five supply chain issues:
What exactly has happened? Management needs to know what is causing problems in the supply chain. After all, the remedial actions can vary widely.
Which suppliers are affected?
Which material is affected? After reviewing the stock, alternatives have to be sought.
Which of your products need this material? It has to be assessed which products can no longer be produced and how this affects sales and margins.
Which customers are affected? Companies have to prioritize the customers and decide who gets the products, taking into account any contractual agreements. It is essential to inform each customer as early as possible whether and when they can expect delivery disruptions.
With the full impact of the coronavirus likely to play out for some months yet and the potential for the outbreak to spread into new regions, this is an issue seemingly becoming more important by the week.
Anahita Thoms LL.M.
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In Praise of Doing Nothing
By Stephen Tang
With the late arrival of streaming video services to Australia (legally, at least), we never got to use the phrase "Netflix and chill" in its plain and ordinary meaning. The success of its transformation into a slightly creepy euphemism probably depended on its original innocence: the joy of passive entertainment and the joy of switching off by switching on.
For a time, "Netflix and chill" succinctly gave fresh expression to a certain kind of pleasure which I fear is on the verge of extinction: doing nothing. Well, not quite nothing, but a restorative retreat to a comfy state of rest.
We're of course all different in what this looks like. It may be watching an entire season of a show (it'll take 1 day and 22 hours if you want to catch up on all of Breaking Bad), re-reading a trashy novel, cooking up some comfort food, or planting tomatoes in the spring. It's not necessarily about alone time either, although as an introvert that's where I find myself most often.
Idle restoration could also be found in the familiar rhythm of a regular catch-up with old friends, or unrushed and agenda-less time with your partner. Those with higher baseline levels of activity might find their default rhythm in a familiar run or gym routine.
What's in common is that returning to this state is something that comes so naturally, so effortlessly and so mindlessly. There's nothing particularly novel, demanding or even memorable about the activity. Indeed, what can be an effortful act of choosing what to do vanishes altogether through habit and familiarity, or by having choices made for you. Time passes with languid ease, and we feel refreshed afterwards.
At a time where mindfulness[1] is everywhere, this idea of mindless rest or semi-passive activity is not seen very favourably. Relaxation and play are increasingly construed as activities which require challenge, commitment and novelty. Our quest for authenticity and experience has denied us access to our most authentic selves, which is often when we are doing very little (or, to use the technical term, when we're doing SFA).
What's more, the pleasure of idle "chill" time is curiously incongruent with popular notions of what wellbeing means. We actively resist ourselves from succumbing to the gentle gravitational pull towards this state of rest and idleness. We find increasingly novel ways of distracting ourselves from idleness, declaring it to be a sign of laziness or even as an indicator of poor mental health. I'm of course not suggesting that we be lazy people who waste time and opportunities – but that we might have ventured too far in the other direction.
There's a wealth of psychological research which looks at who we are as self-regulatory agents. By this, psychologists are pointing out that we're continuously juggling multiple and often competing goals, identities and behaviours at the same time. This poses ongoing challenges in working out how to plan and prioritise who we are and what we do in ways which are ideal for the present moment but also for our future selves and in all our different relationships. Self-regulation is the willpower that tells you it's not a good idea to have a late night out drinking when you have a court appearance the next morning. It's the part of you that (eventually) studies for exams rather than procrastinates, because it'll be worth it later. It's also why you don't invest all your mental energy in one meeting when you have six others later in the day. Self-regulation is about adjusting and changing your actions, feelings and responses now in order to keep you consistent and collected over time.
Self-regulation is important because of the inherent limitations of being human. This isn't just things like money, or intangible things like time, but also psychological and physiological resources like our energy, attention and emotional capacity. And this is the key point: our self-regulatory strength is like a muscle. Like a muscle, we can train it to be better. We can train ourselves to be more motivated, productive and efficient. However, like a muscle, there's only so much of our self-regulatory resources we can use before we exhaust and deplete our reserves.
The work of a lawyer has a number of demands which are known to require high levels of self-regulatory exertion. Managing informational overload, trying to exert control over uncertain and changing situations, trying hard to present yourself well in difficult professional circumstances (e.g. trying not to swear at the judge or your client) are all ways in which our limited self-regulation capacities can be drained. Contrary to a lot of the pop-psych nonsense out there – unrealistically trying to 'think positive' can also tax our self-regulatory resources and leave us worse off. Continuously placing high expectations on our own performance can be particularly depleting, which is a particular risk for achievement-oriented lawyers (that's all of us).
Merely making a lot of decisions can also be depleting. One widely-reported study, for example, found that judges experienced decision fatigue (a form of self-regulatory fatigue) after making successive parole decisions. This affected the objectivity and quality of their decisions, as well as the livelihood and liberty of applicants whose future was in the balance. One key finding was that merely having a short coffee or meal break was partially sufficient in restoring their decisional capacity. The other interesting thing was that judges were oblivious to their own decision fatigue: self-regulatory depletion isn't necessarily about feeling physically tired. In the absence of clear signs and signals, therefore, preventative strategies may be best.
But first, consider some of the other consequences of having an empty self-regulatory tank. We're more likely to make bad decisions which are impulsive, selfish and damaging to relationships. Depletion also brings out our biases and prejudices which we ordinarily keep in check. Importantly for lawyers, numerous studies show that self-regulatory depletion tends to make us more inclined to act dishonestly or unethically. Otherwise exemplary legal professionals may make 'out of character' mistakes and do highly career-limiting things when they're depleted and temporarily lack the capacity to think, resist and evaluate all the interests at stake.
Put all this together and the risks of self-regulatory depletion for a lawyer are serious not only in terms of personal wellbeing, but professional and ethical practice. Yet these risks are not only routinely ignored but perhaps compounded by pressures to do more even more, supposedly in the name of wellbeing. So what's the best way to restore self-regulatory capacity? It's the same as recovering from a gym session: rest (and have a carbs day while you're at it).
But don't wait until it's too late. If you're going to collapse in front of the TV when you're already depleted, you're more likely to interpret what you're doing this in more negative terms (for instance as procrastination, rather than rest). The result is that you feel guilty [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcom.12107/abstract], which makes you even more depleted rather than restored. So it's important to allow yourself to ease into your zone of restful nothingness and to do this before you've reached an invisible mental exhaustion point. Reclaim doing nothing early and often. You're not only looking after yourself, but even in your PJs you're also helping yourself to be the adaptable, ethical and professional lawyer you want to be. Suddenly Season 4 of House of Cards became necessary viewing.
Stephen Tang is a lecturer and psychologist at ANU Legal Workshop. Stephen is involved with a number of research projects about lawyer and law student wellbeing, the development of professional identity in new lawyers, and the psychology of lawyer behaviour.
The views expressed here are the author's own and not those of the Australian National University or ANU Legal Workshop.
1. Or at least a certain misconstrued form of mindfulness, see here: The Guardian: "Mindfulness at risk of being 'turned into a free market commodity'" and Slate: "Corporate mindfulness is bullsh*t: Zen or no Zen, you're working harder and being paid less".
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Office Complex Purchase Shores Up Playa Vista
ACQUISITION: $27 million deal a rare sale in popular Westside leasing market.
By Jacquelyn Ryan
A two-building Playa Vista office complex has traded hands for $27 million in a rare sale for the submarket.
Downtown L.A. real estate firm Ocean West Capital Partners bought the 89,000-square-foot complex at 12555 Jefferson Blvd. from Dallas developer Lincoln Property Co. and a partner this month.
Lincoln acquired the complex for an undisclosed amount in a two-property portfolio purchase in 2010. The other property was a 120,000-square-foot office building in Moorpark now under contract to sell.
The 28-year-old Jefferson complex, comprising two connected buildings, was significantly renovated in 2008. It is 46 percent leased. Tenants include advertising company TBWA Chiat Day.
Lincoln received 14 bids for the property.
The sale is one of only a handful in the Playa Vista area in the last two years, and at $302 a square foot it comes in at less than half the May sale price of a four-building portfolio on Waterfront Drive that Hines bought from Tishman Speyer Properties LP for $643 a square foot, or $218 million total.
David Binswanger, executive vice president of Southern California at Lincoln, said the increasing strength of the market inspired it to list the complex.
"There's a lot of momentum behind Playa Vista and we thought it was a good time for us to sell," Binswanger said. "I think it's a great opportunity for Ocean West and they have a lot of wind at their backs in terms of the macromarket."
Indeed, Playa Vista is heating up. Video-game maker Riot Games Inc. is negotiating for up to 300,000 square feet at a nearby Lincoln building. Other creative companies, including YouTube LLC and Microsoft Inc., have signed leases in the neighborhood.
What's more, Lincoln is under way on the development of a long-planned 200,000-square-foot mixed-use shopping center, the Runway at Playa Vista, that will include a Whole Foods grocery and a Cinemark theater. It will also have 420 apartments and 35,000 square feet of office space. The development is expected to provide the type of amenities that had been lacking in the Westside neighborhood and discouraging some other companies from moving in.
Bob Safai and Matt Case, of Madison Partners, represented the seller. Ocean West, which could not be reached for comment, represented itself.
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