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Jeff Colley is the editor of Passive House Plus. He won the Green Leader award at the 2010 Green Awards for his advocacy work on the inclusion of energy ratings in property advertising, and a proposal to finance energy upgrades via utility bills. He established Construct Ireland (for a sustainable future), Ireland's pioneering sustainable building magazine, in 2003. The magazine evolved into Passive House Plus in late 2012, the world's first English language magazine focused on passive house, as well as other aspects of sustainable building. He is also a founder of Éasca, (the Environmental and Sustainable Construction Association) , an organisation set up to develop and promote a membership of approved companies offering genuinely sustainable solutions. He writes a regular column for the Sunday Times, and has authored, co-authored and contributed to articles on sustainable building for numerous newspapers including the Irish Times, The Sunday Business Post, the Irish Examiner & the Sunday Tribune.
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Our editor Jeff Colley's editor's letter from issue 30 received some particularly lovely praise, with architect Steve Mardall reaching out to say: "Was moved to write to commend you on your editor's letter in this issue 30. You've perfectly captured the essence of the totality of where we are as a planet and a race. And captured well that subtle consensus of denial and 'othering' it, that is a compelling force to fall in line with if one is not to be labelled as a righteous crank. Your words articulate some of my own not formally articulated thoughts, and offer me clarity and impetus going forward." Meanwhile, AECB Carbon Lite Retrofit graduate Paul Forrester tweeted: "What a tremendously powerful piece of writing your editor's letter is in issue 30 of @phplusmag. When I struggle to articulate all the thoughts, fears and conflicting ideas in my head, I might just show people that instead!" So here it is.


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Rev. Tom Reeder Finds His Voice Again After a Stroke
Rev. Thomas Reeder is Rector of Christ Episcopal Church in Ponte Vedra, Florida, one of the largest Episcopal churches in the country. For a man like Rev. Reeder, communication is everything – from sermons and services to counseling, education and Bible study, the members of Christ Church and the many organizations and people it supports depend on his language abilities. Yet, in an instant, Rev. Reeder lost those abilities.
In June 2018, Rev. Reeder suffered a stroke. After his initial hospitalization, he spent six days as an inpatient at Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital. From the outside, Rev. Reeder looked good – he was alert and attentive and could move like he did before, with none of the paralysis or immobility that often accompany strokes. But something was very wrong. Rev. Reeder had difficulty speaking, writing and reading. The stroke had done its real damage through a different means: aphasia.
As defined by the National Aphasia Association, "Aphasia is an impairment of language, affecting the production or comprehension of speech and the ability to read or write. Aphasia is always due to injury to the brain – most commonly from a stroke, particularly in older individuals. But brain injuries resulting in aphasia may also arise from head trauma, from brain tumors, or from infections." It's very important to note that aphasia does not affect intelligence – just communication.
"I had a major stroke, but most every issue with it was language related," said Rev. Reeder. "The day after my stroke, I only had one or two words. I could read some things, and not read other things. It's like your inner monologue gets stuck inside. You can see the world going on around you, but you can't participate."
Jodi Morgan, the Brooks Rehabilitation Aphasia Center Manager, explains what it's like. "Imagine you're suddenly dropped into rural Japan. You can't speak the language – you can't read it, write it or understand it when it's spoken to you. Yet, you still have your IQ, you're still the same smart, educated person you were before. You just cannot communicate. That's aphasia," said Morgan.
Morgan notes that aphasia affects more Americans than Parkinson's Disease, muscular dystrophy or cerebral palsy – ailments that are more well-known. "Generating awareness about aphasia is crucial," said Morgan. "People need to better understand it in regard to diagnosis, treatment, and how best to communicate day-to-day with someone who has it."
The Brooks Aphasia Center is one of only a few of its kind in the U.S. Run by licensed speech-language pathologists and other specialists, the Center offers a community aphasia program, an intensive comprehensive program, family training and support groups. The community program is two to three days per week, five hours per day, and provides coordinated group activities. The Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Program (ICAP) runs Monday through Friday, 25 hours a week for six weeks. The ICAP provides individualized therapy, specialized for the person with aphasia and their family.
Rev. Reeder participated in the ICAP first, and then the community program. Jodi Morgan served as the lead therapist for him during the ICAP. "Brooks uses whatever the patient needs to get them reconnected and back to work, if possible," said Rev. Reeder. "Since my work was the Bible, that's what Jodi used as part of her tailored approach. We also constantly practiced reading and talking out loud, as I would when preaching. "
While in the community program, some of the attendees asked Rev. Reeder to lead a Bible study segment. "Having had a stroke helps you understand how to communicate with other stroke patients," said Rev. Reeder. "Like anything dealing with aphasia, it took a lot of preparation. Everyone who wanted to participate could, regardless of their level of recovery. It was more free form, and more about the camaraderie."
Rev. Reeder will tell you that he's about 75 percent of his old self and hopes to recover more. He has returned to Christ Church, and also works to raise awareness about aphasia. "My goal is to talk with a new visitor to the church without them being able to tell I had a stroke. The two Brooks aphasia programs made all the difference, I can tell you that," said Rev. Reeder.
Morgan feels his recovery and return to work were nothing short of miraculous. "I always thank Father Tom for sharing his story and advocating for those with aphasia. I could not be prouder of him," said Morgan.
"Jodi believed in me," said Rev. Reeder. "She has a method of unlocking people's words. I don't know how she does it. I had started to get some words back, but Jodi gave me fluency. I wouldn't be sitting here doing my job without her. To me she was a miracle worker."
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Remuneration:£200 per day
Location:Dumfries & Galloway
Closing date:07 January 2020 at midnight
Appointment of Chair to Dumfries & Galloway College
Scottish Ministers are appointing a new Chair to Dumfries & Galloway College. The appointment will be for up to four years from 3 March 2020.
Role and responsibilities
As Chair, you will establish effective leadership of the Board ensuring that it fulfils its duties, roles and responsibilities, including those as an employer. You will work in partnership with employers and other regional stakeholders to focus on providing opportunities which meet demand in key industry sectors within the region and beyond, the College ensures that its students develop the right skills and positive attitudes to support the local, regional and national workforce needs, and plays a key role in helping to develop the regional economy.
You should already have board experience and be able to demonstrate experience, knowledge and expertise in all of the following:
Impactful strategic leadership
Effective governance and accountability which delivers results
Working collectively and collaboratively
Planning and delivering results
Length of appointment
The appointment will be for up to four years with the possibility of reappointment subject to evidence of effective performance and satisfying the skills and knowledge required at the time of reappointment and beyond. Reappointment is not automatic. Any appointment and subsequent reappointment will not exceed a maximum total of eight years.
It is anticipated that you will devote up to 2 days per week to performing your functions as and when required, up to a maximum of 104 days per year. Whilst the majority of Board meetings will take place in the local area, you will be required to attend meetings, representing the board, in other venues across Scotland from time to time. Your time will mainly be spent attending meetings, reading documents, evening and weekend events and contributing to national debate and policy development relating to post-16 education, as well as keeping abreast of the wider context to address sector wide issues.
Remuneration and Expenses
Remuneration rates are related to the turnover and staffing numbers of the college, and are paid monthly in arrears. The daily remuneration rate for this position is £200, up to a maximum total fee of £20,800 per financial year.
Reimbursement will also be made for all reasonable travel and subsistence costs and any reasonable dependant/carer expenses, including child care, incurred whilst undertaking Board duties and for support required to help members carry out their duties effectively.
This appointment is not pensionable.
Information about Dumfries & Galloway College
Dumfries and Galloway College is a single college in a single region offering a wide range of qualifications and courses at further and higher education levels across a diverse curriculum, including vocational education and training to a very broad range of people and communities. The College delivers to approximately 7,000 learners through its campus locations in Dumfries and Stranraer, 75 miles to the west of Dumfries. It is the only general purpose college in the Region and potential learners and employers are dependent on it sustaining a breadth of curriculum which meets their needs.
Working in partnership with employers and other stakeholders to focus on providing opportunities which meet demand in key industry sectors in the region and beyond, the College ensures that its students develop the right skills and positive attitudes to support the local, regional and national workforce needs, and plays a key role in helping to develop the economy.
You will be based at Bankend Rd, Dumfries DG1 4FD.
Further information: An application information pack with further details can be accessed via the link below.
The college have uploaded a video on their youtube channel which provides details on this appointment, the video can be found here
The closing date for applications is 7 January 2020.
Scottish Ministers particularly welcome applications from groups currently under-represented on Scotland's public bodies, such as women, disabled people, those from minority ethnic communities, and people aged under 50. The public appointments process promotes, demonstrates and upholds equality of opportunity for all applicants.
Accessibility to public appointments is a fundamental requirement and the public appointments process promotes, demonstrates and upholds equality of opportunity and treatment to all applicants. The Scottish Government will always give consideration to disability-related reasonable adjustments that an applicant might request to enable them to meet the person specification and participate fully in the selection process. If you require any of the application pack documentation in an alternative format, please contact Scottish Government Public Appointments on Freephone 0300 244 1898 or by email at public.appointments@gov.scot.
Appointed on merit; committed to diversity and equality.
Please apply online. If you experience any difficulties accessing our website, or in the event that you require a word version of the application form, please contact the Public Appointments Team on (Freephone) 0300 244 1898, by email at PA_Applications_Mailbox@gov.scot, or by writing to the Public Appointments Team, Scottish Government, Area 3F North, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh EH6 6QQ.
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THE WORLD'S LARGEST collection of classic British cars is owned by an eccentric collector in an out-of-the-way village in a far corner of New Zealand. You have to see it to believe it.
Britain's proud automotive history
The Hawke's Bay region in the west of New Zealand's North Island has the country's best climate and produces some of its top wines. Its seaside city of Napier was destroyed by an earthquake in 1931 and was reconstructed during the Depression in the Art Deco style.
Napier's outstanding architecture attracts visitors from all over the globe, with an annual Art Deco festival that has become one of the country's leading tourist attractions. It is a beautiful, if remote, part of the world.
Art Deco and the wine are great drawcards, but some people come to see one of the most unique sights in the automotive world – the British Car Museum outside the seaside village of Haumoana. It contains over 500 cars, the largest such collection on earth. Nearly all of them are in running order.
New Zealand is at the opposite end of the world to Great Britain, but economic and social ties between the mother country and its former colony have always been very strong.
Kiwis and cars
With just a few million people, New Zealand was never large enough to develop its own motor industry, and for many years most automotive imports to the country were from the United Kingdom. There were also many classic American imports, but mostly more expensive models for wealthier people. New Zealand roads were for many years dominated by British cars.
Ian Hope
The massive collection in Haumoana is owned by Ian Hope, a former mechanic and – to say the least – something of a British car enthusiast. He started collecting in the 1980s when he found he had a few Morris Minors floating around. He started to actively collect them, mostly from the local Hawkes Bay area, and as news spread of his collection many cars were donated to him or sold for the right price.
Despite its name, Ian's British Car Museum is not really a museum. It is not professionally curated, and the cars have been acquired pretty much at random. It is, in the real sense of the word, a collection. It just happens to be a very large one.
The cars are not on display as they would be in a conventional museum. They are not even properly cataloged – it's all in Ian's head. They are in many cases stacked two and three high in specially made racks in his massive hangar-like garage, with narrow passages between the rows and rows of vehicles. There is probably some sort of order – the Morris Minors are mostly together, for example – but it all seems a bit random.
Which is part of the charm. You walk in not expecting too much, or maybe a few cars on display, and you see hundreds and hundreds of Morrises, Austins, Vauxhalls, Humbers, Hillmans, Sunbeams, and the like. Jaguars and Rollers and Bentleys and Daimlers and Triumphs as far as you can see. There are brands that are almost forgotten today, like Jowett and Lanchester and Alvis.
Museum or collection?
I asked Ian if he had ever considered expanding the place and making it a bit more like a proper museum. "Not when you have neighbors like mine," he said. "I've had legal battles with them just to keep it in the shed. I was able to expand it, but I have no more room now. That's why I've gone up inside, rather than expanded the floor area."
Stacked to the ceilings
Ian bought his first car, a second-hand 1937 Ford Eight, in 1955. The Ford Eight, also known as the Model Y, was built by the company's English subsidiary and never sold in America. It was the most successful small car in England before World War II, despite its almost total lack of braking ability. Many, some of them assembled in Australia, found their way to New Zealand.
Ian's Ford Eight was the start of a lifelong automotive love affair. He became a mechanic in a local garage and in 1963 bought what is still his favorite car, an Austin Mini 7. This was an Austin badged version of the famous Mini Minor, one of the best known British cars ever.
The Morris Minor
At the heart of the collection are 38 Morris Minors. That's the ones in running order – there are dozens more in various states of repair and cannibalized for spares. The Minor was the biggest selling British car of the 1950s. It did not cease production until 1971, by which time 1.6 million been sold around the world. Designed by Alec Issigonis, better known for his classic front wheel drive Mini Minor, it featured advanced technologies such as torsion bar suspension and rack and pinion steering.
To many people the Morris Minor is the archetypal British car. For millions of people in Britain and throughout the British Empire and Commonwealth it was their first car, or the car they learnt to drive in. (I am one of those people). It handled well, it was comfortable and surprisingly roomy, and it was reliable and durable. Tens of thousands are still on the roads, and a company in Sri Lanka still manufactures body panels and mechanical parts.
Minors on parade
Ian's collection has all manner of Minors, from the early low light models through to a late model 1100 cc Traveller, the famous 'Woody'. Most models are represented – the MM series and the Minor 1000, and Travellers and pickup trucks and delivery vans. Most are in excellent condition.
The massive shed that houses the collection seems to stretch on forever. You follow a corridor formed by Austins or Hillmans and you turn a corner and there's a half a dozen Ford Zephyrs. If any part of you has even a vague liking for the history of the British motor industry, this place is incredible. You wonder if it's real.
There are a few commercial vehicles too. The pick of them is a 1923 Dennis fire engine that saw service during the 1931 Hawkes Bay earthquake. There is a Jowett Bradford and a variety of Bedford, Commer, Morris and other vans and trucks. There are even four hearses from different manufacturers.
Every corner of the shed, and on the bonnets of many of the vehicles, are brochures, manuals, badges and other memorabilia. The walls are festooned with road signs, many of which date from before New Zealand's changeover from miles to kilometers in 1972. There are dozens of old petrol pumps and hundreds of license plates. The collection of automotive paraphernalia alone is remarkable.
Ian Hope is now 77. His eyesight is fading and most of the time he uses a mobility scooter. It just fits between the rows of cars. He never married and he lives on site. "You have to," he says.
Hope's hope
He has no idea of what the collection might be worth. With good condition Morris Minors now reaching five figures, the collection's total value would be inestimable. But he has no interest in breaking it up and selling it off. Nor does he want that to happen after his time. The collection passes to a trust after his death, for 50 years. As for how it will be managed, that is for his family to decide. He has dozens of great-nieces and nephews.
Might some big collector in England want to buy the lot? "They'd need plenty of money," he says, with the hint of a smile on his face. "But nothing's for sale."
And a bit of memorabilia
It is his life's work. He says none of his family has shown an interest in taking over the collection as a commercial venture, but something will have to happen eventually.
"I can't dictate to them what to do, I can only hope that they carry it on," says Ian. Whatever the case, this most remarkable collection will remain together for the foreseeable future, tucked away in a massive shed in a remote corner of the Antipodes. It is a truly astonishing thing.
A short list of some of the collection's gems – a tiny hint of what's in it:
• 1927 Swift Tourer
• 1933 Austin 12/4
• 1934 Sunbeam Dawn
• 1937 Austin Big 7
• 1938 Austin 7 Ruby
• 1938 Daimler Conquest
• 1939 Hillman Minx
• 1948 Alvis TA14
• 1950 Bentley Mark VI
• 1950 Humber Super Snipe
• 1950 Jowett Javelin
• 1951 Rover 75 'Cyclops'
• 1954 Lanchester Leda
• 1955 and 1966 Austin Princess Vanden Plas
• 1956 Jaguar Mark VII
• 1957 Wolseley 6-90
• 1958 Triumph Vanguard Sportsman
• 1962 and 1974 Sunbeam Rapier
• 1962 Jaguar Mk II 3.4
• 1963 Austin Mini 7 (bought new by Ian Hope)
• 1969 Daimler V8 250
• 1973 Jensen Healey
• 1975 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow
• 1982 Jaguar XJS HE V12
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3 Cs Make It Easier to Live with your 70 Million New Smart City Neighbors Part 2: Coverage
In a previous blog post, we shared how connectivity–particularly connected vehicles–can help power tomorrow's Smart City. In this post, we explore how advances afforded by mobile technologies have radically changed our coverage of traffic network data, and how this helps to illuminate previously invisible city streets.
To develop plans for organizing mass transit routes, transportation planners need data like how long it takes to drive from A to B, how much traffic moves on a given street, and where a crash is likely to occur. But professionals have been in the Dark Ages when it comes to this critical work, relying on traditional technologies such as CCTV cameras, on-road sensors, speed radars, and on-board units (OBUs) attached to cars. Limited in network coverage, cost- and labor-intensive to install and maintain, these data sources meant that most of the traffic network in cities was technically invisible. For example, in New Jersey, surveillance systems only cover approximately 5% of the highway network. From a research perspective, modelers were forced to make a lot of assumptions, thereby increasing the risk of false conclusions in assessing road safety.
But thanks to the massive adoption of smartphones and advances in mobile technologies, real-time coverage of traffic networks is now possible. Although 150 million vehicles are expected to be connected via Wi-Fi by 2020 (according to Gartner), current penetration for connected cars is only 12% of the US car market. Contrast this with smartphone penetration of nearly 80% in the US (and higher in urban metros). Not only are smartphones more ubiquitous, they are also generally active. This is in contrast to an OBU on a connected car, which may remain inactive even when it is capable of sending data.
The advances in mobile technologies enable any smartphone to act like a connected sensor, thereby dramatically enhancing the quantity and quality of driver behavior data in a number of ways:
Additional data: Unlike OBUs, smartphones can measure phone use, a critical contributor to distracted driving, which is responsible for 25% of motor vehicle fatalities today.
Improved privacy: Collected data is crowdsourced and anonymized, so privacy concerns (a challenge with OBU where data remains within each vehicle) are readily alleviated.
Better models: Because data is gathered from a "random" sample, there is more variability from different population segments, so models grow more robust and reliable.
Growing validity: Not only are mobile technologies increasingly used to supplement traditional technologies, their validity continues to be more established each day.
Immunity from cyber hacking: OBUs are susceptible to carjackers who have the ability to wirelessly hack into functions that can lower speeds, fully kill the engine, abruptly engage the brakes, or disable them altogether. Smartphones are immune from this cyber security threat.
Once invisible, "sensor-less" parts of the city can now be "illuminated" through mobile sensors. Even better, wide coverage can be accomplished in a cost-effective manner (We'll cover that in the next blog post).
The map below visualizes the millions of trips analyzed in just one month by Zendrive's smartphone-based driver analytics platform. We see massive amounts of driver behavior data on risky behavior–analyzing over 2 billion miles per month–without requiring additional equipment. More data leads to more accurate models, continuously improving algorithms and a lot less guessing.
Total number of trips Zendrive analyzed during November-December 2016 grouped by metropolitan statistical areas
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Use sip_ping.pl to record latency and jitter data in a nice, pretty graph.
This shows that there is a 74 to 78 ms delay between my computer and the remote VoIP server. This delay is called latency. In the context of VoIP traffic, it's not always a bad thing to have consistent latency. Imagine if I consistently have 100 ms of latency on my call. That is, it takes one-tenth of a second for my speech to reach the ears of the person I am talking to. This isn't terribly noticeable. However, if this 100 ms delay suddenly evaporated to 50 ms and then jumped back to 100 ms, this would definitely create audible abnormalities in my speech. Every time it sped up, the audio would skip over the slower packets that hadn't arrived yet. Every time it slowed down, there would be a slight pause, waiting for more audio to arrive. This is called jitter, and this is the true source of quality problems on the VoIP frontier. However, this is not to say that latency is not an important measurement. Latency measurements can be a basis for measuring the potential for jitter. For example, say I have two hosts: one with 200 ms of latency and one with 5 ms of latency. A 20% variation in latency will result in 40 ms of jitter from the first host, and only 1 ms of jitter from the second.
One way to deal with jitter is to use a jitter buffer, a device that basically delays playing or sending on the audio packets for a short period of time to cushion against any delayed or out-of-order packets. As the packets arrive, the buffer grows and shrinks to accommodate variations in their latency, thus smoothing out their perceived latency. While jitter buffers are an excellent tool for improving audio quality on VoIP traffic, they still come with the cost of added latency in the call. It is preferable to eliminate the jitter on the network altogether, if possible.
One big source of jitter and latency is network congestion. Let's suppose that you're on an important VoIP call, when somebody on your network decides to download the latest movie trailer, instantly using up all of your bandwidth. Suddenly your VoIP packets have to wait in line behind the movie trailer packets, causing a change in latencyi.e., jitter. One solution to this problem is to use QoS policies on your router. This is the practice of prioritizing some types of network traffic ahead of others. QoS works well because some network traffic, like downloading movie trailers or checking your email, is not affected by small changes in latency or jitter, and other services, like VoIP traffic, are.
This uncovers a flaw in our use of traceroute and ping to measure latency. Because ping traffic is not the same as VoIP traffic, some routers' QoS policies might treat them differently. Hence the need for our Perl SIP ping utility [Hack #72]. As it uses SIP, it provides a much better estimate for measuring VoIP latency and jitter. In addition to network latency, it will also measure any latency injected into the system by the SIP application listening on the other end.
However, since SIP-based VoIP relies heavily upon another protocol altogether to carry the actual audio streamsReal-time Transport Protocol (RTP)measuring latency and jitter merely by sending SIP messages isn't foolproof. Yet, since SIP and RTP are almost always UDP (and ping packets are not), this kind of measurement is better than using ping and traceroute. Plus, many VoIP-aware routers give the same preference to SIP as they do to RTP, so the results you get using this technique might not be too far off.
Timing the round trip of SIP with Perl is only half of this hack. The second half is using a Unix program called RRDtool (http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/rrdtool/) to graph the data. RRDtool is a generic utility for graphing data over time. You'll need to build it by following the instructions at the author's web site.
$rrdtool graph pingtimes_daily.gif -v "milliseconds" \ --title="Latency over 1 day" -s now-1d -w 875 -h 475 \ DEF:provider1=voiphacks.rrd:provider1:MAX \ DEF:provider2=voiphacks.rrd:provider2:MAX \ DEF:provider3=voiphacks.rrd:provider3:MAX \ LINE2:provider1#882222:"Provider 1" LINE2:provider2#228822:"Provider 2" \ LINE2:provider3#222288:"Provider 3"
This will produce a graph of a full day's results, taken at five-minute intervals (Figure 6-1). If you'd like to graph a longer period of time, you can change the -s option to something like now-1w for a week, or now-1m for the results graphed over a month. The manpage for rrdgraph has some more examples that show how to tweak the output.
This graphs latency measured over time. To determine jitter, you can examine the variation in the line on the graph for each host. If it's a consistent 80 ms flat line, there's little likelihood of jitter. If it bounces all over the place, it's more likely that you'll experience jitter on a call.
Because this script takes a sample only every five minutes, it doesn't provide the truest possible measurement of the type of jitter that will affect a VoIP call. But since it's very difficult to trigger UDP datagrams at a real-world rate of 20 to 50 per second using the sip_ping.pl and RRDtool tools, measuring latency over time will have to suffice. Plus, with that many samples, you'd have a ton of numbers to crunch to figure out the utilization trends over a long span of time, like days, weeks, or years. By compromising short-term accuracy and taking samples only every five minutes, it's easy to look at latency over long spans of time.


He never said a single word to the songs and poems the kids recited.
Once I got a reaction from him I kept smiling and that's when he just decided to close his eyes.... for the rest of the program!!
The entire class with teacher Mrs. Johanna.
Keegan did a wonderful job. Love this boy!!!


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ole Announces Worldwide Deal With Out of the Blue for Hit Preschool Property Super WHY!
Toronto: ole is pleased to announce a worldwide administration deal with New York-based Out of the Blue Enterprises, creators of the top-rated, literacy-powered animated preschool series, Super WHY!. Under the terms of the new agreement, the Toronto-based independent music publisher, with offices in Nashville and Los Angeles, will administer the global music rights for the popular series. […]
Toronto: ole is pleased to announce a worldwide administration deal with New York-based Out of the Blue Enterprises, creators of the top-rated, literacy-powered animated preschool series, Super WHY!.
Under the terms of the new agreement, the Toronto-based independent music publisher, with offices in Nashville and Los Angeles, will administer the global music rights for the popular series.
Super WHY! is produced by Out of the Blue Enterprises, led by Co-Founders Angela C. Santomero, an Emmy-nominated creator of the preschool franchise, Blue's Clues; and former Nickelodeon entertainment executive Samantha Freeman, in conjunction with Canada's Decode Entertainment Inc. and C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures Inc.
Reading is power and Super WHY! is the only preschool property created to help kids learn the fundamentals of reading through interactive storybook adventures. The program represents a unique approach to preschool educational television, featuring a team of superhero characters with literacy-based powers, who jump into books to look for answers to everyday problems. The home viewer is the superhero sidekick, who is encouraged and empowered to participate in the reading adventure by playing research-based literacy games.
Ms. Freeman, Co-Creator and Executive Producer of Super WHY! and President of Consumer Products for Out of the Blue, expressed enthusiasm for the new affiliation.
"We are excited about our new partnership with ole," said Ms. Freeman. "We are confident that this agreement will help us 'strike the right chord' by making the sounds of Super WHY! available for kids and families around the world to enjoy."
ole Chairman & CEO Robert Ott welcomed Out of the Blue Enterprises as a new admin client.
"ole is excited to be able to deliver our world class services to Out of the Blue for Super WHY!," stated Ott. "We look forward to supporting this incredible, creative project that's already finding a rapt audience across the globe."
An expert in administrating and sub-publishing music copyrights, ole has concluded worldwide publishing administration agreements with some of the world's leading film and television producers.
ole has also purchased the worldwide music rights for WGBH's award-winning children's series Arthur; Amberwood Entertainment's The Secret World of Benjamin Bear and its recently launched Rollbots; sci-fi cult series Lexx, and all of the music in Nelvana's vast TV/film catalog. Recent purchases include the majority ownership of the WGBH music catalog and co-ownership of the music rights for CCI Entertainment.
The award-winning Super WHY!, premiered in fall 2007 on PBS KIDS and has aired more than 66,000 times in the U.S. alone. Since its U.S. launch, Super WHY! is consistently one of the top-ten of shows nationally with kids 2-5 according to Nielsen Media Research.
The program is also distributed internationally by Decode Entertainment, and broadcast in the U.S. (PBS), Canada (CBC) and the UK (Nick Jr.) as well as in Asia, Australia and other countries throughout Europe.
About Out of the Blue Enterprises
Out of the Blue Enterprises is dedicated to developing a groundbreaking portfolio of individually-targeted children's entertainment properties under the direction of a proven management team led by Co-Founders Angela C. Santomero, M.A. Developmental Psychology from Teachers College, Columbia University and a Creator of the preschool entertainment phenomenon, Blue's Clues, and Samantha Freeman, MBA from Harvard Business School and a children's entertainment industry and marketing veteran. The company creates breakthrough, interactive and curriculum-based entertainment concepts that span a variety of viable platforms, including television, video, publishing and consumer products. In doing so, Out of the Blue stimulates the minds of kids and families, involves them in fresh and original ways and elevates their educational entertainment experiences to a whole new level.
about ole
ole is one of the world's largest independent, full-service music publishers, with offices in Toronto, Nashville and Los Angeles. Founded by Robert Ott (former VP/GM BMGMP Canada) and Tim Laing (former radio and TV producer and finance executive), ole is now Canada's largest music publisher. ole boasts a team of 30 experienced industry professionals focused on acquisitions, creative development and worldwide administration. ole has been named the Canadian Country Music Association Music Publishing Company of the Year for 2007 and 2008, the first time in 15 years the honor has gone to an independent publisher.
The ole catalog includes over forty thousand songs and thirty thousand hours of TV music across all genres. ole has completed over $60MM USD in acquisitions over the past four years, including purchases of the Jody Williams Music catalog, Balmur, Keith Follese, Lighthouse, Frank Myers, Dream Warriors, Logrhythm's Matt Morris titles, Encore, David Tyson, and Marsfilm Music catalogs. ole has also purchased the worldwide music rights for WGBH's award-winning children's series Arthur, Amberwood Entertainment's The Secret World of Benjamin Bear, Rollbots, and sci-fi cult series Lexx, and all of the music in Nelvana's vast TV/film catalog. Recent purchases include the majority ownership of the WGBH music catalogue and co-ownership of the music rights for CCI Entertainment.
ole is an expert in administrating and sub-publishing music copyrights and has concluded worldwide publishing administration agreements with some of the world's leading songwriters, publishers and film and television producers. ole is a direct member of SOCAN, ASCAP, BMI, HFA, CMRRA and SESAC. ole leverages considerable industry relationships, board positions and knowledge of key collection issues to enable deep analysis of income trends. This is paired with an aggressive collection policy. For sub-publishing clients ole fields the largest, most sophisticated administrative and creative teams in Canada.
Staff songwriters and composers include: Jack Lenz, Gerald O'Brien, Mark J. Feist, JC Smith, Rupert Gayle, Tebey, Gilles Godard, Rebecca Everett, Mladen, James Huff, Willie Mack, Kelly Archer, and Roger Springer. ole also administers for songwriters David Kopatz and Dr. Alex Tsisserev of Mad Love Music.
ole co-ventures include Last Gang Publishing, representing artists Mother Mother, O'Luge, Rides Again, Let's Go To War, Panurge, Murray Yates (Forty Foot Echo), and Steven Dall. Nashville-based co-venture Roots Three Music includes songwriters Chris Thorsteinson, Murray Pulver and Dave Wasyliw of Doc Walker, Bruce Wallace, Steven Lee Olsen, Denny Carr, and Kaci Bolls. ole's urban co-venture with Tanjola (formerly ib Entertainment) has brought Dru, Alonzo, Haydain Neale, Alex Greggs and Shiloh to the roster. ole has also entered into a co-venture with LA-based Five K Entertainment headed by Victor Murgatroyd, former Vice-President of A&R for j records.
ole songs have appeared in national ad campaigns for Toyota, Sears, The Bay, and Telus as well as televisions series The Sopranos, The Black Donnellys, The Hills, Cold Case, Trailer Park Boys, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Whistler, Da Kink In My Hair, and Falcon Beach.
Notable copyrights for ole include the Taylor Swift singles "White Horse", "Tim McGraw," "Picture To Burn" and the iTunes No. 1 Selling Country Song of 2007 "Teardrops On My Guitar", Kelly Clarkson's Billboard #1 single "Miss Independent", "Can't Hold Us Down" by Christina Aguilera and Lil' Kim, "Black Velvet" by Alannah Myles, Craig Morgan's "That's What I Love About Sunday" (2005 Billboard Country Song of the Year), "Shoes" by Shania Twain (from the album Music Inspired by Desperate Housewives), Sean Paul's "Change the Game", Trace Adkins' "High", "Long Black Train" by Josh Turner, and "It Was Me" by George Strait. Recent ole cuts include "I'm Already There" by Westlife, "After Tonight" by Justin Nozuka, "Once In A While" by Akon, Kristy Lee Cook's "15 Minutes Of Shame", "Another Pot O' Tea" by Anne Murray/Emmylou Harris, "You Got Me Runnin" performed by Doman + Gooding and written by Dru and Rupert Gayle, "Streetlights" performed by Kevin Borg and written by Steven Lee Olsen, "Lies" performed by Martina McBride and written by Gerald O'Brien, "Goodbye, You Suck" by Shiloh and five songs on the latest Road Hammers album, Road Hammers II.
ole is committed to being the best and most innovative global destination for world-class songwriters, composers, and management talent, and the first choice music source for creators in all media.


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1 Day Guangzhou Highlights Tour
Code: CPGZ0117 Visitors Booked This Package
1 Day 1 City: Guangzhou 8 pics
This Private Tour Guranteed Departures Based on ≥2 Pax
All day Guangzhou city tour to Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, The Memorial Hall of Chen Family,Temple of Six Banyan Trees and Shamina Island.
Full Itinerary
Dates and Price
Day 1: All day tour to Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, The Memorial Hall of Chen Family,Temple of Six Banyan Trees and Shamina Island.
Depart from your hotel to visit the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, which is the most symbolized building of Guangzhou, and a key venue for the large-scale meetings and performances as well. It was built in 1931 in memory of Sun Yat-sen, the pioneer of China s bourgeois democratic revolution. The memorial hall, occupying an area of 12,000 square meters with a height of 46 meters, has magnificent exterior and elegant interior decorations. The whole building, in octagonal shape, is designed with typical Chinese architecture style.
Then visit the Memorial Hall of the Chen Family, also known as Guangdong Folk Art Museum, was built in the 1890s. It is now the largest and best preserved and decorated ancient architecture existing in Guangdong province. The decoration combines wood carving, brick carving, stone carving, clay sculpture, ash sculpture, brass and iron foundry, grotto, etc. The special historical, artistic, and scientific aspects of the temple have made it an important attraction in Guangzhou.
After that go to Temple of Six Banyan Trees. As one of t he famous ancient Buddhist temple in China, the Temple of Six Banyan Trees was built in 537 during the Southern dynasties (386-581A.D). The major structure in the temple is an octagonal pagoda named Flower Pagoda, which is 57.6 meters high, the highest old architecture in the city. The temple originally had a different name but was renamed the "Banyan tree" temple by the dissident poet Su Dongpo who visited the site in 1100. The temple houses 3 huge bronze Buddhist statues made in 1663, each of which is 6 meters high and weighs 10 tons. They are the largest old bronze statues in Guangdong.
At last visit Shamian Island: For an instant immersion in Guangzhou's colonial history, head for the leafy oasis of Shamian Island, which was acquired as a foreign concession in 1859 after the two Opium Wars.
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Meals: Lunch
Service Includes:
1. Entrance fees : To scenic spots as listed above in the in the itinerary.
2. Meals: All means as specified in the itinerary.
3. Private Transfers: Between airports, hotels and scenic spots while sightseeing in by the private air conditioned vehicle with driver and English-speaking guide.
4. Private tour escort for Sightseeing: As outlined in the Itinerary will be escorted with English-speaking guide.
The English-speaking guide and driver of each city accompany you throughout the entire tour in that city. They do not fly with you from one city to another.
5.Service Charge & Government Taxes:
6. Luggage Transfers: Between airports and hotels.
7. Arrangements: The tour cost includes the planning, handling, operational and communication charges.
* Guangzhou is an interesting city, you could have really good Canton Cuisine here.
* Except the spots above, you could visit Yuexiu Park with Zhenhailou Tower (Guangzhou Mesum), or climb to Baiyun Hills to take a birds' view of Guangzhou
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`Temple of Six Banyan Trees
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I'm kinda hazy on the final days of Paul's life because I was far away and completely unaware that anything was going on.
Paul had been in a town about thirty minutes away from Kitchener. The police had picked Paul up and the police had called my mom to have her pick him up but my mom didn't drive. He wasn't really doing anything wrong so they had to let him go.
Then he apparently took his glass eye out for some unknown reason. He took it out and left it on a counter in a store. I always wondered what the person thought of the eye when they found it.
Then the next thing we know of is that Paul had drowned in a creek. How does one drown themselves in a creek? Was he on drugs again? I saw the autopsy report but no one explained it to me so I certainly didn't understand what I was reading. I read it many years ago so I'm not sure if I would understand anything more. Unfortunately my mom had the autopsy report but I have no idea what happened to the report when she moved.
It was quite amazing that my mom was able to reach me. She didn't have the dorm number but she called the office. By chance, that night, one of the teacher's had been working. I didn't even know that teacher but he came and got me in the lounge, he gave me privacy and that was the night I got the horrible news about my brother. It's amazing how I remember that night like it was yesterday.
The next day I flew out of Winnipeg to go home for the funeral. Experiencing a sibling's funeral was both eye-opening and awkward. Grief is kind of a funny thing. If one more person said "I'm so sorry for your loss", I was going to scream. I appreciate that people need to say something but I just really got sick of people saying it. I also think that it is so funny that so many people brought us food and wanted to take us out for dinner when the last thing I felt like doing is eating.
So where did Paul go? I like to think that God understands mental health more than anyone. I like to think God has a special place for these mentally tormented individuals. Others may disagree but I believe in a God that understands the mentally ill. Who are we to judge?!!


Vander Esch and Evans provide versatility at the position, and each would provide an immediate impact on a team that doesn't think it's too far off from contending for a championship.
The thought here is that the Cowboys go with a linebacker in the first-round for the first time since 2006 (Ohio State's Bobby Carpenter). Vander Esch is our pick for them, assuming he's available at No. 19.
And, in our final mock draft, he is available.
USC's Sam Darnold may be the "safer" pick, and Baker Mayfield may be the "sexier" pick, but Allen has arguably the most upside of any quarterback in this draft. He has the best arm and seems to have the right mindset to turn around the Browns franchise. General manager John Dorsey uses this pick on who he believes is the future of the franchise.
Darnold and Saquon Barkley are tempting here, but the Giants throw the first curveball by going with Chubb. At the end of the day, an elite pass rusher is tougher to find than a running back. Last season's leading rusher, Kansas City's Kareem Hunt, was a third-round pick.
The Jets land the quarterback who's widely considered the "safest" quarterback choice in this year's class. They hope Darnold lives up to the hype.
The Browns could field trade offers for this pick, but Barkley is too talented to pass up. Cleveland lands what it hopes are two franchise-changing players in Allen and Barkley.
Case Keenum is the starter for the immediate future, and this provides a perfect breeding ground for the reigning Heisman Trophy winner.
Arguably the best player in the draft, the Colts get Andrew Luck more inside protection.
A Day 1 starter who has drawn comparisons to Sean Lee and Ed Reed will help a secondary that ranked last in pass defense, allowing 260.6 yards a game.
Shutdown corners don't grow on trees, and Ward has the makings of being just that at the next level.
At just 19, Edmunds is going to be the youngest player in the NFL. But he's an elite athlete and should become a staple for a 49ers team that is facing an uncertain future with 2017 first-rounder Reuben Foster.
Jon Gruden lands a player he hopes becomes the next Derrick Brooks. Smith is coming off a monster season for Georgia in which he had 14 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks.
Fitzpatrick is a do-it-all defensive back who can play safety, corner and nickel. Miami could look going quarterback here, but Adam Gase – a Nick Saban disciple – goes with the Jim Thorpe Award winner.
The Bills might have to trade into the top-five to get their quarterback of choice. But Rosen slides to them in this scenario.
A massive run-stuffing DT can only help a team that ranked last in run defense a season ago.
Landry had a disappointing season as a senior in 2017, but he still has the makings of being an elite edge rusher at the next level. The Packers gamble on him over Texas-San Antonio's Marcus Davenport.
Larry Fitzgerald can't play forever, and Ridley couldn't ask for a better mentor than the future Hall of Famer.
The Ravens had one of the worst passing offenses last season. Sure, they could use more weapons, but quarterback Joe Flacco could use more time too. McGlinchey is an upgrade over James Hurst at right tackle.
A quarterback, such as Oklahoma State's Mason Rudolph, is tempting here. But Miller had impressive workouts and becomes another piece of a young core on this O-line.
Davenport is a project, but has massive upside. He piled up 15 sacks the past two seasons at UTSA and would fit in nicely with the Seahawks' scheme.
Wide receiver is a need, but the Cowboys can address that in Round 2. At this point, they opt for a promising and versatile linebacker who had 141 tackles last season.
Linebacker Leighton Vander Esch, the Dallas Cowboys' first-round pick at No. 19 overall, talks about his youth in Idaho and who he emulates at linebacker.
Payne is the best player on the board at this point and is a talent in the trenches who will help every level of the defense. He also has flexibility if Matt Patricia is running a 3-4 or 4-3.
Daniels is the best center in this class and maybe best to come out since Alex Mack in 2009. He has versatility to start at any three of the interior line positions and will help the Bengals immediately.
The Bills' O-line is going through a transition with the departures of Cordy Glenn, Richie Incognito and Eric Wood. Wynn is a plug-and-play starter who is expected to transition from left tackle in college to guard in the pros.
The Patriots have shown interest in Jackson throughout the draft process and pull the trigger here on Tom Brady's heir apparent. Jackson is a dual-threat quarterback who threw for 27 touchdowns and rushed for 18 last season.
He had an injury-plagued season as a junior, but had five interceptions as a sophomore. Carolina is looking for secondary help.
A physical linebacker with power and speed who had 13 tackles for loss last season. Oh, and new coach Mike Vrabel knows a thing or two about linebacker play.
Bryan has drawn comparisons to Philadelphia's Fletcher Cox. A prospect with that much upside has to entice a coach such as Dan Quinn, who spent time at Florida as the defensive coordinator and defensive line coach in 2011-12.
Drew Brees gets another weapon in hopes of making another push for a championship. After failing to bring back Jimmy Graham, Gesicki gives the Saints a big target at 6-foot-5, 247 pounds, especially in the red zone.
The Steelers could be tempted to find Ben Roethlisberger's eventual replacement, but Jackson is too hard to pass up. This is a guy who had 27 passes defended and eight interceptions for the Hawkeyes last season.
The Jaguars didn't have a 1,000-yard receiver, and the leader in TD receptions was veteran tight end Marcedes Lewis with five. They need more playmakers for Blake Bortles, and Sutton has the makings of being a No. 1 receiving threat.
Mike Zimmer loves cornerbacks, and Hughes has upside. He had four interceptions and 11 passes defended last season for the undefeated Golden Knights.
Nate Solder bolted in free agency, and the Patriots address that void by bringing in Williams. Williams played left tackle in college, but could move inside in the NFL.
The Eagles have a stocked roster and add another playmaker to their offense in Guice, who was among the Eagles' pre-draft visits. Guice provides stability at running back, too, with Jay Ajayi entering the final year of his contract in 2018.
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Important developments in the Dawn leaks case
ISLAMBAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has issued orders for the removal of Special Assistant to Prime Minister Tariq Fatemi. The prime minister also ordered for investigations to be carried out on senior bureaucrat Rao Tehseen. Cases of Zafar Iqbal and Cyril Almeida from Dawn are to be sent to APNC, according to the orders of […]
Strangulated body of boy found in graveyard
RAWALPINDI: A strangulated body has been found from the graveyard of Haibib Colony within the jurisdiction of Naseerabad police. Nadir Khan Resident of district Mardan told the police that body of his son Javed was found lying in a grave yard. According to media reports, Nazia Bibi wife of Javed told that a boy named […]
Nawaz Sharif was, is and will remain PM: Javed Hashmi
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Hot, dry weather likely in most parts of country
ISLAMABAD: Mainly hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country, while very hot weather is expected in Sukkur, Sibbi, Larkana, Shaheed Benazirabad, Multan, Bahawalpur, Sahiwal and DI Khan divisions. Temperature of some major cities recorded on Friday morning: Islamabad 15°C, Lahore22°C, Karachi 26°C, Peshawar 18°C, Quetta, Murree and Muzaffarabad 13°C and […]
MOAB strike: US bombing of IS in Afghanistan killed dozens
KABUL: A US military strike with a weapon known as the "mother of all bombs" (MOAB) killed 36 IS militants and destroyed their base, the Afghan defence ministry says. The 21,600lb (9,800kg) bomb was dropped on a tunnel complex used by so-called Islamic State in Nangarhar province. No civilians were affected by the explosion; the […]
Eight terrorists killed, one injured in Rangers, security agencies joint operation
DERA GHAZI KHAN: As many as eight terrorists were killed while one other was injured in a joint search operation conducted by security agencies and Rangers in DG Khan. Sources said that Rangers and Intelligence agencies carried out a raid on a hide out of terrorists affiliated with banned outfit Tehreek e Taliban (TTP) in […]
Kulbhushan awarded death sentence
RAWALPINDI: Indian RAW Agent Naval officer Commander Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav alias Hussein Mubarak Patel was arrested on March 3 2016 through a Counter Intelligence Operation from Mashkel, Balochistan, for his involvement in espionage and sabotage activities against Pakistan. The spy has been tried through Field General Court Martial (FGCM) under Pakistan Army Act (PAA) and […]
Commander air force of Zimbabwe visits air headquarters
ISLAMABAD: Air Marshal Perrance Shiri, Commander, Air Force of Zimbabwe visited Air Headquarters, Islamabad Monday. On his arrival, the distinguished guest was received by Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman, Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force. A smartly turned out contingent of Pakistan Air Force presented him the Guard of Honor. The visiting dignitary […]
Attempt to kidnap girl student of QAU foiled
RAWALPINDI: A bus driver of Quid Azam University (QAU) has been arrested for allegedly attempting to abduct a girl student of Quid Azam University in Rawalpindi. According to media reports the bus driver dropped the girl students and sped away the bus when only one girl student was left therein. The girl student started crying […]
Another MQM- lawmaker Mehmood Abdul Razzaque decides to join PSP
KARACHI: MQM Pakistan Member provincial Sindh Assembly Mehmood Abdul Razzaque has decided to join Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP). Sources said that Mehmood will announce soon on when he is joining PSP. Mehmood Abdul Razzaq was elected member of Sindh assembly on MQM Ticket from PS 116. It is pertinent to mention here that two days […]


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Australia may be the land down under, but it does feature top of the list of countries with thriving food cultures. Sure, some may be quick to say: but there are only a handful of native Australian dishes. While this may be irrefutably true, the Australian people do an amazing job at adapting and customizing foods from all over the world, thus giving these foods an Australian identity. What may be a common burger in one part of the world acquires an Australian identity in this country. Here are some of the local foods in Australia that you simply must try when you visit the country, which is one of the most wonderful places in the world:
It is difficult to think of Australian cuisine and not immediately think of the Pavlova. This dessert is not only a particular favorite of the Australian people but also one that originated from this very country. Of course, there is the millennium-old dispute between Australia and New Zealand over who really came up with this dessert. As the story goes, the dessert was invented in the 1920s, when renowned Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova paid several visits to both countries. An Australian chef, Herbert Sachse, of the Hotel Esplanade in Perth, then came up with the recipe for a dessert that would be as light as this ballerina. In New Zealand, the natives claim that versions of this dessert were already being made long before Pavlova's visit. Whichever the case, the Pavlova is one food that calls Australasia home. A Pavlova is a sweet dessert made of meringue base, lots of whipped cream, fresh fruit, and then topped with passion fruit.
You cannot claim to be Australian until you have had several meat pies. They are so popular in the country that you would be hard put to find a party where they do not make it to the food list. It is custom to eat your pie with ketchup and do it straight from the bag. Every bite of the meat and the gravy enclosed in the pastry case is certainly a heavenly delight. Meat pies were popularised in Australia during the colonial era when they used to be sold by vendors on carts on many streets. They may not be originally Australian, but they hold a special place in the hearts of the Australian people. If you do not feel up to indulging in all the meat, then you could choose the saner mashed potato pie- it is just as good.
Vegemite
This is the one food that unarguably originated from Australia, which is one of the most wonderful places in the world. It is a unique spread that many foreigners do not particularly enjoy, mostly because they are quick to spread generous amounts of the spread to their bread. To get the most of this savoury spread, you need to apply it sparingly on your bread- keep in mind that it is neither jam nor butter. The spread has a rather interesting history. In 1922, a businessman by the name of Fred Walker asked a chemist to come up with a spread made from used brewer's yeast. The young chemist, Cyril Callister, came up with the product that was named Vegemite, after a hat. Vegemite is rich in Vitamin B, and that explains why it is exceedingly loved in Australia. Of course, catchy advertisements also contributed to the popularity of the spread. Today, there are many other combinations that have come up, such as vegemite and avocado toast, vegemite- cheese sandwiches, and many others.
Chiko Roll
This humble roll is one that is stuffed with cabbage, onion, carrot, beef, and several other ingredients. It very much resembles the Chinese spring roll, and many have validly concluded that the smaller Chinese roll is the inspiration behind the Chiko roll. Contrary to what its name would have you believe, the roll does not contain any chicken. The Chiko can be eaten anywhere- it is an on-the-go food for Australians.
Pumpkin Scones
Given Australia's Anglo- Saxon history, pumpkins and scones are popular there. However, instead of making the otherwise world-famous pumpkin pie, Australia made its own pumpkin scones. They are very popular in the country, and you certainly must try them when you are there. They were especially popularised by the wife of a former Queensland, from which time they became a celebrated Australian food.
Grilled Kangaroo
Kangaroos are synonymous with Australia, and it, therefore, comes as no surprise that they form part of the country's cuisine. They are preferred to other types of meats because they contain low fat, and of course, because they are so abundant in some parts of the country. Grilled, Kangaroo meat is a heavenly delight. No doubt there are some who will find the thought of eating kangaroo meat repulsive, but if you like trying new things, then kangaroo meat will not disappoint you. Prepared the Australian way, it can be cooked with any number of spices- from pepper to garlic to rosemary, and then served with fruits such as red currant and plums.
Lamb Leg Roast
This is a family meal, often prepared for Sunday lunch. It is usually served with plenty of baked potatoes, and it is very satisfying indeed. The tender delicacy is prepared with garlic, rosemary, and olive oil in just the right proportions to create a mouthwatering meal. The food may also not be originally Australian, but Australians boast of being the only ones who can really prepare it the right way.
Barbequed Snags
Barbequing is truly Australian tradition and a favorite activity for most people. Little wonder barbequing snags are so popular in the country. The snags could be beef or pork, or the more recent ones that are flavored with spices and herbs from all over the world.
One thing that sets Australian hamburgers apart from ordinary ones is the inclusion of beetroots in the burgers. In fact, Australian hamburgers are arguably the biggest in the world. They contain so many ingredients, such as lettuce, cheese, onion, tomato, bacon, a fried egg, grilled pineapple, generous amounts of beetroot, and tomato sauce to top it all. Nothing spells big and tasty better. Additionally, the burgers do not contain any pickle or mayonnaise. So in case, you thought that Australia does not have its own hamburgers, you now know that nothing could be further from the truth.
It goes without saying that Australia has one of the world's most vibrant cultures. Although most Australians are willing to contend that most of these foods do not originate from the country, they are also quick to add that they are the masters of adaption. Australian food is unique and special in its own way- you only have to try it in order to get convinced.
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Unless Vice President Pence's wife and daughter wrote a book about bunnies. Then that book becomes fodder for snarky comics like John Oliver.