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Staffordshire gypsy caravan site plan sparks 248 objections
MP Sir Bill Cash and Gnosall Parish Council are among the objectors
Kerry AshdownLocal Democracy Reporter
Radmore Lane, Gnosall (Image: Google Images)
Hundreds of people are fighting plans for a gypsy caravan site on the edge of a rural village.
The proposal for land at Radmore Lane, Gnosall, near Stafford, has come forward almost a decade after a previous application was refused permission by Stafford Borough Council.
More than 260 people objected to the 2011 application, which was rejected because it was not demonstrated there was an overriding need to develop the site in open countryside. There were also concerns that the plans would result in the loss of greenfield land and harm the appearance of the rural area.
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Now 248 people have objected to the latest proposals for a private Romany gypsy site for one family, with a day room and no more than two mobile homes and four touring caravans.
Stone MP Sir Bill Cash, Gnosall Parish Council and campaign group Grid (Gnosall Resists Indiscriminate Development) are among the objectors.
Sir Bill said: "The proposed development is unsuitable and not in keeping with nearby dwellings and the rural character of the area and would result in a loss of green land. This type of development on open countryside would be visually detrimental to the surrounding area and would be clearly visible in the local landscape.
"The proposed development would exacerbate the existing traffic problems on the A518 and the site would be accessed via an unlit junction on a section of the road which has a 60mph speed limit. The site entrance is on a tight bend off Radmore Lane, which is a single track country lane. It is unsuitable for heavy vehicles towing mobile homes and caravans."
The parish council said: "The applicant is already accommodated in Donnington, so there is no welfare case to consider. Even if such an argument were mounted, there are at least 36 to 39 Stafford Borough Council sites available.
"There is no overriding need demonstrated in this location. A greenfield site in a rural area should not be used for a residential gypsy site. There are very likely to be suitable sites on brownfield or previously used land nearer to the urban areas (of) Stafford borough."
A Glendower Close resident said: "This is a completely wrong proposal to try and enforce on an award-winning picturesque village. The proposed site is clearly visible from the A518 and will have a visual impact on anyone approaching the village of Gnosall.
"This is a development which will cause an intrusion into the green fields and countryside which separates Gnosall from Newport. There is no precedence for this totally unnecessary and development application and it will certainly be a permanent blot on the landscape for generations of the local community and everyone driving into rural Staffordshire.
"We travel on the A518, passing the the proposed development and we have observed a significant increase in traffic on this stretch of the A518. This is no doubt due in part to the increase in our local population using their vehicles.
"The site is rural agricultural land where sheep may safely graze without electricity, mains water or human effluent disposal facilities. The installation of a septic tank would require drainage extending onto the adjoining agricultural land. Additionally, there will be a significant increase in the collection of recycling waste from the residents and visitors."
A Radmore Lane resident said: "Safety would be compromised on the adjoining road network by nature of the traffic the site would generate, inadequate turning provision in Radmore Lane and off the A518.
"Since 2011, there is even more traffic on the A518 due to Gnosall housing developments and have been many more serious accidents, meaning that there is even more reason this time to refuse the application than in 2011. Increase in traffic makes this application dangerous to the community as well as the applicants and their families."
But there have also been seven letters of support sent to the council.
A Coton resident said: "There's no difference between a few transit vans towing a caravan and the dozens of massive tractors towing huge trailers and assorted farm machinery that use this road all the time. And caravans don't spread mud all over the road unlike the tractors.
"If approving this application means that their other fields in the centre of the village on Station Road are left unoccupied, then I am supportive. If, however, their plan is to occupy both Radmore Lane and their fields on Station Road then I object."
And a Station Road resident said: "This should be allowed as better have this caravan site at a field outside of village than having it in the fields that are owned by travellers right in middle of village by Co-op.
"And concerns around the caravans turning into Radmore lane causing danger on the 518 - it's no different to all the massive tractors with their massive trailers going up and down the lane all day long and holding traffic up, a transit with a trailer is no different."
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Hailsham Photographic Society Annual Print Exhibition 2014
Chairman Ray Beckwith welcomed everyone to the Charles Hunt Centre in Hailsham on Saturday with a glass of wine and nibbles, then handed over to Clive Tanner FRPS for the official opening. Clive said the standard of work was exceptional and that the current print leaders, Liz and Roger Scott, together with other members of the committee, showed a gentle touch in hanging the prints so beautifully.
Members of the club were invited to offer their prints for the exhibition and all pictures were accepted and framed.
The Mayor of Hailsham , Cllr Jo Bentley, always a great supporter of the Society, thanked the club for both her, and her husbands invitations, and said how difficult it would be to pick her favourite print out of all the pictures on display.
It was a sociable evening, a prelude to the week ahead, with doors open to the public from 10.00 to 16.00, from Monday 16th until Saturday 21st June with free parking and refreshments available.
Thursday was the last meeting of the season, and the club held its Annual General Meeting and awards presentation.
Chairman Ray Beckwith opened the proceedings with a warm welcome to all members and began with his report of the years activities which was then followed by a report from each member of the committee.
Next on the agenda was the re-election of officers and members of the committee for those who had not completed their three year term after nomination, and nominations and election of officers to fill vacancies.
After the tea break, there was the presentation of trophies by the clubs President Colin Tourle LRPS, to the winners in each category of the competitions, with photographs taken for the clubs website by Bob Sherrard LRPS.
The annual dinner is planned to take place next Thursday at the Boship (Lions) Farm Hotel for members and their guests and there are several social activities arranged during the summer to help people stay in touch until the new season begins in September.
The competition season has now ended and this weeks guest speakers were two of the Society's own members, David Mills ARPS and John Deller LRPS. They gave a new print and AV presentation titled "Snowdonia Via The Knockin Shop". David's photography was mainly darkroom in black and white, but with some digital, and the colour digital prints belonged to John, with many of both being displayed in the hall for members to enjoy during the tea break.
David and John have visited Snowdonia many times and the "Knockin Shop" transpired to be a post office and convenience store.
There were several AV's shown interspersed with prints showing pictures of mountains catching the last rays of sunlight, clouds and mist, (ever present in Snowdonia) descending the hills, lichen on the forest floor, a beautiful oak leaf spattered with raindrops against a background of patterned rocks, and many rain soaked images.
There was a final short film of people on a classic walk from Pen-y-pass across Crib Goch, which is described as a "knife-edged" arête in the Snowdonia National Park which was truly amazing.
The evening was absolutely brilliant with plenty of humour and the club felt they were very lucky to have David and John show such ability, talent and great work.
This week saw the final of the PDI Competition and the club was very lucky to book judge David Eastley ARPS at the last minute as unfortunately Trevor Gellard FRPS was suddenly unable to attend.
Results as follows:
Beginners - third and second place went to Brian Gell for "Male Hooded Merganser" and "St Michael's Mount", and the winner was Martin Rumary with "The Wedding Photographer", a picture filled with beams of light, people dancing and drinking, and a silhouetted person in the foreground taking a photograph of the proceedings.
Intermediate - third and second place went to Janet Monk ARPS for "Court In Transit" and "Bob, The Window Cleaner", and the winner was Gill Terry for "The Droplet", a beautiful picture in shades of green of a small branch bearing a single drop of water at the tip.
Advanced - third place went to Gay Biddlecombe LRPS for "Surviving (India)", second was Colin Chrismas LRPS for "The Race Leader" and the winner was Roy Broad for "Wing-drying Anhinga" a super black and white shot of the bird with wings outstretched.
David said the quality of images was very high and he did an absolutely excellent job of judging.
This weeks guest speaker was Richard Walton FRPS, with his latest talk called "Seeing" for those who want to "see" rather than just look. His first love is, and always will be, black and white photography. Richard showed a collection of colour prints and compared them with the same in monochrome as sometimes that suits the image better. Some prints also had wording with great juxtaposition to the subject giving so much more meaning to the image, resulting in humorous pictures, and taking time to capture people behaving naturally, he sets up his camera and waits for something to happen.
Richard likes to break the rules by photographing things as he sees them and takes his camera everywhere.
It was an absolutely superb evening with a very amusing delivery which made an extremely entertaining night. Richard is both highly rated as a judge and speaker.
This week was the culmination of several months work in the print final with judge Keith Evans FRPS from Tonbridge, who had not been to the club for a few years. Results as follows.
For beginners, in third place was "Into The Light" by Pam Maclay, second was "Amaryllis" by Martin Rumary and the winner was Graham Wilkinson with "Loch Awe From Portsonachen" a seascape of mist, clouds and trees.
For intermediates, in third place was "Fiendish Friend" by Gill Terry, second was "Sunset Square" by Keith Deverson and the winner was Wendy Chrismas with "Fruit Of The Vine" a still life of a bottle and a glass of wine and grapes.
For advanced, in third place was "Solitary Tree Tuscany" by Pat Broad ARPS AFIAP, second was "Potter" by Roy Morris ARPS, and the winner was Phil Smith with "Lisanthus", a stunning white flower with a green stem against a lilac border.
Keith said it was a real treat to see images of such good quality and took his time to make relevant comments.
It was the PDI Photographer of the year competition this week for the Southern Cross Trophy, where each entrant shows a portfolio of six projected digital images that demonstrate the photographers versatility. Martin Faiers, who at has been to the club before, travelled from the Croydon area for judging.
There were sixteen panels altogether for Martin to evaluate each containing six images which made it a most difficult, but valid competition to judge because it is so different from any other.
After long deliberation, third place was awarded to Gay Biddlecombe LRPS for her lovely images, "Poppy" "A Drop Of Water" Eastbourne Pier At Night" "Old Sad Eyes" "Polar Bear And Cub In The Artic" and "Sunrise over Rannoch Moor".
Second place went to Roy Morris ARPS for his beautiful PDI's named "Jeweller Havana" "No Money, Peru" "Keralan Schoolgirl" "Western Ghats" "Indian Dancer" and "Archway Havana".
The winner was Janet Monk ARPS for a set of stunning pictures titled "Into The Light", a lovely woodland walk through the trees, "Bob the Window Cleaner", a clever picture taken from the other side of an opaque window, "Breaking Wave", a motion picture of the surf, "Abutilon", three pretty red flowers against a leafy background, "Court In Transit", a close up of hands shuffling cards called the spring card trick, and "Impressions of Woodchester", a photograph resembling a superimposed pictures of a church with reflections. All images completely different from each other showing remarkable skills.
Martin was pushed for time due to the great number of pictures he had to see, but did a very good job and was able to make well thought out comments on all the images.
This Thursdays competition was for the Strong Trophy, where thirteen members each entered a set of six prints to be judged as a coherent panel. The judge was Richard Walton FRPS who has been to the club on many previous occasions, and said it was always refreshing to visit. He simply loves judging panels and always finds it great fun. He was looking for an obvious style with the photographers input to make conventional pictures more personal.
Jan Cunningham ARPS was awarded highly commended for "Graffiti", with several colourful images on each print. Richard said it was a clever idea, and had a personal touch which made them a little bit different.
Also highly commended was "Nagaur Horse Fair" by Alison Morris ARPS, a set of monochrome prints on matt paper of portraits of people at the fair which stood out so well from the slightly blurred background. An attractive set of images very well presented.
In third place was "After The Rain" by Gill Terry, a lovely set of close up pictures of garden flowers, an ivy leaf and ladybird with wonderful colours and beautifully sharp water droplets.
Second place was awarded to Liz Scott ARPS AFIAP, for her entry called "Standing Stones Of Cornwall", stunning scenery with super cloudscapes, and beautifully printed. Richard said they worked very well as a panel, but also as individual images.
The winner was Roy Morris ARPS with his panel called "Cuban Workers", a stunning collection of prints of people doing their every day tasks working at their jobs, including a barbershop, shoe shine, and a pottery maker. Richard said was as good a panel as he's ever seen.
At the end of the evening Richard presented certificates to all the successful contenders, and was considered an exceptional judge who enjoyed himself by sometimes changing the layout of the panel to see if it would work better in a different arrangement.
It was a pleasure for the Society to welcome Keith Gibson last Thursday, to present his lecture, which was about some of the photographs taken whilst out walking, accompanied by projected digital images. Keith has been to the club before to judge competitions, but it was his first time to give this talk. Apart from photography, Keith's passions are walking and cycling. However, when walking with a group, Keith has to grab photographs practically on the move because serious walkers don't stop. He is always ready, therefore, with his camera attached to a monopod, over his shoulder so he can quickly take his shot and then catch up with the rest of the group.
Many of the PDI's were of the wonderful countryside local to Keith, particularly during a walk from Kingston to Eastbourne. Starting in the South Downs National Park, he passed Lewes, Firle Beacon, Breaky Bottom vineyard near Rodmell, then on to Alfriston following the Cuckmere Valley Walk to the Haven, then climbing up the first of the seven sisters. Keith showed a portrait shot taken at high tide, with white cliffs, a clear green sea, and blue sky.
Keith has also walked nearly the full length of the Thames Path and showed many lovely pictures of the river, with a green barge reflected in the water and trees in autumn colours along the riverbank.
Another sequence was of a two day walking trip on the picturesque Isle of Wight from Shanklin to Yarmouth. Many images were taken along the Tennyson Trail, the colourful sands at Alum Bay, and the famous Needles.
Further afield the club saw photographs from a weeks walking holiday in Spain. Morella, an ancient walled city about an hour and a half drive inland from Valencia. Most of the buildings seen during the trip were abandoned due to the lack of water, the reservoir being nearly three quarters empty. The scenery was stunning with turquoise river, green mountains and lots of trees. Keith said he really enjoyed it there and is looking forward to his next visit.
Another super evening was enjoyed by the members and it was a real joy to see such wonderful scenic photographs of many local places which can be reached on foot.
This week saw the last round of the print competition, and the society welcomed a new judge, Malcolm Ball who is a member of Steyning Camera Club, and has only been judging for a couple of years.
Three prints went through to the final from the beginners section. "Straw Bales" and "Flight Of The Bumblebee" both by Carole Parish, and "Fly Agaric" by Graham Wilkinson.
For the intermediates, three also went through. "Dashing From The Rain" by Wendy Chrismas LRPS, "Listening To The Band" and "Breaking Wave" by Janet Monk ARPS.
There were more entries from the Advanced members and the following prints went through. "Wave Line Seilebost" by Pat Broad ARPS AFIAP, "Jeweller, Havana" by Roy Morris ARPS, "Tuscan Fields" by Janice Payne LRPS, "Morning Light - Folkington" and "The Observatory" both by Liz Scott ARPS AFIAP, and "Dealer" by Roger Scott.
It was a very interesting evening with good observations on all the pictures and the club looks forward to the print competition final next month.
The society welcomed back this weeks guest speaker, Ray Hale, a wildlife lecturer, author, photographer and naturalist. Ray belongs to a large number of organisations including the British Arachnological Society and the British Tarantula Society. He is passionate about reconnecting people with nature and the conservation of the Worlds endangered species all of which infuse his wildlife lectures.
The talk, which included projected digital images, was about a recent trip he took with Voyages to Antiquity as guest lecturer on their mid-sized cruise liner "The Aegean Odyssey" which specialises in cultural trips.
The cruise started in Singapore and Ray spoke about its history and of Raffles who founded the city. Ray wanted to show just how much wildlife there was locally with photographs of a tiny green frog sitting on a lily pad in a pond, a thorn spider in its web.
Next was Sarawak Malaysia and Sir James Brooke, a British adventurer who was made Governor of Sarawak in 1841, after crushing the uprising against the Sultan, and became the first White Rajah. He ruled over 30,000 headhunting Dyaks, some of whom became his most loyal followers.
Then onto Brunei and the steamy 40 degree rainforest, with pictures of a stilt village in water with its own school and shop, snakes in drains, many cats, a Bornean flying frog and a tree shrew.
It took two days to cross the South China Sea to Vietnam, a communist country, usually remembered for it war movies. There's the Vietnam War Museum in Ho Chi Minh City showing the war crimes atrocities, but the reality is that today the people love Americans. There were many shots of a street market in black and white, a road thronged with cyclists and cars, a beautiful yellow butterfly on a red flower, and while tourists were taking pictures of a Temple, Ray was busy taking a moth which was resting on the side of the building.
The last place visited was Cambodia, Ray said it was his most favourite country. There was history of the Killing Fields and Pol Pot the leader of the Khmer Rouge. Also many photographs of Angkor Wat "The Lost Temples" built in the 9th century with extensive carvings, and cattle, which are sacred, and allowed to wander the streets. The final picture was of a small boy holding his sisters hand walking away from the camera, going home.
Ray certainly knows how to give a good lecture and presents it very well, with a wonderful mix of local history and wildlife photography.
This Thursdays meeting was the annual "Members Lecturettes" which gives members an opportunity to take the stand and give a 15 minute lecture of their choice either with prints or Projected Digital Images.
First up was Alan Clark, who started taking pictures on a school trip when someone thrust a box camera in his hand at the age of 14. It was the start of a love of black and white photography. Alan made his own mount cutter and darkroom and showed many lovely prints including Greek fishermen pulling in nets, boats on the water at sunrise, and harvest pictures of hay bales in the field.
Janet Monk ARPS, a former art teacher, was next. Janet used to have slides, but embraced digital photography six years ago. She joined HPS, discovered panels and qualifications, and started to go in for competitions with her new DSLR. Janet went on a training day for her LRPS distinction, succeeded, and then showed how she obtained her ARPS by putting together a panel of 15 stunning prints of reflections.
Gerald Hartley, the PDI leader, gave an interesting talk about a trip to the Dolomites, an alpine wall running east to west with major valleys. There was a map to show the route and many images of beautiful mountains, cows with huge bells, and forests. On the Italian side were pictures inside churches, and old houses. There were also many pretty plants and flowers which grow on the mountainside.
Ant Sherwin, a semi retired architect, was next and his talk was about the Gun Room at Alfriston. Once a store for a huge gun in the Napoleonic war, it has now become the retail centre for the Rathfinny Wine Estate for sparkling wines produced on a 400-500 acre vineyard situated on the Downs. The building was completely renovated and lots of interesting pictures were shown of the rebuilding from start to finish and it is now open to the public.
The final speaker was Chris Coates APRS DPAGB who likes to take photographs of animals and candid shots of people. Chris's talk was about a guided safari trip to Namibia . There were a lot of lovely images of people in their natural environment, a woman carrying a child on her back, children standing beside a tree, a small boy in shorts. There was also a village with adults making a roof for dwellings out of reeds, fishing nets and fish drying in the sun, and the village shop selling basic food.
It was an extremely interesting evening and the speakers were praised for not only their work, but also for being brave enough to give a presentation in front of members.
Tonight's guest speaker was Dave Brooker DPAGB ARPS from Tonbridge Camera Club in Kent. Dave has always been passionate about landscape photography and makes Audio Visual presentations with graphics and maps to music but without commentary.
The first AV shown tonight was of Ashdown Forest, one of Dave's favourite places for photography, where he frequently walks with his dog. There were many scenic views including sunsets, snow scenes, benches, waterfalls and ponds, cattle and sheep, flowers moss and fungi, and the ice cream van which is there every day. There were also pictures of AA Milne's famous Pooh sticks bridge, and the site at Kings Standing WW11 broadcasting station, later a nuclear fallout station, now a grade 11 listed building with three floors of underground operational areas. There was also the Airman's Grave, a memorial to all six of the crew who died when their Wellington bomber crashed there on its return from a raid on Cologne in 1941.
After the tea break, a trip to Bruges to the Xmas market with photographs through shop windows of lace goods toys and chocolates, People taking horse and carriage rides, canals with boat trips, the market square and the famously historic belfry.
The final AV was of Dubai, with ariel views of the city at night from the worlds tallest building, The Burj Khalifa. It opened in Jan 2010 and took four years to build. The viewing deck is 160 floors up, which gave stunning sights of the cities skyscrapers, with still 36 floors to the top.
A very interesting evening was brought to a close and Dave was thanked for bringing some prints for members to enjoy after the AV's.
The society held its last PDI competition of the season with nearly 80 images for judge Graham Smith ARPS to critique. He has been to the camera club before and always gives first class reviews.
In the Swallow Cup for beginners, the following are through to the final. "Stone Me" and "Thick Red Line" both by Pam Maclay, "Aspin Lights" by Brian Gell, "Wells" by Martin Rumary and "Crane With Mackerel" by Linda Busby, a lovely picture of a huge crane taken against a cloudy sky at sunset.
In the Sussex Shield for intermediates, these are through. "Impressions Of Woodchester" and "Court In Transit" both by Janet Monk ARPS, "Who Is Watching Who" and "Silverdale Sunset" both by Steve Nixon, "In The Flow" by Terry Maskell, and "Pouncing Puma" by Gill Terry, a lovely action shot of a beautiful Puma leaping in the air.
In the Albert Hillman Cup for advanced members, 7 were picked for the final. "Wild Robin" a stunning shot of the bird perched on the stem of a rose bush by Keith Deverson, "Caught Red Handed" and "Until Victory, Always" both by Roy Morris ARPS, "It's A Steep Climb" by Alison Morris ARPS, "Thermal Pool, Yellowstone", by Gay Biddlecombe LRPS, "The Last Hosta Leaf Of The Season" by Janice Payne LRPS, and "Common Soldier Beetle" by Roy Broad.
The evening was greatly enjoyed by all the members and Graham was thanked for his remarks and wished a better journey going home due to the awful weather when he arrived.
This week there was a three way print battle between Hailsham, Seaford and Mid Sussex Photographic Societies. The event was hosted by Hailsham and a very warm welcome was extended to all the members from the visiting camera clubs. The judge was Clive Tanner FRPS, a member of Maidstone camera club, who has been to Hailsham before for lectures.
There were 60 prints in total for Clive to evaluate with 30 on display for judging in the first half of the evening. His critique was extremely valued with lots of good comments, but he also gave a humorous point of view which added greatly to everyone's enjoyment of the evening. After the tea break, which gave everyone a chance to study the second set of prints, the competition continued. Then Clive scored all the entries and earmarked 7 prints which received top scores.
At the end of the evening the marks were added up and the results were given. Mid Sussex won the competition (deservedly so, as Clive commented) with Hailsham second and Seaford third. He also said that the images were the crème de la crème of all 3 clubs and were absolutely stunning.
It was the third round of the print competition this evening and the judge, who had been to the club many times before, was Steve Lawenson ARPS. Steve started with the beginners group and a dozen prints, and had to chose three to go through to the final. These were "Mandarin Duck" by Brian Gell, "Into The Light" by Pam Maclay and "Different Points Of View" by Carole Parish, an image of two statues sitting on a bench taken at Canary Wharf.
The intermediates were judged next also with three going through, and they were, "Sunset Square" by Keith Deverson, "Who's Watching Who" by Steve Nixon and "Seaweed And Oil" by Rob Shepherd, an almost abstract photo of vegetation with many colours of oil on water.
And finally the advanced group was judged, and as there were many more images entered, seven were picked for the final. "Farm In Mist" by Pat Broad ARPS AFIAP, "Wood Grain Pattern" by Tim Creed, "Sweet Josie" by Jan Cunningham ARPS, "Barber Shop, Cuba" by Alison Morris ARPS, "Giant Redwood Detail" and "Glasshouse, Bicton" both by Liz Scott ARPS AFIAP, and "Cat Nap" by "Phil Smith", a lovely image of the head and shoulders of a man with a cat curled around his neck asleep. Steve said that there were many good images for him to judge and it made his job incredibly difficult but also very enjoyable.
It was a very busy week at the club as there were two competitions for judge David Eastley ARPS to assess. David has been to the society many times before and was welcomed back as it always proves to be an enjoyable evening for the members. First to be judged was the special competition with both prints and PDI entries, and this years theme was "Motion". In the print section, highly commended was awarded to Gay Biddlecombe LRPS for "Poetry In Motion", Wendy Chrismas LRPS for "Dashing From The Rain" and Marion Creed for "Dancing In The Water". Third place went to Janet Monk ARPS for "In Flight Entertainment". second place to Bob Sherrard LRPS for "The Conductor" and the winner was Gill Terry for "The Hairy Biker" a stunning shot of a motorcyclist riding along a motorway with the hedgerows behind him completely blurred.
In the PDI section, highly commended was awarded to Gay Biddlecombe LRPS for "Fast Motion" and Ray Beckwith for "Motion Impossible". Third place went to Wendy Chrismas LRPS for "Fireworks", second place to Ray Beckwith for "The 6.08 To London" and the winner was Wendy Chrismas LRPS with "Bottoms Up", a wonderful picture of a drink in a glass with ice and lemon and liquid splashing up over the rim.
The next competition was titled "The Village Competition" which is a new idea to the club, and the chosen village was Lindfield, where members visit on one day only and present a set of six PDI images which best showed the essence of the village. It was a difficult choice for David to make as there were so many good pictures of this pretty village which has lovely old houses, pubs, signs, nameplates, shops and also the church and pond. Third place was awarded to Roy Morris ARPS, second to Fiona Flower and the winner was Gill Terry with one of her images being the front window of an estate agents shop showing all the properties for sale. David was a very enthusiastic judge with constructive comments and amusing anecdotes, and members look forward to a return visit.
Dr. Colin Tourle's Presidents Evening was a great success with the help of members Janice Payne, LRPS and Roy Broad.
Janice showed her prints, with the theme of travel, starting with her first photographic holiday workshop in France, sporting a brand new DSLR camera she hoped to learn to use! Well, we can vouch for the fact she did, showing us some lovely prints from Tuscany, Provence and Scotland with varying subjects from misty morning landscapes to colourful, detailed rock formations, insects and much, much more.
Next, Roy Broad showed us his digital projected images, also on the theme of travel, many photographs having been taken during his 36 years as a pilot when travelling the world. There were images from San Francisco, New York, Hong Kong and South Africa to name just a few. His passion for wildlife was evident and as often as he could, when on duty away from home, rather than stay in a city for his overnight stop, would head out to the countryside. He finished with an image of a street sign taken in Seattle showing Roy Street in one direction and Broad Street in another!
In the second half, Dr. Colin Tourle gave a digital presentation showing images from Ethiopia and Haiti where Colin visits and helps at the eye clinics with cataract operations etc. There were emotional images of people having their sight restored and sadly others who were not able to be helped. Most of these people have travelled huge distances often by foot to attend these clinics.
Colin told us how his charity Iasis Medical had been able to send a portable anaesthetic machine to Syria. Finally he showed some scanned old photographs which he had obtained from friends and colleagues. Amongst others we saw Mussolini's car and George Bernard Shaw in hospital. A very informative and amusing narration by his friend Roger told us about the Royal Navy and the rum allocation rounded off an extremely enjoyable evening.
This week there was a slight deviation from the scheduled routine as, due to unforeseen circumstances, the speaker was unable to be present and the Society had to run an alternative programme. Some projecting images from the "RPS International Images for Screen Exhibition 2013" were shown and members were encouraged to comment on the images themselves lending a very informal feeling to the evening. The "In Camera" section, with little manipulation, showed "Material Girl" a model covered in fabric, "Walking On Water" two couples walking away from each other on a bridge low on the water and "Breakfast At 8", a cereal bowl made to look like a clock with the spoon placed on the twelve and cereal placed on the eight.
For the second half of the evening members were entertained with a Joe Cornish DVD entitled "With Landscape in Mind - A photographic road trip" taking in the UK from Teesside in the East to the Yorkshire Dales in the West. Joe's film showed him creating the shots, explaining the settings and displaying the finished pictures. At South Gare, also known as Paddy's Hole, there were images of boats in the water against a hard core industrial backdrop across the River Tees. Other photographs were of Malham Cove, in the Yorkshire Dales, a deep gorge cut by a waterfall. It has a magnificent limestone pavement on the surface of the Cove which is deeply fissured and fretted by a pattern of channels. Joe waited for a rain shower to pass then took some photos of the pavement which was so wet it came alive when the sun came out again. Joe maintains "outdoors is where life happens" and his landscape photography is simply stunning.
Next week the Society will have its Christmas Party, then a break for Christmas and New Year until the meetings begin again on the 9th January 2014.
It was competition time again this week at the Society, the second round of the Projected Digital Images competition, which was judged by three of the club members, Jan Cunningham ARPS, John Deller LRPS and Roger Scott. They each took a turn to comment on an image, then all three awarded marks out of 20. The images with the highest scores in each class went through to the final, not an easy job to do as there were about 80 varied entries altogether. In thebeginners class, "Always Look Up" by Pam Maclay, "Lichen" and "Out For A Sail" both by Brian Gell, "I Love You" by Graham Wilkinson, and "Flying High In St Ives" by Martin Rumery are all in the final. For the intermediates, "Entombed" by Gill Terry, "Bob, The Window Cleaner" by Janet Monk ARPS, and "Patrolling The Station" by Wendy Chrismas LRPS all went through. The advanced section had the most entries with eight images chosen for the final. "The Pitons" and "The Pitons (1)" both by Peggy McKenzie, "Through The Roof" by Ray Beckwith, "Wing-Drying Anhinga" by Roy Broad, "Goshawk Head Study" by Colin Chrismas LRPS, "Autumn In The Woods" by Janice Payne LRPS, "Snarling Serval" by Louise Pemberton, and "Brighton West Pier" by Terry McGhie ARPS were through.
It is always very interesting to hear remarks and viewpoints from other members of the club when they act as Judge, and Jan, John and Roger did an excellent job. This is an annual event with new judges every year which is looked forward to and enjoyed by the members.
This week the society welcomed Micki Aston LRPS CPAGB, her first visit to the club, to give a slide lecture titled "Africa, Namibia, Botswana and South Africa". Micki is a prominent figure in the world of photography, widely published in books and photographic journals, a judge, an exhibitor, who lectures extensively on her travel photography. The first series of images were taken in Cape Town South Africa and whilst showing members many varied images, Micki illustrated the value of shooting in the early morning or late afternoon for the best light. In Kruger National Park there were photographs of buffalo, the most feared animal by Africans due to their unpredictability, the rear view of a giraffe chewing food giving him an unusual shaped mouth, beautiful oxpecker birds feeding on insects as they perched on animals, and black backed jackals who predate everywhere. Also wild dogs hunting intelligently in packs and hooded vultures taking part in a feeding frenzy. The big cats of the Kruger included lion, cheetah and a leopard leaping up to climb the trunk of a tree. The guide with Micki advised her to prepare for the shot as he recognised the cats behaviour and knew what he was about to do. After the tea break the presentation continued with Namibia where you can hire a car and drive yourself. Lots of landscape images in lovely colours, pale wheat grasses, orange ground, brown and tan rocks, grey mountains, and blue sky. Etosha National Park in the north is a salt pan and very flat, but still very picturesque with many dead trees. The images of zebra were stunning as no two have the same pattern and portraits were found in the stripes as they stood together. Birds included a bee eater, cattle egrets and a pied kingfisher carrying a fish. Kolmanskop is a deserted old diamond town which is gradually being reclaimed by the desert with sand filling the old houses giving remarkable indoor photographs. It was an extremely interesting evening with many slides giving a real flavour of a wonderful trip and it was a great pleasure to receive such a talented photographer to the club.
This week the society had great pleasure in welcoming back Colin Page to judge their Landscape Competition which was presented in two parts, the first being prints and after the tea break, Projected Images. Colin, who had been to the club on previous occasions to lecture and also judge, commented that there were some fantastic examples of work on show which would make his job very difficult as there were over 80 images to consider.
In the Print Competition, third place was awarded to David Mills, ARPS for 'Hooker River and Mount Cook', second place went to Roger Scott for 'Evening Light' and the winner was Pat Broad, ARPS AFIAP with her print 'Dead Pines - Yellowstone', a beautifully atmospheric photograph of trees in black and white.
In the Projected Digital Images Competition, third place was awarded to Gay Biddlecombe LRPS for 'Volcanic Eruption, Iceland, second place went to Janice Payne LRPS for 'Tuscan Fields' and the winner was Janet Monk ARPS with 'Into The Light' a superb image of woodland trees in lovely soft greens and yellows.
Colin gave a pleasant touch to all his constructive remarks and was very pleased to present to members their winning certificates at the end of the evening.
14th November 2013.
This week at the club saw Round 2 of the Print Competition which was judged by Jack Taylor, a member of the Eastbourne Photographic Society, who has been to the club before to lecture but not to judge. There were over 70 prints entered in the competition by all three categories so Jack, who said the images were absolutely lovely and really good work, had a really busy evening.
The following prints in the beginners group went through to the final.
"Hidden Face" by Graham Wilkinson, "Hanging Around" by Brian Gell, and "House Proud" by Val King.
In the intermediate group "Fruit Of The Vine" by Wendy Chrismas LRPS, "Two Bee Or Not Two Bee" by Nicola Stone, "Reflections Of Africa" by Gill Terry and "Snowy, Sussex Horse Rescue" by Steve Nixon all went through.
For the advanced photographers, "Tidal Patterns" and "Sound Mirrors Denge Marsh" both by Liz Scott ARPS AFIAP, "Me And My Dogs" by Chris Coates ARPS DPAGB, "Matchstick Men And Dogs" by Jan Cunningham ARPS "Velvet Monkey Suckling, Ceropithecus Pygerythrus" by Terry McGhie ARPS and "Dead Pines - Yellowstone" by Pat Broad ARPS AFIAP are all in the final later in the year.
Members enjoyed a good evening and appreciated Jack's considered views and critique of their prints.
7th November 2013.
On Thursday the society held the first of its open competitions, which are set subjects open to all members of the club irrespective of whether they are beginners intermediate or advanced. This week it was Natural History for both prints and projected digital images. The judge was Keith Gibson, a biologist who is passionate about natural history and also enjoys judging. Keith has been to the club several times before and said he was looking for a little more than just a portrait, the images should include habitat, behaviour and also be pictorially strong.
For the print results, "The Stand Off, Coyote and Bison-Yellowstone (Canis Latrans, Bison Bison)" by Gay Biddlecombe LRPS came third, "Elephant In The Dust (Lenodonta African)" by Mike Sales LRPS came second and first place was awarded to Ted Sturgeon LRPS for his print "Fishers Lovebirds, Tarangire" showing several of these pretty colourful birds in flight.
For the PDI results, "Namaqua Chameleon" by Chris Coates ARPS DPAGB came third, "Wasps Nest (Vespula Vulgaris)" by Janice Payne LRPS came second, and first place was awarded to Roy Broad for his image "Royal Terns" showing one tern about to land on a perch which another tern was just vacating.
There was an incredible array of photographs and images for Keith to judge and many were highly commended. He did an exceptional job and imparted a lot of inside information with his remarks. The club thanked him for his visit and looks forward to the next one.
This weeks guest speaker was Paul Keene FRPS, a member of Royal Photographic Society for many years, an international exhibitor and PAGB listed Judge with many distinctions. It was Paul's first visit to East Sussex and as he was also lecturing at Seaford Photographic Society, members from both clubs were invited to each others meetings to enjoy a double helping of creativity. Paul showed a collection of Audio Visuals, works with both sound and visual components, called 'From Here To Eternity' showing local images to start off with. The first AV, titled "Art Or Junk" was a series of virtually abstract images in blue, grey, gold, orange, amber and cream, with the words "Do you know what it is yet?" halfway through the sequence, then casually panning out to reveal a burnt out car. The message here was that you can take lots of different photographs from just one subject. Another AV, called "Belen" was of a beautiful Spanish lady with long blonde hair posing in a riding habit with a handsome white horse who had a impressive grey mane. An AV named "The Life Of Swans" showed scenes of all aspects of this lovely bird including taking off into the wind, raising young, bathing, a number flying in a skein and simply stunning close up shots of their plumage. The evening came to a close with AV's moving further afield to places like Australia, called "Wish You Were Here" with wildlife and beaches in Queensland, music by Pink Floyd, and then onto Tibet, with fascinating pictures of colourful characters and smiling children at school who seemed to be eager to learn their lessons. A huge thanks was given to Paul, an extremely talented photographer, for an very entertaining evening.
At this weeks meeting Round 1 of the Projected Digital Images Competition was judged by Bob Webzell ARPS who has been to the club many times before not only as a Judge but to lecture as well. Members were able to enter up to three images in this round and a number were selected by Bob for the final.
For the Swallow Cup (Beginners), "Turbo Ride" and "The Wedding Photographer" both by Martin Rumary, "Scene From The Subway-New York Graffiti" by Pam Maclay, "Male Hooded Merganser" by Brian Gell, and "Braving The Elements" by Carole Parish all went through.
For the Sussex Shield (Intermediate), "After The Rain" by Janet Monk ARPS, and "The Droplet" by Gill Terry both went through.
For the Arthur Hillman Cup (Advanced), "Hot And Cold, Yellowstone", "Solitude" and "Surviving (India)", all by Gay Biddlecombe LRPS, "Fairfield Church" by Roy Morris,ARPS, "Tulip" by John Deller LRPS, "We Should Get Back" by John Kirby, "Flying Impala (Aepyceros Melampus)" by Terence McGhie ARPS and "Bordercountry" by Jan Cunningham were all successful in going through to the final later in the season.
Members appreciated Bob's valuable comments on all the images and look forward to his next visit to the club.
17 October 2013.
This Thursday members were invited to bring their cameras with them for a very different evening called "Owls Out And About" with Pam Brewer. Pam had brought with her 10 owls of different species who were all friendly, incubator hatched and hand reared. Already sitting on their perches at the start of the meeting, members had the opportunity to get up close and take photographs. Flash photography was not a problem as the birds were quite used to all the attention. Pam gave a very interesting talk about hunting, feeding and behaviour, introduced the owls by name, and together with other owners Helen and John, answered questions presented to them. After the tea break, anyone who was interested was able to hold an owl on a special gauntlet and also stroke the beautiful soft feathers. There were two British Barn Owls, Long Eared Owl, Little Owl, Southern White Faced Owl, South African Mottled Owl, Bengal Eagle Owl, African Spotted Eagle Owl and A Canadian Great Grey whose behaviour, at two years of age, was likened to that of a stroppy teenager and she sat behind her post for most of the evening until her owner picked her up. An excellent evening was enjoyed by all and special thanks given to Pamela, Helen and John for showing their beautiful owls. Please click here for some pictures of the evening.
This weeks meeting saw round 1 of the print competition which was judged by Paul Dunmall CPAGB, chairman of the Sussex Photographic Federation and Bexhill Photographic Club. It was his first time as a judge at the club. Members who wanted to enter the competition were encouraged to present up to two prints each, and Paul chose the images which would go through to the finals later on in the year.
In the beginners group, for the Pavilion Cup, "Lock Awe From Portsonachen, Argyll" by Graham Wilkinson, "Sea At Night" also by Graham Wilkinson and "The Lost Boot - Wellingtonia Yellow" by Pam Maclay all went through.
In the intermediate group, for the Keith Donald Shield, "Fiendish Friend" by Gill Terry, "Water And Light", also by Gill Terry, "Money Makes The World Go Round" by Wendy Chrismas LRPS and "Abutilon, Wadhurst Castle" by Janet Monk ARPS all went onto the final round.
In the advanced group, for the Founders Cup, seven prints were picked.
"We're Nearly There" by Jan Cunningham ARPS, "The Wind Blows Cold" by John Deller, "In Fields Of Barley" by Colin Chrismas LRPS, Light Refreshment" also by Colin Chrismas LRPS, "Potter" by Roy Morris ARPS, "Solitary Tree, Tuscany" by Pat Broad ARPS AFIAP, and "Waiting For The Train" by Chris Coates ARPS DPAGB.
Paul commented on the very good range of work he had seen, and said as a judge, you are never quite sure what you are going to get. He gave sound, constructive observations in a very light-hearted vein.
3rd October 2013.
Members were looking forward to an evening with Bill Wisden MBE Hon. FRPS and Trevor Gellard FRPS who both belong to Brighton and Hove Camera Club . Unfortunately, Bill was unable to visit due to feeling unwell so it was Trevor who presented both sets of photographs. Many of Bills images, some dating from the 1960's, were darkroom prints in black and
white. An image of pylons in France was called "Boss cat and his gang" as their shapes looked like cats, and a photograph of acorns was titled "Two London coppers" as they resembled policemen's helmets. There
was also an image of a large model T-Rex alongside a number of couples staring out to sea. Trevor pointed out the space between each couple and added that this space whilst showing how people did not like to be too close to one another was an important element of the picture. There was an image of West Pier Brighton going up in flames as Bill was passing on a
bus when he saw it and alighted to take pictures. A lot of Trevor's images were taken locally and included street photography and people. A miserable man sitting on the pier, children diving into the sea from a
wall, the flea market in Hastings, ladies in red hats in the rain, and a tennis
match in Eastbourne. Wonderful photography and a very entertaining and humorous evening was enjoyed by all members who send best wishes to Bill for a speedy recovery.
Thursday evening, Ray Bridges, LRPS GPAGB from Maidstone Camera Club gave a projected digital image lecture titled "Thinking in Digital Terms". Ray has been taking photographs for nearly 50 years and has entered many competitions and exhibitions and gained numerous awards, winning several gold medals. Members saw many images of landscapes, his favourite subject, taken in the early morning in winter in the Lake District, as you have good light, colour and great texture. There was a great variety of photographs from Scotland, Northumberland and the Cotswolds, under the headings of Transport, Aircraft, and People. There was also a selection of digital creations from his own imagination, and a very good evening concluded with an Audio Visual presentation in Infra red called "A lonely chair".
The society welcomed a new speaker this week, Mervyn Taylor DPAGB EFIAP from Tonbridge who gave a print lecture titled "Glimpses - Monochrome and Colour". The images were all dark room prints. He began with Cuba and said it was so colourful he takes photographs in black and white. Members were shown many photographs of families in Trinidad either at home or in the streets, who were poverty stricken but mostly seemed quite happy. In the back streets of Havana, three men were seen lounging on a wall, and against the Buena Vista wall three boys were practising baseball with a cane as bat and a bottle top for a ball. There were also photographs of "Big Mama" with her family group. Many infra red images were shown which make very atmospheric pictures. Tracks, sky and buildings in Dungeness, tide, rocks and skies in the Holy Island of Lindisfarne in Northumberland. Then there were a few colour photos of the Dingle Peninsular Ireland, ridges in the sand, green fields in the mist and razor shells on the beach, A thoroughly entertaining and humorous evening was enjoyed by all the members and it is hoped that Mervyn Taylor will be returning to the club in the future, with more of his wonderful images.
This weeks guest speaker was Patricia Jones FRPS who gave a print lecture entitled "Light! What Light!!" She is very popular with the Society and her talks always ensures a first rate evening. We were taken on a trip around the UK with her images showing a range of beautiful landscapes and stunning seascapes. We visited Wales with it's reflective lakes after rainfall. Ireland, with an evening sunburst on the beach, the light reflected in the sea. Yorkshire, with many snow scenes taken in February with leafless trees, fences, cottages and sheep, both in colour and black and white. Lake District, dawn shot of lakes and trees in pastels. Evening shot of distant mountains in different hues of blue. Northumberland, empty beaches with horse riders galloping in the waves, enveloped in a sea mist. Scotland, many images including mountains, beaches and the sea, in rain, mist and sunshine, against dark clouds and rainbows. Simply beautiful scenery in Great Britain.
A new photographic season has begun with a warm welcome back from chairman Ray Beckwith to all members including several new recruits. A social evening with wine and nibbles preceded a very interesting talk given by Ken Scott ARPS, a frequent visitor to the club. A selection of projected images was shown to illustrate how not to let restraints control your photography, be free thinking and open minded about it. Record exactly what stopped you in your tracks, shapes, textures, and colours. You don't need expensive equipment or to be able to travel afar to find good subjects, wander around observing your surroundings to catch little moments. An inspirational evening was rounded off with an Audio Visual presentation titled "The sonnet walks in London".

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Over my vacation to visit my family in Montana I made my parents take me to the Glendive Dinosaur Museum.
It had just opened and had been operating for three months when we visited a couple of weeks ago. I wrote about it last year when it was under construction.
Daily Kos reported on the museum's opening in July.
I even paid the $7 entrance fee ($6 for seniors) for both my parents and I. It certainly was not worth it except in that Barnum and Bailey sense. We were there for about two hours. We saw all the exhibits and watched a 45 minute film. During our visit we were the only customers.
I could say I was suckered by one of the most bizarre scams of our era, creationism. I knew what it was of course before I toured. I just had to see it for myself. The building has two floors that include a movie theater, gift shop, and numerous displays of dinos, bibles, and pseudoscientific pablum. It is elaborate, artistic, stylish and wrong. Wrong beyond belief.
I cannot seem to allow myself to call it a dinosaur museum. Here on out, I will refer to it as the Glendive Creationist Arcade. They do have dinosaur replicas there. They aren't cheap. One of the volunteers (local church members participate in this ministry) told me that one cost $60,000 and another over $100,000.
My favorite exhibit was a replica of Noah's ark. Seriously. Another volunteer told us that the ark replica is about 1/90 of the actual size (similar to model trains). Little figurines (sheep, giraffes, humans, and dinosaurs) were placed around the ark. The script described how all the animals (including the dinos) were loaded, kept, and fed by Noah and family. The script included hearsay accounts of various explorers who had discovered the remains of the ark somewhere in Turkey.
There was an exhibit of a bunch of old Bibles and what not including a 1611 King James Bible. I guess. Who knows? I wasn't quite sure of the point of the Bible exhibit. They did mention more than once that the Bible mentions dinosaurs. Maybe that was the point.
In other places were theories as to how the Grand Canyon was carved out during Noah's flood and cave drawings of supposed dinosaurs (to prove that humans and dinos lived together). And the message was repeated in many different ways that "Darwinists" are misinformed and deceptive.
Dr. Jobe Martin, an "expert" on evolution had one basic message: "These animals are too hard to figure out. God must have made them. Have you accepted Jesus as your personal savior?"
It was a wild, disconnected trip to the crazy house.
The good book urges us not to "fret the wicked." I don't fret the wicked. These folks certainly aren't wicked. They are nice people.
I do, however, fret the wingnuts.
Will this go away? Or will it get worse and make humanity collectively dumber?
Dinosaur museums make Raptor Jesus cry.
The danger in this is that people who know science believe that in order to have integrity, they have to outright reject the Church and all the good things it can do. I know that you are trying, but somehow we have to get better at getting the counter message out, that it is possible to be rational, science positive and work to make the world a better place by promoting justice.


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Growing up is hard to do. The older we get, the more negatives we encounter. For people my age, watching Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa swing for the fences, trying to break Roger Maris' home run record had us counting the long balls. Lance Armstrong overcomes testicular cancer and wins seven Tour De France races, and we were amazed by the great turnaround recently of Melky Cabrera, watching him lead the National League batting title in August and take home the MLB All Star MVP in July.
As the days pass, we realize that our heroes and role models are not who we thought they were. We learned that many of the home run hitters from the 1980's through the early 2000's were taking steroids. Cabrera tests positive for PED's and is suspended 50 games. Now, the one person we thought was a pure athlete, Lance Armstrong, has ended his fight with the United States Anti-Doping Agency, and has been banned from competition and his seven Tour De France wins are erased like the late Joe Paterno's wins were after the NCAA sanctions. I guess you can add Paterno to the list of role models gone wrong.
Charles Barkley once said "I'm not a role model." While many can't take everything the former NBA great says seriously, he's right on this one.
Athletes and other sports figures are viewed as superior human beings. Some are feel good stories like Armstrong. Many can relate to his story. Overcoming cancer, and then winning the biggest cycling race in the world seven times. Most people who beat cancer will never accomplish that feat, but it gives them hope. All of us bought the yellow "Livestrong" wristbands, and saw him as a role model.
When news began to circulate that Armstrong might have been doping during those races. We didn't want to believe it. We called Floyd Landis a liar when he spoke out against Armstrong. With Armstrong ending his vigorous battle with the USADA, it leaves everyone feeling like they have been mislead.
At the end of the day, we realize that athletes are just like us. They make mistakes. The only thing that separates them from us is their lives are on display for the public. For every baseball fan who loved watching Pete Rose hit the ball and bulldoze into catchers at home plate, watched him get banned from Major League Baseball for gambling. For Penn State football fans who couldn't believe that Jerry Sandusky would bring harm to children, and even worse, their beloved head coach turned a blind eye to what Sandusky was doing.
For all of us who didn't want to believe that Lance Armstrong, an athlete that everyone could relate to, was doping, we are left to ponder again our obsession with athletes and making them our role models.
So as you look at your yellow wristband, you think of what is truly important in life and who your role models should be. Don't go looking for them in professional athletes. Looking elsewhere for one closer to home is a better idea. To finish Barkley's comment, "just because I bounce a basketball doesn't mean I should raise your kids." I guess the same can be said when Lance Armstrong rides his bicycle or Cabrera hits a ball.
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Is texting and driving why so many people died in car crashes in 2015?
Last year saw the highest number of car crash fatalities in the United States in 50 years. It's a sobering statistic released today by the National Safety Council in a new study that shows a surge in traffic related deaths. Overall, estimates reveal that car-related fatalities were up 8% in 2015 over the previous year, resulting in more than 8,000 deaths and 4.4 million serious injuries. Is texting and driving the culprit?
While some attribute the increase to a stronger economy, cheaper gas and more people on the road, at least part — if not most — of the increase can be attributed to texting while driving. "Distracted driving," the practice of texting, posting and checking in while behind the wheel has, unfortunately, gained serious traction over the past few years.
Experts cite the problem as two-fold: First, many people consider themselves capable of doing two things at once, even though this has been scientifically proven to be impossible. Secondly, many teen drivers who have been informed of the dangers of "texting and driving" unbelievably assume that other tasks, such as taking selfies while on the road, don't fall under the same "texting" category.
App makers themselves may be specifically contributing to the statistics. Snapchat's "speed filter" lets drivers register how fast they're going while taking selfies. (No, we're not kidding.) The results are far from surprising, leading to deaths as people clock in at over-100mph speeds while taking selfies.
So what's to be done? There is no shortage of public service announcements and clever campaigns, such as the ad agency that created a fake billboard campaign for a funeral home encouraging people to "text and drive." Many states have banned texting and driving, and yet look to your left and to your right at a red light, and it seems as if everyone is still tapping away.
What about the Textalyzer? Consider it the social media addict's equivalent of a Breathalyzer. The device would allow police offers to check phones of drivers involved in car accidents. Recent activity — as well as failure to hand over that device — could lead to a suspended driver's license.
Here's to seeing if DUI-like punishments for texting drivers can help lower the new explosion of traffic-related deaths.
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compares an amino acid query sequence against a protein sequence database.
compares a nucleotide query sequence translated in all reading frames against a protein sequence database.
compares a protein query sequence against a nucleotide sequence database dynamically translated in all reading frames.
compares the six-frame translations of a nucleotide query sequence against the six-frame translations of a nucleotide sequence database.
The file contains 16 EG5 chromosome (genetic scaffold) and 40,056 P5 scaffold sequences. The EG5 chromosomes resulted from a comparison of the P5-build to T128 and P2 genetic maps. The remaining P5 scaffolds that were not incorporated into the EG5 chromosomes were also included.
The file contains a scaffold sequences from the E. oleifera O8-build.
The file contains of scaffold sequences from the pisifera P5-build.
Thirty transcriptome libraries were constructed and sequenced using Roche 454, of which 22 were from E. guineensis and 8 from E. oleifera. The E. guineensis and E. oleifera libraries were assembled independently using Newbler.
A predicted nucleotide sequences (Version 2) of pisifera P5-build that had similarity to known proteins in RefSeq.
A predicted amino acid sequences (Version 2) of pisifera p5-build that had similarity to known genes in RefSeq.
Genomic DNA from Dura palms were used to create the BACs. The BAC clones were pooled into 4 pools (BAC9, BAC10, BAC11 & BAC12)and sequenced using 454. Each BAC pool was assembled separately and manually finished.
This is a contig and singlets of assembled reads from E. oleifera genomic libraries.
This is a nucleotide sequences of the predicted genes from the E. guineensis and E. oleifera contigs.
The statistical significance threshold for reporting matches against database sequences; the default value is 10, such that 10 matches are expected to be found merely by chance, according to the stochastic model of Karlin and Altschul (1990). If the statistical significance ascribed to a match is greater than the EXPECT threshold, the match will not be reported. Lower EXPECT thresholds are more stringent, leading to fewer chance matches being reported. Fractional values are acceptable. (See parameter E in the BLAST Manual).


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The List of Historic Place Names of Wales
In May this year the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales launched a new web service which aims to preserve and highlight the importance of the historic place names of Wales.
The List of Historic Place Names of Wales (https://historicplacenames.rcahmw.gov.uk) is a groundbreaking website, unique to Wales. The List contains over a quarter of a million historic place names collected from a variety of sources, which provide a fascinating insight into the land-use, archaeology and history of Wales. The place names included in the List reflect the various forms and spellings used from the Middle Ages to the present day, often including elements that refer to buildings, people, archaeological or topographical features.
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales compile and maintain the List on behalf of the Welsh Ministers following the inclusion of a provision for a statutory list of historic place names in the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2016. A key aim of this Act is to improve the sustainable management of the historic environment, and the development of a statutory list of historic place names is an important aspect of this policy.
Detail of Saxton's Proof Map of Wales (1580) – Illustrative
The creation of this List and its availability online, as well as through four regional Historic Environment Records, means that for the first time members of the public, researchers and those involved in decision making on matters affecting the Welsh historic environment, are able to easily make reference to a geo-located, national, authoritative record of historic place names.
Ken Skates (right), Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure and Tom Pert (left), Online Development Manager, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales at the launch of the List of Historic Place Names of Wales in May 2017.
What is the List for?
The List aims to raise public awareness of the rich legacy of historic place names in Wales and encourage the continuing use of these important elements of our nation's heritage.
Freely available online and through the historic environment records, the List is a developing record of authoritative information on historic place names that can be used to:
help members of the public learn about the history of their communities;
support academic research; and
inform decisions on the management of the historic environment.
Local Authorities, National Park Authorities and Natural Resources Wales are expected to use the list when taking decisions on the naming or renaming of streets and properties.
Using the List
A good place to start is simply to use the Map to zoom to your location, and then explore the place names recorded in the landscape around you. Alternatively, you can use the interactive Glossary, which contains around 600 of the most commonly used Welsh place name elements. So, if you want to find all the "goblin" place names in Wales, simply click on "Bwbach" in the glossary and a distribution map will open showing all the "Bwbach" place names currently in the list overlying both modern and historic Ordnance Survey mapping.
Improving the List
Members of the public can help the Royal Commission to improve the List by providing additional information or corrections through the website's comment system. In addition, the Commission hopes to work with local history groups to incorporate records they may have already created through local place name projects.
Plans for the future:
The Royal Commission will maintain and enhance the List of Historic Place Names of Wales by:
creating new historic place name records from data gathered from multiple sources;
reviewing and amending existing records to correct transcription and other errors;
coordinating the exchange of place name data between organisations;
responding to enquiries relating to records in the List; and
producing articles and organising outreach activities that promote the List and increase understanding of the value of historic place names in Wales.
If you would like to learn more about the List of Historic Place Names of Wales, please visit https://historicplacenames.rcahmw.gov.uk and use the Contact form to get in touch.
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Each year, Earth Day is accompanied by predictions of doom. Let's take a look at past predictions to determine just how much confidence we can have in today's environmentalists' predictions.
In 1970, when Earth Day was conceived, the late George Wald, a Nobel laureate biology professor at Harvard University, predicted, "Civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind." Also in 1970, Paul Ehrlich, a Stanford University biologist and best-selling author of "The Population Bomb," declared that the world's population would soon outstrip food supplies. In an article for The Progressive, he predicted, "The death rate will increase until at least 100-200 million people per year will be starving to death during the next ten years." He gave this warning in 1969 to Britain's Institute of Biology: "If I were a gambler, I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000." On the first Earth Day, Ehrlich warned, "In 10 years, all important animal life in the sea will be extinct." Despite such predictions, Ehrlich has won no fewer than 16 awards, including the 1990 Crafoord Prize, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' highest award.
In 2000, climate researcher David Viner told The Independent, a British newspaper, that within "a few years," snowfall would become "a very rare and exciting event" in Britain. "Children just aren't going to know what snow is," he said. "Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past." In the following years, the U.K. saw some of its largest snowfalls and lowest temperatures since records started being kept in 1914.
Scientist Harrison Brown published a chart in Scientific American that year estimating that mankind would run out of copper shortly after 2000. Lead, zinc, tin, gold and silver were to disappear before 1990.
Erroneous predictions didn't start with Earth Day. In 1939, the U.S. Department of the Interior said American oil supplies would last for only another 13 years. In 1949, the secretary of the interior said the end of U.S. oil supplies was in sight. Having learned nothing from its earlier erroneous claims, in 1974 the U.S. Geological Survey said that the U.S. had only a 10-year supply of natural gas. The fact of the matter, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, is that as of 2014, we had 2.47 quadrillion cubic feet of natural gas, which should last about a century.
Americans have paid a steep price for buying into environmental deception and lies.
Thank you again for such an excellent article. FJI is a chest filled with gold.
The agenda of the extreme "anti-everything except ourselves" mob has been written in full in an age-old fable titled "Chicken Licken".
5. My "sky is falling" theorem gains momentum and credence, which produces a wide-spread hysteria and stampede, obliterating all souls holding to true wisdom.
6. I and my hysterical, emotionally driven comrades are duped, corralled into a trap and eaten, feathers and all by the foxes, who pretending a form of empathy and compassion, grow fat off of the "foolish" who do not take the time to think for themselves.
So they won't have to deal with me face-to-face and let me heal them.
Thank you Professor Williams for your informative and well written article. I have to wonder if you would be allowed to speak to the air heads on Earth day. It might cause violent protests. Your message needs to be spread far and wide!


The retirement of Sergey Ivanov as head of the Presidential administration, whatever the proximate causes, "symbolizes a change in eras of the Putin administration," from one of a kind of collective leadership to a one-man dictatorship that is likely to last a long time, according to Vladimir Pastukhov.
Ivanov's departure, the St. Antony's College historian says, is "not an isolated event" but rather part of "a general tectonic shift in the structures of Russian power and of a change in the general balance of forces" which for more than a decade had seemed unlikely to ever change (bbc.com/russian/blog-pastoukhov-37068980).
With Ivanov's ouster – and he was one of the pillars of the old system – "the dam is broken and the flood of change will not stop," Pastukhov says, noting that already four years ago, he predicted that "in order to survive, Putin must become a Stalin; that is, he must change the mechanism of power in a cardinal way. Today one can speak about this as a fait accompli" (novayagazeta.ru/politics/55687.html).
"The era of the collective rule of Putin's friends is coming to an end," he continues. Russia will not be ruled not by a prince and his entourage but by a tsar and his slaves. There won't be "an informal Politburo." Instead, there will be "'evenings in secret'" with outcomes unpredictable for all their participants save one.
In short, the system will be changed just as it was when Stalin got rid of the old Bolsheviks and brought in the Bulganins and Malenkovs to do his bidding. One can hope, Pastukhov says, that Putin won't use the same techniques Stalin did to do that; but it is clear that he is moving in the same direction as far as cadres policy is concerned.
"However paradoxical it may seem," the St. Antony's scholar says, "what is taking place is promoting the strengthening of the regime: the dictatorship is becoming more 'regular' and more subordinate to certain formal internal algorithms." There will be little room for "partisan warfare" in the entourage because the new men will not be an entourage; they will be servants.
The new men, Pastukhov points out, "grew up within the bureaucratic hierarchy and were not implanted in it from the outside. They are more ascetic and therefore cheaper to keep, something that is not unimportant under crisis conditions." They will be satisfied with apartments in Moscow highrises; they won't expect villas.
In short, "the face of the Russian powers that be quite soon will become unrecognizable," he argues, but its new face will bear "familiar aspects of the Soviet nomenklatura matrix as formed by 'the father of the peoples,'" Stalin.
According to Pastukhov, the current crisis was the catalyzer of these changes; but the changes themselves show that the regime is much more capable of survival than many of its opponents think. It has come up with "adaptive mechanisms" on its own which allow it to engage more effectively in crisis management.
This "new political system is being developed under conditions of a more severe reality of Russia, one eternally fighting and eternally mobilized for struggle with a hostile environment living not so much with abundance but with a deficit of resources." Those who don't understand what is coming will pay a high price, but hopefully not of their lives as such.
Pastukhov argues that "the newly rebuilt power structure can have a quite large reserve of stability and withstand further testing," including a deepening of the economic crisis and "even war." Whether Putin will be able to move entirely to such a new system, of course, still remains an open question.
However, that took a long time. One can't stop the seasons; but "sometimes winter lasts longer" than one expects.


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Think back to the last time you were on an airplane. The stewardess likely came over the loudspeaker and told all passengers to turn electronic devices on airplane mode.
Airplane mode is a setting on most modern phones or tablets that automatically removes any wireless signal. Think of it as a blockade around your phone—it's still on, but you could rightfully consider yourself offline. That means no EMF signals, emails, or blaring red notifications can make their way to you.
Most people only utilize this feature during long bouts of travel, but I've been turning my phone on airplane mode every evening before I go to sleep and keep it on throughout my entire morning.
Yes, I'm not receiving any unnecessary disturbances. But more importantly, I've been finding the importance of airplane mode is much more symbolic than that, especially in the morning.
The problem with a digitally connected morning.
Take a moment to pause and reflect on your morning routine.
Even the most mindful wellness practitioners can find themselves scrolling through their phone the moment the alarm goes off and unconsciously checking their emails with their head still on the pillow. We feel work stress before our morning coffee and know more about our great aunt's morning through her Facebook rant than we know about how our partner lying in bed next to us is feeling.
Over 60 percent of people say they scroll through their phones within five minutes of waking up, and that number jumps to nearly 90 percent within 30 minutes of starting your day.
Our mornings, especially the first hour or so after we wake up, are critical in setting the tone for the rest of the day. And if we spend it checking our phones, we end up reacting to what we've missed instead of being proactive about what's to come.
Why you should start your day on airplane mode.
As a writer and wellness influencer, I thrive in creative environments. But I found my days were often a jumble of disparate activities—starting from the moment I wake up and browse through my phone. The problem is, even though I may want to, I could never completely abandon my digital devices since they are so connected to my career. But when I started to realize the impact it was having on my overall happiness, productivity, and well-being, I knew I had to find a solution. So I began to implement the most peaceful morning ritual I could imagine: starting my day in airplane mode.
1. Airplane mode creates more creative space.
Beyond just avoiding distractions in the morning, airplane mode allows me to stay in that dreamlike, calm, creative state for longer than I would if I were interrupted by an Instagram message.
Mornings are often inherently our most creative and relaxed time of the day. According to scientific research, our analytical parts of the brain "sleep" much longer than our prefrontal cortex—the part that makes connections and fires up the creative process. So, it's important to allow our bodies and minds to leverage our natural daily cycles without distraction.
Even if you don't consider yourself a creative, one of my favorite practices for harnessing morning creativity is stream-of-consciousness writing. One version of the practice I particularly like is Julia Cameron's Morning Pages activity, which is just about putting down anything that comes through your mind on paper and filling up three full pages. It's a short, simple practice that you can do for a couple of moments each morning no matter your level of writing abilities.
Creativity is a basic human craving that most of us don't get to engage in, especially when we spend hours staring at a computer screen or answering emails until nighttime. Incorporating creative habits into our everyday can actually have a deep impact on our ability to think more clearly, more deeply, and more imaginatively.
2. It also helps you create space for mindfulness.
When you wake up without distractions, you can seamlessly enter a mindful practice and ground yourself for the day ahead. For me that practice looks different each day, though it's really important for me to incorporate some version of mindfulness to move about my day more clearly. Typically I start with a short meditation and visualization exercise, then do some EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) tapping, and spend time reflecting on my moments of gratitude.
Regardless of what your practice looks like, any form of mindfulness and meditation in the morning sets up your day for success. It's scientifically proven to help you develop deeper levels of focus, productivity, and perspective as you move throughout your busy day.
Even if your airplane mode session can't be first thing in the morning, setting aside a designated 30 minutes during some point of your day—during your lunch break, after work, or just before bed—can still allow for a profoundly mindful pause in the flow of your day.
3. Every moment on airplane mode is a moment in service of our health.
It's worth stating the obvious: our addiction to our digital devices comes with some serious mental and even physical health repercussions. We know tech usage is connected to higher levels of stress and anxiety, more risk of depression, attention problems, and fatigue.
There's also the question of EMF radiation, which is emitted from every cell phone when connected to wifi or cell phone towers, and which many studies suggest could potentially be harmful to our bodies. Some research has shown exposure to this tech radiation over long periods of time can lead to tumors in rats and fertility problems in us humans, among other potential risks. The research is still ongoing, but it's worth giving a second thought to how often your phone is lying on your stomach, chest, or next to your head as you sleep. That's another big plus of the overnight-through-morning-routine airplane mode strategy: your phone can be far away from you for a solid eight to ten hours.
That means spending a few moments away from technology is not only important for our mental well-being—it might also lead to better physical health down the road.
4. Airplane mode leaves you in a cabin with your travel buddies with nothing else to do but connect.
That's what happens when you're on an actual airplane, anyway. And the truth is, going on airplane mode anywhere else can create much the same experience: it allows for moments of pure connection IRL.
Life is made up of small, beautiful moments that often go unnoticed. When we start our mornings heading straight into our productivity zone, we often lose that magic of pure human connection. In our world today, over a third of Americans say they feel lonely at least once a week and that they have only one close friend. When we're running on the hamster wheel, we usually forget—or don't believe we have time—to connect with other people in a meaningful way. But as social creatures, engaging in deep regular connection allows us to get outside of our busyness bubble and put things in perspective.
So, have that cup of coffee with a loved one. Ask your child or roommate what they're excited about. Connect—for real—with someone you care about in a deep, meaningful way.
There are many things that can light you up without a blue light behind it. Let's try to find more of those.


Carlsberg entered Vietnam in 1993 through a joint venture company.
Carlsberg Vietnam produces Carlsberg, Tuborg, Huda, Huda Ice Blast, Huda Gold, Halida beer.
Carlsberg Vietnam has 2 breweries in Hue and Ha Noi.


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Q: Terminal space invaders? I was just wondering if there was a command-line TUI space invaders game for Ubuntu? I am running Ubuntu GNOME 15.04.

A: ninvaders is the package you're looking for!

You can simply install through the link above, your Software Center, or a terminal with the following command:
sudo apt-get install ninvaders

Note that you must have the universe repository enabled.

A: It appears that I need coffee. So, let's try this again...
Run sudo apt-get install ninvaders from the terminal (directions below) and let it install. Then, to start it, simply run ninvaders from the terminal and you don't get a big graphics filled screen and it won't scare the panda.
I'll include the original answer which is a GUI application. In case someone else is interested in playing the graphics version.
It's just your lucky day Paranoid Panda. Indeed such a critter exists and is simple to install and get running.
You can open your terminal CTRL+ALT+T and, in there, type sudo apt-get install open-invaders and type your password. Your password will not show on the screen, will give no indicators like asterisks, and this is normal behaviour (but you know this, this is just to be complete).
After the installation is complete, in the same terminal window, type 'open-invaders' to start the game. The -f switch makes it open in a full screen. The -w switch makes it open in a windowed screen (sensible if you have dual screen).
You can read more about this game by going here:
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man6/open-invaders.6.html

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Cacti is an open-source, web-based Network Monitoring and Graphing tool. With Cacti, you can monitor the live traffic and the traffic in a period of time on your network.You can download Cacti, below.
Nagios is an open source Network Monitoring software. Nagios alerts the users when a problem occur. It is designed to work with Linux but now, it supports many other paltforms. You can download Nagios, here.
Network Weathemap is a Network Monitoring tool that shows the monitored data in graphical form. It works alone but it can integrated with Cacti.Yo can download Network Weathermap, below.
WhoisUP is the Network Monitoring tool that shows you the status of a specific webpage. WhoisUP does this via ICMP and if your host is down, it sends mails, syslog messages etc. You can download WhoisUP, here.
Netdisco is a Network Monitoring tool for small and large enterprise networks. It is web-based. It uses IP, MAC address etc. and stores in a PostgreSQL database. You can download Netdisco, below.
PRTG Network Monitor is a Network Monitoring software that runs on Windows platforms. PRTG Network Monitor, monitors network availability and network usage, Packet Sniffing, WMI, IP SLAs and Netflow and various other protocols. You can download PRTG Network Monitor, below.
Zabbix is a Network Monitoring system that you can monitor and track various network equipmnets' status. Zabbix uses various SQL databases for such network management. You can download Zabbix, below.
Observium is a low-maintenance auto-discovering Network Monitoring system, that supports wide range of devices. It works on different platforms, operating systems including Windows, FreeBSD, Cisco, HP, Juniper, Dell, Brocade, Netscaler, NetApp etc. You can download Observium, below.
OpManager is a Network Monitoring tool that uses Syslog, SNMP, SNMP Traps, Cisco IP SLA, NetFlow, sFlow, IP-FIX, NBAR, CBQoS, TFTP/ SCP, WMI, Event Log and Telnet/ SSH. You can download OpManager, below.
SolarWinds Real-time NetFlow Analyzer captures and analyzes data in real time and shows the types of traffic on your network. You can diagnos the realt-time traffic. You can download SolarWinds Real-time NetFlow Analyzer , below.
Solarwinds Performance Monitor is a Network Monitoring software that improve network performace and reduce network outages. You can download Solarwinds Performance Monitor, here.
Pandora FMS is a open source Network Monitoring software. It monitors your system and network elements and informs you about their status. It has an attractive GUI. You can download Pandora FMS, below.
NfSen is a graphical network monitoring tool. You can download NfSen, below.
MRTG (The Multi Router Traffic Grapher) is a Network Monitoring tool that monitors the traffic load on links. It also provide a live visial presentation on HTML pages. You can download MRTG, below.
Kiwi is a Network Management tool that you can configure, backup and manage your network equipments with it. Kiwi provides, email notification, compare results and highlight the ubnormal situations. You can download Kiwi, below.
The Dude is a Network Management utility that scan your network, draw your network map and monitor your services. You can download The Dude, below.
AsItHappens is a real-time Network Statistic collector and Grapher tool. It also uses a database for collected database. You can download AsltHappens network statistic collector, below.
iftop is the Network Monitoring tool that measures network traffic, cpu usage,bandwidth usage etc. You can download iftop, below.
Hyperic HQ is a open source web Network Management software. It supports many platforms. You can download Hyperic HQ, below.
Rancid is a Monitoring tool that monitors a device's configuration both software and hardware.You can download Rancid, below.
Nfdump is a set of Network Monitoring tools to collect and process netflow data. You can download Nfdump, below.
BGPlay is an animated graphs for BGP updates, routing activity of a certain prefix within a specified time interval.You can download BGPlay, below.
Splunk is a network monitoring program that provide data collection and analysis in your network. Splunk alerts even if any alarms occur. You can download Splunk ,below.
OpenNMS is an open source Network Management application. It provice automatic discovery, event management, performance measurement, service assurance etc. You can download OpenNMS, below.
NetXMS is a Network Management and Monitoring tool.It provide preformance monitoring, event management,alerting, reporting and graphing the whole network.It supports multiple operating systems. It has web-based management interface and console management. You can download NetXMS, below.
Zenoss Core is an open source monitoring tool. It monitors all the network equipments and provide availability and performane information. With gih performance event handling and advanced notification system, it increased the network performance.You can download Zenoss Core, below.
Icigna 2 is an open source Network Monitoring application. It is Linux based. Icınga provide network resource availability information and notifies even if something occurs. It has UI and a powerful command line.You can download Icinga 2, below.
Total Network Monitor is a Network Monitoring tool that monitors devices on the local network and alert you if a problem occurs. You can download Total Network Monitor, below.
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While demonstrators and police faced off during a protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline, a rather unexpected show of force emerged – a thundering herd of buffalo.
A stampede near the Standing Rock protest camp prompted cries of joy from the Standing Rock Sioux.
Footage of the moment, understood to have occurred on Thursday, October 27th, shows a protester is being interviewed before stopping when spotting the herd of wild buffalo in the distance.
The Standing Rock Sioux had been reportedly praying for help in the midst of the standoff , US Uncut reports.
"The ancestors are with us," said Myron Dewey, who uploaded video footage of the stampede to Facebook.
Buffalo are revered as symbols of sacrifice in Native American culture. Indigenous people believe the animals, which are also known as "Tatanka Oyate" or "Buffalo Nation," sacrifice themselves in order to supply their meat and their hides for people.
At least 117 demonstrators have been arrested in North Dakota as protesters continue to protest against construction of the controversial pipeline, which will cut through Native American land. Protesters say its construction will destroy sacred sites and have a negative impact on the region's water supplies.
In a statement from the tribe's chairman, David Archambault II, the leader condemned what he called the recent"militarized law enforcement" against protesters.


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Lee's Coarse Bubble Discard A Stone Air Diffusers are disposable air diffusers with reusable inserts for attaching airline. They are an excellent aeration device for use in under gravel filters, corner filters or just as decorations.
Lee's Fine Bubble Discard A Stone Air Diffusers are disposable air diffusers with reusable inserts for attaching airline. They are an excellent aeration device for use in under gravel filters, corner filters or just as decorations.