On Saturday Cody, Itai and I drove out to The Tramway and met up with Isaac, Alexandra and Alex.
We were hoping that the recent "drop" in weather would lend for a nice day of climbing outdoors.
It had been roughly a month since I got to climb outdoors, and much longer since I had touched granite - so I was very excited for the trip.
Before the trip I was itching to jump on Black Mamba (V12) and see if it was a viable summer project. During the day Itai and I managed two separate sessions on it, by the end of which we had completely unlocked the beta and executed every move. Unfortunately we both received flappers/splits in the process and were unable to continue once temps became more favorable. Below is a shot of me staring down the low percentage deadpoint on the Mamba.
After the morning session near the Swing Dance and Blue Flame boulders we headed up the mountain to a cluster of boulders that none of us had been to before. It got recommended to Alex because of a "classic" lowball V5 called How I Wasted Your Time - or something along those lines. Since it was a new place, the crew got to test out some of the other climbs in the area, like the one pictured below.
We finished up in the new area and decided to search for Emerald City. I had never been to this Tramway classic, and I was amazed at the quality of the line. Emerald City climbs up a 25-30 foot slab face, and offers a beautiful panoramic view as a topping out present. Highly recommended. We finished up our day with a goodbye lap on White Flight, another immaculate highball.
I had a solid day trip out at Tramway and can't wait to get back on some granite in the near future.
Seriously, granite is like the best. I can't even.


Students, from left, Sean Cloran, Andre Ragel and Katie Gould help Grounds Operations Manager Erik Shaw plant a sycamore tree behind the Allen House on South Campus as part of TD Tree Days.
One of the premier green spaces on campus is a little greener thanks to a unique new partnership between the university, the Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust and TD Bank.
The university recently planted 15 mature trees and 10 shrubs in the area behind the Allen House (in front of Sheehy Hall) on South Campus. The plantings were donated by the LPCT, courtesy of $10,000 in grant funding from TD Bank and its "TD Tree Days" program.
Recalling when the grass field used to be "one big, ugly parking lot," Chancellor Jacquie Moloney praised the collaborative efforts that made the donations possible during a tree planting ceremony.
"Efforts like this make a big difference in our commitment to sustainability, and as we continue to transform our campus grounds," Moloney told guests who included Lowell Mayor William Samaras, LPCT Executive Director Jane Calvin and more than a dozen TD Bank employees who volunteered alongside UML students and staff to plant the trees.
The tree planting ceremony included, from left, TD Bank Field Marketing Manager Jerry Copsinis, Chancellor Jacquie Moloney, Lowell Mayor William Samaras and LPCT Executive Director Jane Calvin.
The partnership was coordinated by the university's Office of Sustainability and Facilities Operations and Services, which worked with the LPCT to identify native species for the project.
Eight sycamores, each about 10 feet tall, were planted on the lawn between Sheehy Hall and the outdoor basketball courts. Seven red maples were planted on the edge of the university property along Pawtucket Street, opposite the red maples already growing across the street along the riverbank.
"As you come down Pawtucket Street in years to come, it's going to create a nice canopy," said Joe LoBuono, associate director for grounds and services, whose team provided compost generated from campus dining hall food waste to use for planting.
Earlier this fall, the LPCT and the city of Lowell donated 12 trees that the university planted on North Campus, outside of Olsen Hall (along Sarah Avenue) and between the Cushing Field Complex and the VFW Highway.
Volunteers plant eight sycamore trees on the grass clearing in front of Sheehy Hall on South Campus.
LoBuono noted that, when combined with the 15 trees planted behind the Allen House, the university has netted 31 new trees across campus this year — a number that will bolster the university's Tree Campus USA certification by the Arbor Day Foundation.
"It's a great combination of ideas and energy that made this project happen," added Calvin, who showed volunteers how to carefully roll the heavy trees into holes that were pre-dug by Operations and Services.
Chancellor Jacquie Moloney extends a welcoming handshake to the children of a TD Bank volunteer.
Calvin noted that each tree can intercept up to 2,500 gallons of stormwater per year. They will also help reduce the university's carbon footprint. Combined, the trees can absorb around 700 pounds of carbon dioxide while potentially reducing energy consumption by providing shade for nearby buildings.
They will also make the view of the Merrimack River even more picturesque. Over the summer, LoBuono and Grounds Operations Manager Erik Shaw planted a variety of wildflowers — including daisies, snapdragons, lupine and baby's breath — on the slope below the Allen House patio, which used to be overrun by weeds. Designed as a pollinator habitat site for birds, butterflies and bees, the project was funded by an $8,000 S.E.E.D. grant from the university.


This morning, before staging their D&G runway show, designers Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce made a not-so-surprising announcement — it'd be their last.
D&G's been profitable, so it's not folding out of financial necessity, but like WWD suggests it gives the designer more time and energy to spend on their mainline, Dolce & Gabbana.
The last collection was on trend for spring with bright mixed prints, peplumed skirts, hot pants and awesome, scarf-like shoes.


Yancey Stickler talks about "a monied imperialism of changing local cultures" that prioritizes safe financial bets over more vibrant and perhaps more volatile but meaningful community life. This is the "imperialism" of thousands of Bank of American branches replacing thousands of old, local New York City businesses.
I think this is the big battle of our age. So what can you do about it? I don't have a solution, but I have three places where I think it starts.
These "three places" (don't sell out, be idealistic, and be generous) are right on.


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Above Peatland environments represent significant long-term carbon stores, as well as important repositories of organic archaeological remains.
For peat's sake: peatlands, climate change, and the future of archaeology
How can understanding the archaeology of peatlands help to ameliorate the current climate crisis? Rosie Everett and Gillian Taylor share the latest research.
There might not be an immediately obvious link between the archaeology of peatlands and strategies for tackling global climate change. But as a landscape archive for past climatic change and human activity, peatland archaeology has the potential to offer vivid insights into the impact of climate change on society – and both are very much interlinked as part of one of the greatest challenges of our times.
The science and data required to demonstrate the scale of threat that global climate change poses to the planet have become a regular discussion point in mainstream media. As a society, we are becoming more aware of the range of actions and changes in behaviour that are required to help support efforts to combat the impact of climate change. We are also aware of the commitment that needs to be made by government bodies and international corporations to take large-scale action to support communities with the infrastructure and financial support required to address climate change. Considerable measures will be needed to reduce global emissions, temperature increases, and the risks of flooding.
At the heart of this global crisis are key human activities that contribute directly to the emission of greenhouse gases (such as carbon dioxide) and the loss of biodiversity. These include the production of fuel and energy, intensive agricultural practices, and deforestation to clear land for industrial production. Beyond the ubiquity of pressing media coverage documenting rainforest destruction and melting polar ice-caps, we find a lesser-known environmental crisis that lies both on our doorstep here in the UK and across the globe: the destruction of peatlands.
Peatland environments represent significant long-term carbon stores, as well as important repositories of organic archaeological remains. Photo: WetFutures Research Group.
So, what are peatlands? In brief, they are a natural wetland environment, whose name refers to the peat soils that develop there and the associated habitats growing on their surface. Their soils are unique, as the perpetually water-logged environment causes a slow rate of decomposition of plant material that accumulates to form peat. As an ecosystem, moreover, peatlands are highly diverse and support a range of plants and insect species from the damp sphagnum moss and flowering bogbean to carnivorous sundew plants, from green hairstreak butterflies to rare northern emerald dragonflies. These in turn help support animal species from common lizards to a range of birds including golden plovers and hen harriers.
These landscapes vary in form across the globe: they range from the tropical swamp peatland forests of south-east Asia to the vast open treeless peatlands across northern Europe. In the UK, there are three main types of peatland – fenlands, raised bog, and blanket bog – and their geographical spread is associated with how these different peatland types formed. For example, fenlands are associated with lowland coastal marshes, and in the UK are usually found in eastern England (Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, and Lincolnshire), whereas raised bogs (formed through the infilling of lakes or depressions) and blanket bogs (formed over acidic bedrock on poorly drained flat ground and saturated through rainfall) are more often found in upland areas of the UK such as across Dartmoor, the Pennines, and the Solway region, as well as across central and northern Scotland.
Peatlands, climate change, and the role of archaeology
Why are these landscapes important? Although peatlands only cover approximately 3% of the world's land area, due to their wetland environment and build-up of decayed plant matter they act as the largest long-term carbon store in the terrestrial biosphere (as Joosten and Couwenberg note in their 2008 report for Wetlands International and the Global Environment Centre; see 'Further reading' on p.52). It has been estimated that there are 550 gigatons (Gt) of carbon locked up in what are often considered 'wet deserts' – which equates to around two times more carbon than woodlands the world over. In terms of the UK and Ireland's peatland cover, according to figures from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the smallest percentage of peatland cover is in Wales, with an estimated 4% of the land area; in England and Northern Ireland this figure is 10-12%; while in Scotland, the largest of the total land cover, 20% is peatland, a similar extent to Ireland. Historically, these landscapes have been cut and drained for land reclamation for agriculture, and peat ('turf') dried to burn for fuel, causing damage to the peatland ecosystem through significant drying and the consequential release of carbon, as well as the fuel itself becoming a source of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere.
Degraded peatland; across Europe, an estimated 100,000km2 of peatland has been lost over the last 50 years, and only a fifth of UK peatlands are described as 'near pristine' by the IUCN. Photo: Brian Mac Domhnaill.
Across Europe, an estimated 100,000km2 of peatland has been lost over the last 50 years, and much of what remains is degraded and at continuing risk. In the UK alone, the IUCN has estimated that only a fifth of the peatlands can be described as 'near pristine'. However, UK peatlands also have some of the finest examples of preserved organic archaeological remains and sites associated with past human activity, spanning from Neolithic trackways in Somerset to the famous Lindow Man bog body recovered from Lindow Moss in Cheshire (see CA 233 and 375) and the diverse range of organic finds at Vindolanda Roman fort in Northumberland.
So, where does peatland archaeology fit with action against climate change? The irony is not lost that archaeological discoveries in peatlands are often made thanks to the cutting and extraction of peat to reveal these buried surfaces. However, the impact of degraded peat on archaeology is devastating. The drainage, cutting, and agriculture that has been responsible for the damage and loss of these environments has caused the same destruction and loss for the archaeology buried within them. This includes threats to undisturbed and unexcavated archaeology, where drainage and changes in the water table can stop peat growth, causing oxidation and the degradation of in-situ remains. Farming run-off into water systems is also a known destructive process for peatland archaeology, where the acidification of ground water can cause the disintegration of buried remains in peat. This has led to large-scale emergency excavations of buried peatland archaeology, such as at the Mesolithic site of Star Carr in the Vale of Pickering, Yorkshire (CA 322 'News' and CA 349), which is threatened by the increasing pollution of peat soils and the intense use of agricultural chemicals and run-off into groundwater. How, then, does peatland restoration and protection save archaeology?
Peatland protection in action
A key example can be seen with the latest efforts under way at a peatland site along Hadrian's Wall. The Roman fort of Magna is one of the most fascinating and well-preserved sites along the Roman frontier in Northumberland. The fort holds a commanding position as the junction between three Roman roads – the Stanegate, Military Way, and Maiden Way – and surveys have indicated that activity there stretched from c.AD 80/85 until the end of the official Roman occupation of Britain c.AD 410. Intriguingly, the vallum ditch that runs along Hadrian's Wall is significantly and uniquely diverted at Magna. It has tentatively been suggested that it was diverted due to the presence of a peat bog – but would a peat bog hold back the mighty Roman army?
Monitoring work at Magna Roman fort in Northumberland is helping to improve understanding of its peatland environment, and the impact of climate change on underlying archaeology. Photo: Gillian Taylor.
Climate change is leading to increasingly hotter summers and wetter winters, with more emphasis on localised extreme weather events, such as heavy rain, flooding, and stronger and more frequent storms. These are changing our landscape visually: at Magna, these effects are manifested in the way that Roman remains are now emerging from the peat as it compacts and dries out. Our research questions at this site include: How fast are changes occurring? How do we monitor and manage them? And, importantly, how do we embed mitigation strategies for the future, not only at Magna but at other sites impacted by climate change?
At Magna, strategies to keep an eye on these changes have already started. There, ground-monitoring piezometers (devices used to measure pore water pressure in the ground) are being used to help understand physical data such as ground-water levels, conductivity, oxidation-reduction potential, pH, and soil moisture. It is very important to monitor pH, especially changes in acid/alkaline conditions, as within peatlands the peat is acidic and changes in this acidity can have an impact on the preservation and ultimate degradation of artefacts, losing them to future study.
Peatland archaeology for the future?
Carbon capture and sustainable rehabilitation of peatlands is a unifying goal in climate action for policy-makers, NGOs, and peatlands groups across the globe. The protection of archaeology is part of this supporting process and, in turn, promotes this often neglected aspect of peatland ecosystems, enhancing a growing awareness of the value of peatland environments. To-date, the significance and value of peatland archaeology has been under-appreciated and many rehabilitation programmes fail to engage with this specific aspect of these landscapes. With specialists in peatland archaeology promoting fantastic sites such as Magna, however, we hope that increased understanding of the heritage value of peatland environments will contribute to a best-practice approach for the rehabilitation, and ultimately the future, of peatlands on a global scale.
H Joosten and J Couwenberg (2008) 'Peatlands and carbon', in Assessment on Peatlands, Biodiversity and Climate Change, pp.99-117. Available at www.gec.org.my/index.cfm?&menuid=48&parentid=287.
Dr Rosie Everett is Lecturer in Forensic Sciences in the Department of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Dr Gillian Taylor is Associate Professor in Analytical Chemistry at the School of Health and Life Sciences, Teesside University, Middlesbrough.
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Teenage girl sleepwalks through open window, falls five storeys onto street
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The teenager fell from the fifth floor of a residential building after sleepwalking (Image: Newsflash)
An 18-year-old girl has been left seriously injured after she sleepwalked through an open window and plummeted five storeys to the ground.
The tragic accident happened when the woman, who has not been named, was staying with friends on July 18.
According to police, just after midnight she started walking in her sleep towards the open window when she shockingly fell 14 metres (46 feet).
The woman plummeted five storeys and was found outside the block of flats by nearby strangers.
She has suffered serious injuries as a consequence of the fall, according to officials in Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Germany.
The 18-year-old was found on the ground outside the apartment block by a passersby who immediately called emergency services for help.
Following a preliminary investigation, police believe the accident took place just after midnight when the victim was sleepwalking in the flat.
After being found by a passerby, emergency services took her to hospital where she remains with serious injuries, according to police.
Studies reveal that around four per cent of adults walk in their sleep, and around 30 per cent of children sleepwalk at least once before reaching puberty.
The perception is that children are affected more often is because their brain has not yet matured.
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"Muir Woods National Monument, California" by National Park Service , public domain
Brochure of Muir Beach at Golden Gate National Recreation Area (NRA) in California. Published by the National Park Service (NPS).
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Muir Beach National Park Service U. S. Department of Interior Golden Gate National Recreation Area To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival. —Wendell Berry At Muir Beach, a complex network of freshwater wetlands, lagoon, and dunes defines the meeting place of Redwood Creek and the Pacific Ocean. Here,across a broad floodplain, intertwined natural systems perform an intricate seasonal and biological dance. Redwood Creek drains an 8.9-square-mile watershed that extends from the ridgetops of Mt. Tamalpais through the old-growth forest of Muir Woods National Monument to the ocean. Largely undeveloped, the watershed functions as an essentially intact unit. Within this compact territory, a highly diverse range of habitats, many of them irreplaceable to their inhabitants, can be found. A Biodiversity Hotspot Redwood Creek watershed is part of the Golden Gate Biosphere Reserve as well as one of North America's biodiversity "hotspots." These ecologically critical areas represent some of the planet's richest and most threatened reservoirs of plant and animal life. The watershed is home to several of the West Coast's most imperiled species, among them, coho salmon, steelhead trout, and the California redlegged frog. Habitat restoration has helped its redlegged frog population, but coho salmon are still in a highly precarious position. When salmon return to their native spawning grounds in upper Redwood Creek, they bring deep-ocean nutrients to the redwood forest. Without the salmon, a key piece of the age-old cycle of the redwood forest is gone and an important connection is lost. California red-legged frog Coho salmon EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA™ www.nps.gov/goga The First Stewards For more than 10,000 years, the Coast Miwok lived in roughly 600 small family communities along the shoreline. Stewards of the land, they managed the local watersheds where creek and ocean resources were most abundant, including the Muir Beach floodplain. Here, they hunted, fished, and harvested many of the native plants for food, medicine, and other traditional uses. In developing traditional ecological knowledge, landtending principles, and alignment of cultural customs with the seasons, they fostered a harmonious relationship with the natural world. In the late 1700s, European settlement forced the Coast Miwok off their land and abruptly shifted their way of life forever. Descendants of the Coast Miwok, members of what is known today as the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, continue to participate in research, education, cultural revitalization, and preservation of sacred sites. Portuguese Dairymen Left, Top & Bottom images: Traditional prayer led by a representative of the Coast Miwok at the annual Welcome Back Salmon ceremony at Muir Beach. Beginning in the mid-19th century, much of the watershed's land was leased to Portuguese dairymen, who had emigrated from the Azores on whaling ships. By the 1880s, Marin County was California's largest producer of fresh milk and butter. After World War II, the ranches declined, and most were incorporated into the California State Park system in the 1960s. Get-together at a local dairy ranch. (photos from George Kristian Lindholdt) Bygone Days at the Beach Muir Beach—known as Big Lagoon Beach until the late 1930s—has always been a popular place for recreation. Early-day beachgoers picnicked, camped, fished for salmon and trout, and hiked here. Others came to dine and dance at the Old Tavern, built in the early 1920s, or stay in one of the summer cottages. Weekend visitors catch a few fish (photos from George Kristian Lindholdt) EXPERIENCE YOUR AMERICA™ www.nps.gov/goga Restoring Ecological Integrity During the 20th century, human use changed the natural landscape of the wetland and creek habitat at Muir Beach. Farming, cattle and dairy ranching, road construction, and beachfront development collectively confined the creek, cut it off from its floodplain, caused it to fill with sediment, and diminished habitats. In collaboration with public agencies and nonprofit partners, the National Park Service implemented a multi-year, large-scale restoration plan. This work has freed the creek to meander naturally and reconnect with its wetland system, expanded the lagoon, created frogbreeding habitat, and enhanced sand dunes, setting the stage for the site's return to ecological integrity. Make a Difference Click the link for more information. • Lend a hand in the ongoing effort to restore native plant communities and manage invasive species at Muir Beach and other parklands. www.parksconservancy.org • Learn what you can do to help protect the ocean. www.thankyouocean.org www.bluefront.org 5gyres.org • Get involved in the campaign to improve air quality in the San Francisco Bay Area. www.sparetheair.org www.nps.gov/goga k W O AC H 10 1 ay i Tra l N Horses and Hiking only Parking Hiking only Picnic Area Dogs on leash allowed Trailhead d GOLDEN GATE C ICY UPHILL O NL NATIONAL Y FO RECREATION AREA st oa ire Ro al F ad Pirat Emergency Phone Stables Food il a ll ey essee V enn To T v es Co Secondary Road en le Gre Sh Gulch Green d d le i M R B MUIR BEACH Vault Toilets Main Road North 0 e Tra il 0.5 miles Lodging 1 kilometer Location G hw y c ific Way Wa y C CEA Horses, Bikes, Hiking Creeks Zen Center Green Gulch Farm S LE CO a ra hT ai l i e or li n e g hw Hi lc Gu Pa il P Muir Be ch r T a a Tr as Ka l w O MUIR BEACH OVERLOOK MUIR BEACH COMMUNITY FI en GOLDEN GATE DAIRY Pelican Inn CI ch Tr a il ul 1 DS 1 A To Mid ch BE O DIAS RIDGE T s Gr e R Di a il ra ON UI re e INS 1 dC k ST M woo ig ree TO n Ra de Sli To TO H dC l Trai Re d Ridge Trail oo V i ew Re d w Coast MOUNT TAMALPAIS STATE PARK PIRATES COVE Muir Beach is halfway between Stinson Beach and the Marin Headlands, where Shoreline Highway (Hwy. 1) meets Muir Woods Road. 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With the winter temperatures set to drop drastically over the next few weeks, and concerns of rising energy bills fuelled by the latest announcement from E.ON, who are the last of the Big Six energy companies to increase their gas and electricity tariffs, many people are looking to alternative ways to keeping themselves warm over the coldest season.
Luckily, with recent technological breakthroughs in heat retention, clothing has become a major factor in keeping warm, and people are no longer having to turn up the heating in order to stave off the cold. We featured last week, the best selling self heating thermals, available from Asda, that have become this years must have garments, and we can now announce that a Japanese firm have also come up with some heat retaining technology, but this time they are not limiting their clothing to just sleep wear or traditional thermals.
Available from online store Uniqlo, there is a huge collection of Heat Tech clothing, for men and women, that include underwear, tops, bottoms, turtle neck jumpers, bras and knickers, leggings, socks, stoles, neck warmers, room wear and polo necks. And if you think that heat tech clothing has to be uniform and boring, think again, as there is a range of Orla Kiely heat tech garments that start at an incredible £9.99 for turtle neck jumpers!
The technology is similar to the one featured in the Asda sleepwear garments in that, moisture from your body is turned into heat and retained by the fibres in the clothing. What happens is that water vapour typically escapes in normal clothing, but in Heat Tech garments, the fibres trap the water and convert it into heat, as the clothing has an innovative base layer in which there are air pockets within the fibres.
With a room temperature of 66 degrees F and a humidity of 50 degrees F, the body temperature is shown to increase after ten minutes. Heat Tech retains that heat by creating insulating micro acrylic air pockets and the body generated heat is not allowed to escape. As a result, excellent heat retention is achieved on a micro level with a single strand of yarn. Micro yarn is one tenth the thickness of a human hair. So the secret of staying warm is that moisture is turned into heat, and that heat is retained.
The Heat Tech fibres contain milk proteins with natural amino acids, that make the fabric soft and smooth to the touch. A special anti-bacterial agent is present in the fibres to prevent odours. The garments stretch to maximise comfort and give you a fantastic fit. The fibres are designed to be anti static to reduce discomfort from electricity build up. All clothing made with Heat technology is highly durable and is designed to maintain its shape, despite repeated washing.
To view the huge range of Heat Tech clothing, visit the Uniqlo website.


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Police and fire service launch wearable tech initiative to help people affected by dementia
Posted at 14:12 on 22nd September 2020 in Good News
A wearable tech wristband for helping people with dementia has been launched on the BBC Crimewatch Roadshow.
Sergeant Stuart King and Darren French from Avon Fire & Rescue were interviewed live on the show about the new initiative, which is the latest part of the ongoing Dementia Safeguarding Scheme that helps to protect vulnerable elders.
Using Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, the wristband stores essential information about the wearer, including their name and details of next of kin. The information can be accessed via the NFC app when a mobile is held nearby, alleviating the need for physical contact which can cause further distress. This information can be used by emergency services, health professionals or community members to get the wearer back to safety should they be found whilst lost or confused.
The initiative is a collaboration between the Senior Citizen Liaison Team (charity), Avon & Somerset Police and Avon Fire & Rescue Service. Between them they have provided initial funding for 750 wristbands which will be distributed across the community.
Sergeant Stuart King, who leads the Dementia Safeguarding Scheme and is a member of the Senior Citizen Liaison Team Charity, said: "Throughout my policing carer, I've encountered many situations where people with Dementia are lost and confused, some of which sadly ended in tragic circumstances. It's often an upsetting experience for the lost person and whilst we try to work quickly and sensitively to get them home, it can be challenging for us to find out who they are and where they live.
"I've been involved in related schemes for around seven years. I really care about finding better ways to serve elders with dementia whilst treating them with the compassion and dignity they deserve. Whilst this isn't a replacement for good care, this tech is cheap and accessible, so I've got high hopes this will make a difference."
"This is the latest addition to our Dementia Safeguarding Scheme, which also has a GPS tracking element, as well as the 'Avon and Somerset Dementia Forum' which is an active Facebook group and we would invite the public to visit to find out more".
Darren French, Community Fire Safety Watch Manager at Avon Fire and Rescue says; "We take an active role in protecting the most vulnerable people in our community whilst conducting home fire safety visits. These visits give us the opportunity to asses any risks to the individual and get them the help they need.
"We've ordered around 750 bands and will be piloting the scheme in the Bristol and Avon area. My team will be visiting to households who may benefit from a wristband, getting them set up and then working with our blue light partners to help keep them safe."
Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner Sue Mountstevens: "According to the Alzheimer's Society there are around 850,000 people in the UK living with dementia. The Dementia Safeguarding Scheme is a fantastic way of protecting so many vulnerable people who suffer from this horrible disease. I welcome any opportunity to think differently how we can work together to prevent vulnerable adults from becoming another 'missing person'.
"We all have a duty to protect our community and I am confident that the introduction of these new wrist bands will encourage local residents to look out for vulnerable people who may be at risk. I hope that these devices will provide reassurance to families and friends who may be worried about loved ones at risk."
Bristol Dementia Action Alliance (BDAA) Chairman, Tony Hall, says; "This wristband helps to protect and safeguard those vulnerable people with dementia in our society. It is a positive response to an age old problem and moves to bring about a more caring society. We at BDAA are very glad to be involved in this pilot, as our aim is to make Bristol 'The Dementia Friendly City of the UK'".
The passive device is not used for tracking and contains non-personal data to ensure the safety of the wearer. Anyone who downloads the NFC app on their phone can retrieve information from the wristband meaning getting someone to safety doesn't always require intervention by emergency services.


You and your partner are kissing. Men have shared with me that sentence-long guidance feels like criticism, while one-word comments sound like gentle direction.
This can be especially good but your partner's mouth is also loose or open for you. So think ahead to how you want to blend the new kissing style or method you want with what he already does. Follow these exercises -- and enjoy the results! Whether or not you essentially had this dream, what you need to do is allow an idea about what you want to ask for. All the time make a point of saying what works, not what doesn't. Also, because men's mouths after that tongues are larger, they can be too forceful in the moment of passion.


Three pieces of pottery from beneath the sludge.
Field sampling with the pXRF at Newstead.
A piece of Chinese pottery buried in the gravels of the river bank.
In April we returned to the banks of the Loddon River at Newstead. While we were doing our sampling we found three pieces of pottery in the gravels beneath two metres of sludge. One piece of pottery is English and the other two are from Chinese food containers. They probably came down the river from the Chinese camp at Guildford.


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Is Malta bigger than Singapore?
Is Singapore smaller than Malta?
Is Malta bigger than Jersey?
Is Malta bigger than London?
Can you walk around Malta in a day?
What is Malta famous food?
Is Isle of Man bigger than Malta?
How big is Malta compared to UK?
Malta is approximately 316 sq km, while Singapore is approximately 719 sq km, making Singapore 128% larger than Malta. Meanwhile, the population of Malta is ~457,267 people (5.8 million more people live in Singapore).
Malta is about 2.3 times smaller than Singapore.
Singapore is approximately 719 sq km, while Malta is approximately 316 sq km, making Malta 43.94% the size of Singapore. Meanwhile, the population of Singapore is ~6.2 million people (5.8 million fewer people live in Malta).
Malta is about 2.7 times bigger than Jersey.
Jersey is approximately 116 sq km, while Malta is approximately 316 sq km, making Malta 172% larger than Jersey.
London (UK) is 4.97 times as big as Malta
The city stands on the River Thames in the south-east of England, at the head of its 50-mile (80 km) estuary leading to the North Sea.
It's not big and very safe to walk around all day long, no need to rent a car, buses are old but ok to travel from city to city. I recommend you to Relax and enjoy this wonderful country. You can find gentle and helpful people and of course a couple of rude guys but just skip them and live on your vacation.
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Traditional Maltese food is rustic and based on the seasons. Look out for Lampuki Pie (fish pie), Rabbit Stew, Bragioli (beef olives), Kapunata, (Maltese version of ratatouille), and widow's soup, which includes a small round of Gbejniet (sheep or goat's cheese).
Isle of Man is about 1.8 times bigger than Malta.
Malta is approximately 316 sq km, while Isle of Man is approximately 572 sq km, making Isle of Man 81% larger than Malta.
Malta is about 771 times smaller than United Kingdom.
United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, while Malta is approximately 316 sq km, making Malta 0.13% the size of United Kingdom.
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The summer months can hold a wide range of different activities for elementary students, with numerous options including family vacations, camps, and home learning activities. Children who come from different socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds may have different access to various activities as well as different arrangements for primary care during the summer months. Variations in summer activities and care arrangements in the summer following kindergarten may have significance in achievements gaps widening by SES during this time. These achievement gaps may also have association with future high school achievement and college enrollment.
This Statistics in Brief serves to investigate contributing factors to achievement gaps in the summer after kindergarten. Data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011) is used to compare participation in summer activities across two socioeconomic characteristics—household poverty status and parents' highest level of education—while information on summer activities was gathered through interviews with parents or guardians in the fall of 2011 when most children had just completed kindergarten. This brief is organized by study question and each section is presented first for the overall student population, then household poverty status, and parents' highest level of education.
The Early Childhood Longitudinal Studies (ECLS) program offers the first nationally representative study of early childhood development and education in the United States. The ECLS program currently has three separate longitudinal studies fielded by the National Center for Education Statistics: The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998–99; the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort; the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study of 2010–11.


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Charity · Daily-Hadith · Salah (Prayer)
By Allah, I would definitely fight him who makes distinction between Salat and the Zakat
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
When the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) passed away, Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) was appointed as his successor (caliph). Amongst the Arabs some men apostatised. Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) resolved to fight them. `Umar bin Al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him) said to Abu Bakr: "How can you fight them when the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) has declared: `I have been commanded to fight people till they testify La ilaha illallah (there is no true god except Allah); and if they do it, their blood (life) and property are secured except when justified by law, and it is for Allah to call them to account." Upon this Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) said: "By Allah, I would definitely fight him who makes distinction between Salat and the Zakat, because it is an obligation upon the rich to pay Zakat. By Allah I will fight them even to secure the piece of rope which they used to give to the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam)." `Umar (May Allah be pleased with him) said: "I realized that Allah opened the heart of Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) for fighting those who refused to pay Zakat, and I fully recognized that Abu Bakr ¨(May Allah be pleased with him) was right."
[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]
The Excellence and Obligation of the Payment of Zakat -Imam Al-Nawawi's Riyad-us-Saliheen


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Q: Different theme for every activity I want every activity to have a different theme, for example:in the MainActivity I want the theme to be  android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen" <-- I tried to add it under android:name=".MainActivity" but when I launch the app it crashes ( "unfortunately app has stopped." ).
Also if I try to change the android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar" into any other theme it tells me  "You need to use a Theme.AppCompat theme (or descendant) with this activity."
What am i missing?
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        android:icon="@drawable/minion_hitman"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar" >
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            android:label="@string/app_name">
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                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            </intent-filter>

        </activity>
        <activity android:name=".SplashScreenActivity"
            android:screenOrientation="portrait"
            android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Black.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen"
            android:label="@string/app_name">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
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        </activity>
        <activity android:name=".second_activity"
                  android:label="@string/about">
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A: Right now you have android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Black.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen" set to your SplashScreenActivity. It extends ActionBarActivity which is a class of appcompat library. It requires a Theme.Appcompat theme to work properly. Theme.Black.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen is not a Theme.Appcompat theme.
I suggest you change the parent class for your SplashScreenActivity from ActionBarActivity to Activity, because you don't need an ActionBar in there:
public class SplashScreenActivity extends Activity {

Now, you can set android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Black.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen" for the SplashScreenActivity.

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Guinea fowl are a large African game bird with slate-colored, white-spotted plumage. There are several species of guinea fowl. Most guinea feathers sold in fly tying shops are from Pearl Guinea Fowl. There are several different breeds including white, purple and lavender guinea fowl. Commercially available guinea fowl hackle feathers are from domestically raised birds.
Our local fly tying shop will sometimes have complete guinea skins, but most time you will have to place an order. A complete skin will of coarse offer the widest range of size and pattern variations. There are a lot of feathers on a complete skin and it will last many years, but for most fly tyers just buying the packaged strung guinea feathers would be the most practical.
you could find many other applications.
More specific information and tips about the use of guinea feathers and hackle applications.
Guinea fowl are GREAT for getting rid of ticks, spiders, roaches, bees and flies if they can reach them. They also sound the alarm if something isn't right on the property such as a hawk appears in the trees or a snake is in their area.


Over the summer, the library implemented a new online reservation system to make planning easier. The recently renovated Group Study Rooms on the fourth floor and the Media Viewing Room on the third floor can now be reserved up to three days in advance. The Group Study Rooms on the third floor will be added soon! Students, staff, and faculty can use their campus email to make a reservation on the new website at library.claremont.edu/spaces.
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@implementation ProtocolMessageProxy

- (NSMethodSignature *)methodSignatureForSelector:(SEL)aSelector{
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- (void)forwardInvocation:(NSInvocation *)anInvocation{
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OneRepublic have revealed their new music video for 'Connection'.
The Grammy-nominated rockers - made up of Ryan Tedder, Zach Filkins, Drew Brown, Brent Kutzle and Eddie Fisher - unveiled the promo clip to support their latest single, which was made available to stream and download online earlier this summer.
Directed by Joel Pront and choreographed by Matthew Peacock, the video was shot at The Oculus, which is New York City's newest addition to the 9/11 memorial and gave the release a profound feeling.
Focused on the differences between the digital world and reality, the clip starts in black and white before later bursting into full colour as they perform in the middle of the building.
In the chorus of the anthemic track - which also features in Jeep's annual Summer of Jeep campaign - Tedder sings: "Can I get a connection? Can I get, can I get a connection?"
The band revealed the video to their fans on social media this week, and thanked the fans who came to be part of the shoot as extras for the live performance.
In a post on Twitter, they wrote: "Excited to share the official video for Connection. Was awesome to film this in the Oculus Building, huge thank you to all the fans who got involved. Enjoy!"
'Connection' was released earlier this year, making it the band's second single of 2018 following on from their 'Start Again' collaboration with 'Logic'.
Although the group are yet to release a follow-up to 2016's 'On My Way', they kept busy in 2017 with the release of non-album singles like 'No Vacancy' and 'Rich Love'.


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Represent prominent Los Angeles developer, Sonny Astani of Astani Enterprises Inc., in connection with multiple mixed-use development projects in Hollywood and downtown Los Angeles. These include entitlement of the High Line West, a large apartment and retail complex slated for a 1.9-acre site on Hollywood Boulevard; entitlement of a 640-unit apartment complex along with 42,000 square feet of retail slated for development on a three-acre site at 12th Street and Grand Avenue, which operates as a surface parking lot; and entitlement of a 220-unit apartment and retail project on a 1.5-acre site on Wilshire Boulevard.
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When 20th Century Fox released a preview for "Breakthrough" just before Christmas, it quickly went viral. The trailer for the faith-centered film, based on the true story of a boy who fell through a frozen lake, has now racked up more than 100 million views across all platforms.
On January 19, 2015, 14-year-old John Smith was trapped underwater for 15 minutes. First responders pulled him from the icy waters of Lake Sainte Louise in St. Charles, a northwestern suburb of St. Louis, Missouri.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported a month later: "He wasn't breathing, and paramedics and doctors performed CPR on him for 43 minutes without regaining a pulse." Yet, after his mother prayed for him, doctors at St. Joseph Hospital West say Smith inexplicably regained consciousness.
"They never expected the heart monitor to respond," says Joyce Smith in an interview. "The first doctor who treated John wrote in his medical records: Patient dead. Mother prayed. Patient came back to life." A year later, after telling the story in an interview, the mother and son met Hollywood producer DeVon Franklin. He had never heard of such a medical miracle.
Following a string of recent faith-based hits including 2014's "Heaven Is For Real," which earned $91 million at the box office, Franklin threw himself into the project. Now his biopic "Breakthrough" starring Chrissy Metz (NBC's "This Is Us"), Topher Grace ("Interstellar"), Dennis Haysbert ("24"), and Marcel Luiz is set to open nationwide on April 17, in advance of Easter.
The major motion picture raises weighty issues about faith and miracles difficult to tackle in a two-hour movie. No one questions that a family experienced considerable trauma in a medical crisis, but supernatural intervention? The team behind the film maintain that facts have been medically verified, and the story on-screen reflects accounts from multiple sources.
Smith was adopted from Guatemala at five months old. Today a high school senior, he recalls making the game-winning layup in that nail-biter basketball match on a Sunday afternoon. With school out the next day for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, his parents allowed him to stay overnight with friends.
Only half an hour after her text conversation with him, Joyce Smith received the call: her son had been underwater for 15 minutes and had no pulse. She raced to be by his side.
Family practice physician Dr. Kent Sutterer was on-call in the emergency room. He and his team exhausted their life-saving measures. They used a defibrillator on John intending to restart his heart, gave him epinephrine shots, and performed CPR — all to no avail. Finally, Sutterer invited Smith back so she could pay her last respects before he called time of death.
Smith began to pray in a loud voice that could be heard throughout the ER. "I've heard this verse my entire life: The Holy Spirit which raised Christ Jesus from the dead dwells in you," she says, quoting Romans 8:11. "I don't remember what all I said, but I remember telling God, Please send your Holy Spirit to save my son!" Suddenly, the heart monitor registered a pulse.
Doctors and nurses sprang into action to stabilize the boy fighting for his life. Sutterer ordered that he be airlifted to Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital 40 miles away in St. Louis, with its fully equipped intensive care unit. There he came under the care of Dr. Jeremy Garrett, a pediatrician recognized for his expertise with patients after drowning and hypothermia.
Feeling their faith had been vindicated thus far, the Smiths felt emboldened to challenge the report. They urged every medical step be taken. The next morning, Garrett was surprised by the boy's improvement and formulated a multi-step plan to triage his vital systems. Joyce Smith says a prayer team of friends and family "supplemented" that treatment plan.
Soon John spiked a high fever. Garrett and his team presumed it was an infection due to the gallons of dirty lake water they had pumped out of him. Smith put the word out to her Christian friends: pray about John's potential lung infection.
As the medical team defined daily concerns, Smith sent them on to what became a multi-state prayer team. Sixteen days after the incident on the lake, John was released from the hospital.
Medical professionals who managed the boy's care, including Sutterer and Garrett, have gone on-the-record in multiple interviews, including for Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital. The unique case even spurred the pediatric critical care specialist to further research.
To date, no other person is known to have survived an hour without oxygen and recovered as well as John Smith has. One theory some have advanced is that cold water activated his diving reflex, wherein oxygen is conserved to vital organs as the heart rate slows.
To date, no other person is known to have survived an hour without oxygen and recovered as well as John Smith has.
However, Garrett notes that Smith entered the water feet-first, which would not trigger this reflex. "For John's brain to have gotten cold to be protected from the lack of blood flow and the lack of oxygen really is a miracle in itself, if that did anything here," stated Garrett.
In 2017, her memoir entitled "The Impossible" chronicled the story in detail — "backed up by 305 pages of medical records," says Smith. Franklin optioned the book and hired screenwriter Grant Nieporte ("Seven Pounds") to adapt it. For 20th Century Fox to get behind the project contradicts claims that major studios discriminate against faith films.
When Franklin heard the family on a TV interview in 2016, one element particularly intrigued the former Sony Pictures executive. "The adoption angle, which was so unique and different, actually drew me to this story," he says.
While some adoptive families wait years, the Smiths faced an expedited process in applying to Guatemala for a child. "It was almost nine months later to the day that we got John," recalls Smith.
Interviewing Dawson for what would be her feature film directorial debut, she told Franklin of her two daughters, including one born in China. "When she told me the story of how she and her husband adopted their girl, it blew me away," he says.
The Dawsons stayed with the infant in China for two weeks. "Every day, they fed her and held her," he continues. "As they were getting ready to leave for the U.S., all the bedsores were gone and her feet had straightened out.
"When she told me that story about the power of love, I knew she was the director," says Franklin. Dawson strived to bring authenticity to the portrayal of this adoptive family.
For many observers, questions still surround the implausible events in that Missouri hospital room. Even believers open to miracles occurring today are skeptical about reports of the dead being raised. A recent hoax in South Africa confirms such stories are rife for manipulation.
While firm in her charismatic beliefs, Joyce Smith admits some events in life are confounding. When telling her family's story at conferences, she is often asked about parents in similar situations who prayed and did not see their child spared.
With his latest faith-based film opening in theaters on April 17, Franklin affirms their aim with the project: inspiring people with any beliefs — or none — to view miracles in a new light.


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I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Minister for Tourism a question about FOI requests.
The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: On 30 May I asked the minister to take a question on notice regarding the patronage of the government's corporate suite 27 (the schmooze suite) to which the minister responded:
If the honourable member wants any detailed information about the box, that is available. She can put in an FOI request.
If the minister is up to date with her correspondence she will know that I have requested the information via FOI, but through either the minister's incompetence or caginess I have had to request an internal review for that information. I am not sure whether this is a problem common to other members of parliament, so my questions to the minister are:
1.At present how many FOI requests have been received and are awaiting determination?
2.How many of those are subject to internal reviews?
3.How many of those are subject to external reviews?
4.Will the minister have at least one extra person to help her with her workload now that the job of taking bookings for the schmooze suite has been made redundant?
The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Minister for Forests, Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Tourism, Minister for the Status of Women) (14:35): I find it incredible that, after doing away with the corporate box, we have come under such criticism from the opposition. So, if we keep the box, we are criticised and, if we get rid of the box, we are criticised. I find it quite remarkable. As members would be aware, all agencies have their own accredited FOI officers, under the FOI Act. These officers consider the scope of requests and determine any appropriate documents for their release, and they do that in a very independent way. That process has nothing to do with ministers. It is not even at arms length; it is done quite independently of ministers.
In terms of how many FOIs I have received, I do not know. They come through to those officers, and those officers deal with them and respond to them in the appropriate way. If the honourable member has any queries about her FOI (it was probably rejected because she could not fill out the form the right way), as I have said, I have no say or no part whatsoever in those decisions, and she needs to contact the appropriate officer dealing with that application. As I have said, it is a matter that is completely independent of me. Frankly, I am not at all surprised that some FOI applications may take longer than others. For example, the total number of FOI applications received by the state government in 2010-11 was almost 12,000, which is an increase of almost 30 per cent from 2001-02. The number of FTEs working on FOI across the state government was estimated to be just under 91 in 2010-11, and that is an increase of 118 per cent from 2001-02. So, there has been an increase of 118 per cent in staff since the former Liberal government had responsibility for FOIs, which is incredible, and almost a 30 per cent increase in the number of FOI applications that this government is dealing with compared with the former Liberal government when it was responsible for FOIs. I am advised that the total cost of administering FOI for state government, local government and universities has risen since the government's first term of office, and it was estimated to be $8.5 million in 2010-11.
Members interjecting:
The PRESIDENT: Order!
The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister might want to repeat that cost, because I didn't hear it.
The Hon. G.E. GAGO: I will, for your benefit, Mr President. The total cost of administering FOI for the financial year 2010-11 was $8.5 million—you will be even more impressed with this figure, Mr President—and that is a 400 per cent increase in the cost of administering FOIs since the former Liberal government was in power and taking responsibility for FOI. So, that is a 400 per cent increase in costs compared with the former Liberal government. I am advised that applications from MPs have increased considerably and tend to be incredibly time consuming, often due to their broad scope and complexity.
Of course, we have examples of honourable members in this place requesting FOIs for documents that are in fact on the public record and available to the public in the form of an annual report. I will not name names, but a member in this place put in an FOI for a document that is part of a report tabled annually in parliament. So that is how lazy the opposition are. They cannot even get off their tails and check whether the information is already on the public record. No, no, no: fill out an FOI and waste taxpayers' hard-earned money and a hardworking public servant's time.
The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (14:40): I have a supplementary. Will the minister come back with replies to questions she has not answered, or is she refusing to in relation to the number in her office—internal reviews, external reviews?
The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Minister for Forests, Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Tourism, Minister for the Status of Women) (14:41): The number of FOIs that my office has received? These are questions that are very easy to forget because they are so banal. I am happy to take that question on notice in terms of the number of FOIs my office has received. I do not know. These are matters dealt with by the appropriate FOI officers. They are completely independent of me, but if the honourable member wants to waste more taxpayers' time—we have examples of the opposition requesting FOIs. Does the honourable member want me to include that one as well? I will include the FOI that was requested for information already on the public record in the form of a tabled document—a complete abuse and waste of the public sector's time and money.
The Hon. J.S.L. Dawkins interjecting:
The PRESIDENT: I do not think it is the Hon. Mr Dawkins' turn yet. The Hon. Mr Wade.


Hotel Terre di Casole is at Casole D'Elsa, a delightful medieval village in the heart of the upper Val d'Elsa valley, a borderland between Florence and Siena and once the site of historical clashes between the two areas. The Hotel and village overlook one of the most beautiful valleys in Tuscany, between Siena, Volterra, San Gimignano and Monteriggioni. The olives and vineyards of Chianti, Vernaccia and Terre di Casole accompany modern travellers along the time-honoured path of the Via Francigena (the St Francis pilgrim's path), amidst stone farmhouses, medieval churches and the wild forests of Montagnola Senese.
From the north: A1 motorway towards Florence, take the Firenze Impruneta exit. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit and turn onto the Raccordo Autostradale Siena-Firenze highway heading towards Siena/Colle Val d'Elsa/Poggibonsi/Grosseto. Take the Colle Val d'Elsa Nord exit, drive through the centre of Colle Val d'Elsa and continue towards Casole d'Elsa.
From the south: A1 motorway towards Florence, take the Valdichiana-Bettolle-Sinalunga exit towards Sinalunga. Turn onto the SS327. At the roundabout, take the 1st exit and turn onto the Raccordo Autostradale Bettolle-Perugia highway towards Siena/Sinalunga then follow the signs for Siena. Continue straight on the Siena Ovest ring road which joins the Siena-Firenze highway. Take the Colle Val d'Elsa Sud exit, cross the centre of Colle Val d'Elsa then continue towards Casole d'Elsa.
The closest airports to Hotel Terre di Casole are Florence, around 70 km away, and Pisa, around 85 km.
From the airports, there are 2 options for reaching Hotel Terre di Casole: hire car or a private transfer service.


I am sure there will be lots of us members on here who have been searching the world wide web for stickers and engine plates.
On behalf of everyone............ it would be a godsend if you could make some for us all.
If you need templates to copy I'm sure there are plenty willing to supply !
The smaller ones like mine for the speakers could also double up for the dash / stereo etc.
Thanks for the hard work, yes I agree Jo public doesn't have a clue what goes on behind the scenes. It's easy to just buy originals, but at the end of the day they are replicas and I find the challenge is to get them to look good and not exactly the same. Lets hope they come out ok.
They are for my speakers to change them from Kenwood to Ferrari and really need to be silver or red ?
Have you tried the LED flourescents in the garage ? They are perfect for photo's.
I'm interested in the paint code badge if still available.
I am also looking for any other badges / decals which might make my 430 a bit more realistic.
Sorry for not making myself clear. This is what I'm after.
Excellent attention to detail !
NO........... the cap that covers the speedo and rev counter on the dash.
Can't wait to see it on the road ! ! !
Fantastic attention to detail as always Mark.
Lets hope you might get the car finished sometime soon........... Can't wait.


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Looking for the perfect getaway just south of Indy? These are the Top 10 Festival Country Indiana experiences you'll want to make sure you do.
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