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Raphael Young
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By Ella Alexander 3 August 2010
SHOE designer Raphael Young is adding a string to his illustrious bow by creating a leather ready-to-wear collection. We first reported on his new designs last December and he has since rocketed to footwear fame - READ THE FULL STORY HERE.
"I'm working on creating bags and a small line of leather ready-to-wear - it'll be very exclusive," he told us. "We are going to start off with jackets, but I can't tell you more at the moment. These will be available only at our Paris store, opening in September 2010."
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Young launched his own line two years ago after assisting at Yves Saint Laurent. He credits his upbringing for his designer talent.
"I grew up in Romans, which is the cradle of French luxury shoe-making, so that definitely helped," he said. "Even though only a couple of brands produce there nowadays, it was still an important industry in the Eighties. Some of my family members were master craftsmen, and they taught me the art of shoe-making. When you are fortunate enough to receive this knowledge, you just can't turn your back and choose a different path."
Seoul-born Raphael has quickly become renowned for what he describes as his "extreme, architectural and powerful" designs. So what caused him to create his own label?
"I guess the desire to fly with your own wings comes naturally after a certain time spent working for others and especially Italians," he explained. "I had a very precise vision of what I wanted to do, without having any barriers, and I got the point where I had to turn that vision into reality. Working on your own is very hard, but so much more fulfilling. Every joy and pain is a thousand times bigger."
Does he notice women who wear ugly shoes?
"Are you kidding? Of course I do - immediately! That's one of the first things I look at," he said.
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By wftl | December 24, 2021
Author Joan Didion has died at 87
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(NEW YORK) — Revered journalist and author Joan Didion died Thursday at her home in New York City due to complications from Parkinson's disease, her longtime publisher confirmed to ABC News. She was 87-years-old.
Didion was known as one of most incisive writers of her time, penning screenplays, novels and works of nonfiction, including two books about her own personal losses: "The Year of Magical Thinking" and "Blue Nights."
"Joan was a brilliant observer and listener, a wise and subtle teller of truths about our present and future. She was fierce and fearless in her reporting. Her writing is timeless and powerful, and her prose has influenced millions," her editor, Shelley Wanger, said in a statement. "She was a close and longtime friend, loved by many, including those of us who worked with her at Knopf. We will mourn her death but celebrate her life, knowing that her work will inspire generations of readers and writers to come."
Born in Sacramento, Didion was a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and went on to live in New York City, where she launched her career as a journalist, working at Vogue. Her first book, "Run River," was published in 1963; other novels included "A Book of Common Prayer," "Democracy" and "The Last Thing He Wanted."
The next year, Didion married fellow writer John Gregory Dunne, who became her longtime collaborator. Together, they moved to California and worked on screenplays for "The Panic in Needle Park," "Play It As It Lays," based on her novel of the same name about Hollywood and depression, and "A Star Is Born," among others.
In 1967, Didion and Dunne adopted their daughter, Quintana Roo.
Didion documented her time in California in the '60s, including an unflinching look at the counterculture movement, in an essay collection, "Slouching Towards Bethlehem," that became iconic.
"My only advantage as a reporter is that I am so physically small, so temperamentally unobtrusive, and so neurotically inarticulate that people tend to forget that my presence runs counter to their best interests. And it always does," she wrote as part of that collection.
Alongside "The White Album," a later collection of essays, Didion established herself as a storyteller for California in the second half of the 20th century.
Through the last two decades of the 20th century, Didion wrote about the Central Park Five, El Salvador and the Cold War, and plenty on American politics, among many other topics — sometimes as reporting and nonfiction essays, sometimes as novels.
"The narrative is made up of many such understandings, tacit agreements, small and large, to overlook the observable in the interests of obtaining a dramatic story line," she wrote in a 1988 piece for The New York Review about presidential election campaigns.
Even as she had said "Goodbye to All That," Didion kept a foot in New York for the rest of her life. Into the 2000s, Didion and Dunne lived in a New York City apartment, where Dunne died in late December 2003 of a sudden heart attack.
She wrote a memoir, "The Year of Magical Thinking," as a sort of attempt to understand her husband's death. With her characteristic specificity and thoughtfulness, she reported on her own thoughts in the year after Dunne's death, a portrait that earned her the National Book Award for Fiction in 2005.
As her husband died, their daughter, Quintana, was in the hospital with pneumonia and septic shock. While Quintana ultimately survived that, she died a year and a half later, in August 2005, shortly before "The Year of Magical Thinking" was published, after a fall. After her daughter's death, Didion wrote "Blue Nights," published in 2011, a kaleidoscopic rumination on motherhood, illness and death, and Quintana.
Didion, a 2013 recipient of the National Medal of Arts and Humanities, had her latest essay collection, "Let Me Tell You What I Mean," published earlier this year.
"All I knew then was what I couldn't do," Didion wrote about her college years, in a 1976 piece for the New York Times titled "Why I Write." "All I knew then was what I wasn't, and it took me some years to discover what I was.
Which was a writer."
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New Zealand: Auckland in midwinter
On 24 June 2017 By Carol HenshawIn Beaches, Books, bookshops and libraries, Flowers. plants & trees, New Zealand3 Comments
While the northern hemisphere is celebrating the summer solstice by touching Stonehenge and other rituals, the 21st of June is the midwinter solstice down here in the southern hemisphere. We drove from Hamilton to Auckland for our last few days in New Zealand. The sunsets just after 5pm behind the city so we walked down to the harbour to enjoy the evening light.
Someone I was at school with has been living in Auckland for many years and had invited us over to their house in Devonport for an evening meal. We took the 10 minute ferry with all the commuters returning home in the dark and had a very enjoyable evening. The following morning the forecast rain had arrived so we decided to visit the museum which sits in Auckland Domain and had a very wet walk there. The neoclassical building was constructed in 1929 and is Auckland War Memorial Museum. Most of the top floor is devoted to the war memorial collection. However, it contains many other gems. On the ground floor Maori and Pacific Islander artefacts are on display.
In the ancestral meeting house (remove your shoes to enter) a restoration project was underway.
Although New Zealand had its own potteries from the late 19th century, we found a link with home as Royal Doulton and a tile manufacturer in Hanley produced china and tiles with Maori decoration in the early 20th century. There were also silver teaspoons from Birmingham. Other exhibits were Wild Child: childhood in New Zealand, sections on volcanoes, natural history, 20th century Japanese ceramics and a very powerful photographic exhibition entitled Being Chinese in Aotearoa chronicling the experiences of Chinese people in New Zealand in over 90 photographs from the first settler in 1842 to the present day. Unfortunately, we will not be here to see the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition which starts on 7 July 2017. It was raining less on the return journey but the sky remained overcast and the Sky Tower was in the mist so not an evening to go up for the view.
On Friday morning, we were back on the Devonport ferry for a wander around the town. Close to the ferry terminal is Windsor Reserve with a very large tree that has numerous aerial roots. The New Zealand Tree Register identifies it as a Moreton Bay Fig, also known as an Australian Banyan.
Devonport has two bookshops, both on Victoria Road. Bookmark has secondhand books including a large section on military history in addition to all the usual sections. The shop on the other side of the street sells new books. On Queen's Parade, we found a gallery selling antique maps and prints, Japanese woodblock prints and other modern prints and a few paintings but nothing to add to our collection. On a clear day, it would have been worth walking up Mount Victoria for the view but as the mist had descended, we confined ourselves to walking on the beach where I found some sea glass and had some conversations with the dog walkers, one of whom was originally from Northern Ireland.
As the city was shrouded in mist this was also not a day for the Skytower.
At the ferry terminal, I picked up a free copy of Paperboy, a free magazine published every Thursday and is a great guide to what's on around the city. I spotted a photographic exhibition at the Trish Clark Gallery and would have loved to see it but the gallery opened so late that we could not manage it before a late lunch and the walk to Eden Park. We had a great lunch in the Indian restaurant opposite our hotel. A Fan Trail had been marked out for us to walk to the venue and entertainment was laid on along the route. These ladies were dancing to Amy Winehouse:
There were people dancing with fire, various bands (one of whom were doing a not very good rendition of UB40's Red, Red Wine and people dressed up in all sorts of costumes. It took one and a half hours to get there and find our seat. Unfortunately the British and Irish Lions lost the match with the All Blacks so we slipped out early and caught the first train back to the city centre. Tomorrow we leave Auckland to start the long journey home.
New Zealand: Hamilton
On 20 June 2017 20 June 2017 By Carol HenshawIn Art & Architecture, Books, bookshops and libraries, New Zealand, walks1 Comment
En route to Hamilton on Highway 1, we stopped for coffee at Tirau, a town that does not make it into the guide book. It has numerous cafes and so is a good place for refuelling but its speciality is corrugated iron art. Some of the buildings including the information centre and merino wool shop are housed in large corrugated iron animals.
The metal is used in many of the buildings in a more usual fashion but there are also smaller art works and some for sale in the stores. I was feeling a little under the weather so after arriving in Hamilton we limited our explorations to finding some dinner. The next morning we walked the three miles from our hotel into the city centre. The guide book is somewhat scathing saying that the 'grey-green greasy Waikato River rolls through town' but is ignored by the city layout. There was certainly one signpost down to the river walkway from Victoria Street and another area where access is going to be made and will open in early 2018. The riverside path runs along both banks for several miles. On the east bank the path runs thorugh the Memorial Garden and Hayes Paddock, both green spaces.
We crossed the Anzac Bridge and walked along to the Hamilton Gardens which are southeast of the centre. Fifty years ago the area was a quarry and rubbish dump. There are now gardens in several different styles: this is the Italian Renaissance one
They are situated in a large park with a cafe and restaurant, childrens' play area, productive garden, a rose garden and herb garden. We took a bus back into the city centre and browsed in Hamilton's secondhand bookstore 'Browsers' on Victoria Street. We had passed the old now empty shop on the other side of the road the previous evening so assumed it had closed. It was a pleasant surprise to find it had relocated. As seems to be the case in New Zealand, there was a large local interest section but they covered a wide range of topics and had a child-friendly area. You have to keep your wits about you in the city centre, as cyclists also use the pavement. Many cyclists have no lights or bells so can catch pedestrians unaware. Tonight there is another rugby match and then we return to Auckland tomorrow.
New Zealand: Rotorua
On 18 June 2017 18 June 2017 By Carol HenshawIn birds & birdwatching, New Zealand2 Comments
We joined the rugby tour in Auckland and left on a bus. It was a pleasant change from driving, having done just over 2000 miles in the previous two weeks. We drove back down the Southern Highway and past Huntly but then turned off through Morrinsville amid dairy farming country and had a break at Matamata. It has achieved fame as the film set for Hobbiton in Lord of the Rings. You can tour the film set for $99 if you wish. We had a quick lunch and then completed our journey to Rotorua. The lake is a peaceful oasis late afternoon.
This black swan was just settling down for the night.
In the evening, we had a drink in Eat Street. The police and someone from public health were patrolling although it was quiet. As a street pastor back home, it is usually me keeping the streets safe while everyone else is eating and drinking inside so it was slightly strange to be on the other side for a change. Dinner was in a Chinese restaurant where we were the only non-Chinese customers. On Saturday morning, we walked out to Whakarewarewa, a Maori village with thermal waters on the south side of Rotorua.
The local community cook and bath using the waters. Very gradually they are having to move up the hill as sink holes appear in the very thin crust in the lower parts of the area.
This is an old hut they sued to shelter in on winter nights that is no longer in use.
We had a guided tour that lasts for an hour and which was very interesting, covering the geo-thermal activity, the Maori history and culture here. There are other options including cultural performances, dining on food cooked in the thermal ovens and walking trails around the village and lake, some of which we did. There are two overlooks giving good views of the geysers.
We also met a pukeko.
The woman who runs the gift shop and looks after around 15 cats, was working in the Chinese restaurant we ate in the evening before and recognised James. The money raised from the entrance fee and tours goes back to the community. There is a larger, more commercial thermal village a little further down the road which is busier and more expensive. We walked back into town and picked up some lunch before it was time to go to the rugby stadium. I have been to countless rugby matches over the years but the first game was the first women's match I have seen. England were playing the New Zealand Black Ferns and won as did the British Lions who beat the All Blacks in the second game. It was very wet and I found myself watching some of the media. One guy from the Sky Sports Team was zooming around on a Segway and managing to shoot video at the same time. Other photographers were dumping one camera on the wet grass while they were using the other. It was quite amusing to see that the referee and lines people were sponsored by Specsavers, especially considering some of the decisions they made. Quite a few of the Lions' fans had stuffed lions, hats and costumes but we met a group of Irish guys, one of whom was dressed as Pink Panther. After the game we eventually found the correct bus back to the hotel and planned a lazy day on Sunday before the next move.
New Zealand: first 24 hours in Auckland
On 15 June 2017 By Carol HenshawIn Art & Architecture, New Zealand2 Comments
Having arrived the evening before it was already dark by the time we ventured out for dinner. The doors of St Patrick's Cathedral just down the street from our hotel were open so we looked inside. It was built in 1907 in the Gothic Revival Style with lots of polished wood and stained glass inside.
This morning we visited the Art Gallery which sits on the other side of Albert Gardens from the University. The original building dates from 1887 with a modern extension.
On the top floor was an exhibition entitled 'Shout, Whisper, Wail: the 2017 Chartwell Show' including works by ten contemporary New Zealand and Australian artists in a variety of media. This is 'Nobody puts baby in a corner' by Janet Lilo, 2017.
The first floor has modern New Zealand and international art of which this is one example from a UK 20th century family.The Boyle Family's 'The Gisborne Triptych' 1990 is one work from a project in which they invited friends to throw darts at a map of the world. They then visited as many sites as possible and gathering materials from 1000 sites using what they called 'earthprobes' which comprised samples from the ground and resin casting. Gisborne was where Captain Cook first landed hence the significance of this work to New Zealand.
The lower levels have New Zealand paintings from the early colonial settlement, Maori portraits by Charles F Goldie and modern works exploring migration, exploration and arrival from the earliest settlements to today. There are free tours in English and Mandarin but we preferred to wander around by ourselves.
Just outside is Albert Gardens with some sculptures and plants still in flower. The University Clock Tower looks over the gardens.
The Sky Tower at 328m is the tallest building in the southern hemisphere and you can go up it and look at the view and have a drink in the bar.
We might do that when we are back in Auckland for a couple of days at the end of this trip. We met some of the other people on the trip in the bar at Happy Hour and then found our evening meal in one of the many restaurants in the city centre. Tomorrow we leave for our next destination: Rotorua.
New Zealand: Lake Taupo to Auckland
On 14 June 2017 14 June 2017 By Carol HenshawIn New Zealand, roads4 Comments
The day length is noticeably longer up here. Lake Taupo was being buffeted by strong winds as we left and the ducks looked very ruffled, not knowing to risk swimming on the water.
Making a note to return in a different season, we got back onto Highway 1 just north of the town. There are plenty of adrenalin activities to do around here but I would be happy just to do some walking on the trails. The road passes through the large Kinleith Forest before descending into farmland.
North of Hamilton, farmland merges into coal mining country and Huntly is the centre. There are both underground and opencast mines here. Happily, we found a diversion around Lake Waikare. It is struggling with algal bloom and pollution from the surrounding farms. There is a big clean-up operation underway in the Waikare River which runs alongside the road. It was just as windy as Lake Taupo.
Very few birds were attempting to fly today but we did spot a few wild turkeys foraging by the side of the road. Nearer to Auckland the expressway becomes a motorway. With roadworks and road improvement schemes we felt quite at home. We dropped the hire car off and dragged our cases the three blocks or so to our hotel. We are now joining part of the British Lions tour so that James can enjoy some rugby. It does leave us with quite a lot of free time however so tomorrow we will sample some of the delights of Auckland. While we were checking in, the screens in reception were reporting serious disruptions with road closures and ferry crossings due to snow in the South Island. At least we have escaped that.
New Zealand: Wellington to Lake Taupo
On 13 June 2017 By Carol HenshawIn Beaches, Books, bookshops and libraries, New Zealand, roads2 Comments
We spent most of the morning on Highway 1 dodging heavy showers and getting used to the new rental car. The road runs by the coast for the first few miles before continuing inland. We had a brief stop on the windblown beach at Pukera Bay with Kapiti Island in the distance.
Foxton was our coffee stop and as this area is not very densely populated, reminded us of many places on the South Island. We were the only customers in the cafe at the time. Foxton was a New Zealand flax-stripping centre, has a Dutch windmill in the town centre and a beach. As we drove on, listening to music on the iPod, The Stranglers' 'Something better change' came on and seemed very apposite given the political situation back home in the UK.
Sanson sits at a road junction and that is all it seems on the map, so finding The Ministry of Books was serendipitous. This very large shop is well-organised, has a huge selection on all aspects of New Zealand and many other subjects as well as some antiquarian volumes.
By the time we emerged with a couple of purchases it was raining very heavily. The next big road junction was at a town called Bulls. In addition to a large black bull sculpture, a notice welcomed visitors saying it is 'a town like no udder'. The next town on our route was Waioru which described itself as an 'oasis in the Rangipo Desert' at 792m altitude. It is a garrison town and entry to much of the countryside on the road through the desert is restricted as it is an army training ground. We had our lunch at the rain-soaked summit which is at 1074m and noticed several military police vehicles, a fire engine and ambulance passing us on the road, red lights flashing. A rainbow appeared in the sky
but the torrential rain continued and only a mile or so down the road we had to sit and wait for more than an hour until the accident was cleared. We then descended down to the lake and alongside it into Taupo and our hotel but all we could see was the rain.
New Zealand: crossing the Cook Strait
On 12 June 2017 By Carol HenshawIn Beaches, Books, bookshops and libraries, Ferries & boats, roads, Scotland1 Comment
Just after sunrise and while the moon was still high in the sky, we were driving out of Nelson.
Highway 6 runs through the mountains and over a couple of passes before descending into the Rai Valley. We had breakfast there. Further on, the road crosses the Pelorus Bridge and can be closed when the river is in flood. At Havelock, there are two options to get to Picton where the ferry departs from. You can stay on Highway 6 and get there via Blenheim or take the windy and scenic route. We chose the latter and were only a little way along it when we came to a look–out with views back up the valley and over the Marlborough Sounds.
Eventually this road descends to the shores of Queen Charlotte Sound and we arrived in Picton. We had a little time to kill before the ferry so coffee, a look in Down Under Books, the local second-hand bookstore which has a good selection of books on New Zealand as well as all the usual sections. Before heading over to the ferry terminal we had a short walk around the marina to Shelley Beach. There are other trails around here for walking and cycling.
Our mileage so far on the South Island has been 1604 miles. We dropped off the rental car as they charge you £500 to take one over to the North Island. We had arranged to pick another up in Wellington the following day. The ferry was not too busy at all and you can check in your cases so that you don't have to lug them around on board.
The crossing was smooth and the sun went down before we docked in Wellington.
After getting my fix of mountains and forests it was quite strange to be back in the city with concrete flyovers, skyscrapers and rush hour traffic. We took an electric taxi to our hotel and had dinner at a nearby Belgian pub. We finally had some venison for the first time here after seeing so many red deer being farmed on the south island and were served by a guy from Leeds. We have met so many young people from the UK and Europe who are working here. Most of the antipodean youth seem to head for London.
New Zealand: Queenstown to Fox Glacier
On 10 June 2017 By Carol HenshawIn Beaches, New Zealand, roads1 Comment
Today we continued on Highway 6 out of Queenstown and through the Karawau Gorge on the modern concrete bridge. The 1880 old bridge nearby became the world's first commercial bungee jumping venture. You can still do this here if it is your thing. The road passes wineries and orchards. There is even a place called Bannockburn which is quite unlike the Bannockburn I know. When I was at school we could always remember the date of the Battle of Bannockburn as the local pub is called the 1314 Inn. We could have taken a more direct minor road over a 1000m pass to our morning coffee stop at Wanaka but in winter this is likely to be very icy or snowy as it goes past a ski area. Wanaka is a smaller, quieter and laid-back place than Queenstown and might be worth considering for any future trip in the region. It has a very pleasant overlook onto Boys Bay.
Further north, the road passes alongside Lake Hawes
over a small neck of land and then back alongside Lake Wanaka.
There was hardly anyone else on the road. Near Makarova we could see all the mountains around us.
The Haast Pass is a bit of a non-event. It is 564m but as it is in the middle of rainforest, there are no views. The early Maori had been using this route for a long time before the first Europeans appeared. It is named after a German Geologist, Julius von Haast but others suggest that Scottish Prospector Charles Cameron may have crossed it before him. The road was not opened to vehicles until 1965. Highway 6 follows the Haast River right down to the beach. Various creeks are crossed on the way but the one with the best name was Crikey Creek. I could hear the Tasman Sea waves before I could see them but we had a walk on the beach after filling up with fuel.
Mountains back onto the beach.
Back on the highway we were soon at Bruce Bay where notices warn drivers about debris being blown onto the road in high seas.
Our destination was the Fox Glacier. The Franz Josef Glacier a little further north is bigger but busier. Even at the Fox, you are advised to walk up the path before 8am or after 6pm in summer. There are numerous companies who will sell you guided walks on the glacier or helicopter rides but we chose the low key drive to the last carpark on the access road and then the walk up to it. The access road marks the face of the glacier in 1915 and 1935. It had even retreated and continues to do so since 2008. We made the 20 minute walk up to the viewing area a power walk as we had been sitting in the car rather a lot.
Afterwards we settled into our motel in the village and are preparing for the longer drive tomorrow.
New Zealand: the road to Queenstown
On 9 June 2017 By Carol HenshawIn birds & birdwatching, New Zealand, roads2 Comments
Another early start on a cold frosty morning to drive back down Highway 94 and then over to Queenstown. Milford Sound is a good place for dark skies as there is very little light pollution. Although I have been in the southern hemisphere numerous times, I always find the stars in the southern sky a little disorientating. The car thermometer read zero for most of the icy road down to Te Anau where we were accompanied by misty mountains and frosty leaves.
We had to drive carefully in order not to end up in in a ditch like one vehicle we passed with emergency services in attendance. We had stopped at one layby to look at the view and noticed two Kea on another car. They appeared to be trying to eat the rubber seals. I told the two women in the car that our squirrels chew the lead flashing on the roof for no obvious reason. I was quite pleased to get a shot of them as we had seen several Kea but they had all disappeared very quickly. I am still trying to identify all the raptors we have seen feeding on road kill.
At Te Anau we stopped for a coffee and then turned towards Queenstown. The sun had at last come out and the thermometer started to rise a little.
Our picnic lunch was eaten by Lake Wakatipu and then we endured the major roadworks around the construction of a new bridge into Queenstown. It was quite strange to be back among the crowds on a Friday afternoon in this busy town. It is a major base for winter sports and there were a lot of young people around. There are numerous outdoor retailers and obviously some wealth around as there is also a Louis Vuitton store. Needless to say we did not need to do any shopping but chose a walk around the garden peninsula instead. There we discovered a new sport. We had spotted a few people throwing frisbees and coming across one in the undergrowth, had assumed it was lost. We shouted over to the nearest family who told us to leave it which was a bit mystifying. We saw a few more lying on the ground, seemingly abandoned further on, but it was not until we left the park that I saw a notice saying that Disc Golf had been played there since the 1990s.
Some people thought it was warm enough to sit on the beach but it was not warm enough for me.
Fortunately our hotel is out of town a bit and fairly quiet for relaxing in before tomorrow's journey.
New Zealand: Milford Sound
On 9 June 2017 By Carol HenshawIn birds & birdwatching, Ferries & boats, New Zealand1 Comment
We were up before sunrise on a frosty morning to get on an early cruise on the Sound much of which was still in shadow.
It is the low season but even so, numerous coach tours arrive for the middle of the day cruises and an early start is advised. We were on a small boat with only around 20 people on board so no great crush to see what was going on or take photographs. We had a nature guide with us who provided a lot of interesting information on the geology, natural history and the settlement from the earliest Maori settlers to more modern times. The entrance to the Sound from the Tasman Sea is so narrow that even Captain Cook did not spot it when he was sailing by. Rudyard Kipling called it the eigth wonder of the world.
We could not have picked a better day weather-wise and my anxieties about rain were rapidly abolished. It was cold with a clear sky and hardly any wind at all. There are two waterfalls, the Bowen and Stirling. Some people got very close to the latter but I stayed well clear of the spray with my camera.
Even the boats are dwarfed by the vast cliffs.
There were a few New Zealand Fur Seals on the rocks but no dolphins or penguins seen on this trip.
At Fraser Cove, we were dropped off at the Discovery Centre where you descend into a submerged cylindrical room with views all around of the deep water with corals, fish, sea anemones, cucumbers and all sorts of other sea life. You can even sometimes spot a conger eel but we did not. If you do not dive it is a great way of experiencing life deep underwater. Back at our cabin we had a relaxing afternoon and this Weka decided to pay us a visit on the deck.
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Shamian – the historic concession island of Guangzhou
August 6, 2019 By James Clark 3 Comments
Shamian in Guangzhou is a former concession island that was established by the French and British after the Second Opium War. This small island has some of the best preserved colonial architecture in Asia. It might also be the best 19th century historical site that isn't a UNESCO World Heritage Site (yet).
The island was originally a sandbank (Shamian means "sandy surface" in Chinese) that was conceded to France and the United Kingdom by the Qing government. In 1859 work began to turn this sand bank into an island.
The land is on the Pearl River, and on the landslide a canal was dug to separate it from the mainland, turning it into an trading enclave.
The land is 900 metres facing the Pearl River, and 300 metres from canal to river.
[Image via Wikimedia Commons.]
The land was gridded out and then filled in with stately commercial and administrative buildings typical of the Victorian-era.
There is also early 20th century architecture, such as the Bank of Taiwan building.
The road that runs down the middle of the island doubles as a park, so you can walk the length of the island through total greenery.
Even if you aren't using the main thoroughfare, all the other streets are tree-lined and pleasant.
I think future town planners should be having conferences here to see how good town planning works (ie use a gridded pattern of walkable streets and plant lots of trees).
Given how many heritage buildings were lost in China it's remarkable how intact the buildings on this island are.
Churches were spared the fate of demolition by being converted into factories.
Not only are the buildings in good condition, but every notable building has information in English about the buildings original purpose.
There are also statues around the island, such as this "east meets west" trading scene.
There is a bigger park on the banks of the Pearl River.
And apart from the old banking and commercial buildings there are old apartment blocks here as well.
This building was the residence of Indian Nationals.
Some of the buildings are perfect for cafes.
This was the nicest Starbucks I've seen in a long time.
I enjoyed the outdoor seating with ceiling fans.
Everyone I've spoken to about my trip had never heard of it. When I went in the morning it was like I had the island to myself. It was a bit busier in the afternoon, but it wan't over-tourism mayhem.
I was surprised that Shamian isn't a UNESCO World Heritage site yet. Gulangyu (Kulangsu) near Xiamen is also a concession island, and that became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2017. Gulangyu is bigger and is a car-free island so it was worthy of being listed before Shamian. I would be amazed though if Shamian isn't eventually listed.
Where to stay on Shamian Island
Shamian is a small island so there's not a lot of places to stay. Here are the main options.
The Guangdong Youth Hostel (listed as Etan Hotel or Swan Hostel on the map) is the only backpacker accommodation on the island.
Mid-range options include the Guangzhou Oversea Chinese Hotel and the ShaMian Hotel.
On the canal-side of the island is the 4-star Guangdong Victory Hotel.
To stay in style the White Swan Hotel is one of the most famous hotels in China. This five star luxury hotel overlooking the Pearl River was built in 1983. It's on the edge of the island so it doesn't interrupt the aesthetic of the 19th century architecture. The hotel even has its own private driveway along the riverfront. It's had its fair share of famous guests, including Kim Jong Il, Queen Elizabeth II, and President George W. Bush.
I first visited Shamian in 2010 and on that trip I stayed at the hostel. Prices have gone up since then and it's not the budget accommodation that I remember it to be. An alternative to staying on Shamian is to stay at a hotel near Shamian along the Pearl River. The riverfront also has a good collection of heritage buildings so it feels like you are staying in "Old Canton". I think if you are a casual tourist to the city then the island or riverside is the best area to stay in Guangzhou. If you are visiting for the Canton Fair then I would stay at a hotel near there to save yourself travel time.
I stayed at the Aiqun Hotel, which is a budget hotel in an iconic 1930's building. The hotel is about a 20 minute walk along the riverfront to Shamian. Read about the rest of my trip to Guangzhou.
The LN White House Hotel is another budget hotel that is closer to the entrance of the island.
Search for more hotels near Shamian Island.
Getting to Shamian Island
If you aren't staying on the island then the closest metro is Huangsha Station on Line 1 of the Guangzhou Metro. From the metro there is an overpass that will bring you to the footbridge at the northwest corner of the island.
Shamian Island Map
Map of Shamian Island, Guangzhou.
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coral waight says
I also have never heard of it. How gorgeous!
Mary Sellman says
I did not have aidea of this island, it is simply beautiful, that strange is the art architecture of etse place, and in China, very beautiful.
Chris W says
I love Shamian Island and always go there when I'm in Guangzhou.
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The 2014 legislative session has just begun and as the scaffolding begins to come down around the refurbished dome, I wanted to take the opportunity to highlight what my colleagues and I will be prioritizing over the coming months.
In 2013, Colorado endured the most destructive wildfires and floods in state history. The first bills we introduced in the House this year will assist those affected by these natural disasters and increase our ability to mitigate them in the future. The work of countless national, state and local organizations and the remarkable efforts and community spirit of Coloradans across the state have all made our ongoing recovery possible. But there is still much work to be done to make sure our battered, but not beaten, communities recover fully and thrive again. I look forward to working on the bipartisan bills we have crafted to speed and assist our recovery efforts.
We will also be focusing much of our time and energy this session on improving our education system. Education funding, especially funding for higher education, was particularly hard hit by the budget cuts we had to make during the recession. While we have not fully emerged from that recession, our economy is nevertheless recovering and state revenues are increasing; this means we can finally begin to restore funding for education at all levels.
I am also encouraged by constructive bipartisan talks about key pieces of our education package from last year, especially ongoing discussions about ensuring our schools get the reforms and resources necessary to succeed.
Increased access to quality education and making higher education more affordable are essential to ensuring future generations' economic security. I will personally be focusing this session on enhancing our economic security and fostering a healthy growing economy. As our economy continues to change at a dizzying pace, we need to make sure that our workforce is prepared for the jobs of the 21st century, because what is rewarded today is very different from what was rewarded in decades past.
I have always been a champion of equipping Coloradans with the skills that will be in demand in the future. During my previous term, I passed the Skills for Jobs Act and I will continue that effort by sponsoring, with Rep. John Buckner (D-Aurora), a bill that will give the Office of Economic Development access to data about the strengths and weaknesses of Colorado's workforce. This will allow our state to more effectively market our strengths to prospective businesses and provide more adequate training in areas where skills gaps exist.
Another priority of mine is to improve the climate for small businesses in Colorado by simplifying our sales tax regime. Although Colorado is consistently ranked among the top five states in which to do business, we fall short when comparing our hideously complex sales tax system to that of other states. My Sales Tax Simplification bill, a bipartisan co-operative effort with Rep. Kathleen Conti (R-Littleton), business groups, and local governments will make it easier for entrepreneurs to expand, hire more people, and achieve their dreams.
I am honored to serve in the Capitol and am committed to continuing to move Colorado forward together this session. I will continue to serve as chair of the Judiciary Committee and as a member of the Finance and Legal Services Committees. I always benefit from hearing from constituents, so please don't hesitate to contact my office at 303-866-2921 or repkagan@gmail.com.


The Hyundai Kona is already our favorite subcompact SUV, largely because its nimble handling and stylish design add a dash of pizazz to an affordable, practical package. Hyundai has now introduced a fully electric version, one that promises 258 miles of driving range on a full charge. It has a starting price of $37,495 before a $7,500 federal tax credit or any other incentives.
It doesn't have a gimmick, it doesn't feel tinny or look goofy, and it has a range long enough that it should allow you to travel to work and back—and then some. It's just a practical car that happens to be electric.
We purchased our own Kona EV so we could put it through our rigorous battery of tests. We'll spend plenty of time behind the wheel and we'll compare it with other EVs including the Chevrolet Bolt, Nissan Leaf, and Tesla Model 3 before issuing our final verdict. For now, these are our first impressions.
Almost all of our praise for the gas-powered Kona holds true for its electric sibling. Both cars are adept at taking corners with little body lean, both are easy to get in and out of, and both have the same amount of cargo room in the back because the battery doesn't intrude into the cargo hold.
In fact, the EV solves some of our few complaints about the gas-powered Kona: its sluggish acceleration and loud engine noise. Taking off from a stop might not feel as meteoric as in a Tesla Model 3, but the electric motor's instantaneous power delivery certainly helps the little Kona hustle along. The lack of internal combustion keeps cabin noise to a minimum.
Hyundai says the Kona EV takes 9 hours and 35 minutes to charge from empty at a traditional Level 2 DC charger, the 240V kind you'd be likely to install at home or find at a public parking lot. Considering how long the Kona's range is, you probably won't need to fully recharge often.
A 50 kW Level 3 fast charger can reload the Kona EV's battery to 80 percent from empty in 75 minutes. If you can find a 100 kW Level 3 fast charger, that task should take only 54 minutes. But those stations are few and far between.
So far, the Kona's dashboard display has shown a good prediction of range, which even stayed accurate during 25º F weather. As with all EVs, we did notice a drop in the Kona's overall range when it was below freezing outside, which we've seen in our own cold-weather testing. Typically, EVs use more power to warm the cabin, and that adds further strain on the battery.
The Kona EV comes well-equipped. Even the base SEL trim comes with heated front seats, LED daytime running lights, and Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, plus safety features including automatic emergency braking, blind spot warning, and lane keeping assist. Our Limited trim added leather, LED headlights, wireless charging, and a sunroof.
Driving on slushy and wet roads, our test drivers noticed that the car had a tendency to spin its front wheels too easily when accelerating from a stop. On icy curves, we occasionally experienced understeer, which is when a car doesn't turn as much as the steering wheel commands it to.
The first problem isn't surprising. Electric vehicles deliver instantaneous power to the drive wheels, so it can be hard to accelerate gently enough to keep the wheels from spinning. The Kona EV is available only with front-wheel drive, which can make it more challenging to keep traction on a slippery surface.
The second concern, however, may be due to the Kona's tires. In order to maximize the car's range, Hyundai chose to put low rolling resistance tires on this EV. Those tires are designed to minimize energy loss from the friction where a rolling tire meets the road. They help with range but they don't always have the greatest grip. For snow-belt buyers, a new set of winter tires might remedy this problem, but it will probably put a dent in the Kona EV's impressive range.
The EV also replaced some of the gas-powered Kona's simple design with what some of our reviewers thought was needless ornamentation. Up front, a flimsy-feeling door covers the charging port. It opens from right to left, which can make plugging in more awkward than with a door hinged at the top or bottom. Inside, the EV gets a push-button gear selector instead of the more traditional one found in the gas-powered car.
But those concerns matter only if you can actually buy the car in the first place, which leads to our final complaint: The Kona EV is currently available only in states in the West and Northeast U.S. that follow the California Air Resources Board's ZEV (zero-emissions vehicle) mandate. Considering the national availability of other EVs, that's a knock against this Hyundai.
We're especially interested in spending more time with the Kona EV on wet roads and keeping track of its range estimates as we drive it for longer distances.
To comply with a new regulation that affects all "quiet" cars, including EVs and many hybrids, the Kona EV must emit a warning sound at speeds below 18.6 mph. Hyundai went with a futuristic tone similar to a Mac's startup sound, and it got mixed reviews from our testers. Some said it sounded welcoming but reminded others of the sort of ominous sound effects you'd hear in a sci-fi movie. We'll tell you whether we get used to it or whether it gets more annoying as time goes on.
And last, we'll keep track of where the Kona is available. Check back in a few weeks to see the results of all of our testing.


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Can Longo's offense work in SEC? It has
by Rick Cleveland December 16, 2016 December 16, 2016
Time will tell whether Phil Longo's version of the Air Raid offense will work at Ole Miss anywhere nearly as successfully as it has at Sam Houston State and Longo's other stops along a long, winding coaching road.
But trust me on this: If it doesn't work, it's not because Longo has never coached at the NCAA FCS level before.
Rick Cleveland Credit: Melanie Thortis
Everything is relative in football coaching. Yes, the 46-year-old Longo will call his plays against better talent in the SEC than in the Southland Conference. But he will be running those plays with more talented players at Ole Miss than he had at Sam Houston.
The field is still 100 yards long and 53.3 yards wide. The game still lasts 60 minutes.
"They said the same thing about me when I moved from Valdosta State to Kentucky," Belhaven's Hal Mumme said. "They said my stuff would never work in the SEC."
Belhaven University football coach Hal Mumme Credit: Rogelio V. Solis, AP
Mumme's offenses at Kentucky set school, SEC and NCAA records for passing and total offense. In his first season, Kentucky beat Alabama for the first time in 75 years. Yes, Mumme was eventually fired at Kentucky, but it wasn't because his plays didn't work.
"They said the same thing when Mike Leach left me at Kentucky to go to Oklahoma as the offensive coordinator," Mumme said. "Oklahoma had been a running program with the wishbone and the sports writers and sportscasters said that the Air Raid offense would never work in that conference.
"Three years later, Oklahoma won the national championship running the Air Raid."
And now practically everyone in the Big 12 runs a version of the Air Raid.
"The geometry of the offense works at any level," Mumme said. "I don't know him but I've heard great things about what Longo has done at Sam (Houston). And I know this. I saw the Egg Bowl and that young quarterback at Ole Miss is absolutely perfect to run our offense."
The Air Raid offense Mumme and Leach began to perfect at Iowa Wesleyan had been tinkered with by several different coaches. At Sam Houston, Longo has incorporated much more of a running game into the offense. For a more in-depth look at Longo's tinkering, read this story by Bruce Feldman on foxsports.com.
The guess here is that Longo will be a good fit for Hugh Freeze and Ole Miss. The quarterback and receivers to run the offense are in place.
The bigger question is defense. And it says here that problem will not be solved by X's and O's but by Jimmys and Joes.
by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today

Can Longo's offense work in SEC? It has

by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today
December 16, 2016

Time will tell whether Phil Longo's version of the Air Raid offense will work at Ole Miss anywhere nearly as successfully as it has at Sam Houston State and Longo's other stops along a long, winding coaching road.

But trust me on this: If it doesn't work, it's not because Longo has never coached at the NCAA FCS level before.

Rick Cleveland

Everything is relative in football coaching. Yes, the 46-year-old Longo will call his plays against better talent in the SEC than in the Southland Conference. But he will be running those plays with more talented players at Ole Miss than he had at Sam Houston.

The field is still 100 yards long and 53.3 yards wide. The game still lasts 60 minutes.

"They said the same thing about me when I moved from Valdosta State to Kentucky," Belhaven's Hal Mumme said. "They said my stuff would never work in the SEC."

Belhaven University football coach Hal Mumme

Mumme's offenses at Kentucky set school, SEC and NCAA records for passing and total offense. In his first season, Kentucky beat Alabama for the first time in 75 years. Yes, Mumme was eventually fired at Kentucky, but it wasn't because his plays didn't work.

"They said the same thing when Mike Leach left me at Kentucky to go to Oklahoma as the offensive coordinator," Mumme said. "Oklahoma had been a running program with the wishbone and the sports writers and sportscasters said that the Air Raid offense would never work in that conference.

"Three years later, Oklahoma won the national championship running the Air Raid."

And now practically everyone in the Big 12 runs a version of the Air Raid.

"The geometry of the offense works at any level," Mumme said. "I don't know him but I've heard great things about what Longo has done at Sam (Houston). And I know this. I saw the Egg Bowl and that young quarterback at Ole Miss is absolutely perfect to run our offense."

The Air Raid offense Mumme and Leach began to perfect at Iowa Wesleyan had been tinkered with by several different coaches. At Sam Houston, Longo has incorporated much more of a running game into the offense. For a more in-depth look at Longo's tinkering, read this story by Bruce Feldman on foxsports.com.

The guess here is that Longo will be a good fit for Hugh Freeze and Ole Miss. The quarterback and receivers to run the offense are in place.

The bigger question is defense. And it says here that problem will not be solved by X's and O's but by Jimmys and Joes.

This article first appeared on Mississippi Today and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
Rick Cleveland, a native of Hattiesburg and resident of Jackson, has been Mississippi Today's sports columnist since 2016. A graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi with a bachelor's in journalism, Rick has worked for the Monroe (La.) News Star World, Jackson Daily News and Clarion Ledger. He was sports editor of Hattiesburg American, executive director of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. His work as a syndicated columnist and celebrated sports writer has appeared in numerous magazines, periodicals and newspapers.
Rick has been recognized 12 times as Mississippi Sports Writer of the Year, and is recipient of multiple awards and honors for his reporting and writing.
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Gauss or Gauß or Gausz is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

 Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855), German universal mathematician and physicist
  (1829–1915), German geologist, who also published some well-known logarithm tables (and thereby sometimes gets confused with Carl Friedrich Gauss, who introduced Gaussian logarithms earlier on)
 Christian Gauss (1878-1951), American literary critic
 Ernst Gauss, one of several pseudonyms of Germar Rudolf (b. 1964), German Holocaust denier and chemist
 Karl Johann Gauss (1875–1957), a Notable German Obstetrician and Professor
 Clarence E. Gauss (1887–1960), US Ambassador to China and Australia

See also
"Gauss" is also (rarely) used as a given name, e.g.:
 Gauss Moutinho Cordeiro, Brazilian engineer
German-language surnames
Surnames of German origin

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By: Anne Wright and Saundra Rose Maley, eds.
The American poet James Wright was a voluminous correspondent, and these more than five hundred pages of A Wild Perfection are merely a sampling of his letters. Wright was a poet of supreme importance to his generation, and to the generation that followed. He was also, as these letters indicate, a man of tremendous compassion and intelligence. He lived, as Rilke said of the sculptor Auguste Rodin, "at the very center of his art."
Wright came from a working-class background. His father worked for Hazel-Atlas Glass for many years in small-town Ohio. With the help of the GI Bill, he earned a PhD from the University of Washington. Then came his first marriage, two children, and a disastrous stint as an English professor at the University of Minnesota, where he was a colleague of the poets Allen Tate and John Berryman. There was alcoholism. There was divorce. There were mental breakdowns. Wright ended up at Hunter College in New York City, where he met his second wife, Anne. There he stopped drinking, traveled often to Italy, and died at the age of fifty-three of throat cancer. In an early letter to James Dickey he confesses, "Poetry is a terrifyingly difficult and magnificent thing," and both the terror and the magnificence of his life are in evidence in these letters that cover a thirty-three year period. "It is a ferocious battle to try and make sense out of one's own life," he proclaims late in his life, "but it is everything—everything."
Wright seems not to have belonged to one school of thought or the other, although the great Spanish poets of the last century, Neruda in particular, deeply affected him, enough so that after his first two formal books of poetry were published he dropped the formal approach altogether. Robert Bly, to whom many of these letters are written, was an encouraging presence early on. Wright in these letters is loving, tender, unembittered, and determined to write the best poems that he could. Whatever smacked of commercialism, whatever mocked the beauty that he knew so well existed in this world, were absolute anathema to him. You get a sense of this, however, only now and then in his letters (particularly in the one to J. D. McClatchy where Wright violently recoils at the idea of writing something, at McClatchy's request, in reaction to the suicide of Anne Sexton, with whom Wright had a close friendship) and this strikes me as strange. I want to see more of that side of him.
Wright was a poet of various doubts. At one point he even felt that he was perhaps no poet at all, as he says in a letter to Bly, and yet his defense of his work in response to James Dickey's assessment of his early poems in a mere aside in The Kenyon Review is filled with fury, anxiety, and self-loathing—a rare glimpse into the darker regions of this man's beautiful heart. What Dickey had to say was right, though, and Wright came to understand this, setting the stage for the creation of his strongest volumes of poetry, The Branch Will Not Break and To a Blossoming Pear Tree.
Dennis Sampson's sixth book of poetry, Within the Shadow of a Man, will be published by Settlement House Press later this year.


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Short version: No and no. Although Fair Trade Music is sponsored by Local 99 and the American Federation of Musicians (AFM,) the musicians' union, membership is not a requirement, either to participate or to benefit. So, the AFM is providing infrastructure and context to the campaign for the benefit of all musicians. It's part of their mission, and we're all in the same bathtub!


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In addition, MasterVoices is committed to distributing approximately 300 free tickets every season to a diverse range of seniors in New York City. MasterVoices has partnered with multiple organizations that provide services for seniors to distribute tickets to those who otherwise would not have access to nor be able to afford concerts at such a high level of excellence. Major funding is provided by New York Foundation for Eldercare.


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Q: What's the opposite word of "aforementioned" I am writing a paper and want to use a word which has the opposite meaning of "aforementioned", i.e. something will be mentioned in following parts.

A: What is the reason?
Are you trying to introduce the reader to an argument or trying to hold the reader's interest?
Academic papers often need to let the reader know what is going to be said. Otherwise the reader will likely stop reading since the paper will seem irrelevant to them. Sentences that list some topics then end with a "... will be discussed." are fairly common.
Possibly you trying to introduce an argument into the paper. In this case it would be more natural to simply state what you want, without any details about how more will be discussed. The reader will expect justification in the following paragraphs.
Straight answer
These words can be used as part of an opposite meaning: below; ensuing, following, subsequent, succeeding

"The presidential agenda will be discussed below"
"The following evidence will convince the jury beyond a reasonable doubt that my defendant is innocent of all charges."
"The proposed hypothesis will be substantiated by the subsequent details."
"Despite the compelling nature of this argument, the succeeding details provide an alternative explanation."

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Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal watched over 200 of the RLC's top chefs compete in the Army's prestigious Field Catering and Culinary Arts Competition in Grantham this month.
In an improvised field catering challenge, teams of three chefs whipped up a mouth-watering meal for 20 soldiers using ingredients from a mystery box of fresh rations. However, first they had to build their stove from materials such as an empty metal drum, a metal grid and some house bricks.
The winners of the challenge were chefs from the ARRC Support Battalion with a menu of Filo baskets filled with Halloumi, mushrooms and red onion served with a garlic and mascarpone cream sauce. The main course offered a choice of delicious butternut squash and vegetable curry served with braised brown rice, dhal, tomato chutney and fresh naan bread or parmentier garlic and herb potatoes served alongside a pan fired medley of seasonal vegetables with garlic and herb. Dessert was a choice of individual Italian meringues topped with cream and raspberries finished with fresh fruit compote or individual caramelized mixed fruit towers finished with a raspberry crumb served with coconut sauce analgise.
More refined cuisine was produced in the VIP challenge, which saw chefs produce a three course meal for two dignitaries from a field kitchen. 1st prize in this category went to Sergeant John Oliver and Sergeant Paul Henderson from the Food Services Wing.
Other competitions included The Field Team Challenge, which saw chefs cook a mouth-watering two course meal for 20 people from a field kitchen with the winning menu coming from 1 Logistic Support Regiment.
Individual categories included a Hot Sweet competition that saw Private Laura Chapman from 26 Regiment Royal Artillery beat off eight fellow chefs to take home Gold.
Private Monica Ndungu (19) who only joined 167 Catering Support Regiment RLC in November took first place in the Junior Chicken Challenge where the junior chefs prepared, cooked and served four portions of Chicken Chasseur in 45 minutes.
Mr Andy Clarkson from Sodexo won the Open Lamb Competition. The Open Fish competition was won by Sergeant John Oliver from the Food Services Wing and the Open Pasta competition was won by WO2 Suzi Wood from 103 Regiment Royal Artillery.
The Open Centre Piece was won by Gemma Rodgers of Sodexo.


In the Netherlands, but also globally, we see a greater need to do something active together with people in wheelchairs or people with disabilities.
Not only in the Netherlands, where we produce the Van Raam bikes, but also in other countries, there is a great demand for special needs bikes, like the VeloPlus wheelchair bike. For example, recently we transported the first Van Raam bikes to America and now we have a Van Raam dealer in Italy. The first VeloPlus wheelchair bike is now riding in Italy!
Aspasso project: a sustainable mobility project.
In the town of Senigallia (or Sinigaglia in Old Italian), a commune and port town of the province of Ancona on Italy's Adriatic coast, is a VeloPlus wheelchair bike purchased in the context of sustainable mobility. With this special needs wheelchair bike, you can transport people who are in wheelchairs, by bike. This is simple, fast and environmentally friendly.
In the Italian media was also much attention tot his special wheelchair bike from the Netherlands.
With the help of power assistance, you can easily cycle, even backwards. Together with a person with a disability, you cycle to the destination. The use of the bicycle is simple. Within a few minutes you know all the features and capabilities of this wheelchair bicycle, so also in Italy.
Protec, our dealer in Italië, who ordered the Van Raam wheelchair bike, hopes that there will be more wheelchair bikes in Italy.


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911 calls (July 19, 2020)
There were 61 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Sunday. At that time, there were 1,245 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,550. When the jail is full, some inmates may be released early.
Robbery: A 32-year-old man reported Saturday that about 10 p.m. Friday he was walking at South Stanislaus and East Lafayette streets when he was approached by three men who started punching and kicking him. The assailants then robbed him of unspecified property before fleeing on foot. The victim was transported to an area hospital for treatment of unspecified, non-life-threatening injuries. His condition was not reported.
Robbery: A 65-year-old man was working inside a business in the 100 block of South Wilson Way about 5:20 a.m. Saturday when two women came in. One of the women struck the victim with an unspecified object, then both women took merchandise and fled outside to a white sport utility vehicle and drove off.
Resisting arrest: Officers went to the 1700 block of Harbor Street about 2:30 a.m. Sunday on the report of an unspecified disturbance and found Filemon Nuanes, 47. After placing Nuanes in the back seat of a patrol car, Nuanes allegedly began hitting his head and kicking the inside of the vehicle, causing damage to the door. Officers used a restraint device to control Nuanes. He was arrested on suspicion of resisting, vandalism and battery.
The Stockton Fire Department did not provide the number of calls for service in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Sunday.


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Today's manicure features Chanel's Le Vernis Nail Colour in June, Released earlier this year with the Harmonie de Printemps 2012 Spring Collection.
June is a creamy apricot.
Regrettably, I'm going to have to say that this polish was a total miss for me. I found the formula to be thin, and difficult to work with. Also, even after three coats, the application was uneven and left bold spots. June is definitely one of those "I'll take with me to the nail salon and have the manicurist deal with the hassle of application" polishes. I really wanted to love June, since I adore the color...but with the unevenness in application and the fact that the tips of my nails look lumpy due to the numerous coats i had to apply, this polish is a total disappointment!
If you purchased June, I'd love to hear what you thought about it?
This is the prettiest orange nail polish, too bad about the formula being really tricky to work with though! I hate really thin polishes that leave bald spots even after numerous coats, it definitely ruins the enjoyment of a beautiful colour if the application is so difficult.
I know what you mean about thin formulas, application can get frustrating, and your nails can start to look lumpy after sooooo many coats.
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Greg Hands, MP for Chelsea and Fulham, has come up with an interesting piece in his latest news bulletin which demolishes some of the myths that Thames Water likes to peddle about it's super sewer.
Thames Water admits that more than 95% of the discharge from a London CSO (Combined Sewer Overflow) is… rainwater!
All of which is information you probably weren't told about by the Thames Water Used Car Salesmen if you dropped into their presentation at Glamis Hall.
Don't forget to feedback to Thames Water on their plans to make a profit by trashing King Edward Memorial Park.


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Mile News Tagged Frank O'mara
When we were Kings: Ireland's magic Milers
Island nation's athletes are notable part of the iconic distance's rich history
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Paul Robinson's recent world best time of 4:17.9 for a Mile run in sub-zero Antarctica recalled memories of a previous era when Ireland's leading Milers competed at elite level and...
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The trailer for the much anticipated follow-up to 2017's hit Spider-Man: Homecoming just arrived! In the trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home we see some very familiar faces, which is a bit confusing for fans of Infinity War who knows that Peter and Nick Fury, both were dusted after Thanos' universe-altering snap. So, it remains to be seen how this Spidey story manages to occur. Is this after Endgame? Is this an alternate timeline? We have heard from Sony and Marvel top brass that this film takes places just moments after the end of Endgame.
Here's what we can tell. This story of Spider-Man: Far From Home revolves around the Elementals and Mysterio (played by Jake Gyllenhaal). It seems that Peter Parker wants a break from being the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man to enjoy a school trip to Europe as an teenager would. Yet, Nick Fury returns to recruit the young Avenger to join in a fight with Mysterio (maybe against him, too?) to fight the Elementals. The trailer doesn't feature Agent Maria Hill, though Cobie Smolders did confirm she is in the film. Check out the trailer below!
Spider-Man: Far From Home swings into theaters July 5, 2019!
Have an idea for how this fits into the MCU? Share your fan theories in the comments!


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ICE: Illegal Alien Killed 3 After Sanctuary County Released Him from Custody
By Jack Davis November 14, 2018 at 9:20am
Federal officials and a Missouri sheriff are lashing out at a New Jersey county after it was learned that one man charged in connection with three Missouri murders was not handed over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement when he was in custody before the killings, despite being in the country illegally.
Twenty-three-year-old Luis Rodrigo Perez, a Mexican citizen, was held at the Middlesex County Jail in December 2017 on domestic violence charges. But according to an ICE news release from John Tsoukaris, the head of ICE's Newark field office, the county would not honor an ICE detainer to turn him over.
"In this most recent case, Perez had a violent history, but despite that, the detainer was not honored," Tsoukaris wrote in the release. "We hope that this tragic turn of events forces Middlesex to reconsider its policy and that the local elected officials stop protecting criminal aliens."
Perez was released in February without ICE being notified, NJ.com reported.
Perez and a 19-year-old man are facing charges for the murder of two men in Springfield, Missouri, on Nov. 2, and a woman the next day. Perez is being held without bail at the Greene County, Missouri, jail.
Brad Cole, sheriff of the neighboring Christian County, told KYTV that he cannot understand why criminals are set free.
"It makes no sense why we would be shielding someone who is here illegally from those laws," he said.
"The illegal immigrant was released from Middlesex County there and came right here to the Midwest, right here to Southwest Missouri and killed three people … and we have three innocent people that are no longer here because of 'sanctuary cities' and 'sanctuary counties' that refuse to cooperate with the immigration laws of the U.S.," Cole said.
"It affects everyone and it continues to grow and to be a bigger problem."
Do New Jersey officials have some responsibility for these deaths?
Russ Hampton, the father of victim Josh Hampton, agreed.
"That's what saddens me the most is because he was turning his life around … He started to Victory Mission … a really great place in Springfield … and I appreciate them a whole lot," Hampton told KYTV. "A part of me wants to believe that he did get his life turned around. I raised him a certain way, and he understood who God was."
Acting executive director of ICE Corey Price said the Middlesex County officials set in motion a chain reaction of tragedy.
"Yet again, an ICE detainer was ignored and a dangerous criminal alien was released to the streets and is now charged with killing three people," he said, according to Fox News.
"Had ICE's detainer request in December 2017 been honored by Middlesex County Jail, Luis Rodrigo Perez would have been placed in deportation proceedings and likely sent home to his country — and three innocent people might be alive today," he said.
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"It is past time that localities realize the perils of dangerous sanctuary policies and resume their primary goal of protecting their residents," Price said.
Many on Twitter agreed.
How about someone investigate why an illegal immigrant was allowed to go free in a sanctuary city then murdered 3 people ? now that's completely stupid. charge the mayor with murder. wait i get it ! US citizens just are not worth it.
— Michael Winkelman (@MichaelWinkelm7) November 12, 2018
ICE: Illegal immigrant released by 'sanctuary' charged with triple murder – https://t.co/icQWPIw4wV – @washtimes How many times does this type of tragedy have to occur before we hold sanctuary cities accountable? @realdonaldtrump #MAGA
— Rick Saccone (@RickSaccone4PA) November 11, 2018
New Jersey city were accomplices to murder just like San Francisco is responsible for the murder of Beautiful Kate Steinle
— eric einhorn (@dodgerhater1) November 9, 2018
Middlesex County officials said ICE did not meet the required terms to have Perez handed over.
The county will only turn over an individual who has a first-degree or second-degree conviction, Patch reported.
However, according to Patch, the county also argued that ICE could have obtained a deportation order from a federal judge but did not do so.
But Tsoukaris said the county has a history of not cooperating with ICE.
"We have tried unsuccessfully to work with Middlesex County Jail in the interest of public safety to accept detainers and to contact ICE prior to releasing criminals," he said in the news release. "There have been other cases where ICE detainers were not honored and those released went on to commit serious crimes."
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JENNIFER GUSTAVSON FILE PHOTO | Tonight's Greenport Village board meeting is at 6 p.m.
Greenport officials are set to discuss the possibility of transforming Clark's Beach on Long Island Sound into an eco-friendly energy park during tonight's regular Village Board meeting at the Third Street firehouse starting at 6 p.m.
The 8.9 Soundfront acres off Sound Avenue in Greenport could potentially be home to a two- to four-megawatt electric generating facility utilizing solar, wind and tidal energy.
A preliminary proposal suggests the project could make the village energy independent, and even help prevent future increases to resident's electric bills.
Officials have said the waterfront property could also be developed as a public park, educational facility and conference center.
The full agenda for tonight's meeting is available below. Scroll down to view the Clark's Beach proposal.
Greenport Village board meeting, March 25, 2013.


Weather issues in California, Mexico and Florida have led to local shortages of certain produce items in area supermarkets and higher prices on some of the fruits and vegetables that have made it to the store.
Signs in the Festival Foods store at 3207 80th St. and the Pick 'n Save store at 5710 75th St. have recently informed shoppers that a few of their favorite winter produce selections may not be available. Or, that they may cost more than expected.
The current shortages shoppers are experiencing have been developing since late last year.
Produce from the Yuma, Ariz., area, has been in short supply since before Thanksgiving, said Dan Dippel, director of produce for Piggly Wiggly Midwest.
Improved growing and harvesting methods have allowed many produce operators to produce multiple crops in a single season, Dippel said. "But none of that makes much difference when the weather doesn't cooperate.
"As with any commodity items, prices are governed by a number of factors, one of which is supply," said a spokesman for Festival Foods. "(We do) everything we can to obtain the best quality produce at the best value available. Prices will tend to rise and fall as this happens. We do our best to minimize the impact of sudden price changes to our consumers.
"We are constantly communicating with our in-store staff so they have the most up-to-date market information. They also have numerous resources they can use to get updated information.
Piggly Wiggly's Dippel, who has been in the supermarket business for 43 years, said produce shoppers tend to react the same whether or not there are shortages.
"Supplies of produce, despite everyone's best efforts, are still very dependent on the weather," said the Festival Foods spokesman. "Weather events and patterns impact the condition and supply of almost all produce items at one time or another. This happens in various areas at different times of the year.
Produce Alliance suggested that a shortage of cauliflower, which has been in the news since December, may be easing.
"We are still experiencing higher-than-normal prices and short supplies; however the market is significantly better," it said in a report issued last week.
And broccoli shortages were beginning to fade away, too.


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Turkish shotgun manufacturers explore new design possibilities
IWA 2017/ Turkish manufacturers Bora Arms, Uzkon Arms and Derya Arms showcase their latest semi-automatic bullpup shotgun designs: the Barak BR X76, UNG-12 and a .36 gauge protoype. All are magazine fed and aimed for tactical and home defense use
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Turkish bullpup Barak BR X76 by Bora arms.
Turkish shotgun manufacturers are highly active in their search for new configurations and modifications of shotguns for various market niches and uses. This year three Turkish shotgun makers presented their own visions of semi-automatic bullpup shotguns, aimed for the "tactical" and home defense use.
What are bullpup guns?
Compared to traditional shotguns, bullpup guns offer noticeably more compact size while sporting barrels of respectable lengths. This makes those guns easier to maneuver in confined spaces, although specifics of bullpup ergonomics often require users to adjust their training and gun handling practices.
Bullpup Barak BR X76
The first one is Barak BR X76 by Bora Arms, a 12-gauge gas operated semi-automatic, with a box magazine feed system. This one appears to be a more or less conventional semi-automatic shotgun concealed inside a clam-shell polymer housing. As such, this gun features only right-side ejection and has a cross-bolt type manual safety located way back on the stock behind the magazine housing. The Gun is just 75 cm long with a respectable 51 cm barrel, and weights about 3.4 kg empty. It can use 2, 5 or 10-round box magazines compatible with other Bora Arms box-fed shotguns of the same caliber.
Uzkon Arms UNG-12
Turkish bullpup UNG-12 from Uzkon Arms.
The second one, UNG-12 from Uzkon Arms, appears to be a more thoroughly designed weapon; it was designed as bullpup from the ground up, and so it has more conveniently located controls like charging handle, cross-bolt button safety and magazine release button. It also can be produced with left-hand ejection and right-hand charging handle for left-handed shooters. UNG-12 is also of gas operated design. It's 84 cm long with a 48 cm barrel, and has an aluminum alloy upper receiver with integrated Picatinny rail. The lower receiver is made from impact resistant polymer and the shoulder stock is equipped with a two-stage recoil-reducing system. It uses detachable box magazines with capacity of 2, 5 or 10 rounds. The ambidextrous magazine release button is located at the bottom of the gun in front of the magazine housing.
Derya Arms semi-automatic bullpup
Turkish bullpup 36 gauge from Derya Arms.
Finally, there's a small-bore (at least in shotgun terms) semi-automatic prototype from Derya Arms. Firing .410 gauge shells, this compact weapon has a 47 cm barrel and feeds from detachable box magazines of 5-rounds capacity. Like the other guns described above, it's a gas-operated design, apparently based on a conventional shotgun. It's still in pre-production state and thus its full characteristics are not yet finalized. Looks like it is targeted for the Turkish domestic market, where small-bore (36 Ga and .410) shotguns have strong following among people who are not allowed to own rifles, but want rifle-type ergonomics, look & feel and recoil from tactical or home-defense shotguns.
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The Safe Seed Pledge was created in 1999 by the Council for Responsible Genetics, The Seed Savers Exchange and several seed companies as a voluntary choice for any seed company that was concerned about the safety and genetically stability of seeds for future generations. Since it was created, more than 100 seed companies (Oatsplanter included) have signed a pledge to NOT buy, sell or trade genetically engineered seeds or plants.
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Q: Rails Devise confirmable,rememberable I am very new to Rails, and got few questions. Will be very pleased if somebody helps me to figure out with my problems(please answer if you know even answer to one of the questions )
1) I am using Devise gem for user authentication. Now i want to activate confirmable, so user should confirm via email. Whatever i do, i keep on getting the following error - undefined method `user_confirmation_url'.  I already set config.action_mailer.default_url_options but i still get the error. FYI, reset password does work FINE!
2) Remember_Me checkbox does not take any effect. I tick the checkbox but when i close the browser and open it again it still asks me to be authenticated. I set config.remember_for = 15.minutes and did NOT set any time out, but it still asks to login.
3) Does Devise model support user roles? And is it off by default? Any link about how to use Devise User roles will be great!

A: 1) add :confirmable to devise in your User model (user.rb) and restart your server.  That will add the user_confirmation_url route for you.
eg. in user.rb
devise :database_authenticatable, :registerable,
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You need to also add confirmable to your migration file as well to make it work.
2) Not sure.  Can you provide more information?  Is :timeoutable active?  Do these thread help?
Devise - remember me not working? LocalHost Issue?
Devise Remember Me and Sessions
3) Devise roles: https://github.com/plataformatec/devise/wiki/How-To:-Add-an-Admin-role
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Santa Fe elects Alan Webber as city's new mayor
Posted: Mar 7, 2018 / 06:16 AM MST / Updated: Mar 12, 2018 / 03:43 PM MDT
Santa Fe has elected a new mayor.
Alan Webber will lead New Mexico's capital city. The city clerk's office announced his victory late Tuesday night.
The publishing entrepreneur won the mayor's race in the city's first ranked-choice voting election.
He beat out three city council members and a local school board member.
In 2008, voters approved a change, letting them rank candidates on the ballot in order of preference, allowing for automatic run-off elections.
This is the first election in which the city used the system because it recently got the necessary equipment.
Webber won with a 66 percent majority after four elimination rounds.
He is the founder of Fast Company, a business magazine.
He campaigned on creating an inclusive city with better education, jobs and city services. Webber called himself the strong mayor Santa Fe needs as the city enhances the mayor's role.
The position will now be full time and come with a big pay raise.
Santa Fe also elected three newcomers to the Santa Fe City Council.
Outgoing Mayor Javier Gonzales did not seek re-election.
He was running for lieutenant governor but dropped out of the race last month. To see full election results, click here.
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