Michael Aspel takes the roadshow to Abergavenny in Wales. Treasures include a copy of a James Bond book bought for 50 pence and a valuable 17th-century spoon.
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and where voices raised in harmony still echo through the valleys.
We're at the gateway to Wales - Abergavenny.
There's been a settlement here for 6,000 years. The Romans named it Gobannium.
But with the Norman Conquest, a castle was built and the town of Abergavenny established.
The Normans never trusted the Welsh, and the Welsh returned the compliment.
the Ogre of Abergavenny, invited local nobles for Christmas dinner at the castle.
the best men of Gwent - were hacked to death.
The resulting vendetta went on for years.
of any parish church in Britain.
include the volcanic shaped Sugar Loaf and the Holy Mountain, or Skirrid Fawr.
and 900 years ago, a sheep rustler named John Crowther breathed his last, dangling from this beam.
His death kicked off a grim tradition.
Over the years, no less than 180 unfortunates died in this stairwell.
the beam was so fully employed that the dragmarks of the rope can still be seen.
1952 is a year Abergavenny and Wales will never forget.
and the showjumping team of Foxhunter and Harry Llewellyn.
but 16 years later he won Olympic Gold.
Foxhunter's memorial and Harry's ashes lie at the top of Blorenge Hill.
Today's venue is Abergavenny Leisure Centre.
The show is about to begin, so please take your seats.
because he disliked him so much.
On one occasion the brolly came out and fell on the floor.
and it's very slightly dented on the outside.
-shortly after World War II.
-I wonder what he paid for it?
He might have paid more, and didn't want to tell my mother.
Supposing he might have paid £20, it still wasn't a huge amount of money.
In the post-war era, things Japanese were really not particularly appreciated.
no longer made armour in the quantities that they had previously.
using all their metalworking skills.
This particular piece is by a man called Miyao.
-It's signed on the leg, here.
and it is just wonderful, wonderful quality.
and here you've got a chap with an ape on his shoulder and a parasol.
the chrysanthemum is the national flower, and so on.
you could expect it to make somewhere between £4,000 and £6,000.
So, you know, a jolly useful investment by your father.
So, are you telling me you got all these from car boot sales?
-Why do you like Ian Fleming?
and then after that, I started to look at the writing of Ian Fleming.
When I bought this book here, about... I think that was about three years ago.
-and that is what I wanted to know.
-That's what you want to know.
-Well, James Bond was an American ornithologist.
He wrote a field guide to the birds of the West Indies.
-and he'd read James Bond's book.
In a way what he did was, he just grabbed his name and he used it.
and so this is a collector's item in its own right, because of the connection.
-I didn't, I didn't realise that.
The unusual thing about the whole collection is that most of them are in just such beautiful condition.
and the damp comes through like... There's one or two. That one there.
-The edge went because it was in a damp box.
-Yes, you can see there's a bit of damage, and that makes a crucial amount of difference.
This WOULD have been worth a few hundred, and it's probably reduced it to more like two or three.
-With the damage on the edges, here.
Dr No is another very good one, which is now worth £300 or £400.
we've probably got in excess of £2,000 worth.
-Do you know, this is the first book he ever wrote?
Casino Royale has a tremendous premium.
-This is the book that, in a way, launched his career.
And it was published in, er, 1953.
If I said it was worth a few hundred pounds, would you be surprised?
-What about if I said it was worth a few thousand pounds?
-I would be a bit shocked.
-You would be a little bit shocked?
And if I said to you that recently it's been fetching between £5,000 and £7,000 at auction?
-And you say you bought it at a boot sale.
-Do you remember how much you paid for it?
Most of the books cost between 50p and £1.
Well, there's a return for you.
I inherited it from my old grandfather. "When I'm gone,"
-he said, "this will be for you. It'll be yours".
It's always been appealing. I think it's got a sentimental sort of effect.
-I think that is the appeal.
-All being looked at and looked after.
The old cabbage leaf appealed to me because it's so natural, you know.
-The artist is Robert Morley.
And you can see the date of the picture there in the far corner.
This was painted when he was in his early 30s.
It could do with a jolly good clean! Where have you been keeping it? A smoky room, or over a fireplace?
No, we haven't touched it. No.
My wife would like to have it repaired and renovated and cleaned.
which has been repaired and as if something had happened.
-A picture like this, in its original frame, should actually have an original label on the back.
-which, of course, is "The Foster Mother".
And it's also got the price which he asked for the painting, which was 31 pounds and 10 shillings.
-Quite a lot of money at the time.
with this tear, it would have to be relined as well.
-And that would obviously incur considerable costs.
and I would have thought that something like £2,000 or £3,000.
If it was well restored, probably £3,000 to £4,000 or £5,000 for insurance would be the right figure.
-Where did this come from?
My great uncle was in the Navy, so he travelled the world.
-Did he get to Ireland, do you know?
-Not that I know of.
as obviously you'll appreciate, and this is Irish.
which I can claim no knowledge of whatsoever, but apparently it's extremely rare.
it's supposed to be octagonal, but in fact it's slightly off shape.
Which I think gives it great character. When you hold it, you can sort of feel that.
Let's have a look at the caddy itself.
and again on the lid, there.
is that there's no maker's mark.
This is what the Irish often did.
and if they put a maker's mark on, they left off the date letter.
Dublin date letter there, the "E" of 1825.
for that sort of date as well, in Ireland.
So, to have those two coming down together like that is really quite something.
Had you thought in terms of value?
I took it to the Roadshow in Merthyr. That was 13 years ago.
-And it was valued then, I think at around £200.
-Yes, I think we need to rethink that.
Irish silver has become highly sought after in the intervening period.
That box alone is worth in excess of £500 without the caddy.
-A couple of thousand pounds.
it's got to be in excess of £3,000.
-You've made me very happy.
-In fact, I would be insuring it for nearer five.
-So, that's not bad news.
it's one of the most politically incorrect clocks I've ever seen.
Um, it was given to my parents in the '50s.
"Peace in our time". He came back waving a piece of paper.
In that week they made two of these, and this is one of them.
The other one is supposed to be in a museum in Birmingham. We haven't been able to locate it.
-It's possibly buried in the vaults.
-Goodness me. Value... I haven't got a clue.
-I'll give a number, I think it's fascinating, I think it'll be £500.
Hey presto, the settee table.
-Leatherette seats. Are they comfortable?
I think there's someone in here, trapped.
What does a respectable lady like you do with six decanters?
I look at them occasionally, and just wish that they were all full.
-Well, could you not fill them up? That's what they're made for.
These were made in Spain, at a place called La Granja, in about 1790.
And it would appear that the box was made for them in England.
-Still in the Georgian era.
-I think it would be worth between £2,000 and £3,000.
-Do you know what date the table is?
-I have been... Somebody told me it was William IV.
so this type of carving would be very popular.
or was the carving added later as a bit of decoration?
Let's see if there are any clues on the back at all.
The top is a different colour, this whole surface, to the sides.
if the edge was recarved. So there's no original patination of dirty fingermarks going under the table.
Had there have been, it might have suggested that perhaps, amazingly, this Rococo decoration was original.
-It certainly did happen, but not on a plain piece.
-So, the Victorians got at it?
-but only... It's only 1830 anyway.
-Have you had it a long time?
-Is it a family piece?
-It was bought by my parents in 1945. I've no idea what they paid for it.
But look at the size of it! I mean, how many people can you seat at that?
but that's comfortable. 20 is fine, and 24 you can squeeze in.
-At a pinch, at Christmas.
-Yes, and... We use it fully out a lot.
-But if there are just two of you, you need a railway, do you?
You just put these bits together, and you've got a nice square table.
Right. This is how you see it in a catalogue or a saleroom, isn't it?
It's rather nice, complete with dust and everything.
and pine there. They're economising, not using the solid mahogany.
-But it has been repolished.
-And we have to say that it's been recarved on the edge.
Have you got it insured at all?
-Yes, it's insured for ten thousand.
So, could you replace...? I'm trying to sort of think of a logic here.
Could you replace it for £10,000?
I think you've got to put a bit more on that.
I think I'd say £15,000. Insurance DOES go out of date.
because to go out and buy a 22 or 24-seater dining table, £15,000.
Geoffrey, people bring you things to see.
Suppose they've dug them up?
That's the most exciting way to find things, possibly.
-with an inscription round it. It's actually 14th century.
It was found in 1760.
Its discovery was reported to the Society of Antiquaries that year.
-are turning up in quite large quantities.
-So, what must you do if you find something like this?
The thing to do is to be careful. You've suddenly stumbled into an immensely complex environment.
who will decide whether there are any rights to this jewel beyond your own.
And if they have established those rights, who gets what and when?
Well, if the object is of sufficient importance, certainly you will get some financial reward for it.
but if it is, a museum will get it. It used to be called "treasure trove".
It is something to beware of, for all people using metal detectors today.
Join a society where there is some advice given to you there.
but there is something that you can discover on the website.
for the pitfalls in finding things.
I wish I could keep this.
So, why does a man of your age have a doll's house?
I'd just seen it, and fell in love with it.
Well, I just think it's the most terrific doll's house.
and I think it really epitomises the time in which it was made.
and it actually looks like quite a surburban door, but very stylised for that 1920s period.
with these very stylish Deco-looking porthole windows.
when you then look at the complete scale of it.
-Wow, it's certainly in what an estate agent would call "original condition", isn't it?
It doesn't look as if anything's happened to it, in fact, since it must have first been made.
-Can you explain what this is?
-It's a lift to all the floors.
It originally worked by battery - there's electrics at the back.
-The lift is in the bottom and I think you pull the string there.
Gosh, and what looks like an incredibly sort of Art Nouveau lift is in this shaft in the middle.
-And there's also rooms in the attic.
-Let's have a look at those.
-Gosh, and all this panelling! Someone's gone to considerable trouble with it.
but when you see this rather gabled, um, hipped roof, it looks slightly more Dutch.
to a lift in a hotel, or something.
-This is probably my favourite room, in fact - the nursery.
called Henrietta Willebeek Le Mair.
-it just makes me wonder even more if this is.
-Do you think it's Dutch?
-and I think the combination of that and these Dutch illustrator's pictures, yes.
When you bought it, what were you told about it?
Originally, they sold all the fittings off, and it's been left in a garage for 10 or 20 years.
That's the greatest tragedy, really.
-has actually not got any of the original fittings.
I can see it fetching up to the £1,000 mark.
I'm sorry - I don't know anything about it. I bought it in an auction in Colwyn Bay six weeks ago.
-So I'm the first mug in, in a sense.
-You're the first to see it.
Well, the basic concept here is what we call a sun and moon watch.
They go back into the 17th century, even possibly earlier than that.
so that the hand goes round once an hour.
and the moon comes up at six o'clock in the evening and goes down at six o'clock in the morning, backwards.
I'm going to pull it apart, if you don't mind.
I promise I'll be able to put it back together again. Not advisable.
I should put a sign up, shouldn't I? "Dangerous. Don't try this at home".
Right. Well, that is the first point here, if we look.
If we start with 6 dots, 7 dots, 8 dots, 9, 10, 11, 12.
-So it must run backwards.
they inlaid some steel, and the steel is polished and blued.
whereas this watch is obviously considerably later.
-Now, I've got a maker's name on it.
And it says "Number 1, 1815".
If you've looked at the engraving it's really very crude, isn't it?
-It's not good quality compared to the watches of this period.
-they were done by out-workers.
but they were very skilled and they worked to very accurate patterns, particular designs.
This is really somewhat wayward, all over the place.
-I would say that it was therefore done by the man himself.
so I think he is a completely local watchmaker.
so you can see through to the balance, but it gets worse! Or better, as you might say.
..and a barrel and a chain.
and then off that barrel, being wound onto the fusee.
-cos you've got two main springs pulling on one thing.
My guess is that it would probably go for more than the usual 30 hours.
so it probably goes for 8 days.
and he's created a complete watch around it.
is that every time you add an extra wheel in a train of wheels, it goes the other way.
or whatever the duration is, and ended up with it going backwards.
He hasn't been put off at all - he's simply engraved the dial backwards. It must have been made for himself.
1815 is also the date on the case - there's a hallmark.
It's not just put together out of bits he's found - a lot of work's gone into it.
-Extraordinary. You think you've seen everything, then this turns up.
I'm going to ask you an embarrassing question now - what did you pay?
I paid £600 approximately, altogether.
Oh, I think that's all right.
I mean country sales are not always bargains by any means.
I would say that's worth £1,000 of anybody's money.
It's quite an extraordinary object. Are you any the wiser?
Well, it's unusual, I mean, I thought it was unusual when I saw it.
-Great. Well, I admire your courage. Thank you very much.
-It's a carbide lamp, used underground.
-And did you ever use this one?
-How on earth do you use it, then?
-Pull the top off, fill it full of carbide.
-Would you have a supply of that with you?
-Yes, yes, keep the carbide in a tin. Water goes in there.
Turn the tap on then and it'll drip.
Water dripping onto the carbide, and that forms the gas.
Light it there... Of course, the reflector's missing off there.
-And how long would it last?
-Then you'd fill it up again?
-There can't be many still left in miners' hands.
-It belonged to my grandfather.
-He done 50 years in the Miriam Colliery in Ebbw Vale.
-Then he survived the explosion in 1926, of course.
-Commercially, then, it doesn't matter what it's worth.
-Worth more than that to me.
and looks as though it's the handle to a very short cane.
What's in the bottom, here? It's stamped "Vickery".
That's a good firm of makers based in London. Oh, my goodness.
Right, so it's a parasol.
Silk can be quite fragile, but look at that. What a beautiful shape.
-Dates from probably around the 1920s, and I would value it at £200 to £300.
Now, how did you come by this bit of Sung porcelain?
either in Ho Chi Minh Ville or Phnom Penh, but I think probably Phnom Penh.
-Was it called Ho Chi Minh Ville then, already?
-Or Ho Chi Minh City, really.
-Yes, Ho Chi Minh City.
the whole of Cambodia was a Chinese province.
Anam, I think the whole thing was called. But this doesn't come from there.
This is a metropolitan piece.
which have a very beautiful porcelain.
-and it's really beautiful creamy and white, the actual ware.
I'm perplexed by this stuff. I think it would come off, but you haven't tried to remove it.
-I don't think that's fired in.
holding the pattern of the glaze.
-And it's a classic piece - it's 800 years old.
This is one of the earliest... The earliest white porcelains you get.
-It has got a little problem, not too serious.
but there you have something that's 800 years old.
Did you pay a lot for it?
I very much doubt that we paid more than between 20 and 30 dollars.
more stuff has become available.
-I think it's worth between £2,000 and £3,000.
-I think you're very lucky.
-Lucky, yes. I'm not sure about skill or cleverness.
We inherited it from my husband's uncle about fifteen years ago.
Yes. And you have a little boy that goes with that?
-and the Princess Royal as children.
The little girl that we have here is the eldest child of Queen Victoria.
the little boy that you have, went on to become King Edward VII.
and went on to become the mother of Kaiser Bill.
-In the First World War.
So, they're a very interesting historical pair.
-Which is what she is.
-As you can see she's got a flat back.
-So she would have sat on a chimney piece, as an ornament, she and her brother.
And the lovely thing about her is that the pottery is so white.
-which you don't really think of as a Victorian colour.
-And the other one's in good condition?
-could go for as much as £2,000, even £2,500.
I'm a jewelaholic really, yes. I never pass a jeweller's.
I look in every jeweller's that I come across when I'm out shopping.
-Who's gives them to you?
-Look at this. Did he give you that one?
-He gave me that one, yes.
He purchased that about four or five years ago. He gave it me then for Christmas and birthday.
Ah, and what do you know about it? Tell me what you think.
Well, I only know that I think it might be Art Deco - is it so?
It is Art Deco without doubt, yeah. Very geometric.
-Looks for all the world like an Odeon cinema.
because what we're really looking for is art and design boiled down.
and there are two rather interesting things about the diamonds.
One is the fantastic purity of them, they're very white and quite clean.
There are very very few inclusions, which is wonderful, but we can tell that they've been reused.
Bricks from an older house have been put in here.
A house that was built about 1860.
The techniques of cutting diamonds have changed over the years, and these are 19th century diamonds.
-and built an Art Deco house. It's a brilliant house, isn't it, if we extend the metaphor?
-Lovely thing. Do you wear it?
-I wear it regularly if I'm going out.
Did he tell you how much he paid for it?
-Did he? Come on, are you going to whisper?
to give to somebody who loves you, I think that's a fabulous sum.
I think 50% more for insurance, without any doubt at all.
Say £6,000, maybe £7,000, for insurance. They're very beautiful diamonds.
Well, this is a watercolour by an artist I know well.
In fact, I could say I've known this artist most of my life.
He was born in Newcastle, as I was, and it's John Atkinson.
Do you know its title?
-Does it have a title?
-No, I don't think it does, no.
-It looks like "The Morning Ride".
-That kind of thing, doesn't it?
-Actually, I think it might be Rotten Row in London.
-In London, I wondered, I wondered that.
-Possibly. That's the most I know about it.
Yes. That makes it interesting, because he's a Newcastle artist.
He worked in Northumberland, County Durham and Yorkshire.
John Atkinson was a lovely artist.
though there's body colour added.
-You see the white heightening he's used here?
Yes, and what I like about this is particularly the sense of movement.
-The feeling of those riders. They're moving, aren't they?
It's got a feeling of action about it.
I also like the dappled light, the sun coming in through the trees.
It's interesting being in London, because he didn't come to London much, didn't work in London.
-and you should insure it for £5,000.
So, we move on now to something completely different.
A snowy landscape with a rather smartly dressed lady there.
Now, this is by a French artist.
-Called Georges Croegaert, and it's signed here.
I think it's a delightful little landscape.
It's beautifully observed. It really does have a feeling of snow and cold and winter about it.
It's a delightful little picture, got a lot of atmosphere.
who was famous for one thing, and that's for painting Cardinals in red robes.
and disporting themselves in an un-Cardinal-like manner.
that he can do something different, and paint landscape.
He's clearly painted a real landscape here.
Somewhere outside Paris, I would imagine.
That's worth more than the Atkinson.
-I would value that now at £10,000 to £15,000.
Yes, I would. So, two very different but very delightful pictures.
Yes. It's my grandmother's, who died when she was 103.
"That spoon, my girl, will be handed down to the youngest girl".
That's rather nice. The spoon itself is what's known as a trefid spoon.
-A trefid... See how it's got these three sections at the top?
-Yeah, so that's where the name comes from.
-Those date principally from about 1660 through to about 1700.
You get the plain, ordinary ones. This one's rather more special - it's a laceback.
-but we've got this most wonderful lace-like decoration on the back of the bowl.
is because the French put spoons like that on the table.
-Oh, yes, now that is interesting.
-which is why they called them table spoons.
Because they were set in the French way, that's why they're decorated and initialled on the back.
Can I just ask you what the initials mean at the back, there?
-so we've got AB at the top and then WN underneath.
-AB at the top would be the husband, and WN I would expect to be the wife.
-And then 1699, that would be when they got married.
-Almost certainly, that's what those will represent.
this is a provincial spoon, and it's by Richard Sweet of Chard.
That makes it quite a rare spoon.
He's repeated his mark to make it look like a set of hallmarks.
-Have you ever thought of value on this?
-because my mother used to dish up greens with it.
-It was used, she didn't know the value of it.
Well, it's survived jolly well, and condition is important here.
to sell in excess of £2,000.
and they go, "Oh," and I think that is the best news I have had.
I am SO pleased we came, and Ian, you are wonderful.
Have I got time to tell you about my grandmother? Yes, quickly.
She died when she was 103, and she wasn't a very nice person. Very Victorian.
-She used to tell me to walk along with a bustle on my back.
and I didn't think she was very nice to her children.
So when she died at 103, I didn't go to the funeral.
When my mother told me she was dead, I said, "Are you sure? Go up and check".
Anyway, funeral. No, I wouldn't go.
and somebody told me they had to push the button three times before the coffin would go.
Ah, right - she was obviously reluctant to go.
-She was one of those, but God bless her.
Well, in a town that's nearly 1,000 years old, you would expect interesting items.
I'm sure my Auntie Phoebe had one of these.
I'll just sit here for a while.
Until the next time, from Abergavenny - goodbye.
Michael Aspel takes the roadshow to Abergavenny in Wales. Treasures include a copy of a James Bond book bought for 50 pence, an art deco dolls house, and a 17th-century spoon worth £2,000.


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SE-HAA
Bell 47B
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Gärdet, Stockholm
Sweden's first helicopter is seen during the very first public display, which was held in front of the National Maritime Museum (Sjöhistoriska Museet) at Gärdet in Stockholm. The pilot, Mr Nils Olof Sefeldt, manoeuvred the green coloured helicopter near the ground to show the new revolutionary aircraft for the audience.
The Swedish Post Office's Senior Administrative Director Linnäs joined the public flight as a passenger, and he carried three letters with him, thereby becoming the first helicopter mail man in the country.
The next day the helicopter came to transport a few letters from Dalarö to the lighthouse keeper at Huvudskär, breaking history as the first mail service by helicopter in Europe.
Ostermans Aero AB (ISBN 91-631-0364-8) by Göran Wallert
Flygminnen 1 (ISBN 91-85305-20-0) by Göran Wallert
Bromma Flygplats (ISBN 91-85496-87-1) by Michael Sanz
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Bromma Airport (ESSB), Stockholm
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This historic aircraft (Sweden's first helicopter) was photographed at Bromma Airport by Gösta Rengefors. The all-green aircraft came to Sweden in November 1946. It made its first flight in Sweden on 14 February 1947.
This historic aircraft (Sweden's first helicopter) was photographed at Bromma Airport in April 1947 by Gösta Rengefors. The all-green aircraft came to Sweden in November 1946. It made its first flight in Sweden on 14 February 1947.
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Roger Larssons archive
The first helicopter registered in Sweden. It was originaly registered SE-AZT, but the registration was changed to SE-HAA on the 22 of August in 1947.
Direct link: http://www.nordicrotors.com/SE-HAA/57
OAAB's archive, via SFF and Lars E. Lundin (contact)
The very first public helicopter display in Sweden. The helicopter was flown from Bromma to the National Maritime Museum at Gärdet in Stockholm to be shown for the public and media by Mr Nils Olof Sefeldt.
SE-AZT
Karl-Ivar Olsson, via Thomas Bergman
This extraordinary unique photo was taken at Bromma Airport in Stockholm during the initial tests of the very first helicopter in Sweden, SE-AZT, back in 1947. In fact the aircraft was never officially registered SE-AZT, it was soon registered SE-HAA instead. However it was marked SE-AZT the first months in Sweden.
The pilot seen in the helicopter is the very first Swedish helicopter pilot, mr Nils Olof Sefeldt.
Information about SE-HAA
Last update: 21 Jun 2015
Reg: SE-HAA
S/N: 10
In August 1943 the aviation company AB Aero Service was founded by Lennart Osterman. He was already the general manager of the leading car company AB Hans Osterman, but selected to create a new company to disguise that Osterman invested in the airplane industry. The company was successful and expanded rapidly. The need for aircraft was huge after World War II.
In 1946 AB Aero Service already operated a large number of airplanes when flight engineer Nils Olof Sefeldt was sent to the United States in order to look for suitable aircraft manufactures that could need sales agencies in Sweden. In May 1946 he sent a telex to Lennart Osterman telling that the company Bell Aircraft was interested in introducing helicopters in Sweden, provided that Osterman first purchased a few machines. After a visit to the factory Hans Osterman reported that he had successfully obtained the agency for the company, as well as three new Bell 47 helicopters.
The following months Nils Olof Sefeldt got a type rating in the Bell 47 and two Swedish technicians got their certifications. In November 1946 the first helicopter came to Sweden, eight moths after the helicopter type got its American air worthiness certification. The helicopter, a brand new green Bell 47B (c/n 10), arrived by boat in boxes to Södertälje. It was in fact the first helicopter to be sold to a non-American customer. Osterman (the new name of AB Aero Service) thereby made history as the first commercial helicopter operator outside the United States!
The helicopter was marked SE-AZT, but was never officially registered as AZT. The very first helicopter flight in Sweden was carried out by Ostermans Aero's pilot Nils Olof Sefeldt with SE-AZT at Bromma Airport, Stockholm, on 14 February 1947. The same day the CAA director Carl Ljungberg became the first helicopter passenger in Sweden when he joined Mr Sedfeldt on a short flight in the Bell 47.
The first official helicopter display was conducted on 20 February the same year, when Mr Sedfeldt flew SE-AZT from Bromma Airport to the National Maritime Museum at Gärdet in Stockholm to show the new revolutionary aircraft for a big audience. The Swedish Post Office's Senior Administrative Director Linnäs joined the flight and brought three letters with him, thereby becoming the first helicopter mail man in the country.
The next day Ostermans Aero broke history by performing the first mail service by helicopter in Europe when a few letters were transported from Dalarö to the lighthouse keeper at Huvudskär.
SE-AZT was officially registered SE-HAA on August 22, 1947, by Ostermans Aero. It was mainly used for demonstration purposes all around Sweden, together with its two sisters, SE-HAB and SE-HAC.
Sweden's first helicopter accident
SE-HAA got a short life. The helicopter was about to be transported by boat to Finland in order to participate in a public demonstration. On 20 May 1949, as it was approaching the Skeppsbron Harbour the RPM drooped and the helicopter ended up in the water. The pilot and his passenger survived, but the helicopter sank. Some of the salvageable parts were later used in the assembly of SE-HAG and SE-HAH.
Svenska civila och militära helikoptrar (ISBN 91-9716052) by Lars E. Lundin
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Colin Kaepernick stood in a cramped corner of the 49ers' locker room smiling and chatting with Alex Smith late Saturday night when a stranger interrupted the two quarterbacks.
After a record-setting playoff debut that sent San Francisco to the NFC championship game for the second straight season, Kaepernick needs no more introductions.
The second-year pro out of Nevada squashed all the questions and uncertainty about Jim Harbaugh's late-season decision to supplant Smith as the starter in a 45-31 rout of Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers. Kaepernick is quickly becoming a household name, and his touchdown celebration - flexing his right arm and kissing his biceps - is trending all over social media.
Tebowing? No, call it Kaepernicking.
Riding his strong legs and right arm, the 49ers (12-4-1) are back where they were a year ago and seemingly more dangerous and daring than when the eventual champion New York Giants eliminated them last January. San Francisco will play at Atlanta (14-3) on Jan. 20 after the Falcons outlasted Seattle 30-28 on Sunday.
In the air and on the ground, Kaepernick confirmed Harbaugh's much-debated move more than anybody could have imagined in 60 minutes of playoff football.
The tattoo-tattered quarterback from nearby Turlock overcame an early interception returned for a touchdown and ran for scores of 20 and 56 yards, topping the rushing mark of 119 yards set by Michael Vick in 2005 when Atlanta beat St. Louis. He also threw TD passes of 12 and 20 yards to go-to target Michael Crabtree, who finished with nine receptions and 119 yards in the NFC divisional matchup.
San Francisco racked up 579 total yards with 323 on the ground, scoring its third-most points in the franchise's storied playoff history. Kaepernick also joined Jay Cutler in 2011 and Otto Graham in both 1954 and 1955 as the only players with two rushing and two passing touchdowns in a playoff game.
``It's been amazing and I couldn't ask for anything more,'' Kaepernick said.
That's something San Francisco sorely lacked last January.
Throw out the grind-it-out game that propelled the 49ers as far as a 20-17 overtime loss to the Giants a year ago. With a strong arm and quick-burst ability out of the pocket, Kaepernick has given the offense an added dimension - and maybe some moxie, too - that was missing in the championship game.
Crabtree's one catch for 3 yards accounted for all of the production from San Francisco wide receivers against New York. While Kyle Williams bore most of the blame for his two fumbled punts, Smith and the offense struggled to move the ball and put the pressure on the defense most of the night.
All-Pro linebacker Patrick Willis credited Kaepernick and Co. for bailing out the defense against the Packers, especially in the first half, when Kaepernick had 11 carries for 107 yards rushing to give the 49ers a 24-21 lead. The unproven quarterback simply ran away from Green Bay in the second half, and the reigning MVP couldn't keep up.
Ramping up plays out of the Pistol formation he ran at Nevada, Kaepernick's size and speed overwhelmed the Packers in ways he hadn't in his first seven starts since taking over.
Offensive coordinator Greg Roman admitted he 49ers had been saving some of those schemes -and Kaepernick's legs - for the playoff push. Kaepernick, the first college football player with three seasons of 2,000 yards passing and 1,000 yards rushing, surely surprised the opposition with all those read-option runs, including a 56-yarder TD keeper in the third quarter - the longest by a quarterback in franchise history - that eclipsed Vick's mark.
Kaepernick's performance was hardly perfect.
He threw an interception returned for a touchdown by Sam Shields on the fourth play of the game, had a taunting penalty for throwing the ball down in the face of Packers defenders after getting tackled in the second quarter and often had problems getting the offense out of the huddle quickly.
As San Francisco also knows maybe more than any other playoff team, sustaining success is not easy.
Five previous times this season the 49ers have won two in a row, and all five times they have failed to win the next game, including a 24-24 tie against St. Louis in Week 10. If they want a trip to New Orleans, they'll have to find a way to put together something they haven't all season: a winning streak.


Irvine's Porthead Tavern is steeped in tradition.
It's the pub in the town that is synonymous with the Marymass Festival.
Traditionally it's where the Captain of the Carters' Society leads the parade from and he enjoys a dram there before mounting his horse and leading the town in the Marymass festivities.
At the choosing of the captain, people head to the Porthead to celebrate the new man in charge.
On Sunday afternoons, the pub runs a traditional carvery where families meet for a catch up and enjoy some good old fashioned pub grub.
The pub now offers a great Steak deal and diners can enjoy two 8oz Sirloin Steaks with all the trimmings and a bottle of House Wine for only £20, served all day every day.
Owner Chris Watson and his team pride themselves in offering a home from home for diners, the surroundings are comfortable and the staff are welcoming, making it a place where friends can pop in for lunch and catch up, or couples can make a date of it and enjoy ambience of the pub.
Adding to the character of the place, scattered around the walls of the pub are paintings by Springside artist Alexander Miller, depicting scenes of Ayrshire characters. This is a pub which truly believes in tradition and is very proud of its Irvine history.
Chef Carla Matthews takes pride in and enjoys nothing better than adding modern twists to traditional dishes for the customers to sample, and is happy to make paninis and light snacks while other hungrier diners favour her famous steak pie main course.


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Why Russia-brokered Syrian ceasefire has chance of succeeding
Elysse Baumbach — December 30, 2016
Labelled an international pariah only months ago by Boris Johnson, and warned he would be stuck in a Syrian quagmire by a patronizing Barack Obama, Vladimir Putin ends 2016 if not as the undisputed victor, then at least as the man at the center of decision making.
It is Moscow and not Washington that is calling the shots in the Middle East.
Reeling from its cold war defeat and the subsequent collapse of the Soviet empire, Moscow was unable to save Yugoslavia from what it termed western aggression.
But in the case of Syria, it can claim it has recovered its self-respect. In the process, it has built a brutal reputation for sticking by its friends, understanding the dynamics of the region better than America, and knowing how to use military power to forge diplomatic alliances.
The US, by contrast, ends 2016 out in the cold, holding a postmortem into the failure of its peace drive with Israel.
Many will rightly warn that experience in Syria shows ceasefires are fragile and do not lead to peace talks, let alone peace deals. But the unlikely Russian-Turkish peace drive has a propitious backdrop.
No single formula or manual exists for ending a civil war. But a sense of futility born of exhaustion, a decisive change in the military balance, a recasting of the key actors and a shift in the diplomatic alliances are all key ingredients, and in the case of the Syrian civil war all four factors exist.
After five years, hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths and the displacement of millions, the Syrian people have experienced the deepest depth of despair. Whatever democratic hopes led to the rebellion, those dreams seem further away than ever.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/29/russia-calling-shots-middle-east-syria
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7 Ways To Know If You're On The Right Career Path
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According to a study by the American Psychological Association, 18 to 35 year olds are the most stressed out generation ever—earning ourselves the nickname "Generation Stress."
Let's face it, figuring out what you want to do with your life can be quite stressful. For many millennials, the single most important factor in the workplace is finding work that is purposeful.
Though the search for purpose is front and center, it can also be the thing that is most elusive. In a culture that is perpetually focused on the "next" big thing—like the press feature or promotion we dream of—it's nearly impossible to experience fulfillment today.
How are you supposed to know if you're on the right path if what you want is always a few steps ahead of you?
One millennial thought-leader says the key is a simple shift in focus: it's not about getting something or somewhere but rather about giving something.
Meet Peta Kelly, a speaker, self-made millionaire by age 25, and founder of a global movement empowering Gen Y to live radically fulfilling lives through contribution.
This week on Unconventional Life, Kelly shares how to align yourself with the career path that's best for you.
Growing up as one of four kids with a single mom in Perth, Australia, Kelly says she developed a strong work ethic from an early age.
Work for Kelly initially looked very traditional, earning a bachelor's and a master's en route to a Ph.D. But midway through her Ph.D. program, she experienced a "big whack" from her intuition that sent her spinning in an entirely new direction: entrepreneurship.
"I began to feel a deep sense of dissatisfaction and misalignment. I had no choice but to listen," says Kelly.
Since making that transition, Kelly has gone on to lead others who find themselves at a similar crossroads. Her event, The New Way Live, serves as an awakening ground for thousands to reroute themselves on their own creative career paths.
The access point to discovering the path that is right for you is what Kelly calls your "zone of genius."
"We all have a zone of genius," Kelly says. "Unique talents and abilities. We have this zone of bliss, creativity, productivity, effectiveness and efficiency that we can live in… But we can't live there if we are only moving based on what's practical and logical. Excitement is the compass."
If you're feeling uncertain about whether you're on the right career path, tapping into your zone of genius could be the solution for you.
Below, Kelly shares 7 ways to know if you're living from your zone of genius and are on the career path that's right for you.
1. You've quieted the noise. You've quieted the external noise in your life that prevents you from doing you. The voices of other people—the expectations, the "shoulds," the "what will they they thinks"—are no longer a factor for you. You are deeply connected to your innermost desires and often take quiet time to deliberately discern what your next move is.
2. You're doing what excites you the most. You wake up in the morning and the first thought on your mind is how excited you are to do what you're most passionate about. You can hardly call it "work" because it feels like play for you—you'd do it even if you weren't being paid and weren't on the clock.
3. You're a master at what you do. The work you do is inspired from the gifts and abilities you were born with. You do what you do better than anyone you know, and it's effortless for you. Forget the grind, the stress, the 10,000 hours—you're simply playing your muse.
4. You don't settle for mediocrity. You don't have time for a thousand and one "side" projects. You are focused on what you do best and you aren't watering the things you're just mediocre at. "Was Steve Jobs a fashion icon? Was Albert Einstein a great cook? Was Nikola Tesla the world's best tree lopper? No," Kelly jokes.
5. You don't work for your schedule, it works for you. Your work schedule is centered around the time your creativity is most active. If you thrive at 2:00 in the morning, you're working then. You save the times you're prone to feeling brain dead for things like responding to emails, and you've got at least a few hours each day reserved for play.
6. Everything in your life is "working." You experience a deep sense of alignment in everything from the thoughts you think about yourself, to the opportunities that show up in your life at the right time, to the ample resources you have to do the things you love. You're not crunched for time or money, and you no longer have limiting beliefs that put a cap on how good your life can become.
7. You're committed to service. Your primary focus is on the impact of your work. You thrive on contribution and are aligned with a business that serves the needs of the planet. You don't support businesses that are centered around one person, but rather that are centered around a collective. You are constantly looking for new ways to create solutions for humanity and positive change in the world.
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HKU-Cambridge Undergraduate Recruitment Scheme (Engineering and Computer Science) is launched to nurture global engineering professionals
Representatives from the University of Cambridge and the University of Hong Kong introduce the "HKU-Cambridge Undergraduate Recruitment Scheme (Engineering and Computer Science)". (From left) Professor John A. Spinks, Senior Advisor to the President and Director of Undergraduate Admissions, HKU; Professor David Cardwell, Head of Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge; and Professor Norman C. Tien, Dean of Engineering, HKU.
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is pleased to announce a deeper academic collaboration with the University of Cambridge to nurture global Engineering professionals. Under this HKU-Cambridge Undergraduate Recruitment Scheme (Engineering and Computer Science), students can graduate with three degrees: Two Bachelor degrees from the two universities, and a Master of Engineering from the University of Cambridge upon successful completion of five years of study. Each degree will be awarded by either Cambridge or HKU; there will be no joint degrees awarded as part of this scheme.
This new collaboration between HKU and Cambridge is an extension of the successful "HKU – University of Cambridge Joint Recruitment Scheme for Engineering" which was introduced in 2011.
Professor John Spinks, Senior Advisor to the President and Director of Undergraduate Admissions, HKU, said: "Both HKU and Cambridge attract some of the most talented students in the world to their individual study programmes. Our previous collaboration in Engineering with the University of Cambridge has already proved to be valuable to both universities. Not only have these students been extremely successful in their studies at Cambridge, often topping the examinations, but the first graduating students have been sought by employers in the UK, Hong Kong and Mainland China. The synergy inherent in this collaboration is building a global network of peers, professionals and academic experts."
Under the modified scheme to be introduced with immediate effect, not only will newly enrolled students be able to obtain degrees from the UK and Asia, but they will also be eligible for professional accreditation in both the UK and Hong Kong, subject to the usual institutional process.
With the expansion of multinational engineering firms, there is an increasing demand for engineers with integrated Engineering knowledge. Professor John Kao, Vice-President (Global) of HKU, said: "This extension of HKU's current collaboration with the University of Cambridge represents a mutual commitment to strengthen our institutional ties. It's certainly very exciting for students wishing to study in two of the world's elite universities. The scheme aims to nurture future engineering professionals to have a global mindset, to be able to solve novel problems in a fast-changing environment, and to innovate and develop new solutions. Having an opportunity to study Engineering in both Asia and the U.K., students would be well prepared to manage sophisticated projects across various disciplines and cultures and to develop the critical soft skills needed in the real world. Students will be exposed to specialized engineering technologies, and will also learn from some of the leading professionals in the world."
Professor Graham Virgo, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Education at Cambridge added "The University of Cambridge is committed to recruiting the very best students from around the world to its undergraduate and postgraduate courses. The joint scheme with HKU consolidates its existing undergraduate recruitment activities in Asia, and in the exciting rapidly developing Bay Area of the Pearl River Estuary, in particular."
The new collaborative arrangement requires students to spend their first two years at HKU in the Faculty of Engineering, and the remaining three years at the University of Cambridge in the Departments of Engineering or Computer Science and Technology.
Between 10 and 20 students may be admitted to the Faculty of Engineering at HKU on this new track each year. Depending on their academic performance, HKU will nominate students on this track for admission's assessment by the University of Cambridge. Students will receive pre-interview assessment and admissions interview from Cambridge University.
While some students joining HKU, this coming academic year will be considered for this new scheme, the first cohort of students who can apply directly to HKU under this new arrangement will join the University in 2018. Details of how to apply will be made available later.
"Having studied in both HKU and Cambridge, I would say I'm very fortunate to experience two excellent universities of different styles", said Andy Zhang, alumnus of the 'HKU – University of Cambridge Joint Recruitment Scheme for Engineering". Andy was in the first cohort of this scheme. During his study, he completed a summer internship in Hong Kong with one of the most sought-after hedge fund companies. He assisted in the development of quantitative trading strategies by applying his skills in mathematics and computer science. His software product, based on trading signals or data, will be valuable for the future work of his company. With the help of this internship experience, he was offered a dream job with a trading firm in the City of London even before he had graduated, and is about to start his career with them.
Andy continued, "My summer internship in Hong Kong was introduced by my HKU mentor. This became the cornerstone of my career. Looking back on my five years in college, I realize that the people I met are actually the most valuable outcomes of my education in HKU and Cambridge."
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Pastor LaRonna speaks about the story of Elisha.
Pastor Jonathan encourages us to dream again and reminds us that God can still work in our lives, no matter what we have faced.
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Pastor Jonathan speaks about taking a "game on" approach to life with praising, taking in the Word, and recognizing our purpose.
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Pastor Jonathan emphasizes the importance of realizing our own sources of provision, purpose, & passion.


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Michigan police sued by family of slain African refugee Patrick Lyoya
The attorneys will detail the lawsuit against Schurr and Grand Rapids, a city of less than 200,000 residents in western Michigan, at a news conference later on Wednesday.
FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators protest the killing of Patrick Lyoya, an unarmed Black man who was shot and killed by a Grand Rapids Police officer during a traffic stop on April 4, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on April 16, 2022.
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By Tyler Clifford / Reuters
The family of an African refugee who was shot and killed during a traffic stop in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has filed a civil lawsuit against the city and a former police officer charged with murdering him.
The suit was filed on Wednesday in the U.S. District Court in Western Michigan, according to online records, on behalf of the family of Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old immigrant from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Lyoya was fatally shot in the back of the head in April by former officer Christopher Schurr, 31, during an altercation that was caught on cell phone video and later released to the public. In June, Schurr pleaded not guilty to a charge of second-degree murder.
The Lyoya family is represented by attorneys Ben Crump and Ven Johnson, who say there is "overwhelming evidence" proving "racial profiling and excessive force took place during the traffic stop, physical altercation and eventual killing of Lyoya," according to a news release. It did not say how much the family is seeking in damages.
Activists have condemned the shooting as another example of unjustified deadly force by police against young Black men.
A forensic pathologist who performed an independent autopsy on Lyoya concluded that the officer held his gun to the back of Lyoya's head and fired once.
Crump, renowned for representing the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Trayvon Martin and others in high-profile cases of Black people whose killings have sparked outrage about race relations in America, previously said the autopsy supported the view that Lyoya was the victim of "an execution."
Videos of the incident, which were made public in April, show Lyoya stepping out of the car on a rainy street, seemingly confused and asking "What did I do?" as the policeman repeatedly asks for a driver's license and orders him to get back inside the vehicle.
Lyoya appeared to be complying, but then closed the driver's side door and attempted to walk away, resisting the officer's attempts to handcuff him.
Following a short chase on foot, the two men grappled on a lawn, at one point appearing to struggle over the officer's stun gun. The two had fallen to the ground when the officer drew his firearm and fired one shot in the back of his head, video footage shows.
The attempted arrest unfolded after the officer stopped Lyoya over suspicions involving his license plate.
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I tune to an hourglass at the bottom of the sea.
that like my ghost who sings all of his minutes away.
On the long table lay his last great aloneness.
a ship in two places, twin stars of an equal birth, named.
I found the mountain and stole her from him.
among hours, caught in the hand like a dead clock in water.
Jay Sheets is a poet, writer, and researcher. His debut book, The Hour Wasp, was released by April Gloaming Publishing in 2017. Sheets' poems and writing have appeared in numerous journals and magazines. He received a BFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College in Vermont and currently lives in Plymouth, Massachusetts.


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Clemson designated hitter Wilson Boyd (12) hits during a game between the Clemson Tigers and South Carolina Gamecocks Saturday, March 6, 2010, at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, S.C. Photo by: Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images
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Emergency responses for the Aurora Fire District for the first week of September
Editor's note: EMS stands for emergency medical service and MVA stand for motor vehicle accident.
SATURDAY, AUG. 31
12:02 a.m.: EMS crews were dispatched to the 21000 block of Main Street on a medical first-aid call.
5:25 p.m.: Firefighters responded to an MVA at Airport and Arndt roads.
6:21 p.m.: Firefighters were dispatched to Anderson Road and Highway 99E on an MVA.
11:43 p.m.: An MVA was reported at Highway 551 and Arndt Road, prompting firefighters to respond.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 1
5:23 p.m.: EMS personnel rendered first-aid in the 20000 block of Filbert Street.
MONDAY, SEPT. 2
12:10 a.m.: An EMS crew responded to the French Prairie rest area on Interstate 5 to administer first-aid.
10:13 a.m.: EMS personnel administered first-aid at a call in the 20000 block of Walnut Street.
6:16 p.m.: First-aid was given by an EMS crew in the 19000 block of Highway 99E.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 3
9:55 a.m.: Fire personnel responded to a request for public assistance in the 25000 block of Yukon Street.
5:29 p.m.: An EMS crew administered first-aid in the 25000 block of Highway 99E.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 4
8:31 a.m.: EMS personnel responded to a medical first-aid call at mile post 280 on Interstate 5.
9 a.m.: Fire personnel responded to a hazardous materials incident at Boones Ferry and Grim roads.
11:29 a.m.: Fire personnel were dispatched to the 200 block of Brown Street in Woodburn on a mutual aid call.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 5
5:40 a.m.: An EMS crew was dispatched to the 20000 block of Walnut Street on a medical first-aid call.
4:02 p.m.: Firefighters responded to a vehicle fire at the mile post 278 off ramp on Interstate 5.
6:57 p.m.: A miscellaneous call in the 12000 block of Donald Road prompted fire personnel to respond.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 6
9:33 a.m.: Firefighters responded to an MVA at Airport and Arndt roads.
11:11 a.m.: EMS personnel responded to first-aid call in the 21000 block of Bents Road.
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The EHNTJC Men's Club is an active affiliate of the Congregation whose purpose is to promote fellowship among its members and to stimulate religious, educational, social and cultural activities among members, the Congregation, and the Jewish community.
In order to accomplish these goals, Men's Club offers a varied program of events and activities throughout the year, including films and speakers on Jewish topics of interest and concern to the Congregation and the community-at-large. We provide the speaker and the refreshments prior to the Selichot service each year, and on Sundays, we sponsor Sunday brunch events which feature Jewishly oriented speakers and entertainers. As a follow-up, we serve a brunch for which the menu was selected and the food prepared by the men themselves.
Although these events are primarily designed for adults, we also provide programs specifically geared for children, especially programs connected with Jewish holidays. At Purim, Men's Club provides food service for the Children's Purim Party and we sponsor the entertainers who perform at the Children's Hanukah Party. These events are attended by children whose parents or grandparents are congregants, as well as by children whose families are unaffiliated with a synagogue. In this way we hope to stimulate a greater interest in things Jewish.
Men's Club has recently undertaken two programs of note. We sponsored a Men's Club Shabbat Service in which all participants were Men's Club members. This was a departure from the Congregation's traditional Saturday morning service which always includes male and female participants. As with our other programs, Men's Club members planned the menu and prepared the food that was served during the Kiddush lunch that followed the service.
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As school choice expands, parents in many U.S. cities are facing a vastly different education landscape than the one they grew up in and navigating the array of options can be downright baffling for many of them—especially those with less education or children who have special needs.
Charter schools make up over 20 percent of schools in 45 U.S. districts, and the sector is growing. Voucher programs are expanding nationally, putting private school tuition in reach for more families.
There are also options that have been around for decades, such as magnet schools, and brand new arrivals to the education buffet, like micro schools.
And, of course, there's always the neighborhood district school to consider, or even the district school in another neighborhood for parents in areas that allow for interdistrict choice.
Some cities are now trying to simplify the task of school choice by creating a single application and enrollment system for both district and charter schools, as I wrote for a recent article in Education Week.
But the truth is, with the freedom to choose a school comes a lot more work (a tradeoff, I should point out, some research has shown many parents are happy to make). So, I decided to reach out to a couple of school choice consultants I interviewed for a story I did on this topic this time last year: Laura Barr, founder of e.Merging, a school consultant business in Denver, and E.V. Downey, who runs the D.C.-based Downey School Consulting, to get some pointers from them on how to go about making this important decision.
Do Research, Meet Deadlines: Attend open houses, tours, and school community events and dig into the educational philosophies on school websites, Barr recommended in an email.
"It's great to see school from different view points," she said while also warning to be on time with any application materials. "Many schools simply are not flexible with late applications."
Be Detail Oriented: When you do go visit a school, Downey recommended going when classes are in session and keeping an eye out for details beyond the teaching, such as whether the school administration takes pride in its facilities—they don't have to be fancy, but are they welcoming and clean?
Consider Location: But Downey says the most important advice she gives parents is to thoroughly consider the logistics of getting their children to school every day. Attending an arts-focused school on the other side of town might seem like a good idea in theory, but may not make families happy in reality when their commute to school requires sacrificing family time at home.
"I talk to a lot of clients about how a school in their neighborhood could be a better answer, especially in the younger years, for work-life-school balance," said Downey. "I do definitely meet with a lot of people who have not thought that piece of the puzzle through."
Don't Play Games: If you live in one of the handful of cities that have one of those single-enrollment systems I mentioned earlier— Denver, New Orleans, Newark, or D.C. (and potentially Boston and Oakland)—don't try to trick the computer system, Barr said.
In a common-enrollment system, also called single or universal enrollment, families fill out a list of their top choices, and a computer uses an algorithm to match students to schools based on family preferences and available seats.
Sometimes parents think they'll be more likely to get their favorite school if they don't rank it first on their list, or only put down their top pick, which can actually hurt their chances of getting a school they want.
"Rank your schools in the order of preference," Barr said. "Don't try to game the system."
I'm sure there's lots of other good pointers out there on how to choose a school, so if you're a parent, teacher, school choice consultant, or interested citizen with advice to share, please leave it in the comments section below.
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Should My Book Be an Audiobook?
Should I really spend the money to turn my book into an audiobook?
writing your master piece. The writing, the editing, the re-writing, the cover art, the formatting, the publishing....What a headache! And now people want you go through a process that's just as in depth as the last three main pieces to get an audio only version?! It's maddening!
How many of your potential readers listen to books in the car/bus/train on their commute to work? How many people need the info in your book that can't read it at all due to physical disabilities? How many "I don't have time to read it" excuses would turn into a customer if you could counter with "what if you could listen during your commute or workout or house cleaning?"
Audiobooks have become a very real thing and the demand simply continues to grow! Much like podcasts, they were laughed at in the early days, now you're almost mocked for not having one. If you believe there really is value in what you're offering people, then you're not only punishing them, but you're punishing yourself for not giving them another way to receive that knowledge.
The question isn't should you, but rather HOW should you make it an audiobook.
In 2017 I wrote a blog post about just that. And it was HUGE! I heard from so many authors I lost count. I gathered a list of the most common questions and decided to write a book giving detailed, step-by-step instructions on the entire process. Thus "Audiobooks: The Definitive How To Guide - What Every Author Needs to Know" was born. Being both an audio engineer and a voice over artist gave me insight on this process that seemingly all other books lacked. Don't be fooled by the "Do it for $100" books, you'll likely never get that audio approved by the powers at be.
There are 3 essential ways to produce an audiobook.
Each one of these options has some serious pro's and some serious con's. Therefore, the right path for you is something only you can answer. But in my book, I go through all of that for you so that you can make the best decision possible. Everything from expected costs to timelines to how much work it's going to take you. Everything!
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La paleteada es una disciplina madre dentro de la raza criolla. Prueba de destreza funcional que deja en evidencia la aptitud vaquera del caballo criollo, utilizada como medio de selección. Comenzó en Argentina, y hoy en día tiene gran aceptación en Uruguay y Brasil.

Historia
La historia se remonta a los primeros intentos de reglamentar alguna prueba de aparte y/o paleteada, en el año 1965 en "San Miguel" de la familia Torres y en 1966 en la estancia "El Cinco" de Monti Hnos, en concordancia con la Marcha Anual.

Uno de sus precursores, don Gonzalo Torres Calderón, fue el artífice de algo que iba a crecer a pasos agigantados.

En 1972 nace la Federación Argentina de Rodeos, una entidad paralela a la Asociación de Criadores de Caballos Criollos (A.C.C.C.), formada por criadores de esta última y jóvenes partidarios de los deportes criollos, inspirados en la Federación del Rodeo Chileno.

En sus inicios la prueba de rodeo era conformada por dos partes:

1-Paleteada en yunta: Consistía en alcanzar un vacuno, largado libremente y a velocidad desde una manga de salida, y llevarlo "calzado" o apretado hasta un corral de encierre llamado señuelo. Todo esto dentro de los límites de un campo de corridas, delimitado, con un anchor de 6 metros.

2-Coleada: Un vacuno lanzado en velocidad, de la misma forma que en la paleteada, debía ser alcanzado por el jinete y volteado, dentro de los límites de la cancha de corridas, tomándolo de la cola.

Esta última actividad fue incorporada para dotar al espectáculo global de algo movido, de fácil aceptación y comprensión de la tribuna, con cierta dosis de suspenso. Pero, al poco tiempo de iniciar la prueba, los reclamos de las entidades protectoras de animales, hicieron que la prueba fuera suprimida, sobreviviendo solo la paleteada, la cual era el objetivo principal. (Hoja 192)

Durante la presidencia de Carlos Vaquer, en agosto de 1983, se resuelve disolver la Federación de Rodeos e integrar la prueba como competencia oficial de la A.C.C.C.

Prueba

Descripción
La paleteada consiste en alcanzar y llevar por acción de los jinetes participantes, un vacuno "apretado" o "calzado" por los caballos que ellos montan, desde un punto donde se larga libremente el vacuno hasta un corral de encierro denominado "señuelo", haciéndolo trasponer su tranquera o boca de entrada. El vacuno deberá ser llevado dentro de los límites del "campo de corridas" perfectamente demarcado en el terreno.

Esta acción será puntuada por dos jurados oficiales, designados por la A.C.C.C., de la lista oficial de jurados.

Cada yunta correrá dos vacas por turno un total de 12 vacas.

La yunta pedirá la largada del vacuno cuando lo juzgue conveniente, pudiendo demorar hasta un máximo de un minuto a partir del momento de ser autorizado por el Jurado para correr. Transcurrido ese lapso, el vacuno será soltado por orden del Jurado. Una vez pedido o soltado el vacuno, la corrida se considerará pérdida, si se incurre en una demora mayor de 15 segundos hasta que salga por la boca de la manga.

Instalaciones

La manga de largada tiene diez (10) metros de recorrido a partir de la tranca de la casilla de largada o de la finalización del codo o curva si existiera, el que no debe ser excesivamente largo; la altura de la misma es de un metro treinta centímetros (1,30 m) con un ancho en la parte superior de setenta (70) centímetros y de cuarenta (40) centímetros en la parte inferior.

El campo de rodeo debe tener 60 metros de largo, desde la punta de la manga y 6 metros de ancho, propiamente dicho se divide en 4 campos, de los cuales:

 Primer campo: 5 metros de largo, desde la punta de la manga.
 Segundo campo: 5 metros de largo, desde donde finaliza el primero.
 Tercer campo: 20 metros de largo, desde donde finaliza el segundo.
 Cuarto campo: 30 metros de largo, desde donde finaliza el tercero.

Tanto los distintos campos, como el ancho del campo en sí, deberá estar delimitado con sogas.

Puntuación

La puntuación por vaca va desde 0 a 15

En toda corrida se considerará "Vaca Dominada", a partir del momento en que por el trabajo de los caballos sobre la vaca, apretándola, hacen que la misma disminuya su velocidad y se vea obligada a seguir el ritmo de carrera que le imponen los corredores. Llevando el siguiente puntaje: 1º campo 5 puntos; 2º campo 4 puntos; 3º campo 3 puntos y 4º campo 3 puntos. Total: 15 puntos.

Se considerará "Vaca Recostada", cuando los caballos apretando y a pesar de su trabajo, no consigan disminuir la velocidad del vacuno, ni imponer el ritmo de la corrida, llevando el siguiente puntaje: 1 (un) punto en cada campo en que el vacuno haya sido recostado. Total: 4 puntos.

En ningún caso se darán puntos por el solo hecho de tomar contacto con el vacuno, si la yunta no lo aprieta con la evidente intención de dominarlo.

Se considerarán "corridas perdidas", calificadas con "0" puntos las siguientes:

• Cuando la corrida no remate con el vacuno en el corral del "señuelo" apretado por ambos caballos.

• Cuando el vacuno se siente y alcance a rebasar totalmente por detrás y hacía afuera la línea en que se encuentran cualquiera de los dos jinetes.

• Cuando el vacuno rebase por delante uno de los jinetes y vuelve hacia atrás, desandando lo recorrido.

• Cuando el vacuno en su carrera pise afuera de las líneas de sentencia exteriores.

• Cuando la corrida se realice, aún en el caso de hacerse en forma totalmente reglamentaria, sin mediar autorización previa del Jurado para la largada. (En estos casos queda a criterio del Jurado establecer su condición de "corrida perdida" o "anulada", ordenando una nueva corrida, según estime haya o no una des inteligencia involuntaria por parte de la yunta participante).

• Cuando por casos de accidentes de uno de los jinetes durante la corrida, no se haga efectivo el trabajo de la yunta, aun cuando el animal ingrese al corral de señuelo.

• Cuando luego de soltado el vacuno, este no alcance a salir por la boca de la manga, saltando fuera de ella en cualquier parte de su recorrido.

• Cuando el animal sea castigado o inducido por cualquier otro medio a realizar algo que no sea por efecto del trabajo de los caballos, tanto dentro de la manga como en cualquier parte del campo de corridas.

En cualquier caso, para obtener los puntajes indicados precedentemente, ninguno de los caballos deberá despegarse o perder contacto con el vacuno. En caso de que así sea, la yunta perderá los puntos máximos que pudieran haber obtenido hasta el momento, sumando solamente lo que le corresponden por "vaca recostada" en los campos correspondientes (un punto en cada campo) y cero en el campo que la perdió, más los puntos que pudiera obtener en el resto de la corrida.

En todos los casos, para que una corrida reciba puntos de vaca dominada o vaca recostada, la misma deberá ser rematada en el señuelo, considerándose para ello, que la yunta deberá recorrer los últimos dos tercios del último campo, con la vaca recostada o dominada y así entregarla en el señuelo. Para que una vaca reciba puntos de "vaca dominada" en alguno de los campos, la misma tiene que haber sido dominada durante el último campo. Si sólo hubiera sido recostada en este campo aunque hubiera sido dominada en alguno de los otros, recibirá puntaje de "vaca recostada".

Campeonato Nacional de Rodeo

Etapa Clasificatoria
Recibe el nombre de "Campeonato Nacional de Rodeo Vicepresidente Gonzalo Torres Calderon". En la actualidad el campeonato anual, organizado por la A.C.C.C., está compuesto por corridas oficiales, a realizarse en establecimientos, los cuales solicitan las fechas con anterioridad y deberán cumplir las siguientes condiciones:

 Actuación de un jurado oficial, conformado por dos miembros de la nómina oficial de jurados de rodeo de la A.C.C.C.
 Cumplir con los requisitos establecidos en cuanto a las dimensiones de la "cancha", instalaciones, tipo y cantidad de ganado vacuno a correr, el que deberá ser preferentemente británico y dentro de los 270 a 310 kg., prohibiendo la hacienda de categorías VACA y BUEY, así como también las de la raza Holando Argentino.
 Contar con el mínimo de yuntas y expositores participantes, que establezca la A.C.C.C. según el Anexo I de este Reglamento.
 La Corrida deberá ser abierta a la participación de todos los propietarios de animales de Raza Criolla que soliciten su inscripción en tiempo y forma como lo establece el reglamento general de rodeo.

Los resultados de estas corridas serán volcados al ranking nacional, el cual reúne todas las corridas llevadas a cabo a lo largo y a lo ancho de todas las regiones que componen la A.C.C.C. Quince días antes del primer tercio de final, termina la etapa clasificatoria.

Tercios de Final
Las 48 mejores yuntas (incluidos los empates en el puesto 48), ordenadas de mejor a peor puntaje, son las que obtienen el pasaporte a los tercios de final.

Las primeras 32 yuntas competirán en el primer tercio, de las cuales obtendremos 8 clasificadas a la semifinal nacional.

El segundo cuarto de final será disputados por las 26 yuntas no clasificadas del primer, y se agregaran las 8 siguientes por orden de mérito. De las 32 yuntas del segundo tercio, obtenemos 8 yuntas que clasifican a la semifinal.

El tercer y último tercio de final, se disputará por las 26 yuntas no clasificadas de los tercios anteriores, a la cuales se les agregan las últimas 8 del ranking. En esta última etapa obtendrán el pasaporte a la semifinal, nuevamente, las mejores 8 yuntas que disputen el tercio.

Semifinales
Se llevará a cabo durante el mismo fin de semana que la final. De las 24 yuntas clasificadas en los tercios, más el campeón del año anterior, campeón y sub-campeón de la copa especial de rodeos.

Se disputarán dos semifinales con eliminación y final.

Primer semifinal: todas las yuntas disputan 6 vacas, luego se reducen al 50% el número de yuntas, compitiendo 4 vacas más las que estén con mejor puntaje. Las 7 mejores ubicadas una vez disputadas las 10 vacas, son las clasificadas a la final.

Segunda semifinal: Igual forma de disputarla que la primera. Con la salvedad que son 5 las yuntas que clasifican a la final.

Final
Luego de completarse las dos semifinales, el tercer día se disputará la gran final. 12 yuntas se disputarán el campeonato nacional. Se correrán 10 vacas sin eliminación parcial de yuntas.

Campeones Nacionales de Rodeo

Hasta la temporada 77/78 se permitió el uso de animales no inscritos.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
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Caballos de Argentina


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WEBSTER, NEW YORK – APRIL 2013: Ashly Audio, maker of powerful, high-performance, cost-effective signal processors and amplifiers, have licensed Dante digital media networking solution from Audinate. With low latency, robust synchronization, I/O scalability, and simplicity of installation via standard IT technology, Dante will significantly enhance the power and value of Ashly's range of signal processors and amplifiers.
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Noted President, Ashly Audio, Mark Wentling, "Ashly is excited to be able to offer our customers yet another option in digital connectivity for our DSP processors and DSP enabled power amplifiers. Dante from Audinate currently brings the best in flexible, yet robust digital audio transport, to the pro-audio and commercial-sound installation markets."
Audinate revolutionizes the way that A/V systems are connected, by transporting high-quality media over standard IT networks. Dante is robust proven solution which is widely deployed in hotels, transportation centers, shopping centers, public address systems, live sound reinforcement, theaters, concert halls, stadiums, athletic venues, corporate boardrooms, universities, broadcast facilities, recording facilities, houses of worship, government facilities, and courtrooms.


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Q: Remove unused Vuetify CSS I'm looking for any configuration that can help with unused Vuetify CSS/JS code after build.
My current % of unused size is 99% (?)

is there any Vuetify configuration that can handle this by itself?

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const sinon = require('sinon');
const test = require('tape');

const tutil = require('../test-util');

let coalescenceStrategy = require('../../../app/scripts/coalescence/strategy');

let CoalescenceStrategy = coalescenceStrategy.CoalescenceStrategy;

/**
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 * test that modifies the required object should call this method to get a
 * fresh version
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function resetstrategy() {
  delete require.cache[
    require.resolve('../../../app/scripts/coalescence/strategy')
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}

function proxyquireStrategy(proxies) {
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  if (peerInfos[1]) {
    getClientStub
      .withArgs(peerInfos[1].ipAddress, peerInfos[1].port)
      .returns(client2);
  }

  proxyquireStrategy({
    '../client/manager': {
      getClient: getClientStub
    }
  });

  let digest = new CoalescenceStrategy();
  digest.getResourceFromPeer = getResourceStub;

  return digest;
}

function end(t) {
  if (!t) { throw new Error('You forgot to pass t'); }
  resetstrategy();
  t.end();
}

test('initialize rejects if something goes wrong', function(t) {
  let expectedErr = { msg: 'browse rejected' };
  proxyquireStrategy({
    '../dnssd/dns-sd-semcache': {
      browseForSemCacheInstances: sinon.stub().rejects(expectedErr)
    }
  });

  let strategy = new CoalescenceStrategy();

  t.false(strategy.isInitializing());
  t.false(strategy.isInitialized());

  strategy.initialize()
  .then(actual => {
    t.fail(actual);
    end(t);
  })
  .catch(actual => {
    t.equal(actual, expectedErr);
    t.false(strategy.isInitializing());
    t.false(strategy.isInitialized());
    end(t);
  });
});

test('initialize resolves on success', function(t) {
  let peerInfos = [...tutil.genCacheInfos(3)];
  let resources = createResources();

  let browseStub = sinon.stub();
  browseStub.withArgs(true).resolves(peerInfos);

  proxyquireStrategy({
    '../dnssd/dns-sd-semcache': {
      browseForSemCacheInstances: browseStub
    },
  });

  let strategy = new CoalescenceStrategy();

  let getAndProcessStub = sinon.stub();
  getAndProcessStub
    .withArgs(peerInfos)
    .resolves(resources);

  strategy.getAndProcessResources = getAndProcessStub;
  // Rather than use a stub to monitor whether or not the strategys have been
  // set, we're going to use a function so that we can also assert that the
  // isInitializing() function is set correctly.
  let resourceParam = null;
  strategy.setResources = function(passedResource) {
    resourceParam = passedResource;
    t.true(strategy.isInitializing());
  };

  t.false(strategy.isInitializing());
  t.false(strategy.isInitialized());

  strategy.initialize()
  .then(actual => {
    t.deepEqual(actual, undefined);
    t.false(strategy.isInitializing());
    t.true(strategy.isInitialized());
    // And the strategys should have been set
    t.equal(resourceParam, resources);
    end(t);
  })
  .catch(err => {
    t.fail(err);
    end(t);
  });
});

test('initialize does not get resources if canceled', function(t) {
  let strategy = null;

  let browseStub = function() {
    strategy.reset();
    return Promise.resolve();
  };
  let getResourcesStub = sinon.stub();

  proxyquireStrategy({
    '../dnssd/dns-sd-semcache': {
      browseForSemCacheInstances: browseStub
    },
  });

  strategy = new CoalescenceStrategy();
  strategy.getResources = getResourcesStub;

  strategy.initialize()
  .then(actual => {
    t.deepEqual(actual, undefined);
    // And we should never have called getResources
    t.equal(getResourcesStub.callCount, 0);
    t.false(strategy.isInitialized());
    t.false(strategy.isInitializing());
    end(t);
  })
  .catch(err => {
    t.fail(err);
    end(t);
  });
});

test('initialize does not set resources if canceled', function(t) {
  let browseStub = sinon.stub().resolves();

  proxyquireStrategy({
    '../dnssd/dns-sd-semcache': {
      browseForSemCacheInstances: browseStub
    },
  });

  let strategy = new CoalescenceStrategy();

  let getResourcesStub = function() {
    strategy.reset();
    return Promise.resolve([ 'res1', 'res1' ]);
  };
  let setResourcesStub = sinon.stub();
  strategy.getAndProcessResources = getResourcesStub;
  strategy.setResources = setResourcesStub;

  strategy.initialize()
  .then(actual => {
    t.deepEqual(actual, undefined);
    // We should have called setResources only once, when we reset.
    t.equal(setResourcesStub.callCount, 1);
    t.false(strategy.isInitialized());
    t.false(strategy.isInitializing());
    end(t);
  })
  .catch(err => {
    t.fail(err);
    end(t);
  });
});

test('reset restores state', function(t) {
  proxyquireStrategy({
    '../dnssd/dns-sd-semcache': {
      browseForSemCacheInstances: sinon.stub().resolves()
    },
    './util': {
      removeOwnInfo: sinon.stub().resolves()
    }
  });
  let strategy = new CoalescenceStrategy();
  strategy.getAndProcessResources = sinon.stub().resolves(['a']);
  strategy.setResources = sinon.stub();

  strategy.initialize()
  .then(() => {
    t.false(strategy.isInitializing());
    t.true(strategy.isInitialized());

    strategy.reset();
    t.false(strategy.isInitializing());
    t.false(strategy.isInitialized());
    // The second call will have been the reset one
    t.deepEqual(strategy.setResources.args[1][0], []);
    end(t);
  })
  .catch(err => {
    t.fail(err);
    end(t);
  });
});

test('refresh correct', function(t) {
  // We expect calls to reset() and initialize().
  let resetStub = sinon.stub();
  let initStub = sinon.stub();

  let strategy = new CoalescenceStrategy();
  strategy.reset = resetStub;
  strategy.initialize = initStub;

  strategy.refresh();

  t.equal(resetStub.callCount, 1);
  t.equal(initStub.callCount, 1);

  end(t);
});

test('getAndProcessResources resolves all success', function(t) {
  let expected = createResources();
  let peerInfos = createPeerInfos();

  let digest = helperAssertGetAndProcess(peerInfos, expected[0], expected[1]);

  digest.getAndProcessResources(peerInfos)
  .then(actual => {
    t.deepEqual(actual, expected);
    end(t);
  })
  .catch(err => {
    t.fail(err);
    end(t);
  });
});

test('getAndProcessResources returns empty array if no peers', function(t) {
  let expected = [];
  let peerInfos = [];

  let digest = helperAssertGetAndProcess(peerInfos);

  digest.getAndProcessResources(peerInfos)
  .then(actual => {
    t.deepEqual(actual, expected);
    end(t);
  })
  .catch(err => {
    t.fail(err);
    end(t);
  });
});

test('getAndProcessResources resolves last rejects', function(t) {
  let resources = createResources();
  let peerInfos = createPeerInfos();
  let expected = [resources[0]];

  let digest = helperAssertGetAndProcess(
    peerInfos, expected[0], null, null, { msg: 'swallow me' }
  );

  digest.getAndProcessResources(peerInfos)
  .then(actual => {
    t.deepEqual(actual, expected);
    end(t);
  })
  .catch(err => {
    t.fail(err);
    end(t);
  });
});

test('getAndProcessResources resolves all reject', function(t) {
  let peerInfos = createPeerInfos();
  let expected = [];

  let digest = helperAssertGetAndProcess(
    peerInfos, null, null, { msg: 'swallow me 1' }, { msg: 'swallow me 2' }
  );

  digest.getAndProcessResources(peerInfos)
  .then(actual => {
    t.deepEqual(actual, expected);
    end(t);
  })
  .catch(err => {
    t.fail(err);
    end(t);
  });
});