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Home Front History - Their Sacrifice - Our Responsibility to Remember
Website Home Front History
Details We were established in 2009 as a not-for-profit entity and since then we have become a popular UK resource for Historians, Researchers, Schools, Event Organisers, the Media and TV, Theatres and everyone who has an interest in Britain's Home Front during WW2. Living History Re-enactment, Displays, Props, Advice and Archive Photographs are just some of the services and support we provide. We help organisations, charities and educational establishments large and small and we support the Annual Poppy Appeal. We hold full Public Liability Insurance and references are available upon request.
We Inform, Involve, Educate.
For details without obligation do please contact us.
Email: homefronthistory@btinternet.com
Telephone: 077 483 10996
Remarks Visit the website for details
Holts Tours
Website Holts Tours
Details As well as regular favourites to well known battlefields such as Agincourt and Waterloo, Ypres and the Somme, D-Day and Arnhem, the Zulu and American Civil Wars we include each year a variety of tours covering many different periods and always introducing new places and historical events.
You can book your place on any of our tours through the following methods:
(+44 1293 865 000 from overseas)
E-mail us at: info@Holts.co.uk
Wolvers Home Farm
Ironsbottom
Sidlow, Reigate
RH2 8QG
Remarks See the website for details
Anglia Battlefield Tours
Website Anglia Battlefield Tours
Details The Specialists in School, Battlefield, Memorial and Pilgrimage Tours.
Brick House Farm
Margaret Roding
Essex, CM6 1QR.
info@angliabattlefields.co.uk
Somme Battlefield Tours
Website Somme Battlefield Tours
Details We arrange self drive and conducted battlefield tours to the battlefields of Ypres, the Somme and Verdun. We also arrange hotel and B&B accommodation on or very close to the Ypres and Somme battlefields. Our battlefield tours are limited to small groups (between 6-10) and thus appeal to the more discerning battlefield visitor who may not wish to travel with a large party, as offered by most tour companies.
Somme Battlefield Tours Ltd
19 Old Road
Wimborne Minster
BH21 1EJ
(from 6-20 September)
(from outside the UK)
To have details sent to you by post please e-mail below with your name and full postal address. Our e-mail address is: Jamespower@btinternet.com
Guided Battlefield Tours
guidedbattlefieldtours.co.uk
Guided Battlefield Tours to First World War (WW1) and Second World War (WW2) Battlefield Sites in France and Belgium including The Somme, Ypres and the Normandy D Day Landings
We are a family based company which is operated by Steve and Susan Cocks. We operate a limited number of battlefield tours each year in order that we can provide the quality of personal service that is the leading aim of our company.
Our First World War Battlefield Tours in 2010 focus on : Recalling the Somme (3 days), Ypres Remembered (3 days), Treading in Tommy's Footsteps (4 days), Chapters from the Western Front (4 days) and The Campaigns of 1917 (4 days).
Our World War 2 battlefield tours in 2010 take us to Normandy: Normandy and the D Day Landings.
Bartletts Battlefield Journeys
battlefields.co.uk
BBJ Ltd. seek not to glorify war but to perpetuate awareness of the enormous sacrifice made on our behalf in the name of freedom and the debt of gratitude we owe.
Our World War 1 and World War 2 battlefield tours are individually tailored to the needs and wishes of group members. Because our groups normally number between 5 and 7, we are able to create a relaxed, informal and friendly atmosphere. Guests who accompany us on our tours come from all walks of life and span a wide range of ages and experience.
Our expeditions are suitable for anyone interested in the Western Front and Normandy, for history students, those needing to expand their knowledge of events of that time, and those wishing to discover the sites of where their forebears fought and are commemorated.
For those engaged on a personal pilgrimage to trace and follow the footsteps of their forebears, we will present copies of the research information gathered.
Every battlefield tour is meticulously researched and planned and it is the composition and wishes of the group members that determines the sites to be visited and explored. Each tour is very special to us as no two are the same.
We offer bespoke (customised) tours to accommodate those wishing to travel at different times from our schedule or in smaller or larger numbers and will be pleased to discuss options with you.
Bartletts Battlefield Journeys Ltd,
Broomhill, Edlington,
Horncastle, Lincs,
LN9 5RJ
Historical Footsteps Tours - Phillip Lewis
Historical Footsteps Tours
Details We are a small company based in North West Kent that specialises in tours based around historical figures, incidents and events. We believe that history is best explored by retracing events in the locations where they actually took place.
The majority of Historical Footsteps Tours are centred around London and southern England and range in duration from 2 hours to a full day. We believe that clients deserve as much of our personal attention as possible and, therefore, restrict our group sizes for walking tours to 10 people and the full day tours to 23 people. The majority of our tours are devoted to areas of historical interest that are covered by few if any other tour operators. Some of our tours such as the Jack the Ripper walking tour cover a greater number of sites than many other operators.
Most tours will operate all year round. Please keep watching our website for details of our new tours as they are developed and become operational.
Jack the Ripper Walking Tour
During the late summer and autumn of 1888 a series of horrific murders took place in the East End of London that became known as the Whitechapel Murders. The murderer, who was given the title of Jack the Ripper was never apprehended. Relive this 'Autumn of Terror' with an Historical Footsteps walking tour through the streets of Whitechapel and Spitalfields.
The London Blitz Walk
In 1940, London and many other cities in Britain suffered a period of sustained air raids that tested the determination and courage of the civilian population of this country. Although most of the physical damage to buildings has been repaired it is still possible to see evidence of that period in our history. Why not join one of our Historical Footsteps Tours for a two and a half hour guided walk through some of the areas affected by the Blitz. Tour group numbers are limited to a maximum of 10 people. Tours start at Bank Underground Station.
The Kray Twins Tour
In the East End of London in 1933 twin boys were born. Their names would become well known throughout London and the rest of Britain as notorious gangsters in the second half of the 20th century.
Ronnie and Reggie Kray spent much of their childhood and teenage years in Whitechapel and Bethnal Green. They achieved their first taste of fame as boxers but they are more famous for their gangland activities and crimes that included the murders of George Cornell and Jack 'the Hat' McVitie.
The Invasion Of Britain 1940
The Battle Of Britain Tour
Anyone looking out to sea from Dover in 1940 could clearly view the colossal German armaments along the French coast 25 miles away and witness overhead the daily troublesome Luftwaffe flights probing Britain's defences. Nobody doubted that it would be long before the Germans tried to invade Britain and it was obvious that, as a preliminary to such an invasion, Britain's air defences would need to be destroyed and its Royal Air Force (R.A.F.) rendered inoperative...
Tel: 07855948976 (Within the UK)
+44 7855948976 (From outside the UK)
Email: plewis@historicalfootstepstours.com
Battle Honours Ltd Specialist Battlefield Tours - Bringing alive the dry pages of history
Website Battle Honours Ltd
Details History, Education, Remembrance
Battle Honours are the UK's leading company offering walking battlefield tours. With the ability and experience to arrange battlefield tours for groups of all sizes, our program for 2009 contains new battlefield tours to new destinations and new walks to old favourites ensuring there is something for every battlefield tour walker over the coming year. All battlefield tours will be led by at least one badged member of the Guild of Battlefield Guides, the bench mark in quality when choosing your battlefield tour. Lead guides Julian Whippy and Clive Harris are renowned for their unbounded enthusiasm, passion and vast knowledge of their subject. With their military and police backgrounds together, with 20 years of combined guiding experience you will be in safe hands whilst on your pilgrimage or battlefield tour.
Battle Honours Ltd
SG3 6TH
enquiries@battle-honours.co.uk
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Marjoram is a wonderful plant to have around, whether it's in your garden or a pot closer to the kitchen. It's tasty, it's attractive, and it's very popular in salves and balms. But what do you do when you start getting marjoram blossoms? Do marjoram blooms affect harvest? Keep reading to learn about marjoram blossoms and harvesting marjoram herbs.
You can start harvesting marjoram herbs when the plant is about 4 inches tall. This should be before the flowers start to form, when the leaves are at their best. Just pick the leaves as needed and use them fresh. You can brew them into tea, extract their oils for salves, or put them into your food just before you finish cooking to impart a pleasant, mild flavor.
Can You Use Marjoram Flowers?
Marjoram blossoms tend to appear in midsummer as beautiful delicate clusters in pink, white, and purple. Do marjoram flowers affect harvest? Not completely. You can still pick the leaves, though they won't taste quite as good.
When you have marjoram buds, the best thing to do is to start picking sprigs for drying. Before the buds open, cut some of the stems from the plant (no more than one third of the total leaves) and hang them in a dark airy space. Once they're dry, pull the leaves from the stems and either crush them or leave them whole to store.
Once you have a marjoram plant blooming fully, the flavor of the leaves isn't going to be as good. It's still perfectly safe to eat them, though, along with the flowers, which taste like a milder version of the leaves. At this stage both the leaves and the flowers can be brewed into a very relaxing tea.
Of course, leaving a few plants to bloom in the garden will entice pollinators. You can also harvest seeds from the spent blooms for more of this delightful herb.


Our "Summer Like" pattern turns more "Winter Like" today and tomorrow, as a cooler upper low spreads its influence across the Central California interior. Rainfall totals are expected to be light, but with the possibility of isolated thunderstorms, amounts could be heavier in those areas affected. Certainly the mountains will see more moisture with light snow down to about 6,500 feet in the upper elevations. For the high Country, I expect 6 – 10 inches of new snow. Some of the higher passes, like Sonora, will run the risk of closure Thursday night. Snow impacts should be less on Friday, as the low begins to move east. Upslope flow will continue the chance of showers on Saturday, over the mountains, as the low leaves the area. Overall, temperature wise, we should see 15 – 20 degrees below normal for early May. On Sunday, ridging will start building in from the West.
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Friday: 50% chance of showers & isolated thunderstorms . Highs 59 – 62 / Lows 42 – 45. Winds N 5 – 10 mph.
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Friday: 70% chance of snow showers & isolated thunderstorms. Highs 43 / Lows 29. Winds N 5 – 10 mph.
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Microsoft Access is a Database Management System (DBMS) from Microsoft that combines the relational Microsoft Jet Database Engine with a graphical user interface and software development tools. It is a part of the Microsoft Office suite of applications, included in the professional and higher editions. This is an introductory tutorial that covers the basics of MS Access.


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Maritime Art, Ship, Benjamin F. Packard, 3 Vintage Photographs, 1926
The Benjamin F. Packard
New York: May 11, 1926
Black and white photographs
11 x 14 inches each, overall
Provenance: Estate of James Carr
$300, set of three
Collection of three photographs showing the Benjamin F. Packard, a square-rigged sailing ship, from different angles: full, fore and aft. Named for one of its designers, it was built in 1883. A large ship built for transporting cargo between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans around Cape Horn, it subsequently served as a "salmon packer," transporting fisheries workers and equipment between Puget Sound and Alaska from 1908 to 1925. The Packard was retired in 1927, one year after these photographs were taken. Moved to Rye, New York, where it was an amusement park attraction, the ship sustained serious damage during the hurricane of 1938 and had to be scuttled. However, portions of the elegantly appointed after cabin were saved and later preserved at the Mystic Seaport museum in New London, Connecticut, where they are now on display.
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Maritime Art, Ship, Benjamin F. Packard, 3 Vintage Photographs, 1926 quantity
Categories: Maritime, Photography Tags: cargo ship, marine, maritime, nautical
Inscription on verso of full view: "Silhouetted against clouds over the Hudson off 98th St the Benjamin F. Packard an old sailing vessel which was built over 50 years ago in Bath ME and is now being fitted as a training ship for the Junior Naval Reserve makes a pretty picture." Other two photographs with similar inscriptions.
Condition: Generally very good with the usual overall toning and wear, minor soiling, scratches. Minor scattered wear and chips to edges, can be matted out.
"Benjamin F. Packard Cabin Watercraft Exhibit." Mystic Seaport. http://www.mysticseaport.org/visit/vu-tour2.cfm?mc=2&mkind=visit&mp=13 (23 August 2004).
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On 20.3.98 we sent 500 emails to anesthesiologists in 60 countries asking them for a new definition/name for anesthesia.
We received 308 responses (61.6% response rate).
- 189 anesthesiologists (61.3%) chose: Perioperative Medicine.
- 42 anesthesiologists (13.6%) chose: Surgical Internal Medicine.
* Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine.
* Perioperative and Emergency Medicine.
* Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care.
(PAPEC = Perioperative, Anesthesia, Pain, Emergency and Critical care Medicine).
Re: CSEN Survey: A new definition to Anesthesia?
> question: The practice of anesthesia - medicine or nursing?
> Further comments on these results are welcomed.
> the postoperative critical care medicine.
> 2. Surgical Internal Medicine.
I think the old term ' Anaesthesiology' is just fine.
>> >2. Surgical Internal Medicine.
>> Language does NOT define reality.
>> Other philosophical diseases are PC, femenism, racism, communism etc etc.
>For such a response is worth all the effort we put in these surveys.
>Language does NOT define reality.
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>question: The practice of anesthesia - medicine or nursing?
>Further comments on these results are welcomed.
>the postoperative critical care medicine.
is hard to change. We are trying.
are including many othe duties of us.
forget that we DO intensive care other than the postoperative care units .
> Betreff: CSEN Survey: A new definition to Anesthesia?
The Q. you ask has already been answered by Mark Rogers.
In my mind, "P.M & P.M.", as the above is the best.
Medicine, Critical Care, or Obstetric Analgesia? So what?
Therapeutics" or something equally ridiculous.


Here at The Inside Line MTB, we are all about super-yummy food and even better trails! Throughout July and August we offer catered guided chalet holidays based in Les Arcs. Come and stay with us, and even if you're a Les Arcs regular, we're certain you'll ride a trail you've never ridden before – so expansive is owner & guide Emily's knowledge.
Business owner and head guide Emily Horridge has been living and guiding in Les Arcs and the surrounding area for over 6 years and knows the mountains here like the back of her hand. Before setting up The Inside Line MTB, Emily worked for some of the best known guiding companies in France, and has over 10 years of guiding experience behind her.
During September we run our hotel-based trips in the Queyras Regional Park. This stunning area is little known and the trails are just sublime.
Whether you come to Les Arcs or join us in the Queyras Regional Park, you can rest assured you're in the friendly, professional and capable hands of a team headed by one of the best guides in the industry.
Click here to discover our holidays.
Emily Horridge has been riding and racing mountain bikes since the age of 14, and whilst many of her early biking friends forgot about riding, she was completely hooked. After many years of racing at the highest level and riding all over the world, she began guiding in Morzine in 2006. In the summer of 2016 Emily obtained her French guiding qualification, meaning she's now legally able to guide in France. With the newfound guiding freedom this qualification offers Emily began thinking about where else she could go to ride and guide. Many hours, many maps and many brilliant (and not so brilliant) trails later, The Inside Line was born.
Not surprisingly, it wasn't too big a step to go from offering private guiding on a day-to-day basis to setting up a chalet holiday business. We love to get to know our guests properly, and having them come and stay for a week at a time gives us the perfect opportunity to enjoy some good food and ride the best trails together. We're already looking forward to meeting you all this summer!


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Threatening calls made to Graham High School
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ST. PARIS – On Thursday at approximately 2:46 p.m., the administrative office of Graham High School received a call from an unknown juvenile.
During the course of the phone call, the unknown subject made threatening remarks, indicating that there was an active shooter in the building, and that the school should be "locked down."
The juvenile continued making threatening remarks and then disconnected the call. The juvenile immediately called back, again making threatening remarks toward the school, then disconnected.
At that time, school administrative staff contacted the Champaign County Sheriff's Office School Resource Officer (SRO) assigned to the Graham Local Schools, who was on campus at the time.
School officials implemented established safety and security protocols in order to safeguard students and staff still on the premises.
Champaign County Sheriff's deputies and investigators also responded to the school in order to conduct a protective sweep of the scene and to initiate an investigation into the incident. Upon conducting the investigation, it was discovered that the calls had originated from the state of New Jersey.
Sheriff's officials were assisted by New Jersey law enforcement officers in contacting the owner of the cell phone used to make the calls.
During the investigation, deputies learned that the calls were actually made by a young juvenile female who believed that she was contacting a gaming site, and that no actual threat to Graham students, staff or the public ever existed.
The incident is still under investigation by the Champaign County Sheriff's Office.
Info from sheriff's office.
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Today, Amnesty International called on the Serbian government and Belgrade authorities to stop the forced eviction of Roma from informal settlements in the Serbian capital.
Amnesty International's briefing paper, Serbia: Stop the forced evictions of Roma settlements, documents the forced eviction of 178 families from a settlement under the Gazela Bridge, in Belgrade in 2009.
"Massive building programs in Belgrade have put hundreds of Roma families under the threat of forced evictions where they will be forced to leave their homes without proper consultation or notice and without the provision of adequate alternative housing," said Sian Jones, Amnesty International's expert on Serbia.
On August 31, 2009, Romani families living under the Gazela Bridge were surrounded by police as trucks and bulldozers appeared. Journalists were prevented from coming near the site.
In less than three hours, around 114 families were taken to six sites on the outskirts of Belgrade and given accommodation in metal containers. Another 64 families were transported to parts of southern Serbia. Few of them had enough time to rescue their belongings before the bulldozers moved in.
The eviction took place in advance of repair works on the dilapidated Gazela Bridge, which is being partly paid for with a €77 million loan (92,503,604 USD) from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB).
The EBRD and EIB loaned the money on condition that the Romani families were offered adequate alternative housing. However, the eviction was carried out without the safeguards required under international law, and those evicted were not provided with adequate alternative housing. Tomica, who had lived in Belgrade for 20 years, told Amnesty International: "They came with trucks and police and vans. We all had to leave in 20 minutes. I lost my house, TV, DVD, new beds, mirrors, fridge, everything." Many of the families evicted from Gazela now live in metal containers far from local amenities and access to work, in six sites on the outskirts of Belgrade. The containers failed to meet international standards for adequate housing and are often overcrowded, cold and damp.
"They put 40 containers, one next to the other, and it's worse than it was before… There's not enough space to sleep, let alone live. What can you do if you have one room for cooking, sitting, kids playing. It's even smaller than it was at Gazela," testified Maya to a local non-governmental organization.
Two hundred and forty people were returned to the poorest parts of southern Serbia and were also not provided with adequate housing.
"For their part, regional financial institutions such as the EBRD and EIB and states which are members of these institutions should ensure that the projects they support do not contribute to human rights violations," said Jones.
From the 1950s, the Roma population of Belgrade grew as Roma from the economically deprived south of Serbia, Kosovo and Macedonia, came in search of work.
Between 450,000 to 800,000 Roma live in Serbia, 30 percent of whom live on less than €2.15 (2.59 USD) per day. An estimated 100,000 Roma live in Belgrade: a third of them live in around 147 informal settlements.
While almost all Roma in Serbia experience discrimination, those living in informal settlements such as Gazela are not only denied the right to adequate housing, but are often denied other human rights as well.
Without a legal address, they are unable to obtain a residence permit. Without a residence permit, they are denied access to health care. Only children whose parents have residency are able to attend school. Few complete their elementary education, and few are eligible to register to seek employment.


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Monk's House
Olivia Ferraro Uncategorized November 27, 2017 November 27, 2017 1 Comment
Monk's House is an 18th century cottage in the village of Rodmell, England. Virginia Woolf and her husband Leonard Woolf bought the house in 1919. The Woolf's originally lived there only part time, but after an air raid destroyed their flat in Bloomsbury they moved out to the country full time. The Woolf's made the house their own, and did many reparations on it from the time they move in. they repaired and improved the kitchen, installed a system for hot water, and bought an adjoining field to preserve the view of Mount Caburn. The house was also expanded by two additional floors in 1929. (Eastoe)
Virginia sitting in an armchair at Monk's House
Virginia and Leonard, still firmly entrenched in the Bloomsbury Group, received at Monk's House many visitors during this time, including T.S. Eliot, E.M. Forster, Roger Fry, and Lytton Strachey. "Monk's House also received visits from poet, novelist, and garden designer Vita Sackville-West, with whom Virginia had a dalliance… The guests liked to sit on the terrace outside Virginia's writing lodge and play bowls on the lawn" (Eastoe).
"The interior design of the cottage hints at its links with the Bloomsbury Group. Virginia chose the distinctive pea green of the sitting room – green was her favorite colour – though her sister Vanessa laughed at her choice. Nevertheless she and her lover Duncan Grant painted the table and chair backs for her, and it was her that Virginia liked to sit and smoke a cigar. Vanessa also painted the fireplace tiles in Virginia's bedroom as a tribute to To the Lighthouse. Virginia wrote in her bedroom, on a wooden board, when she was unwell, moving her chair to catch the views. Leonard, she complained, had to be torn away from gardening. Despite her tragic end Virginia adored the house: 'I had so much profound interest to write here – a dialogue of the soul with the soul – and I have let it slip – why? Because of feeding the goldfish, of looking at the new pond, of playing bowls… happiness'" (Eastoe).
Virginia often did her writing in a small lodge at the bottom of the garden. Her novels Jacob's Room (1922), Mrs Dalloway (1925), To The Lighthouse (1927), Orlando (1928), The Waves (1931), The Years (1937), Between The Acts (1941) and many other works were composed on this property. She spent many hours composing these novels as well as essays and letters in her writing shed, and she enjoyed having solitary time to think and stroll through her garden. Virginia was an amateur horticulturist, and though she loved the garden it was not her passion to cultivate it so much as it was Leonard's.
Virginia outside of her writing shed.
"For Leonard, who started off as an amateur but became an expert, developing and tending the garden was totally absorbing. He would graft his own fruit trees, tend to and add to his massive collection of cacti and train his sweet peas in the way his sister-in-law, Vanessa Bell, did at Charleston, 10 miles down the road. He grew copious fruit and vegetables with the help of Percy Bartholomew, his gardener, keeping immaculate records (including detailed costings) and selling the surplus at the Women's Institute market. When Virginia and Leonard were in London, a hamper of produce was sent up each week. Leonard was keen to learn and founded the Rodmell Horticultural Society in 1941" (Glendinning)
Virginia and Leonard in the garden
It becomes incredibly evident that as much as the house itself was a retreat from city life, the real pleasure of living there for the Woolf's came from the garden that they so lovingly tended. In letters to friends, Virginia wrote "The point of it is the garden. I shan't tell you, though, for you must come and sit there on the lawn with me, or stroll in the apple orchard, or pick – there are cherries, plums, pears, figs, together with all the vegetables. This is going to be the pride of our hearts I warn you" (Eastoe).
The Woolf's retreat at Rodmell was a convenient ten minutes away at Charleston, which served as a meeting place of sorts for many members of the Bloomsbury group. She had no children of her own, and instead chose to direct much of her maternal energy to her nieces and nephews. Bell's oldest son, Julian, was Woolf's favorite; he would write poetry and send it to Woolf for criticism, and she dealt him a great amount of encouragement. In this letter, she writes "Thursday. My dear Julian. I like the poem very much. It still wants CURRENCY I think. When did you write it? It shall be the cornerstone of my new library at Rodmell. But this is to say—please be here 7:30 sharp tomorrow (Friday) as we want you to drive Rachel & us to a restaurant" (Butler)
Virginia's Letter to Julian Bell
In March 1941, Virginia committed suicide by drowning herself in the nearby River Ouse. Her suicide note to Leonard was written in the writing shed where she did all of her writing, and drafts of it can be found in her journal. In full, it reads:
Dearest,
I feel certain that I am going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices, and I can't concentrate. So I am doing what seems the best thing to do. You have given me the greatest possible happiness. You have been in every way all that anyone could be. I don't think two people could have been happier 'til this terrible disease came. I can't fight any longer. I know that I am spoiling your life, that without me you could work. And you will I know. You see I can't even write this properly. I can't read. What I want to say is I owe all the happiness of my life to you. You have been entirely patient with me and incredibly good. I want to say that — everybody knows it. If anybody could have saved me it would have been you. Everything has gone from me but the certainty of your goodness. I can't go on spoiling your life any longer.
I don't think two people could have been happier than we have been.
After Virginia's death, Leonard continued to live alone at Monk's House until his death in 1969. Virginia's death was publicized, and afterword Leonard received a flood of condolence letters from friends and fans alike. Grieving, Leonard wrote the following on a loose sheet of paper:
"They said 'Come to tea and let us comfort you.' But it's no good. One must be crucified on one's own private cross. It is a strange fact that a terrible pain in the heart can be interrupted by a little pain in the fourth toe of the right foot. I know that V. will not come across the garden from the Lodge, and yet I look in that direction for her. I know that she is drowned and yet I listen for her to come in at the door. I know that this is the last page and yet I turn it over. There is no limit to one's stupidity and selfishness."
Leonard buried Virginia's ashes under one of the two intertwined elm trees in their backyard, which they had nicknamed "Virginia and Leonard". He marked the grave with a stone tablet, engraved with the last line from her novel The Waves: ""Against you I fling myself, unvanquished and unyielding, O Death! The waves crashed on the shore.". He would be buried next to her after his death (Glendinning).
Today, Visitors can still visit Monk's House in the spring and summer months. The property and garden are maintained by the National Trust.
bedroom at Monk's House
Virginia's writing retreat the interior of Virginia's writing lodge
Butler, Sarah Funke. "Document: Woolf's Letter to a Young Poet." The Paris Review, 4 Aug. 2011, www.theparisreview.org/blog/2011/08/03/document-woolfs-letter-to-a-young-poet/.
Eastoe, Jane. A Cottage in the Country: Inspirational Hideaways. National Trust Books, 2017.
Glendinning, Victoria. Leonard Woolf: a Biography. Counterpoint, 2008.
Guinness, Bunny. "Monk's House, the Garden That Inspired Virginia Woolf." The Telegraph, Telegraph Media Group, 15 Oct. 2013, www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardenstovisit/10377203/Monks-House-the-garden-that-inspired-Virginia-Woolf.html.
"Monk's House." National Trust, www.nationaltrust.org.uk/monks-house.
Sterjova, Milica. "Monk's House: Virginia Woolf's Beautiful Home in Rodmell." Walls with Stories, 22 June 2017, www.wallswithstories.com/uncategorized/monks-house-virginia-woolfs-beautiful-home-in-rodmell.html.
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Very nice write up
Just a couple of points. The latest vernacular building study dates Monks House at late 16th Century. The 2 floor extension is actually a 2 storey extension to the North of the old house completed in 1929.
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On Wednesday, a startup called Voyager announced that it plans to launch a new cryptocurrency exchange with no trading commissions. Voyager aims to offer customers access to 15 cryptocurrencies. It plans to first launch the exchange in California, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire and Montana, before expanding to the rest of the United States.
The young company is backed by capital from friends and family, according to CEO Stephen Ehrlich. He previously served as CEO and founder of Lightspeed Financial, a retail brokerage that later acquired online brokerage E-Trade. Its other cofounders are tech advisor Oscar Salazar, Uber's chief technology officer, and chief product officer Gaspard de Dreuzy and board chairman Philip Eytan, both early Uber investors. Though Ehrlich gained interest in cryptocurrency a year ago, he believes a new exchange can offer investors a better experience.
Voyager's business model attempts to be unique. To raise revenue and maintain no-fee trading, the exchange will engage in a kind of order flow arbitrage. Ehrlich explains that Voyager will try to beat the average prices of coins at order execution. It plans to connect to ten exchanges and three market makers so that customers receive better prices than they would on a single exchange.
Voyager plans to compete with existing low-cost exchanges like Robinhood, Binance, and Coinbase Pro. Coinbase Pro allows maker orders to fill without fees. Binance currently assesses a fee of 0.1% on trades, with discount levels for larger volume and Binance token (BNB) holdings. The most premier level pays a 0.015% fee for maker orders. Though Robinhood offers customers in some states commission-free trading, customers cannot access their private keys or transfer coins off the exchange. However, Robinhood is backed by venture capital at a $5.6 billion valuation and earns revenue from interest on cash deposits and Gold margin memberships, so it is unclear how Voyager will compete directly.
Voyager begins beta testing this week and wants to release its app to the public in October. It also has plans to add news and analysis tools in its app, as well as more features for institutional investors. The list of coins available to trade is being finalized from the top 25, and it already includes Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Litecoin (LTC), and Ethereum Classic (ETC).
Ehrlich believes that Voyager has growth potential: "We think the opportunity for both retail and institutional is vast, and we want to be part of that, and help the industry grow, and be good citizens to the industry, and help people get more knowledgeable in crypto assets." He wants to help retail investors become more comfortable with trading and investing in cryptocurrency. So far, the business idea seems legitimate, and it is generally good for customers to have more exchange choices.
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The birthplace of Trainwreck has been accurately identified, it comes directly from an elite clone that was obtained from different Sativas and that was then kept in Arcata, Humboldt Bay, California. This vigorous marijuana plant stands out immediately because of its genetics, which results in a remarkable production of large compact buds covered in a coat of glistening resin.
Stretching vigorously, it is advisable to control its growth indoors. Outdoors, it enjoys temperate, warm, dry and Mediterranean climates as well as the greenhouse. A must have in the garden of every Sativa connoisseur. Narcotic effect As if crushed by a train The aroma of Trainwreck is a blend of spicy Kush, cedar and sour fruit while the flavour has hints of citrus, oil, exotic woods and spices.
The powerful effect is clearly narcotic at first evolving then into a long-lasting body effect. A powerful hybrid for the enjoyment of all.
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I attend the HobbyCon activities on today (8 December 2007) one day earlier because the couple who has an appointment photo shot with me ditched me at the last minutes. It look like this is a good day for me to have a look over what happen and snap some photos at there.
I snapped lots of photo at the events but only got few good photos to share. It caused by not much interesting subject for me to shot because i actually came late for me. Then i met jullian and flanegan for first time at the spot. It seems that they stopped shooting for the day because of the camera batteries ran out for them. Jullian manages to reserve some of his camera batteries and took some nice shot while flanegan's batteries camera seems to ditch him out and force him an earlier retirement on that day.
The small cute creature was created by ah Kwan as i, my friend used to call him. A long hair ponytail artist has been long time in art and design as we known. I'm not sure what kind of art is he doing but i pretty sure that he quite creative with his art and concept expression as one can see on the photo above and below.
I myself trying to get my coordinate fixed on what really happen on that day. I was able to meet maslight for first time too. I actually confused with Joybee and Edgar. I thought at the moment that Edgar is Joybee and Joybee is Edgar. What a silly mistake. Sorry for that dude. It is nice to chat with maslight. First, I wasn't sure what Hobbycon is all about. Maslight told me that it is a forum where for hobbies enthusiastic to share, chat, discuss and meet. It seems that lots of talented comic artist setting up desks and showing up their artistic skills in comics. I myself an artist during school days today changed to computer and electronic medium such as photo and video camera to express my artistic hunger.
He is one of the characters that i think quite interesting enough for me to publish it in my blog. I don't know what is he trying to portrait but i guess he trying to impersonate some tv series CSI character minus out the doll. Whether it is true or not, i didn't know.
I met Collin first time at Peter Tan and Wuan's Blogger Gathering. He told me that he actually specialized in graphic and web design and comic not really his full time. I found out that he was my junior while in La Salle. It is interesting enough to know that most of La Sallian ended up with arts. Nizam or NJay, his partner the main artist and illustrator in their comic publication. He partner up with Collin and to precede their dream on comic based art.
Edgar, blogging live the Hobbycon event. He really did a great job of keeping everyone up to date of whatever happens if not by second or minutes, maybe hours. A range of video clip uploaded to YouTube and attached on his blog. For live blogging, he sure really put a good job over it. I myself didn't use the internet facilities because i want to process my photo first before let other to see. I think that is my habits.
Last, i snapped a photo of this mysterious man who don't want his photo to be published and that what i did. An handsome lad that i knew online last time in chatting. I was part of a chatting channel forum that not quite held up long.
I went to Sutera Open Air Christmas Carols By Candlelight in Sutera harbor after that. That i leaves it till my next post. Meanwhile, for more information update about HobbyCon, there is a blog your can check it out.
Jeez. Someone needs to work out.
Looks like i just found my senior, besides Collin. Which is you! That's a surprise!
lol.. maslight i'm not really a sifu la. i am still learning.. and not god also.. no need to worship ler.. haha..
well.. all the shoot was GREAT!!
thanks! Pat. Well i guess you are so busy with your work there or something else.. hehe.


(1) We walked along the prom to the part of the beach where Edward was allowed to run about on the sands.(2) There will be a zero tolerance campaign on graffiti and litter, new toilets for the disabled on the lower prom near Clacton Pier and new showers installed within weeks.(3) He was decent but definitely not the guy I would call as a prom date.(4) Even her white prom gown and naturally curly hair look vaguely repulsive.(5) I find the waves banging over the prom have a similar effect on me as a lava lamp.(6) Last time I was there the tide was in, so the best we could do was walk along the prom , making clucking noises at the jet-skiers disrupting the peace.(7) Erica came over after school so we could see each other's prom pictures.(8) The prom is a formal dance, usually sponsored by a high school or a college.(9) If everyone had their prom in a gym, the world would be happier.(10) Senior prom is probably the highlight of many people's high school career.(11) She'll never make it to the prom , graduate from high school, or get married and have a family of her own.(12) Senior prom is traditionally one of the highlights of high school for American students.(13) Kaitlyn was always going to win prom queen, just to show up Karen.(14) Knowledge expands her mind, but emotionally she's about as advanced as a high school prom queen.(15) In their senior year, they won both homecoming and prom king and queen.(16) They had banned people using the prom but have now discovered a by-law held by the beach patrol making it illegal for people to ride them on the beach.
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Inflation is starting to slow China's export machine as buyers from Western companies balk at higher prices.
HONG KONG — Inflation is starting to slow China's mighty export machine, as buyers from Western multinational companies balk at higher prices and have cut back their planned spring shipments across the Pacific.
Markups of 20 to 50 percent on products like leather shoes and polo shirts have sent Western buyers scrambling for alternate suppliers. But from Vietnam to India, few low-wage developing countries can match China's manufacturing might — and no country offers refuge from high global commodity prices.
Already, the slowdown in American orders has forced some container shipping lines to cancel up to a quarter of their trips to the United States this spring from Hong Kong and other Chinese ports.
The trend, if continued, could ease tensions by beginning to limit America's huge trade deficit with China. Those tensions were an undercurrent during Chinese President Hu Jintao's recent Washington talks with President Obama.
Manufacturers and distributors across a range of industries say the likely result of the export slowdown is higher prices for American shoppers in the coming months, and possibly brief shortages of some products if Western retailers delay purchases too long while haggling over prices.
China exports more than $4 of goods to the United States for each $1 it imports from America, creating a trade surplus of about $275 billion. The higher Chinese prices will tend to show up mainly in products like inexpensive clothing and other commodity goods in which labor and raw materials represent a bigger part of the final value — rather than in sophisticated electronics like Apple iPads, in which Chinese assembly is only a small fraction of the cost.
Of course, the slowdown in the volume of imports could also prove temporary, if American consumers accept higher prices and Western corporate buyers end up renewing contracts at much higher cost. In the meantime, if the average price for each imported product rises faster than the volume of shipments falls, China's surplus with the United States could continue increasing temporarily.
But whatever the eventual impact on trade, Chinese inflation might also reduce Washington's pressure on Beijing over its currency, the renminbi. For more than a year, the Obama administration has been pushing China to let the renminbi rise in value against the dollar.
China's intervention in the currency market has kept its currency artificially low. But that flood of money has also driven inflation, giving Beijing an incentive to let the renminbi move higher. Indeed, the renminbi has increased 3.6 percent against the dollar since last June.
The Obama administration is starting to suggest that the currency problem could gradually solve itself if Chinese prices rise so fast that American goods become more competitive.
The first signs of a potential slowdown in Chinese exports have shown up in shipping. As factories closed on Friday across much of China in preparation for weeklong Chinese New Year celebrations, ports in Hong Kong and elsewhere along the coast were working long hours to meet last-minute shipments.
But the annual pre-New Year rush has been nothing like that of recent years, causing shipping lines to reverse rate increases and cancel sailings they introduced last summer as the American economy improved. This winter, the scurrying started only two weeks before the holidays, instead of the usual four weeks, according to shipping executives. That is because many Chinese factories simply cut back production this month as their Western customers began resisting steep price increases.
China's inflation is running 5 percent at the consumer level, according to official measures. But Chinese and Western economists describe these measures as based on flawed, outdated techniques and say the real figure may be up to twice as high.
In contrast, the annual inflation rate in the United States is low by historical standards — about 1.5 percent currently.
China imposed price controls on food in mid-November to limit inflation. But Chinese state media began warning the public on Wednesday that those controls might be ineffective, as a drought in northern China has damaged the winter wheat crop and frost has spoiled part of the vegetable harvest in the south.
China's $6 trillion economy used to be heavily dependent on exports for growth. Exports still account for about one-fifth of the economy, after excluding goods that are merely imported to China for final assembly and then re-exported. But China's economy has grown powerfully for the last two years mainly on the strength of investment-led domestic demand. That demand, partly fed by low-interest lending by state-owned banks, is another factor in China's inflation.
Cities and provinces across China have tried to cushion inflation's effect on consumers by sharply raising minimum wages. Guangdong Province, the export heartland of light industry next to Hong Kong, announced two weeks ago that its cities were raising their minimum wages by an average of 18.6 percent, effective March 1.
That follows a similar increase that took effect in Guangdong around eight months ago. Many other provinces and cities have also sharply raised minimum wages recently.
The wage increases are also driven by a growing scarcity of factory workers. The number of Chinese in their 20s and early 30s, the traditional age bracket for factory labor, is slowly shrinking because of the introduction of the "one child system" a generation ago. And a rapidly expanding university system has produced waves of graduates with no interest in factory work.
Some companies have responded by moving factories deeper into China's interior, said Stanley Lau, the deputy chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries, which represents exporters employing 10 million mainland Chinese workers. But inland wages are starting to catch up with coastal pay rates, Mr. Lau said, while higher transportation costs frequently offset the wage savings from moving to the interior.
Coach, the American company that is one of the largest marketers of luxury handbags and other accessories, announced on Tuesday that it planned to reduce its reliance on China to less than half of its products, from more than 80 percent now. It will shift output to Vietnam and India, particularly for smaller, more labor-intensive leather goods.
But Mike Devine, the company's executive vice president and chief financial officer, said that it would take four years to carry out the shift.
Trying to move production elsewhere, some retailers are finding many factories are already fully booked: Vietnam and Thailand each have populations smaller than some Chinese provinces, while Cambodia and Laos have smaller populations than some Chinese cities.
Many manufacturers foresee further labor shortages looming in China that will push wages even higher. They are responding with plans to upgrade their factory equipment and product designs, which could turn them into more direct competitors with high-end manufacturers in Europe and the United States.


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Celebrate National Beer Lover's Day
When September 7th rolls around, you're going to want to clear your schedule. On that day, it is officially National Beer Lover's Day. I know, in a day and age where there is actually a National Walk Around Things Day, A National Ampersand Day, and a National Lumpy Rug Day another holiday may just seem like any other day. National Beer Lover's Day is NOT just another holiday though. This is a day dedicated to those who love a tall Pilsner, an Irish Stout, or a good old American Lager. This is your day.
Who Was The Genius Who Invented Beer
We may not know who that person was who invented the first batch of beer, but we know that he lived a long, long time ago. Archaeologist discovered some relics, some of which were clay, pottery jars back from 7,000 years ago. Chemical tests confirmed, there was beer in those jars. In the region we now know as Iran.
Mesopotamians knew how to party too! A 6,000 year old tablet was found depicting people consuming a drink through reed straws from a communal bowl. There was also a 3,900 Sumerian poem honoring Ninkasi, The patron goddess of brewing, that includes the world's oldest recipe for brewing. It describes the production of beer made from barley. China also brewed beer as long as 5,000 years ago according to residue found on some pottery there.
Modern beer history is a little more clear. European settlers did not introduce beer to the Americas. The Native American made a type of beer using corn, birch sap, and water. The United States was brewing beer before it was ever officially a country. In 1632 the Dutch West India Company opened the first brewery in the Americas. Shortly after breweries started to pop up in the colonies.
In 1810 there were as many as 132 breweries producing beer in the United States. In 1840 the lager was introduced by a brewer from Philadelphia named John Wagner. The love of lager spreads and in 1844, what would become known as Pabst Brewing Company, would be opened in Milwaukee. After Political unrest drives Germans to immigrate to the U.S., August Krug opens another Brewery in Milwaukee called Schlitz.
In 1852 a brewery is opened in St. Louis, Missouri. This brewery would eventually grow into the giant of the brewing industry we know as Anheuser-Busch, which is today's largest producer of beer. In 1919, prohibition wiped out a large number of breweries completely. Breweries around the country either temporarily or permanently shut their doors. They repealed prohibition in 1933 and production of beer and other alcoholic drinks.
Not many changes until 1977 when the first "Microbrewery" pops up in California. Steadily over time a home brewers association and is established to put together guidelines for those interested in brewing. Slowly, the number of "microbreweries" grows and the term is changed to "Craft Brewery". By the 2010's the rise of Craft Brewing and Beer has launched a massive number of independent beer brands and breweries.
What Kind Of Beers Are The Most Popular?
Here is a great list of beers that are popular around the world from vinepair.com.
Along with being the second-best-selling beer in the U.S., Coors Light slid into the No. 10 spot as a top-selling beer brand in the world in 2017.
Corona was the top beer import in the U.S. in 2017. With an estimated 28.8 million hectoliters sold worldwide, this clear-bottled beer leads the charge of Mexican beers around the world.
YANJING
Yanjing recently reported nearly 9 percent growth in revenue year-over-year, reaching $850 million in 2018. The successful brand will likely hold its place on this list for years to come.
Harbin shipped an estimated 29.9 million hectoliters of beer in 2017. Claiming to be China's oldest brewery, this massive brand is among the Anheuser-Busch InBev fleet.
This Netherlands-based brewer made many headlines over the last year. The brand bought British cult brewer Beavertown, launched a THC-infused sparkling water, Hi-Fi Hops, via its subsidiary Lagunitas Brewing, and sealed a $300 million deal with China's biggest brewery. It also sold an estimated 34.3 million hectoliters of beer last year.
With an estimated 35.1 million hectoliters of beer sold in 2017, this AB InBev-owned brand primarily produced in Brazil remained in the top five for another year.
America's No. 1 light lager of choice didn't even make bronze worldwide. But its estimated 44.8 million hectoliters sold in 2017 still earns it a top five spot in global beer sales.
This stellar seller from China sold an estimated 49 million hectoliters of beer in 2017.
"Bud Heavy" may be less popular than its little brother Stateside, but the "King of Beers" reigns around the world. Beer drinkers bought an estimated 49.2 million hectoliters of Budweiser.
Snow holds down the top spot for another year. It sold an estimated, and astounding, 101.2 million hectoliters of beer last year, beating out runner-up Bud by more than double the volume. Not bad for a brew you've likely never had a sip of – Snow is only sold in China.
Here are some of the most Popular Domestic beers as provided by and article in the USA Today.
Parent company: Diageo
Barrels shipped in 2017: 1.1 million
Change from 2016: 2.3 percent
Market share: 0.5 percent
Milwaukee's Best Ice
Parent company: Molson Coors Brewing Company
Change from 2016: -9.7 percent
Corona Light
Parent company: Constellation Brands
Steel Reserve
Coors Banquet
Parent company: Heineken International
Blue Moon Belgian White
Parent company: D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc.
Parent company: Anheuser-Busch InBev
Parent company: Blue Ribbon Intermediate Holdings
Bud Ice
Change from 2016: 10.9 percent
Keystone Light
Modelo Especial
Barrels shipped in 2017: 13.1 million
Market share: 15.4 percent
Celebrate National Beer Day in style by rocking one of these popular beers. You can also support your local Craft Brewery if you have one in the area. Whichever way you decide to celebrate just make sure to do it in a responsible and fun way. Cheers!


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Ligustrum lucidum
Oleaceae
glossy privet (English), tree privet (English), privet (English), large leaf privet (English), broadleaf privet (English), ligustrum privet (English)
Faulia verrucosa , Raf.
Ligustrum esquirolii , H.Lev.
Ligustrum hookeri , Decne.
Ligustrum nepalense , Wall.var. glabrumHook.
Ligustrum roxburghii , Blume
Olea clavata , G.Don
Phillyrea paniculata , Roxb.
Visiania paniculata , (Roxb.)DC.
Esquirolia sinensis , H.Lev.
Ligustrum lucidum , Aiton f.var. esquirolii(H.Lev.) H.Lev.
Cinnamomum camphora, Acmena smithii, Backhousia myrtifolia
Ligustrum lucidum (tree privet) is a native of Asia and has been introduced to many different locations, mainly for gardens and hedges. Its ability to grow in different habitats has made it an extremely noxious weed in several places, including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Mozambique and some parts of Continental America.
Tree privet is a fast-growing evergreen tree approximately 8m to 14m in height with a 8m to 12m spread. It has a dense canopy of bending branches composed of glossy green leaves which have narrow, translucent margins, (Gilman & Watson, 1993). Leaves are dark green, with a paler green undersurface. Flowers are produced in large clusters and are small, cream-coloured and strongly scented (Environment B.O.P). After pollination by insects fruits ripen into bunches of small, oblong, 1cm long, purplish black berries.
Both leaves and fruit are poisonous to humans, (South Coast Weeds, Eurobodalla Shire Council).
Since ancient times, ligustrum berries have been employed as a 'yin' tonic in traditional Chinese medicine. Ligustrum was used for a wide range of conditions, including premature aging and ringing in the ears, (FredMeyer, Health guide).
L. lucidum survive easily in dry, moist, and wet forests, forest margins, forest remnants, farm hedgerows, shrublands, open areas, gardens, roadsides, wasteland, riverbanks, wetlands, coastal dunes and coastal cliffs, (Csurhes & Edwards, 1998, Batcher, 2000 and Auckland Regional Council, 1999). L. lucidum grows up to at least 6000 ft (2000m.) elevation in Hawai'i, (PIER, 2002).
Flowering occurs in the summer months (varies depending on location). Strongly scented flowers attract pollinating insects, (Auckland Regional Council, 1999). The fruits ripen and are dispersed by frugiferous birds (PIER, 2002). Annual seed production is enormous. Root suckers can also come up after the parent plant is removed, (South Coast Weeds, Eurobodalla Shire Council).
Introduced to New Zealand as ornamental plants and widely grown as hedging. (Auckland Regional Council, 1998)
Principal source: Pacific Island Ecosystem at Risk (PIER), 2004. Ligustrum spp.
Compiler: IUCN/SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) with support from the Terrestrial and Freshwater Biodiversity Information System (TFBIS) Programme (Copyright statement)
Review: Expert review underway: Dr Richard Milne. University of St Andrews UK
Recommended citation: Global Invasive Species Database (2019) Species profile: Ligustrum lucidum. Downloaded from http://www.iucngisd.org/gisd/species.php?sc=621 on 18-07-2019.
L. lucidum has the potential to replace mid-canopy trees in forests and completely dominate an area of forest or forest fragments if not controlled (New Zealand Weeds Web Site 1999, in Batcher, 2000). Tree privet often displaces native species in regenerating communities and if left undisturbed, may eventually dominate an area of forest (Auckland Regional Council, 1999). It is widely believed to contribute to allergies and asthma, though it does not produce any wind-blown pollen as the plant is insect-pollinated,, (Common Weeds of New Zealand).
Physical: Small plants may be hand pulled; older individuals need to be dug out.
Chemical: For overall spray application, the following herbicides are suitable: Glyphosate (e.g. Roundup G2): knapsack: 100ml per 10 litres of water handgun: 1 litre per 100 litres of water NB: The addition of Pulse penetrant at a rate of 100ml per 100 litres water is recommended to improve herbicide uptake. Escort: knapsack: 5g per 10 litres of water handgun: 20g per 100 litres of water NB: The addition of Pulse, Boost or Freeway at 100ml per 100 litres of water will improve herbicide uptake. Tordon Brushkiller: knapsack: 100ml per 10 litres of water handgun: 1 litre per 100 litres of water. The stem cut and inject method is suitable for privet plants with a stem diameter of 50mm or more. Ring bark the base of the stem with downward axe/machete strokes, cutting into the sap wood. Apply herbicide to the point of runoff into each downward cut immediately after cuts have been made. Suitable herbicides and dilution rates for cut and inject treatment are: Glypohosate (e.g. Roundup G2): Use neat (i.e. undiluted) Escort: 20 g (+ 10ml Pulse penetrant) per litre of water Stump treatment Cut plant off about 50mm above ground level. Apply herbicide mixtures to top and sides of the stump. Pulse penetrant will aid uptake of the herbicide. Suitable herbicides and dilution rates for stump treatment of Privet are: Glyphosate: 2 litres (+10ml Pulse) per 10 litres of water Escort: 5g (+10ml Pulse) per 10 litres of water NB: Herbicide must be applied immediately after stumps have been cut. Herbicide is most effective when applied during Privet's active growing season - spring or autumn in fine weather. If using Escort, avoid use over or nearby desirable plants, or in areas where their roots may extend. (Environment B.O.P. 1998).
Biological: An investigation of possible biological control agents is under way on La Réunion. (Environment B.O.P. 1998)
Please see 'The Nature Conservancy's' Stewardship Abstract for detailed information on control methods.
Countries (or multi-country features) with distribution records for Ligustrum lucidum
[5] australia
[1] bermuda
[17] china
[1] mozambique
[8] new zealand
[1] norfolk island
[1] south africa
[1] tonga
Informations on Ligustrum lucidum has been recorded for the following locations. Click on the name for additional informations.
Details of Ligustrum lucidum in information
[2] Environmental Ecosystem - Habitat
[1] Reduction in native biodiversity
[1] Modification of successional patterns
Hawke's Bay Region
Management Category
15 references found for Ligustrum lucidum
Environment B.O.P. 1998. Plant Pests Control Fact Sheet PP10/98. Privet. Environment B-O-P. 2p.
Summary: Management information.
Available from: http://www.landcare.org.nz/biodiversity/Reference_v.asp?ReferenceID=685 [Accessed 25 February 2003]
Environment Waikato. 2002. Privet (Ligustrum spp.)
Haley, N. 1997. Weeds in New Zealand.
Summary: General information on distribution, management, description and dispersal.
Available from: http://www.boprc.govt.nz/green/weed101.htm [Accessed 25 February 2003]
National Pest Plant Accord, 2001. Biosecurity New Zealand.
Summary: The National Pest Plant Accord is a cooperative agreement between regional councils and government departments with biosecurity responsibilities. Under the accord, regional councils will undertake surveillance to prevent the commercial sale and/or distribution of an agreed list of pest plants.
Available from: http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/pests-diseases/plants/accord.htm [Accessed 11 August 2005]
PIER (Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk) 2002. Ligustrum lucidum.
Summary: General information on the Ligustrum spp. distribution, management, and descriptions.
Available from: http://www.hear.org/pier/ligsp.htm [Accessed 25 February 2003]
Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture (RNZIH), 2005. Tree privet Ligustrum lucidum
Summary: Available from: http://www.rnzih.org.nz/pages/nppa_086.pdf [Accessed 1 October 2005]
South Coast Weeds. Eurobodalla Shire Council.
Summary: Description, habitats, dispersal, management information, and look-alike plants.
Available from: http://www.esc.nsw.gov.au/Weeds/Sheets/trees/T%20Privets.htm [Accessed 25 February 2003]
Varnham, K. 2006. Non-native species in UK Overseas Territories: a review. JNCC Report 372. Peterborough: United Kingdom.
Summary: This database compiles information on alien species from British Overseas Territories.
Available from: http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-3660 [Accessed 10 November 2009]
Batcher, Michael S, 2000. Element Stewardship Abstract for Ligustrum spp. Privet. The Nature Conservancy.
Summary: Nature conservancy report on the Ligustrum spp. Includes descriptions, distributions, impacts, management information, habitat, ecology, and other miscellaneous information.
Available from: http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/esadocs/documnts/ligu_sp.html [Accessed 25 February 2003]
Brach, Anthony R. Flora of China.
Summary: Distribution information.
Available from: http://hua.huh.harvard.edu/china/mss/data.htm [Accessed on 26 February 2003]
Common Weeds of New Zealand. Ligustrum lucidum, tree privet. � Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture.
Summary: Brief summary of tree privet. A general overview.
Available from: http://www.rnzih.org.nz/pages/ligustrumlucidum.htm [Accessed 25 February 2003]
FredMeyer, Health guide. � Copyright 2003 The Kroger Co.
Summary: Plant uses.
Available from: http://www.fredmeyer.com/HN_Herb/Ligustrum.htm#Botany [Accessed 25 February 2003]
ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System), 2005. Online Database Ligustrum lucidum
Available from: http://www.cbif.gc.ca/pls/itisca/taxastep?king=every&p_action=containing&taxa=Ligustrum+lucidum&p_format=&p_ifx=plglt&p_lang= [Accessed March 2005]
Roy, B; Popay, I; Champion, P; James, T & Rahman, A., 2004. An Illustrated Guide to Common Weeds of New Zealand 2nd Edition. Ligustrum lucidum tree privet. New Zealand Plant Protection Society
Summary: Available from: http://www.rnzih.org.nz/pages/ligustrumlucidum.htm [Accessed May 10 2005]
S. Csurhes & R. Edwards, 1998. Potential Environmental weeds in Australia. Queensland Department of Natural Resources. Queensland.
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Doris Dewton named Vail Valley Foundation Volunteer of the Year
One of the true Vail Valley champions of education on all levels will be recognized for her numerous contributions to others December 3 when Doris Dewton is honored by the Vail Valley Foundation as the 2010 Ernie Bender Volunteer of the Year. The award is named for the dedicated long-time race crew volunteer who passed away in the summer of 2000.
The award will be presented at the Ritz-Carlton Bachelor Gulch during the annual Black Diamond Ball, held in conjunction with the 2010 Audi FIS Birds of Prey World Cup Race Week festivities.
"Volunteers are truly the backbone of this valley," explained Foundation Vice President of Operations and Sales Michael Imhof, "and we are incredibly fortunate to have such committed and selfless people like Doris as an integral part of our community. In addition to the time and dedication that she brings to each and every organization and program she touches, Doris is a true ambassador for the Vail Valley and is most deserving of this award."
A cum laude graduate of Bryn Mawr College in Political Science in 1969, with a master's in Latin American Studies from the University of Texas in Austin the following year, Dewton worked for 11 years in the U.S. Department of Energy and various predecessor agencies. She would ultimately direct the petroleum allocation programs during the 1970's , serving as the Assistant Administrator for Petroleum Operations of the Economic Regulatory Administration of the Department of Energy.
She also chaired an organization of 45 petroleum experts from around the world that served as an advisory board for NATO in Brussels, while additionally acting as Director of Government Relations for the National Petroleum Refiner's Association, which represents all of the refiners and most of the petrochemical companies in the United States.
Dewton "retired" to Colorado in 1994, although one would be hard pressed to prove that point, given her countless volunteer activities over the course of the past 15 years.
"When I started to put together the list of things I've been involved with," offered Dewton, "I understand why my retirement from 'work' hasn't really felt like retirement."
An eight-year member of the board of trustees for Colorado Mountain College, she served as president of that board for six of those years, while also chairing the search committee for a new president for the college. She is currently a member of the Colorado Mountain College Foundation, chairing the Scholarship Committee, which has awarded approximately 60 scholarships to CMC students to assist in the cost of their tuition and books.
Other educational commitments include membership on the board of the Vail Symposium and an eight-year stint on the board of directors of the Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), the K-12 special education program for a large number of Western Slope school districts.
In addition, Dewton has been a volunteer usher for the Vilar Performing Arts Center since the theatre's opening and a volunteer for the Vail Valley Foundation since the 1999 World Alpine Ski Championships, with event experience including the Birds of Prey World Cup, American Ski Classic, the Vail International Dance Festival and the Teva Mountain Games.
Dewton will join previous Ernie Bender Volunteer of the Year Award winners that include the Bender Family (2000), Dave Ozawa (2001), Barbara Treat (2002), Dick Pownall (2003), Bill Douglas (2004), Tenie Chicoine (2005), Fred Haslee and Jim Sanders (2006), Susan Frampton (2007), Kathryn Benysh (2008) and Cheryl Jensen (2009).
The Ernie Bender Volunteer of the Year Award is a project of the Vail Valley Foundation. For additional information on the Foundation, contact (970) 949-1999 or visit www.vvf.org.
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Gibraltar releases Iranian tanker Grace 1 despite last-minute effort by U.S. to seize the vessel
LONDON — An Iranian oil tanker impounded in Gibraltar last month has been released, the government of the British overseas territory has confirmed, despite a last-minute effort by the U.S. government to seize the vessel.
Grace 1 was detained last month in a British Royal Navy operation off of Gibraltar.
It was suspected of violating European Union sanctions on oil shipments to Syria — an ally of Iran — and its seizure deepened international tensions in the Persian Gulf.
Gibraltar's chief minister Fabian Picardo said in a statement Thursday that he met with Iranian officials in London last month "in the spirit of seeking to de-escalate all aspects of the issues arising from the detention of Grace 1."
"I made clear that our detention of the vessel related exclusively to the implementation of sanctions against Syria," he said.
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On Aug. 13, Picardo said he received a written assurance from Iran government that if released, the destination of Grace 1 would not be an entity that is subject to E.U. sanctions.
"In light of the assurances we have received, there are no longer any reasonable grounds for the continued legal detention of the Grace 1," he said.
A British Foreign Office spokesperson said, ". Iran must abide by the assurances they have provided. We will not stand by and allow Iran – or anyone – to bypass vital EU sanctions on a regime that has deployed chemical weapons against its own people."
Earlier on Thursday, Gibraltar officials said the U.S. Department of Justice had applied to seize the vessel "on a number of allegations which are now being considered."
In his statement Picardo confirmed that the U.S. had requested that a new legal procedure for the detention of the vessel should be commenced.
"That is a matter for our independent Mutual Legal Assistance authorities who will make an objective, legal determination of that request for separate proceedings," he said.
NBC News has requested comment from the Department of Justice earlier on Thursday, but has still not heard back.
Gibraltar officials have also earlier confirmed to NBC News that the tanker crew members initially arrested — the captain and three officers — have now been released.
Their whereabouts are not presently known.
Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 sits anchored in the Strait of Gibraltar, southern Spain, on Wednesday. Jon Nazca / Reuters
There was no immediate reaction from officials in Tehran.
However, Iran's ambassador to the U.K., Hamid Baeidinejad, tweeted upon tanker's release: "Our country in the past 40 days with the cooperation of related entities under the management of the foreign ministry had consistent talks in political, legal and technical levels with the British side to lift this illegal act."
The seizure of Grace 1 became a simmering point in the ongoing tensions between Iran and the west.
Weeks later, Iran seized a British oil tanker named Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz for "violating international regulations."
Tensions have escalated in the region since President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew the U.S. from Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers over a year ago.
The decision stopped billions of dollars' worth of business deals, largely halted the sale of Iran's crude oil internationally and sharply depreciated Iran's currency.
In recent weeks, Iran has begun to step away from the nuclear deal by increasing its production and enrichment of uranium. It has threatened to take further steps in early September if Europe can't help it sell its oil abroad.
Yuliya Talmazan
Yuliya Talmazan is a London-based journalist.
Nick Bailey and Associated Press contributed.
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Just put the items in a zip-lock bag and take it to their facility. A donation of non-perishable food items for the Care & Share food bank is encouraged.
For controlled substances such as Schedule II-IV (tramadol among others),the DEA recommends that the pills are crushed and mixed into either cat litter or coffee grounds, then disposed of in the trash.


Angels Service LLC is dedicated to monitoring results of each client and will conduct regular service reviews with families, clients, and providers on a regular basis. Reviews will be conducted in a manner that includes, phone calls, digital, or in person; the manner in which the review is conducted is at the discretion of Angels Service LLC or the contracted company who is conducting results monitoring / investigations.
At any time there is a complaint, report of concern, or contract violation an investigation will take place.
*A select few contract violations that do not directly involve clients will result in a more automated response with repercussions following the out-of-compliance operating procedure.
The contract violation panel will include a group of business owners connected to our field, independent consultants, and individuals who may have backgrounds relevant to the current situation.
The contract violation panel will review the contract violations and make a decision based on rules and regulations, policies and procedures, best practices for client well-being, and the available information.
-No further repercussions other than a violation notice. Future violations will have a more serious outcome.
-Contract termination with a red or yellow rating. Red rating is the contractor is not eligible for a new contract. Yellow rating is the contactor is able to request a new contract after a certain amount of time has passed with stipulations.
-Contract remediation one, contract stays the same with an action plan required. Any further violations of any sort results in an immediate review with possible termination.
-Contract remediation two, contract services are restricted with an action plan required.
Any further violations of any sort results in an immediate review with possible termination.
-Contract remediation three, contract requires an action plan and is under a remediated rate sheet with heightened results monitoring. Any further violations of any sort results in an immediate review with possible termination.
-Contract remediation four, contract is frozen, contract is an under a remediated rate sheet with heightened results monitoring. Any further violations of any sort results in an immediate review with possible termination.
In the event of a tie the more restrictive choice will stand.


provided photos Robert and Judy James have been married for almost 50 years which means they have had many Valentine's Days together. Judy James said that she has experienced many exciting and romantic Valentine's Days with her husband, but having a simple night together is what they will be doing this year which to her is still as good as going out for a dinner date.
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — On Thursday, many people will be showered with love and gifted items such as candy, flowers, and jewelry for Valentine's Day.
But other other people will mark the occasion in other ways.
Sarah Coffield of St. Clairsville said that while she does not have a Valentine this year, she still loves to celebrate it with her friends.
Coffield said that Valentine's Day is on her list of favorite holidays because she said she loves seeing people who are in love.
Judy and Robert James of Moundsville are approaching their 50th wedding anniversary and believe that, to this day, it is important to show love on Valentine's Day — but gifts and a date aren't always a necessity for the holiday.
The couple offered their own tips for those who are in romantic relationships to make it long-lasting like theirs, making sure the love never stops.
Valentine's Day has an interesting history behind it. According to the Smithsonian, the holiday was not always about celebrating love. It actually was started to mark the death of a Christian martyr on Feb. 14. The Catholic Church recognizes at least three different saints named Valentine or Valentinus, all of whom were martyred. The history of the individual for whom the holiday is named is unclear, and historical sources state that different accounts of the saint may actually refer to the same person.
At the end of the 5th century Pope Gelasius declared Feb. 14 St. Valentine's Day. It was not until much later, though, that the day became associated with love. The oldest known Valentine greeting is a poem written in 1415 by Charles, Duke of Orleans, to his wife while he was imprisoned.
Valentine's Day started becoming more of a popular holiday around the 17th century. By the middle of the 18th century, it was common for couples and friends to exchange Valentine greetings with each other. By 1900, printed cards began to replace handwritten ones.
According to the National Retail Federation, the popularity of Valentine's Day is decreasing and only 55 percent of Americans said that they were going to celebrate last year. Despite this, the holiday is important to the United States' economy. Most spending related to the holiday is reported to be on spouses and significant others, but many people buy gifts for their friends, teachers, and co-workers.


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The Technology Systems Management (TSM) major is no longer offered. Effective Fall 2015 a TSM minor is being offered.
To apply for the Minor, contact Dr. Luke Reese at 517-353-3258, reesel@msu.edu or 103C Farrall Hall, 524 S. Shaw Lane.
The Minor in Technology Systems Management, which is administered by the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, serves students interested in technology for management decision support who are pursuing careers in agriculture and natural resources. The minor provides an opportunity to gain a working knowledge of technologies necessary to monitor and manage aspects of food, agriculture, and natural resource systems.
Students who plan to complete the requirements for the minor should consult an undergraduate advisor in the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering to have their program of study approved in advance and in writing.
manage identified technologies for agricultural and natural resource systems to support timely, effective management decisions that gain efficiency; reduce inputs, reduce carbon and water footprints and improve system sustainability.
Where will I apply the knowledge and skills that I develop in the TSM minor?
What interests and skills will help to succeed in the minor?
An interest in applying science and technology to solving practical problems. You will develop skills and use your knowledge of electronics, controls, computing, business and information management to provide solutions to environmental, agricultural and natural resource management. If you are in high school, select courses in the physical and biological sciences, and take courses such as computer aided design (CAD) if you have the opportunity.
What courses can I take for the minor?
Download a TSM minor description and course selections sheet.


"Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Production" by Abdi Mouse, Ali Katkhada et al.
The international use of Influenza vaccine is growing especially in developing countries. Since 1997, Avian H5N1 influenza in Southeast Asia has caused several human infections and with a high mortality rate. Experts warn that the next influenza pandemic is imminent and could be severe. Prevention and control will depend on the rapid production and worldwide distribution of specific pandemic vaccines . In the United States health experts are concerned about the shortage of vaccine in the event of pandemic. This paper examines the economic impact of influenza pandemics in the United States and the benefits of vaccination. A model is presented which allows the present worth of the benefits of vaccination minus the cost of the factories needed to produce the vaccine in the event of a pandemic to be calculated. Finally this paper examines whether the public sector should invest in factories for pandemic influenza vaccines.
Mouse, Abdi; Katkhada, Ali; Narayan, Ajay; and Gould, Sam, "Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Production" (2005). Engineering and Technology Management Student Projects. 1146.


Beginning Monday, January 16 at 9:30 a.m. the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane on northbound Allen Road north of Sheppard Avenue West will be closed for extraction shaft construction and will reopen in Fall 2012. The HOV lane will be closed from north of Sheppard Avenue West to north of De Boers Drive. This construction site located on the northeast corner of Sheppard Avenue West at the south end of the earth berm and extends approximately 464 metres adjacent to Allen Road. Construction crews will be building a large shaft for the arrival of the Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) "Holey and Moley". The southern 200 metres of the HOV lane is anticipated to reopen in the fall.
Tie-in construction work for the new subway extension from Downsview Subway Station.
The City of Toronto has approved a noise by-law exemption which allows the contractor to perform overnight and weekend work when required to minimize traffic and neighbourhood disruptions.
Work will normally run between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., Monday to Friday.
No work will be done on Statutory Holidays.
The HOV northbound lane on Allen Road north of Sheppard Avenue West will be closed until this fall. The HOV lane is closed from north of Sheppard Avenue West to north of De Boers Drive (approximately 464 metres). Due to the nature of the work, motorists may face temporary traffic delays northbound on Allen Road.
Construction vehicles will access and exit the construction site only from Allen Road. Construction vehicles may be parked on Dufferin Street for the fibre-optic relocation work. We regret any inconvenience that may be caused as a result of this work.


ALLOND(R)A tells the story of Allonda and her friends as they wrestle their way through the summer - sometimes it's on the playgrounds in the projects of Coney Island, sometimes it's with their feelings and often it's at home. A coming of age story about friendship and heartache, ALLOND(R)A asks how much is too much to fight for?
Shiloh is happy. She and her friends in the Word of Joy do nothing but live, love, tell truths, and dream of the day when they will be called up to the Floating World. But when a stranger arrives, full of words from a world they've tried to forget, Shiloh and the others must consider for the first time if they're as happy as they seem. A play about cults, stories, joy, sadness, truth, lies, and why we believe the things we believe.
Gina Femia is a playwright who has written 27 full-length play, which include ALLOND(R)A (winner, Leah Ryan Prize), REBELS TIL DEATH (Reading, Playwrights Horizons), The Mermaids' Parade (semifinalist, The Relentless Award), Annie and the Fat Man (Honorable Mention, the Kilroys), The Violet Sisters (Great Plains Theatre Conference), We Are A Masterpiece (Retro Productions) and For The Love Of (Theatre of NOTE, Pride Films & Plays). She is an Alum of EST/Youngblood (Romance Depot), Pipeline Theatre's PlayLab and New Georges' Audrey Residency (Accidental Burlesque).
Jacob Marx Rice's work has been produced and developed at The Flea Theater, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, The New Ohio, Atlantic Theatre Stage 2, and others. His play series The Suicidal Comedies - consisting of Chemistry, Coping, and Cracks - has been produced around the country and has won the Kennedy Center's Jean Kennedy Smith Playwriting Award, the Excellence in Playwriting Award at the NY Fringe Festival, Producer's Pick at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival, and Producer's Encore Pick at the Hollywood Fringe. Jacob was a 2017 Playwright Observer at the Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, is a member of The Shelter, and is currently an MFA candidate at NYU for Dramatic Writing.
Matt Minnicino is a Virginia-born, Manhattan-based playwright, adaptor, actor, director, teacher, and theatre-maker. He has been a resident with SPACE on Ryder Farm, Exquisite Corpse, Sugarglass Theatre / Trinity College, Barn Arts Collective, Letter of Marque, the box collective, and numerous others. He is a Jeffrey Melnick New Playwright Award Nominee, winner of the 2016 Arts & Letters Prize, and member of Pipeline Theatre's PlayLab, Everday Inferno's Writer/Director Lab, The Flea's Inaugural Serials Writer Room, and 2018 Great Plains Theatre Conference PlayLab. He has written for Serials@The Flea, Rule of 7x7, multiple university theatres, and the NYC Fringe, FauxReal, and Shenandoah Fringe Festivals. He has professionally adapted Chekhov, Strindberg, Ibsen, Gorky, Homer, Euripides, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Moliere, and more. His essays on theatre have been published by The Dramatist, Gathering of the Tribes, and HowlRound. MFA: Columbia. www. mattminnicino.com.


It's mainly already a long-known matter that the climate within the LS is at all times very random and there aren't any seasons, which is particularly the sensible participant is a thorn within the eye. With the seasonManager, I attempt to clear up this drawback to the very best of conscience with a couple of useful interventions by way of scriptmod.
Configurations aren't necessary. But if you want some adjustments you can change some values in the seasonManager.xml which can be found in the savegame folder after the first save. It's mainly self-explaning.
version: Don't change it, it's just helping the scipt.
source: Enter here the name of the mod portal where you downloaded the seasonManager. Just type in the name, not the whole URL.
periodicSeasons: If 'true' all seasons will be as long as each other (–>use seasonDuration). If 'false' you can change the duration of each season on your own (–>use the following four keys).
language: This changes the language of the display. Enter "de" for german. Enter anything else for english.
Farming Simulator 2017 covers was released!


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BMW Fully Aquires Drive Sharing Partner DriveNow
by Gabriel Bridger 4 years ago Jan 30, 18 Leave a reply
BMW is betting bit that drive sharing will be a big part of the future automotive market. The urbanization of populations worldwide and the changing attitudes towards car ownership have created a new market for car sharing that BMW has been invested in since 2011. Today the BMW Group (BMW and MINI) have taken its next step into this new world.
Does car sharing make sense to you or fall flat as an idea? Let us know in the comments below and read on for the full press release detailing the purchase.
Official Release: With the acquisition of Sixt SE's stake in DriveNow, the BMW Group continues its systematic development as a customer-centric mobility company. Today's signing is subject to approval by antitrust authorities. With this move, the world's leading provider of premium mobility is offering customers efficient, sustainable mobility solutions from a single source. The rapidly growing field of mobility services is one of the cornerstones of the BMW Group's corporate strategy NUMBER ONE > NEXT, as evidenced by the BMW Group expanding its offering in the areas of on-demand mobility (DriveNow and ReachNow), parking (ParkNow) and charging (ChargeNow) in a sustainable way. The acquisition of the Sixt shares is therefore the next logical step in this strategy, following the acquisition of Parkmobile LLC in early January of this year, a move which made the BMW Group the world's leading provider of digital parking solutions.
"We have achieved extraordinary success with DriveNow over the past seven years – thanks to the efforts of the DriveNow employees and the excellent cooperation with our joint venture partner, Sixt. Sixt will remain a strong partner for us in the future," said Peter Schwarzenbauer, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, responsible for MINI, Rolls-Royce, BMW Motorrad, Customer Engagement and Digital Business Innovation BMW Group. "Our aim is to win 100 million customers for our premium mobility services by 2025. With DriveNow as a wholly-owned subsidiary, we have all options for continued strategic development of our services in our hands. Our experience with mobility services supports our development of future autonomous, electrified and connected fleets," Schwarzenbauer continued.
Independently of the acquisition of the Sixt stake in DriveNow, the BMW Group and Sixt will continue their successful long-standing partnership through delivery of BMW and MINI vehicles for the Sixt fleet.
"The joint development of DriveNow impressively demonstrates the innovative strength of Sixt and the BMW Group. We would like to thank the DriveNow employees and the BMW Group for this success and look forward to continuing our strategic partnership with the BMW Group through our contracts for delivery of BMW and MINI brand vehicles", said Alexander Sixt, member of the Managing Board of Sixt SE, responsible for Group Strategy.
DriveNow was founded in 2011 as a premium car-sharing joint venture between the BMW Group and Sixt SE. The service is already used by more than one million customers in 13 European cities. The fleet comprises more than 6,000 BMW and MINI brand premium vehicles across Europe. The electric BMW i3 is also available to users at all DriveNow locations.
"In 2017 our customers drove over eight million kilometres with the DriveNow electric fleet – that is equivalent to driving round the globe more than 200 times on electric power. DriveNow not only reduces traffic and improves the parking situation in urban areas, but it is also supporting the breakthrough of electromobility," said DriveNow Managing Director Sebastian Hofelich. "We look forward to working with our franchise and city partners to continue actively shaping urban mobility in a sustainable manner," he added.
The BMW Group seeks to improve quality of life in urban areas through its mobility offering. The company works with various partners and decision-makers in cities to help shape the sustainable mobility of the future.
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