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Baucau & north-east East Timor
This area was actually the first one I headed for on my 8-day round trip of East Timor in August 2014. Baucau, as the second-largest town in the country, was the natural base for excursions in the north-east of the island.
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The original plan had been to go south from Baucau to some places closely associated with Fretilin/Falintil activity during the occupation by Indonesia, as this had been a stronghold of resistance (see history chapter).
We were to see Quelicai, a place heavily bombarded by Indonesia's air force during the occupation, and where a "resettlement" camp for captured Timorese used to be. Furthermore we were to travel to a waterfall in the foothills of Timor's "holy mountain" Mt Matebian, whose slopes were also a last-stand battlefield against the Fretilin/Falintil command in 1977. Apparently you can still see secret hideouts they had dug into the mountainside here.
However, as it turned out, we were not able to do any of this – mainly because my guide was informed that there was some sort of "unrest" or "trouble" going on in the relevant areas that we would have had to drive through. Apparently police enforcements had been sent to restore order.
So it was decided we had better stay away from this area. My guide instead took us on a road trip along the northern coast all the way to the end of the road at Com. It was very scenic but had far less dark-tourism relevance, of course. Such changes to planned itineraries, however, have to be reckoned with in a country such as East Timor, which still hasn't fully settled down after its rather recent turbulent history.
One of the places I stayed at, the Pousada de Baucau, had originally had its own association with that recent history, namely in that part of the back wing had been used as a prison by the Indonesians. However, instead of preserving this cell block for its historic heritage value it was instead decided to demolish it. When I was there it had already gone and a new modern wing was under construction that was to replace the ageing 1960s-style guest rooms of the Pousada (guest house) next to the main building. This older main building, however, still oozed a lot of colonial atmosphere and charm and this will (hopefully) remain so in the future too.
One relic of a different period of dark history that I did see, on the other hand, was a system of caves dug by the occupying forces from Japan during WWII.
Despite the changes of plan, the trip to this part of the country was an excellent introduction to East Timor – and provided insights into how varied the scenery on this island can be. What I saw later along the coast around Liquica west of Dili or in the mountain territories south from there, was very different in look, vegetation and general atmosphere. So I'm glad I made it out east after all.
The Pousada de Baucau was also without doubt one of the most characterful places I stayed at during my time in East Timor, and as such is worth the trip alone, despite its loss of historical heritage and even though the old rooms do indeed need some refurbishment (but they were still well above average for outside Dili).
The restaurant at the Pousada was charming too. OK, their menu was largely a work of fiction, with only a fraction of the advertised dishes actually available, but it was still a chance to sample some genuine Timorese cooking … and get a bottle of top-quality Portuguese wine with it. No wonder many of the Australian aid workers stationed in the country use this place for a bit of respite from the much rougher village life in rural Timor.
The place is also popular with higher-ranking officials, though – and when I got there our reservation for the first of our two nights was not honoured, allegedly, so it was rumoured, because some top army official was visiting. So a simpler (but decent) guest house down the road had to step in for the first night, but for the second the Pousada was available again.
Associated with the Pousada is also East Timor's only public swimming pool – though I did not get a chance to use it. But it was a very unusual sight to behold in this corner of the (Third) world.
Location(s): Baucau itself is only about 60-70 miles (100 km) east of East Timor's capital city Dili, but that's as the crow flies. The winding coastal road, though good by East Timor standards, takes about two hours to drive. The Pousada is in the upper part of town.
Map: [-8.46115, 126.4502]
The Japanese caves are to be found by the road south towards Fatulia, ca. 15 miles (25 km) south of Baucau itself.
Map: [-8.609, 126.382]
01 - Baucau
02 - Pousada de Baucau
03 - new wing under construction where the prison cells were
04 - very 1960s
05 - only public swimming pool in the country
06 - amazement
07 - East Timorese colours
08 - Japanese caves
09 - Japanese tunnels
10 - tunnel entrance by the road
11 - kids playing on a wreck of a truck
12 - fallen
13 - ruins
14 - ruin and flowers
15 - coastal village in the north
16 - bay of Com
17 - Venilale school
18 - north coast
19 - coastal road


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Click of each button I append the character to the textview. Now when I turn the Accessibility feature ON, it is expected to read out the last character that is entered. But what happens is every time I set text in the text view.. Accesibilty feature reads out the 1st char in the textview, not the last char..
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Retailers have been urged to speak to their symbol groups and wholesalers now to discuss preparations for the UK's EU Exit at the end of the year.
On 31 December 2020, the transition period will end and cannot be extended. While trade talks between the UK and the EU continue, lack of progress means that the UK's trade with the EU would change to a World Trade Organisation situation with tariffs in place. But what does this mean for independent retailers, prices and their customers?
In an Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) webinar on the issue, Preparing for EU Exit: what it means for convenience retailers, experts discussed what retailers can do to help lessen the impact.
IGD chief economist James Walton warned of the seriousness of the situation. "There is a concern that if we have more stock issues as a result of EU exit, could the availability issues [seen during the early stages of lockdown] be repeated?
"EU Exit as an agenda has moved on with the Prime Minister warning that we should assume there is going to be a no deal situation. A no deal also increases the likelihood that we're going to see adverse effects from exit within our supply chain in the form of increased costs and in some cases poorer availability. Food and drink would be particularly affected by a no deal situation. The cost is quite hard to calculate but could be significant.
Citing research conducted by the London School of Economics on behalf of Arla, Walton broke down the potential price changes. "For example, for unbranded fruit, the cost would be an additional 3% with a trade deal and 10% with no deal. And because food and drink businesses operate on such thin margins, it would be difficult for them to absorb these additional costs in the supply chain and are likely to be passed onto the consumer."
Walton outlined five ways retailers can prepare:
Stock building may give some security but it is hard to do particularly around Christmas
Alternative suppliers
Flexible on range and promotions
Talk about EU Exit to your suppliers and wholesalers
Advocacy: speak to trade associations like the ACS
"Consumers will respond earlier than the end of the year, especially around stockpiling."
ACS government relations director Edward Woodall warned retailers not to get too fixated on the 31 December end of transition date.
"There's a danger that we think that one of the certainties in this is the timeframe but actually the implications of when we leave and consumer response is going to be very different. I think consumers will respond earlier than the end of the year, especially around stockpiling and the impact on the supply chain will lag a little bit after that. Let's not just focus on that one date but how it all maps out over a longer period."
He advised retailers to communicate with all parts of the supply chain. "A lot of concern from retailers about the uncertainty and they're looking up the supply chain for reassurance around planning scenarios. The worst situation we can get into is where we stop communicating. It's all in our economic interest to be prepared."
With price rises a concern heading into EU Exit, Woodall suggested retailers to start speaking to customers now so there's not a shock in the New Year.
"First of all, we need to familiarise ourselves with the tariffs and which products are most likely to be impacted. It's also down to retailers to communicate to their customers about the products that will be impacted and the price differences at the earliest possible opportunity without sparking off panic."
Chief executive of Food and Drink Federation Scotland David Thomson outlined some of the categories that will be hit. "Animal and plant products are the areas where there will be an additional burden on manufacturers and the supply chain.
"Products with a short shelf life will also be impacted- if there are delays on any border, any of those items will be at risk."
Northern Ireland dilemma
Thomson also warned that Northern Irish retailers may struggle. "We think there are significant issues for Northern Ireland retailers. There are issues for those importing into Northern Ireland which will be difficult to deal with. For many of our members, they've expressed significant concerns about trading into Northern Ireland until the dust settles with dual legislations."
Walton said retailers may have to reassess their offering to cope. "We've got to recognise that a lot of shoppers are going to start 2021 in a very hard place. They'll be contending with low wage growth, inflation and possibly redundancy, and an enormous sense of fear. That will determine what happens in convenience and I think stores may need to move towards lower priced basic and away from premium products and maybe even away from meal solutions completely in terms of giving a better priced value basket to shoppers. As we look further ahead, there will be opportunities out there as well such as working from home and meshing with online."
Woodall also suggested a list of questions a retailer should be asking their symbol group or wholesaler:
Planning scenarios for different timeframes, the Christmas period and directly after.
How they're handling the conversations up the supply chain
Important to think about regionality, the impact on areas like Kent could be massive and if you're based in those areas, you need to be asking questions of your wholesaler about how you're going to get that supply in.
Ask what product lines are expected to be impacted
Also help around plans to communicate changes to customers.
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644BLB – Rediscovered
January 18, 2017 bigjohn2014	2 Comments
Words: Trials Guru – Rob Farnham (Oz) – Mick Andrews
Additional comments by: Don Morley, Reigate, Surrey
Photos: Rob Farnham – Rob Edwards' personal collection – Mick Andrews' personal collection – Yoomee/John Hulme, England
Mick Andrews on 644BLB at the Bemrose Trial – Photo: Yoomee/John Hulme
What is 644BLB?
It was the registration number allocated in January 1961 to a 350 Matchless, which was used exclusively as an AJS and owned by the Associated Motor Cycles Ltd competition Department at Plumstead, South East London.
The 1961 AJS registered as 644BLB was at heart a Matchless used under the AJS name by Cliff Clayton and Mick Andrews 1961-1964 – Photo: Rob Farnham, Queensland
The motorcycle was to be used by factory supported riders and we know that AJS factory rider, Cliff Clayton used it in the 1961 Scottish Six Days Trial. Clayton was a member of the Barham MCC, and lived at Gillingham in Kent.
644BLB however, was to become better known in the trials world as Mick Andrews' factory AJS, as he competed on it from 1962-1964 when factory supported. It was a machine that took Andrews on two consecutive occasions to the runner-up position in the Scottish Six Days Trial (winners Arthur Lampkin – BSA C15 – 1963 & Sammy Miller – Ariel – 1964).
Don Morley, the well-known photo journalist spent a great deal of time researching the works trials AMC machines when he was preparing his book, Classic British Trials Bikes which was published by Osprey. Don had photographed many, if not all, the factory models over the years.
Morley told Trials Guru when discussing some articles, that some AMC trials machines were registered as one marque but actually used as the badge engineered stablemate. 644BLB was one such machine, an AJS in use, but registered as a Matchless. The same method was employed for the machine registered 164BLL, issued to Gordon McLaughlan. There has never been a definitive reason for this other than perhaps the AJS 16C was a slightly more expensive model than the corresponding Matchless variant G3C and as the factories had to pay the then 'Purchase Tax' on a registered machine, perhaps they saw this as a way of saving some money?
Don told Trials Guru that: "I should really have paid more attention to the finer details of the works bikes when I had the chance back in the days when they were used week in, week out by the factory supported riders. I have questioned many of the stars of yesteryear about the finer points of the machines they rode some time later, to find that most hardly touched the machines as they usually were repaired, modified and serviced by the relevant competition departments. No disrespect intended, but I take most of the so-called modifications by riders with a pinch of salt."
Where is 644BLB?
Our article begins with a message sent through social media to Rob Edwards, the former factory Cotton, Montesa and, at one time, AJS teamster. Rob had ridden a factory supported but privately bought AJS in the 1964 and 1965 SSDT, it was registered '970PL' and had bought it from Comerfords in 1963.
The enquiry came to Rob Edwards facebook page in December 2016 from Rob Farnham from Queensland, Australia (who we will refer to as 'Oz', his shortened internet name, for the rest of the story) who had seen Rob's story on Trials Guru and a reference to his promotional trip with his employers, Montesa Motorcycles 'down under' in 1975. A photo was within Rob's story sitting on a 350 AJS which Noel Shipp of Wollongong owned at the time and was reputedly Mick Andrews' AJS factory machine.
Oz picks up the story: "I purchased the bike from Noel Shipp in December 2008, as being a bit of and AMC competition bike nut, it was an opportunity too good to miss. Sadly Noel was unwell then and died in the September of 2012.
Noel had shipped 644BLB out from the UK in 1970. I have a note of who he purchased it from, but he was actually after another trials machine, a Triumph I think, but took the AJS as his second choice.
Obvious changes have been made between 1964 and 1970, mainly the bottom frame rails and footrest hangers."
The lower frame rials have been removed by a previous owner and replaced by strip aluminium, this was not a factory modification – Photo: Rob Farnham
"I have done very little to it as I have too many projects but was only spurred into motion following a request from John Cuff, a member of the bike club I'm a member of, the Historical Motorcycle Club of Queensland as he needed some bikes for club magazine articles for 2017. He had seen my Matchless G80CS but knew nothing of the 350 AJS, 644BLB. His main interest is trials and competition machines so he was very excited when he saw it.
Most of my previous research had drawn a blank so was quite excited myself on Rob Edwards response to my post on his facebook page."
Oz had been doing a lot of digging in an attempt to catalogue the machine's history, but over the years details of ownership had been lost and of course never rely on people's memories.
Oz had heard that after Mick Andrews had handed the AJS back to Plumstead, Gordon Blakeway had ridden it. This was false as Blakeway had been issued with 187BLF, the ex-Gordon Jackson machine when Andrews was still riding 644BLB for the factory and was subsequently riding the 250 James (306AKV) for AMCs in 1965.
It was likely that after Andrews moved on, 644BLB would have been moved on also as the factory was in financial decline and several machines were sold off to dealers, the most noteable being Comerfords in Thames Ditton, Surrey and it was most likely that 644BLB would have found its way to this dealer given their connections with the factory.
Confusion reigns!
Oz clarifies how he undertood matters initially: "I was actually led to believe that Rob Edwards had made his debut in the Scottish Six Days on 644BLB in 1965. This was caused by the caption in 'British Trials Motorcycles' by Bruce Main-Smith on pages 12 and 13 which read: 'Rob Edwards (opposite bottom) made his Scottish debut on Andrews' ex-works 350 AJS, with unofficial factory support'. The photo does show Rob Edwards, but I now know through Trials Guru's Rob Edwards Story and AJS & Matchless Trials articles that this was actually Rob's own private but factory supported AJS (970PL). The photo in Main-Smith's book was taken from a rear view and the machine had lost it's rear registration number plate, making identification difficult. On top of this, Noel Shipp had told me Rob Edwards had been a privateer rider post 1964, which is one of the reasons I contacted Rob Edwards via his Facebook page."
In reality, Rob Edwards had taken over the berth left in the AJS official team for the 1965 Scottish Six Days, riding his own AJS, suitably modified as Andrews' mount 644BLB was not available, this occurred due to Andrews moving to ride the James. So why did the AJS competition manager not allocate 644BLB to Rob Edwards? That may remain a mystery, was it by then sold off or did they not have time to prepare it for the arduous SSDT?
The 1970 UK tax disc of 644BLB shows it clearly to be a Matchless, not an AJS – Photo: Rob Farnham, Queensland
Oz is keen to find out who purchased and rode 644BLB from around 1964 until it was exported to Australia in the 1970s. He still has the road fund licence tax disc from 1970 with the index '644BLB' and '350 Matchless'. This would be the last time the machine was road registered in the UK.
Research indicated that as the machine had left the UK shores, the registration mark had become void due to the mid 1970s 'amnesty' that was afforded owners to have their vehicles applied to the DVLA computer at Swansea.
For many years it was thought that the ex-Gordon Jackson AJS (187BLF) had been exported to Australia, even Jackson himself believed it to be so, but it was actually the Clayton/Andrews machine 644BLB that had gone 'down under'.
The AJS & Matchless Owners Club were contacted in January 2000, but their archivist, Mrs Pat Hughes confirmed that the later competition model records were missing, they had all the road going machine despatch details from 1946 onwards. So another blank was drawn, but the important thing is that the machine still exists half way around the world from where it was built and used. The only confirmation was that the motor number stamped on the crankcases was that of a 1961 model G3C Matchless.
The Mick Andrews connection:
Mick Andrews has been asked many times what he did for a living and simply answers that he commenced a motor mechanic apprenticeship with Kennings when he left school in his home town of Buxton in Derbyshire, but quickly earned a place in the AJS factory trials team riding their works prepared 350cc 16C model, registered as 644BLB at seventeen years of age in late 1961. His name had been put forward to AMC's Hugh Viney by Ralph Venables. Viney had sent a letter to Andrews, which was the way it was done back then, offering him an AJS.
Mick Andrews told Trials Guru: "I had a Matchless which my Dad Tom bought for me and I had some good rides on that. I came home from work one day and my Dad said that I had better have a look in the garage and there stood a gleaming AJS sent up by Hugh Viney for me to ride. It was 644BLB with a blue tank and gold lining, it looked beautiful".
Andrews first appearance on the factory AJS was at the national St. Davids Trial in Wales when he partnered Gordon Jackson and Gordon McLaughlan. That was in 1962, also Andrews' first time in the Scottish Six Days Trial. In 1963, Mick was second in the SSDT to Arthur Lampkin. Andrews went on to not only win many national trials on 644BLB, but it also established him as a force to be reckoned with in the sport. His last SSDT on 644BLB was the 1964 event, again finishing runner up to Ariel's Sammy Miller, riding in the factory team comprising of Gordon Blakeway (187BLF) and Gordon McLaughlan (164BLL) with the fuel tanks refinished in ivory white with simplified lining and gold monogram, the penultimate time an AJS team would compete in the annual classic. In 1965, the final AJS team comprised of Gordon McLaughlan (164BLL); Gordon Blakeway (187BLF) and new recruit, Rob Edwards (970PL) who took the best 350cc cup.
Mick Andrews on 'Tyndrum' in the 1964 Scottish Six Days Trial aboard 644BLB sporting the ivory finished fuel tank. It was Andrews final SSDT using this machine on which he made a name for himself in the sport. Note the spigot fitted on the magneto engine plate with the prop stand pipe strapped to the front downtube. He finished runner up to Sammy Miller – Photo Courtesy of Mick Andrews
Long-stroke fan!
Mick Andrews: "I did hear many years ago that my old works AJS had been sold to someone in Australia, but I never did see it again. It's nice to hear that it is still around, OK maybe not exactly as I rode it, but still it's good that it has survived this long. I was in New Zealand with my wife Jill in 2010 and a bloke came up to me and said, you're Mick Andrews! I said how do you know me? The chap replied, 'well I moved out here some years ago, but I did all the work on your AJS, I worked in the comp shop'. I couldn't believe it, you see Hugh Viney told my Dad and I that we were not allowed to modify or change things on the motorcycle, so my dad sent the AJS back to the factory every Monday morning and they sent it back up to Buxton so I could ride it at the weekend, we never really touched it the whole time I rode for the factory. I never met the guy before, but he made sure the motorcycle was well prepared each week for me to ride."
Andrews continued: "When I rode for AJS I always rode with the long-stroke motor, never the short-stroke, I didn't like them. They seemed to suit Gordon Jackson, he liked the sharper power delivery, but it wasn't my choice. In 1964 we were all offered 250 James to ride, the two Gordons were not happy and handed them back, but I said to the then AMC team manager Eddie Wiffen, that I'll stick with the James (306AKV) and never looked back."
The long stroke motor looks to have stayed with 644BLB and having examined the engine number it is that of a 1961 G3C Matchless and is in keeping with known serial numbers. The factory did not usually build special factory bikes from scratch, they normally chose one or two from the production line and used these to register them for road use. They were usually tested and them the dispatch clerks booked them out to the 'Competition Department'.
So what happened to 644BLB after its time as a works machine expired? It is still a bit of a mystery, apart from the obvious, that it was exported from the UK to Australia. Motorcycles change hands and sometimes many hands at that. Without the old style 'Registration Book' or buff log book as they were universally referred, it makes it difficult to trace a machines' history.
At the moment this period looking competition tank is fitted which has the makings of the late AJS tank lining – Photo: Rob Farnham
What is known is that this AJS, or Matchless as it was registered with the authorities is concerned, was sold off, through a main dealer is most likely as many ex-factory AMC machines were disposed of in this manner.
Magneto platform has been cutaway to allow for a prop-stand spigot mounting. Another factory machine detail – Photo: Rob Farnham
At one stage, the registration number re-appeared on a 350 AJS in the annual Pre'65 Scottish trial at Kinlochleven in the hands of Andrew Arden, whose father Maurice was the man behind Big John Products, a one time sponsor of Mick Andrews. However, it wasn't the original machine, it had been in Australia for 15 years or more and the machine was a replica, the dummy registration number plates used purely as a 'nod' to Andrews achievements on his original Plumstead built machine.
It was discovered that Noel Shipp bought 644BLB from a UK sales agent, a Stan 'Rodwell' or 'Phelps' based in Ilford, Essex, so the motorcycle was shipped over.
Rob Edwards tries Noel Shipp's Ex-Mick Andrews 350 AJS 644BLB for size in Australia in 1975, which shows the G85 style tank in situ. – Photo courtesy: Rob Edwards personal collection
From photos taken in 1975 during Rob Edwards and Mick Andrews trip to Australia, one notices that the bottom frame rails had been removed and replaced by a plated assembly which gave a flush area to mount an alloy sump-shield in an attempt to loose some weight. This was not a factory modification as AMC believed in making the factory machines look exactly like the standard production competition models.
A non standard modification to the underside of the frame, this would not have been carried out at Plumstead's comp shop but by a previous private owner attempting to modernise the machine – Photo: Rob Farnham, Queensland
Having said that, the late model factory trials machines all sported the lowered rear subframe and short, but kicked up rear mudguard fixing loop. This allowed shorter rear suspension units to be deployed while maintaining the same rear wheel movement.
Detail photo of the rear subframe assembly of 644BLB and detachable rear mudguard loop, alloy rear brakeplate and Dunlop Racing 19 inch wheel – Photo: Rob Farnham, Queensland
The tank appears to have been changed over the years. Initially it had an alloy competition tank finished in blue and gold lining.
Oz: "As previously mentioned Noel Shipp fitted the black 2 gallon AJS competition tank at some point although when he got the bike it had the red fibreglass Matchless G85 style tank on it. This is actually an interesting tank as its shape and fitting is definitely for a G85 but there is a drip recess around the fuel cap and the bottom of the tank is finished off quite roughly. It has 'R. E. G Mouldings' inscribed on the bottom, maybe someone over in the UK knows of them?
I bought a polished alloy Lyta Gordon Jackson style tank from Rickmans for another project which requires a fully painted tank, it seems a shame to rough up such a nice tank and I eventually found the black and silver painted tank on eBay, so my current plan is to use the painted tank for the other project and the nice shiny one could be painted up similar to the one used by Gordon Jackson."
Gordon Jackson style Lyta aluminium fuel tank was sourced from the UK – Photo: Rob Farnham, Queensland
History of course records that Andrews rode the 1964 Scottish with a Jackson style tank in off-white/ivory with the gold AJS monogram.
Oz confirms that the primary chaincase has an alloy inner case with an outer steel component. Production AMC trials machines were never supplied with alloy chaincases, only the factory ones had them.
Inner section of the primary drive chaincase is in alloy, a special factory modification – Photo: Rob Farnham
Oz who is a lover of originality added: "Of course there is always the matter of whether the bike should be conserved as it is or perhaps restored back to factory finish circa 1964. While 187BLF looks very nice, any traces of its history will have been wiped away during the extensive restoration, in my opinion it has been somewhat over done."
The clutch pressure plate has been extensively drilled and a fair bit of thought has gone into this modification. Was it done in the AMC copmpetition shop? – Photo: Rob Farnham
"At present 644 is neither 'fish nor fowl' as the wheels have been restored, the tank isn't original to any period, I have the correct style of tank and muffler, and a very good frame repairer who is more than capable of making original pattern bottom rails, however I have several other projects before I even think about what should be done with it, so that may be an interesting area for discussion on your website?"
Alloy rear brake plate is a factory only item, the rear section has been repaired, rear hub is standard 'five-stud' competition issue – Photo: Rob Farnham
So there we have it. It would appear that the former AMC factory AJS, 644BLB has found a new home at the other side of the world, without the factory dispatch records it isn't possible to identify 100% and without a shadow of a doubt this is the ex-Andrews machine, but the evidence certainly points firmly that it is.
It's a nice end, because if this is truly 644BLB, then its good news that it survives and hasn't gone to the AMC factory trials machine graveyard and it's in a good home.
644BLB, is now in retirement in Australia, but enjoys a canter every now and then – Photo: Rob Farnham, Queensland
Or is this the end of the story? We will have to wait and see because researching old motorcycles history is something that never really stops.
Trials Guru … 644BLB Post Script!
James Holland founder of JHS Racing Ltd the motorcycle performance centre in Bristol, read this article and came in with additional information.
James: "Back in 1998 I made contact with Noel Shipp in Australia as I was keen to establish the whereabouts of Mick Andrews' ex-works AJS. Noel wrote to me and sent me some photographs of the bike he had bought from England some years previously. He wanted around £5,000 for it, which in 1998 was a lot of money for a machine that was many thousands of miles away. I was very tempted, but I had to be sure that it was the real deal. I spoke to Mick about it when the photos arrived, but it had been many years since he last saw the AJS and of course he didn't do much work on it as the factory took care of all that.
There were some details that did point to it being a works AJS, but I had a lot of committment going on back then and I decided that I wouldn't re-import the bike and left it at that.
Noel Shipp sent me a nice letter in the November of 1998 and also detailed separately the frame and engine numbers which I believe are still valid to this day having spoken with John Moffat who was given them in confidence by Rob Farnham.
It's amazing that this article should be written many years after I walked away from a deal that could have re-united Mick with the first factory machine he ever rode in anger and on which he was propelled to stardom." – James Holland, Bristol
The letter sent by Noel Shipp to James Holland in November 1998, when James had the idea of buying Mick Andrews AJS to bring it home to England
Photo taken by the late Noel Shipp in 1998 showing the engine of 644BLB with the December 1970 UK tax disc – Photo courtesy of James Holland, Bristol
Mick Andrews astride James Holland's Matchless/BSA – Photo copyright: James Holland, Bristol
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Skyr: The Icelandic Soul in a Cup
By Pamela Hunt | January 2, 2017 | 9:05am
Photos by Pam Hunt Food Features Skyr
I was standing on the path that wrapped around Reykjavíkurtjörnin, the small lake in the center of Reykjavík, Iceland. With me were five other tourists participating in the Reykjavík Food Walk, a four-hour culinary tour through this small city that is surprisingly full of big flavor.
Our guide, the enthusiastic, fresh-faced Daniel, gathered us around as he opened his backpack. We had already sampled a couple of dishes—the ubiquitous Icelandic lamb stew, a variety of soft cheeses and cured meats, and, the biggest hit of the day so far, rye bread ice cream. With my stomach feeling slightly full already, I wondered what could be next.
"Perhaps the most Icelandic food you'll try today is this," Daniel said as he passed out small while tubs. "Skyr!"
Icelanders are wild about skyr—pronounced "skeer," not "sky." They eat it for breakfast, grab one for a quick snack, or incorporate it into decadent desserts featuring local berries. It can even take part in political protests. In May 2016, a crowd swarmed in front of the Alþingi (Parliament), showing its discontent with the news that Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson's name had appeared in the Panama Papers as a holder of a hidden offshore bank account. Rather than throw rotten fruit or eggs to show their anger, the Icelandic people pelted the government building with their souls, in the form of containers of skyr.
The Vikings brought skyr to this island nation more than 1,100 years ago. This fermented dairy product was once popular throughout Scandinavia, but in Iceland, it has become one of the nation's most treasured foods and cultural icons. The writers of the Icelandic sagas mentioned skyr in their myths, and an ancient jar with residue from a batch thought to be more than 1,000 years old is displayed in the country's National Museum. Initially, however, the skyr itself wasn't the goal of the fermentation of the milk—it was the whey the Vikings were after. This acidic liquid was used to preserve meat, but the creamy, filling skyr soon became star of the process. Though first made with raw sheep's milk, much of the skyr found on shelves today is a cow's-milk variety. Also reflecting olden times when people churned the fat out of milk for butter, leaving behind a lighter liquid, most producers use skim or lower-fat milk, rather than whole milk, which makes skyr naturally low in fat.
Photo courtesy of Reykjavik Food Walk
I snapped together the handy two-piece plastic spoon that was enclosed under the tub's plastic lid and peeled back the foil to reveal a white and pink swirl. Daniel explained that the fruit flavors were the most popular—today we were trying strawberry—but some people still prefer the old style, or plain. While everyone was trying the sweet treat, he walked around with a cup of unflavored skyr to sample. A Canadian woman in the group dipped her spoon in first and took a taste. Her grimace said it all—traditional skyr is definitely more sour than the fruit-flavored one. When the plain tub came around to me, I eagerly dug in. I prefer the tang of plain yogurt and found the strawberry skyr a bit sweet. And I wasn't disappointed with the traditional variety. It was definitely sour and a bit nutty, tasting more like a real food than the saccharine pudding most yogurts resemble, in my opinion. It was also extremely thick, more so than Greek yogurt.
Though skyr is reminiscent of yogurt, it's actually considered a fresh, acid-set cheese, like quark or fromage blanc. One of the differentiating factors between the two foods is bacteria. The label "yogurt" applies to products made with either Streptococcus thermophilus or Lactobacillus delbrueckii subspecies bulgaricus, whereas skyr is made with a wider variety than just these two bacteria. The other difference is the straining step. Yogurt is good to go after fermentation is complete, but to finish a batch of skyr requires straining it through a cloth or using a centrifuge to separate out the whey and concentrate the protein. This straining is what makes for such a thick result, similar to Greek yogurt, which is strained regular yogurt. Skyr is also virtually fat-free, low-calorie and high in protein.
Whether it's called cheese or yogurt doesn't change skyr's place in the hearts of the Icelanders. From cameos in the sagas to the present-day invasion of Whole Foods' dairy cases, despite some of the exotic foods visitors associate with Iceland (putrefied shark, anyone? smoked puffin?), Daniel was right: The most Icelandic cuisine of them all is a humble dish of skyr.
Pamela Hunt is a freelance writer and editor, curious traveler, and amateur foodie living Burlington, Vermont.
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2Cellos release new Iron Maiden-inspired video
21 October 2014, 17:25 | Updated: 23 October 2014, 12:43
The new 2Cellos video sees the duo taking their instruments to a rock club where they play a hybrid of Rossini and Iron Maiden's 'The Trooper'.
2Cellos' latest video, released earlier today and called 'The Trooper Overture', shows the hard-rockin' duo taking on a rock club audience with a mash-up of Rossini's William Tell Overture and metal legends Iron Maiden's 'The Trooper'.
It's not the first time they've taken on the world of hard rock - previous videos have seen them take on the likes of AC/DC - but this is perhaps their most metal-influenced mash-up yet.
There are metal guitar solos on cello
They have perfected 'cello face':
There is headbanging
Which is quite impressive, given the size of their cellos:
There is also crowd-surfing
This cannot be good for your instrument:
Here's the whole thing:
And here's Iron Maiden's original:
Obviously there are no cellos on this one. It is, therefore, ever-so-slightly diminished in our estimation.
Best of all, Iron Maiden officially approve of it too
Post by Iron Maiden.
And if you like them doing Maiden, why not try their AC/DC?
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If you've ever wanted to be on a reality TV show, you might just think again after watching Lifetime's new show UnREAL. The show takes place on the set of a Bachelor-esque dating competition reality show called Everlasting. UnREAL was created by Marti Noxon and Sarah Gertrude Shapiro, a former associate producer for none other than The Bachelor. Even though I know it's just a television show, I can't help but think that with someone like Shapiro behind the scenes, we're really getting the goods and seeing what it's actually like to work in reality television—and what a world it is that we're seeing!
The show begins with Rachel (played by Shiri Appleby), a producer on the show, returning to the set of Everlasting just in time to begin shooting the start of a new season. We quickly learn that she would rather be almost anywhere else in the world, as she has to deal with the awkwardness of returning to her job after having made quite a memorable (and felonious) departure at the end of Everlasting's previous season. Add to that the fact that her ex-boyfriend is once again her co-worker, but has a new fiancé of his own, and it looks like we're watching this woman's waking nightmare unfold.
Rachel's misery becomes even more apparent as we see that she is unbelievably good at her job. She continually manipulates the contestants into doing anything her fellow producer/boss Quinn (played by Constance Zimmer) tells her to do, all for the sake of good ratings. With a job that she clearly finds morally repugnant, it's a wonder why Rachel returns to it at all…until, that is, you learn that there just might be some light blackmail involved.
Interspersed between Rachel's intriguing journey and her even more engaging relationship with Quinn—who is definitely in the running for being the best TV villain of 2015—we have the additional drama of what is unfolding on Everlasting. The show cleverly reveals the difference between the reality of the contest's lives and what the eventual audience will believe about them. As we learn more about these women, we see them as a whole different person than the role the producers are trying to turn them into and present them as. The show also has a perfect combination of humor, romance, and sexiness to offset all the drama and make this must-see TV.
UnREAL airs Mondays at 10pm ET on Lifetime and has aired 4 episodes already (this season is slated to have 10 episodes altogether). As the drama continues to titillate each week with no signs of slowing down, the show just becomes more addictive. This is definitely one to add to your weekly television viewing!


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Q: How to unload 'require' in ruby/rspec? We are currently running rspec tests that check for specific libraries/models to be loaded. Specifically, we want to test that when creating an object, we get the correct Watir object back: Watir::Browser for FF and Chrome, and Watir::Safari for Safari.
We already tried doing this: Unload a ruby class but it just deletes the constant, which isn't what we want.
Normally, this wouldn't be a problem but due to compatibility problems with safariwatir and watir-webdriver, this is not the case. It errors out with:
superclass mismatch for class UnknownObjectException

And to 'fix' this, we basically have to choose which webdriver to load(hence the original logic - which we plan to test)
Is there a way to solve this? Our tests pass, not just when ran as a whole. So we basically have to skip a step just to circumvent the require problem.

A: New Anser:  NEWS FLASH  webdriver now supports Safari!   ditch safariwatir and do it all with webdriver.  I just found this out today at the Test Automation Bazaar, so don't have much in the way of details..  I'd expect to see some blog postings about this from the Watir community in the next week or so once people recover from the conference.
UPDATE:  Details now up on the watir-webdriver blog regarding how to make things work with Safari

A: Classes in Ruby are objects, but the idea of classes as a 'one per execution/objectspace" only exists because Ruby class objects are assigned as constants.
Since your classes are namespaced with theater module, you can check the type of an object dynamically. If that isn't enough, you can duck-type. Since you mentioned compatibility issues, there are methods that exist for one that do not for another (which you can test for) or there are methods that return different values for each (which you can test for.)

A: I've handled something similar to this by using conditional logic when I require the 'watir' gem, so that only one version ends up being required based on what the environment is configured for.  I can provide more details later, perhaps after the watir test automation bazaar is over and I have a little time to think and dig out some code samples for you.


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Designed specifically for cannabis cultivation, this long-hand style journal with a gold leaf embossed cover helps growers easily track each phase of the cycle to learn from past grows and quickly develop a successful strategy. Each book includes over 100 days of templated pages printed on responsibly milled cream-colored paper with a bookmark ribbon and elastic strap.
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Monmouth is a lovely little market town in Wales, just two miles from the English boarder. It has been a Fairtrade town since 2005 and has successfully renewed this status twice since then.
The people of Monmouth take their produce seriously too, enjoying not only Fairtrade goods but also locally grown produce sold at the Monmouth market every Saturday and a community orchard ripe with around 50 fruit trees.
Abergavenny is just up the road as well for the serious foodies out there.
This collective interest in great food and drink is just one reason why we think Monmouth is one of the best places to live in Wales. Another is the town's fantastic location. It is perfectly balanced between sleepy rural charm and the well-connected convenience few of us can live without.
Nestled in the beautiful wooded Wye Valley, the town feels secluded and rural, with hikes up the Brecons and walks through the Forest of Dean just some of the great outdoor pursuits you can indulge in, but when you do need that city fix, just hop in the car and you can be in the city of Cardiff in under an hour.
Monmouth also has great schools, with Monmouth Comprehensive being consistently rated as one of the best in Wales.
Indeed Monmouthshire as a whole was also recently named the best Welsh local authority in Halifax's Quality of Life Survey for 2015.
The village of Hawarden in Flintshire is a treat. Whilst a firmly Welsh village, it sits less than five miles away from the English boarder, with the town of Chester close by.
Residents in Hawarden enjoy lots of open spaces including the golf course, Truman's Hill and the Gladstone Playing Fields which belong to the school. It is perhaps best known though for its impressive castle, which is a Grade 1 listed, medieval castle that played a major role in the battle for Welsh independence.
Hawarden also enjoys a great location for outdoor enthusiasts with the Peak District National Park in England and the Snowdonia National Park in Wales both well within 2 hours away to the east and west respectively.
Cardigan in the Dyfed-Powys area of Wales is one of the safest places to live in the UK and we think that alone warrants its inclusion into our list of the best places to live in Wales. On top of tha,t the area is also home to beautiful beaches and National Trust countryside, a flourishing alternative culture, cutting edge film at the Theatre Mwldan and an annual film festival.
The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park is just fifteen minutes to the west of Cardigan and with the A487 the only major road close by, Cardigan enjoys a truly rural location with peace, quiet and calm in abundance. It is the ultimate escape from the rat race of city life, but without losing a quirky and alternative culture that gives the town a strong sense of identity and community.
The Quality of Living Index run by MoneySupermarket in 2014 ranked Cardiff as the best place in the UK (never mind just Wales), to find the highest quality of living. Residents of the Welsh capital are more like to have a job and enjoy the lowest living expenses and the highest growth in disposable income of anyone in the country.
In fact the city of Cardiff scored above average on every element in the study!
It's also home to some great independent brands, brewers and bars including the Pipes Artisan Brewery as well as being close to the Brecon Beacons National Park and the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, which is a recognised UNESCO World Heritage Site. So not only do you have the multi-cultural diversity of a capital city, but you can also enjoy rolling countryside and rich history too, all on Cardiff's door step.
Llandudno is a land of adventure. If you're an adrenaline junkie, an outdoor lover and an adventurer then this really is one of the best places to live in Wales. It enjoys beautiful coastlines across the north of wales with the Isle of Anglesey just under an hour away, Snowdonia National Park is within minutes from the town and the thrilling Zip World is just 35 minutes away too.
Are you looking for a brand new home in Wales?


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A North Korean hacker must decide between defection and love or family and life as a cyber warfare terrorist.
Helene Taylor has worked in front and behind the scenes in the film and television industry for over fifteen years. Her first screenplay writing project she wrote in her teens won a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation mentorship, she moved on to writing a small environmental television program for Delta Cable TV and won a Canadian Cable Television Award (Producer) for Best PSA.
Helene lived in the New York City area for fifteen years and in that time worked on a variety of student films, short film projects, features and television series.
She graduated LAByrinth Theater Company's Master program sharpening her playwright skills with teachers such as George C. Wolfe, Jose Rivera (Motorcycle Diaries) and is Alumni of Atlantic Theater Acting School. Helene's most recent project, DISCORD (short film) is with co-writer Jax Smith (Leo Award Winner) and co-producer Ashley Alexander under her production company Orange Knapsack Productions Ltd.
Writers Notes: Short Film. Eleven Minutes. A glimpse of the life of hacker Jin, based on the very real Bureau 121 group. He's in love but can he leave what he knows and get past the realities of modern day technology and how dictated the western world is to it? He may be a hacker, but being locked in rooms destroying technology isn't the same as living a regular life in the western world surrounded by it. Is it worth the risk to defect causing his family back home potential harm? The writer wanted to illustrate this contrast and the mental obstacles facing those who have been trained to love country before themselves. A stark visual contrast between a North Korea apartment and the modernness of an upscale, technology savvy Vancouver hotel.


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Q: gorm orm : How to add where clause on associated or joined table I'm using Gorm and I want to do something like this:
SELECT *
FROM cities AS c
         JOIN players as p ON c.player_id = p.id
WHERE p.last_login > "2023-01-01"

How do I do this in Gorm?  The documentation on preloading sounds promising but it does not produce the query that I expect.
I've tried using raw:
raw := fmt.Sprintf("SELECT * FROM cities AS c JOIN players as p ON c.player_id = p.id WHERE p.last_login > '%s'", monthAgo)
c.db.Raw(raw).Scan(&cityArray)

But I can't see how to get that to preload associations.


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Q: Array values getting overwritten in names column I want to insert one by one names in to table.
Why array values overwrite in names column just yellow insert?(replace)
Code:
<?php

    $conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, "", $dbname);

    if ($conn->connect_error) {
    die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
    }

    $value=$_POST['names'];
    $colors = array("red", "green", "blue", "yellow");

    foreach ($colors as $value) {

        $query ="insert into test(names) values('$value')";
    }
    if ($conn->query($query) === TRUE) {
        echo "New record created successfully";
    } else {
        echo "Error: " . $sql . "
" . $conn->error;
    }
    $conn->close();
?>

A: You are overwriting $query each time round your loop and only executing the query outside the loop
Instead run your query inside the loop
<?php

    $conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, "", $dbname);

    if ($conn->connect_error) {
    die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
    }

    // Not sure why this is here??
    // as it gets overwriten in your loop
    $value=$_POST['names'];

    $colors = array("red", "green", "blue", "yellow");

    foreach ($colors as $value) {

        $query ="insert into test(names) values('$value')";

        if ($conn->query($query) === TRUE) {
            echo "New record created successfully";
        } else {
            echo "Error: " . $sql . "
" . $conn->error;
        }

    }
    $conn->close();
?>

If you were actually using the value collected in $value=$_POST['names']; then your script is wide open to SQL Injection Attack
  Even if you are escaping inputs, its not safe!
  Use prepared parameterized statements
But as you are not this is just a reminder


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Journal – Winter 2017
The Sherlock Holmes Journal is published twice a year, usually in June and December. It is the official voice of the Society and contains its transactions, news and reviews, letters and editorial notes. It is also home to the most erudite scholarship, publishing learned articles from Holmesians world-wide who have something to say on any aspect of Sherlock Holmes and his world. It has been appearing without a break since the first issue in May 1952.
The Winter 2017 issue is now out.
You can download the book reviews here: I Am an Omnivorous Reader (SHJ Winter 2017)
And here is a summary of this issue's contents:
Editorial: "Bring Me the Books, Bill"
Long ago some experts declared that everything that could be written about Sherlock Holmes had already been written. How wrong they were!.
A blue plaque has been installed at Arthur Conan Doyle's former lodgings in Plymouth. Robert Graham reports from the unveiling.
Sherlockon Polska, the first Sherlock Holmes convention in Warsaw, was a resounding success!
Sherlock Hams was one of the Haslemere Hogs, and the Moor Otters included Elementary, My Dear Otter – all for charity.
The Sherlock Museum in Meiringen has a new Curator, Stefan Meier. (The Society is a Patron of the Museum.)
"Did Mahatma Gandhi and Sherlock Holmes Ever Meet?" by G Ram Mohan
It seems likely that during one of Holmes's odder cases he encountered the young lawyer who would become the Father of India.
"The Manifold Faces of Roy" by Neil McCaw
Professor McCaw's research while preparing the facsimile of "The Creeping Man" manuscript revealed unexpected facts about Professor Presbury's dog.
"The Etymology of View-Halloa" by William S Dorn
"View-Halloa" or "View Halloo" – the phrase is familiar, but what does it mean in the context of the Holmes canon?.
"Reade – Holmes" by Bruce Harris
Holmes recommended The Martyrdom of Man, but was he right about the predictability of human behaviour?
"Anais Violette Holmes" by Nick Dunn-Meynell
Apparently Holmes was not descended from the Vernets after all, but from another great French painter.
Sherlock Holmes and the Crimson Cobbles reviewed by Ashley Mayo
Toby Hulse's clever, fantastic and very funny play toured in the Autumn. Our Hon. Treasurer went to see it in Winchester.
"A Capital Return" – The London Mini-Festival Weekend, 25-29 May 2017
The weekend began with afternoon tea at the House of Lords on Thursday, kindly sponsored by Lord Horam.
After the formalities of the Annual General Meeting of Friday, Nick Utechin asked the questions at a Pub-style Quiz, which was further enlivened by Mike Miller's funny, punny Sherlockian Crossword Clues.
On Saturday, courtesy of ThisBus, members and guests enjoyed a tour of Holmes's West End in a vintage Routemaster bus, with a commentary by Dr Watson himself.
The rest of the long weekend was devoted to Art. Sunday's guided tour of the Wallace Collection, home of an impressive collection of paintings by Horace Vernet, was followed on Bank Holiday Monday by visits to the Kensington homes of two great Victorian artists: Edward Linley Sambourne and Lord Leighton.
"As Singular a Countryside as Any in England" – Exploring the Norfolk Cases, 22-24 September 2017 by Roger Johnson
In 1984 we went to Norfolk to investigate the cases of "The Gloria Scott" and "The Dancing Men". Thirty-three years later we returned, based as before in Norwich.
Saturday was "Dancing Men" day. From North Walsham, the nearest station to Ridling Thorpe Manor, we went via Ebridge Mill (surely the inspiration for "Elrige's Farm") to Honing Hall, where we were welcomed by Sir William and Lady Cubitt. The Cubitts, and the Colliers of Walcott House, joined us for lunch at the Royal Cromer Golf Club, where conversations between Conan Doyle and Fletcher Robinson sowed the seed of The Hound of the Baskervilles.
Next, Mr & Mrs Collier entertained us at Walcott House, identified in 1963 by Shirley Purves as the real Ridling Thorpe Manor. Our last call was at the Hill House at Happisburgh, where Conan Doyle met another branch of the Cubitt family and discovered the figures that inspired the "dancing men".
At dinner back in Norwich, our Guest of Honour was Captain David Bray, who told us about the Gloria Scott, what kind of ship she was and what life on board was like.
Sunday took us to the country of the Broads in search of the real Donnithorpe. Whether or not we found it, we spent a charming hour or two by Horsey Mere before returning to our hotel for lunch.
"Hilton Cubitt: The Adventure of the Dancing Men" by Major-General Sir William Cubitt
After lunch at the Royal Cromer Golf Club, Sir William told us about his family and identified a likely inspiration for the tragic Hilton Cubitt. This is the text of his talk.
"Come at Once if Convenient" – The Launch of Neil McCaw's Facsimile Edition of "The Creeping Man" by Margaret Bird
The handsome facsimile, edited by Professor McCaw and published by the University of Winchester, was launched on the 10th July at Portsmouth City Museum, where the original manuscript is one of the many wonderful items in the Conan Doyle Collection, bequeathed by the late Richard Lancelyn Green.
The Victorian Cricket Match, 2017
On the 18th June, a scorching day, our team once again faced the Gentlemen of the PG Wodehouse Society in the annual match at West Wycombe. The result was a draw, and the Society's two-up series lead still stands.
"It Seems to Me…" by Auberon Redfearn
The prominence of "fake news" raises uncomfortable questions about the reliability of Dr Watson's accounts.
Those we have lost include Holmesians John Barker, Ted Bergman, Dennis Collins and Eric Monahan; actors Roy Barraclough, Terry Downes, Suzan Farmer, Robert Hardy, John Hillerman, Rosemary Leach and Peter Sallis; and Hugh Hefner, who paid for the digital restoration of the Basil Rathbone films.
"I Am an Omnivorous Reader"
Book reviews by Dan Andriacco, Lisa Burscheidt, Alistair Duncan, Mark Mower, Sarah Obermuller-Bennett, John Sheppard, Jean Upton and Roger Johnson.
"Wigmore Street Postbag"
Letters to The Sherlock Holmes Journal.
"There Can Be No Question as to the Authorship"
Contributors to this issue.
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In this statement we describe the progress made in 2018 and the improvements we aim to progress during 2019. This statement is made in compliance with Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes the Group's slavery and human trafficking statement for the financial year ending December 2018.
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Solskjaer: Manchester United 'looked mentally tired' versus Burnley
By Nicholas MendolaJan 22, 2020, 7:07 PM EST
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OIe Gunnar Solskjaer doesn't have the answers to what ails Manchester United without Marcus Rashford and Paul Pogba, and he can't even fake it.
The United boss could only hang his side's 2-0 loss to Burnley on sharpness, as the Red Devils out-attempted the visitors by a 24-5 margin.
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United also had 72 percent of the ball, but Burnley's whole philosophy is cool with you having the ball if you don't have the lead.
The Red Devils never looked quite ready to grab that, either, from the moment an early Aaron Wan-Bissaka cross sailed through the six absent receiver. From the BBC:
"The boys looked mentally tired towards the end, we didn't find that creativity," Solskjaer said. "We can't feel sorry for ourselves. When you are at Man United you are privileged because you are playing for the best club in the world.
"Sometimes you go through periods like that and it is a test I am sure they are going to come through."
It's all formulaic from the Norwegian manager. "The we're United and it's a special place" struck all the right chords when he first took the reins at Old Trafford, but the club hasn't bought much quality since then and it's ringing hollow as the depth fails to bail them out.
"I hope Ole Gunnar Solskjær doesn't come out and try to defend that". pic.twitter.com/EyIEBWMYKJ
— NBC Sports Soccer (@NBCSportsSoccer) January 22, 2020
Spoiler alert: He did.
You can accept that Solskjaer is going nowhere and also accept that the whole thing is not going to improve any time soon. United should absolutely be in the Top Four given the failings of Chelsea, but cannot stop tripping over its own feet.
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To best describe Theodore Roosevelt for kids, it's important to start with some facts about him as an adult. When he was fully grown, Theodore wore a size 4 or 5 men's shoe, which is pretty small for a man. He was only 5 feet 9 inches tall, which is just a little shorter than average. Weighing in around 220 pounds as an adult, he wasn't a skinny, sick kid anymore! He liked to spend time with his six kids, rowing, hunting, swimming, and canoeing. They also liked sports such as tennis, boxing, and judo. No sitting around watching TV for the Roosevelt family. One time, in November 1902, Teddy went on a bear hunting trip in Mississippi. After hours of hunting, he was the only one who hadn't shot anything, so some helpers caught a baby bear and tied it to a tree so he could shoot it and take it home as a trophy. But Theodore said 'no way' would he shoot the poor bear, who was already hurt and scared. When reporters heard about this, they drew a cartoon of him refusing to shoot the little bear, and a man named Morris Michtom made a little stuffed toy bear for children, calling it "Teddy's Bear". And that's where the teddy bear so many kids sleep with at night came from.
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By Pallavi Bhatacharya
Living through difficult times, one might toy with the idea of getting out for good. After all, death is inevitable, one might reason. Yet, is life really ours to take? And is doing violence to ourselves the best way to die? So, how can we build the internal sresources that will keep us going till the tide turns?
"I know what I have to do now. I have to keep breathing. Because tomorrow the sun will rise. Who knows what the tide could bring?"
—Tom Hanks in 'Castaway'
Twenty-five-year old Kabi had been untiringly looking for work for five years. He set up a tea stall in his locality which incurred losses. With a wife and baby daughter to support, Kabi, a slum dweller, was finding it increasingly difficult to make ends meet. One night when his family was asleep, Kabi committed suicide by hanging himself. A week later, a gentleman contacted his home with a job offer with a decent salary. If only Kabi had waited longer his life could have changed for the better.
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There are many people like Kabi all over the world whose lives are cut short not due to terminal illness, murder or accidents, but through suicide. Unfortunately, no age group, social or professional class is exempt from suicide. The suicide victim may be a ten-year-old child who wasn't allowed to watch TV by his mother, a newlywed bride unable to adjust to marital life, or an ailing retired old man abandoned by his children. Depression is a major cause for suicide, which could be brought on by an inability to cope with rejection, perceived failure, loss of a loved one, physical disability or illness, among others.
Do all people who commit suicide really want to die? Says Ritu Khanna, consultant psychologist, Apollo Hospital, New Delhi: "A suicide attempt is usually a cry for help which ends in tragedy." Agrees 27-year-old Alessandro of Mexico, who attempted suicide at age 15, as he was unable to cope with peer pressure. "I don't think I really wanted to die when I took the sleeping pills as a teenager," he says. "I was just fed up with life during that time. I really do believe that God is taking care of all of us. He doesn't want us to die and he gives us a light to hold on to. Whether we choose to take our life is up to us."
Responding to stress
"Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths," is the opening line of M. Scott Peck's bestseller The Road Less Travelled. Those who realise this and try to better their coping mechanism are less prone to feeling suicidal. Psychiatrist David Burns writes in his best-selling self-help book Feeling Good: "Research studies have shown that your unrealistic sense of hopelessness is one of the most crucial factors in the development of a serious suicidal wish. Because your suffering feels unbearable and appears unending, you may erroneously conclude that suicide is the only way of escape."
Eckhart Tolle, author of The Power of Now, suffered from suicidal depression till his spiritual epiphany at age 29. Tolle writes that people often make themselves unduly depressed by dwelling on mistakes made in the past and living in dread of what may go wrong in the future instead of focusing on the immediate present. The negative one-liner, 'I cannot live with myself any longer' which had predominated Tolle's mind for long, gave way to the ever-present 'I am' that helped him appreciate the beauty of life.
There is no doubt that contemporary life has many stress factors. However, stress affects some people more adversely than others. Brij B. Chawla, Director (Tribal Welfare) of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living Foundation, feels: "Many suicides happen when one builds up expectations far beyond what one can achieve. There is nothing wrong in planning or achieving, but one should not think oneself to be a failure if one can't be the 'best'. People who commit suicide take bad times too much to heart. A person who is at peace with himself will never think of suicide."
Avenues for support
If you or someone you know is feeling suicidal, remember that help is always available. Says Father Soosai Manickam, director, Pastoral Development Centre, Kolkata: "If a suicidal person comes to me for help I will try to find the root cause of his depression. If he is a believer, I will put him in contact with God through prayer so that he can find solace."
Sukhsam Singh, director of Lifeline, a helpline for the suicidal, distressed and depressed, points out: "A suicidal person needs empathetic non-judgmental patient listening. Talking helps a person to unburden his distress till a catharsis is reached." Taking professional help is essential especially if suicidal symptoms like giving away possessions, social withdrawal, expressing failure, having definite ideas to commit suicide are present. Never hesitate to visit a psychiatrist or psychologist fearing social taboo. Also remember everything you tell your psychiatrist/psychologist is confidential.
For those living with a suicidal individual, it is important to remove means of suicide like sharp instruments, guns, ropes and sleeping pills from the living environment. Joyce Siromoni, founder of Paripurnata, a halfway home for the mentally ill in Kolkata, says: "People who have attempted suicide previously are extremely likely to attempt suicide again unless they are treated for their problem. Suicides are usually planned acts and rarely out of impulse except in exceptional cases like inability to cope with phobia the night before the exam or after a fight with a sibling, friend, parent or partner."
Those who survive suicide often come to the conclusion that suicide is not a solution to one's problems. Moreover, who knows what awaits one in the territory of death after suicide? If one is indeed going from one life to another in a progressive cycle, one cannot but wonder what suicide would mean in one's evolution.
Physically, a failed suicide attempt may make things far worse by disabling one permanently. A man may just lose his legs after jumping from a building instead of dying, making life all the more painful for him.
Pinky is grateful to God that she was taken to the hospital in time when she attempted suicide eight years ago. "I was totally emotionally dependant on my husband. I had dreamt of an ideal marriage with no fights whatsoever. All my dreams were bitterly shattered when to my horror and disbelief my husband admitted to having an extramarital affair. He put all the blame of marital disharmony on me and wrongly accused me of having an affair as well. My 11-year-old son ran away from home during this time to be found later at the railway station and I was blamed for being an irresponsible mother."
Finding life unbearable, Pinky took an overdose of sleeping pills late in the night but fortunately survived. She started visiting a mental health counsellor, joined a women's support group and seriously engaged herself in social service which helped her immensely. She began to read books on religion and spirituality, which provided her with tools to calm her mind. Her husband became more understanding towards her and they cordially discussed their marital problems regularly. Pinky says: "Had I taken my life I would never ever had seen my children grow up."
Deepa's near-death-experience after a failed suicidal attempt miraculously helped her to come to a greater appreciation of the value of life. Unable to complete her graduation and get a job, Deepa became severely depressed at age 22. To make matters worse, her family criticised her for being a financial burden and urged her to get married fast. Unable to cope with rejection from her family, she tried to take her life.
Deepa later told her counsellor: "I saw a bright light demarcating life and death, God seemed to give me the choice of whether to live or die. I chose to get back into my body and live on." Deepa emerged from this experience with a new will to live and make a success of her situation. Her counsellor helped her improve her self-esteem and relations with her family. She started earning by giving private tuitions. Gaining financial independence boosted her confidence and she came out of her depression.
Sudhir attempted suicide several times after he lost both his legs from above the knee in an accident in the factory where he worked. Unemployed and suffering from intense phantom pain, life became a nightmare. But things gradually changed for the better. He secured employment with an NGO manufacturing artificial limbs. He got new legs, could stand up and walk again. He met a woman, also an amputee, who worked with the same NGO. They fell in love and got married. They now have a baby daughter. "Despite the tragedies in my life, God has been kind," smiles Sudhir.
In The Road Less Travelled, Scott Peck narrates the touching true story of a patient overcoming suicidal feelings to go on to feel peace and joy. Ted held God responsible for all the miseries in his life and started feeling suicidal. Gambling with life and death he purposely stood on the pier when the tide was coming in. A huge wave swept him into the sea but immediately a backwash wave took him back to the land and he was safe. Ted dismissed his life being saved as just a coincidence, but Dr Peck made him realise that it was indeed a miracle. Ted gradually became objectively introspective and understood that in life sorrow was just as important and inevitable as happiness. He regained his faith in God, immersed himself in spiritual work, and later went on to study theology.
When a person wants to take his life, all he sees is darkness and despair. He becomes temporarily oblivious to the preciousness of life. Ven. U. Gnanarathana Thero of the Mahabodhi Society of Kolkata reminds all those who are thinking of suicide that: "Of all forms of life, human life is supreme. Being born human is a rare gift, taking one's life is a great loss." If you are feeling suicidal remember that hard times don't last forever. What's the use of giving a full stop to your life when it actually hasn't come to a dead end? Try to visualise yourself standing at crossroads instead. Do remember that after all, 'tomorrow is another day'. And who knows if tomorrow will bring in a new tide into your life, which will give you a sail?
Names of suicide survivors have been changed to protect their privacy.
Contact: Befrienders' Suicide Prevention Centres helplines; New Delhi: (011) 23710763, Mumbai: (022) 23092068, Kolkata: (033) 24745886, Chennai: (044) 2811505, Pondicherry: (0413) 2339999, Ahmedabad: (079) 2405544, Secunderabad: (040) 2781464
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