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Arimura Sangyo
An Unheralded and Unknown Liner
Posted on May 8, 2017 May 8, 2017 by psssadmin
William Lines, one the greatest of Philippine shipping companies rose to probably become the country's Number 1 entering the 1980's. That rise to paramount position was fueled by their race with Sulpicio Lines to acquire fast cruiser liners from the Misamis Occidental to Cebu City, Tacloban City, Manila City, Cagayan de Oro City and Ozamis City. When they acquired the last-mentioned ship in 1978, they might have been in parity already with the erstwhile Number 1 which was Compania Maritima. But when they acquired the half-RORO, half-cruiser Dona Virginia in 1979 and they joined the race with Aboitiz Shipping and Sulpicio Lines to acquire container ships starting in 1979 with the ROLO Cargo ship Wilcon 1, few will dispute that they were already Number 1 in our seas. That rise was aided by the non-purchase anymore of further ships by Compania Maritima (and the consecutive losses of ships of the company due to maritime accidents) and the split of the old Carlos A. Gothong & Company in 1972 which produced three separate shipping companies — Sulpicio Lines Incorporated, Lorenzo Shipping Corporation and Carlos A. Gothong Lines, Incorporated (CAGLI).
However, while William Lines was mainly Number 1 in the next decade, the company seemed to overly rely on the fast cruiser lines (of which they had the most among the local shipping companies) and were relatively late in the acquisition of RORO liners. After the half-RORO, half-cruiser Dona Virginia, their first acquisition of a full-pledged RORO liner happened in 1987 already when they bought the Masbate I. By the time they acquired that, their main rival Sulpicio Lines has already purchased 4 ROROs and Carlos A. Gothong Lines even more. Sweet Lines had already procured 3 ROROs and and will add two more in 1987 and Negros Navigation has already bought 2. Among the still existent major liner companies, it was only Aboitiz Shipping and Escano Lines which had a zero total liners until 1987. So when Sulpicio Lines acquired 3 big ROROs in 1988, the Filipina Princess, Cotabato Princess and Nasipit Princess, William Lines lost their Number 1 position in the totem pole of local shipping and again few would dispute that.
William Lines might have seen the handwriting on the wall that the cruiser liners were heading to obsolescence but what I don't understand was their continued reliance on Arimura Sangyo, the later A" Lines on second-hand liners. To get their RORO liners, Sulpicio Lines did not rely anymore on their old supplier, the RKK Lines and instead diversified their sourcing. In fact, none of the three liners they purchased in 1988 came from RKK Lines and that itself is telling like they really want ROROs fast.
William Lines tried to pursue Sulpicio Lines in the acquisition battle of RORO liners by purchasing their second full-pledged RORO liner in 1989. Just the same their supplier was still A" Lines and what they got was the Ferry Amami (actually many of their further purchases of liners will still come from this company like the Sugbu which was the latter Mabuhay 3, the Maynilad, Mabuhay 2, Mabuhay 6 and what was supposed to be the Mabuhay 7 which turned out to be the SuperFerry 11 and later Our Lady of Banneux). It seems it was the over-reliance of William Lines on A" Lines that doomed her into sliding into the Number 2 position among the local shipping companies and so Sulpicio Lines did well in diversifying their source.
Photo by Wilben Santos thru PSSS
The Ferry Amami turned out into the ferry Zamboanga City, a ROPAX liner. This ferry was not known by many because she was not a ship with a route to Cebu and instead served her namesake city at first, obviously, and Cebuanos, the most literate among Pinoys about ships normally don't go to Zamboanga City. This ferry, like many of the ferries of A" Line in the 1970's had the design of having a stern ramp but having booms in the bow of the ship which is being hybrid also in some way. Most ROROs that came in this country does not have this design. It might have not been so fit here because the other ferries from A" Lines of William Lines had this boom subsequently removed like in Sugbu, Maynilad, Mabuhay 2, Mabuhay 6 and SuperFerry 11 (the later Our Lady of Banneux). When this boom is being operated, the ship also rocks in cargo loading like in cruiser ships and of course the stern ramp will also move and I think that was the contradiction of this kind of design.
The Zamboanga City is not a big RORO liner but it is comparable to most of the RORO liners that came to the Philippines in the period between 1987 and 1992 which were near 100 meters in length up to a little over 120 meters in length. Among that came in this period were the Our Lady of Fatima, Our Lady of Lourdes, Our Lady of Sacred Heart, Sto. Nino de Cebu (the later Our Lady of Medjugorje) of Carlos A. Gothong Lines, the Masbate I, the Tacloban Princess and Manila Princess of Sulpicio Lines, the Sta. Ana and Princess of Negros of Negros Navigation. To this the Our Lady of the Rule of Carlos A. Gothong Lines can be added but she was not used in a Manila route. The notable exceptions were the 3 big liners that came to Sulpicio Lines in 1988 and the Sugbu, Maynilad, Mabuhay 1, Mabuhay 2 of William Lines and the SuperFerry 1 and SuperFerry 2 of Aboitiz Shipping. However, these small RORO liners of 1987-1992 had passenger capacity from over 1,200 to just over 2,000 and the Zamboanga City itself has a passenger capacity of 1,875. It was the period when the country's economy was recovering, there was a shortage of liners and ferries in general because of lack of acquisitions in the previous years because of the economic crisis and former surplus World War II ships were already being retired. That was the reason why shipping companies tended to push to the limit the passenger capacities of their ships. And it can get full in the peak season and passengers have to be turned away (I have seen this personally many times).
The Zamboanga City was built by Niigata Shipbuilding & Repair in 1975 in Niigata, Japan as the Emerald Amami of and she had the IMO Number 7435527. The ship's external dimensions were 117.1 meters in length over-all (LOA), a length between perpendicular (LPP) of 105.0 meters and a beam of 19.0 meters and gross cubic measurements was 4,188 in gross register tonnage (GRT). The ferry originally had two and a half passenger decks and its route was to Amami Oshima in Japan. Emerald Amami had a quarter stern ramp leading to its car deck. The ship already has a bulbous stem which was still a novel design in 1975 and that feature aids the speed of the ship. The big cargo boom dominates the front of the ship.
Emerald Amami was equipped with twin Niigata engines with a total horsepower of 16,800 which were the same engines powering the bigger Akatsuki of A" Line also (the Akatsuki became the Maynilad of the same company). With that powerplant, the Emerald Amami had an original sustained top speed of 20 knots (and the Akatsuki 18 knots because it is bigger). It was an unfortunate choice of engines as the Maynilad was only able to generate 15 knots here (because a lot of metal was added) and the Zamboanga City 17 knots (and William Lines suffered in the process). And because of the two, my respect for Niigata engines went down because the other ships of the size of Emerald Amami here can produce the same speed with just about 10,000 horsepower (like the SuperFerry 3, San Paolo and Princess of Negros). And ships of the size of Akatsuki with that engine horsepower can do much better speeds (like the SuperFerry 2 and SuperFerry 5).
In 1987 Emerald Amami was renamed to Ferry Amami. In 1988, when the new Ferry Amami arrived she was put up for sale and in the next year she came to the Philippines for William Lines which then refitted her for Philippine conditions and that means adding decks to increase passenger capacity and to provide for open-air Economy accommodations (the added decks in her were what became the Economy sections). With that the gross tonnage of the ship increased to 5,747 with a net tonnage of 1,176 which is an understated figure (was this the net register tonnage in Japan?). It does not even meet the International Maritime Organization (IMO) requirement that the net tonnage should be at least one-third of the gross tonnage. The deadweight tonnage of the ship meanwhile remained at 2,082. The Call Sign of Zamboanga Ferry was DUZI. This Zamboanga City was the third ship to carry that name in the fleet of William Lines (and at other times she was only referred to as Zamboanga).
Zamboanga City became the replacement ship for the burned Manila City of William Lines in 1991 and thus held the Manila-Zamboanga-Davao route. She was also tried in the Manila-Iloilo-Zamboanga-Cotabato route later to challenge the Cotabato Princess there when Sulpicio Lines transferred the Filipina Princess to the Davao route and the Maynilad was used by William Lines in that route in 1992. When the Mabuhay liner series started arriving for William Lines, the Zamboanga City was shunted to the Manila-Puerto Princesa route without passing Coron and that was her route until William Lines coalesced with Gothong Lines and Aboitiz Shipping at the end of 1995 to form the super-company WG&A.
In WG&A among the ROROs it was Zamboanga City which was subjected to ignominy. She was assigned the route Manila-Zamboanga-General Santos City early in 1996, a route where her relative lack of speed will show. At this time she was only capable of 16 knots when Maynilad was just capable of 14 knots. Her competitor there was the Princess of the Pacific of Sulpicio Lines which can do 18 knots. In mid-1996 she was assigned the Manila-Dipolog (actually Dapitan)-Ozamis route that was held before by another slowpoke, the 16-knot Our Lady of Good Voyage, the former Ferry Kikai of A" Line which first became the Mabuhay 6 (I noticed a lot of former A" Line ships that came to William Lines this period was afflicted with slow speed).
In 1997 Zamboanga City disappeared from the schedules and she was offered for sale together with the Maynilad. The two were the only RORO liners offered for sale by WG&A. The Maynilad I can understand the reason because there is really no liner that just runs at 14 knots and passengers to Zamboanga when she was still with William Lines complained of the too long transit time even though she does not dock at Iloilo port. But at 16 knots the Zamboanga City was just in the league of SuperFerry 3, the Our Lady of Sacred Heart and just marginally below the Our Lady of Medjugorje. When WG&A started pairing of ships on routes, the three were often paired. All were mechanically reliable just like Zamboanga City but Zamboanga City was always left out. What was her jinx, the cargo boom at the front? Ferry Kikai also had that also but was removed and a deck ahead of the bridge, a Tourist accommodation was created. If that was the problem that could have been done also for Zamboanga City. Or was the 16,800 horsepower engine the real killer that was why she was disliked by WG&A Jebsens that manages the fleet? At least Our Lady of Good Voyage only has 7,600hp engines, the Our Lady of Sacred Heart had 8,000hp engine, the Our Lady of Medjugorje had 9,000hp engines and SuperFerry 3 just had 9,300hp engines. And their speeds were the same. Do the math.
I was wondering then why the cruiser Our Lady of Naju which has the length of 111.4 meters was retained. Its cargo capacity was measly but her route of Dumaguit and Roxas City had minimal cargo anyway and so maybe her 10,000hp engines is what made her acceptable and she was even marginally faster than Zamboanga City. But why the Our Lady of Lipa with 18,800hp engines on 124.2 meters length survived? Well she at least had the speed and she could be used for the speed wars in Cebu-Cagayan de Oro route if needed. Maybe it was really the big engines with no speed that was the albatross on the neck of Zamboanga City. Now maybe if only Dumaguit and Roxas had more cargo then she might have survived instead of the Our Lady of Naju.
Mind you the accommodations of Zamboanga City are decent and comparable to liners of her period and I can say that because I have ridden her when she was substituted to the Iligan route. I don't know maybe that was just her role then in WG&A before she was sold – to be a reserve ship. Maybe her size and engine size was really not fit for the Visayas-Mindanao route. Or maybe WG&A prefered the Maynilad there (also known as Our Lady of Akita 2 after one passenger deck was removed). This ferry had better accommodations and bigger cargo capacity and 14 knots can be hidden in a Cebu to northern Mindanao route). Otherwise, she would have taken the slot of the 104.6-meter Our Lady of Manaoag, the former Masbate I. But then that ship only had small engines with 7,600 horsepower.
An unwanted ship, in 2000 the Zamboanga City was finally sold to China breakers. Too unknown, too unheralded that few remember her.
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The Times of Trouble for Philippine Liner Shipping in the Past
Posted on October 30, 2016 by psssadmin
In Philippine liner shipping, obviously the first time of trouble was when the Pacific War erupted after Japan attacked the Philippines and the United States. Liners were requisitioned by the US on the promise that it will be replaced when the war ends. The order then was if the ship cannot reach Australia it has to be scuttled to prevent it from falling into the invader's hands. Most of our liner fleet then was lost to scuttling and to enemy fire. Some of it were captured and were pressed into enemy service and when Japan was already losing they sank into the bottom of the sea due to US submarine and aircraft attacks.
These liners that were lost during the Pacific War were good liners and many were built in foreign shipyards just in the Commonwealth Era which means they were still new. The older ones were mainly built in the 1920's. And they were not necessarily small. Many of the good liners before the war were in the 80-meter class (when internationally a 120-meter was already grand).
A prewar liner, the MV Don Isidro (Photo credits: Commerce and Gorio Belen)
When the US replaced our lost fleet as promised the number might have been right but the quality is different. The former "FS" ships were not the equal of our former liners even in size and to be able to use those they have to be converted and refitted first as they were not really liners but basic cargo ships. "FS" meant "Freight and Supply" after all.
Former "Y" ships were also given as replacement and these were former tankers but still a handful were converted to passenger use by removing the tanks. The former "Y" ships were slightly smaller than the former "FS" ships. For the lost regional ships, the US gave as replacement the former "F" ships, both the steel-hulled and the wooden-hulled types. Former minesweepers were also given as replacement. None of them were passenger ships to begin with and so conversion and refitting still had to be done.
A former "FS" ship (Photo credits: Philippine Herald and Gorio Belen)
To replace the bigger liners, the US gave Type C1-M-AV1 , Type C1-B and Type N3 ships as replacements but those were also cargo ships and not liners and so they also have to be converted and refitted. None of all these types can match the luxury and comfort of our prewar liners. Were we shortchanged in the deal? I think the answer is obvious. We had purpose-built liners before the war and the replacement were surplus cargo ships that had no use for them anymore because the war has already ended.
A former C1-M-AV1 ship (Photo by Rufino Alfonso)
The second times of trouble for Philippine shipping was the crisis decade of the 1970's when continuous devaluation of the peso dominated the economic situation. It was the time that taking out big loans was fraught with danger since nobody can foresee when will be the next devaluation (which means in peso value the loan balloons). Because of this uncertainty and risk, the taking out of loans to order brand-new ships completely stopped. There were no more brand-new ships after the Cebu City of William Lines came out in 1972.
If the mid-1960's was marked by acquisition of second-hand passenger-cargo ships (most were not really liners) from Europe, in the 1970's the shipping companies were looking for right direction. Inadvertently, Sweet Lines showed the way with the acquisition of the Sweet Faith in 1970 and the Sweet Home in 1973. This started the era of fast cruiser liners in our seas. However, due to the fogs of uncertainty in the economic climate, few realized this was the new paradigm, the fast cruiser liners.
Photo credit: Jon Saulog
Among the liner companies, only William Lines took up the challenge early with the Cebu City. In the middle of the 1970's, Sulpicio Lines followed suit and acquired fast cruiser liners beginning with the Don Sulpicio and Dona Ana. William Lines also kept in step by successively acquiring fast cruiser liners which were named after cities, the Manila City, Cagayan de Oro City, Ozamis City, etc.
What happened then to the other liner companies especially the other top guns? In the decade of the 1970's, Compania Maritima was already in its death spiral but few realized it then because they were held in such high regard because they have been No. 1 for so long. Actually, there might have a death wish in them already. Compania Maritima never bought another liner after the second-hand but big Luzon in 1970 until their demise in 1984. At the same time, their ships were sinking with alarming regularity and mostly by wrecking.
Meanwhile, Aboitiz Shipping Corporation became heir to the PSNC (Philippines Steam and Navigation Company) fleet and operations. The Laurel-Langley Treaty dictated that in 1974 the Americans no longer have the right to do business here as if they are Philippine nationals (they have a right previously because of the Parity Amendment to the Philippine Constitution). But after 1974, Aboitiz Shipping Corporation did not buy a liner anymore and just relied mainly on a few small liners plus the trio of liners ordered by Everett Steamship in Japan in 1955 and the former "FS" ships they already had and the once from PSNC. These ships were already showing signs of mortality as they were already entering their fourth decade of service.
A liner from Everett SS that went to Aboitiz (Photo credit: Aboitiz Transport System)
Sweet Lines, after acquiring liners that were among the biggest and the best for a decade which pulled them up in the totem pole of liners had the puzzling decision to just buy small liners in the later 1970's. This happened in a situation when their liners from Europe were already over two decades old. In those times due to weaker metallurgy and finishing, 30 years is almost the longest service that can be expected from liners built in the 1950's and so this means Sweet Lines has a future problem in the 1980's. Did Sweet Lines think the 1980's will be better?
The combined Carlos A. Gothong Lines Inc. (CAGLI) and Lorenzo Shipping Corporation, successor companies to the broken-up Carlos A. Go Thong & Co. also had the same policy decision as Sweet Lines, that is to just buy small liners (many can even be just classified as passenger-cargo ships). Meanwhile, the old Escano Lines also stopped buying ships in 1974 like Aboitiz when they acquired the small Katipunan.
The former MV Katipunan (Photo credit: Edison Sy)
All in all, from 1973, only Sulpicio Lines and William Lines acquired big, fast cruiser liners. Compania Maritima, Aboitiz Shipping Corporation, Sweet Lines, Carlos A. Gothong Lines, Lorenzo Shipping Corporation all stopped buying big liners especially the fast cruiser liners (and that type is beyond the means of minor liner shipping companies including Madrigal Shipping). Maybe one reason is the steep cost already of liners because of devaluation, maybe it was the general economic difficulties which produce conservatism in businessmen, maybe it was also procrastination and hoping the next decade will be better.
And so it was not a surprise that in the 1980's, from a rough equality of the top companies after the break-up of Carlos A. Go Thong & Co. in 1972, the liner scene was dominated by Sulpicio Lines and William Lines because they were the only ones which bet on the new ruling paradigm, the fast cruiser liners. The other simply lost their way or maybe even their enthusiasm and were just waiting for better days.
Photo credits: Phil. Daily Express and Gorio Belen
I must admire not the depth of the pockets of the two but the Japanese agents which bet and trusted Sulpicio Lines and William Lines. I think that was the critical factor why the two kept getting fast cruiser liners even though the economic climate was not good over-all. Sulpicio Lines continuously acquired retired cruisers from RKK Lines and William Lines from Arimura Sangyo (the later "A" Line). Incidentally, both are Okinawa shipping lines. So their fast cruiser liners competed in Japan and they continued their rivalry here.
The next decade, the 1980's, was even more difficult and it resulted in the death of so many liner companies, both major and minor. A new leading paradigm will emerge then, the RORO liners. Some majors will awaken from their stupor and try to compete again. Among them were Aboitiz Shipping Corporation and Carlos A. Gothong Lines Inc. Negros Navigation will also be among them after they also slowed down in buying cruisers (they were not in danger then because their cruisers liners were new and they had a monopoly of Bacolod port).
And that is how the chips broke in the 1970's. Another time of trouble will happen three decades later but then that is another story worth another article.
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Crazy Rich Asians Movie Review
Nathan Jasper
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Crazy Rich Asians follows Rachel, an economics professor at NYU who fell in love with a handsome man named Nick. Nick was needing to go back home to Singapore in order to attend his brother's wedding. Nick decided to invite Rachel along, that way he could finally introduce her to his huge family. Rachel is nervous and excited, as anyone would be, but her emotional state magnifies when Nick reveals that his family is extremely wealthy. As Rachel's best friend Peik puts it, "They're not just rich, they're crazy rich!" (Hence, the title.)
I loved how much care and devotion director Jon M. Chu put into the film. Every minute detail was perfect, the sets breathtaking, and the wardrobe absolutely stunning. From Rachel's quaint-to-Cinderella looks to Eleanor's sleek and commanding outfits to Astrid's extravagance to Ken Jeong's hip-hop-wannabe attire, everything was thought out and designed with precision.
The acting was most impressive all around. Michelle Yeoh took charge of every scene she was in, making Rachel's insecurities feel authentic when they shared the screen. Constance Wu was completely believable as the "girl who came from nothing" just looking for the right man. Gemma Chan seemed to be trying to project Audrey Hepburn, which I think she did a wonderful job. Gemma dressed like her, had the same build, and even talked like her in a way. It was a beautiful parallel, well-performed, and an admiring tribute to the late actress.
The story itself was never boring and always kept my attention. While I was always wondering what would happen next to Rachel, I was equally invested in Astrid and Eleanor. Everyone was important in their own way. Writers Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim wonderfully adapted the book to screen, keeping the large array of characters balanced, each character given the perfect amount of time.
The soundtrack was also an astounding collection of songs. I may not have understood certain tracks because they were performed in a different language, but I was still moved by them just because of how they were placed in the film. If that's not mastery, I don't know what is. The song chosen for the wedding sequence made me feel both sentimental and loss, for personal reasons of course, but it also gave me hope for the future, not only for the characters in the film but for me as well.
In conclusion, I'd go right back inside to see this film again if I could. It was that good. Definitely do yourself a favor and go see this film. It's nothing short of a masterpiece that will both make you laugh and make you cry. I give the film a 4 out of 4.
© 2018 Nathan Jasper
Zia Uddin from UK on January 07, 2019:
Film sounds quite good and promising to watch. Will check it out. Thanks for sharing this.
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Hannah Miller| February 26, 2013 August 4, 2019
In some ways, media is like food. Food turns into your body, but books, songs, tweets turn into your mind. If you look at the kinds of media Americans consume now, they bear quite a resemblance to products that come from big ag: industrial, barely nutritious, certainly not fostering any connection to people or place.
By some measures, radio is the most consolidated form of modern media, with the bulk of stations being owned by only five giant behemoths, pouring a diet of thin Campbell's Soup into the massive distribution system that returns ad revenue.
Radio hasn't always been like this – as recently as the 1980s, locally-owned and operated radio stations were bona fide community hubs, supporting local music and often playing a part in events and politics.
It's still alive in pockets of the country, where you can still hear diverse, vibrant stations, non-commercial and connected to colleges or public access, as rich and fascinating as a garden: news coverage of local politics, volunteer DJs spinning songs by new bands, talk shows hosted by ethnic groups without other platforms, even kids doing their own shows.
This is community radio.
In an age where endless diversity is available to us on the Internet, community radio offers diversity shared with others. Social media has made us all non-stop media sharers, but a local, non-commercial radio station takes that to a new level: a physical building, a network of people, a way to communicate with thousands, whether they are your Facebook friends or not.
If this seems appealing, then it's time to act.
This fall, the Federal Communications Commission will be opening a once-only window for applications to start a Low-Power FM station (LPFM) – small, non-commercial community stations that broadcast a radius of 3-5 miles.
The FCC will give out thousands of free radio licenses to qualified applicants after the window opens in October, and this has the potential to deepen, and broaden the horizons of our media landscape in a way not seen in decades.
Most of these stations will also be streaming on the web – in other words, available to the rest of us no matter where we live – and this could make for an explosion in creativity. Here is a look at the LPFMs in existence (there was one other window, ten years ago.)
With the shuttering of print newspapers around the country, LPFM and local radio is sometimes the only other major source of news in a town – in non-English-speaking communities not served by the local English paper, sometimes it's the only one. LPFM stations played a role in emergency communication in towns hit by Hurricane Sandy as well.
This is vital infrastructure. Common Frequency, a nonprofit dedicated to community radio, and other groups around the country are working to get the word out about the LPFM license window, and encouraging groups to apply.
For one thing, it's cheap! The engineering and building of a LPFM station can cost as little as $10,000, very little for infrastructure that offers decades of return in terms of community-building and visibility.
It's also something that fits within the mission of many non-profits (only non-profits can apply) – be that a local community center, church, public library, economic development corporation, coop, grange, housing development, local newspaper, and more.
Common Frequency has more information on the process, and have already worked with dozens of groups all over the country to get them on the air. Please help get the word out! Share this article widely – on listservs and social media. The FCC is not marketing this opportunity, so we are doing a grassroots outreach effort.
And you can apply now for this is a long-term community benefit, no matter where you are in the United States.
After all… it'll be your station. For your community. What are you going to talk about?
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Thomas Cubitt (1788-1855), the most successful of the nineteenth-century London builder–developers; although often addressed as 'architect' he insisted on being called a 'builder'.
1788 born at Buxton, near Norwich, eldest son of Jonathan Cubitt (1760–1807), a Norfolk carpenter, and Agnes Scarlett. Other brothers included William and Lewis Cubitt.
1814 became a member of the Carpenters' Company by redemption.
With the proceeds of working as a carpenter on a ship to/from India, he set up in business of his own in Holborn.
1810 His brother William Cubitt joined him.
1815 the business was moved to Gray's Inn Road. Cubitt developed a system by which he employed workmen of all the building trades directly. His difficulties dealing with architects made him concentrate on speculative development rather than contracting for buildings.
1819 Married Mary Anne Warner.
1824 First large development was on the Duke of Bedford's estate in Bloomsbury followed by other major developments in London including Pimlico, nicknamed 'Mr Cubitt's District', laid out on a grid plan. As part of the development he built several hundred yards of the Thames Embankment.
By 1824 Thomas was in partnership with two of his brothers as "Messrs. T. W. and L. Cubitt", though this was dissolved in 1827.
1827 the partnership between Thomas Cubitt and his brothers William and Lewis was dissolved. William retained the Gray's Inn Road works, which became one of the major Victorian contract building firms, while Thomas and Lewis concentrated on speculative development.
1831 Lewis left Thomas and re-joined William in his business.
Cubitt developed an integrated building works at Thames Bank, between Vauxhall and Chelsea, where much of the materials used on his developments were produced. He also had a brickworks on the Medway.
1839 Thomas Cubitt of Eaton Place, Belgrave Square, became a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
Credited with having first brought the Great Exhibition project to Prince Albert's attention. Also played an important part in negotiations for the South Kensington estate of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851.
1855 Died at his home, Denbies House, near Dorking.
Thomas Cubitt was born at Buxton, near Norwich, on the 25th February, 1788.
In early life he worked as a journeyman carpenter, and with a view to improve his circumstances, he made one voyage to India, as a ship-carpenter. With the savings he then made, he, on his return to London, commenced business as a master-carpenter, being at the time about twenty-one years of age.
His first work of any extent, was putting the new roof on the Russell Institution, in Great Coram-street, under the superintendence of Mr. John Shaw, then architect to Christ's Hospital, London. This was completed to the entire satisfaction of the committee and of the architect, so that when tenders were advertised for, for the building of the London Institution, in Finsbury Circus, Mr. Cubitt's offer was accepted, mainly on the recommendation of those who knew how well his work had been done at the Russell Institution.
The foundations were laid in May, 1815; and, shortly afterwards, as appearances of success began to manifest themselves, he took a tract of land from Lord Caltharpe, on the east side of Gray's Inn road. Here he commenced the erection of large workshops, purchased horses, carts, and materials, and engaged gangs of carpenters, smiths, plumbers, glaziers, painters, bricklayers, etc with a foreman for each class. Before that time, the building trade had not become, as now, a regular business, but was divided among different branches, which, in a manner, worked independently of each other. Finding the inconvenience of this, he employed workmen of all these classes, and consolidated them into one establishment.
As this increased, he found, at times, a difficulty in obtaining a constant succession of work, so as to keep his men regularly employed, without the necessity of discharging them, just as they had become used to his system. This first led him to take ground to build upon, a species of speculation which afterwards became the employment of his life; for as these engagements became greater, they gradually absorbed his capital and attention, until he finally relinquished the general business at Gray's Inn Road to his Brother, William (the present Alderman Cubitt, M.P. Assoc.Inst.C.E.), and, with very few exceptions, entirely devoted himself to building, from his own designs and on his own ground. His plan was to take a large tract of unoccupied land, sometimes from several distinct land-owners, and to lay it out on one great plan of squares, streets, roads, &C., as a whole, sparing no expense in the outset, in drainage, forming gardens, planting, laying out wide streets, and using every endeavour to keep up the character of the whole.
His first undertaking of this kind was at Highbury, occupying a commanding site in the parish of Islington. Here he erected some moderately-sized villas, with good gardens, which were soon eligibly let and sold. He next raised detached villas and row of houses on a piece of land between Newington-green and the principal street of the parish, and, in this instance, he had to make roads of approach to the proposed new buildings.
He then purchased, and made freehold, a nursery-garden and grazing-ground, six acres in extent, called Barnsbury-park, abutting on the Liverpool, or Northroad. This land he laid out for streets and squares, and built a few houses and villas as examples, letting off the remainder to other builders, who erected houses on a smaller scale.
About the year 1824, a large tract of land in the parish of St. Pancras, within a short distance of the establishment in Gray's Inn Road, attracted his attention. Having taken a lease for ninety-nine years from the Duke of Bedford and Lord Southampton, the ground landlords, he successively built the houses of Upper Woburn place, Woburn-buildings, Gordon-square, Tavistock, Gordon, and Endsleigh-streets, as also nearly the whole of Gordon-square, with part of the south side of Euston-square.
Perceiving the tendency of the fashionable world to move westwards, Mr. Cubitt, in the latter end of 1824, or early in 1825, fixed upon a tract of land, upwards of 140 acres in extent, belonging to the late Marquis of Westminster and Mr. Lowndes, near to Buckingham Palace, and known as the Five Fields, Chelsea, with the ground adjacent. On this locality, Belgrave-square, Lowndes-square, Chesham-place, and other ranges of houses, were erected.
Mr. Cubitt subsequently further engaged to cover the vast open district lying between Eaton-square and the Thames, now known as South Belgravia. He also carried out similar operations at Clapham Park, a large open tract of land, 250 acres in extent, about four miles south-west of London. This he leased of Mr. Atkins Bowyer, the lord of the manor, and distributed it in lots for detached mansions and villas on a large scale. He formed wide roads, four miles in extent, purchasing adjacent property to enable this to be systematically accomplished. He commenced building large mansions, and invited the public to take sites for others; and from that time to the present these works have been continued, until the whole ground is now nearly covered.
At a later period Mr. Cubitt had the honour of being sent for by Her Majesty, to advise upon the alterations of the house at Osborne, in the Isle of Wight, and he eventually designed and constructed the new marine residence there, to the entire satisfaction of Her Majesty. He was also employed to build the east front of Buckingham Palace, and other works of magnitude connected with the Crown.
Mr. Cubitt felt a deep interest in the question of the sewage of the Metropolis, and in 1843, he wrote a pamphlet for private circulation, advocating the views on the subject now become general. These were afterwards embodied in a letter to the 'Times,' when the subject began to attract genera1 interest.
He took great pains to stop the smoke nuisance from large steam chimneys, and completely effected this object at his extensive factory at Thames Bank, which he had erected after leaving the establishment in Gray's Inn Road.
He was a great advocate for leaving open spaces, for recreation, in the midst of London; and took a principal part in the plan of Battersea-park, of which he was one of the originators. When the scheme was attacked by Mr. Disraeli, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, he offered to buy the whole of the land and the bridge, from the Government, at the sum they had expended upon it.
Anticipating a great increase in the size of London, he urged several times, on the Government of the day, the policy of buying tracts of unoccupied land along the river banks above London, in order that they might be devoted to public parks, before the value had become great, from the increase of building. In the embankment of the Thames above Vauxhall-bridge, he was the principal mover, and constructed about 3,000 feet at his own expense, adjacent to South Belgravia.
From his long experience of building, and great practical knowledge of all its details, his advice was constantly sought by various branches of the Government, on questions of this nature. He was frequently examined by Committees of the House of Commons on the same subject, and took a leading part in the preparation of the late Building Act.
He gratuitously undertook the negotiation for the purchase of the property at Brompton, on behalf of the Commissioners of the Great Exhibition of 1851, for which he was well qualified, from his great experience in such transactions, and to this he devoted a great deal of time in the latter years of his life. He was also one of those who guaranteed a sum of money to carry on the Exhibition of 1851, when its success was doubtful.
Shortly after the commencement of his great undertaking, a monetary panic occurred, which caused almost general ruin, but his undaunted courage and perseverance carried him through the difficulties which arose from it. To accomplish his multifarious works, sometimes with urgency and rapidity - at others, with caution and apparent timidity - required unabated vigilance and circumspection.
At times, more than two thousand men were employed, all of whom had to be regularly paid, in addition to superintendents, clerks,and foremen, besides providing materials, and for the wear and tear of machinery.
Through life he was the real friend of the working man; and among his own people he did much to promote their social, intellectual, and moral progress. He established a workman's library; a school-room for workmen's children; and, by an arrangement to have supplied to his work-people wholesome refreshments at low rates, did much to establish habits of temperance amongst them, in place of those of drinking which formerly existed. To those under him, and holding responsible situations, he was generous and kind, blending his position as master with that of a friend. He was a liberal benefactor to churches, schools, and charities, in those places with which he was connected, and always valued, in a peculiar degree, the advantages resulting to the poor from the London hospitals.
Mr. Cubitt joined the Institution as an Associate in the year 1839. He contributed two Papers to the Proceedings, one 'Experiments on the Strength of Iron Girders,' giving the results of experiments on sixty pairs of cast-iron girders, varying from 7 feet 6 inches to 27 feet in length; the other 'Experiments on the Strength of Brick and Tile Arches,' being the result of an investigation as to how the greatest amount of strength could be attained in fire-proof floors, with a due regard to the space occupied, and the cost of the structure.
He was much attached to the Institution, and constantly had recourse to it for information. His career was very eventful, and he was decidedly the pioneer of the great building establishments of the metropolis, and in the principal provincial cities and towns. Like the engineering contractors, the great builders have grown out of the peculiar wants of the period, and few men have gone through great labours and executed gigantic works with such equanimity as Mr. Thomas Cubitt.
He deservedly accumulated very considerable riches, and acquired reputation, and at his decease, which occurred in his 61th year, at 1hs seat, Denbies, near Dorking, on the 20th December 1855, he was surrounded by the members of his family, by whom, and by a large circle of friends, he was deservedly beloved and regretted.
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Benign Neglect — A 20somethings Disease?
Tony Roos led me to this TEDtalks video discussing the pivotal developmental implications for someone in their 20s. Psychologist Meg Jay suggests that our society has encouraged an attitude towards "benign neglect" in the years before turning 30. "Benign neglect" is a behavior either that intentionally or unintentionally ignores responsibility by assuming there is plenty of time later to make those defining improvements that stabilize the future. In other words, it's the misguided attitude that it is okay to put-off self-management or life-responsibilities "now" because what happens today has few implications for tomorrow.
This tendency towards making 30 the new 20 harms a person's relationships, identity and achievements. By releasing people in their 20s of the expectation of proactivity, Jay says that our society has "trivialized what is the defining decade of adulthood." Generally speaking, our society diminishes the expectations and importance of the young adult experience into a period of an extended adolescence. I've said many times in recent years that there is a reason why our society calls people in their 20s "young" adults— because our society is failing to view people in the 20s as "real" or "fully-developed" adults (as if there is such a thing—- see this post– 3 Bad Habits of 'Adult' Faith).
"Whatever it is you want to change about yourself, now is the time to do it", she urges. In other words, "make the most of your 20s!" It's profoundly essential to be intentional in the college and young adult years. Coupled with the "last" real stage of brain development, the 20s are when most people set their final trajectory of thought. So if someone in their 20s lives in a stage of "benign neglect" (whether deliberately or not) then they could be signaling a life of dysfunctional commitments, unrealized potentials, inconsistent pursuits, in the future.
Relatedly, Meg Jay also suggests that the "urban tribe is overrated." The idea that young adults can form self-serving silos of homogenous groups (think in the vein of "Friends") that meet all of their needs for belonging, identity and purpose is in actuality not developmentally effective. Everyone, at any stage of life experience, while needing the fellowship of peers, also needs intergenerational and heterogeneous relationships.


Persevere in your Christian calling, if you are a child of God, and press forward more and more. Be careful to lay aside every weight, and the sin which most easily besets you. Keep your eyes steadily fixed on Jesus.
Abide in Him. Remember that without Him you can do nothing, and with Him you can do all things. Watch and pray daily. Be steadfast, unmoveable, and always abounding in the work of the Lord. Settle it down in your heart, that not a cup of cold water given in the name of a disciple, shall lose its reward, and that every year you are so much nearer home.
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Q: Unable to navigate to a VueJS webapp from AngularJS index.html I was trying to merge AngularJS and VueJS projects together since we need to have a requirement of calling the flow designed in VueJS from inside an AngularJS app. For merging AngularJS and VueJS projects together, I included the dependencies in package.json file of Angular and Vue together and few other files too.
Now since both Vue and Angular have an index.html file created in the project root directory, I made the Angular one as my index.html file and renamed VueJS index file as index23.html. Then from the link from where I need to call VueJS flow, I provided the path in the router of AngularJS config file as shown:
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app.controller('ErrorInputCtrl', ['$scope', '$http', function ($scope, $http) {
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But on doing so, my VueJS page doesn't comes up but rather it comes up in background I think as current page gets surrounded with a white background on clicking that link. I am really not sure if I need to code something inside the app.controller method of above file since this is a Vue component which I am talking about.
Is there any way we can make this work? Please let me know if I need to provide additional details. Contents of index.html file from where this call is made are below:
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A: Vue and Angular can co-exist on a page just fine.
Because you're using Angular to render Vue's HTML, you'll need to make sure your Vue initialization fires after the new HTML is rendered.  You could accomplish this a couple of ways:

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Rationale - This text set is intended for 1st-Grade students. The main topic or theme is ocean animals. These text are intended for emergent, beginning and fluent readers. This is a topic which is of high interest to children of this age. They are interested in the world around them and are full of wonder and amazement. This is one of those topics that is of high interest and can spark interest in the enjoyment of reading and learning. Research shows that when a child has interest in something, they are more likely to stay focused longer and preform better. This text set is also a great way to help integrate science into the classroom. That is why I have chosen this theme for my text set.
Rainbow Fish, "the most beautiful fish in the entire ocean," refuses to share his prized scales--which, indeed, flash and sparkle on the pages as they are turned. He doesn't want to share his scales and can't understand why he has no friends. He seeks out the wise octopus, who tells him to give his shinny scales to others and find out how to be happy. After sharing one scale, he gets a feeling and finds the joy in sharing and making friends. It is a fun book with lots of color.
The students will be able to use context information to determine the moral of the book.
This book will allow students to develop strategies for using context information in being able to comprehend the moral of this book. Rereading is one strategy that will help them better use these context clues to develop an understanding of the overall message of this book. It is a fun book that rereading will help students continue to become fluent readers.
http://www.education.com/lesson-plan/the-rainbow-fish This is a link to one of many lesson plans that would help make this book more than just a book from a text set.
This wonderfully illustrated book takes you on an adventure through all the animals in a tide pool. It not only helps with definitions of these animals, but you also have a hands on part. You have to use a flashlight to help you in your discovery of the animals and plants that live in and around the oceans edge, from the fish and seaweed in the water to the birds that feed there.
This book addresses the component of vocabulary and reading area of language arts.
Students will be able to identify and discuss key ideas and details from this book.
This book is an engaging book with hands on exploration when they use a flashlight to discover the key ideas and details of the text. The vocabulary is specific to ocean animals and will build their vocabulary knowledge because of it. Learning the new vocabulary will also help retain the key details of this book. This also helps in their recollection and retelling of the book.
Wish for a fish was another fun book to read. It is packed full of illustrations you've come to expect from book in the "Cat in the Hats" learning library. This book takes you on a trip from the top of the sea, the sunny zone, to the Trench at the bottom. It gives you a look at all the creatures in each of those zones. Thing one and Thing two, a long with the Cat in the Hat, take you on such an amazing ride on their sub, the S.S. Undersea Glubber. The rhyming format also makes it enjoyable to read.
The book addresses the component of phonics and the area of reading in language arts.
Reading Standards: Foundation Skills: Phonics and Word Recognition: RF.1.3 – Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
Students will be able to apply grade-level phonics an word analysis strategies to this text.
This book is an excellent book for beginning readers. Once they are able to apply the strategies to decode words and can apply proper phonics, it will bring the world of the ocean to life for them. This book is full of one, two, and three syllable words that with phonics strategies, will help vocabulary and fluency.
The glossary in back of the book is also an added resources for you as a parent or teacher to explain how to use.
This book has rhythm, alliteration, and emotion. It follows the Pout Pout Fish as he spreads his "dreary-wearies" all over the place. He swims around visiting his friends with a really sad outlook. When something happens and changes his outlook into a positive. He has now decided he is a kiss-kiss fish! This book give a great message that your students will love.
This book address the component of phonemic awareness and fluency, and address the area of reading and speaking in the language arts.
Reading Standards: Foundation Skills: RF.1.2 – Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes): Phonics and Word Recognition: RF.1.3f – Read words with inflectional endings.
Students will be able to demonstrate inflectional endings while reading. Students will be able to identify sight words, sounds (phonemes) and syllables from the text.
This book give students excellent practice with syllables and sounds. The inflectional endings will give the reading of this book more meaning and understanding for the students. Knowing how to demonstrate inflectional ending, the students will have to have a good grasp on the phonemes to decode the one, two, and three syllable words.
This book is a fun beginning reader book. It follows a giant squid who thinks he is the biggest in the ocean. It is full of wonderful illustrations and colors. After swimming through the ocean, the giant squid finds out that he isn't the biggest in the ocean. But he is the biggest thing in the whale. It is a fun book with a funny ending.
This book addresses the component of phonic awareness and the reading and speaking area of language arts.
Students will be able to identify beginning and ending sounds of words through out the book.
This is an excellent emergent reader book. It has smaller groups of words which will help develop your students phonic awareness and build their confidence at becoming a fluent reader. The larger print will help them identify the beginning and ending sounds of the words in this book.
This link takes you to a blog named "Storytime Katie" and talks about making a flannel board to help you tell this story. There is also a link to the templates you would use for the book also.
This book starts with on of Dr. Seuss's quotes you may have seen or read. "From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere." This is a book about imagination and is written in silly rhymes that paint a colorful cast of characters. It is full of illustrations to fit the silliness that is in this book. You start with one fish and end with a pet Zeep when it is time to sleep.
Students will be able to demonstrate the understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds while reading this book. Students will identify beginning sounds and ending sounds of the words in the book.
This book is a favorite of students. With the rhyming that Dr. Seuss is known for, this will aid in developing phonemic awareness, reading and speaking. Understanding words, syllables, and sounds will give this story the fun that was intended.
This is a lift-the-flap book about sharks. It starts with information about sharks, the flaps lift up to show you even more facts. You learn about what they eat to how they are born. You learn about the Mako, Goblin and Whale sharks. It ends with a very great point, " Many people think sharks are dangerous, but sharks are actually more in danger from us. People hunt millions of sharks each year. Unless things change, some kinds of sharks may vanish forever."
This book addresses the components of vocabulary and comprehension, and critical thinking area of language arts.
Reading Standards for informational Text: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas: RI.1.7 – Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas.
Students will be able to compare at least 3 types of sharks discussed in the book.
This book uses illustrations and details in the text to give you factual knowledge on sharks. This book has vocabulary which will be needed for the comprehension to meet the learning objective. Being able to use critical thinking, this is what students will need to be able compare types of sharks.
This book is full of amazing photos, fun facts, and engaging information on sharks. From how they swim to hunt and even breathe, this book has it all. The photo's give the information given an extra BOOM! Students will love reading this book over and over.
Students will be able to choose a shark and summarize in 3 to 4 sentences what makes it unique for them.
This book will help students understand differences in sharks and how they survive. Being able to comprehend the text and details will help them in meeting the learning objective of summarizing in 3 to 4 sentences which shark they find unique. The pictures and facts presented in the book will make reading and learning from this book amazing.
This book introduces beginning readers to a variety of sharks. It starts from the smallest shark (Dwarf Lantern) to the biggest shark (Whale Shark). It has many other sharks in between, like the Great White and the most obscure the goblin shark. The Cat takes you on an adventure of the world of sharks, explaining why sharks have lots of teeth but no bones; how their skin helps them swim fast and keep clean. It helps children understand that sharks have more to fear from us than we do of them. It is full of fun facts and illustrations that help with comprehension and critical thinking.
This book address the component of fluency and critical thinking area of language arts.
Reading Standards: Foundation Skills: Fluency: RF.1.4 – Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
The students will be able to identify and discuss two characteristics of sharks.
This book will give students the information need to be able to address the learning objective. It has many characteristics of sharks throughout. It will also be great for their fluency in how it is written in rhyme. The pictures also will help in the comprehension of the words which in turn helps their fluency.
The link below takes you to PBS.org which has the cat in the hat series that accompany this book and other which are full of factual information and is a fun way to reach those students who many learn visually.
This is a video with a sing a long for the students to learn. It is a fun song and comes from the Disney movie "The Little Mermaid." It will engage your students and get them excited to learn all about animals in the ocean.
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Companies fined for breaching safety regulations
Two companies have been fined recently for breaches in safety regulations that led to injuries for their workers.
In the first, an East Lothian-based sole trader was fined after a self-employed furniture maker was injured on its premises. Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard how, in 2016, the furniture maker was working on the premises owned by Peter Anselm Fraser, trading as A and A Fraser Property. Whilst the worker was moving wood over the planer blade, the machine skidded on the table causing her left hand to slip off the top edge and come into contact with the exposed part of the blade, which caused hand injuries.
An investigation by the Health & Safety Executive found the planer machine was fitted with a fence guard but lacked a bridge guard at the area she was working. The absence of a bridge guard on the planer created an increased risk where the operator might inadvertently come into contact with the exposed portion of the blade.
Peter Anselm Fraser trading as A and A Fraser Property of Gifford, East Lothian, pleaded guilty to breaching of Regulation 11(1) and (2) of the Provision and use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 and was fined £6,700.
In the second incident, a manufacturing firm in Worcestershire aas fined after a worker suffered crush injuries when wooden panels fell onto him. Worcester Magistrates' Court heard how, in 2017, a Global Displays employee was injured when a stack of panels toppled over and crushed him. Several smaller panels were resting against untied, upright 4m x 1m panels, causing the whole stack to become unstable. The worker suffered a dislocated shoulder and fractured arm as a result.
An HSE investigation found that the company had failed to identify the risks from storing timber boards close to work benches and a thoroughfare used by employees. The company had not provided a safe place for the boards to be stored so they would not fall over.
Global Displays, Global House, George Baylis Road, Droitwich, pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2 (1) of the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974. The company was fined £14,000 and ordered to pay costs of £1,179.
Speaking after the hearing, HSE inspector Alastair Mitchell said: "This incident could so easily have been avoided by simply carrying out a risk assessment in relation to the storage of display panel boards. This would have identified the risks from unsafe stacking and the need for appropriate control measures, such as a method for storing boards safely.
"Companies should be aware that HSE will not hesitate to take appropriate enforcement action against those that fall below the required standards."
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Gerhard Nordström, född 15 augusti 1925 i Lund, död 13 mars 2019 i Ystad, var en svensk målare och grafiker.

Biografi

Gerhard Nordström var son till prästen Joel Nordström och Ester Nordström. Han tillbringade sin barndom i Sjörup utanför Ystad och Gessie söder om Malmö och utbildade sig för Tage Hansson på Skånska målarskolan i Malmö 1940–1942 och för Fritiof Schüldt vid Kungliga Konsthögskolan i Stockholm 1943–1949.

Nordström bodde och arbetade i Ystad, och hade sin första separatutställning i Malmö 1950. Mellan 1964 och 1987 undervisade han tillsammans med Staffan Nihlén i måleri på Konstskolan Forum i Malmö.

Han var känd för sin antikrigskonst, framför allt för sviten Sommaren 1970, en kommentar till Vietnamkriget och massakern i Song My. Han var även porträtt- och landskapsmålare. Han har bland annat blivit anlitad av Sveriges riksdag för att porträttera talmannen Thage G. Peterson.

Nordström finns representerad vid bland annat Göteborgs konstmuseum, Moderna museet och Kalmar konstmuseum,Malmö Konstmuseum, Ystads konstmuseum.

Familj
Gerhard Nordström var bror till skådespelerskan Karin Nordström. Han gifte sig 1951 med Eivor Andersson och 1977 med konstnären Ingrid Holm.

Priser och stipendier

 Skånes konstförenings tecknarstipendium
 LO:s kulturstipendium
 FCO:s stipendium
 Lengertz konstpris
 Ystad kommuns kulturpris
 Henry Mayne-stipendiet
 Sydsvenska Dagbladets kulturpris

Källor
 Lars-Göran Oredsson: Gerhard Nordström, 2007,
 Eskil Fagerström: Gerhard och jorden i Sydsvenskan 16 december 2011, B-delen sidorna 8-9
 Linda Fagerström: "Bländande skärpa" i Helsingborgs Dagblad 8 januari 2012
Lexikonett Amanda, läst 2011-12-17

Noter

Födda 1925
Män
Avlidna 2019
Svenska målare under 1900-talet
Konstnärer från Lund
Representerade vid Göteborgs konstmuseum
Representerade vid Moderna museet

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