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Chinese VPN exposes billions of data entries
A leak in a free virtual private network service popular in China leaves the citizens of the country at risk of persecution.
The researchers discovered an open ElasticSearch instance containing 626 GB of VPN connection logs during a routine check-up.
5.7 billion entries, including user IDs, IP addresses that users connect to and from, domain names, and timestamps.
The app requests a high number of permissions, including access to camera and audio recording, reading and modifying contacts, external storage, and installing packages.
The Cybernews research team discovered an open ElasticSearch instance that contains 626 GB of VPN logs on July 7. It was found during a routine check-up with open-source intelligence methods. It includes 5.7 billion entries, including user IDs, IP addresses that users connect to and from, domain names, and timestamps.
User IDs and IP addresses
The exposed data can be used to de-anonymize and track users. Researchers also stated that the Android app is capable of functioning as spyware and has remote code execution capabilities. Research also showed that the service runs on less secure HTTPS.
Currently, the app, named Airplane Accelerate, has approximately 3,000 reviews on the Chinese App Store. These numbers are much lower in the global version. In countries like China, people are worried about letting the regime track their internet usage, thus VPN services are more popular in general.
The research also showed that the app requests a high number of permissions, including access to camera and audio recording, reading and modifying contacts, external storage, and installing packages. Also, the lack of clarity in the privacy policy leaves a gray area, which can cause serious problems for its users. Aras Nazarovas, the researcher said,
« This leak is significant, because the leaked data could be used to de-anonymize and track the users of this app. Analysis of the Android app also shows that it is capable of functioning as spyware, and has remote code execution capabilities. Depending on how they implemented it, it could be that the app would only encrypt web traffic, not traffic from the operating system (OS) or other apps. While Antivirus apps do not detect this app as malicious, our analysis of it raises some significant red flags.
The amount of permissions the app requests suggests that some of the information it collects was stored in a different database than the one we found. »
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North Lincolnshire artist's cute koalas painting raises £20,000 for animals threatened by Australian bushfires
Hannah Dale created a painting of two koala bears as part of a fundraiser for the WWF's Australia Bushfire Emergency Fund
Almost £20,000 has been raised to help protect animals threatened by Australia's devastating bushfires thanks to the talents of a North Lincolnshire artist and two cute koalas.
Hannah Dale, founder of Wrendale Designs on Station Road, Brigg, used her skills to create a painting of two koala bears in the distinctive Wrendale style – and then offered to give away the original watercolour in return for donations to the World Wide Fund for Nature's (WWF) Australia appeal.
Donations immediately started coming in from all over the world after Hannah launched the online fundraiser on the JustGiving donation website on Tuesday, January 7, with more than £15,000 pledged in less than 48 hours.
Money has continued to come in since then, with the total standing at more than £19,750 last night.
Hannah has spent time working in Australia and said she was moved to take action after watching the devastation caused by the bushfires which have destroyed more than eight million hectares of land, a size equivalent to one third of the entire UK.
The Koala painting created by Hannah Dale
She said: "I worked on a National Park in Queensland as part of my university degree and will always feel a connection to the wildlife and rural communities I met during this time.
"We also have many customers in Australia and just wanted to show our support in any way we could.
"I have been so overwhelmed with the response so far, I think everyone is looking for a way to help. Thank you to everyone who has sent lovely comments and made such generous donations."
The WWF's Australia Bushfire Emergency Fund was set up to provide money to care for injured wildlife and help restore homes for koalas and other wildlife, as well as planting the first 10,000 trees urgently needed in koala habitats.
Hannah Dale said she had been overwhelmed with the response to the appeal
The organisation, formerly known as the World Wildlife Fund, supports the response, recovery and restoration teams and helps to pressure governments into strengthening laws that prevent excessive tree-clearing
To donate towards the Wrendale Designs fundraiser, visit Hannah's JustGiving fundraising page.
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Egypt's opposition leaders reject a move in parliament to extend President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's term in office.
There is an alarm in Egypt over the proposed changes to the constitution.
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Before I type this next sentence, I want to assure you that I am not on any type of drugs. Okay, here goes: Brian McGrattan was the best player on the ice for Calgary on Friday.
Yeahhhhh, let's not get carried away here, Lambert. He had a fine game -- and for Brian McGrattan, a tremendous one -- but he was the 3rd best player on his line. Prust set up two beauty chances in the high slot, the 2nd of which resulted in McG's assist when his miss was redirected into the net by Boyd. The goal came on one of the several chances Boyd created.
Full credit to McG for getting into good scoring position three distinct times. If he averages 1/3 that rate over all the games he plays this season, I'll be thrilled. But he wasn't the guy making things happen out there. And you know what? He's not going to average a scoring chance per game. Not close. It was his first goal in 91 games; no amount of improved skill and luck will turn him into a reliably competent player in the offensive end.
And it's not like this is all calculator skepticism either. In Eric Godard's third game as a Flame, on October 13, 2007, he drove the net on a 2-on-1 with Stephane Yelle and potted the game-winning goal. This spurred some chatter along the lines of ,"Well if he can chip in once in a while on the scoresheet, as well as providing some energy and a physical presence, then we might have a gem in this here heavyweight."
We didn't. He didn't score again in the subsequent (and final) 76 games of his Flames career. He scored twice last season for the Cup champ Pens, dressing for 71 of 82 regular season games and 0 of 24 playoff games. So I guess what I'm trying to say is: my expectations for Brian McGrattan's helpfulness going forward, with respect to Winning, have not been raised one iota.
**Congratulations to the Oilers; they haven't looked this good in October since the Lupul team started 6-2.
**This crossed my mind a few times in the past couple of weeks: I wonder if the NW Division is the new SE Division. It certainly seems, early on here, that every team has serious flaws -- the NW may spend this season getting bootstomped by the other two divisions, and have one of those races where the div champ gets the 3rd seed and the runner-up finishes 9th.
People make out that Sutter's system is so complicated that Albert Einstein would have trouble figuring it out. Brent's approach is no different than pretty well every team in the NHL.
I knew it! I frickin' knew it. Every time a team gets a new coach, the players gush about his new system, and say something almost exactly like, "Coach has got us playing a lot more aggressive, up-tempo game [...] we just have to make smart decisions." Accordingly, it derives straight from Rogers' comments that, within a fairly narrow range, there is a commonly-accepted "right way" to play successful hockey.
So why the problem? The system will only work as long as the individual will buy in and I believe that some of the Flames players are not willing to do so. Playing a strong defensive game is not glamorous, but scoring goals is. So what would the player rather do? I think you know the answer. Once the individual commits to the idea that everyone has to be on the same page, the team will be successful.
I dunno, Mike. If the players are being asked to do things that are "no different than pretty well every team in the NHL", then how can this be a committment thing? How did the players on the Flames roster get to where they are today if they can't do the things that are acknowledged league-wide as being important? If Jarome Iginla had 7 goals right now, but an identical number of goals against, would you suggest that he needs to commit to a strong defensive game, or that there was any problem at all? I think you know the answer.
**Get well soon, Moss. Go Flames.
If the NW division is turning into a reasonable facsimile of the SE division circa 2003-2006, then maybe then we might finally see a pair of Stanley Cups coming out west.
I just had a peek at Kent's scoring chances over at his site and if we take those to be proxies for ice time, all of Iggy, Phaneuf, Regehr and Jokinen were sheltered vs. Nash.
(my questions are 1-6). He is the king of diverting attention away from the issue/question.


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'I (being senior)'
July 1st, 2016 By Peter Ireland
A New Zealand officer in World War One
The officer concerned is William James Clachan, a young man from Wellington who served with the Middlesex Regiment of the British Army. The Turnbull Library holds his letters, photograph albums and diary (Ref: MS-0508, which can be read online), donated by Clachan's younger brother Martin in 1969. I came across this material when researching the Library's WWI exhibition A Contemporary Conversation, and decided to write about it because Clachan's war, which culminated with service in Portuguese East Africa, is uncommon in our WWI holdings. I also found Clachan's photograph albums compelling.
Publication of this blog coincides with the 100th anniversary of the start of the Battle of The Somme on 1 July 1916. William Clachan took part in the opening advance, and gave a description of this in a letter to his mother. His account of the first day of the battle forms the centrepiece of the blog. The New Zealand Division saw action at the Somme from September 1916, sustaining 8000 casualties, of whom 2000 were killed.
WW100: A Contemporary Conversation, National Library, 2015. Photographer: Neil Pardington
I chose to title the blog, 'I (being senior),' to denote Clachan's privileged position as an officer, and give a sense of his preoccupation with his place in the complex hierarchy of rank. The quote itself is from Clachan's diary, and is a comment made when he and fellow officers were transferred from the Arawa to the Athenic in Alexandria for passage to England, 'We are certainly travelling saloon here. I (being senior) have cabin 4 to myself.'
William James Clachan was born in 1891 at 2 Charles Street, Glebe, Sydney, where his father William Adam worked as a warehouseman. The Clachans moved to Wellington and lived in the generously proportioned double bay villa Aberfoyle at 22 Ohiro Road, just off Aro St. Clachan went to Te Aro Primary School, Wellington College, and Victoria University, with the intention of studying medicine. When war was declared in 1914, he was employed by the Wellington Education Department. Before Clachan left New Zealand with the NZEF, he sat a competitive examination for a commission in the Imperial Army.
The earliest image of Clachan in the collection shows him as a 2nd Lieutenant in 27 Company, Senior Cadets – champion rifle team, with his dog, Prince.
William Clachan, 2nd from left. Photographer: Zak studios. Clachan papers, ATL: ms-papers 0503
William Clachan was a diligent diarist and letter writer. He made a copy of his diary to send home, and was careful about the impression it gave. On at least two occasions he asks his parents to destroy some of the content, because he considered it to be 'rot' and the perspective of the 'uninitiated.'
Clachan's diary begins with his embarkation on the Arawa at Wellington on 24 September 1914. He was attached to C Company of the Wellington Regiment, of the NZEF. The diary ends with the prospect of hand-to-hand fighting at the Battle of Hill 60 in 1915.
Delayed by the late arrival of other troopships, the NZEF does not leave until mid-October. There are route marches and shooting on the range at Trentham. Clachan attends a Patriotic Ball, having 'procured a pair of dancing shoes.' He has his 22nd birthday on 27 September. The fleet eventually gets away on 15 October.
Have heard from ship's officer that we sail tomorrow Friday at 6am. First port of call Hobart. Then Freemantle, then Colombo as Minotaur draws supplies there…
Mother came out in the Duchess & handed me a parcel from ? also £1 sterling. Managed to get on to Duchess to talk to Mater but was very nearly left behind. Sent goodbye message ashore about 10pm. Had a good night's rest. Got up at 5.45am, boats filed out of the harbour, leaving at 6am. We passed Cape Terawhiti & Durville Island etc during the morning. About 4pm away to the north we saw Mt Egmont. At about 6pm we passed Farewell Spit, a long low neck of land with a lighthouse at the point, the last land to be seen.
There are 53 officers on the Arawa who are given cabins. Life on board for officers settles into a comfortable routine. The first notable event is the burial at sea, of Private Gilchrist, on the Ruapehu.
It was a beautiful clear day. At 3.45 all flags were hoisted half mast, all troops stood to attention facing Ruapehu. All troopships came to a standstill. Everything was absolutely quiet; in fact you could hear a pin drop. Even the horses were quiet. The boats fairly wallowed in the swell; we thought some ships would roll over. The Ruapehu held her service over one of their privates (pneumonia I think the trouble was). At 4.15 flags were hoisted to the mast tops again & boats went ahead.
More typical of the routine on board are the following diary entries.
Friday 30 October
A lecture on reconnaissance by Colonel Meldrum. The usual percentage, 75%, slept… The 2nd subs are not quite as well fed as the main mess. The difference being that we don't get fowl etc, as often as they do... Although we are fed in first saloon we are something between 1st & 2nd saloon menu…
The four doctors on board have their hands full, but on the whole, health is good. One man from our ship went ashore at Albany for appendicitis. The horses of course, also have their ailments.
Then on 8 November, occurred the most dramatic event of their voyage.
The Minatour went full speed ahead to the rear today & the Melbourne took the lead. Lights were extra heavily masked tonight as a strange cruiser [the German raider, Emden] is about… Putting ice down one another's necks is a very amusing pastime. No socks or pants & shirt are the best clothing for this weather. White suits look good.
Monday 9 November
11.41 "Sydney to all stations. Emden beached and done for." Noon - British casualties, 2 killed & 13 wounded, so evidently the Emden got at least one shot on board.
Next day Clachan records,
We had physical parades in the morning but on hearing the result of the battle towards the end of the morning we all went mad and danced hakas.
They receive their share of prisoners off the Emden – 30 men.
I can understand the German fairly well. They tell us that the sights were awful. The Emden was blown to pieces. Legs, arms, heads etc went sky high. Bodies were washed ashore. Five sailors were picked up on the beach with live crabs in the rents in their bodies, but enough…
In late November the rumour is that all troops will disembark at Suez for training in Egypt. The quality of the food declines as supplies run low. The Arawa arrives at Suez in the early hours of 1 December. The main force lands at Alexandria and thence to Zeitoun camp, 'thus dodging the severe weather at home' [England].
Clachan and some fellow officers transfer to the Athenic.
We are certainly travelling saloon here. I (being senior) have cabin 4 to myself. Godfrey and Clayton have cabin 5 & the 4 Sandhurst boys are quartered in cabins 17 & 1. I sleep in the bottom bunk, the top one is unused. The cabin has a big floor space, a fine wardrobe & hat rack etc, a bosca couch & buttons & bells for everything.
Then on Saturday 5 December, Clachan hears the outcome of his examination for a commission.
At 5.30 Colonel Braithwaite called us into lounge & notified us by a telegram from Gen. Godley that Clayton was appointed to Royal Sussex, Godfrey to Gloucesters & I was appointed to Middlesex. The telegram also said to proceed immediately to England and join our Regiments, reporting our arrival in England, in writing to the War Office…
The remainder of Clachan's journey to England is in fits and starts. He transfers from the Athenic to the Orari and is nearly at Malta when they are ordered back to Alexandria. There, another change of ship - to the Australian transport, Wiltshire. The passengers include a 'Miss Findlay.' There are also German and Turkish prisoners and among these.
are two international tennis players (Otto Froitzheim & Oscar Kreuzer) who have either just played for Davis Cup, or were just going to play for it when they were grabbed.
Sunday 13 December
It is now 5.30pm and I have been all day sitting on the deck writing this diary from p.88 in other book up to this point. I am heartily sick of writing… John Godfrey and Clayton making horrible parts in their hair. Will now dress for dinner, ahem. Splendid sunset this evening.
The Wiltshire finally delivers Clachan 'home' at the end of December. The ship berths at Plymouth and Clachan proceeds by train to London and then to his Aunt Bella's in Wallington. On New Year's Eve Clachan catches the 8.17a.m. train for London Bridge.
Walked over the bridge and there were hundreds of men and a small % of girls just going to work. Got into a tube at the Monument for Paddington. It was rather a foggy morning and the Thames looked very grey.
Books 3rd class rail fare – 'A mistake.'
An officer in uniform at home must never travel third. Second is abolished. The train was full of Tommies & I was the centre of attraction being an officer in 3rd class.
Clachan receives orders to join 5th Reserve Battalion, Middlesex Regiment at Chatham asap. He reaches Chatham and,
finally settled in an officer's mess in an old farm house built in the thirteenth century… I was given a top storey room and a servant [Marvan]… sharing him with my OC, Company Captain Vinen.
In early February Clachan learns he is likely to be drafted soon, and readies himself.
Wednesday 27 February
Received goods from Lawn & Alder today:1 map case 13/6, 1 folding table 9/-, 1 aluminium soap box 9d, 1 sponge bag 1/-, 1 kit bag 2 10/-, Painting name on trunk – 29 letters 3/7, 1 revolver lanyard, 1 coat carrier 6/6, 1 pr Jaeger wool gloves, 1 pr wire cutters 4/6, Total 5 10/- 7d.
Thursday 4 March 1915
Going back along High St, to the mess, when I was seen by Parsons. He saw me in the distance, started walking towards me he broke into a trot and finally ran. After quietening him down I elicited the information that the two of us along with four others had to leave immediately for France… Went and saw Captain Storey. Captain Vinen struck me off all duties. Set Marvan to work to pack my foreign kit and to pack everything else up to be sent to Wallington.
Two days later Clachan is in France, and in the Harfleur valley.
Tuesday March 9th.
Will be in trenches before daylight. Catch train tonight. Valise has gone. Love, Bill…
Wrote letters home & also one to Aunty Bella. I think I have made everything plain and correct now.
Everything is absolutely dark. Only the constant sniping of rifle fire of both sides. The Huns are about 70 yds opposite us on a small hillock… I didn't sleep at all during the night. A machine gun of ours kept up a good fire all night to our rear, left. No casualties.
We stood to arms with bayonets fixed at 5am… We had breakfast and had a fairly quiet morning. However trouble ahead. All day and last night big shells of both sides had been travelling overhead. About 10 we watched the Germans shelling the next trench to us. Then suddenly I was using a periscope when a German 6' Howitzer came and blew a great gap in our trench, blew a man's head off, blinded another chap & knocked about half a dozen over. Then another shell 5 seconds later came through in the exact position I had been sitting for half an hour… During the night our people on the left made three different attacks of an hour each and eventually regained the seven trenches they had lost earlier in the afternoon.
A few pages on, Clachan coolly notes that 700 Germans and 1200 Allies had been killed on that day, and then writes, 'So you see, we have to be thankful we are still going.' In the midst of these privations, he enjoys bacon & eggs for breakfast cooked by his servant, while the men in the trenches make do with bully beef and biscuits.
During time in the reserve lines, Clachan goes horse riding with fellow officers and takes photographs, but learns, '…am jolly annoyed at present as an order has arrived that all cameras have to be returned to England.' Reluctantly he sends his camera and several films to be developed to Dr Allardice [an English family friend].
William Clachan, France 1915, Photographer unknown. ATL: PA1-o-095-99
Friday 2 April
No hot cross buns. About dusk it commenced to rain. Just about this time I had one of my lance corporals shot through the left ear. The bullet didn't come out. He had being joking two minutes before, was a very brave man & had the Somaliland ribbon. Although his head was bandaged he only lived about 10 minutes. My word the men fairly rocked it to the Huns after that. I personally accounted for one or two & landed a beautiful shot into their trenches with a rifle grenade. It exploded with a beautiful bang. We buried King in the rear of our trench & put a cross up containing a tin with his regimental particulars… It really seems at times that there is someone looking after you, you get so many close ones.
From the closing pages of the diary we learn that Clachan is hit in the temple by a bullet, and is ordered back to a dressing station. He recovers but sports 'a permanent bump.' He is pleased to learn that he is now the senior 2nd Lieutenant in the battalion, 'I will probably have my second star up soon.'
The final entry in Clachan's diary reads.
Wednesday noon. We are just falling in to go to Hill 60. Hand to hand fighting there. Love, Bill.
There are about 40 letters by Clachan in the Turnbull's manuscripts collection. Half of these take up from where the diary leaves off, describing the rest of his time in France and Belgium, convalescing in England, and recovering on light duties with his regiment. The remaining letters record his time with the King's African Rifles. Clachan is wounded in the head at Hooge and is operated on in England, the surgeon also recovering the bullet lodged in his temple from his earlier wound.
'August 1915. On roof of 17 Park Lane, after bandages were removed. Taken by Inky.' ATL: PA1-o-095-99
'My nurse, 'Inky' Nurse Inkeson, since gone to Serbia – a treasure to me.' August, 1915. Photographer: William Clachan, ATL: PA1-o-095-99
Clachan's letters in the Turnbull Library are mainly to his mother, Margaret but also to Aunt Bella. The first letter describes the attack on Hill 60, and is graphic in detail,
We then went for 14 days to Hill 60 where we had many adventures. After three day's rest we switched back to Ypres salient where we simply had to dig ourselves in among thousands of our own dead. For weeks we were burying them and for five nights we found wounded. We wound up with a big attack in which our division lost 4000. The Huns surrendered and were straight afterwards killed in hundreds.
1 July 1916 dawned on the Somme with promise of a warm day. It would reach 26 degrees C. By 7a.m. 88 battalions – 66,000 men – faced the German lines. Thirty thousand were either dead or wounded in the first hour. By the end of the day, total casualties were 57,470 out of 66,000. When the Battle of the Somme concluded in November 1916, losses on both sides were 1,500,000.
Clachan, now a Captain, was serving in the 2nd Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment. From Lady Carnarvon's Hospital for Officers in London two weeks after the opening day of the Battle of the Somme, he wrote the following letter to his mother:
My dear mother
At the present moment I am in here, a machine gun bullet having thought fit to go through my right ankle. As this happened on 1st July during the great advance, I hope to leave the hospital within a few days' time and go to a convalescent home.
On 1st July our Battalion went over in the first line. We left our trenches exactly at twenty two minutes past 7am. In spite of the fact that our heavy artillery and trench mortars had been pounding the Hun trenches for days, immediately we got up from ours we were met by a perfect hail of bullets. To describe the battle to you would be impossible. You have first of all to imagine rather hilly or undulating country. Behind the British line for miles left and right there were simply hundreds of guns of all sizes. On top of this the great thing was unlimited ammunition. We all felt that we had the necessary support behind us.
In our own part of the line we had about 900 yards to go before we reached the German 1st line trench. Along the majority of the line our troops had about 200 yards before coming to close combat… With our men we decided to walk it, the men couldn't double all the way heavily laden as they were… We went over in four lines… The whole of this place was swept by the most cruel machine gun fire. Everyone simply carried on ahead with a growing hatred for the Bosch.
Clachan's wounded soldier's identity tag. Clachan papers, ATL: ms-papers 0503
There was nothing theatrical about the men, everywhere as they were hit they simply dropped with a silent plunge, onto their faces; crumpled up is the correct description. The further we went the thinner we got. About half way over we ordered the double. By this time in the right half of our Battalion only the machine gun officer and little me were left of the officers, followed by such a handful of men, probably about fifty, still following grimly. As our wounded lying about saw us going on, many looked up at us, smiled and followed even though they were already hit once or twice… As we reached the wire my servant, who had been following me like a faithful dog was hit through the stomach. As I turned to look at him one went through my boot. A quick scalding burn and my foot refused to work. Twenty yards and I would have been in their trench. A Lance Corporal rushed to me. As he did so he fell hit in about five places. He was the last left in the company. A shell hole about two yards off sheltered us. I looked at my watch, 7.30. Eight minutes exactly and our Battalion was wiped out. Poor old 77th Foot. I won't try and describe my sojourn in that shell hole with seven wounded men from 7.30am to 10.30pm. The Lance Corporal above, Webster by name, died at 8am He was perfectly black by 5pm. The sun scorched down all day… We had our water bottles full. I had a flask of whisky, two cakes of chocolate, a tin of cigarettes and matches… The Germans amused themselves all day in riddling our wounded…
At 10.30pm I started my half mile crawl to our lines... Out of our shell hole I was the lucky one, all the others were hit again on the way back. It was a great relief to tumble in to our front line trench. Out of twenty three officers, we had nineteen killed, so my luck was in. I'm beginning to think that I was born to be hung...
Africa - 'This country is full of interest and essentially a man's show.'
William Clachan left England in May 1917, assigned to the King's African Rifles. He was one of nearly 300,000 troops used to check the guerilla campaign of German General Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck in East Africa. Lettow-Vorbeck's force of never more than about 14,000 held the Allies at bay, and successfully diverted resources from the European theatre of war.
Clachan landed in Sierra Leone, and by December of 1917 was part of General Northey's force on patrol.
Uniform badge, King's African Rifles. Clachan papers, ATL: ms-papers 0503
William Clachan, 2nd from left, with other officers, on board the Osterly, en route to Africa, 1917. ATL: PA1-o-095-99
Sierra Leone 18th May on the Osterly. Meet Granville. Here we caught first sight of the African natives. To me they appeared rather uppish, not at all like the Eastern people. They all have the pure monkey face and are mostly descended from African slaves. Sailed from Sierra Leone to Capetown, arriving 4 June. To Durban 5 June. Berthed on 9th. The men went into camp in a foot of water, majority of officers taking to hotels. I put up at the Edward on the beach, 16/6 per day… In Beira, we stayed at the Savoy hotel. Beira is interesting in this way; the streets are of heavy sand. Result, only mode of locomotion is by a series of small narrow trench tramways which run criss-cross everywhere. Every resident in Beira owns a chair on four wheels which is placed on the lines and pushed along by two boys…
Savoy hotel and Beira tramway, 1920. Source: Wikimedia Commons
At Durban, about the second week, Granville blew into the tent to announce my promotion to Captain. It was in the London papers in Plymouth… so in future there will be no further argument about three stars… I am about 15th junior captain in Regiment – in other words half way up the captain's list. Paid £350 p.a. I have been given command of a company of over 400 Askaris here, for this job, I draw an extra £50 per year duty pay so at present my pay is £400… wish I had Prince here, everyone has a dog but I haven't seen one I like yet.
My dear mother,
Am now in command of the training company here, about 220 Askaris. They are all trained soldiers and we are just putting the finishing touches to them. They are chiefly from the Yoo tribe and are very intelligent. 25% of the company are marksmen. Off parade they are like so many children & one has to treat them as such. They like their officers to know and settle all their little troubles, family and otherwise. The men average about 5'5" and are mostly powerfully built. They are paid 1 1/- 4d a month. They are very keen on their pay… This country is full of interest and essentially a man's show. The wily Hun, cut off from the sea, has put up a great show, but sooner or later his days are numbered.
Askari troops of the King's African Rifles, 1917. Photographer: William Clachan. ATL: PA1-o-095-99
Askari troops with officers of the King's African Rifles, 1917. Photographer: William Clachan. ATL: PA1-o-095-99
Nyasaland Field Force
Enclosed you will probably find some photos of interest, which will convey to you a fair idea of our native soldiers. 10 days of our trek are over. The Resident at Luwande is one named Vassel who played football for an English team which toured NZ. He married a Miss Chase-Morris; I think the Chase- Morrises used to own Wonderland at Miramar. Young Chase-Morris was at school for a short time when I was there... Our send off from Zomba was great. Am beginning to think my whole life has been send offs for war… Marching by night natives would rush to one side every now & again and set the high buffalo grass on fire. They did this in order to drive lions, etc, away.
The Chute, Wonderland, Miramar, Wellington, 1909. Carte postale, Aldersley series. ATL: Eph-A-Postcards-Goldsmith-02
This is my first sickness in 3 yrs of war so can't grouse. [Clachan has been in hospital with dysentery].
The letter ends with Clachan describing his life insurance cover.
My premium is paid to Cox & Co London… they deal with AMP. I am only insured for £500 & already I have paid them £100. The war won't end for another year or so yet and they haven't got me so far. However, it will be well worth it if anything happens…
Am afraid my news has run dry for moment so cheerioh, Best love to all, Bill.
Final letters
'Zomba, Nyasaland, 1 January 1918
My dear mater,
… When I last wrote I think we were at Fort Johnstone. Well we left rather suddenly and have been on trek ever since away up through Portuguese East chasing up the remains of the Hun army.
We have made ourselves quite comfortable here. Have built a hut each, a mess room, kitchen, fowl house. We have twenty fowls and at present get 2 eggs a day. Some stunt isn't it. Well, the order of the day is patrolling…
Am afraid my news is exhausted so cheerio to all & Best Love, Bill.
Zomba, 3 January 1918
'Dear Aunt Bella,
… Am afraid my news is nil. We started off the year by losing a couple of fine chaps killed. A Captain Fowler (S. African) in D Coy and a Lt Kelly of a home kilted regiment. I liked them both very much.
On 6 January 1918 the British attacked a German force at the junction of the Lumbala and Lugenda Rivers. William Clachan was killed when the company he was leading came under a heavy enfilade fire.
His family received news of his death via a cable and personal letter from his commanding officer. The family received a second letter, written in October 1918, in response to an enquiry from Clachan's mother asking for more information about what had happened to her son.
He was killed instantaneously while leading his men in the front line of an attack on a strong German position at Lumbala. The attack took place in the late evening and in pouring rain. We were not successful as we came under heavy cross Maxim fire.
Your son was buried next day, but there was no ceremonial parade as we were still occupied with the enemy in close touch. Action took place on the 7th, not the sixth as stated in the cable.
Lt Colonel Baxter
Stained glass window at William Clachan's home in Aro Valley, Wellington. Photographer: Peter Ireland
Included with William Clachan's letters home are the envelopes addressed to Aberfoyle, 22 Ohiro Road. I was curious to see if the house was still there and visited the address one Sunday morning in 2015. The house still stands and is a rental property. Its solid grandeur has faded. The resident kindly invited me in, and I took this photograph of the lovely stained glass window in the front door. William Clachan's last visit home was on 13 October 1914, after which he noted in his diary 'I went home for last time & fixed things up.' He then walked through town to his ship.
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William Clachan,
By Peter Ireland
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Kirsty Willis July 1st at 3:28PM
Very moving and awfully well written. Thank you.
Barbara Lyon July 2nd at 10:28AM
Appalling and revealing. Constants of social structures and of mortality. Thanks for bringing the collection to light
Helen Smith July 4th at 10:46AM
Thank you for writing this. Well done.
Paula Green July 5th at 6:46AM
The little details that stand out in the diary entries deliver you to much greater issues - hierarchies, the cost of war, the strategies of war. So much that is unfathomable is brought closer by these letters and journals. Very moving. Disturbing.
Tony Willis July 5th at 9:31AM
Absolutely fascinating. A real sense of the time and of the military in battle. So sad to hear the end.
All very moving. Thank you so much for publishing.
Caroline July 8th at 10:22AM
Agree with all comments. Transparent view of William and WW1 through his own descriptions. Incredibly good writing.
Jocelyn Chalmers July 12th at 2:18PM
Beautifully researched and written thanks Peter
Anne Samson September 26th at 6:39AM
Thank you - William Clachan's name has been added to the Great War in Africa Association In Memory lists with reference back to this site. (www.gweaa.com).
The Association and the King's African Rifles & EA Forces Association will be remembering all those involved in the African campaigns at a ceremony at Mbala (Abercorn) in Zambia on 25 November 2018 - 100 years after the Germans finally laid down their arms. They had left Portuguese East Africa about 2 months prior to this.
National Library of New Zealand September 28th at 9:50AM
Thank you for this information Anne; a further valuable postscript to William and the many others who died fighting in Africa in WWI. In a short paper I'm giving at the Canterbury100 conference in Christchurch in November this year, I will include William, whose story I found among the most affecting I encountered in researching the WWI collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library. - Peter Ireland
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Gord Alexander Joins Inertia
Inertia welcomes Gord Alexander to the team!
Upon graduating from SAIT Polytechnic's Architectural Technologies program in 2003, Gord began his career at Cutforth Technologists where he focused on completing plans for hotels all over rural Alberta as well as custom summer homes at some of our popular lake communities.
Gord then moved into the residential world full time when he started at Albi Homes where he did all aspects of design from custom homes, site construction supervision, and management . As part of the product development team they were the recipients of several local and national SAM awards for design excellence. During his time here, Gord also completed the Lean Construction Program which focuses on customer value, construction and design efficiencies, as well as improved process flow and a minimization of waste. It is these principles that Gord is mindful of when designing any new residential project.
Gord has spent time getting builders like Homes by Dream up and running by helping set up design software and procedures as well as providing several new house models with everything from cozy starter homes to move up models and Estate homes.
Inertia's commitment to urbanization through bold and striking architecture is what made Gord most excited about joining the Inertia team.
Welcome Gord!
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Inertia Welcomes Marcella Borrelli
We're very happy that Marcella Borrelli has joined our team at Inertia!
Marcella graduated from SAIT Polytechnic in 2011 with a diploma in Architectural Technology. Throughout her education and early career, she has developed many valuable skills including a working knowledge of AutoCAD, Revit, and best construction practices.
After graduating she worked at a small custom firm PDW Design, gaining knowledge in completing as-builts, and creating construction drawings for both residential and commercial spaces. From there she obtained a position at Excel Homes, where she became a member of the production team. In 2014 she made the move to the custom home world at Phase One Design, where she managed many projects, completing construction drawings, growing her design skills and knowledge of many municipalities Land Use Bylaw in Alberta and BC. In her spare time Marcella enjoys exploring her love of cooking for friends and family as well as indulging in her love for live music by attending many local shows. She enjoys giving back to the community as is actively involved with volunteering and organizing many local charity events.
Welcome Marcella!
Jenson Advocates Diversity in East Village
While most of us know Tom Jenson as the Lead Technologist here at Inertia and Gravity, as well as being a student of architecture at the Faculty of Environmental Design at the University of Calgary, Tom is also the director of the planning committee for the East Village Neighbourhood Association (EVNA).
In a recent article in the Calgary Real Estate Board's blog, Tom discusses how Calgary's East Village needs, and is achieving, diversity in its population to attract the services the community requires.
Tom says that the "EVNA wants to ensure there are affordable places to live in our community for everyone, from the retail clerks in our local shops and cafes to the oil executives working in our neighbouring office towers."
We appreciate the work Tom is doing in all of his roles toward making Calgary a better place to live.
Image from CREB article, originally courtesy Calgary Municipal Land Corp.
In team, planning Tags East Village
Yvette Perot Earns CCCA Designation
Yvette Perot, our Contract and Construction Administrator, has just earned her designation as Certified Construction Contract Administrator.
As prerequisites of this designation, Yvette is a member of Construction Specifications Canada and has successfully completed the Principles of Construction Documentation and Construction Contract Administration course. Yvette also has well over the minimum of five years experience in the administration of construction contracts.
More information about this designation is available here. Congratulations Yvette!
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Paul Mowat Joins Inertia and Gravity
Paul Mowat has had a well established career in Calgary as an architectural contractor. We're happy to announce that he has chosen join the team here at Inertia and Gravity.
Paul has over twenty years of experience on a wide range of projects from multi-family, long term care and independent living facilities, low-to-mid rise buildings, commercial, institutional, correctional and custom house design and detailing. His primary focus is on detailing the sequencing of building materials, the building envelope design and barrier membrane continuity and integrity.
In addition, Paul also has extensive contract administration experience having managed building phases 1, 2 & 3 of a long term care and independent living facility in Evanston, Calgary. During the three years on this site he used his expertise in building design to provide guidance to the site supervisor and sub-trades to successfully execute the contract documentation. This was achieved while maintaining quality control and remaining on budget and on time.
In his spare time Paul likes to build rustic custom furniture, barn doors.
Welcome Paul!
Welcome Aboard Amy Ford
Amy Ford has joined the team at Inertia and Gravity!
Amy started her career working for Omega Partnership in the United Kingdom as an RIBA Architectural Assistant, working on residential projects for many different housing developers. Whilst working at this firm, Amy completed her BA(Hons) degree in Architecture from Kingston University in 2014. Throughout her 14 years at Omega, Amy worked on single family house design, multi-family developments, listed building applications and masterplan design.
Amy left to gain more construction experience and started work for Thames Design and Build as a Design Manager, taking projects from initial conceptual design, development and building permit application through to on-site project and site management. Here she worked on custom home design, interior design and additions.
Amy's passion for skiing and winter sports brought her to Canada in 2016. Her first role was with Home by Avi Urban as an Architectural Designer working for Multi-family projects. Amy then took a position at Envision Custom Renovations where she was responsible for interior design, additions, specifications and selections.
Welcome Amy!
Anthony Pienkos Joins Our Team
We're pleased to inform you that Anthony Pienkos is now on the Inertia and Gravity team.
Anthony Completed his Architectural Technologies diploma in 2016 From SAIT in Calgary. Prior to discovering his love of architecture, Anthony studied Anthropology at MRU and installed modular partitions from suppliers such as DIRTT and Teknion on notable projects including Norman Foster's Bow Building and the University of Calgary.
Anthony comes to us from DIALOG in Vancouver, where he worked as a contract administrator assistant for the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), Westbank and DIALOG Joint Highrise Project known as Vancouver House which was awarded "Future Building of the year 2015" by the World Architecture Festival. During his time at DIALOG, Anthony was also able to become a Canadian BIM Council certified P2 BIM coordinator.
Not only is Anthony a competent Revit user but he is also well versed in design and visualization Software such as Lumion, Sketchup, Adobe Creative Suite and 3DS Max as well. He also has experience using BIM software such as Navisworks, 360 BIM glue and Revit Live.
Welcome aboard, Anthony!
Inertia's Lead Technologist, Tom Jenson, recently visited Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier. He observed that it "was definitely noteworthy, not because of the hype but because it remains a very unique building, even if it's dated and missing features of today's residential expectations." The residence is located in a densely treed location just outside of Paris in Poissy, France.
Villa Savoye, Photo by Tom Jenson
Better known by his pseudonym Le Corbusier, the Swiss born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (1887–1965) used his "Five Points of Architecture" to design Villa Savoye in the late 1920s. The five points are distilled in the design through the elevation of the building on a grid of support columns, thereby decreasing the structural restrictions on of the design and allowing for horizontal windows along the entire wall of an exterior façade and interior walls to be placed freely. Satisfying the fifth point, the flat roof has a garden that serves both the personal enjoyment of the residents as well as protects the building from the elements. It's easy to see this house as a precursor to the 'open concept' designs that would dominate suburban housing eighty years later.
Unfortunately, aesthetics trumped practicality and with the lack of downspouts and sills, the owners only lived in their home for a few years before it needed significant repairs. They abandoned it during World War II, after which is was occupied by the Germans and then the Americans, each causing further deterioration. Expropriated by the town of Poissy in 1958, it would have been demolished save for the protest of architects including Le Corbusier himself. Restoration was completed in 1997 and the house is now open to the public.
The ground level of the house originally housed the chauffeur's and maid's rooms. The main floor also features a rather prominently located pedestal sink! Up the ramp or stairs to the second level reveals the kitchen, terraces and three bedrooms. Up one more level is the rooftop garden which has a view of the entire solarium and ramp. The living space has an impressively sized sliding door out to the terrace, while the ensuite sports a unique tiled tub and chaise longues combination.
Gardener's House
Though the main residence receives most of the historical attention, Tom was quite interested in the lesser known building on the site known as the Gardener's House. Unfortunately, this surprisingly colourful building was not open to the public during his visit, but Tom managed to snap a couple of exterior photos for us.
Tom Jenson at Villa Savoye
All the images in this post are courtesy of Tom Jenson.
R-CG Rowhouse Collaboration with RNDSQR
We've been working with RNDSQR to design a number of townhouse projects that take advantage of Calgary's R-CG district. In collaboration with Turbulentarch, we prepared renderings for most of these projects, and we are pleased to share them here.
KL26
This project in Richmond has two units that face the street and two that face the avenue. The dual-orientation of the building offers an intriguing new perspective to the typical rowhouse massing, breaking it up the volume of the building and giving interest to each of the street facades. Additionally, the building is designed to soften the distinction between the individual units so the composition of the building as whole is what stands out.
This four-unit project in Altadore, like KL26, has two units facing the street and two units facing the avenue. The material palette includes black vertical corrugated metal, white stucco and natural cedar in a chevron pattern. The broken-up massing and high-quality materials help make this project fit well within the surrounding neighbourhood.
Also in Altadore, this four unit project faces 16th Street SW. The vertical cedar screen is flush to the parapet but has a variegated lower edge that gives the facade an organic, playful feel.
This project is on an unusual site facing 5th Street SW, but rather than having a rear lane, it has a lane along the side of the building. Because this put the garages along one side, we configured the entries along a common walkway along the other. While the walkway is at grade, it isn't on the ground. The lower level of CB05 extends past the main entry walls and under the walkway, giving the residents a large flex space that could be used as a third bedroom or a lower entertaining space. This space is daylit by a long window well that extends almost the entire depth of the property. Privacy from busy 5th Street is achieved in part with brick screens that obscure views but allow light to filter both in and out of the unit.
In Richmond, a stone's throw away from the Marda Loop commercial district, this four-unit rowhouse building features glazed lofts, and distinct unit facades textured with stone, stucco and cedar. With raked windows and large sliding patio doors, the loft area becomes a large indoor/outdoor space.
In multi, rendering Tags R-CG
Photo by Gary Campbell
Secondary Suites Become Discretionary in R-1, R-C1, and R-C1L Districts
Calgary has been behind most of the country in streamlining the process for the approval of basement suites and backyard suites in single-family districts. But, as of yesterday, this has changed. City Council voted 9-6 in favour of making suites a discretionary use in the R-1, R-C1 and R-C1L districts. This means that people who own a property with this designation will no longer require a land use redesignation, or the associated public hearing, to apply to build a suite. The process will be an administrative one, meaning that people will simply need to apply for a development permit.
We're particularly excited to be able to help provide laneway houses—another term for backyard suites—to the many Calgarians who want them but were daunted by the previous onerous process.
Yes! Yes yes yes yes yes yes! Thanks to council for having the courage to stand up for the right of all citizens to have a safe and decent place to live. https://t.co/qhJ3RILEka
— Naheed Nenshi (@nenshi) March 13, 2018
In singles, secondary suites
Welcome Back, Paul.
Inertia is celebrating it's twelfth birthday this month. As we've reported before in this blog, Inertia was founded by Trent Letwiniuk, Stephen Barnecut and Paul Shannon back in aught six. We worked out of our houses at first, then into one basement, and another, and then teamed up to share office space with Casola Koppe Architects. In fact, Paul has spent the last five years with Casola Koppe learning about how to bring large residential projects off the spreadsheet and into reality.
We're very excited to announce that Paul has returned to Inertia, and has taken up the role of Senior Project Manager. Paul is now running Inertia and Gravity's larger and more complex projects.
Paul completed the Architectural Technology program in conjunction with the Co-operative Education Program at Fanshawe College in Ontario in 1999. The Co-operative Education included one semester per year of on-site work experience, which put his theory into practice. Upon graduation, Paul moved to Calgary and soon began at Calbridge Fine Homes as their sole designer/draftsman and product developer, working on mostly custom homes and small multi-family projects. In the Fall of 2003, Paul moved to Jager and AlanRidge Homes as the Senior AlanRidge Designer and member of the product development team. At Jager and AlanRidge, Paul worked one-on-one with clients and was able to further hone his skills in the custom and estate home market. In the Spring of 2006, Paul left Jager and AlanRidge to co-found Inertia Corporation where he managed his own group of clients.
In 2009 Paul took a hiatus from Inertia to work at Robert Pashuk Architecture and pursue the RAIC Syllabus program. After spending a year and a half back at Inertia, Paul then took a role as Senior Architectural Technologist at Casola Koppe Architecture where he continued to work on larger multi-residential projects. He returned to Inertia and Gravity at the beginning of 2018 in the role of Senior Project Manager.
We're happy to have you back, Paul.
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Welcome Harvey Hibo
We're happy to announce that Harvey Hibo has joined the team at Inertia and Gravity!
Harvey received his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Toronto in 2003. He has since worked with a variety of design firms and developers, closely involved in aspects of architectural service ranging from evaluation, planning and design. Harvey is registered as an Intern Architect with the Alberta Association of Architects (AAA).
Harvey brings 15 years of experience in the field of technical, construction drawings and contract administration with strong background in institutional, recreation, commercial and community projects involving master planning design and processing contract documents. Harvey provides value to Gravity and Inertia's clients through his design innovation and process efficiency.
We're happy to have you, Harvey!
Kathryn Thorkildsen Joins the Inertia and Gravity Team
Late last year, Kathryn Thorkildsen joined the team at Inertia and Gravity.
From Frank Lloyd Wright to Frank Gehry, Kathryn has always had an appreciation for all styles and methods of architecture and knew from a young age that she would have a career in the industry. In 2003 she graduated from the Architectural Technologies program at SAIT and has since had a primary focus in Single Family Residential.
Kicking off her career working for Evans 2 Design Group doing architectural controls, Kat moved on to work with Jackson Baker McCormick Design Group. There she managed her projects in all aspects including the creation of detailed construction drawings, product research, permits, and working with each trades to ensure the end result met or exceeded expectations. As a member of the innovative product development team at Albi Homes she honed in on her love for design, and her team was rewarded with multiple Regional and National SAM awards. Bringing both her technical skills and her passion for design, Kat joined Inertia and Gravity in the fall of 2017 and is a welcome addition to our team.
Welcome Kathryn!
An illustration of the X100 on display within the house during the 2017 Eichler Tour
Joseph Eichler (1900-1974), was an American real estate developer well known for his suburban developments in what has come to be known as the California Modern, or mid-century modern style. His most extensive development was in the San Mateo Highlands. It was built over an 11-year period from 1955 to 1965. To promote this new development, Eichler built the X-100. It was a research house designed in 1955 by architects A. Quincy Jones and Frederick E. Emmons and opened in October 1956.
It was recently restored to both preserve and enhance the integrity of the original design. Work was being complete right up to the 2017 Eichler Home tour we attended this past May (the first time the house was open to the public since 2009.)
The plan is roughly a square that has been split and slid along the north-south axis. Sliding the plan created the openings for the entries, and—in conjunction with all the glass—dissolves the distinction between interior and exterior space. The materials are steel (structural and decking), and concrete (block and slab). The interior is finished in panelling, laminate and ceramic and vinyl tile. Lighting is provided principally with skylights, which are spotlit from above so they can be a source of light both night and day. This is supplemented with wall and ceiling mounted spot lights, and the occasional pendant or ceiling fixture. The central bathrooms are tiled on the floors, walls, and counters, and feature a shared sunken shower. The kitchen is open and modern, with the only nod to tradition being the oven cabinet that separates the kitchen from the living room.
A plan of the X100 on display within the house during the 2017 Eichler Tour
For the curious, below is a Universal International newsreel from October 24, 1956 that introduced the house. The announcer points out that "it's not for sale, if you could afford it. It's a research house testing a whole new design concept." He goes on to mention the indoor and outdoor gardens, the skylights, the steel columns and roof beams, and the sliding table with a built in cooktop.
A article with many period photographs is available here. Original brochures for the house are available here.
This Eichler was built in 1956, has three bedrooms, two baths, and is 1044 square feet.
The X-100 is one of twelve homes that Inertia was able to visit in May on the Eichler Home Tour 2017. Earlier, we wrote about other houses on the tour, as well as posted a gallery of Eichlers that weren't included in the tour.
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Bridgeland House
Gary Campbell just send us over these photographs he took of the Bridgeland House we designed for him and his wife Heidi. We're thrilled with how this project turned out.
The steel beam has been a part of the design from the beginning. It's is of course integral to the raw aesthetic of the house, but it also does the actual work of holding the second floor up. The motif of the steel beam has been repeated in the stair stringers.
Bridgeland House Living Room
This project started as a three storey house. As the design was refined, the third floor was removed so the basement could get more light. However, keeping the same-level relationship between the indoor and outdoor spaces remained important. The result is a split-level back yard with the deck at the main floor level, and the garden a half flight lower.
Bridgeland House Rear Yard and Elevation
The house has no shortage of natural light. In addition to the large windows at the front and the rear of the house, high wide windows along the South elevation ensure that sunlight penetrates deep into the house at all times of day.
Bridgeland House Loft
Kudos go to Rusch Projects for executing this project so well, to McIntyre Bills for the interior design and materials selection, and to Gary and Heidi for their commitment and attention to this project the whole way through. If you're curious about the construction process, please look at our previous posts that go right back to demolition day on August 2015.
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Our sister company, Gravity, just completed their Mount Pleasant 8 project. It is an eight-unit multi-residential project in the Mount Pleasant community in northwest Calgary. It was commissioned by RNDSQR for a 30.47m x 36.54m corner parcel with an R-CG designation. BMP Construction Management completed the project in 2017.
Seven of the units are two-storey townhouses, and one—located above the garages—is a two-storey apartment. The townhouses all have basements with an additional bedroom. Nine parking stalls are provided on site, with eight garaged stalls, and one exterior visitor stall.
As a nod to tradition, each townhouse has a brick facade. This brick element stands proud of each unit, each of which is massed in the form of a vernacular house. The apartment takes a more contemporary shape, and is scuplted from three interlocking masses.
The townhouses each have their own private amenity space at the rear. Five of these back onto the common courtyard. The apartment unit has a second floor patio on top of the garage, and a third floor balcony off of one of its three bedrooms.
R-CG is a relatively new land use designation. It was developed by the City and other stakeholders to allow for low-density townhouse development in the existing low-density areas of Calgary's inner city. It shares a common street-oriented configuration where each unit has a door to the street and there are no units behind one another.
This is the first R-CG project built in Calgary to have more than four units. Because of it's larger scale, we were able to explore the reduction of private amenity spaces to provide a single common courtyard amenity space. We also came across a glitch in the district—since fixed—where any RC-G project could only have one building on a site. To meet this rule, we bridged Unit 4 to touch Unit 3. Now completed, this housing project has replaced two small aging houses with eight family-sized homes. We see this as a win for Mount Pleasant as well as for the city as a whole.
This project won the BILD Calgary Region SAM Awards in the category of Best New Design Villa/Duplex/Townhome 1,200 sq. ft. and over.
Sharper Design
The Globe and Mail reports today on the subject of mid-rise design in Calgary. Our sister company, Gravity Architecture, is featured in good company. Pictured above is a project Gravity has been engaged by Bellaview Luxury Homes to design for a parcel on 12th Avenue SE adjacent to the Orchards development in up-and-coming East Victoria Park.
The article also discusses the Minto in Sunnyside project by Nyhoff and the Steps project by Sturgess.
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1704 Yorktown
Of all the Eichlers we visited, this one felt the most livable and down to earth. The spaces felt comfortable, bright, and well sized. Some were humbly furnished with IKEA, an inexpensive but nonetheless modern choice that many of us can relate to.
While this house does look like an effortless tidying of an original Eichler, the renovations were extensive. The house started with a walled off kitchen separating the living and dining rooms, and had over the years been fitted with arches, crown mouldings and a large drop-in tub in the ensuite. This down-to-the-stud renovation saw the dining room moved to the centre of the plan, the kitchen to the front, and a sitting area added on adjacent to the kitchen (so the TV didn't have to go above the fireplace). The tub was removed and replaced with a large walk-in shower that has a floor-to-ceiling view of the re-landscaped back yard.
Clerestory windows bring south light right into the main living space, and skylights in the bedroom wing add sparkle to what would otherwise be dark internal spaces. Unexpected splashes of colour contrast against the otherwise white interior. Even the side yard is activated as a comfortable and usable space.
This Eichler was built in 1957, has four bedrooms, two baths, and is 2000 square feet.
1704 Yorkton is one of twelve homes that Inertia was able to visit in May on the Eichler Home Tour 2017. Earlier, we wrote about other houses on the tour, as well as posted a gallery of Eichlers that weren't included in the tour.
2227 Cobble Hill
While the San Mateo Highlands are indeed on a hill, most of the properties do not have a view. Their yards tend to be enclosed and feel very private. It's remarkable how much a yard can feel like an outdoor room when the eave of the house isn't much higher that the top of the neighbour's fence.
The house at 2227 Cobble Hill, however, has an amazing view of the California countryside. As well, the yard is a little larger than most, given the rear living space an expansiveness uncommon in the community. It's southern exposure brings light deep into the plan. Skylights in eaves further bring light in. The large planes of glass, both the front and rear of the house, blur the difference between interior and exterior.
The living room addition on the rear of the house has a high ceiling that clears and preserves the original roofline. The clearing out the crown mouldings and shag carpet, the rest of the renovations have restored the essential intent of this midcentury home.
This Eichler has four bedrooms, two baths, and is 2158 square feet.
2227 Cobble Hill is one of twelve homes that Inertia was able to visit in May on the Eichler Home Tour 2017. Earlier, we wrote about other houses on the tour, as well as posted a gallery of Eichlers that weren't included in the tour.


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The Secret History of Hurricane Katrina
There was nothing natural about the disaster that befell New Orleans in Katrina's aftermath.
James Ridgeway
Photo by flickr user tidewater muse used under a Creative Commons license.
Confronted with images of corpses floating in the blackened floodwaters or baking in the sun on abandoned highways, there aren't too many people left who see what happened following Hurricane Katrina as a purely "natural" disaster. The dominant narratives that have emerged, in the four years since the storm, are of a gross human tragedy, compounded by social inequities and government ineptitude—a crisis subsequently exploited in every way possible for political and financial gain.
But there's an even harsher truth, one some New Orleans residents learned in the very first days but which is only beginning to become clear to the rest of us: What took place in this devastated American city was no less than a war, in which victims whose only crimes were poverty and blackness were treated as enemies of the state.
It started immediately after the storm and flood hit, when civilian aid was scarce—but private security forces already had boots on the ground. Some, like Blackwater (which has since redubbed itself Xe), were under federal contract, while a host of others answered to wealthy residents and businessmen who had departed well before Katrina and needed help protecting their property from the suffering masses left behind. According Jeremy Scahill's reporting in The Nation, Blackwater set up an HQ in downtown New Orleans. Armed as they would be in Iraq, with automatic rifles, guns strapped to legs, and pockets overflowing with ammo, Blackwater contractors drove around in SUVs and unmarked cars with no license plates.
"When asked what authority they were operating under," Scahill reported, "one guy said, 'We're on contract with the Department of Homeland Security.' Then, pointing to one of his comrades, he said, 'He was even deputized by the governor of the state of Louisiana. We can make arrests and use lethal force if we deem it necessary.' The man then held up the gold Louisiana law enforcement badge he wore around his neck."
The Blackwater operators described their mission in New Orleans as "securing neighborhoods," as if they were talking about Sadr City. When National Guard troops descended on the city, the Army Times described their role as fighting "the insurgency in the city." Brigadier Gen. Gary Jones, who commanded the Louisiana National Guard's Joint Task Force, told the paper, "This place is going to look like Little Somalia. We're going to go out and take this city back. This will be a combat operation to get this city under control."
Ten days after the storm, the New York Times reported that although the city was calm with no signs of looting (though it acknowledged this had taken place previously), "New Orleans has turned into an armed camp, patrolled by thousands of local, state, and federal law enforcement officers, as well as National Guard troops and active-duty soldiers." The local police superintendent ordered all weapons, including legally registered firearms, confiscated from civilians. But as the Times noted, that order didn't "apply to hundreds of security guards hired by businesses and some wealthy individuals to protect property…[who] openly carry M-16's and other assault rifles." Scahill spoke to Michael Montgomery, the chief of security for one wealthy businessman who said his men came under fire from "black gangbangers" near the Ninth Ward. Armed with AR-15s and Glocks, Montgomery and his men "unleashed a barrage of bullets in the general direction of the alleged shooters on the overpass. 'After that, all I heard was moaning and screaming, and the shooting stopped. That was it. Enough said.'"
Malik Rahim, a Vietnam veteran and longtime community activist, was one of the organizers of the Common Ground Collective, which quickly began dispensing basic aid and medical care in the first days after the hurricane. But far from aiding the relief workers, Rahim told me this week, the police and troops who began patrolling the streets treated them as criminals or "insurgents." African American men caught outside also ran the risk of crossing paths with roving vigilante patrols who shot at will, he says. In this dangerous environment, Common Ground began to rely on white volunteers to move through a city that had simply become too perilous for blacks.
In July, the local television station WDSU released a home video, taken shortly after the storm hit, of a local man, Paul Gleason, who bragged to two police officers about shooting looters in the Algiers section of New Orleans.
"Did you have any problems with looters," [sic] asked an officer.
"Not anymore," said Gleason.
"Not anymore?"
"They're all dead," said Gleason.
The officer asked, "What happened?"
"We shot them," said Gleason.
"How many did you shoot?
"Thirty-eight."
"Thirty-eight people? What did you do with the bodies?"
"We gave them to the Coast Guard," said Gleason.
Gleason told his story with a cup of red wine in one hand and riding a tractor from Blaine Kern's Mardi Gras World.
Although the government's aid efforts were in chaos, those involved in the self-generated community rescue and relief efforts were often seen as a threat. Even so, Common Ground, founded in the days after Katrina hit, eventually managed to serve more than half a million people, operating feeding stations, opening free health and legal clinics, and later rebuilding homes and planting trees. But they "never got a dime" from the federal government, says Rahim. The feds did, however, recruit one of Common Ground's founders, Brandon Darby, as an informant, later using him to infiltrate groups planning actions at the 2008 Republican National Convention.
And while the government couldn't seem to keep people from dying on rooftops or abandoned highways, it wasted no time building a temporary jail in New Orleans.
Burl Cain, the warden of the notorious Angola Prison, a former slave plantation that's now home to 5,000 inmates, was rushed down to the city to oversee "Camp Greyhound" in the city's bus terminal. According to the New Orleans Times-Picayune, the jail "was constructed by inmates from Angola and Dixon state prisons and was outfitted with everything a stranded law enforcer could want, including top-of-the-line recreational vehicles to live in and electrical power, courtesy of a yellow Amtrak locomotive. There are computers to check suspects' backgrounds and a mug shot station—complete with heights marked in black on the wall that serves as the backdrop."
In the virtual martial law imposed in New Orleans after Katrina, the war on the poor sometimes even spilled over into the war on terror. In his latest book Zeitoun, published in July, Dave Eggers tells the story of a local Syrian immigrant who stayed in New Orleans to protect his properties and ended up organizing makeshift relief efforts and rescuing people in a canoe. He continued right up until he was arrested by a group of unidentified, heavily armed men in uniform, thrown into Camp Greyhound, and questioned as a suspected terrorist. In an interview with Salon, Eggers said:
Zeitoun was among thousands of people who were doing "Katrina time" after the storm. There was a complete suspension of all legal processes and there were no hearings, no courts for months and months and not enough folks in the judicial system really seemed all that concerned about it. Some human-rights activists and some attorneys, but otherwise it seemed to be the cost of doing business. It really could have only happened at that time; 2005 was just the exact meeting place of the Bush-era philosophy towards law enforcement and incarceration, their philosophy toward habeas corpus and their neglect and indifference to the plight of New Orleanians.
Through all the time that the federal and local governments, in concert with wealthy New Orleanians, were pitching their battle, there was virtually no one fighting on the other side. Reviewing the "available evidence" a month after Katrina, the New York Times concluded that "the most alarming stories that coursed through the city appear to be little more than figments of frightened imaginations." The reports of residents firing at National Guard helicopters, of tourists being robbed and raped on Bourbon Street, and of murderous rampages in the Superdome—all turned out to be false.
Since then it has become increasingly clear that the truth of what happened in New Orleans—vigilantism and racially tinged violence, a military response that supplanted a humanitarian one—is equally sinister.
Year Zero: A True Portrait of Post-Katrina Life
Anna Weggel
Storm Warning: The Unlearned Lessons of Katrina
John McQuaid
Fighting Climate Change Could Define Kamala Harris' Vice Presidency. Watch Our Interview With Her.
Rebecca Leber


Social media can be used to position you as an expert and help reach your ideal customer. But with so many platforms available, which is best for your business?
Okay, calm down over there. Don't just start posting your content across every social media platform. You'll confuse your audience and burn out your efforts quickly.
"Before you begin sharing content on any platform you must understand your goals, reach, engagement & metrics."
Each platform has a specific purpose and audience which helps in creating a strategy for content on each channel.
Do a bit of research to see where your core audience lives. Are your ideal customers and clients utilizing Facebook? Are they using Twitter to find the types of content and/or products you offer? If you're using email marketing, try sending out a survey to your audience to find out what platforms they prefer. Or, check your analytics to see where you're already seeing the most engagement from your readers. Once you receive this feedback you'll have a starting point to tailor your social media strategy toward your audience's preferences.
Understand how conversations shift within each platform. For example, the conversations you might have on LinkedIn will be quite different from the ones you have on Twitter. LinkedIn is a networking platform for business professionals. The conversations are a little longer and have a more professional tone. Twitter is known for their 140-character limit for content. The conversations here will be quick and can have a more laid back tone.
To get you thinking, we've outlined some ideas on audience, content, and insights for some of the more widely-used social media accounts for businesses: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
REMEMBER: before you get going on any platform, make sure you know who it's for [TARGET AUDIENCE], what you're sharing [WHAT CONTENT], and what the value is for your business [BUSINESS VALUE]. You can even put together a nifty social media mission statement that supports your overall content marketing mission statement.
There is no one-size-fits-all solution for businesses on social media. Is the social media channel performing well? Is it meeting your business objectives? If not, find out why. Evaluate your progress on a regular basis and make changes as needed. Social media is not a "set it and forget it" type deal. To see results, you have to put in the work.
Need help with the work? Let us know.


Gua Sha is an age old bodywork technique that can be used for pretty much anything from your daily aches and pains or headaches to chronic severe ailments.
It is used to intentionally surface petechiae to the skin by using a scraping technique in order to help detoxify the body and relieve pain. This unique folk healing method is still commonly practiced in China and other parts of Asia and is often performed in TCM clinics, hospitals, spas as well as in many Asian households.
Gua Sha is popular in Asia because it is a simple technique that's easy to use, and the results are often fast and amazing.
The word "Gua" means to scrape, and "Sha" has two meanings.
① "Sha" from a TCM point of view, refers to the stagnant blood and qi that is blocking the meridian pathway inhibiting proper flow of energy and blood. From a western medicine point of view, it refers to the fluids that contain metabolic waste that is congested in the tissues and muscles.
② "Sha" also refers to a series of reddish, minute hemorrhages that look like a red colored speckled rash called petechia that can surface to the skin after the Gua Sha treatment.
In this bodywork technique, a round edged tool such as a spoon is used to scrape the skin to release the stagnant blood and qi or "sha" to the surface of the skin and appears as a group of petechia. This may sound and even look bad, but it's very detoxifying and cleansing for the body. By letting your body get rid of this old stagnant blood, new and better performing blood cells can be created.
Remember, there's only so much room in your body so sometimes you have to be willing to let go of the old in order to bring in the new. Gua sha is a great method to help your body release excess wastes and help bring in refreshing nutrients to your cells.
considered to be the cause of many diseases in TCM.
To visualize this, you may want to compare the water from a running stream versus the water in a still stagnant pond. The stagnant pond will be full of gunk, green moss and other growths while the running stream will have clear water.
Our entire blood circulation is very similar to this. When the blood is not flowing properly, it starts to become stagnant and creates an environment more suitable for disease.
This is why Gua Sha is such a useful technique. It can quickly release blockages in your body caused by stagnant blood. This is because it mimics sweating and promotes body fluid circulation which helps to normalize cellular metabolic processes and release toxic waste from your deep cellular tissues.
It also increases blood and qi circulation to help oxidize your cells as well as nourish them. In other words, gua sha has two main functions where it both nourishes and detoxifies.
One, the stroke action used to release petechiae to the surface of the skin, forces more blood and oxygen to the area treated which helps to nourish those cells.
The area that will be treated will first be lubricated with Homo Cream. (It is also beneficial to first treat the body with either a hot bath or an infrared sauna before the treatment in order to warm up the muscles and increase blood circulation.) A chosen area of the skin is then stroked in a downward motion using a smooth edged device that can be made out of rock, jade, buffalo horn, or plastic etc.
If these are unavailable, use Magnetic Clay. The skin only becomes red, and no petechiae surface then that means there is no "sha" in the area and you can start scraping another part of the skin.
How long does it take the petechiae to fade?
The sha usually fades within 2 to 4 days.
What can Gua Sha be used for?
Everyone said my legs were slimmer and my stomach was smaller. Even now, when I can tell that my body is out of shape or I start to have some chest problems, I'll start using the scraping technique. I start seeing results immediately; it never ceases to amaze me. I really encourage people to just go out there and give this technique a try.


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Recently I was thinking about specific runs that have changed my life. One is the Mt Hood Scramble in 2012, which had about eight raging, snow-melt river crossings and eradicated my fear of getting my shoes wet. This came in handy on Friday, when Ann came in to work so we could run the longer version of our normal weekday run one last time before we both left for two week vacations.
Tualatin Hills Nature Park has creeks, a pond and marshy areas, traversed in places by boardwalks. After a heavy rain, some parts flood. We used to pick our way carefully over the slick side rails, but this time we didn't bother. It's no longer a big deal for us to run right through water.
After a full week of vacation, I was ready for a run. I usually don't bother to bring running gear with me, but this is also the first two-week vacation I've taken in more than four years. Nowadays that's far too long to do without.
I found a boxed set of walks in Provence, and searched out the one closest to the house where we're staying. Surprisingly, it was right down the road. Even better, there's a surprisingly long network of trails, making for varied options in the coming days.
I was nervous about getting lost, since so many little false trails head off the main one, and you can't always tell if you're going out to a viewpoint and dead end, or just a short alternate path that will meet back up with the main trail. Luckily, there are lots of signs with directions and distances to main points of interest.
Let's get this straight: I love Hood to Coast. It sounds crazy to take 12 runners in two vans 200 miles from Mt Hood to the coast, and it is. It's also raucous, exhausting, hilarious, challenging, illuminating, messy LONG event. You really get to know the people in your van. And when two of those people are my dad and my brother, and the rest are friends and/or rad new people, it's well worth the sleep deprivation and muscle pain.
I ran leg 1 this year-- my ninth-- as I "collect all 12" to make my own full Hood to Coast. It was a great year for it, since #1's second leg had three miles added to it because of construction near the Hawthorne Bridge, which is the usual exchange between runners 12 and 1. I relished the extra distance in the otherwise short set of runs.
On Sunday, Dana and I ran 15 together, using an old route from the blog. We ran on Sunday because Dana arranged for a mutual friend, Gretchen, to show us (well, mostly the kids) around her fire station. Dana's son, who's 4, was super excited. Mine, who's 2 and adores fire trucks, was too overwhelmed to really enjoy it.
We had a bit of miscommunication and the run started with me waiting half an hour for Dana after I thought I was about 10 minutes late. It was a nice change of pace for me to sit quietly on a log and watch the world go by.
Since Ann wasn't there, we walked up the steepness of Cleator, and we thought maybe there'd be no "incidents"-- as in tripping, falling, sliding, yellowjacket stings or other injuries. Unfortunately (or fortunately, for Ann) it didn't hold true. Dana tripped twice and rolled her ankle a bit.


A copy of your child's immunizations must be turned in at time of registration.
Fishkill Recreation is proud to announce the revival of our popular Sports Camp for boys and girls entering 5th-9th grade. Each day will present itself with a different schedule of athletic activities. The camp will cover basketball, soccer, baseball/softball, flag football and more. A typical day will include a review of basic rules and how to play the games, stretching, lunch time, and plenty of playing time. The camp will use the sports fields and courts at Maurer-Geering Park. Campers will also attend a sports related field trip each week.
Cost includes a camp T-shirt, trip transportation, and the trip ticket.


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Indre Brenna est un village du nord de la Norvège situé dans la Kommune de Porsanger, dans le Comté de Finnmark.

Ville en Norvège

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Very fun and polished! May want to expand the screen size to allow more breathing room and to utitilise dodging into its fullest. The holy smite bar seems to go against the theme itself however, so maybe a change to a more detached form of damage/cleanup like triggering traps or automatic bullets when you run out of other enemies?