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Porsche's newest crossover may stretch the definition of "coupe," but don't hold that against it.
By Eric Adams
The coupe-ification of the automotive world continues — or perhaps more precisely, the bastardization of the word "coupe" continues. Carmakers now gleefully offer four-door sedans and SUVs that have had their backsides tidied up in pursuit of sportier styling. Some are awkward (BMW X6), others are triumphs (Audi A7).
Add to the latter category the Porsche Cayenne Coupe, a smartly coiffed, less-stuffy alternative to the otherwise excellent Cayenne. Wonder all you want about whether it's actually a coupe, because it doesn't matter: The tribe has spoken, and four-doors can now be coupes, too. What really matters is that buyers have additional options to choose from with relatively little extra hassle for assembly line workers.
Buy Now: $75,400+
The Good: The designers went into overdrive to infuse the Coupe with enough distinction to make the effort worthwhile, without compromising space and utility or making the vehicle look too weird. The roofline at the rear is about an inch lower, and the entire backside about an equal distance wider. Inside, the rear seats sit more than an inch lower, giving back the headroom for the second-row passengers that the coupe-cut took away. The final product is sleek and well proportioned — and every version retains the Porsche-worthy handling dynamics of conventional Cayennes.
Who It's For: Porsche buyers are a picky lot, hence the proliferation of often modestly differentiated versions within each model line, (There are, at the moment, 28 different 911's you can buy.) This one is for Porsche enthusiasts who want a slightly sportier look — and feel, given a few key weight-reduction and aerodynamic enhancements — than those drawn to the more squarish Cayenne. Sure, it's a highly nuanced distinction, but one Porsche readily satisfies with relative ease.
Watch Out For: Options escalation. The base model starts at $75,300, and it quickly goes up from there. The Lightweight Sport Package, which includes a sweet carbon fiber roof and 22-inch wheels, costs a hefty $14,400. The Performance Package, with adaptive air suspension and rear-wheel-steering, among other things, adds $4,900 to the final tally. Adaptive cruise control is two grand, and the soft-close doors are another $780. Many other options will see your relatively-reasonable $75K leap into six figures. In fact, the maxed-out Turbo model can soar $40,000 past its $130,100 starting point.
Alternatives: The two key SUV coupes to give a gander to are the BMW X6 and the Mercedes-Benz GLE Coupe. Both are more pronounced versions of the coupe conversion, and thus, a bit more polarizing. The Cayenne Coupe, however, feels the most naturalistic of the three from a looks standpoint — and therefore, is the better bet.
Review: Let's be clear up front: There are minimal performance changes between the coupe models and the conventional Cayennes. The base, Coupe S and Coupe Turbo models carry over the same engines, suspension, and overall mechanicals as their counterparts. These include a 335-horsepower 3.0-liter turbocharged V6 in the base model, generating a 0-60 time of 5.7 seconds; a 434-hp 2.9-liter twin-turbo V6 in the S trim, good for 4.7 seconds to 60; and a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 in the Turbo model that will blast you to 60 in just 3.7 seconds.
The equally adept handling and performance revealed itself on a drive around Graz, Austria, featuring some sensationally smooth and challenging roads that the Coupes made quick work of. Though the mechanicals are the same as the two-box version, there are some tweaks that nevertheless enhanced the ride. The Coupe comes with an active rear spoiler that can extend by 5.3 inches above 56 mph, to increase rear downforce. There's also a lightweighting option that replaces the standard panoramic glass moonroof with a carbon fiber roof, and 22-inch aluminum wheels that are each 4.4 pounds lighter than conventional alloy ones. The total weight savings on the Coupe: up to 48 pounds. It may not seem like much in a 5,000-pound car, but it does make a difference, both in the unsprung weight of the wheels and since dropping weight from the roof also has the effect of lowering the center of gravity, thereby enhancing cornering ability. These are very much the higher-performing Cayenne models.
They're also now the best-looking. Designers can easily stumble when making derivations of existing models, but that didn't happen here. The Coupe feels truly complete and correct, and very much its own distinct entity. It's neither a hasty afterthought ginned up by the marketing department nor a compromise for those who must endure the profile alterations from the back seat. The car feels right and looks right; in fact, it has the effect of making the conventional Cayenne look like the slightly bloated afterthought.
As far as which models the Coupe-curious should gravitate to, the S is the one to get. The Turbo is an order of magnitude faster and louder and gnarlier, but it's also wildly expensive. Choose that if your personality really warrants it, of course, but the S model feels nearly as great in the turns, has its own special growl, and it will hold pace with no complaint and a far more modest fuel economy price.
You can keep the final price (relatively) reasonable by avoiding the pricier options, including the Lightweight Sport Package — which on the Turbo model costs nearly $12,000 — the adaptive cruise control ($2,000) and the ceramic composite brakes ($5,580). Unless you make frequent visits to the track, the performance add-ons aren't truly necessary. The core models are splendid enough.
Having said that, I have a bit of a thing for soft-close doors. To me, they're the purest signifier of modern automotive luxury, in the same way that — if you'll forgive the analogy — soft-close toilet seats are now the standard by which I judge luxury hotels. Both are well worth the extra coin, and once you've gotten used to them, slamming doors (and seats) suddenly becomes intolerably déclassé. So cough up that $780 for those, and enjoy the ride that much more.
Verdict: Porsche could have easily half-assed the Cayenne Coupe, slicing a little off the back and calling it a day. But the carmaker doesn't do things by half-measures, even when it comes to asses. The newest member of the company's crossover family is its own beast, one that can stand on its own with pride. That's partly a tribute to the goodness of the basic Cayenne — but it's also yet another testament to Porsche's ever-present pursuit of making the best car possible even for the lofty prices they command. Porsche hasn't made bad cars in a long time; the Cayenne Coupe won't be the one to snap that streak.
What Others Are Saying:
• "Even with a modest $10,000 increase over the standard Cayenne, the Cayenne Coupe could entice buyers with its sleek styling and performance chops. It looks great and is far less outlandish than its competitors. It performs well, too, if not better than the standard crossover on which it's based. And with minor tweaks, like a wider rear track and generously styled rear, and options like Houndstooth seats and a carbon-fiber roof, there's enough reason for you to finally get that Coupe you've always wanted." — JEFF PEREZ, MOTOR1
• "Is it a coupe? Is it a coupe-like SUV? Is it a fastback? We could quibble over semantics until the 2020 Cayenne Coupe enters the realm of classic cars without agreeing on a definite answer. What's certain is that, whatever you choose to refer to it as, it's a logical evolution of the Cayenne that makes zero effort to hide its sporty genes. Significantly, it lives up to the badge on its nose with tech features that are smart and useful without being intrusive, a build quality that borders on flawless, and, of course, a price tag to match." — STEVEN EWING, ROADSHOW
• "So, why buy a Cayenne Coupe over the more functional, less expensive version? Maybe you prefer its design, or perhaps you really want those houndstooth seats (you do). I can't really fault anyone for choosing the Coupe over a standard Cayenne when it's fundamentally the same car. It's attractive, comfortable and goes like hell. Call it a Coupe or just call it a Cayenne. Either way, it's damn good." — MIKE MONTICELLO, CONSUMER REPORTS
2020 Porsche Cayenne Turbo Coupe Specs
Powertrain: Twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V8, eight-speed automatic, all-wheel-drive
Torque: 567 pound-feet
Buy Now: $ $75,400+
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One of my colleagues is the Rev. Patricia Davenport. We got to know one another because she has served with me on the "new starts team" for the ELCA. She was recently installed as bishop in Philadelphia. I got to watch the worship service via live stream. Oh, what a celebration it was! Because she is the first African-American woman to be elected bishop in our denomination, there was good reason to dance and clap and let the praises rise.
It took 30 years for this to happen.
In those words, I heard a call.
In her sermon, the Rev. Dr. Bullock said that leadership is "what you bring to any situation that needs what you have." This situation of our church not reflecting the beautiful racial and ethnic diversity of our surroundings needs me to use my leadership to create right relationships. Another of my colleagues calls this "love work." Not the sentimental kind of love, but the kind of love that is an action that seeks wellbeing.
I am significantly grateful for all the others in this synod who also feel called to this love work. Fifty congregations have racial justice liaisons who help their congregations learn new ways of being in our multi-racial, multicultural world. Our Unite Table helps people grow in their cultural competency and helps to hold the vision. Several leaders attended training in Chicago and came back with new energy. We hope to add a racial justice organizer to our staff very soon. A majority of our new mission starts are reaching new people in new ways and in new places. There are a growing number of people of color attending seminary. And a growing group of people of color are gathering regularly to build relationships and affect change.
This love work is good work.


Thank you! I am a little nervous but excited too!
We will be in Los Angeles many times in the coming months. We will meet for coffee!
This is such big news! Congratulations! The company you will be working for is so lucky to have you. I know you will be successful.
Hey congratulations, that's amazing! Good luck on the new job! Reentering the work force can be super scary, especially when you're still dealing with active symptoms. Best wishes and hopes of health and stability!
Thank you for stopping by and for reading my posts!!!!
That's all good, your blog is really inspiring! I know what you mean about contributing or being productive on a level you desire. I was fairly high achieving before I became unwell. and am only now, after ten years, doing something which I feel is close to my heart, and on a level with what i really want to be doing in life! Can I ask you- where have you been published? I really like the idea of trying to write a few articles or essays on mental illness, just wouldn't know where to begin to find places where they could be published..
A good place to start publishing is The Mighty.
Hey congrats on your new job out there!! Wishing you all the best! I am on the East Coast in VA.
I'm sorry to hear that.That's why I don't work,can't handle it.


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Warm water detected on Saturn's moon Enceladus raises prospect of life
By Veronica Cruz Published Mar 12, 2015 at 11:15 AM GMT
Microscopic grains of rock detected on the surface of one of Saturn's sixty-two moons, Enceladus, suggest the presence of warm water, which in turn raises the likelihood of there being life as we know it, says a team of Cassini mission scientists led by the University of Colorado Boulder.
The scientists, who published their findings in the academic journal Nature (citation below), say the grains are the first clear evidence of an icy moon with hydrothermal activity (activity with heated water), in which seawater infiltrates and reacts with a rocky crust, resulting as a warm, mineral-laden solution.
Lead author, Sean Hsu, Research Associate at CU-Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), and colleagues say the finding increases the prospect that Enceladus might contain environments suitable for living organisms.
Enceladus is spewing tiny silica grains, an indication hydrothermal activity is occurring in its ice-covered ocean. On Earth, such extreme environments are known to be suitable for life. (Image: University of Colorado)
The Cassini-Huygens (Cassini) spacecraft left Earth in 1997. It was sent to study the planet Saturn and its several moons. The unmanned spacecraft arrived there in 2004.
The surprising new result follows a comprehensive, four-year analysis of data from Cassini, computer simulations, and laboratory experiments.
Grains form when hot water meets cooler water
The authors believe the minuscule grains are probably formed when hot water from below the seabed containing dissolved minerals travel upward, coming into contact with the cooler water near the bottom of the sea.
For these interactions that form the tiny rock grains to occur, water temperatures would need to be at least 90°C (194°F).
Mr. Hsu said:
"It's very exciting that we can use these tiny grains of rock, spewed into space by geysers, to tell us about conditions on – and beneath – the ocean floor of an icy moon."
Since 2004, Cassini's CDA (Cosmic Dust Analyzer) instrument has detected minuscule silicon-rich rock particles several times.
Through a process of elimination, the team concluded that these particles must be grains of silica, which is commonly found on Earth in sand and the mineral quartz. Most of the grains observed by Cassini were similar in size – with the larger ones measuring six to nine nanometers – suggesting they were formed through a specific process.
Evidence points to hot springs on the floor of Enceladus' ocean spraying jets through its icy crust. (Image: Nature)
The most common way silica grains of this size are formed on Earth is through hydrothermal activity involving specific conditions – slightly alkaline water with modest salinity, super-saturated with silica, undergoing a significant drop in temperature.
Co-author, Frank Postberg, a CDA team scientists at Heidelberg University in Germany, said:
"We methodically searched for alternate explanations for the nano-silca grains, but every new result pointed to a single, most likely origin."
Postberg, Hsu and colleagues at the University of Tokyo carried out the detailed lab experiments that validated the hydrothermal activity hypothesis.
NASA says 62 moons have so far been discovered in orbits around Saturn, with 53 of them officially named. (Image: NASA)
The Japanese scientists, led by Yasuhito Sekine, confirmed the conditions under which silica grains the same size as those detected by Cassini could form. They believe these conditions could exist at Enceladus' seafloor, where hot water from beneath meets the comparatively cold water at the ocean bottom.
Co-authors also included Assistant Professor Sascha Kempf of LASP and CU-Boulder Professor Mihaly Horanyi, who are both also faculty members in CU-Boulder's physics department and co-investigators of the Cassini CDA.
Prof. Kempf says the puzzle of the Enceladus plumes, which were first observed not long after Cassini reached Saturn in 2004, has to some extent been solved.
"Ten years ago it was a big mystery why the nano-grains were made of silica rather than water ice. Now we know the observations were correct. We know where the silica particles are coming from, and why we are seeing them. We learned something very unexpected, which is why I really like this study," Prof. Kempf explained.
The researchers believe the very small silica particles travel upward quite rapidly from the hydrothermal origin to the near-surface sources of the moon's geysers.
The scientists wrote "From seafloor to outer space, a distance of about 30 miles (50 kilometers), the grains spend a few months to a few years in transit, otherwise they would grow to much larger sizes."
Cassini first sent back data showing active geology on Enceladus in 2005, with evidence in the south polar region of an icy spray, as well as higher-than-expected temperatures in the icy surface in that region.
A towering plume
It soon became apparent that there was a towering plume of water ice and vapor, organic materials and salts that is released from relatively warm fractures on the moon's wrinkled surface.
According to gravity measurements published in 2014, there is probably a 10-kilometer-deep (6-mile-deep) ocean beneath an ice shell about 30 to 40 kilometers (19 to 25 miles) thick.
The authors write that Cassini's gravity measurements point to a rock core that is quite porous, which would allow its ocean water to percolate into the interior. This would provide a large surface area where water and rock could interact.
"It's possible much of this interesting hot water chemistry occurs deep inside the moon's core."
Citation: "Ongoing hydrothermal activities within Enceladus," Hsiang-Wen Hsu, Frank Postberg, Yasuhito Sekine, Takazo Shibuya, Sascha Kempf, Mihály Horányi, Antal Juhász, Nicolas Altobelli, Katsuhiko Suzuki, Yuka Masaki, Tatsu Kuwatani, Shogo Tachibana, Sin-iti Sirono, Georg Moragas-Klostermeyer & Ralf Srama. Nature. Published online 11 March, 2015. DOI: 10.1038/nature14262.
Reuters Video – Hot water clue to life on Enceladus

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Cryptocurrencies have existed as an asset class for roughly ten years. However, many people are just starting to really become aware of them and get interested in investing in them. Ripple is one of the top cryptocurrencies that Australian people are interested in investing in. Here is a brief guide to Ripple and an explanation of how to buy Ripple in Australia.
The single best way to buy Ripple in Australia is to use the CoinSpot exchange. CoinSpot allows you to purchase Ripple anywhere, on any device, at any time, so essentially you could have Ripple in your mobile wallet within a few minutes. Here is how to buy Ripple on CoinSpot.
After your account has been set up and verified, and your funds have cleared into your account, then you will be able to start purchasing Ripple. Just click Buy/Sell in the top menu, then Buy XRP, then enter how much Ripple you would like to buy (if you enter an amount of XRP, then the price will automatically show how much that is in AUD, and vice versa).
Ripple is three things combined into one: a real time gross settlement system, a cryptocurrency, and a remittance network. It was released in the year 2012. The currency that Ripple offers is called XRP. However, XRP and Ripple are often used interchangeably.
Ripple was created by a company called OpenCoin. OpenCoin was created by Jed McCaleb and Chris Larsen in 2012. The name OpenCoin has since been changed to Ripple Labs. Ripple Labs is based in San Francisco, California.
Bitcoin was the original cryptocurrency and was created in 2009, three years before Ripple. There are many differences between Bitcoin and Ripple. For starters, Bitcoin is much more expensive than Ripple. The price of one Bitcoin is currently $10,483 AUD (19/04/2018). The price of one XRP token is currently $0.9428. So, there is an enormous difference between the two cryptocurrencies in term of price.
Another key difference between Ripple and Bitcoin is supply. Bitcoin is much more scarce than Ripple is and has a much smaller supply. The total supply of Bitcoin is only 21 million.
The total supply of Ripple, on the other hand, is 100 billion. So, there are roughly 4,700 times as many Ripple coins in the world as there are Bitcoins. This is a substantial difference.
Also, one more crucial difference between Ripple and Bitcoin is that unlike Bitcoin, a large percentage of the Ripple coins are controlled by a centralized source: Ripple Labs. When Ripple Labs created the cryptocurrency, they kept an enormous amount of XRP tokens for themselves. In fact, Ripple Labs' Ripple holdings are estimated to be at around 60 billion of the 100 billion total supply.
So, Ripple is much more centrally controlled than Bitcoin and most of the other cryptocurrencies in existence.
Ripple is also much more heavily used for cross-border payments and for banking than Bitcoin is. This is because the transaction fees are incredibly low for Ripple and so are the processing times. Ripple was essentially created to fulfil the role of being a medium for facilitating cross-border payments rapidly and cheaply. So, it is not surprising that over 100 mainstream financial institutions have partnered with Ripple.
What are the Pros & Cons of Ripple?
One of the most significant pros of Ripple is that it is affordable. This means that investors who are brand new to cryptocurrency investing can afford to get their hands on a good amount of Ripple coins without having to spend too much money.
The same is definitely not true for Bitcoin and some of the more expensive cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin Cash and Ethereum.
Another pro of Ripple is that because the price is so low, when rallies do take place, investors can make substantial returns. Ripple is currently around 50 cents. So, if the price goes to $1, then anyone holding Ripple now will double their investment.
Ripple is also an extremely exciting technology because it is making it possible for large amount of money to be sent around the world at lightning speeds and for almost zero cost. It is enabling transactions to take place in seconds that would have taken days previously with the traditional routes.
This is why so many banks are adopting it. Because of its high utility value, it could become an asset that is used for international money transfers and remittances for a long time to come.
In terms of cons, many people view the fact that 60 percent of the XRP tokens are controlled by Ripple Labs to be a negative. This is because it makes the Ripple cryptocurrency very centralized and it gives Ripple Labs a lot of power to influence and control it. So, it could potentially be very problematic if Ripple Labs decides to sell enormous amounts of Ripple coins periodically. Massive sell orders can drive the price down significantly.
Another potential problem for Ripple is that it is starting to face significant competition. For example, Stellar Lumens is another cryptocurrency that offers extremely fast and extremely low-cost transactions across borders.
So, Ripple could potentially lose market share to Stellar Lumens and to other cryptocurrencies which catch up in terms of speed and cost. However, Ripple has a real advantage in that it has already collected so many key partners.
Essentially, the purpose of RippleNet is to create a single network which financial institutions and other parties can use to send money to one another quickly and cheaply. Ripple is viewed by many to be an upgrade to the traditional means of sending money across borders.
The RippleNet is currently being used by many key financial institutions and that number grows every year. So, the RippleNet is something that helps to create value for Ripple and helps to get more and more financial institutions involved with it.
As with all cryptocurrencies, investing in Ripple is a gamble. There is no guarantee that the price will go up. In fact, the price of Ripple has gone through sudden steep drops. For example, the price of Ripple dropped from roughly $3.50 to $0.50 between January, 2018 and April, 2018. So, there is definitely a significant amount of risk. However, Ripple also goes through periods of steep ascent as well.
Whether or not you should invest in Ripple depends on whether or not you are prepared to face the risks and whether or not you believe in the long-term potential of the cryptocurrency and the underlying technology. If you are and if you do, then Ripple could be a good investment for you. This is especially true because the price is still very low compared to other cryptocurrencies and because more and more financial institutions are partnering with Ripple. The more of these institutions partner with Ripple, the more valuable the cryptocurrency will likely become.
Before you buy Ripple, however, you should also look at the other cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Litecoin, NEO, EOS, Ethereum, Monero etc., just to make sure that there isn't one that you would rather buy. In other words, make sure that you do your homework before you decide to invest a significant amount of money in Ripple.
Buying Ripple with the Coinspot exchange is extremely simple (it was rated our best Australian exchnage in our guide – see here for our complete guide). It is not necessary for you to use this exchange if you are thinking about buying Ripple in Australia. However, it is just smart to use Coinspot because it is so easy and user friendly.
If you use Coinspot to get Ripple, then it does not automatically mean that you will make money or experience positive returns. However, it definitely gives you an opportunity and a chance to do so. For many people, this is a good enough reason to buy Ripple.
However, you must decide for yourself if a Ripple investment is right for you.


On Friday 1 December 2017 we were pleased to welcome Prof Daniel Schávelzon and Dr Patricia Frazzi to The Big Dig Archaeology Education Centre, following their afternoon tour of The Rocks with Dr Wayne Johnson. We were delighted that the Argentinian Consul-General in Sydney, Mr Hector Raul Pelaez, was also able to join us.
Prof Schávelzon and Dr Frazzi gave our members a fascinating talk about their work on the excavations of a Nazi hideout or refuge complex (image below), deep in the jungle of what is now Teyú Cuaré Park, Misiones, in Argentina. Prof Schávelzon explored the complex of three main buildings and several ancillary buildings, noting how the buildings were constructed by local labour interpreting Germanic designs and construction methods.
Four garbage pits were excavated with thousands of artefacts found, dating the site to the 1940s - 1950s, as well as a collection of coins (image below) from various German-occupied European nations.
An intriguing pit, which initially the team thought may be a grave, showed evidence of burial of an object, a cubic metre in size, which at some later point was retrieved. A belt with a Spanish military buckle (image below) belonging to General Franco's army, in use till 1975, was deliberately buried when the pit was refilled.
Prof Schávelzon explored how the lack of historical records was ameliorated by a wealth of local stories, including building materials being reused in local housing. However, he noted that some of those local memories turned out to be recollections from newspaper and magazine articles from 1976 when the site was rediscovered, and commented on how recent international media has picked out the storyline it finds most newsworthy. The practice of historical archaeology plays a very important role in better understanding such curious sites.
Dr Frazzi recounted how her team worked in very difficult conditions to conserve significant but extremely fragile artefacts (image above), showing the remarkable transformation of matted lumps of paper into a page of newspaper and a postcard of Hitler and Mussolini. Their careful research on unusual finds, such as a fragment of expensive lamp glass from Germany, was most impressive.
In the first half of 2017 Winterborne Heritage conducted archaeological investigations at the State Heritage registered Artillery Drill Hall (Figure 1) in Fremantle on behalf of the National Trust of Western Australia. The Drill Hall was in need of reflooring which also involved significant restumping, and this precipitated the need for excavations inside the building and under the existing floors, prior to ground disturbing floor repairs taking place.
The Drill Hall was constructed in 1895, but before that, from 1850, the site was part of the Fremantle Convict Cantonment and is thus within the curtilage of the World Heritage site Fremantle Prison. Documentary evidence indicates that the Drill Hall was built partly over a yard allocated to Sappers of the Royal Engineers and their families, and partly over an area shown as "gardens". At the end of the convict period in 1886 the land was handed over to the colonial government, and in 1895 was allocated to the military for the construction of one of a number of Drill Halls throughout the Perth metropolitan area. It was retained by the military until the early 1980s, when it was slated for demolition, but was ultimately saved by a community campaign. From 1986 until 2015 the building was used as the Fly-By-Night Musicians Club, a live music venue for local and international acts.
The internal Drill Hall space measures 21m x 27m and floor repairs were needed throughout this entire area (figure 2). A thick layer of dust had built up under the floor boards on top of existing sediments, and this meant that the underfloor area was extremely dry, with excellent organic preservation. The nature of the construction of the building meant that the joists and bearers sat either on top of, or very close to, the underlying sediment, which limited horizontal movement of artefacts, and this meant that we had high confidence that artefacts were in-situ when recovered.
It soon became clear that the Drill Hall had been constructed directly over the top of an existing garden area, and that a large amount of convict period material culture had been protected by this construction. Hundreds of roughly cut garden stakes (figure 3) were recovered, many with twine and string still attached, evidence that the gardens were probably being used for the growing of vegetables. Soil samples are yet to be analysed, but we hope that pollen, seeds and other evidence will be able to indicate what type of plants exactly were being grown here. There were also a large number of leather shoes recovered, as well as delicate textiles. Shoe remains are ubiquitous when excavating in the yards at Fremantle Prison, but those tend to be one design – prisoners' boots. In contrast the shoes recovered here, less than 100m outside the walls of the prison, span a wide range of styles, including ladies' and childrens' shoes, indicating perhaps the footwear favoured by the sappers and their families.
From the Drill Hall period a wide range of military artefacts were recovered, including clothing parts (eg buttons), bullet cartridges, and a metal sign dated January 1943 (figure 4). Also recovered was a shuttlecock made of cork and rattan, evidence that badminton was played recreationally inside the building.
Quite a large number of artefacts were also recovered representative of the Fly-By-Night period, including parts of musical instruments (eg guitar strings, broken drum sticks, plectrums), graffiti, numerous artefacts related to the consumption of mind altering substances, both legal (eg alcohol containers) and illegal (eg syringes), and a large amount of cheap jewellery and other items of adornment.
One particular artefact class that can be seen from all three periods, is smoking material. From the convict period this is largely represented by clay pipes, but the excellent organic preservation meant that significant amounts of paper was also preserved and recovered in excellent condition. This meant that cigarette packets, match boxes and cigarette papers (figures 5 and 6) were recovered dating from throughout the 20th century. The Fly-By-Night Club was the first music venue in Australia to go smoke free, perhaps as early as 1990, so smoking material related to that period tends to be illicit, with the remains of numerous marijuana joints recovered.
The majority of the artefact assemblage is yet to be analysed, but the exceptional organic preservation in the underfloor area means that a large number of fragile artefacts havethat would normally not survive archaeologically, have done so from all three periods of site use. We hope that this will provide us with new understandings about lifeways in Fremantle in the 19th and 20th centuries. A number of journal papers will be published in future on archaeological work at this site, with the first related to the Fly-By-Night period soon to be submitted for publication.
ICOFORT – the International Scientific Committee on Fortifications and Military Heritage – was formed by ICOMOS in 2005 and was established to engage with the heritage conservation issues related to structures, landscapes and monuments associated with military heritage. There is now an Australia ICOMOS National Scientific Committee on Fortifications and Military Heritage. This talk by Dr Matthew Kelly is designed to introduce members to some aspects of military heritage around the world and in Australia and to also announce the development of the National Scientific Committee focusing on Australian military and conflict heritage. This introductory talk will also hopefully encourage ICOMOS members to consider joining this new National Scientific Committee and engage with the issues related to managing this form of heritage in a modern world. The talk will be preceded by a free tour of the Dawes Point Battery, with Denis Gojak.
Tour: Dawes Point under the Sydney Harbour Bridge south side starts at 5:15pm for 5.30pm sharp directed by Denis Gojak regarding the Dawes Point Battery.
Talk: The Big Dig, The Rocks, 110 Cumberland St, Sydney NSW 2000 at 6:15pm for 6:30pm sharp after the tour.
Students $5, Members $10, Non-members $15 all payable at the Big Dig in cash.
RSVP: via email to Louise Cox thubbul@bigpond.com. Bookings are essential as places are limited.
A World War II aircraft crash site at Whenuapai west of Auckland was investigated in April-May by a team lead by Simon Bickler in conjunction with Auckland Council. A USAAF B17E flying fortress ('Texas Tornado') which had been on a secret mission to New Zealand crashed and exploded shortly after take-off for Laverton on 9 June 1942, with eleven fatalities. The property on which the crash occurred is likely to be developed in the near future. The aim of the project was to undertake a controlled excavation of a large infilled 500 lb bomb crater at the site in a way that would allow recovery of any human remains, personal items, unexploded ordnance and definitive crash relics. The finds recovered from the crash site have yet to be fully examined, but a number of items recovered will be repatriated to the US Defence Department's Missing in Action unit.
A possible nineteeth century military trench has been discovered during road work excavations at Tauranga, NZ. The trench and the musket balls found within it may be related to other known battle sites in the area, which date between the 1830s and 1860s.
Last year was a big year for archaeology at the Port Arthur Historic Site. Over a seven month period, we managed to excavate the full extent of the area at the rear of the Penitentiary. Converted between 1854-56 from an 1840s flour mill and granary, the Penitentiary we see today only represents one small part of the former precinct. Once fronted by a parade ground and flanked by workshops and commissariat stores, the building had been situated within a busy precinct where facilities of incarceration, punishment and welfare operated beside industrial and administrative infrastructure.
The 2016 archaeological excavation focussed on the service-related aspects of the precinct: the ablutions and laundry facilities, exercise yards, shelters and stores which were vital to the operation of the larger building. As such, the investigation provided an opportunity to examine the management of convict welfare and, in particular, how this evolved across the life of the Penitentiary. The ablutions yard was excavated during January–May 2016, with the laundry area investigated during November–December.
The archaeological investigations were necessary from a conservation, research and interpretation standpoint. With conservation works ongoing within the Penitentiary precinct since 2011, a decision was taken to use open-area research excavation, instead of undertaking mitigation excavations in reaction to the works. The archaeological results would also feed into interpretation of the precinct. From a research point of view, there was high value in examining an area for which limited information on changes in historical fabric and use existed. The investigations also provided a rare opportunity to engage with the management, welfare and lived experiences of a convict population. This was particularly interesting, as the population under investigation, which after transportation's cessation in 1854 was an ageing mix of colonially and Imperially-convicted prisoners, has rarely been archaeologically studied.
The excavations revealed a multi-phase site, with features and deposits dating to the Penitentiary period and from earlier phases when the site was occupied by the 1830s waterfront workshops and the 1840s flour mill and granary. The dominant phase represented was related to the Penitentiary, indicative of the disruptive major works associated with the conversion of the precinct from industrial to incarcerative purposes.
In the ablutions area, which accounted for about 2/3 of the area investigated, the first phase configuration had seen exercise yards flanking a centrally-located ablutions block. Surfaced with hardwearing brick and dolerite gravels spread over tons of imported clay, the yards had been fitted with shelters, bench seating and fireplaces. Providing a modicum of protection from the elements, the yards afforded a controllable space where prisoners interacted. In contrast, the ablutions block was a cramped space in which upwards of 480 convicts were expected to carry out basic toiletry requirements morning and evening. It was likely the patently unsuitable conditions in the block that triggered a remodelling of the whole ablutions yard. At some point in the early 1860s, the toilet and washing spaces were removed to the flanking yards, resulting in the demolition of the former compounds and the construction of new shelter sheds in the spaces. The central block was converted to a day room fitted with benches and fireplaces.
Whilst undergoing less of a change, the laundry area, adjoining the western edge of the ablutions yard, similarly went through two major phases of activity. The building originally contained the laundry proper, stores, a bathhouse and washing area, as well as a wood store. When the conversions happened in the 1860s, the building was extended eastwards into the ablutions yard, with a large brick foundation constructed to accommodate a hot water boiler and its associated chimney stack. This boiler provided water to the bakehouse, laundry and washing facilities in the ablutions yard.
The excavation within the laundry area removed all deposits associated with the Penitentiary period. In the ablutions area they were removed down to the first phase of activity, with slots and trenches then excavated to sample the pre-Penitentiary deposits and features underneath. This found that, whilst some evidence of the earlier workshops and flour mill phases remained, the Penitentiary conversion had resulted in the wholesale demolition and removal of any upstanding fabric. What remained were demolition materials and surfaces, and reclamation deposits associated with preparing the area.
A large number of artefacts were recovered from the ablutions area, particularly from the surfaces of the exercise yards and within the central ablutions block/day room (which had had raised timber floors); the position of all diagnostic artefacts was recorded in 3D. In total, the excavation recovered some 1,800 spot finds, including a surprising number of lead and ceramic tokens or gaming pieces. Relatively few artefacts were recovered from the laundry area, likely because a number of rooms had been surfaced with sandstone flagging which would have been regularly swept, but also because the rooms had suffered marked disturbance when the building was salvaged in the post-convict period.
Image: One of the lead tokens in situ. Note the broad arrow!
We are excited to see what further analysis of the artefacts can tell us; we are particularly interested in their spatial distribution in relation to each other and to the spaces within which they were found. Further historical research also needs to take place, targeting the conduct records to extract information about behaviour and surveillance patterns within the yards.
The area itself will not be going back to the grassed area that it once was. Rather, our interpretation team will be introducing new hard-wearing surfaces and features to interpret the historical use and form of the area.
As always, the excavation would not have been possible without the dedicated band of archaeologists. David Roe and Richard Tuffin would like to thank: for the Penitentiary Ablutions work – Laura Bates, Lauren Davison, Henry Lion, Ronan McEleney, Fiona Shanahan, Rhian Slicer-Jones, and Zvonka Stanin; for the Penitentiary Laundry work - Laura Bates, Emma Church, Lauren Davison, Josh Gaunt, Adam Pietrzak, Michelle Richards and Sam Thomas. Peter Rigozzi was responsible for the amazing ortho and 3D photogrammetry produced during the excavation.


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Fazakerley and Croxteth Children's Centre
Fazaklerley and Croxteth Children's Centre brings together a wide range of service for children from birth - five years. By bringing together a range of service for children and families, from early education and childcare to health and family support, the Centres will make it easier for parents to access service for their children and themselves and help more families in the critical early years of their children's lives.
Fazakerley Children's Centre is situated within Barlows Primary School site and is under the governance of the school. If you look at our map we are on the corner of Barlows Lane with the Primary School, please come and visit us to find out more about what we do and meet some of the staff.
Croxteth Children's Centre is situated next to Our Lady & St Swithins's Primary School, Parkstile Lane, Liverpool, L11 0BQ - 0151 233 3705
The centre works with both communites, supporting families with health care, childcare solutions and a whole range of activities for parents, carers and their children aged 0-5.
Take a look around our website to find out what is going on at the centre and feel free to drop in.
We are a busy but friendly Children's Centre, with lots going on. The web site aims to give you a taste of the Centre, as well as providing regular updated information for both parents and children.
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Boss Level (2021) – Movie Review
A High Octane Thrill Ride
Boss Level has absolutely no right to be as good and entertaining as it is. After all, the idea of a time-loop reversal has been rehashed, recycled and repeated in almost every genre imaginable. From teen slashers and comedies through to expansive alien battlefields, you need to be doing something pretty special to stand out in this field. Thankfully, this movie is all kinds of special.
The premise is simple but don't be fooled by the glossy façade and wise-cracking gags; this film plays on several different layers, each more interesting and clever than the last.
The first 20 minutes waste absolutely no time pummeling you with a non-stop, bombastic sensory treat. Through this heady cacophony of explosions, car chases and gun-fire stems some wickedly witty narration that helps to ground this film with some simple but effective exposition.
Roy Pulver is our time-loop victim this time, a retired special forces officer who finds himself trapped in a never ending death loop with an array of colourful assassins lusting for blood. Despite 140+ attempts to navigate this violent labyrinth of death, Roy has never managed to progress past 12:47pm.
Yet through this violent nightmarish day are glimmers of hope. Roy begins to piece together fragments of the time before his infinite-day, and these seemingly insignificant bites of dialogue come into play during the second act of this movie. It's here where Boss Level starts to move beyond its quirky opener, shifting its central plot-driven question from 'what' to 'why'.
This ultimately envelops the movie in a thin veil of mystery that give this such much-needed depth. It also helps that beyond the obvious action and bloody violence is Roy, who prove himself to be a very likable character.
Played by Frank Grillo, this man is an absolute work-horse (one quick glance at his filmography will tell you as much) and he's given free-reign to really make this movie his own. Alongside him is the ever-enigmatic Mel Gibson too, but beyond a chilling monologue he doesn't have a lot else to do beyond the "disposable antagonist" role.
It's also worth noting that for all its good work, Boss Level does end on a slightly ambiguous, open note. Personally, I think this works quite well, with enough left to the imagination to figure out what happens next. Those who prefer something more conclusive though will almost certainly be left a little disappointed, believing this may be a nod toward a possible sequel.
Stylistically, Boss Level feels like a medley of different influences. The narration feels like it's been ripped right from Memento while the visual cues and storyline feel like they've been cobbled together from Happy Death Day and Scott Pilgrim VS The World. The ensuing result is something that feels both totally original and instantly familiar.
The twists are enough to keep you watching though and while this is unlikely to win any Oscars, this is a damn good movie nonetheless and a reminder of how fun these action flicks can be. Boss Level is a bombastic, big-screen blockbuster done right.
Boss Level isn't trying to be anything but an entertaining 100 minutes of high-octane fun. Based on the end result, that's something this movie executes to perfection.
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Categories action, films, mystery, Sci-fi Tags 2021, action, Annabelle Wallis, Frank Grillo, Hulu, Ken Jeong, mel gibson, mystery, Naomi Watts, sci-fi, Selina Lo, Will Sasso


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On her first day on a marketing job at a Virginia Beach, Va., insurance company, Bell's boss sent an email barring employees from bringing cellphones to the office. The email said that moms, especially, spent too much time on their phones checking up on their children.
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Hey, we warned you it might be a couple months before we got around to posting another Bootie Top 10. But because we're so O.C.D. and don't want to look like we skipped a month, we're just gonna call this "August/September" and post it in the middle of October … BECAUSE WE CAN. It's our web site, and if we're hella late, well… we're sorry. Here, have some free mashups.
This month's list was once again compiled by Adrian A (Mysterious D will be picking out the next batch) and you can tell we threw a Daft Punk vs. The Chainsmokers Mashup Night recently. We also got a Halloween mashup for you, one that we got just a little too late for our recently-released Halloween Booootie 5 album. And a Taylor Swift double-shot of her new single, because you know we loves us some Tay.