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Pennzoil® Synthetic Motor Oil powers extreme performance driver Ken Block
Ken Block and Hoonigan Racing Division Make the Switch to Pennzoil® as Official Motor Oil.
Houston – March 22, 2017. Pennzoil has teamed up with Ken Block and Hoonigan Racing Division as the official motor oil for Block and the team. Block made the switch in 2017 to protect his vehicles as they pound the pavement, whether he's hooning in a Gymkhana video or competing in his #43 Ford Focus RS RX rallycross car.
"The relationship with Ken Block and Hoonigan Racing Division is the next step for Pennzoil in our pursuit to provide consumers edge-of-their-seat automotive entertainment," said Doug Kooyman, Pennzoil Global Brand Director. "Ken is a pioneer in our industry and is redefining automotive exhilaration. We are confident that what's to come will have your adrenaline pumping."
On top of being a viral video superstar, Ken Block is a dedicated rally and rallycross athlete, currently competing full-time in the World Rallycross Championship. Heading into the 2017 race season, Pennzoil Platinum® Racing 10W-60 Full Synthetic motor oil will be coursing through the engines of both Hooningan Racing Division athletes' vehicles; Block's #43 Ford Focus RSRX and teammate Andreas Bakkerud's #13 Ford Focus RS.
Off the track, Pennzoil will power the engine of Ken Block's 1965 Ford Mustang Hoonicorn RTR V2 to help withstand the stress of all of his sideways endeavors, including Climbkhana, his upcoming film that documents Block taking his smoky, sideways, signature driving style up historic Pikes Peak in Colorado.
"I decided to make the switch to Pennzoil after we experienced engine problems running at Pikes Peak during filming for my next video project, Climbkhana, last year," said Block. "The mountain's high elevation is notorious for giving high-stress motors engine problems and we unfortunately suffered mechanical issues with our setup under load at the higher altitudes - all related to the engine oil. But, we're determined to go back and finish filming the project this year and my team is confident that with the help of Pennzoil and their motor oil products and technical know-how, that the Hoonicorn will run perfectly when we return this summer."
Known for non-traditional driving, Block sought out a non-traditional motor oil that would bring out unrivaled performance from his engines. In testing with Pennzoil for Climbkhana, Block felt the difference of next level performance. Pennzoil motor oils are technologically advanced products formulated to withstand extreme circumstances. Pennzoil upholds a strong history, even under the most demanding conditions, of protecting engines and keeping them running clean.
"Joining forces with Ken and Hoonigan Racing Division marks the start of another relationship that embraces mutual goals of pushing performance in extreme engines. Together, we'll unleash next level performance and push horsepower to the limits," continued Kooyman.
To stay up-to-date on the latest activities, be sure to 'Like' the official Pennzoil Facebook Page (www.facebook.com/Pennzoil) and follow Pennzoil on Twitter (www.twitter.com/Pennzoil) and Instagram (www.instagram.com/Pennzoil).
About Pennzoil®
At Pennzoil, we're car people. We love cars and the role they play in our lives. That's why we tirelessly strive to produce the most technologically advanced, highest performing motor oils on the market. At Pennzoil, motor oil is our passion, but cars are our way of life. Pennzoil motor oils are technologically advanced products formulated to withstand extreme conditions and help keep engines running clean.
Pennzoil® is the most trusted motor oil brand in America.* The full line of Pennzoil® quality products includes Pennzoil Platinum® Full Synthetic motor oil, Pennzoil Ultra Platinum™ Full Synthetic motor oil, Pennzoil Platinum® High Mileage Full Synthetic motor oil, Pennzoil Platinum® Euro Full Synthetic motor oil, Pennzoil Gold™ motor oil, Pennzoil® High Mileage Vehicle® motor oil, Pennzoil® motor oil, and Pennzoil Marine® engine oil. For more information about the full line of Pennzoil® lubricating products, motor oils and filters, please visit www.pennzoil.com. Not just oil. Pennzoil®.
* Based on a survey of private motorists, between the ages of 18-64, who own or lease a car in the US, between January 2016 and December 2016.
About Shell Lubricants
The term 'Shell Lubricants' collectively refers to the companies of Royal Dutch Shell plc that are engaged in the lubricants business. Shell Lubricants companies lead the lubricants industry, supplying more than 12 percent of global lubricants volume.* The companies manufacture and blend products for use in consumer, heavy industrial and commercial transport applications. The Shell Lubricants portfolio of top-quality brands includes Pennzoil®, Quaker State®, FormulaShell®, Shell TELLUS®, Shell RIMULA®, Shell ROTELLA® T, Shell SPIRAX® and Jiffy Lube®. http://www.shell.com
*Kline & Company, "Global Lubricants Industry November 2016: Market Analysis and Assessment.
About Ken Block
Ken Block's rally career began in 2005. His skill and car control became quickly apparent and Block aptly nabbed Rookie of the Year that season in the Rally America Championship. Since then, Block has continued to race in the series, racking up numerous overall wins as well as plenty of podium appearances. He's also accumulated five X Games medals since the start of his career, including most recently taking silver at Global X Games Barcelona RallyCross in 2013. In addition to his performance in the car, Block has been a driving force in shedding light on the sport of rally within the United States. His keen branding and marketing acumen, combined with his talents and skills behind the wheel, has also allowed Block to achieve global fame as a rally driver through his wildly successful viral Gymkhana series of videos. With all six of his Gymkhana videos (plus all associated edits) clocking in at over 250 million views on the franchise in total, they have helped put Block in front of eyeballs around the world. The franchise has also racked up several awards, including making the top 10 viral video charts by Ad Age, as well as the One Show Interactive Gold Pencil Award in the category of Online Films & Video/Long Form – Single, for excellence in an advertising campaign. In January 2010, Block formed the Monster World Rally Team and signed with Ford to pursue his dreams of racing in the World Rally Championship and in doing so, became one of only four Americans to ever score points in the WRC (more Americans have actually landed on the moon than scored points in the WRC). Additionally, his signing with Ford included campaigning domestically in racing (Global RallyCross Championship, X Games and Rally America), as well as continuing with his Gymkhana driving. In 2012, Block re-named his team Hoonigan Racing Division, with the goal to further push the boundaries of motorsports marketing. In 2013, 2014 and 2015, Block dedicated himself to competing in the Global Rallycross Championship, finishing second overall in 2015. 2016 saw Block move to racing full-time in the FIA World Rallycross Championship. He will contest the full 2017 Championship calendar this year, as well as compete at the Gymkhana GRID final this fall and create multiple video projects as well.
About Hoonigan Racing Division
Created and assembled by Ken Block, the object of the Hoonigan Racing Division is to continue to redefine the race-team archetype. The two-car team is helmed by Block himself and features Andreas Bakkerud as a second driver, both of whom are racing the Ford Focus RS RX rallycross car in FIA World RX. The team is driven not only to win, but to also market motorsports through innovative, creative and interactive ways. The team is supported by Monster Energy, Ford Motor Company, Hoonigan, Toyo Tires, Pennzoil, Can-Am, Sonax, GoPro, ST Suspensions, HPI Racing, fifteen52 and Alpinestars.
Melissa Winters, Coyne Public Relations
Shell Media Line
Cautionary Note
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This release contains forward-looking statements concerning the financial condition, results of operations and businesses of Royal Dutch Shell. All statements other than statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements of future expectations that are based on management's current expectations and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in these statements. Forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements concerning the potential exposure of Royal Dutch Shell to market risks and statements expressing management's expectations, beliefs, estimates, forecasts, projections and assumptions. These forward-looking statements are identified by their use of terms and phrases such as ''anticipate'', ''believe'', ''could'', ''estimate'', ''expect'', ''goals'', ''intend'', ''may'', ''objectives'', ''outlook'', ''plan'', ''probably'', ''project'', ''risks'', "schedule", ''seek'', ''should'', ''target'', ''will'' and similar terms and phrases. There are a number of factors that could affect the future operations of Royal Dutch Shell and could cause those results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements included in this release, including (without limitation): (a) price fluctuations in crude oil and natural gas; (b) changes in demand for Shell's products; (c) currency fluctuations; (d) drilling and production results; (e) reserves estimates; (f) loss of market share and industry competition; (g) environmental and physical risks; (h) risks associated with the identification of suitable potential acquisition properties and targets, and successful negotiation and completion of such transactions; (i) the risk of doing business in developing countries and countries subject to international sanctions; (j) legislative, fiscal and regulatory developments including regulatory measures addressing climate change; (k) economic and financial market conditions in various countries and regions; (l) political risks, including the risks of expropriation and renegotiation of the terms of contracts with governmental entities, delays or advancements in the approval of projects and delays in the reimbursement for shared costs; and (m) changes in trading conditions. All forward-looking statements contained in this release are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section. Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Additional risk factors that may affect future results are contained in Royal Dutch Shell's 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2016 (available at www.shell.com/investor and www.sec.gov). These risk factors also expressly qualify all forward looking statements contained in this release and should be considered by the reader. Each forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of this release, 24 March 2017. Neither Royal Dutch Shell plc nor any of its subsidiaries undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or other information. In light of these risks, results could differ materially from those stated, implied or inferred from the forward-looking statements contained in this release.
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Public Engagement on Review of AQOs - Possible New Air Quality Improvement Measures
(The Public Engagement Exercise ended on 14 October 2017. Thank you for your support.)
The Environment Bureau embarked on the Review in mid-2016. An AQOs Review Working Group with dedicated Sub-groups on four key aspects, namely air science and health, road transportation, marine transportation, and energy and power generation, have been formed to deliberate on the possible new air quality improvement measures and the assessments of the practicability of their implementation to identify possible scope to further tighten the AQOs. The practicability of the individual possible new measures were grouped into four categories :
Short term Likely to produce results by 2025 or earlier
Medium term Maybe ready for consideration in the next AQOs Review period
Long term Require detailed planning or further study to ascertain the practicability for implementation beyond the next Review period
Others Considered as not practicable, short of air quality benefits or not suitable to be considered under the current scope of the Review
Details of the deliberations
Public Engagement Forums
Two public engagement forums will be held to enable the community to better understand the work of the AQOs Review, and to gather views on possible new air quality improvement measures. Details are as follows:
Public Engagement Forum
Date 28 September 2017 ( Thursday ) 30 September 2017 ( Saturday )
Time 2:15pm to 4:30pm 10:00am to 12:30pm
Venue Room 101, 1/F, The Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association of Hong Kong Headquarters, 3 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
(MTR Wanchai Station Exit C) Lecture Theatre, 4/F, West Block, Education Bureau Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre, 19 Suffolk Road, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon
(MTR Kowloon Tong Station Exit E)
Language Cantonese ( with English and Putonghua simultaneous interpretation )
Note: Content of the two public engagement forums are identical. As seats are limited, registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis. The successful registrants will be notified within two working days.
Registration (Free Admission)
aqoreview@epd.gov.hk
Tel: 2594 6267 (Registration and Enquiry)
Post: Air Policy Group (1), Environmental Protection Department, 33/F, Revenue Tower, 5 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong)
Please share your views
Your views will help the Government formulate future strategies for improving our air quality and reviewing the current AQOs. If you cannot attend the forums, your views can also be submitted on or before 14 October 2017 by one of the following means:
Download the views collection form and send us by
- Post: Air Policy Group (1), Environmental Protection Department, 33/F, Revenue Tower, 5 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong;
- Email: aqoreview@epd.gov.hk; or
- Fax: 28382155
Publicity materials
List of Measures
Briefing on AQO Review Public Engagement

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HomeFundingBarcelona-based X1 Wind receives €4 million to make offshore wind more affordable
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Barcelona-based X1 Wind receives €4 million to make offshore wind more affordable
Offshore windmills have taken off in recent years, yielding greater electricity generation than land based wind farms, with higher wind speeds over ocean waters. Barcelona-based startup X1 Wind is innovating in the offshore wind industry, and has recently developed PivotBuoy – a novel, single point mooring system platform which could significantly reduce the cost of floating offshore wind. The startup announced that it has now received €4 million in Horizon 2020 funding to deploy a prototype of the PivotBuoy at a test site off the shores of the Canary Islands, in a consortium along with eight other partners.
Once tested and proven, PivotBuoy stands to reduce platform weight by as much as 80%, and costs by 50%, making floating wind much more competitive, paving the way to a goal of spending only €50/MWh in commercial scale wind farms.
First backed by EIT InnoEnergy, Europe's sustainable energy innovation engine, the platform can operate at an increased water depth compared to other floating solutions, which will open up hundreds of sites that were previously technically or commercially inaccessible.
"In the last decade, a number of prototypes have successfully proven floating wind is technically feasible, but costs need to be reduced by at least 50%," said Alex Raventos, CEO at X1 Wind. "Technology disruption is required to achieve large-scale competitive floating offshore wind. Together with a consortium of nine cutting edge R&D institutions and industry partners, we plan to demonstrate the advantages of our innovative PivotBuoy system. We are delighted to receive this important support from the European Commission."
The project consortium combines experienced industry partners and R&D organisations from the offshore wind, naval and oil and gas sectors, and is formed by nine partners from six different countries: X1 Wind, ESM, WavEC, PLOCAN, EDP, INTECSEA, DTU, DNV GL and DEGIMA. The project will officially start on April 1, and will last for 36 months.
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The Poetics of Travel Through Unravelling Visual Representations on Postcards: A Critical Semiotics Analysis
Journal of Tourism, Heritage & Services Marketing (JTHSM), Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 44-53, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4519317
See all articles by Christina Bonarou
Christina Bonarou
Purpose: Visual representations, as the mechanism of tourism discourses, are vital to the constructed realities of tourism. This paper aims to contribute to ongoing research on tourist postcards and tourist imagery, exploring how contemporary photographic tourist postcards act as narratives of cultural representations and national identities, and how they constitute a 'poetics of travel' by communicating 'myths' about particular destinations.
Methods: The methodology has followed the semiotic analysis along with a critical approach, focusing on a corpus of approximately 4,200 picture postcards issued between 2003 and 2019. In addition to adopting a discourse approach, the study can be considered as 'auto-ethnographic' since it analyses the postcards as visual texts of Greece, which have been produced within Greece (by Greek editors and Greek photographers) and as the analysis has been made by a Greek researcher.
Results: The findings present some similarities and differences to those outlined in previous exploratory research, and clearly establish that throughout the years contemporary Greece keeps focusing on its self-representation as a historic, authentic and romantic tourist destination; as a the 'cradle of western civilization" and as an "unchanged paradise on earth".
Implications: Findings indicate that visual representations as the mechanism of tourism discourses are essential to the constructed realities of tourism, constituting a 'poetics of travel'. The fact that Greece is presented as a 'museum-like' destination, requires, however, special attention because the exaggerated language of the tourist discourse limits Greece in an eternal "unchanged" present, partly cancelling the potential image of modern progress.
Keywords: postcards, Greece, visual representations, tourist imagery, semiotic analysis, tourism discourse
JEL Classification: R41, L83, Z39
Bonarou, Christina, The Poetics of Travel Through Unravelling Visual Representations on Postcards: A Critical Semiotics Analysis (February 15, 2021). Journal of Tourism, Heritage & Services Marketing (JTHSM), Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 44-53, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4519317, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3783730
Christina Bonarou (Contact Author)
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Picture this …
Fishguard and Goodwick Station at 18:46 on Friday October 11th 2013.
The new station has been open for under a year and a half.
One of our two evening trains arrives from the east, and many people, young and old, local and international, get off.
They have travelled from Bristol, Cardiff, Swansea, London, Chicago and New York.
All this is still only a trial service. One day our government in Cardiff Bay will determine if it has a future.
How confident are we that besides making the trial permanent, they will also address the shortcomings in our present service?
Remember these pictures when that time comes – it's sooner than you think.
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Great to see the new station and trains being well used. As you note the trial is now over 2 years into its 3 year period, so it won't be long before decisions will be made in Cardiff over continued funding.
It is also good to see that class 158s still appear (even in not regularly) on the evening services, they do provide a more pleasant travelling experience than the class 150s – especially over distances like Cardiff to North Pembrokeshire. I have noticed that the afternoon Gloucester to Fishguard Harbour often brings in numerous visitors to the area – especially on Fridays, so it is good to see the local train service is helping to support the local tourist industry by bringing people into the area.
Seeing the new station looking busy like this puts some evidence to counteract the 'more than that from Ferryside' comment a while back. It is encouraging to see the use being made of our additional trains, but we all need to continue efforts to grow the numbers of passengers month on month, especially over the critically important next few months.
I agree, good to see that the 18:46 arrival is well used and worked by a class 158. How do the other services compare though? It would be interesting to see how the additional 20,000 passengers per anum are divided between Fishguard's 6 or 7 services each way.
I think there is still an ATW 158 at Bristol under-going repairs following an unfortunate encounter with a road vehicle at a level crossing, which may mean a 150 has to substitute on the evening Fishguard service more often. It is a shame though that we still have a class 150 on the boat train even when everything is running smoothly.
Once the trial is complete, it would also be interesting to see what impact further improvments could make. The 3.5hr and 5hr gaps remaining in the daytime timetable have to be quite off-putting to potential passengers. Likewise class 150s on the long-distance runs, changing at Clarbeston Road and having to share trains out of Cardiff with Swansea commuters (let alone the tedium of having to go into Swansea and out again if heading to/from Cardiff or England).
I don't think the gap between the 09:56 and 13:30 is much of a problem as most departures will have left by 10 am which is late enough even for those relying upon bus connections to Goodwick. The lack of a mid-afternoon service does leave a long gap and does cause issues for people travelling beyond Cardiff.
In terms of arrivals morning services at 06:42 and 10:57 from Cardiff seem reasonable as do the 16:05 and 17:40 Cardiff departures in the evening with the late boat train covering late departures from elsewhere. Again the lack of a mid-afternoon arrival will impact on those heading up to Carmarthen for a half-day meeting or shop.
In comparison with places like Oban and Fort William we compare rather well however, and things are rather better than they were 3 years ago. The first aim is to maintain what we have and once that target has been achieved then trying to fill the mid-afternoon gap would be a suitable future focus.
The sharing od services with commuters from Cardiff and Swansea helps to justify the trains in the first place, but it is to be hoped that ATW can alleviate the overcrowding on the 17:40 Cardiff to Milford service resources and timetable paths permitting.
While the gap between the 09:56 and 13:30 departures is not too worrying, it does leave a gap in arrivals which is rather more of a problem as it doesn't give good day-trip options to north Pembs. Also bus connections to Goodwick: because of the outdated bus network the 9am bus from Cardigan will not get you to the 09:56 train, it arrives at Fishguard Town Hall at 09:40 with the next 410 service to Goodwick not until 10am. So if you want the train it's the 08:10 from Newport (north of there misses out) which gets you to the 08:40 410 to Goodwick, getting you there at 08:45 with over an hour to wait for the train.
The afternoon gap is a problem in both directions, as 19:00 is a bit late for the return portion of a day trip and 10:57 from Cardiff makes for a rather early start if making a long journey to Fishguard, say from Portsmouth.
James Power
I travelled through Fishguard & Goodwick on the 10:57 departure from Cardiff Central and there was at least 8 people who got off the train and maybe 8 – 10 waiting for the return service, this was 24th October 2013 and was travelling to Ireland.
I returned on the 28th October and caught the 13:29 Fishguard Harbour – Cheltenham Spa service (I was on until the end as well to Cheltenham for a change to Birmingham and finally Hinckley) and 8 got on at F & G which I was happy to see. Many years of travelling to Ireland and passing through the old station and then one day I pass through again and it's open and being used, certainly hope the Welsh Government will continue with this.
And come the day when the Welsh Government decides what comes after our three-year trial, we will make sure your comments are in their in-tray – plus all the mounting evidence of a successful operation. Thanks James.
Do we have any news regarding the next steps yet?
If I remember correctly, there was supposed to be a public consultation at the end of the trial service. And I'd hope the Welsh Government decide what, if any, service should be run from September 2014 in time for the timetable planners. Nobody wants a 'back to just boat trains while we decide if the trial was a success' do they?
Statistics been released, Fishguard & Goodwick seen 12072 users in the 2012/2013 period (also on the Wikipedia page too).
But that's not quite the full story. Fishguard and Goodwick was only opened on May 14 2012, 44 days into the statistical period. To make comparisons, you have to adjust the user figure to reflect a full year – that gives 13,684 users. At the same time, users at Fishguard Harbour declined from 38,828 in 2011-12 to 35,520 in 2012-13. So the adjusted 2012-13 total users at the two Fishguard stations is
. Compare that with Pembroke Dock for the same period: 47,686. A pretty good start? Comments anyone?
Thank You Spad, I didn't look at it like that but yes it does look a very good start :).
Can anyone tell me, is the fall in passenger numbers at Fishguard Bay due to the re-opening of the new station?
Fishguard Bay???
If you mean Fishguard Harbour, then I suspect that the fall is indeed due to the openning of the new Fishguard & Goodwick station.
As Spad says, the total passenger numbers across the two stations (47,592) is an increase (of 8,740) over the previous year's figures for Fishguard Harbour alone.
Compared to the last full year of just boat trains (2010/11) I think the overall Fishguard passenger count (47,592, remember) for 2012/13 is an increase of 16,760. Again, as Spad says the new station wasn't open for the entirety of the 2012/13 period, so I suspect the next year's figures will again see a fall in passenger numbers at the harbour and a rise at Goodwick.
Thank you. A lovely rail journey. I wish you every success and that rail services to the area thrive.
Thanks Denis.
Here's another way of looking at the success of our new rail service. Pembroke Dock: population 9753, rail users 47,686. Fishguard and Goodwick: population 5139, rail users (both stations) 49,204.
So Pembroke Dock generates just under 5 rail journeys per head of population. Fishguard and Goodwick generate just under 10 rail journeys per head – twice as many!
And yes, both towns have Irish ferry traffic, so the figures are comparable.
Blocking Back
That's an average of 10.75 people per train – the vast majority of whom travel on the two Boat Trains that existed before the new service.
I wouldn't really agree that the ferry traffic for Fishguard & Pembroke Dock is equivalent, as getting from Pembroke Dock Station to the ferry is something of a headache, whereas the link to the ferry in Fishguard couldn't possibly be more convenient.
I'd be interested in seeing passenger figures for the pre-2012 service, to see how much extra business has been generated by the new service. Does anyone have them?
Passenger loading figures for Fishguard Harbour (plus Fishguard & Goodwick from May 2012) as follows:
2007-08: 24,755
2010-11: 30,832 (uplift mainly down to Icelandic ash cloud)
2011-12 38,828 (additional trains from September 12th 2011)
2012-13: 47,592 (FGH 35,520, FGW: 12,072 (from May 14th 2012))
So taking the Icelandic cloud increase as a short term blip, the average loadings in the years prior to the additional trains starting was around 24,500 while the first full financial year (April to March) gave 47,592, an increase of 23,146 which compares with a forecast increase of around 21,000 in the final consultant report prior to funding agreement. This was with Goodwick station only open for 10.5 months of the year.
It needs to be mentioned that with issues surrounding the availability of discounted tickets to Goodwick station in the first year or more after opening, together with a preference of some local travellers to continue using the Harbour station it would be seriously incorrect to assume that all Harbour passengers are ferry users.
Numerous local passenger traffic also takes advantage of the boat trains, particularly on a Sunday afternoon.
It needs to be recalled that during the Icelandic ash cloud period train services were seriously strengthened, consideration was given to running FGW HSTs, while services were frequently formed of 5 to 7 vehicles. Those loadings have not continued, although some uplift in ferry foot passengers are likely as low cost airlines become less low cost.
Average load factors need to be considered with care. Firstly 3 of the additional 10 services are effectively positioning moves at start and end of service – at 30% of the additional trains that is a higher percentage than the positioning moves for say Milford or Pembroke.
The Fishguard additional trains also provide additional trains into and out of Swansea, such as in the evening peak. As an example prior to our extra trains Swansea had the 17:05 to Milford, it now has a 16:40 to Milford and a 17:05 to Fishguard – withdrawal of the funding would take away one of those 2 trains too, both of which load well and would struggle to squeeze onto one 3 car set . Clarbeston Road and Clunderwen now enjoy an hourly service Eastbound from around 06:30 to 11:30 as opposed to the previous generally 2 hourly service, while Whitland now also has an improved service.
Indeed, divide passenger numbers by 6 or 7 rather than 10, to take account of the effectively ECS services, and the average number of passengers per train improves quite nicely.
Has anyone here traveled on the first morning train out of Fishguard (to Clarbeston Road), or know someone who has? If so, do many passengers use it? or is it a fourth ECS working? If passengers do use it, would they still do so if the 08:04 service ran a little earlier to arrive Carmarthen at 08:45 to make it more useful for commuters?
No services to/from Fishguard are Empty Coaching Stock, but they are frequently empty.
The first service up in the morning frequently has only one passenger and rarely more than 2 or 3.
The 1900 Fishguard to Clarby service is also very poorly used. There is usually only one passenger on board and it runs empty approximately three nights per week.
Swansea Jack, do you have more details of the final consultant report that forecast the increase of around 21,000 passengers? Were factors such as Fishguard & Goodwick station, the Stena Lynx fast ferry (axed just before Fishguard's rail revival) and the gappy timetable considered?
Blocking Back, soon after the draft timetables were published some users of this site began to refer to some of the new services as ECS moves because that is effectively what they are, although they are actually run in service and can in theroy carry passengers. We protested that those services should not be counted among the five trains each way we were promised. Sadly, they were counted and we effectively only have three new services into Fishguard and three or four outwards.
There isn't really an inbound service for day trippers to north Pembs. from further afield than Carmarthen, so the service is really about passengers from north Pembs. leaving in the morning and returning in the evening. Therefore two of the three morning trains into Fishguard and both of the evening trains are positioning moves (effectively ECS) necessary to provide the useful workings. And the useful workings are indeed useful, just look at the pictures above of the evening arrival. I'd hazzard a guess that you'd find a fair few passengers on the 08:04 and 09:56 out of Fishguard in the mornings too.
I'm a bit dubious about the 06:56 Fishguard to Clarbeston Road, sure it's nice to say you can get to Swansea by 9 and Cardiff by 10, but 06:56 is a rather early start for leisure travel. The commuter market to Swansea from as far out as Fishguard is probably pretty neglible also, and if that was really the target market a connection into the 07:30 Paddington train at Carmarthen might be more useful than a connection that doesn't reach Swansea until 10 to nine.
The 06:53 Eastbound serves a different market to the 08:04 and 09:56 departures. The latter 2 are of use particularly for leisure journeys and have appeared to perform well. The 06:53 is required for those who travel to Swansea for business, and I am aware of a handful who use this semi-regularly for meetings in Cardiff / Swansea and for employment in Swansea on 2 or 3 occasions each week. This traffic would naturally take longer to develop than the leisure market, and has in the past been used for example by local students to access Trinity St Davids in Carmarthen.
The 08:04 departure would be better as an 07:50 giving a more robust arrival time in Carmarthen for those working from 09:00.
The afternoon / evening services: the choice is between a early afternoon Carmarthen to Fishguard followed by a 18:00 or later departure from Swansea; or from a service at 17:05 from Swansea with a later service to cover passengers returning from Cardiff or futher afield who would be discouraged from waiting until the night boat train. In a perfect word we'd ideally have 3 afternoon / evening trains Westbound but that option was not available. A 15:00 from Carmarthen added to the present service would be ideal, a return at around 16:00 would also provide a connection to London.
The services were not based around the Stena Lynx fast cat service, although if it had continued it may have assisted in adding passenger numbers to the 06:42 Cardiff to Fishguard and the 19:00 Fishguard departure as the connections did work out quite well.
The 06:42 Cardiff to Fishguard does allow for day trips to North Pembrokeshire. Derek Brockway in his Weatherman walking guise could easily catch that train to Goodwick, catch the coastal bus to Strumble Head or Garn Fawr and then walk back along the coast path to Goodwick for the 19:00 to Cardiff. 06:42 may be viewed as an early start, but the times from Swansea, Llanelli and Carmarthen should not be an issue. Preseli Venture visitors are regular users of the 16:05 from Cardiff / 17:05 from Swansea on Friday evening, heading back East on the Sunday afternoon boat train, and other short break and longer visitors have a range of services they can use.
We argee on the 08:04 departure then, as I also think it would be better running slightly earlier to better serve commuters to Carmarthen.
The questions with the 06:53 eastbound are:
1. Whether the business market it exists for is big enough to justify not just that working but also the two 'effectively ECS' workings with a 3-car class 175 unit that result (particularly the morning Clarbeston Road to Fishguard service).
2. Whether it too needs to run earlier to give a more robust arrival time in Swansea and Cardiff for those working/meeting at 09:00 in Swansea or 10:00 in Cardiff. They are big places and 11 minutes at the former and 14 at the latter seem a bit tight to me.
The 06:42 Cardiff to Fishguard indeed does allow for day trips to North Pembrokeshire, but from east of Carmarthen it looks to be too early for leisure travellers, which is why I said "There isn't really an inbound service for day trippers to north Pembs. from further afield than Carmarthen".
I asked about the Stena Lynx because, if the consultants assumed it would have been running their estimate of passenger numbers would have been higher. Similar, if they assumed a service to Carmarthen with no changes at Clarbeston Road they might also have come up with a higher figure. In either case, rather than the services meerly doing as well as predicted they would actually be doing better.


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'Exclusion of Cork East on Wild Atlantic Way a missed opportunity' – Sandra McLellan TD
Sinn Féin Cork East TD Sandra McLellan, during questions to the Minister for Tourism, described the exclusion of Cork East on the Wild Atlantic Way a missed opportunity and called for its expansion.
Deputy McLellan said:
"The Wild Atlantic Way is a beautiful, idyllic and innovative tourist attraction.
"As Ireland's first long-distance touring route, it is a wonderful initiative that has great potential for expansion.
"Stretching from the Inishowen Peninsula in Donegal to Kinsale in County Cork it has had a positive impact on local businesses and communities.
"However, it is a shame that it does not incorporate the entire coastline of the Atlantic.
"Ending in Kinsale means that my own constituency of East Cork is missing out on what would be a much needed boost to the local economy.
"My own hometown of Youghal is located where the mouth of the Blackwater River meets the Atlantic ocean.
"Youghal is a renowned tourist and heritage town which is steeped in history.
"It has so much to offer.
"Within half an hour of Youghal, the Jameson Distillery is situated in Middleton.
"Cobh has the Fota Wildlife Park, a fantastic golfing resort, the Titanic Port and the largest ocean liners in the world.
"In times of economic hardship that has affected many small, rural businesses, it would be a wonderful contribution to the island to have a tourist attraction benefitting as many counties and areas as possible."


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OPSEU to government: disband College Employer Council
November 16, 2017 - 7:45 pm
Toronto – The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) is calling on Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne to disband the College Employer Council, the "private club" that represents 24 public colleges in collective bargaining.
"Today, after college faculty overwhelmingly rejected Council's latest contract offer, we hoped real negotiations would ensue," said JP Hornick, chair of the OPSEU college faculty bargaining team. "But in a joint meeting this afternoon with the Premier and Advanced Education Minister Deb Matthews, it became clear that, of the three parties in the room, only two were concerned with saving the semester for hundreds of thousands of students.
"One of those parties, the College Employer Council, refused to accept that their approach to bargaining had failed, and refused to do anything to get our students back to class."
In talks late this afternoon, Hornick said, Council refused to remove the "poison pills" in its offer and made no move toward a settlement – even when faculty offered to send a key item, academic freedom, to arbitration.
Commenting on a government move to introduce back-to-work legislation, OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas laid the blame for it at Council's door.
"When our team made a last-ditch effort to get students back in class on Monday, the colleges dug in even further," he said. "If there is going to be legislation, it should include measures to disband the College Employer Council altogether.
"Council is a private club that is accountable to no one," he said. "It is a small group of privileged people that asked for 30 to 40 per cent wage increases this year but are more than happy to make work more and more precarious for the frontline faculty who make education happen.
"Council is a shadowy agency beyond the reach of freedom-of-information and salary disclosure laws, yet it is funded entirely by public dollars and students' tuition," he said. "It exists for no other reason but to enrich its directors, and it should be outlawed."
For more information: JP Hornick, 416-806-9526; Warren (Smokey) Thomas, 613-329-1931; Mona Chevalier, OPSEU college faculty bargaining team (French only) 613-606-2238


Hardwood 50km and 24km SingleTrack Challenge will take place Sunday October 14th at Hardwood Ski and Bike.
Sadly, this is the FINAL MTB event on the OCA calendar for the season!
Riders will tackle "Fun", "Cranked", "Serious", "Gnarly" and "Radical courses for a total of 50 km's. You can ride it Solo, or Tag Team and partner up with a friend to take turns and split the distance. There are also Open and Youth categories for a less insane ride of 24 km's.
There is a field limit of 300 Solo and Tag Teams, so don't miss out! Registration is open until 5pm Saturday Oct 14th. There is NO day of entry. Early Entry discount available until Sept 30th at midnight.
Specialized Bicycles will also be onsite for a launch of the 2013 Test the Best demo's. Come ride one of the new 2013 29'rs from Specialized!
The 2012 Rider Guide with full details of how the event works and Rules and Regulations are now posted.
Courtesy Glenn Meeuwisse, Pulse Racing Inc.


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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - Genesis
In Box - With Manual - Sold Out Game Only - Sold Out
The Genesis version of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is a one-on-one fighting game based on the TV series, featuring two playing modes: one-player scenario mode and two-player battle mode.
In scenario mode, the evil Rita Repulsa sends a number of her monsters (and the evil Green Ranger) after the Power Rangers, who must defeat each in one-to-one combat. Before every bout, players can select a different ranger to play. Each of the five matches consists of two rounds: after the first round, the monster usually changes form into a larger version of itself (the Green Ranger summons his Dragonzord instead), which the Power Rangers must then fight again using their Megazord mecha. After the Green Ranger is defeated, he also becomes available as a playable character for the remaining fights.
In battle mode, players can select from the six rangers, four monsters and two Zords to fight each other in best-of-three matches in almost all combinations (the Zords and the Cyclopsis monster cannot be matched against any of the rangers, and both players cannot play the same character).
Two of the controller's buttons are used for normal and fierce attacks, while blocking is done by either pulling back from the enemy for standard blocks or pushing both buttons simultaneously for a powerful block that reflects even enemy projectiles. Button combinations unleash different special moves for each character.


It's Monday again, which means I published another chapter of my WiP, "Moonrise"!
It's one of my favorite scenes, although the end is a little tacky. I have a weak spot for powerful machines, especially dangerous looking ones, so describing the aircraft– short as that part may be– was one of the best parts writing this. I love it when vehicles have this almost alive feel, like they could develop a mind of their own. Still hate Transformers though.
Moonrise – Chapter "Cat and Mouse" online!
Last week, I welcomed the most lovely guests to my home and got a little side-tracked by all the activities we did. This led to me forgetting to publish the next chapter of Moonrise – my apologies!
I've fixed this oversight as of now. "Cat and Mouse" is now online on Wattpad and ready for your eyes (I hope)!


I come from a cranberry and fishing town near Cape Cod, MA. My parents were born in the Greatest Generation, when survival and self-sufficiency were the keys to getting by. Both worked to support their families, and neither completed high school. Consequently, I was raised with an emphasis on creative solutions that didn't require money (great foundation for working at a Lab!), and on long-forgotten Yankee skills like splitting wood, canning the summer's harvest, and hunting for the winter's meat. My parents valued practical knowledge over academics, and didn't understand the importance of higher education as a path toward professional achievement. Utterly unaware that there was a way I *could* go to college out of high school, I combined a profound sense of patriotism with a compelling desire to get out of a no-future rut and joined the Marines at 18.
United States Marine Corps: Images of heroism, selfless valor, fitness, service, grit, pride. There were less than 5000 females (out of a force strength of over 200,000) in the Marine Corps when I enlisted. And those of us who challenged the Old Corps were pioneers in the ultimate male-dominated industry. I worked in signals intelligence and ground electronic warfare, and was a Chinese linguist and cryptanalyst. I finished my second tour with the Corps as a Chinese instructor at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey.
As I thought about our Stanford leadership lesson, about the balance between leading, managing, and doing, I reflected on my decade in the Corps. While I don't recall any specific acts of heroism or valor, I can tell you that there were many lessons I still carry with me to this day from those amazing years.
I learned about placing people first – their training, development, well-being, and never leaving anyone behind. I learned about trusting and empowering my people to act in accordance with the overarching mission and objectives of the greater organizations. As an individual contributor, or perhaps a small team of specialists in a particular domain, the lives of my platoon, company, and battalion might be at stake based on MY level of job expertise – and I learned the importance of how my role was integral to the achievement of the mission. I swelled with the pride of doing work well and being recognized for it to the further pride of my unit, and I learned about the value of recognizing others for their efforts and dedication to excellence. How to praise publicly, and how to counsel privately.
I learned about teamwork, and that no task is beneath someone when it has to be accomplished for the good of the organization – scheduling, sharing, fairness, pitching in. I learned how to give briefings to non-technical, and non-domain strategists so they could use my work to form tactical and strategic courses of action.
I learned about multiculturalism, both from the people I served with, and from the places I was stationed. I learned about international relations through civic duty – on one deployment to the DMZ in Korea, my company commander volunteered us to help the local village plant rice. We spent a lot of time getting to know people with fewer than 20 words of language in common. I got great exposure to cross-functional collaboration as we shared resources and missions with the Navy and the NSA.
I saw masterful agility, mobility (long before it was a tech buzz word), and logistical sophistication. Lots of people cannot pack effectively for two weeks' vacation with the family, yet our logisticians could deploy our battalion, fully-self-sufficient, for 6 months on a week's notice. Imagine three 18-21 year-old cooks, handling the planning and preparation of 3 meals a day for 300 Marines on a mountain 30 miles from the nearest village.
A thousand lessons in leadership, management, and the importance of executing everything from the shine on the edge of your shoes to a report headed for the White House with exemplary standards of excellence.
I don't know that a leader can actually be all things to all people, but I think the greatest lessons from those years were around the importance of values-based leadership. Leading in service to others and holding true to integrity and honor as your highest pillars. These are the kind of things that the people you lead and serve can hold onto in turbulent times of change, and that will help guide them to follow your leadership. Know yourself. Know and demonstrate your values, and lead others by knowing them, and remaining true to your principles.
These are very powerful words from Theresa. Take a moment, go back and read and reflect on principles Theresa listed. Ones that spoke loudly to me included place people first, trust and empower, recognize others, praise publicly, counsel privately, teamwork, fairness, getting to know people, cross-functional collaboration, executing with exemplary standards of excellence, values-based leadership, service to others, holding true to integrity and honor, knowing yourself, knowing and demonstrating your values, remaining true to your principles.
Each of these could become the basis for a new practice. Perhaps you might want to select one to work on in the next few weeks.