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Mar 1, 2011 | Africa, Kruger, Sabi Sand, Simon and Baker Travel Review, South Africa | 0 comments
We will return to Kirkman's anytime we wish to visit the southeastern corner of the Sabi Sand Reserve to explore the riverine areas and look forward to rewarding game viewing drives.
Overall Impression Kirkman's Kamp was named for Lawrence Henry "Harry" Kirkman, a hunter turned conservationist, who established the property as a family cattle farm in the early 1900s. It was one of only two properties we have visited with access to the Sabi and Sand rivers of the well known Sabi Sand Reserve where it is located. Perhaps because of its proximity to two rivers this well run property also offered excellent birding.
At Kirkman's we had the best sighting of a large-spotted genet (small cat) we had ever had, two nights in a row. We spotted new birds (for us) and saw some birds well for the first time. One morning I had the pleasure of quietly observing at my leisure two dainty female bushbucks feeding in the bush behind my room. Game drives were our favorite time at Kirkman's. Our South African game drive companions were affable and considerate, and our ranger went out of her way to make sure we maximized our game drive time.
In addition to enjoyable game viewing of the Big Five and much more we especially appreciated some of the staff's attentive touches. There were group surprises like ice cream during a game drive and a yummy bush breakfast with "bush pizza," fresh fruit and bubbly; as well as individual ones on more than one occasion like a brownie in the morning (courtesy of Colleen), a drawn bubble bath on our return from the afternoon game drive (by our butler), Villiera sparkling wine at sundowners our last night, and fudge in a care bag on our departure.
Children The lodge welcomed children of all ages and we saw several children during our visit. Children six years of age and older were welcome on game drives. Families wishing to take children under six on game drives could hire a private vehicle. Baby sitting services (50 rand per hour) were available for children younger than six. Safety decisions were at the discretion of the ranger. Children twelve and older were welcome on bush walks. Children's activities on offer during our visit included Popcorn and Videos, Bug Exploring Around the Lodge, Kiddies Dinner Parties, Animal Track and Dung Identification, Bark Rubbing, Lodge Treasure Hunt, Bush Treasure Hunt, Cookie Baking, and Kiddies Ranger Training Course.
Class Of Accommodation Luxury lodge
Connectivity There was a desk and a Dell computer for guest use with an ADSL connection in the television/computer room in the main building of the property; there was WiFi connectivity inside that building. Although it was a slow connection I was able to access emails the day we arrived. Due to a power outage resulting from a severe thunderstorm during our visit internet access was down part of the time we were at the Kamp.
General Manager Duncan Gordon who had eight years of experience in the bush was in charge of the property. A life in a safari property had been a dream of his since his youth when he used to vacation in the bush. Following the completion of his marketing studies in Cape Town, South Africa he attended an &Beyond training course, beginning his game viewing career. He began as a guide at Phinda Mountain Lodge before moving to the Sabi Sand Reserve. In 2007, he began working at Kirkman's Kamp.
Handicapped Access Access to the rooms from the main area was via a dirt path. Some of the rooms were quite close to the main building.
Length Of Stay Three nights
Location Within the Kirkman's Kamp Reserve in the southeastern corner of the Sabi Sand Reserve.
Managed &Beyond since 2006
Owned Stephen Saad
Size The lodge was able to accommodate a maximum of 38 guests in 18 rooms with a staff of 75. There was an additional room for one pilot.
Year Opened-Renovated The main building of the property was established in the early 1900s as a private cattle farm house. In 1981, the property became a lodge. In 2006, the property underwent a major renovation during which the rooms were redesigned. Since then, it had undergone soft refurbishing of the rooms and main building including annual reupholstery of the couches and painting of the roof in 2010.
Lobby And Common Areas The entrance down an unpaved road led to a large green lawn with fever and marula trees and a main building. An acacia savannah surrounded the property which faced the Sand River. The lodge was built on a former colonial farm dating back to the early 1920s. The "old farm style" main building was white and open on several sides with a wrap around terrace and an iron corrugated roof. It housed an open terrace where meals and afternoon tea were served, an indoor dining room, an indoor living area with ample seating, a bar lounge, an internet room and a gift shop. The living areas of the main building were filled with period memorabilia including an oil painting of the property's namesake owner, a collection of old rifles and historic photos on the walls. There was a large swimming pool about two hundred meters, across a second lawn, from the main building. It was built into the hill slope, looking over the lower area and facing the bush. There were a number of lounge chairs and umbrellas in the sun and additional chairs in a covered shady area. In the back there was a spa room for massages.
Guest rooms stretched out and away from the main building in a series of stand alone buildings with two rooms each. A dirt pathway led away from the main building which was on the highest ground toward the 18 rooms most of which were to the right facing the lower lying bush. The last four rooms where we stayed veered left from the main path.
Bathroom To the side of the entrance there was a bathtub with a large framed photo of an impala (a cheetah in Room 18). A toilet with a wood toilet seat took up the corner and next to it there was a sink below a wood framed mirror atop a wood cabinet. To the left of the sink there was a doorless shower with wood grating on the floor (the shower floor was uncomfortable to stand on and slippery at times).
Room We stayed in Rooms 17 and 18, two adjacent 36 square meter rooms that made up a stand alone building at the end of the guest rooms section. The new looking rooms were in individual buildings with space for two adjoining rooms per building. The rooms, in mirror image layout, were identical (Room 17 had screens on the windows and sliding glass doors). Except for the sound of the air conditioners and monkeys climbing on the roof at times, it was very quiet. To the left of the entrance there was a closet with ample shelf and hanging space. Facing the entrance and adjacent to the closet there was a wooden luggage rack. Putty colored walls and matching armchairs and white sheets and high white ceilings with recessed lights made the simple color theme.
To the right of the door in room 17 and to the left in 18 there was a wood topped built-in mini bar table with cut glasses, a jar of nuts, a jar of apricots, and lemon juice in a bottle. There was also a folder with information about the property, game viewing and community projects and old issues of National Geographic magazine. A blow dryer inside a canvas bag hung from a hook below the table. Next to it there was a garbage bin and mini refrigerator filled with beverages. The center of the room was home to two twin beds joined together under a blanket between white sheets and set against a flower pattern headboard. Matching glass topped round night tables with a table cloth and lamp framed the bed. The table on the right had a telephone. The floor in the room and bathroom was of polished concrete interrupted only by a runner in front of the bed. Two armchairs stood in the corner, adjacent to sliding glass doors, at an angle to each other and in front of an upright lamp.
The wall behind the bed was filled with ten wood and glass framed reproductions of old photos from the early days of the farm. On the wall across the bed, above the armchairs, there was a framed botanical (pied and malachite kingfishers in Room 18) painting. The temperature was controlled somewhat (temperatures remained at about 24 Celsius) via a ceiling fan and a wall mounted air conditioner set high on the wall to the right of the bed. New looking curtains with vertical stripes of khaki and pale blue covered the single path facing window and the sliding glass doors facing the bush in the back of the room. The sliding glass doors led onto a covered bush facing back deck with a table and two chairs.
Meals Usually meals, served in the outdoor terrace and lawn during our stay, were centered around game viewing times. Lunch, served at 1 p.m., was brought by our butler on a large platter from which we served ourselves. One day there were several salads (cucumber, corn and snow peas and Greek potato) and chicken kebobs. On our second day there was cold butternut soup, cold salads, beef kabobs, Swiss style cheese, fruit (bananas) and a berry "cheese cake."
At tea our first day there was chocolate and a vanilla creamy cake; just as we headed out on our drive the staff surprised us with ice cream set up on a stand on the side of the road. The second day there were chocolate brownies at tea; the third day there were lemon cream filled muffins.
Dinner was by lantern and moonlight at private tables. We had two choices for appetizer and two choices for mains. For example, we had a choice of vegetable and corn soup or asparagus with prosciutto; beef with millie meal or duck. For dessert there was a platter with cheese, fruit kebabs, poached pears and fudge (a favorite).
Dinner the second night, on our return from the afternoon game drive, took place in the boma in a group table with our ranger. There was plated soup followed by a buffet of salad, cooked red cabbage, broccoli with Parmesan cheese, brown rice, butternut squash, curry beef and lamb. Dessert was a brandy pudding with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Dinner our last night was salad with prosciutto (the second option was corn soup). For mains the options were impala loin or chicken. For dessert there was cheese and toasted bread and pannacotta with passion fruit coulis.
One morning our ranger surprised us with a bush breakfast facing the Sand River. We had sliced fresh fruit, cereal, croissants, vanilla muffins, mini pizzas and made to order eggs as well as hot beverages, fruit juices and Viliera sparkling wine.
Amenities There were African Touch scent toiletries: Hair Wash, Hair Softener, Body Scrub, Body Lotion, Soap Suds and Body Wash in refillable glass pump bottles. There was also a vanity kit (cotton swabs, cotton balls, band-aids and condoms), tea candles in the bathtub and shower caps. There were two white cotton bathrobes, a blow dryer, an electronic safe, dried apricots and cashew nuts in glass jars as well as lemon and lime juice in glass bottles in the mini bar. In the closet there was: flashlight, can of mosquito repellent, and Supersound personal alarm. There was a bite size morsel of nougat on the pillow on our last night. There were also several surprise amenities like ice cream, surprise bush breakfast, fudge, and drawn bubble bath.
Facilities There was indoor sitting area, computer and television room, tennis court, dining room, outdoor sitting area facing a large lawn, boma (African style outdoor dining enclosure), air conditioned bar lounge, gift shop, full size swimming pool and deck and massage treatment room.
Massages An onsite masseuse was available to provide aromatherapy, back and neck and Swedish massages in a treatment room in the pool area or in guest rooms. The massage services were provided by Massage Corporation Africa (MCA ), owned by Jessica Linley who trained her staff. At my request Zanelle, a Zulu masseuse, came to my room for a 90-minute Swedish style massage. She had strong hands and the massage was good.
Pool The rim flow pool was 18 meters long by 7 meters wide. There were a number of lounge chairs and pool towels in the pool area.
Game Viewing Stephanie Mast, the head ranger, and Victor, the tracker who worked with her, took us out on game drives. Steph, as many called her, was personable and knowledgable. She had five and a half years of bush experience and a dynamic can do attitude. Game drives in an open top Land Rover with a silent radio (Steph wore a headset) were fun filled and educational without ever being dull. We liked that she would regularly take a moment to share with us her plan for the drive and ask our opinion before heading out (or continuing). Kirkman's allowed a maximum of six people per vehicle.
During our visit there were six of us in the vehicle; we shared our safari vehicle with four other guests. The maximum number of guests per vehicle at Kirkman's Kamp was six with a maximum of six vehicles traversing the property at the same time. The property had an extra vehicle available for private hire. Guides at Kirkman's participated in a seven week training program.
There were booklets in our suite such as Game Plan (28 pages) and Winging It Introduction to Birding (33 pages) with information about the area of the Sabi Sand Reserve we were in, the flora, fauna and check lists that made it easy to keep track of the animals and birds we saw (or heard) during our twice daily game viewing drives.
Game we saw during our visit: Vervet monkey, tree squirrel, large-spotted genet, spotted hyena, leopard, lion, dwarf mongoose, slender mongoose, elephant, buffalo, bushbuck, grey duiker, giraffe, hippopotamus, impala, greater kudu, nyala, white rhinoceros, steenbok, warthog, waterbuck, blue wildebeest, Burchell's zebra, leopard tortoise, terrapin, monitor lizard, and flap-necked chameleon. We also saw African monarch butterfly, golden orb spider, dragonfly, bark spider, pearl emperor butterfly, guineafowl butterfly, golden piper butterfly, gold forest butterfly, dung beetle
Birds we saw or heard: go-away bird, fork-tailed drongo, woodland kingfisher, Natal francolin, Eurasian bee-eater, bearded woodpecker, Wahlber's eagle (two at the same sighting), Cape turtle dove, magpie shrike, Cape glossy startling, rattling cisticola, ground hornbill, common waxbill, red backed shrike, purple crested turaco, hadida ibis, carmine bee-eater, African hoopoe, golden tailed woodpecker, gray headed sparrow, giant kingfisher, spectacled weaver, black backed puffback, red billed oxpecker, dark capped bulbul, wolly necked stork, lizard buzzard, female mousesparrow, amur falcon, Burchell's starling, brown headed parrot, bateleur eagle, gray hornbill, brown snake eagle, Burchell's coucal, ground scraper thrush, cardinal woodpecker, African hawk eagle, African hawk eagle juvenile crested barbet, brown hooded kingfisher, martial eagle, giant eagle owl, spotted eagle owl, marabou stork, common scimitarbill, yellowfronted canary, guineafowl, emerald spotted wooddove, African fish eagle and little sparrow hawk.
Plants we saw: small knobwood (fragrant), 650 year old sycamore fig, and wild cucumber.
Other Because there were no fences around the property at night we were escorted to and from our rooms by a staff member. Guest rooms and common areas were sprayed with insect killer on a monthly basis. Kirkman's Kamp was profiled as Country Life magazine's six Romantic Hideaways in 2009.
Tennis and croquet were available. An optional activity was a visit to the nearby townships. Another guest and I visited the villages of Justicia and Huntington on Wednesday following our morning game drive. The three hour excursion included a visit to a preschool and a primary school where we met some of the children and staff including Saul, the headmaster of the primary school, Grace, the cook of the preschool, and Vusi, the local born &Beyond Foundation liaison who accompanied us.
Staff at the property participated in a Positive Health Programme where they were instructed on the benefits of healthy eating and healthy living. There were soccer and choir teams and annual competitions.
Because of its mineral content, the water in the bathroom had an ocher tint which appeared brown when the bathtub was filled and made the pool appear murky. Due to a thunderstorm lasting several hours during the night, the power went out for about six hours until the back up generators which had been hit by lightning were repaired.
Cleanliness Excellent
Date Of Review March 2011
Reviewers Article by Elena del Valle
Photographs by Gary Cox
Service Our rooms were serviced twice daily. Several of the staff went out of their way to make us feel welcome with small personalized surprises. The staff we interacted with were Duncan, Colleen, Steph, Victor and Sonny Boy.
Would You Stay There Again? Yes
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Discovering northeastern Scotland's moors, glens and tearooms
When we turned 60, my friend Frank Roach and I started a tradition we call the "Birthday Ride" in which we ride our bicycles the same number of miles as we are years old, on or around the time of our birthdays. The rides also celebrate the fact that we have been friends since the age of five.
This year the target was 62 miles and we chose a route in the county of Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands, starting and ending in the village of Rogart, where Frank and his wife Kate live next to the rail tracks in the historic Rogart Station buildings. The convenient location made it easy for Kate, who is also an avid cyclist, to pedal with us this year.
Ride Type: Loop
Surface: Paved
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Minimal traffic
Nice accommodations in Rogart
Quaint towns with services along the route
Pavement is rough in sections
A few steep climbs
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Scotrail runs train service from Inverness to Rogart four times daily, allowing riders to put their bikes on the train at the Highland capital for an unhurried two-hour journey northwards.
Bus service is also available on Stagecoach Highlands (route 66). Buses stop outside the Post Office and run 3 times a day in each direction to Lairg and Golspie, where connections are available.
At the end of a long day in the saddle, riders can stay at Rogart Station, a hostel also known as Sleeperzzz , where my friend Frank and his wife Kate offer a variety of bike-friendly accommodation including bunks in converted vintage rail cars. The station is a short walk from the Pittentrail Inn, a pub that serves full meals.
Converted rail cars at Sleeperzzz
Route, Terrain & Conditions
River Carron Valley
The two-lane road eastwards from the village of Rogart in Sutherland climbs gradually through the farmland and moorland of the Strath Fleet valley for about four traffic-free miles until it reaches the A9, the main north-south highway connecting Inverness with John O'Groats and other towns at the northern tip of the British mainland.
This stretch began my 69-mile bicycle ride through the glens, moors and villages of a part of northeastern Scotland that avoids both the punishing climbs of the country's mountainous northwest, and the monotonous expanses of peat bog in the so-called flow country farther north.
Instead, my tour offered mostly gradual ascents and descents across moors, past lakes and lonely farmhouses, and through scattered highland towns where cafes will fuel riders with tea and cakes for the miles ahead.
With the exception of about half a mile on the busy A9, you're unlikely to see many other vehicles on these roads, many of which are single-track, and often require drivers to back up to passing places if they meet another car coming the other way. The roads are paved throughout although the blacktop is worn in places, and some of the smaller roads have grass growing along the center, showing how little they are used.
Frank and Kate Roach take morning tea in Bonar Bridge
Rogart to Bonar Bridge
After turning right out of the A839 from Rogart, we headed south on the A9 down a long hill that leads to a bridge over the Loch Fleet estuary. We made the first right at the end of the bridge onto a single-track road that climbs gradually through woods alongside a small river to the right. After a mile or two, we emerged from the woods on to moorland, offering extensive views to the north and west. We passed the isolated upland lake of Loch Buidhe to our right, and then climbed southwards before a long and sometimes steep descent into the village of Bonar Bridge. We stopped at a tearoom offering fine westward views over the Kyle of Sutherland, an estuary, and the mountains of Easter Ross.
Bonar Bridge to Carbisdale Castle
Then we then rolled across the eponymous bridge and down the A836 for about a mile to the village of Ardgay where we turned sharp right to find a small rural road running along the south bank of the River Carron. It's about nine miles from Ardgay down the wooded, undulating road to a bridge over the river that marks a turnaround. We turned right and headed back through mostly flat farmland toward Ardgay, this time on the north side of the river.
Carbisdale Castle (photo by Anthony Round)
Passing a bridge that would have taken us back into Ardgay, we then turned north to rejoin the banks of the Kyle of Sutherland. The road passes a train station at Culrain and continues northward on the western side of the river valley, headed toward Inveroykel, an area named after the mouth of the River Oykel.
North of Culrain, you can see, above and to the left of the road, the imposing Carbisdale Castle, former residence of the Duchess of Sutherland, who fell out with her family in a dispute over her late husband's will, and built the castle in 1907 in a show of defiance in Ross-shire, just outside the County of Sutherland. According to local legend, the castle has clocks on only three of its four faces; the side facing Sutherland is clock-less because the duchess didn't even want to give her relatives 'the time of day'.
Carbisdale Castle to Lairg
A few miles north of the castle, we crossed the River Oykel on a 'Bailey bridge' built in the 1970s, and then turned right on the A837 toward Rose Hall. We stayed on that road through Invercassley and then bore left on the A839 toward Lairg. This stretch of the ride crosses moorland for about nine miles with a few climbs, and finally descends into the town at the southern end of Loch Shin.
Before pedaling the final 11 miles down the A839 to Rogart, we revived ourselves with tea and home-made cakes at The Pier, a tearoom overlooking the lake on the north side of the village.
Back to Rogart
Afternoon tea helped power us up the final climb of about a mile out of Lairg, followed by 10 flat or gently downhill miles through farmland back to the station at Rogart.
Credit for coming years
This year, the ride was supposed to be 62 miles, but because of a minor miscalculation, it turned out to be 69. We gladly covered the extra distance without too much exertion. The fact that we are now seven years 'ahead of the game' suggests that we can – and perhaps should – extend the advantage of miles over years sooner rather than later.
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CLOUGH SAYS HOME FORM WILL BE VITAL FOR BREWERS
AFTER recording a third home win in four League One games this campaign, Nigel Clough says that his team's form at the Pirelli Stadium will be a key factor in their season.
Albion lost the opening home game to Rochdale but since then have beaten Doncaster, Wimbledon and Sunderland at the Pirelli Stadium as well as dumping Aston Villa out of the Carabao Cup.
Clough said: "Home form is vital. It started at the end of last season with victories against Derby and Bolton. We had a little setback against Rochdale despite being brilliant for an hour of the game but have taken it on again. After not winning at home for so long last season it has gone a long way to turning it around with the Sunderland victory."
Clough was delighted that the latest victory was against Sunderland, hotly fancied for promotion back to the Championship after being relegated with Albion last season.
Clough said: "That's a little bit of a statement that on our day, when we can get most of our people fit, we can give everyone in this league a game.
"I just hope we have had all our injuries out of the way at the start of the season as right from pre-season it has been disruptive and even now we have Buxton and Brayford behind the dugout."


Guest columnist Velocentric takes no joy in clicking 'add to cart' and wants to buy local - but could bulk trade orders be preventing shops from satisfying customers, or have some given up on competing?
I recently visited a cycle shop to purchase a new pair of shoes from a brand that they stock. I wasn't expecting them to have a £240 pair of shoes in my size on the shelf, but I was hoping they'd at least be able to order them for me.
I've had a relationship with this shop for the best part of 20 years, I make the vast majority of my purchases there even though I could order the same items online for less (even allowing for 'mates rates') and not have the hassle of negotiating traffic in the city centre. I support my local shop because I believe it's important to do so and because I like the staff there.
When I spoke with the store manager the response was no better – "if you want them quicker you can order them online".
Sadly, it wasn't an isolated event. Over the past six months I've left shops disappointed and frustrated more often than I have with the item I needed or an order placed. Shops appear to have given up in the competition with online, settling for selling accessories, tubes and tyres and the steady income from workshop repair bills.
As someone who takes an interest in the bicycle trade I fully understand that shops with a physical retail outlet are feeling the pinch from online retailers, that purchase decisions are increasingly made solely on the basis of who has the lowest price and that a number of 'traditional' retail establishments are struggling to adapt to a business model that sees them competing with places further away than the end of the street. However, as a customer none of that matters to me. I want to support my local shops, I enjoy being able to engage with staff over a purchase much more than I do pressing the 'add to cart' button on a website and I like knowing that when I buy locally my money goes back into the local economy, but I expect my willingness to support these shops to be rewarded with a reasonable level of service.
You simply can't compete on price alone.
Traditional bike shops must embrace the fact they're not going to be able to sustainably compete with the online outlets on price and focus instead on offering an unparalleled retail experience. Make the customer feel valued, use your staff as the competitive edge they should be and sell on service, not price. You won't win every sale and there's always going to be the customer who'll use your shop for advice before buying online, but accept it as part of the nature of the business and don't let it hold you back.
A little while ago I visited another bike shop for the first time. The staff had no idea who I was or what I was looking to purchase but they all made an effort to say hello, to engage with me and (subtly) let me know they were available if I needed help. They were smartly presented, willing to answer questions and passionate about cycling in all its forms. Each time I've returned to that store I've had a positive experience and their willingness to cater to my needs and to go out of their way to help means that despite my long-standing relationship with the other store my money will now be spent here. They don't compete on price (although they do have an online presence selling at the same prices as in-store), they focus on service and their relationship with the customer. This is the advantage that all retail bike shops have to offer but that so many are wasting.
Grab that advantage while you can, before somebody else does.


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U.S. Shatters Record in Gasoline Consumption
by Matt Piotrowski | February 28, 2017
Consumption in the past several years has defied expectations after a number of analysts had argued it had peaked last decade.
U.S. gasoline demand set a record last year, averaging 9.326 million barrels per day (mbd), surpassing the previous peak in 2007. A combination of an extended period of low prices, consumers buying larger vehicles, and strong economic growth has caused demand to soar since it reached its nadir in 2012 at 8.68 mbd. Consumption in the past several years has defied expectations after a number of analysts had argued it had peaked last decade because of fuel efficiency, historically high retail prices, and the aftershocks of the Great Recession.
For the month of December, based on revised estimates from the EIA, demand was 9.31 mbd, the highest average for that month in a decade. With retail prices collapsing in 2014 and remaining at relatively low levels, vehicles miles traveled (VMT) has soared as consumers have benefited from more disposable income. At the same time, steady improvements in sales-weighted fuel economy that the country saw after 2007 have reversed course over the past couple of years.
There have been signs of weakness in the gasoline market, but given the perfect storm of relatively low pump prices, limited gains in fuel economy, and stable economic growth, the U.S. could burn even more gasoline in 2017.
One bright spot amid the continued rise in demand is the firm increase in electric vehicles sales. So far, however, that has not been enough to make a major dent in consumption. Furthermore, even though VMT is climbing sharply, fuel consumption has not risen at the same rate, thanks to fuel efficiency gains made from 2007-14.
The final annual number from the EIA comes in higher than expected. In its latest monthly forecast, the government agency had predicted consumption of 9.29 mbd for 2016, with this year seeing the same average. Last year at this time, the EIA pegged gasoline consumption at 9.23 mbd for 2016. The EIA has continually revised its demand estimates upward for the past year. So far in 2017, there have been signs of weakness in the gasoline market, but given the perfect storm of relatively low pump prices, limited gains in fuel economy, and stable economic growth, the U.S. could burn even more gasoline in 2017.
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Safety Standards for Crude-By-Rail Shipments
A series of accidents in North America in recent years have raised concerns regarding rail shipments of crude oil. Fatal accidents in Lynchburg, Virginia, Lac-Megantic, Quebec, Fayette County, West Virginia, and (most recently) Culbertson, Montana have prompted public outcry and regulatory scrutiny.
2014 saw an all-time record of 144 oil train incidents in the U.S.—up from just one in 2009—causing a total of more than $7 million in damage.
The spate of crude-by-rail accidents has emerged from the confluence of three factors. First is the massive increase in oil movements by rail, which has increased more than three-fold since 2010. Second is the inadequate safety features of DOT-111 cars, particularly those constructed prior to 2011, which account for roughly 70 percent of tank cars on U.S. railroads. Third is the high volatility of oil produced from the Bakken and other shale formations, which makes this crude more prone towards combustion.
Of these three, rail car safety standards is the factor over which regulators can exert the most control. After months of regulatory review, on May 1, 2015, the White House and the Department of Transportation unveiled the new safety standards. The announcement also coincided with new tank car standards in Canada—a critical move, since many crude by rail shipments cross the U.S.-Canadian border. In the words DOT, the new rule:
Unveils a new, enhanced tank car standard and an aggressive, risk-based retrofitting schedule for older tank cars carrying crude oil and ethanol;
Requires a new braking standard for certain trains that will offer a superior level of safety by potentially reducing the severity of an accident, and the "pile-up effect";
Designates new operational protocols for trains transporting large volumes of flammable liquids, such as routing requirements, speed restrictions, and information for local government agencies; and
Provides new sampling and testing requirements to improve classification of energy products placed into transport.
The newly prescribed tank car, the DOT-117, has 9/16 inch tank shell, 11 gauge jacket, 1/2 inch full-height head shield, thermal protection, and improved pressure relief valves and bottom outlet valves. Additionally, thousands of older tank cars will require retrofitting by as early as 2018.
Since the rule was announced, Republicans in Congress sought to roll back the provision calling for an advanced breaking system, following concerns from the rail industry that such an upgrade would be unnecessary and could cost billions of dollars. The advanced braking systems are required to be in place by 2021.
Democrats in Congress have argued that the new rules are insufficient to mitigate the danger. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) both issued statements arguing that the rules were insufficient and the timelines for safety improvements were too long.
The current industry standard car, the CPC-1232, came into usage in October 2011. These cars have half inch thick shells (marginally thicker than the DOT-111 7/16 inch shells) and advanced valves that are more resilient in the event of an accident. However, these newer cars were involved in the derailments and explosions in Virginia and West Virginia within the past year, raising questions about the validity of replacing only the DOT-111s manufactured before 2011.
Before the rule was finalized, early reports indicated that the rule submitted to the White House by the Department of Transportation has proposed a two-stage phase-out of the current fleet of railcars, focusing first on the pre-2011 cars, then the current standard CPC-1232 cars. In the final rule, DOT mandated a more aggressive timeline for retrofitting the CPC-1232 cars, imposing a deadline of April 1, 2020 for non-jacketed cars.
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The recent oil production boom in the United States, while astounding, has created a misleading narrative that the United States is no longer dependent on oil imports. Reports of surging domestic production, calls for relaxation of the crude oil export ban, labels of "Saudi America," and the recent collapse in oil prices have created a perception that the United States has more oil than it knows what to do with.
This view is misguided. While some forecasts project that the United States could become a self-sufficient oil producer within the next decade, this remains a distant prospect. According to the April 2015 Short Term Energy Outlook, total U.S. crude oil production averaged an estimated 9.3 million barrels per day in March, while total oil demand in the country is over 19 million barrels per day.
This graphic helps illustrate the regional variations in crude oil supply and demand. North America, Europe, and Asia all run significant production deficits, with the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and Former Soviet Union are global engines of crude oil supply.


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VATICAN CITY (AP) - Organizers of an upcoming Vatican summit on sex abuse prevention are warning that the credibility of the Catholic Church is in jeopardy over the abuse scandal and are urging participants to meet with victims personally before coming to Rome.
In a letter sent Tuesday to the presidents of bishops' conferences worldwide, organizers said the church must develop a "comprehensive and communal response" to the crisis, and that the first step is "acknowledging the truth of what has happened."
Pope Francis invited the church leaders to the Feb. 21-24 summit to respond to what has become the gravest threat to his papacy, as the abuse and cover-up scandal erupted in the U.S., Chile and elsewhere this year.
In revealing the first details of the meeting, the Vatican said the summit would focus on three main areas: responsibility, accountability and transparency. That suggests that church leaders will confront not only the crime of priests who rape and molest minors, but the cover-up by their superiors as well.
Abuse survivors and their advocates have long blasted the Vatican for failing to discipline and remove bishops who fail to protect their flocks, and until recently Francis appeared unwilling to significantly change course.
"Absent a comprehensive and communal response, not only will we fail to bring healing to victim survivors, but the very credibility of the Church to carry on the mission of Christ will be in jeopardy throughout the world," the organizers wrote their brother bishops.
"Each of us needs to own this challenge, coming together in solidarity, humility, and penitence to repair the damage done, sharing a common commitment to transparency, and holding everyone in the church accountable," they said.
It was signed by the four members of the preparatory committee for the meeting: Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, a Francis-appointee and supporter, Mumbai Cardinal Oswald Gracias, a member of the pope's informal cabinet; as well as the Vatican's leading abuse experts Maltese Archbishop Charles Scicluna and the Rev. Hans Zollner.
They urged conference presidents to meet with victims before they come to Rome "to learn firsthand the suffering they have endured."
The appeal was an indication that throughout the church, many bishops continue to deny the scope of the problem and have never met with a victim. Some bishops' conferences in Africa, for example, have yet to respond to a 2011 Vatican request to develop guidelines to deal with cases.
Vatican spokesman Greg Burke said that meeting with vict
Vatican spokesman Greg Burke said that meeting with victims "is a concrete way of putting victims first and acknowledging the horror of what happened."
Francis announced he was convening the summit in September, signaling awareness at the top of the church that clergy abuse is a global problem and not restricted to some parts of the world or a few Western countries.
He did so as he worked to recover from his botched handling of the scandal in Chile, sparked earlier this year when he repeatedly discredited victims of a notorious Chilean predator priest and defended a bishop who had protected him.
Francis eventually admitted he was wrong, apologized to the victims and secured offers of resignation for every active bishop in the country. Francis took action after The Associated Press challenged him on the case and demonstrated that he had received victims' complaints.
Francis' papacy was later jolted by accusations from a retired Vatican ambassador that the pope himself rehabilitated a now-disgraced American ex-cardinal accused of molesting and harassing adult seminarians. Francis hasn't r
Francis' papacy was later jolted by accusations from a retired Vatican ambassador that the pope himself rehabilitated a now-disgraced American ex-cardinal accused of molesting and harassing adult seminarians. Francis hasn't responded to the allegations, though he has ordered a limited investigation into them.
Expectations for the February summit, already high after a year of crisis, then took on greater import after the Vatican blocked U.S. bishops from taking action to impose new accountability measures on themselves at a meeting last month.
The Vatican never fully explained why it blocked the U.S. measures, part of the communications breakdowns that occasionally bedevil the Vatican.
The details of the February summit were announced on the same day the Vatican announced a shakeup in its communications operation.
Francis named veteran Vatican correspondent Andrea Tornielli as editorial director coordinating Vatican media. And he tapped Italian writer and professor Andrea Monda to head the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano. Monda replaces Giovanni Maria Vian, a church historian and journalist who has headed the daily since 2007 and now becomes its emeritus editor.
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Q: MySQL compare multiple fields in a single table with 18000 rows I have a table with 18000 rows. This data is retrieved from different servers and, let's say, each one has 2000 rows of this grand total. All data should be equal across the servers, but actually it's not.
Let me simplify the schema to make it easy to understand:
table1 [ server_id, row_id, param1, param2, param3 ... param40 ]

So as I said, I have 2000 rows of each pair of server_id + row_id primary key, total of 18000 rows in the table.
Is it possible to compare all rows and columns then return which of the 40 parameter is different (without assuming one server as the base of comparison)?
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If you've see the news in the last week, you know that Hurricane Maria has devastated Puerto Rico. The food situation on the islands is dire. Puerto Rico imports nearly 85% of their food from other countries, many of which have experienced natural disasters of their own and are unable to meet the need. An estimated 80% of the islands' crops were destroyed during the hurricane, a crushing blow to efforts to strengthen the islands' local food system and build food sovereignty.
For over 5 years, WhyHunger has been working with The Boricuá Organization for Ecological Agriculture of Puerto Rico (Boricuá), a 28-year old organization dedicated to rebuilding the food sovereignty of Puerto Rico. Formed by over 100 families of small-scale farmers, farmworkers and organizers across Puerto Rico and the islands of Vieques & Culebra, Boricuá has made great progress in the last three decades to organize and support farmers, facilitate trainings, and bring more locally grown, nutritious food to their communities and to market. You can read more about Boricuá here.
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Judith Gregory presents at the Moving Genomics from Bench to Bedside workshop, Vancouver, BC.
EVOKE members Matthew Bietz and Judith Gregory were recently invited to speak at the Moving Genomics Research from Bench to Bedside: Science, Technology & Society Perspectives workshop on May 24, 2013. The workshop was hosted by Ellen Balka in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University, with additional support from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research and Genome BC. The workshop provided a wonderful opportunity to discuss clinical, legal, ethical, theoretical and infrastructural aspects of bringing genomics into clinical and personal health practices.
Bietz presented on his work with the Genomic Standards Consortium, a community standards development organization focusing on developing common formats for data production, description, analysis and exchange. Gregory presented on "The Quantified Self and Personal Genomics," exploring the challenges and opportunities around personal genomic testing, self-tracking, and sharing personal data to create a public good.
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package tubame.wsearch.biz.analyzer;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import tubame.wsearch.biz.ex.WSearchBizException;

/**
 * The interface of the analyzer for analyzing the content each.

 */
public interface Analyzer {

    /**
     * Value that specifies if you want to get a Java content analysis results
     * in {@link #getAnalyzedMap(int)}
     */
    public static final int TYPE_JAVA = 0;

    /**
     * Value that specifies if you want to get a Class content analysis results
     * in {@link #getAnalyzedMap(int)}
     */
    public static final int TYPE_CLASS = 10;

    /**
     * Value that specifies if you want to get a JSP(import) content analysis
     * results in {@link #getAnalyzedMap(int)}
     */
    public static final int TYPE_JSP_IMPORT = 20;

    /**
     * Value that specifies if you want to get a JSP(useBean) content analysis
     * results in {@link #getAnalyzedMap(int)}
     */
    public static final int TYPE_JSP_USEBEAN = 21;

    /**
     * Value that specifies if you want to get a JSP(taglib) content analysis
     * results in {@link #getAnalyzedMap(int)}
     */
    public static final int TYPE_JSP_TAGLIB = 22;

    /**
     * Value that specifies if you want to get a XML(xmlns) content analysis
     * results in {@link #getAnalyzedMap(int)}
     */
    public static final int TYPE_XML_XMLNS = 30;

    /**
     * Value that specifies if you want to get a XML(schemaLocation) content
     * analysis results in {@link #getAnalyzedMap(int)}
     */
    public static final int TYPE_XML_XSD = 31;

    /**
     * Value that specifies if you want to get a XML(DOCTYPE) content analysis
     * results in {@link #getAnalyzedMap(int)}
     */
    public static final int TYPE_XML_DTD = 32;

    /**
     * Start the analysis of the content.

     *
     * @throws ParseException
     *             If it fails to parse code
     */
    public void analyze() throws WSearchBizException;

    /**
     * If True already done {@link #analyze()} method.

     *
     * @return If true of the executed {@link #analyze()} method
     */
    public boolean isAnalyzed();

    /**
     * Return in the Map the analysis result of the extraction.

     * Map has become organized as follows.

     * key: Key that uniquely identifies the information that is extracted
     * (package name, etc.)

     * value: List place of extraction (ParseResult)

     *
     * @return Map of the analysis result of extracting
     * @throws IllegalStateException
     *             If you have not done {@link #analyze()} method
     */
    public Map<String, List<ParserResult>> getAnalyzedMap();

    /**
     * Return in the Map the analysis result of the extraction.

     * Map has become organized as follows.

     * key: Key that uniquely identifies the information that is extracted
     * (package name, etc.)

     * value: List place of extraction (ParseResult)

     *
     * @param mapType
     *            Map type
     * @return Map of the analysis result of extracting
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *             If you specify a maptype that do not support
     * @throws IllegalStateException
     *             If you have not done {@link #analyze()} method
     */
    public Map<String, List<ParserResult>> getAnalyzedMap(int mapType);
}

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East London Line – dawna linia metra londyńskiego funkcjonująca w latach 1869-2007 oraz linia kolei funkcjonująca ponownie od 2010.

Po trwającym prawie dwa i pół roku generalnym remoncie połączonym z przedłużeniem linii, 23 maja 2010 została przywrócona do użytku, tym razem w ramach sieci kolejowej. Dalsza przebudowa w latach 2010-12 - przedsięwzięcie to zrealizowano jako część programu inwestycyjnego związanego z przygotowaniami do igrzysk olimpijskich w 2012 roku.

Metro
W czasach swej przynależności do sieci metra, East London Line była przedostatnią linią pod względem długości – krótsza była jedynie Waterloo & City line. Jej trasa liczyła 7,4 km, zaś liczba obsługiwanych stacji wynosiła osiem. Jako jedyna linia nie posiadała ani jednej stacji w centrum Londynu, czyli w pierwszej strefie biletowej. W ostatnim roku eksploatacji przewiozła niespełna 11 milionów pasażerów. Została zamknięta 22 grudnia 2007 roku.

Kolej
Po trwającym blisko dwa i pół roku całkowitym zamknięciu, ograniczony ruch na linii został wznowiony 23 kwietnia 2010, zaś pełną przepustowość osiągnęła 23 maja 2010. Północnym krańcem linii była wówczas stacja Dalston Junction, zaś krańcem południowym stacja West Croydon. W lutym 2011 został otwarty kolejny odcinek linii, za sprawą którego linia przedłużyła się na północ o dwie kolejne stacje, a jej nowym krańcem została stacja Highbury & Islington. Linia obsługiwana jest przez przewoźnika London Overground, należącego do władz samorządowych Londynu. Firma ta używa do jej obsługi elektrycznych zespołów trakcyjnych typu British Rail Class 378, wyprodukowanych przez koncern Bombardier Transportation.

Mapa

Legenda:
kolor pomarańczowy - odcinek linii otwarty wiosną 2010 roku
kolor seledynowy - odcinek otwarty w lutym 2011 roku
kolor niebieski - planowana druga odnoga linii

Galeria

Linki zewnętrzne
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Linie kolejowe w Anglii
Transport kolejowy w Londynie

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Friendship and keeping fit key to Doreen and Bert Rice celebrating 60 years of wedded bliss
Bertie and Doreen Rice cut their anniversary cake
The bridal party 60 years ago
By Mark Bain Twitter Email
January 3 2020 19:57 PM
Keeping active, plenty of fresh air and three holidays a year are the secrets of a long marriage, according to a Co Antrim couple who have just celebrated 60 years together.
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/friendship-and-keeping-fit-key-to-doreen-and-bert-rice-celebrating-60-years-of-wedded-bliss-38832442.html
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And Bertie and Doreen Rice, who live in Ballymoney, are determined to 'keep on motoring' as long as they can by remaining each other's best friend long after their diamond anniversary.
Bertie (83) and Doreen (78) were married in St James Presbyterian Church, Ballymoney on December 22, 1959.
"I mostly remember that day for the weather," said Doreen. "It was pouring down with sleet."
There have been many sunnier times since for the still loved-up couple, who continue to enjoy their holidays, days away and long walks in the country.
"We don't intend to just sit about the house. We want to live our lives together to the full as we've always done," said Doreen.
"If there's one thing we would tell people, it's that. Get out of the house and enjoy yourselves. Don't just sit back and let your life drift by."
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Proud grandparents and great-grandparents, the couple worked all their lives.
"Bertie was a factory worker in Coleraine and when that ended he worked with the Post Office until his arthritis forced him into retirement," she said.
"I worked in hospital as an auxiliary nurse for 37 years. We've always been a normal couple who enjoy being together.
"There always has to be a bit of give and take, but we try to pack in as much as we can, just getting on with things."
The couple's son, John, lives 10 minutes away and Doreen and Bertie take great delight in their family.
"We have three grandchildren, Michelle, Christopher and Timothy, and Christopher has an eight-year-old son, Ethan. Watching our family grow has been one of life's great pleasures," said Doreen.
It hasn't all been plain sailing for the couple and they have had to survive several health scares to remain as strong as ever.
"Bertie has come through four by-pass operations and a knee replacement, but we're not letting things like that get in our way.
"We've always managed to get out and about and that isn't going to change."
The couple have many happy memories of their holidays in their caravan around the UK and Ireland, but had to give that up six years ago after Doreen suffered a back injury in a fall and found the trips a little too uncomfortable.
"But we haven't stopped trying to get out and about," she said. "We're involved with the Evergreen Club here in Ballymoney so the social side of life is always active for us.
"I'm on the committee so that keeps me busy," added Doreen, who said a highlight was the club being honoured with the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service in 2019.
"We go bowling together three times a week and we'll be heading off with the club to Harrogate later this year.
"We're also planning to head back to the south of Ireland, but there's still room for one more trip to make our standard three for the year!" she said.
The couple held a small celebration at Millside in Cloughmills before settling back into their regular routine - and only one thing was missing.
"We didn't get a letter from the Queen," said Doreen.
"We didn't realise you have to register. We just assumed it would arrive!
"We are looking into that as it would be a lovely letter to have."
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After three years of publishing videos on YouTube, photos on Instagram and Tumblr posts, having a total of about one million subscribers, then 18-year-old Essena O'Neill said that she understood the effect of all these likes and clicks on herself and on users of social media in general.
In late October 2015, model and vegan advocate from Coolum, Australia Essena O'Neill deleted over 2,000 photos on her Instagram that had over 600,000 followers. She renamed the account "Social Media Is Not Real Life" and rewrote captions for old posts. She also decided to quit all other social media accounts, including Tumblr and Snapchat.
O'Neill said that when she quit social media, she had several projects planned, after having performed sponsored posts and received payments from YouTube.
"Culture creates validation and insecurity," she says in a video on her new website. "I did everything in my power to prove to the world that 'Hey, I'm important!'" Mashable quotes her.
In the first few days following her announcement, O'Neill's decision became viral. O'Neill received praise while also being criticised for eliciting "confusion" amongst her following.
After her announcement, she decided to launch a website called "Let's Be Game Changers," meant to "inform people". In the site, she posted videos questioning social media and encouraging followers to think about the way they use social media. The site also featured a section called "behind the image," which served to shed light on the details and preparation behind her previous images posted to her Instagram account.
Among those who criticized her were fellow Instagram users, Nina and Randa Nelson. The twins produced a video titled "Essena O'Neill Quitting Social Media Is a Hoax", which questioned her claims. The twins said Let's Be Game Changers was in fact "100-percent self-promotion." In a forum post on her site, she stated that she would not engage with the accusations.
O'Neill started using Vimeo as the only platform to communicate publicly.
O'Neill took down Let's Be Game Changers in December 2015 because being online "felt toxic", followed by an email newsletter sent to her followers. Around this same time, Let's Be Game Changers redirected to a blank site with her name on it. She then announced that she would be writing a satirical book called "How to Be Social Media Famous".


Parish Cllr Peter Blanksby: ( Chair) As well as being a founding memebr of the Development Trust and Trustee for 19 years, Peter is also a current Wales Parish councillor and Govenor of Wales Junior and Infants school, positions he has held for 19 years and 18 years respectively.
Michael Wright: ( Treasurer) 52, solicitor with an international law firm, based in Sheffield, specialising in commercial litigation. Michael is Chairman of Wales Childcare Partnership, which runs the playgroup, nursery, breakfast club, and after school club at Wales Primary School, and is also the Chairman of 11th Rotherham Scout Group. He has 4 children at primary school and high school, and his interests include football and playing the saxophone badly.
Martin Gray: Mangaging director of Harsco Steelphalt Rotherham and local resident.
RMBC Cllr Dominic Beck: Rotherham Borough Councillor for the Wales ward and a Trustee since 2012 As a local Councillor Dominic joined the Board of Trustees to ensure that the Community Development Trust is able to use him as a conduit between the Trust and RMBC. Dominic believes it is important that RMBC, through his involvement does its best to support community based organisations like KPWCDT who are an irreplaceable part of the fabric of the local community in Kiveton and Wales.
Local business man, Managing Director of ALN Property Services.