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Mission of the Hopkins Raspberry Festival
The Hopkins Raspberry Association volunteers and Raspberry Royal Family dedicate their time and resources to continue the Hopkins Raspberry Festival tradition as conceived and cared for by our predecessors. The festival continues to bring residents and visitors from surrounding communities and from around the state of Minnesota to Hopkins to help boost the local economy and celebrate this tradition in the Hopkins. In particular:
Serve as a centerpiece of a vibrant Downtown Hopkins
Cultivate community pride & spirit
Improve quality of life, makes Hopkins more attractive to businesses, and create a positive community image
Orchestrate events to bring attention and visitors to Hopkins
The Hopkins Raspberry Festival is made possible by our volunteer's dedication, local businesses donating their time, services and financial contributions and all those that continue to return to enjoy the events each year. To all of you, thank you!
Hopkins Raspberry Festival Royal Family
Each year people who work or live in Hopkins have the opportunity to participate in the festival and can choose to run as Raspberry Festival Royalty. This tradition began at the first Raspberry Festival with the crowning of a Raspberry Queen and her court, who were all daughters of a raspberry farmers. We now have a nine member Royal Family that includes three young women, ages 17-25, four children, ages 6-9, and two seniors who are over age 55. The Royal Family serves for an entire year traveling to other city's celebrations representing the community of Hopkins and act as ambassadors encouraging them to visit Hopkins.
With enthusiasm, the Hopkins Raspberry Festival began during the depression as a way to boost business in Hopkins. Art Plankers, a pioneer Hopkins food merchant is credited with suggestion of "raspberries" for the theme. About 75 Hopkins businessmen and farmers were organized and July 21 was chosen as the day to hold the festival, to coincide with the peak of the raspberry-picking season.
Jim Markham, editor of the Hennepin County Review, got the word out. Minneapolis mayor Thomas Latimer issued a proclamation urging all citizens of Minneapolis to "motor to Hopkins Sunday to enjoy the hospitality of the Northwest's greatest suburb, to enjoy the entertainment and to have some free raspberries and cream with the compliments of Hennepin County's famous raspberry growers and the progressive businessmen of Hopkins."
By all accounts, the day was a success for everyone, especially the raspberry growers, who were assigned places along the curbs to sell theirs wares. Perhaps sales went so well because the raspberry mixed with the local libations, or so Markham said: "We used to call it the big berry bust in those early days."
The Hopkins Raspberry Festival has become a Twin Cities institution, held in the middle of July. The raspberry fields are long gone, but the town has cause to celebrate anyway and so it does.
Reproduced with permission from Bev Ewing, author of Hopkins Through the Years. Photos courtesy Hopkins Historical Society.
1955 Parade and Rodeo
What were festival parade floats made of 50 years ago? How have they changed? Did you know they actually had a Parade AND a Rodeo in Hopkins 50+ years ago? Watch video footage from 1955 »


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Davis was re-elected to her Ward 1 seat with 2,186 votes to challenger Mark Gomolski's 1,572. Murdock edged Rick Pullen less than 500 votes – 10,645 to 10,153.
In Umatilla, voters chose Mary Dedrick for mayor over Daren Dufloth. Dedrick received 490 votes to Dufloth's 413. Corinne Funderburk defeated Mark Keith for Umatilla City Council Position 1, with 475 votes to Keith's 358.
Umatilla County voters also overwhelmingly approved Measure 30-128 which prohibits the county from spending money to enforce state or federal laws that would infringe on the right to bear arms. County voters supported the measure, 14,831 to 7,907.
Statewide, voters approved Measure 102 allows local bonds for financing affordable housing with nongovernmental entities.
Voters across the state rejected the other four measures including Measure 103 which would have prohibited taxing groceries. Also failing was Measure 104 which would have required a three-fifths legislative majority in order to approve bills raising revenue, and Measure 105 which would have taken away the state's Sanctuary state status. Voters also rejected Measure 106 which would have prohibited state Medicaid from covering abortions.
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Le classi di sommergibili U e la versione migliorata   furono concepite (la 'U') come sommergibili bersagli per la marina militare britannica nei tardi anni trenta.

Caratteristiche tecniche
Vista la riuscita del naviglio e la sua economicità, con l'avvento della Seconda guerra mondiale fu naturale che si pensasse anche alla loro conversione in sommergibili d'attacco. Le unità delle 2 classi operarono in acque costiere, data la loro ridotta autonomia (anche di fuoco: 4 tubi lanciasiluri a prua, ciascuno dotato di due siluri e 1 cannone da 76mm), ma possedevano un'eccellente maneggevolezza, erano piccole, in una parola esse, a differenza dei grandi sottomarini oceanici della Royal Navy, erano unità ideali per muoversi nel Mediterraneo.

Servizio
Nel Mediterraneo, attaccando da Malta il traffico navale dell'Asse, ottennero di più, pur pagando con pesanti perdite operative tale lavoro. Tra le 19 unità perse, di cui 13 proprio nel Mediterraneo, il sommergibile HMS Upholder del trentenne comandante Malcolm Wanklin era l'unità più prestigiosa: affondò 84.000 tonnellate di naviglio tra il 1941 e il tardo 1942, quando venne affondata a sua volta dalla torpediniera italiana Pegaso.

Tra i suoi successi, l'affondamento di 3 transatlantici usati per il trasporto truppe, tra cui, il 25 maggio 1941 l'italiano Conte Rosso, 2 sommergibili, 1 cacciatorpediniere e il siluramento dell'incrociatore Garibaldi, che però riuscì a sopravvivere ai due siluri incassati.

Sommergibili

Regno Unito
 Gruppo 1

 , trasferito alla Marina sovietica nel 1944 e rinominato V-4

 Gruppo 2

 HMS Upholder (N99)

 , in servizio nella Marina polacca dal 1941 al 1945 come ORP Sokół e in quella danese dal 1947 al 1957 come HDMS U 1 (dal 1950 HDMS Springeren)

 Gruppo 3
10 battelli furono ordinati l'11 marzo 1940:
 HMS Uproar (P31)
 HMS P32
 HMS P33
 HMS Ultimatum (P34)
 HMS Umbra (P35)
 HMS P36
 HMS Unbending (P37)
 HMS P38
 HMS P39
 HMS P41, trasferito alla Marina norvegese nel 1941 e rinominato

12 battelli furono ordinati il 23 agosto 1940:
 , trasferito alla Marina sovietica nel 1944 e rinominato V-2
 , trasferito alla Marina sovietica nel 1944 e rinominato V-3

 HMS P47, trasferito nel 1942 alla Marina dei Paesi Bassi e rinominato Hr.Ms. Dolfijn
 HMS P48

 HMS P52, in servizio nella Marina polacca dal 1942 al 1947 come ORP Dzik

Ulteriori 12 battelli furono ordinati il 12 luglio 1941:
 HMS Unsparing (P55)
 HMS Usurper (P56)
 HMS Universal (P57)
 HMS Untamed (P58)
 HMS Untiring (P59), ceduto alla Marina greca nel 1945 e ribattezzato Xifias (Y-10)
 HMS Varangian (P61)
 HMS Uther (P62)
 HMS Unswerving (P63)
 HMS Vandal (P64)
 HMS Upstart (P65), ceduto alla Marina greca nel 1945 e ribattezzato Amphitriti
 , trasferito nel 1943 alla Marina norvegese e rinominato KNM Ula (S300)
 , in servizio nella Marina della Francia libera dal 1943 al 1946 come FFS Curie (P67)

Altre marine

 V 2 (ex HMS Unbroken)
 V 3 (ex HMS Unison)
 V 4 (ex HMS Ursula)

 KNM Uredd (ex HMS P41)
 KNM Ula (ex HMS Varne)

 ORP Dzik (ex HMS P52)
 ORP Sokół (ex HMS Urchin)

  - FNFL
 FFS Curie (ex HMS Vox)

 HNMS Dolfijn - (ex HMS P47)

 HDMS U1 (ex ORP Dzik - ex HMS P52)

 Amphitriti (ex HMS Upstart)
 Xifias (ex HMS Untiring)

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Big Roadrunners turn-outs for a weekend of double mudbaths
Posted on January 16, 2023 January 16, 2023 by David Dibben
SAM WHALLEY reports on another busy weekend of cross-country racing…
Mud, mud, glorious mud, was the theme for the weekend as a total of 63 Reading Roadrunners lined up for the Hampshire and Thames Valley Cross Country Leagues, including Chloe Lloyd, Tony Page, Jon Green, Stuart Lunn and myself, who braved the double.
After the recent heavy rain leading up to Saturday, Prospect Park, the venue for the Hampshire League, was as muddy as we'd ever seen it, and those without spikes were relieved to have managed to remain upright on the undulating course. It was something of a baptism of fire for Eoin McLeod, running his first ever XC race.
Leading the way for the men was Ben Paviour (right), in an excellent 12th place (second vet, first V50), backed up by Ryan O'Brien (23rd), Dave Boulton (39th), Chris Burt (54th) and Mark Worringham (57th, 11th vet), bringing the men's team home in sixth. The final scorer for the vets team was Lance Nortcliff (18th vet, fourth V50), giving the vets team second place.
First to finish for the women was Kat Charles (left) in an impressive 24th place, followed by Helen Pool (44th, 12th vet) and Chloe Lloyd (51st), to give the women's team eighth.
Completing the vets team behind Helen were Ann Rostern (29th vet, tenth V50) and myself (34th vet, 12th V50), making the vets team fifth.
Hardly surprising that this local fixture produced the highest turn-out and the best team performances of the season so far.
Similar numbers at Popham, on February 11th and Bournemouth on March 4th, could save the men from relegation from Division 1.
For full results, and current team standings, visit https://www.hampshireathletics.org.uk/results/2023/20230114_hlmen.html and https://www.hampshireathletics.org.uk/results/2023/20230114_hlwomen.html.
It was Matt Sarjent (below) who led the green vests home at Sunday's mudfest in Lightwater Country Park, finishing in 11th place. In support for the men's team were Fergal Donnelly (15th), Dimi Gospodinov (35th), Gavin Rennie (61st), Tony Page (65th) and Ian Giggs (66th). The men's team was sixth.
Scoring for the women were Pip White (16th, right), Chloe Lloyd (25th), Mary Janssen (30th) and Claire Marks (43rd), with the women's team also sixth.
This overall team ranking of fifth puts the club in third leading into the final event of the season at 'the hilly one', Handy Cross, this coming Sunday.
Full results are here: http://www.tvxc.org.uk/results/team?race_id=108.
Thank you to everyone who turned up to run this weekend, and to the supporters who helped create the team spirit.
It's not too late to take part in the XC Championship. Rules are here: https://readingroadrunners.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/RR-XC-Club-ChampsRules2022-2023.pdf and latest standings will be available here soon: https://readingroadrunners.org/2022/03/tvxc-results/
Here's some links to photo albums from the weekend's races…
https://m.facebook.com/david.priddy.58/albums/689009572690231/
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Tidings of comfort and joy as Jacob's cracker earns county call
Posted on December 19, 2022 December 19, 2022 by David Dibben
Define 'finger-in-every-pie'! SAM WHALLEY is not only the Roadrunners' chair but also the secretary of the Berkshire Athletics' XC section and a top runner herself as well as an ace reporter for this website. Here's her offering from the weekend action…
Reading Roadrunners braved the freezing conditions at the Berkshire Cross-Country Championships yesterday, with medal-winning performances from our vets.
On a lapped 'lumpy' 10k course around fruit fields at Cookham, Under 20 Jacob Atwal came fifth in his 8k race, with Ryan O'Brien 13th in the senior race, which was won by GB steeplechaser Zak Seddon.
Both Jacob and Ryan received invitations to run for Berkshire at the Inter-Counties XC Championships at Loughborough in March, Ryan currently a reserve. Completing the fifth-placed senior team were Nathan Davies (27th) and Dimi Gospodinov (35th).
But it was bronze medal glory for Chris Burt, Fergal Donnelly (first V50) and Tony Page, who finished as third V35 team, a result only corrected after the event. That meant they were denied their moment on the metaphorical podium.
Helen Pool was our only female entrant, finishing an excellent 12th in the 8k race, and picking up an individual medal for third V35 with her reserve place for Berkshire.
It was the second consecutive week that our vets were in medal-winning action, after the SEAA Masters XC Championships in Horspath last Saturday.
In rather different weather conditions, the V60s team of Jane Davies, Tracey Lasan and Cecilia Csemiczky won gold, with Jane first V60 and Tracey third.
The men's V50 team of Fergal Donnelly, Lance Nortcliff and Tony Page was third, with Ben Paviour first V50, running for his first-claim club, Herne Hill.
The women's V50 team (Ann Rostern, Sam Whalley and Becky Mellor) managed fifth — even with Ann mistaking the women lined up for youngsters, missing the gun completely, and starting the race behind everyone else!
Helen Pool (seventh V40) and Claire Seymour were an incomplete team. Pete Jewell was eighth V60.
There's plenty more XC action for everyone in the New Year — starting with the Hampshire League event at Prospect Park on January 14th and the sixth race in the TVXC at Bracknell the following day.
Remembrance Day? Roadrunners won't forget this one in a hurry!
Posted on November 14, 2022 November 14, 2022 by David Dibben
Following the success of our own Thames Valley Cross Country League event at Ashenbury, yesterday's race at Datchet was another triumph for the club. SAM WHALLEY has the inside story…
Reading Roadrunners took the overall win in the TVXC fixture at Datchet this weekend, with the women in first place and the men in third.
As is the tradition, the race started at 11.02, following a two-minute silence for Remembrance Day. The backdrop of Windsor Castle and the distant sound of church bells and the Last Post made this very moving.
Definitely the flattest and most trail-like of the XC courses, with even some concrete path, this is a popular fixture with our members, and 58 turned up to take part.
First of our women to finish was Sarah McDade, second female overall, with Nikki Gray in third, Holly Sedgwick seventh and Helen Pool (left) tenth, with both Holly and Helen first-timers at TVXC. This was the second consecutive win for the women's team, a fantastic result.
Keith Russell was our first male scorer, in eighth, with Matt Sarjent (16th), Nathan Davies (17th), Fergal Donnelly (24th), Brendan Russell (29th) and Callum Evans (33rd) completing the scoring team to round off another great result — third behind Maidenhead and Datchet.
Those of us further down both the men's and women's fields will have helped keep other teams' scores down, so it really does make a difference if we get big teams out for these XC events.
The weekend was a double-header for many members, after the start of the Hampshire League season in Aldershot on Saturday.
In what was a huge turnout of 196 runners, the women lined up alongside the likes of Steph Twell for their race, made up of loops of grass and woodland.
First scorer was Helen Pool (67th, tenth vet), with newcomer Isobel Nicklin (85th) and Ann Rostern (91st, 21st vet) making up the scoring senior team, which was tenth. Sam Whalley (156th, 50th vet) was the final scorer for the vets team, which was seventh. Cecilia Csemiczky was our fifth team member on the day, in contrast to Aldershot, Farnham and District's 28 runners.
A huge 296 runners finished the men's race, which was again heavily weighted towards host club AFD, with 40 of their members taking part, and seven of them in the first ten!
Our eight-man team did us proud in this totally stacked field, with some entertaining battles towards the finish. First scorer was Ryan O'Brien (40th), followed by Mark Worringham (80th, ninth vet), Chris Burt (102nd), Lance Nortcliff (129th, 24th vet) and Dimi Gospodinov (149th), for a seniors team placing of tenth. Tony Page completed the vets scoring team in 156th (38th vet), with the vets team 6th.
This was a tough but incredibly enjoyable day at the office, with team spirit in abundance and a brilliant atmosphere.
First-timer Isobel (left) said: "As a new member of Reading Roadrunners, I signed up to the first Hampshire XC League race of the season. The day was really enjoyable, there was a huge range of abilities racing which is always great to see.
"During the race there was lots of cheering from the men's team which I really appreciated as it was the first time I had met most of the other Reading Roadrunners; they were all very welcoming. The atmosphere for the event was fantastic, you could tell everyone was really enjoying it.
"The highlight for me had to be Sam's brownies and Pete's sausage rolls! I will definitely be competing in another one soon."
With that kind of feedback, what are you waiting for? Let's keep the momentum going with the next TVXC fixture in Sandhurst on November 27th and the Hampshire League in Bournemouth on December 3rd. Look out for final details in your emails/spam and on social media.
Thank you and well done to everyone who represented the club this weekend, especially those who joined me for the double: Dimi Gospodinov, Tony Page, Mike Worsfold, Helen Pool and Cecilia Csemiczky (right).
An album of Eddie Thorpe's pictures from the Aldershot race can be found at https://photos.app.goo.gl/b68Wn8fAAPGeq8kD7
Go to hampshireathletics.org.uk and tvxc.org.uk/league-results for all the weekend's results.
Ryan mighty! Roadrunners storm to a massive double home win
Posted on October 30, 2022 October 30, 2022 by David Dibben
Today's TVXC event in Woodley was a triumph for Reading Roadrunners in every respect. Proud club chair SAM WHALLEY has filed this report to mark a special occasion…
Reading Roadrunners were out in force at the second Thames Valley Cross Country League fixture of the season, which we hosted.
The course, at Ashenbury Park in Woodley, was lacking in mud in this earlier slot in the calendar, but that made for some fast running.
There was no beating TVT's guest runner Jess Gibbon, the reigning English national XC champion, but recent returner to RR, Ryan O'Brien (left), made an excellent XC debut for the season, finishing as second male.
With Steve Ridley (right) in third, Ben Paviour fourth, Dave Boulton eighth, Fergal Donnelly 16th and Matt Sarjent 17th, the team easily took first place, their combined 50 points being way ahead of second-placed Datchet's 131.
Not to be outdone, the women also fielded their most competitive team of the season so far. Nikki Gray (below), running her first XC race in years, stormed home as fourth female, with Sarah McDade and new member Kat Charles in fifth and sixth. Sarah Dooley completed the scoring team, in 12th, giving the women a total score of 27, and their first win, again ahead of Datchet, whose women amassed 50 points.
After two races this puts us in sight of the top of the league and shows what we can achieve if we all pull together.
A great turn-out of 61 Roadrunners meant other non-scoring members will have affected the scores of the other clubs. Every single runner was a valued member of the team.
Well done to everyone who ran, to race director Jamie Smith, and a big thank-you to all of the volunteers who made the event happen.
Let's hope we can have another great turn-out of runners in the next TVXC race at Datchet on November 13th.
Here's a link to the Ashenbury results: http://www.tvxc.org.uk/results/team?race_id=105
And thanks to Nigel Hoult for his brilliant Flickr album from the race, which you can access at https://flickr.com/photos/33143388@N04/sets/72177720303279875
One for the archive: Day to cherish as Roadrunners do the honours
Roadrunners' 'takeover' of the 570th running of Reading parkrun was a big success, with a huge turn-out on a glorious day. The special occasion has been marked by an in-depth report from the front line by one of our own, DIMITAR GOSPODINOV.
I have to admit I am not much of a parkrunner. Living in Burghfield Common, in order to get to a parkrun I have to either drive, which feels wasteful, or run on the side of the road down to Prospect Park looking at all the things people have discarded from their cars, plus an uphill run back adding up to over 10 miles in total distance.
So, most Saturdays I opt for a solo run on the lovely trails of Englefield Estate I have on my doorstep. Parkrun is usually a social event for me and this week I have a really good reason to make it down to Thames Valley Park — Reading Roadrunners 'takeover'.
I joined Roadrunners in between lockdowns back in 2020 looking to try something new and improve my running. I had been thinking about going to the track sessions for a while before joining but the idea of going around in circles didn't sound like something I would enjoy. I was so wrong.
The club offers so much more than track sessions, from couch to 5k, pub runs, cross-country, day trips and social events. But what grabbed me straight away was how friendly and supportive everyone was.
If you are looking to improve your running or just make some new friends, I would encourage you to come to Palmer Park on Wednesday evenings and join one of the groups.
At TVP, it is just after 8.30am and the place is already buzzing. I say a quick hello to our run director Fergal Donnelly and I am off warming up and chatting with friends.
There are green Roadrunners vests everywhere and I am going from conversation to conversation until I hear that there is a briefing for first-timers happening. This should apply to me but talking to people is more exciting and I decide that getting lost is a low risk.
We clap for all volunteers giving up their time every Saturday to make the event possible. Next, we are on to parkrun tourists. We start from Bracknell and finish all the way to Australia. The thought that maybe living in Burghfield Common is not a valid excuse for only making it to 12 parkruns over the last year crosses my mind and we are off to the start.
Today I am trying to avoid my normal routine of starting too quickly and slowing down in the last mile. With quite a few sessions in my legs this week already and the Thames Valley Cross-Country league tomorrow I decide to pace myself.
I see Pete Jewell (above) disappearing into the distance quite quickly. I have to admit it is a nice sight to see. Pete has struggled with injuries lately but is quickly getting back into shape, so I am sure I will be seeing his backside more often and many people will be losing their VM60 course records in the area.
The first two miles are steady running alongside Tony Page (right) chatting and thanking the marshals, but with a mile to go Tony picks up the pace and all of a sudden I run out of conversation.
Once we are done and scanned we are straight back to the finish line to encourage all the other runners and walkers. It is always great to see all sprint finishes and people having fun.
With 295 runners we had some great achievements today, Thomas Palmer not only finishing first comfortably but also running his 250th parkrun; first female Penny McCrabbe coming in 25th overall, Phil Burke running a PB of 20:11 in his sixth parkrun — I don't see his PB starting with a '2' for much longer.
Also, there were some really impressive age-grade results with Jane Davies achieving over 90 per cent in VW60 and Pauline Siddons, Pete Jewell, Chris Webber and Claire Marks all above 80 per cent.
Thanks to the volunteers who made this event happen: Mark Allen, Art Atwal, Pauline Bravet, Angela Burley, Michelle Dean, Fergal Donnelly, Katherine Foley, Elizabeth Ganpatsingh, Nicola Gillard, Jon Green, Sophie Harris-Watkins, David Hodgkinson, Charlie Jackson, Lee Jackson, Elizabeth Johnson, Sue Jones, Jon Kew, Sara Lopez, Hannah McPhee, Kaja Milczewska, Laura Priest, Ruth Rogers, Chris Smith, Stephanie Smith, Bob Thomas, Michael Turner-Hibberd and Sam Whalley.
Many thanks to KAJA MILCZEWSKA for the pictures.
Three and easy: Princess Sarah has another great day out in London
Posted on October 9, 2022 October 10, 2022 by David Dibben
Roadrunners were out in force when the first race of the 2022 cross-country season was contested at Hillingdon and club committee chair SAM WHALLEY was there with her notebook and pen as well as her running shoes. Here's her report…
Sarah Dooley's London Marathon PB a week ago must have been perfect preparation for the XC season as she took the third-placed female spot in the Thames Valley XC League's opening fixture, hosted by Metros. In fact she scored as second as the race was won by Jess Gibbon, the national cross-country champion, running as a guest for Thames Valley Triathletes.
The course was the usual two laps, each including the infamous ski slope and (thankfully shallow) stream, but this year distinctly lacking in mud.
Having signed up after a late plea for more women for take part, Sarah (right) — who was 76th overall — could have done with more support at the sharp end of the race. Second female home for was club was me (218th), followed by Gemma Higgs (230th), with Sarah Richmond-Devoy (275th) surprised to find herself completing the scoring team for the first time.
There were 19 runners in the RR men's team, to contrast the women's ten, and it was Ben Paviour (below) who led them home in an excellent seventh place.
Behind him, the rest of the team was fairly closely packed, with Fergal Donnelly (23rd), first-timer Nathan Davies (29th), Tony Page (30th), Brendan Russell (39th), and Dimi Gospodinov (43rd) making up the scorers.
Also making their TVXC debuts for the club were Mark Allen, 40 years after his last XC outing, and Chris Webber, who, as a farmer, will be no stranger to mud. Well done to everyone who ran.
Full results from Hillingdon are available via this link: http://www.tvxc.org.uk/results/team.
They show that our men finished third, the women eighth and the RR team fourth overall.
XC races are huge team events, with every runner's position affecting our team score or those of the other squads.
The next XC event will be our home fixture, at Ashenbury Park in Woodley, on Sunday October 30th, so let's aim for a big turn-out there. We will also need volunteers on the day.
The club's XC championship requires runners to participate in a minimum of five TVXC or Hampshire League races during the season, at least one of which must be a TVXC race.
Volunteering at our home fixture counts towards an individual's score in the club championship. As the saying goes: "You've got to be in it to win it." Here's a link to the champs rules… https://readingroadrunners.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/RR-XC-Club-ChampsRules2022-2023pdf
There were good performances by Roadrunners all around the world today, with our members contesting marathons in Hungary, Bulgaria, Majorca and the United States.
Highlight was a nine-minute PB by Ollie Watts in Chicago (3:07.16). A couple of second-claimers also ran well, Brendan Morris chalking up a half-marathon PB with 1:13.44 in Manchester and Chris Moseley finishing second at the Henley Half.
For Pete's sake! Roadrunners vets so close to relay glory at Aldershot
Posted on September 26, 2022 September 26, 2022 by David Dibben
After some interesting internal politics involving the South of England AA and their member clubs, Reading Roadrunners found themselves contesting a new-look road relays event on Saturday. Men's captain TONY PAGE reports…
This year's men's six-stage, women's four-stage and vets' road relays were all run over a 6k course at the Rushmoor Arena, Aldershot… and, wow, what a great venue!
Roadrunners had a super turn-out, with eight teams competing. And we had some great results, with top-three finishes for the men's vet 55 team (right) and women's vets team.
As a southern qualifier for the men's national road relays, the day's racing attracted 80 men's teams and 25 vets as well as 55 ladies squads and 14 vets. Throw in all the junior events at under 13, under 15 and under 17 levels and that made it a total of over 450 teams representing more than 1700 runners.
There were some very high-qualify fields, including the Diamond League runner Jack Rowe (who ran the fastest leg of 17:30) and Ellis Cross — renowned for beating Mo Farah over 10K — running for Aldershot Farnham & District. Not surprisingly, the home team won, ahead of Tonbridge and Cambridge & Coleridge.
The women's race was also won by AFD, with Bracknell AC in second. The fastest women were Amelia Quirk (Bracknell), Steph Twell (AFD) and Jess Gibbon (Reading AC), all with times under 20 minutes.
There was an amazing third place for our women's vets team (left) of Katherine Streams (22:49) , Helen Pool (25:18) and Sarah Dooley (24:43). Katherine put us in third place after an excellent first leg — fourth fastest in the vets race — and that was held by Helen and Sarah, who brought the team home in 1:12.50.
Our second vet ladies team of Wendy Davies (33:36), Toni McQueen (33:54) and Sam Whalley (29:33) finished in eighth place.
Our senior ladies team of Hannah Green (24:32), Ann Rostern (26:20), Liz Johnson (27:56) and Pip White (25.29) came home in 35th place.
The closest finish of the day was in the men's vet 55 race, where our team were just pipped for the victory. The team of Gavin Rennie (23:51), Pete Jewell (23:21) and Chris Webber (23:36) — all from the winning team at Ridgeway Relay this summer — were joined by Terry Dowling (23:39).
Pete took us in to the lead with the fastest second leg, gaining three places after Gavin was fourth fastest on the very competitive first leg. Chris was second fastest on his leg, before handing over to Terry, who was passed in the final 100 metres by Brighton Phoenix, whose final runner ran an amazing 22.03. This was a great achievement for us… well done team!
Our senior men's team finished in 2:08.59 for 51st place. We welcomed back Ryan O'Brien (right), who recently re-joined RR and whose time of 20:37 was 37th fastest on the fifth leg, gaining 12 places. The other members of the team were Matthew Sarjent (21:26), Ollie Watts, (22:25), Jacob Atwal (21:25), Matthew Davies (22:00), and Mark Worringham (21:03).
Our second fastest runner on the day was Brendan Morris, with a time of 20.41, gaining ten places for our B team, who finished 59th. Other members of the team were Sean Hancox (23:00), Chris Burt (22:23), Jamie Smith (23:36), Dimi Gospodinov (22:36) and Chris Moseley (22:04).
We also entered two teams in the men's 40s category. The first team of Fergal Donnelly (22:17 for 12th place), Tony Page (23:08) and Lance Nortcliff (23:06, gaining two places) was brought home by Dave Parton (21:50), the sixth fastest on leg four. That gave us a creditable tenth-place finish.
Our second vets 40 team of Tony Streams (26:49), Paul Bandy (27:24), Colin Cottell (26:28) and Jon Kew (24:20) finished in 17th.
Thanks to everyone who took part and stayed to the end to support all our runners and see the presentation ceremony for our men's V55 team.
Here's your link to the results on an Excel spreadsheet…. https://www.afd.org.uk/aldershot-road-relays/
Gavin and pacy! Roadrunners vets prove the old ones are the best
Posted on June 30, 2022 July 3, 2022 by David Dibben
Sunday's Ridgeway Relay ended in triumph for one Reading Roadrunners squad… it just wasn't the one you might have expected! Club chairman SAM WHALLEY tells the inside story..
Roadrunners' Vets walked away with first place at last weekend's Ridgeway Relay, for the first time since 2015. Then they were the only vets team, and finished last out of 42 teams, so also took home the wooden spoon!
This year's over 50s were in a league of their own, coming 13th overall, out of 37 teams, and completing the 86.5 mile race from Ivinghoe Beacon in Buckinghamshire to Marlborough in Wiltshire in 12 hours and 46 seconds. The second placed vets team was 24th, one hour and 40 minutes behind.
Gavin Rennie got the vets into a strong position from the off, finishing leg one in 16th place, and first vets team. The vets position was never in doubt, but the overall placing moved up to 11th and 12th after strong runs from Julie Rainbow (leg four, tenth fastest for that leg), Chris Webber (leg five, seventh fastest), and Ian Gosling (below, leg seven, ninth fastest), before settling into 13th until the end.
The remainder of this superstar vets team was made up by Eoin McLeod (leg two), Ann Rostern (leg three, gaining four places), Alan Freer (leg six), Peter Rennie (leg eight), David Fiddes (leg nine) and Pete Jewell (pictured below, leg ten). Congratulations to them all – truly inspirational.
Meanwhile the Mostly Men's A team had to settle for second place behind Newbury AC after switching between first and third since Dave Boulton set the team off in the lead on leg one.
There were some fantastic runs throughout the day, most notably from Carrie Hoskins (leg four, gaining one place, second fastest for that leg), Ben Paviour (leg five, gaining one place, third fastest), and Chris Lucas, who ran the fastest time for leg six.
The rest of the team was made up of Sarah Dooley (leg two, sixth fastest), Tony Page (leg three, fourth fastest), Matthew Sarjent (leg seven, third fastest), Dave Parton (leg eight, third fastest), Mark Worringham (leg nine, second fastest) and Sibrand Rinzema (leg ten, fifth fastest). Sibrand was running his last race as a Reading Roadrunner before returning home to the Netherlands.
The Mostly Ladies team managed its highest ever placing with 19th, and third ladies team, thanks in particular to excellent runs from Dimi Gospodinov – one of the two permitted men – finishing in 11th place on leg one, Holly Sedgwick (leg seven, gaining three places) and Aga Faulkner (leg eight, gaining two places) and despite a couple of fallers among the rest of the team, made up of Mel Shaw (leg two), Sam Whalley (leg three), Alice Carpenter-Cave (leg four), Belinda Tull (leg five), Swinda Falkena (leg six – also returning to the Netherlands soon), Brooke Johnson (leg 9) and Liz Johnson (leg ten).
The Mostly Men's B team finished in 30th, with Jamie Smith getting the team off to a great start in 15th and brilliant runs by Mike Worsfold (leg two, gaining three places, ninth fastest for that leg), Sophie Mures (leg four, gaining six places, fourth fastest), Lance Nortcliff (leg seven, gaining one place, seventh fastest), Fergal Donnelly (right, leg nine, gaining two places, sixth fastest) and Alix Eyles (leg ten, gaining one place).
Completing the team were Peter Higgs (leg five), Pete Morris (leg six), Claire Seymour (leg eight) and Jon Green, who added two miles to leg three by taking the wrong path through a corn field.
Congratulations to all those who took part and many thanks to the captains for putting the teams together. Thanks also to Barry Cornelius for the images of our guys toughing it out.
For more information on the route of the Ridgeway Relay, and to whet your appetite for next year, read this: http://www.marlboroughrunningclub.org.uk/uploads/files/documents/RidgewayRelay/Ridgeway_relay_information_pack_2022.pdf
Draft results can be found here: http://www.marlboroughrunningclub.org.uk/uploads/files/documents/RidgewayRelay/MRCRidgewayRelay2022DraftResults.pdf
Photos from leg five onwards can be found here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrycorneliusox/sets/72177720300127853/
Battling Roadrunners survive the Hampshire League mudbath
Posted on February 20, 2022 February 20, 2022 by David Dibben
Our flagship 10/20 event at Bramley was cancelled because of the weather but the driving rain and high winds were no match for the Roadrunners' Hampshire Cross-Country League team at Popham, writes men's captain TONY PAGE.
In the fact our ladies team seem to be enjoying themselves, though to be fair that was before the race had started!
All of the results are now in and the great news is that the RR men's fifth place on Saturday was enough to secure our place in the prestigious First Division for another season as we climbed out of the relegation zone up to eighth.
This included an excellent 40th place from new member, Dave Boulton, who was second to Ben Paviour (31st and third vet). Our men were the first-placed vets team at Popham, and fifth over the season.
The remainder of the scoring team for the men were Sibrand Rinzema (43rd), Mark Worringham (51st and sixth vet) and Tony Page (59th and 10th vet).
The ladies had a strong finish to the season too, with tenth place at Popham, led home by Hannah Green in 27th. This was enough for ninth place over the season.
Most pleasing was the day's sixth place which saw our vet ladies secure a bronze-medal finish to the season. The remainder of the scoring team were Helen Pool (47th and 12th vet), Chloe Lloyd (61st), Emma Paton (66th and 23rd vet) and Sam Whalley (39th vet). Well done ladies.
Both Helen and Sarah Dooley clinched places in the League's vet ladies top ten with their efforts over the season.
There were lots of excellent performances across the teams, in very challenging conditions. Roadrunners have gone from strength to strength in the final two fixtures of the campaign and we want to keep the momentum up for the Nationals at Parliament Hill Fields this coming Saturday… and for next season!
I would really encourage everyone to try the Hampshire League and experience the excellent team spirit for themselves.
As is traditional, we rounded off the season with great night out at the Market House in Reading on Saturday night. A good time was had by all, and there were a few late starts on Strava today!
The Hampshire League results and final placings for the season can be found here:
https://www.hampshireathletics.org.uk/results/2022/20220219_hlmen.html
Meanwhile those of us who slogged through that mudbath aren't in the least bit jealous of our team-mates who enjoyed great runs in the Spanish sunshine, chalking up five PBs in the Seville Marathon. Well, just a bit…
Many congratulations to Paloma Crayford, Carmen Fuentes, David Clay, Sarah Dooley and Chris Webber, as well as all the others who did us proud there.
Double Dutch successes as Roadrunners snatch victory
Roadrunners saved their best until last in the Thames Valley Cross Country League, our men clinching a dramatic victory at Handy Cross. Proud men's captain TONY PAGE reports….
Roadrunners' men pipped both Datchet and Finch Coasters by just one single point to snatch first place at the final TVXC League race of the season. While this wasn't enough for us to retain the men's title, nevertheless it was a pleasing result with several new members stepping up.
That's a good sign for the future and will leave champions Datchet looking over their shoulders next season.
The League had saved this season's hardest event to last, with hills aplenty through Bradenham Woods and stunning views over the Chilterns in the morning sunshine.
But before we hit the hills, there was a fast downhill start. No surprise to see Sibrand Rinzema (left) leading the way, looking to cement his No.1 position in our TVXC club champs. He was closely followed by Ben Paviour — our leading M40 — who had to hot-foot it to the start having been delayed en route.
Sibrand and Ben (right) battled it out at the front, eventually finishing in seventh and eighth places, with Tony Page in 15th.
Our victory was secured further down the field with ever-present Jacob Atwal (20th), Matthew Sarjent (28th) and Lance Nortcliff, returning to the scene of past glories, in 33rd, each just edging out our rivals to make it count.
Special mention goes to Matthew for an excellent result on debut, clearly a chip off the old block. No wonder Bruce struggles to keep up!
Our first lady home was Swinda Falkena (46th, left), followed by Liz Ganpatsingh (54th), Sam Whalley (71st) and Gemma Higgs (78th), which earned the team tenth place on the day.
There were many other excellent performances, with members fighting it out in the final round of our TVXC club championships. Watch this space for the final individual results, which will be published soon.
The season finished with our men in second place in the league table, the ladies joint fifth and the club fourth overall.
In the meantime Sunday's provisional results can be found at http://www.tvxc.org.uk/results/team?race_id=102
Our focus now switches to the final Hampshire League fixture of the season at Popham airfield on February 19th.
It would be great to have a strong team out for that one to maintain our position in the top division.
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Associate Professor Avril Bell
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Associate Professor The University of Auckland: Sociology
I completed my undergraduate degree at the University of Auckland and my PhD at Massey University. My first academic position was in the Education Deaprtment at the University of Auckland. I then held a position in Sociology at Massey University for many years before returning to Sociology at Auckland. My doctoral thesis explored the ongoing impact of colonialism on the construction of Māori and Pākehā identities and on the relationships between the two peoples. More broadly, the identity politics of the relationships between indigenous and settler peoples are at the heart of my research interests. In 2014 I published a book on these issues: Relating Indigenous and Settler Identities: Beyond Domination. I am currently involved in two major research projects - a Masden-funded exploration of non-indigenous Treaty partnershp/decolonisation work and a critical settler family history exloring my own family's role in the settler colonial project. My teaching centres on related isuses - the study of cultural identities ('race', ethnicity, national identity, indigeneity), indigenous-settler relations and the sociological analysis of New Zealand society.
Legacy of colonization in indigenous-settler identity politics & relations
Strategies for decolonization
Responsibilities of settler peoples toward decolonization, and especially the possibilities of postcolonial ethics
Critical settler family history
SOCIOL 746 Settler Societies and Indigenous Peoples
Postgraduate supervision
I have supervised a number of students researching issues of identity politics and settler colonialism explored through anlaysis of the media and through interview based research. I have a background of research in a range of methods of textual and visual analysis - especially critical discourse analysis and semiotics, but also survey research.
I am interested in supervising projects that explore the legacies of colonialism and strategies of decolonization and in projects that exlore issues of ethnicity, immigration, racism, national identity, biculturalism and multiculturalism.. I am very interested in posthumanist theories for their use in highlighting the importance of relational thinking to understanding both human-human and human-non-human relations. I am also very interested in the work of Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida on the interactions of ethical obligations and politics and in applying this work to settler colonial contexts in particular.
PhD Adviser, Sociology & Criminology
critical discourse analysis, settler colonialism, indigenous-settler relations, Levinasian ethics, the ethics and politics of decolonization, archival research
Hoskins, T. K., & Bell, A. (2020). Being Present: Embodying Political Relations in Indigenous Encounters with the Crown. CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL THEORY10.1057/s41296-020-00439-9
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Te Kawehau Hoskins
Bell, A. (2020). Reverberating Historical Privilege of a 'Middling" Sort of Settler Family. Genealogy, 4 (2)10.3390/genealogy4020046
Bell, A. (2018). This is one step: Rural Pākehā talk about treaty settlements and beyond. New Zealand Sociology, 33 (3), 109-131.
Bell, A. (2018). More than just symbols: Resurfacing indigenous place in the Far North of Aotearoa New Zealand. Archiving Settler Colonialism: Culture, Space and Race (pp. 19-35). 10.4324/9781351142045
Bell, S. A. (2018). A flawed Treaty partner: The New Zealand state, local government and the politics of recognition. In D. Howard-Wagner, M. Bargh, I. Altamirano-Jimenez (Eds.) The neoliberal state, recognition and indigenous rights: New paternalism to new imaginings (pp. 77-91). Canberra, Australia: ANU Press. 10.22459/CAEPR40.07.2018.04
Bell, A. (2017). Moving roots: A "small story" of settler history and home places. Qualitative Inquiry, 23 (6), 452-457. 10.1177/1077800416672696
Bell, A. (2017). Co-existing indigenous and settler worlds: Ontological styles and possibilities. Journal of New Zealand Studies, 24, 15-24.
Bell, A. (2017). Imagining Aotearoa New Zealand: The politics of national imaginings. In S. A. Bell, V. Elizabeth, T. McIntosh, M. Wynyard (Eds.) A land of milk and honey?: Making sense of Aotearoa New Zealand (pp. 57-68). Auckland: Auckland University Press.
a.bell@auckland.ac.nz
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Relating Indigenous and Settler Identities: Beyond Domination


Whenever we get together with our old academic colleagues, there's one thing that consistently comes up in the conversation: students just don't know how to reference their sources. But the skill of referencing isn't only something you need for your academic projects, you'll also find it useful in business life. With the explosion of information sources now available through the Internet, it's vitally important that you keep a clear record of where you find your data, in case you need to update it, or refer to it again at a future date. Additionally, if you're writing a business report, proposal, or research document for your client, you'll need to show where your data has come from.
On this page, we've provided links to a few tools, and some help in learning how to write citations, references and bibliographies. If you really can't manage, then please contact us. We can create, proofread and edit your bibliography or list of references. Alternatively, we're able to arrange seminars or tutoring in referencing and research skills.
Q. My advisor suggested I organise my list of references by having interviews in one section, books in another, websites in another etc. Is this right?
A. No, this is not right. You should have one list, arranged alphabetically by author/interviewee (or title if no author). The person reading your report will see your in-text citation, which would be an author's name. If the reader was interested in finding the original citation, they would turn to your list of references to find the author's name and hence the full reference. However, from the author's name, the reader has no idea if the original is a book, article, interview, webpage, email, or any other of the many ways in which information or knowledge is made available. So, if you listed your references in this way, the reader would have to check every list you had, rather than one single list. It should be clear from how the reference is written, what sort of media the original is. The exception to this is if you really are writing a bibliography, or a complete listing of material about a subject. If this is the case, the list doesn't refer to citations you make in a text, and the purpose is to give the reader an exhaustive list of material that they can consult. In this case, it's very useful to collate the references by type.
Q. Which style should I use? MLA or Harvard?
A. It really depends on what you're writing and who you're writing it for. For undergraduates, you'll probably have been taught a specific style in your first year, and you should use that. Graduates, on the other hand, may be asked to use different styles depending on their professor, or the policy of the institution. If you're writing an article or paper for publication, then your publisher will have instructions for which style to use. The best solution is to check with whoever has asked you to write your assignment.
Here are some links to documents and pages that may help.
A good tool to start building your bibliography. You can either search the database for references that already exist, or add your own. By registering, you can build and save your own bibliographies in either MLA, APA, or Chicago format. At the moment, it's free.
Similar to BibMe above, but only MLA format is available.
From the Adapted Computer Training Center of the Palomar Community College in San Marcos, California. A simple tool for generating MLA references.
A guide to Harvard referencing, with specific pages for journals and newspapers.
A pdf document called "References and Bibliographies" written by the University of Bradford School of Management.
A website containing all the tools you need to carry out and write up your research.


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What is Charles Baudelaire Most Famous For?
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Charles Baudelaire is one the most influential writers of the modernist era. Rising to prominence in 19th century Paris, he is most commonly associated with coining the concept of the 'flaneur' – the lonely wanderer who roamed the streets of modernist Paris in search of artistic inspiration. This concept had a profound influence on modernist art, helping pave the way for French Realism and Impressionism. Baudelaire's poetry, criticism, essays and literature merged his mutual interests in Romanticism and Realism, which he weaved into a series of taboo subjects including sex, homosexuality, death and addiction. Let's take a closer look at his most famous literary triumphs.
1. La Fanfarlo, 1847
Etienne Carjat, Charles Baudelaire, 1862, image courtesy of Christie's
La Fanfarlo, published in 1847, was a breakout novel for the young Baudelaire, who had not yet made his name as a literary giant. The story is a fictionalized account of Baudelaire's love affair with Jeanne Duval, a Haitian-born actress and dancer. In the novel, Baudelaire's alter-ego is the central character Samuel Cramer, who tries to help Madame De Cosmelly prize her husband away from an erotic dancer named La Fanfarlo. But instead of helping Cosmelly, Cramer falls in love with La Fanfarlo himself.
2. Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil), 1857
Charles Baudelaire, Les Fleurs du Mal, 1857, image courtesy of Edition Originale
Baudelaire's singular most important literary triumph is the collection of poems titled Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil), published in 1857. This volume of poems explored a huge range of subjects, offering unflinching observations of 19th century life, and finding strange beauty in the grimmest of situations. Many of the poems had highly erotic content, with references to homosexuality and prostitution. Following the release of the publication, six of the sauciest poems were banned by the French court, and Baudelaire was charged with indecency. One critic of the time who read the unabridged version wrote, "Never has one seen so many breasts bitten or even chewed in so few pages."
3. Les Paradis Artificiels (Artificial Paradises), 1860
Charles Baudelaire, Artificial Paradise, 1860, image courtesy of Abe Books
In the subversive memoir Les Paradis Artificiels (Artificial Paradises), 1860, Baudelaire draws upon his experiences with drugs and addiction. He writes with startling clarity on his experiences with wine, hashish and opium, describing the dream-like trances and hallucinations they brought about. Diaristic in nature, the book highlights the debauched, troubled and violent nature of Baudelaire's life. Highlighting the 'artificial' nature of the supposed 'paradise' brought about by drugs, Baudelaire's text is a warning on the dangers of falling down the rabbit hole of addiction. This message was made even more tragic when Baudelaire himself died of a drug overdose in 1867, just seven years after the release of this publication.
4. Le Peintre de la Vie Moderne (The Painter of Modern Life), 1863
Edgar Degas, Absinthe Drinker, 1867, image courtesy of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Another iconic work of literature from Baudelaire is his controversial collection of essays The Painter of Modern Life, first published as a series of instalments in the French magazine Le Figaro in 1863. It was in this collection of essays that Baudelaire introduced his famous concept of the flaneur, a "passionate spectator" for whom "the crowd is his element". He urged artists of the day to become passive observers, taking inspiration not from nature or mythology, but instead from the gritty urban world around them. This idea had a particularly profound influence on the French Impressionists, including Edgar Degas and Pierre Auguste Renoir, who depicted the true reality of modernist Paris as seen from a silent, distantly observed perspective.
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At what age should you realize you're just too old to start a business?
Local retiree Richard Soper isn't sure, but he knows that number isn't 76.
Tired of sitting through power outages and looking for something to do, the New Bern resident has designed rechargeable electric generators and registered his own company – Quiet Power LLC – to build and market his product.
The generators are fairly simple in design. They are powered by 12-volt AGM batteries.
His smaller model, the QP400 weighs about 50 pounds, he said. "It comes with a battery charger – actually, a motorcycle battery charger that slow-charges them," though for an extra fee Soper will provide the hookups needed to charge the generator with a solar panel – he'll throw in the solar panel, too.
"They handle lighting, charging batteries and cell phones," he said, and will hold their charge for 18 to 20 hours.
He said the generator will keep you out of the dark in the case of blackout and is also portable enough to use for camping or other outdoor purposes.
Soper's QP 3000 is his big model – big, as in running on two 12-volt batteries and weighing altogether about 175 pounds. The unit is wired into and stored in a plastic bin-style unit with wheels and handle.
This unit comes with a solar panel to help keep it charged (once the storm has passed, of course). He has tested it – in a power outage in New Bern late last year – and it ran both his refrigerator and freezer for the duration of the outage, along with powering lights.
The generator will power big-draw appliances like the refrigerator and freezer, he said, for 10 to 12 hours.
The generator will keep running, however, if it is hooked up to solar power; it can also be recharged through a car's power ports (we used to call them cigarette lighters).
He estimated the life of the batteries at 8 years and noted that it would be a fairly simple process to hook up other batteries to the generator to extend its life between charges.
This generator, he said, could be used at construction sites to run power tools or lights.
A big advantage of Soper's generators is that they are "99 percent quiet" and generate no exhaust, meaning they can be set up inside a house.
He sold his first two over Christmas, he said.
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BERLIN (AP) — Germany's Siemens has decided to stand by a contract linked to a coal mine in Australia that climate activists had called for it to drop.
The German industrial conglomerate's CEO, Joe Kaeser, had promised to review Siemens' involvement in the project in light of climate activists' opposition. But in a statement late Sunday, Kaeser said that "there is practically no legally and economically responsible way to unwind the contract without neglecting fiduciary duties."
Siemens on Dec. 10 signed the contract to supply signaling systems for a rail link between the Carmichael coal mine and a port. The vast mine is owned by Indian company Adani, and the contract is worth about 18 million euros ($20 million) to Siemens.
Kaeser wrote that there were competitors — "thus, whether or not Siemens provides the signaling, the project will still go ahead."
But he added after a managing board meeting that, "given the importance of legitimate environmental concerns, we have secured the right to pull out of the contract if our customer violates the very stringent environmental obligations."
The group Fridays for Future, which has held weekly protests demanding action against climate change for over a year, wanted Siemens to quit the mine project because emissions from coal-fired power plants contribute to global warming. Kaeser met the group's representatives on Friday.
Leading Fridays for Future activist Luisa Neubauer called Kaeser's decision "disastrous" and said the group planned new demonstrations in front of Siemens offices Monday.


Learn how to prepare a delicious Thanksgiving dinner with a maximum of enjoyment and a minimum of stress, snafus, and sleeplessness!
Download the free 38-page PDF sample!
If you'd like your Thanksgiving preparations to go smoothly (and who wouldn't?), turn to experienced tech writer and foodie Joe Kissell for help. At least half the battle is a good plan, and Joe provides you with a customizable plan that gets you organized, helps you figure out what you need to buy, and prevents last-minute problems. Once the planning and shopping are done, follow Joe's detailed, tested recipes for Thanksgiving dinner: roast turkey with gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry relish, candied sweet potatoes, and pumpkin pie.
Appendixes cover special cases from allergies to vegans, drawings guide you as you work with the turkey, and a special included "Print Me" file provides shopping lists and schedules, as well as versions of the recipes that you can tape up in the kitchen. Although these recipes scale easily for a few more people, they are meant for 8-12 people. The recipes use U.S. and metric units.
What type of turkey should I buy?
Is there a fast way to make cranberry relish?
What's the secret behind making perfect gravy?
How do you deal with a raw turkey, and which end is the neck?
See the FAQ tab (click it slightly above on this Web page) for more questions and some answers.
Mentioned newer models of the Thermapen thermometer; see the sidebar Choosing an Instant-Read Thermometer.
Added a note clarifying bread quantities; see Prepare Stuffing.
Significantly revised the recipe for candied sweet potatoes, in response to reader feedback, to provide a thicker and more even glaze; see Make the Orange Dish.
Mentioned some newfangled gadgets that may help with lacing and trussing a turkey on.
Q: What if I don't want to make everything by hand?
A: You don't have to! Although the book assumes you'll make most things by hand, it also has sidebars that suggest when cutting a corner may the better part of valor and an appendix helps if you have to make Thanksgiving dinner with little prep time.
Q: What about my aunt Martha's stuffing recipe?
A: The book provides recipes that work together in terms of time and temperature, but it also assumes that you may want to swap in a recipe or two of your own.
Q: I love David Allen's "Getting Things Done" methods. Will this book help me have a Getting Things Done Thanksgiving?
A: Yes it will. It walks you right through the planning process with lots of next steps, to-dos, and lists.
Q: How do you recommend preparing the turkey?
A: Joe explains a basic brining technique.
Q: Isn't brining too hard for less-experienced cooks?
A: Joe has a special talent for breaking down complex tasks into simple steps. We think a lot of cooks will be pleased when they see how easy Joe makes it.
Q: I noticed that you don't cover a green vegetable, homemade rolls, or pecan pie.
A: Yes. We limited the book's scope to something we felt could be achieved by normal humans. The book does welcome you to make more dishes, and it links to a few noteworthy recipes for green veggies.
A: The book has a lovely recipe for a polenta-and-cheese based main course for vegetarians, and it even has an appendix on how to accommodate vegans. However, if you plan to cook an all-vegan feast, this isn't the right book for you.
Q: What about the gravy?
A: The gravy recipe is superb. And, Joe splits it so people with less time or experience can go for great gravy, but readers with more time or experience can go for amazingly superb gravy.
Q: What's a computer geek doing writing a cookbook?
A: Joe writes about technology in order to support his habit of eating well, and he was playing with his food long before he started playing with computers. He wields a whisk or a mouse with equal proficiency. Joe realized that the same methods he uses to make seemingly complicated computer tasks seem easy could be applied to seemingly complicated cooking tasks, and this book is the result.
For your enjoyment, here's an excerpt from the ebook that covers how to make stuffing. The overall ebook has you starting your shopping early, but you can jump in here. Note that this recipe is intended to span 2 days, with you doing some prep work on the day before Thanksgiving. Of course, you can do it all on Thanksgiving day, if necessary.
The great thing about stuffing is that you can vary the recipe dramatically and still end up with a perfectly delicious end result. The basic ingredients of a turkey stuffing are bread, aromatics (celery and onion), stock or broth, a few spices, and a bit of butter. Of course, lots of stuffings get fancy with sausage, oysters, chestnuts, fruit, cornbread, or any of a zillion other modifications. We're going to stick with the standard (though I provide other suggestions in the "Upgrading" sidebar [at the end of this excerpt]. If you have a family recipe for another type of stuffing, and your guests expect it, feel free to use it instead.
p class="quote">IN OR OUT? There are two broad schools of thought about stuffing: one says to cook it inside the turkey (in which case it truly is stuffing) and the other says to cook it separately (in which case it's sometimes called dressing). If you cook the stuffing inside the turkey, it will absorb a good bit of moisture and fat from the turkey—and along with it, lots of flavor. Stuffing the turkey is a (slightly awkward) extra step, as is removing the cooked stuffing, though using a stuffing bag can simplify both greatly.
But the main argument against stuffing the turkey is that the stuffing takes a long time to heat up, while spending significant time in contact with uncooked meat. That's a recipe for bacterial growth, and of course the last thing you want to do is make your guests sick! However, you can solve this problem quite easily. First, make sure the stuffing is very hot when you put it into the bird. And, second, before you take the turkey out of the oven, check the stuffing's temperature. If it's 160F (71C) or higher, you're completely safe.
Because the taste of genuinely stuffed stuffing is better, we'll be cooking it in the bird. But we'll also make some extra, cooked separately, because you can never have too much stuffing!
Most of the stuffing preparation should be done the day before Thanksgiving. Just before you put the turkey in the oven, you'll perform the last two steps: combining the wet and dry ingredients, and heating the stuffing.
A few words about the bread: For the best texture, the bread should be thoroughly dried before you make the stuffing. You can dry fresh bread by laying the slices on a counter or, better yet, wire cooling racks for about 3 days, depending on the humidity. (It'll dry faster if it's already torn into small pieces.) If you are pressed for time, you can tear up the bread, lay the pieces on cookie sheets, and bake them in a 300*F (150*C) oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until thoroughly dry (but not browned). Or you can simply buy packages of plain dried bread cubes.
It's a Wonder: Some brands of bread, such as WonderBread, come in 24-ounce loaves rather than 16-ounce loaves. Be sure to check the weight and adjust the quantity accordingly if necessary.
As for chicken broth: If you have some homemade chicken or turkey stock, by all means use it. But you'll get dandy results using canned (or boxed) broth from the supermarket, too. For the stuffing (unlike the gravy), you don't absolutely need low-sodium broth, but buying just one kind of broth is easiest. If you have vegetarians at the table, you can substitute vegetable broth—and be sure to serve them the stuffing cooked separately from the turkey.
Chop the onion and celery finely (or ask your helper to).
Stir in all the spices except the parsley (marjoram, sage, thyme, salt, and pepper), and the chicken broth.
Allow this mixture to cool slightly. Then transfer it into a covered container and refrigerate until tomorrow.
In a very large bowl (or two bowls, if you don't have a single bowl large enough), toss together the bread cubes and the chopped parsley. Cover this bowl loosely with a dry towel and set it aside until tomorrow.
When you're ready to stuff the turkey, warm the wet mixture slightly (in a saucepan or in the microwave), just enough to liquefy any fat on the surface. Combine the wet mixture and the dry mixture and mix thoroughly.
Following the directions in Roast and Carve the Turkey (page 69), microwave about 6 cups of the stuffing until it reaches 130 degrees F (54 degrees C). Then spoon it into the turkey (or the stuffing bag). Put the remaining stuffing in a casserole or glass baking dish and cover it, but don't refrigerate (if you think you'll be low on oven space, use a loaf pan instead).
Better with butter: The stuffing you're baking separately will be extra yummy if, before you put it in the oven, you drizzle the top with about 4 tablespoons (half a stick) of melted, unsalted butter.
When the turkey has been roasting for 2 hours, put the remaining stuffing into the oven alongside or above it, covered with foil or a glass lid. Bake for about an hour, so the stuffing will be ready when the turkey has finished resting after it comes out of the oven.
Stuffing isn't at all hard to make, but if you're worried about getting everything done, there are always store-bought stuffing mixes. Frankly, I don't think any commercial mix can hold a candle to homemade stuffing, but this is ultimately a lower-priority menu item than, say, turkey or mashed potatoes.
* Replace half the celery with two medium-sized apples, peeled and diced into pieces about the same size as the celery.
* Add 1-2 cups of fresh chopped mushrooms.
* Look for other stuffing recipes. Among the thousands of stuffing recipes you can find online are ones that use rice or cornbread instead of white bread; ones that include sausage or oysters; ones that add chestnuts for some extra crunch; and numerous other variations. If you're feeling adventurous, substitute any of these recipes for the one here, but be sure to make enough to fill the turkey and an extra baking dish—at least 12 cups (3 l) in all.
November 19, 2013 – As Thanksgiving approaches this year, I took a quick skim through the ebook to see how it was aging. Good news! With a topic like Thanksgiving, we don't have Apple releasing Turkey 2.0 or Google updating to Stuffing 3.17, so Joe's recipes are up-to-date. I am noticing a few places where Apple technology has changed, like in the Basics topic where iBooks is referred to as only an iOS app instead of an iOS and OS X app. Even so, I think you'll manage just fine. The Take Control crew had so much fun creating this title, that we'll probably want to update it at some point. That update will probably be much less about new Thanksgiving advice and much more about making sure it works technically; for example, we'll want to update that reference to iBooks platforms. And, we'll move the manuscript forward to whatever the latest Take Control templates is, so it will look like the rest of our more modern titles.