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Giveaway - Solar Powered Kitchen Scales from Judge Cookware
Thursday, 10 October 2013 - 156 comments
Great news! Having recently reviewed the Photovoltaic Solar Powered Kitchen Scales from Judge Cookware, I've now been asked to host a Giveaway.
You can read my review here - Solar powered of course will save you money as there's no need to buy batteries. Not only that, these scales look GOOD and they are! Both Imperial and Metric at the press of a button, and can measure liquids too means you can add and weigh as you go without any messing about.
One lucky reader of this blog will win a set of these Photovoltaic Solar Powered Kitchen Scales - RRP £50.
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Jane Willis 10 October 2013 at 07:08
No, I don't own any...... YET!
Emma Walters 10 October 2013 at 07:35
no, i really wish i did, on my xmas list hehe
Tracy K Nixon 10 October 2013 at 07:36
Thank you for another lovely giveaway! No I don't own any - I would love to though!
Maya Russell 10 October 2013 at 07:40
I don't own any.
Sue Bowden 10 October 2013 at 08:01
I'm proud to say that I have my lovely tea pot and have for years, it's been my friend forever.
mummy24 10 October 2013 at 08:28
I don't own any!
Kim Plant 10 October 2013 at 10:35
no hun not yet xx
haxel 10 October 2013 at 10:53
Don't own any yet
I don't own any yet, but I'd love to win some! :)
Robyn Logan Clarke 10 October 2013 at 14:13
7hippopotamus 10 October 2013 at 14:22
No I don't, but they look good.
Hotrod mum 10 October 2013 at 18:00
none for me
CALLUM DAVIES 10 October 2013 at 20:36
Unfortunately not
laura banks 10 October 2013 at 21:05
i don't i'm afraid
Sarah Davies 12 October 2013 at 00:38
No I don't at the moment.
Tracey Peach 12 October 2013 at 12:25
No I don't own any but I do love their products
suzanna 12 October 2013 at 12:29
No i don't own any
barbedwire 12 October 2013 at 12:32
Sorry but I do plan to get some very soon
Sorry but I do plan to get some
Richard Mils 12 October 2013 at 12:37
None, yet. ;)
we have a couple of judge saucepans. they are good lasted a long time so far.
I'm really not sure. Maybe, but I couldn't swear to it.
Nope, unfortunately not! :(
tabbaz123 12 October 2013 at 12:49
No - I haven't
chrriss88 12 October 2013 at 12:51
No my are ancient mini weight watchers scales!
caroles 12 October 2013 at 12:51
Own a coffee grinder - great for nuts too. Very good quality.
I don't own any Judge.
@gavrc
mary heald 12 October 2013 at 12:52
No, not at the moment
yothaka naveepap 12 October 2013 at 13:02
Dave 12 October 2013 at 13:17
No I don't
mambojambo 12 October 2013 at 13:18
No not yet
Almonds 12 October 2013 at 13:18
Heather Haigh 12 October 2013 at 13:19
Not yet, I'm afraid.
mister_steven 12 October 2013 at 13:26
no, I don't at the moment
eleanor73 12 October 2013 at 13:26
No not at the mo but interested!
Fashion Mayhem 12 October 2013 at 13:30
I had never heard of them till today
Jo Mapp 12 October 2013 at 13:43
No, I don't, but I would love to try the brand
rebecca7 12 October 2013 at 13:54
No nothing
Julia 12 October 2013 at 14:02
No, I haven't god any of their products.
Lynsey Ward 12 October 2013 at 14:12
No, but maybe that could change... ;-)
Beky Austerberry 12 October 2013 at 14:37
No dont own any - just old hand me down kitchen equipment that has seen better days!!
l 12 October 2013 at 14:54
No not yet, but keeping my fingers crossed
katleea 12 October 2013 at 15:01
No, I don't own any
Lana 12 October 2013 at 15:07
Lorraine Tinsley 12 October 2013 at 15:29
Nope, not yet
GameboyJoe 12 October 2013 at 15:39
Unfortunately not!
jenniwren12 12 October 2013 at 15:40
No, unfortunately not
Bekkki1 12 October 2013 at 15:46
no not yet :)
no no yet :)
Rob Griffiths 12 October 2013 at 16:10
No, I don't.
dumplingiow 12 October 2013 at 16:40
No, but I'd like to :)
Kate 12 October 2013 at 16:43
Yes I do. I have a set of five saucepans
Zoe G 12 October 2013 at 16:46
I don't own any but from what I have heard they do very good products
philiboy 12 October 2013 at 16:56
Ni - I haven't as yet
Ponky 12 October 2013 at 17:10
Yes, some saucepans.
geezerbird44 12 October 2013 at 17:25
No but would love to
prwilson 12 October 2013 at 17:35
Not that I'm aware.
smolaki 12 October 2013 at 17:40
haley redshaw 12 October 2013 at 17:45
Don't own any :)
Steven Scrase 12 October 2013 at 17:46
Not at the moment, hopefully this will be the first of many.
Jenni 12 October 2013 at 18:01
not at the moment!
Penelope Friday 12 October 2013 at 18:29
Sarah Birkett 12 October 2013 at 19:23
no, not yet but maybe after this competition is over I will
jillwebb 12 October 2013 at 19:24
No I havnt
dragon60 12 October 2013 at 19:30
kasza 12 October 2013 at 19:45
No, but I really wish that I did.
Sylvia Lomax 12 October 2013 at 19:55
No, I don't at the moment, but would love to.
Adeinne 12 October 2013 at 20:48
Nope i dont own any
Jazz 12 October 2013 at 21:29
I do not yet :(
Rob Baker 12 October 2013 at 21:34
Not yet ....
mouseybabe 12 October 2013 at 22:16
No I don't own any. But they do look good.
Kiya Parker 12 October 2013 at 22:55
Not yet, I have got kitchen stuff on my Christmas list though!
Panda 12 October 2013 at 23:18
Nope, don't own any Judge Cookware products... first time I've heard of them tbh. Tho they do look stylish & of quality!
nataliemay30 12 October 2013 at 23:27
no I havent
liz denial 13 October 2013 at 05:38
I don't own any yet, but here's hoping
saurus 13 October 2013 at 08:09
No I don't own any .
katiemay 13 October 2013 at 10:20
No, but I've got my fingers crossed :)
No I don't buy have heard of them
Nina McFadden 13 October 2013 at 11:23
No I don't.
Debbie 13 October 2013 at 12:26
I don't own any of Judge Cookware, but it looks very smart though. I must check it out.
Jen Russon 13 October 2013 at 12:35
Nope, I don't, but would love to!
Stephanie Whitehouse 13 October 2013 at 14:48
I don't look at labels much - these look like quality, so I may
kj19 13 October 2013 at 15:32
I don't own any yet but I have asked for scales for Christmas
Mary Chez 13 October 2013 at 15:56
Mary Heatley 13 October 2013 at 17:02
I don't own any, lovely products though.
jo 13 October 2013 at 18:04
Caroline 13 October 2013 at 19:37
No, I don't own any but have a friend who has the pans and I really liked them.
Tammy Tudor 13 October 2013 at 20:16
not currently :)
Hannah ONeill 13 October 2013 at 20:37
I think I have a Judge saucepan
Rebecca Phillips 13 October 2013 at 21:03
Unfortunately not. I have been stalking their site like a crazy person preparing for when we move house though!
EmmaH 13 October 2013 at 21:38
Allan Smith 14 October 2013 at 15:00
Kat Lucas 15 October 2013 at 03:36
No, but I would love to
imokayleeds 15 October 2013 at 05:33
no i don't but would love to :)
kiddyboo.co 15 October 2013 at 09:35
No, don't own any, but would love to own these, they sound fab :-)
anne hall 15 October 2013 at 12:41
Not yet I haven't :-)
Emily Phipps 15 October 2013 at 14:04
No, how sad :(
Jackie ONeill 15 October 2013 at 20:52
no I don't own any, but hope to soon...
angie mummy 15 October 2013 at 22:23
Mickie Bull 16 October 2013 at 12:19
I don't, not yet anyway
Jennifer 16 October 2013 at 22:08
Nope, not yet.....
Kemcaflipflops 17 October 2013 at 10:24
No I don't own any at the moment,but have in the past
YOLANDA DAVIS 17 October 2013 at 21:07
i dont but would like to
Natalie Crossan 18 October 2013 at 23:43
I don't own one but I'd love one :)
x Natalie
Jim Lipscomb 20 October 2013 at 12:19
This giveaway is the first time I heard of them
GeorgeBee 20 October 2013 at 18:40
sue 21 October 2013 at 21:00
No, but I would like to
Sarah Mcknight 22 October 2013 at 23:19
Hetal 23 October 2013 at 12:15
I don't own any products from them.
pompeypaul25 23 October 2013 at 12:16
No I don't, could really do with some new scales though.
Rebecca U 24 October 2013 at 10:38
no i dont but looks great
lizthewhiz 25 October 2013 at 12:18
No but these scales look great
cheryl100 25 October 2013 at 12:54
No but I would love to!
rugmaker 26 October 2013 at 15:01
Tommy Lodge 26 October 2013 at 18:31
I don't own any yet but this give away may change that :)
soozybee 26 October 2013 at 18:38
No I don't own any currently
katie skeoch 27 October 2013 at 12:01
nope, but am looking to upgrade soon
Emma Weaver 27 October 2013 at 16:18
nope xx
Richard T 28 October 2013 at 16:30
Kristy Brown 28 October 2013 at 17:11
Not yet, but have my fingers crossed
Louise A 28 October 2013 at 23:46
Jane Middleton 29 October 2013 at 00:08
No, fingers crossed I'll win
Adele Hill 29 October 2013 at 00:19
Mark Whittaker 29 October 2013 at 00:57
Sadly I don't
Keeley Atkinson 29 October 2013 at 02:49
None at all at the moment
chr1sb3ll 29 October 2013 at 03:31
I don't own any yet....but if they are all as funky and innovative as these scales then I daresay it wont be long before I do....
Lora 29 October 2013 at 08:48
Nope, but I wish I did!
weir shane 29 October 2013 at 09:11
cathyj 29 October 2013 at 11:58
no but look good
di dilly 29 October 2013 at 14:39
Sadly not.....yet!!
hunnycat 29 October 2013 at 17:35
Not yet... :(
Clare Wood 29 October 2013 at 19:52
not yet but I'd love too
Dan Caldon 29 October 2013 at 20:27
Esme Mccrubb 29 October 2013 at 21:44
nope not yet
Dessallara 29 October 2013 at 22:58
No ;o
Lani Nash 29 October 2013 at 23:10
Emma Lewis 30 October 2013 at 00:24
No not yet.
Valerie Kay 30 October 2013 at 03:55
No I don't currently own any :-(
daniel inglis 30 October 2013 at 09:25
IRIELADY 30 October 2013 at 11:24
No not yet but hopeful!
hannahlw85 30 October 2013 at 12:28
No i dont own any.
becky004 30 October 2013 at 13:19
I don't own any at the moment
Judith Luscombe 30 October 2013 at 13:33
I have always fancied the Judge Slow Cooker but no I dont actually own any of your products. Thank you this is a lovely prize
natz101 30 October 2013 at 14:46
Nope, not currently!! :)
krnries 30 October 2013 at 16:15
No, I'd never heard of them before today :)
Gillian Holmes 30 October 2013 at 19:39
joanna_kow 30 October 2013 at 20:04
Susan 30 October 2013 at 20:14
Sam Furniss 30 October 2013 at 21:51
No I don't, but I'd like to!
littlemisstrivia 30 October 2013 at 22:16
Fardin Ragawan 11 January 2014 at 14:30
Great review and giveaway has done!! I personally like Photovoltaic Solar Powered Kitchen Scales from Judge Cookware. It's a good scale that helps measure cooking stuffs nicely. I hope whoever won that giveaway must be delighted to find such awesome cooking product. Thanks.
I love to hear from everyone so thanks for taking the time to comment.
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BBC Radio Merseyside
Tony 'Snelly' Snell announces he's leaving his breakfast show on BBC Radio Merseyside
Tony made the announcement this morning after 14 years on the breakfast show
Tony Snell with mum Eileen Snell (Image: Colin Lane)
Tony 'Snelly' Snell has announced he is leaving BBC Radio Merseyside's breakfast show after 14 years.
Speaking to listeners this morning on his show, the broadcaster said it had been a "privilege" to work on the show for so many years and his listeners had been "extremely good" to him.
But Tony reassured listeners he won't be leaving the airwaves completely, as it's understood he will only be leaving his breakfast show early slot.
With more details being revealed on Monday, the broadcaster said he would be leaving his breakfast show in January as another presenter is expected to take over.
Tony said he hopes to be able to spend more time with his family as a result, after "about 30 years of early mornings" in total in his career.
He said: "I'm not work shy and I quite like getting up early in the morning, but there comes a point when you say, actually, I'm not seeing my family here.
"And I'll be honest with you, I can probably count on one hand over the past good few years where me and my wife have gone to bed at the same time - we just don't because we're in that shift."
During his 14 years as a broadcaster for the station, Tony recalled how he covered "difficult" stories like schoolboy Rhys Jones' death and momentous occasions like the capital of culture campaign and the Giants.
Also covering the campaign for justice for the 96 people who died in the Hillsborough disaster, Tony said: "you don't realise you're actually not a broadcaster until you've covered those stories."
He added: "And I kind of learned on the job. It's been a privilege to be able to do it and spend some difficult times, and some hilarious times, with our callers and our listeners.
"But with everything that's gone on this year, it's kind of brought into focus, for me, family time.
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"I just wanted to thank everybody for listening to this programme. It's been a real privilege. The listeners in this city have been very good to me over the years, extremely good to me. We've had fall-outs, we've had a laugh and that's what it's about.
"I'm not going anywhere though, I'm not leaving. I'm still going to be here, but there's just going to be a few changes."
Tony said more will be revealed about his move on Monday.
Tony joined BBC Radio Merseyside in December 1997, after working as a milkman and a bricklayer before turning to a career in radio.
Speaking previously, Tony said: "The best stories always come from listeners though, real stories about real people.
"Having knowledge about your home city is always a help, I thought I knew most things about Liverpool until local historian Frank Carlyle appeared on my show and brought history to life in his own unique style - you may need subtitles if you listen somewhere else rather than Liverpool. Frank is a guest every Tuesday."

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Hans Rossmann (* 14. Mai 1868 in Vohenstrauß/Oberpfalz; † 29. September 1915 in München) war ein deutscher Maler, Grafiker und Illustrator.

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Hans Rossmann wurde 1868 als Sohn des Historien- und Glasmalers Johan Baptist Rossmann (1836–1885) in Vohenstrauß in der Oberpfalz geboren. Nach einer Ausbildung bei seinem Vater begann er 1884 mit 16½ Jahren ein Studium bei Wilhelm von Diez und J. C. Herterich an der Akademie in München. Danach war er weiter in München ansässig.

Nachdem er mehrere Jahre unter anderem für den Verlag Hermann Rossner in Zeitz tätig war, wurde er im Oktober 1903 als Professor an die Königliche Kunst- und Kunstgewerbeschule in Breslau berufen. Er übernahm dort die Klasse für Dekoratives Zeichnen und Malen sowie die künstlerische und technische Leitung der Werkstatt für Glasmalerei. Rossmann gehörte 1908 zu den Gründungsmitgliedern des auf Initiative von Hans Poelzig, seit 1903 Direktor der Kunstschule, entstandenen Schlesischen Künstlerbundes, weitere Gründungsmitglieder waren u. a. der Architekt Max Berg, der Maler Max Wislicenus sowie der Bildhauer Paul Schulz.

Zwischen 1897 und 1899 weilte Hans Rossmann mehrfach auf Schloss Neubeuern in der Nähe von Rosenheim. Dort entstanden eine Reihe von Landschaftsbildern und Porträts der Landbevölkerung, sie ließen Rossmann zu einem Hauptvertreter der Samerberger Maler werden. Als Illustrator lieferte er für die Zeitschrift "Jugend – Münchner illustrierte Wochenschrift für Kunst und Leben" seit ihrem Start im Jahre 1896 zahlreiche Beiträge. So entstanden aus seiner Hand 72 Arbeiten: Titelseiten, Zeichnungen zu Texten oder ganzseitige Illustrationen, dies auch noch in seiner Breslauer Zeit. Parallel dazu war Rossmann auch in der ebenfalls in München erscheinenden satirischen Wochenzeitschrift Simplicissimus mit Illustrationen vertreten. Hans Rossmann war Mitglied der Münchener Secession.

Im Jahr 1912 zwang ihn seine Gesundheit zur Aufgabe der Position an der Breslauer Kunstakademie, nach langer Krankheit starb Hans Rossmann 1915 in München im Alter von 47 Jahren.

Familie
Die Vohenstraußer Familie Rossmann hat mehrere Künstler hervorgebracht. Neben dem als Glasmaler tätigen Vater und Hans Rossmann gab es noch dessen älteren Bruder Max Rossmann (* 1861 in Vohenstrauß; † 1926 in Amorbach), einen Maler, Bildhauer, Kunstgewerbler und Kirchenmaler. Auch Max Rossmanns Ehefrau Lilly war eine Malerin, ebenso wie deren gemeinsamer Sohn gleichen Namens, der in München ansässige Max Rossmann (1889–1961), der als Landschafts- und Architekturmaler tätig war.

Werke (Auswahl)
 zahlreiche Illustrationen für die Zeitschriften Jugend und Simplicissimus
 Wandbild im "Schweidnitzer Keller" im Rathaus Breslau (ca. 1904) (Abb.)
 Wandbilder "2000 Tonnen-Presse in den Huldschinsky-Werken in Gleiwitz" und "Carmerschacht am Gieschewald" (Abb.) im "Oberschlesischen Turm" Posen, dem von H. Poelzig erbauten Ausstellungs- und Wasserturm der Ostdeutschen Ausstellung für Industrie, Gewerbe und Landwirtschaft 1911.
 "Feierabend" (Gemälde) (Abb.)
 "Neubeuern bei Rosenheim" (Radierung) (Geschenk des Herrn H. Rossner in Zeitz.)

Literatur

 Petra Hölscher: Die Akademie für Kunst und Kunstgewerbe zu Breslau: Wege einer Kunstschule 1791–1932. Ludwig, Kiel 2003, ISBN 3-933598-50-8.
 Johanna Brade: Werkstätten der Moderne – Lehrer und Schüler der Breslauer Akademie 1903–1932. Stekovics, Halle/Saale 2004, ISBN 3-89923-061-2.

Einzelnachweise

Maler (Deutschland)
Grafiker (Deutschland)
Illustrator (Deutschland)
Deutscher
Geboren 1868
Gestorben 1915
Mann

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Author: Philip Short
Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare
2005 Kiriyama-Nonfiction finalist
A gripping and definitive portrait of the man who headed one of the most enigmatic and terrifying regimes of modern times.
In the three and a half years of Pol Pot's rule, more than a million Cambodians, a fifth of the country's population, were executed or died from hunger. An idealistic and reclusive figure, Pol Pot sought to instill in his people values of moral purity and self-abnegation through a revolution of radical egalitarianism. In the process his country descended into madness, becoming a concentration camp of the mind, a slave state in which obedience was enforced on the killing fields.
How did a utopian dream of shared prosperity mutate into one of the worst nightmares humanity has ever known? To understand this almost inconceivable mystery, Philip Short explores Pol Pot's life from his early years to his death. Short spent four years traveling throughout Cambodia interviewing the surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge movement, many of whom have never spoken…[more]
Mao: A Life
2000 LATimes–Biography finalist
The definitive biography of the man who dominated modern Chinese history.
When the Nationalists routed a ragtag Red Army on the Xiang River during the Long March, an earthy Chinese peasant with a brilliant mind moved to a position of power. Eight years after his military success, Mao Tse-Tung had won out over more sophisticated rivals to become party chairman, his title for life. Isolated by his eminence, he lived like a feudal emperor for much of his reign after a blood purge took more lives than those killed by either Stalin or Hitler. His virtual quarantine resulted in an ideological/political divide and a devastating reign of terror that became the Cultural Revolution. Though Mao broke the shackles of two thousand years of Confucian right thinking and was the major force of contemporary China, he reverted to the simplistic thinking of his peasant origins at the end, sustained by the same autocratic process that supported China's first emperors. …[more]
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Babri Masjid demolition: SC to pronounce verdict on involvement of senior BJP leaders
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New Delhi [India], Apr 18 (ANI): The Supreme Court will on Wednesday pronounce the verdict on the appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against the dropping of conspiracy charges against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders L.K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and 19 others in the Babri Masjid demolition case. Justice Rohington F Nariman will pronounce the verdict. Earlier on April 6, the Supreme Court reserves its order on whether criminal conspiracy charges be initiated or not against various Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in the Babri Masjid demolition case. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told the apex court that 14 persons, including BJP leaders, who were acquitted of the charges under criminal conspiracy should be tried in Lucknow Court in the Babri Masjid demolition case. The CBI lawyer, however, did not name the BJP leaders to be tried for criminal conspiracy charges in the Babri Masjid demolition case. The CBI lawyer told the apex court that there are two FIRs registered against all accused in the case. The probe agency also told the top court that the criminal conspiracy charges were dropped against 21 accused, including several BJP leaders, on technical grounds and added that the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court had upheld the lower court's order. The apex court was examining whether to revive the conspiracy charges against senior BJP leaders Lal Krishna Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharti, Kalyan Singh and several others in connection with the case. Earlier, the apex court had asked all parties to file their response in the matter and said it will hear the matter after two weeks. There are two sets of cases - one against BJP veteran Advani and others, who were on the dais at Ram Katha Kunj in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992, when the Babri mosque was demolished. The other case was against lakhs of 'karsevaks' (volunteers) who were in and around the disputed structure. The CBI had chargesheeted Advani and 20 others under Sections 153A (promoting enmity between classes), 153B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration) and 505 (false statements, rumours etc. circulated with the intent to cause mutiny or disturb public peace) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). It had subsequently invoked charges under Section 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC, which was quashed by the special court whose decision was upheld by the High Court. (ANI)
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Part 1, Transit Across Europe
Sunday 19 May
Looking forward to yet more adventures in the van in Europe as we flew out in the evening on an Emirates 777-300. A reasonable flight, broken by a short and rather weird stop in Bangkok. Passengers were discouraged from disembarking for the half an hour or so that was possible, so that those staying on to Dubai spent the time trying to keep out of the way of the hordes of Thai workers doing their best to clean the cabins and clear all the rubbish.
Arrived Dubai early Monday morning. To ensure arrival in Heathrow in the morning, to avoid the necessity of a hotel, we chose to stay the day and part of the night in the huge Emirates business-class lounge instead. (Although flying economy, we get lounge use through Michael's high status as a frequent flyer, and on each leg the senior cabin attendant came and welcomed him aboard – again!) That worked out quite well, although a bit boring, and we caught up on our reading and sleep on one of the several lie-down couches in the "quiet lounge" and elsewhere. We walked along the famous airport shopping mall and back, good prices but no purchases! And of course there was endless good food available at many counters in the lounge, not to speak of excellent wines and spirits. It became nearly deserted in the late evening, and there are probably worse places to while away most of a day.
Tuesday 21 May
The Dubai-London leg was in the big A380-800, with good seats by economy standards (but still not as good as Asiana) and an excellent AV system. Even Norma watched several movies. Pretty quickly through Immigration and Customs as EU citizens with priority passes, and down to the tube station well within an hour of landing. About an hour and a quarter to Waterloo, and then a bit of a wait for the conservatively pre-booked 10:30 train across to Gillingham, Milton Farm, and the van.
All well there, no signs of mice or freezing damage. So peaceful afternoon, mostly sleeping – very cool, as expected, with northerly wind, but dry so far. England is suffering from a very late spring, and for the first time at the farm we are surrounded by trees still bare of leaves.
Wednesday 22 May
Good night, and very pleasant rural drive up to Katie's great new house in Clehonger, on the outskirts of Hereford. Happily caught up with family and other doings. Amazingly warm in the afternoon, sitting in her sunlit conservatory.
Thursday 23 May
Colder again in the morning, with strong wind. Drove down to Southampton in continuing cold, windy weather, with frequent showers. Some shopping at Towsure camping supply shop, then to regular overnight spot in car park by unused factory complex overlooking muddy, wreck-strewn upper reaches of Southampton Water. Again, quite warm when the sun shines into closed up van.
Upper reaches, Southampton Harbour
Some rain overnight and gloomy, windy start to day. In to Fiat service centre Adams Morey 8:00, usual good welcome (good customers!). Given a lift into Southampton after MOT completed, and then a shopping walk down the high street. Malls looking prosperous, but many shops changed and some boarded up – signs of recession around. Did the registration at the Post Office, then met up with Norma's twin cousins Colin and Chris for lunch at help-yourself Chinese restaurant, excellent value as ever.
Taken back to van by Chris, then got two full 6 kg gas bottles from Calor depot. Had thought of driving to Wrotham to meet up with Paul, but weather really closed in during the day, with cold winds and squally showers. So returned to our place overlooking the waterfront, muddy at low tide but picturesque in its way.
Saturday 25 May
Norma's birthday! Weather much more pleasant, sunny but still cool. First down to Beaulieu and the National Motor Museum, and caught up with our good Australian friend Paul Hamilton. Excellent display, as ever, but more limited in scale than some of the other car museums in Europe. Then to Bucklers Hard, and an unwholesome lunch at a cafe outside the entrance to the historic area – didn't find out until too late that the old pub near the water within the complex looked a much better place to have eaten!
From there, longish drive to Brands Hatch, marvellously revamped since when I first raced there in 1960 (watched without, then, great enthusiasm by girlfriend Norma) and the venue for the big Masters Historic race meeting. Camped in an open part of the camp site field as for last time. Met up with Paul again, and after a quick look round the lower paddock and a look at the Elva Courier that he was going to co-drive with Amanda Hadfield, with him a wine in the van and then a just OK meal in a pub near Wrotham.
Given passes to the Masters Racing hospitality marquee by Masters Racing series owner Ron Maydon, watched qualifying and racing during the day. Featured were the new FIA Masters Historic Formula One Championship (3-litre F1 70s and 80s era) and FIA Masters Historic Sports Car Championship, as well as the HGPCA races for pre-1965 F1 cars. Some very good cars, including the ex-DD Lotus 25 in which Jim Clark won the World Championship, now owned by the very pleasant Australian John Bowers. He remembered me giving a road safety lecture, must have been in the early 70s! Unfortunately his pole-sitting car, driven by Andy Middlehurst, suffered an electrical problem that would take him to the back of the grid for Sunday.
All went well otherwise, under blue skies but still with the freezing cold nor-easter. Lunch and dinner in the Masters marquee.
Monday 27 May
Paul and Amanda, ready to go
The main day for the meeting. Paul and Amanda qualified Simon's Courier in the morning, both groping a bit for their first time on this great circuit. During the F1 and sports car races I walked up past Druids and over to see the extended "back" part of the circuit, on which I never drove in period. The "Gentlemen Drivers" event, in which Paul and Amanda figured, was last on the program, 90 minutes split between the two – finished well but not near the front of the field, which had some hard chargers in very quick cars.
Paul came up for dinner on the van at the end of an enjoyable day – although for him, it would have been more enjoyable in a single-seater!
Weather clamped back in overnight, so in rather dreary (a weather word currently often used in Britain!) drove down to Dover on the first leg of a quick journey to Paris. Stopped on the waterfront opposite the ferry discount place, and booked the cheapest in the morning, £65 on MyFerryLink, which has taken over Sea France. Not the cheapest trip ever, but needed to get down to Paris today.
Calm but overcast crossing before yet again messing up leaving Dover, this time because the Tomtom was set to avoid motorways, a hangover from its last use with the Europe maps. But once sorted out, and having missed the grand Autoroute, had a quite pleasant run down – except, again, for absolutely foul wet, windy weather.
Reached the Bois de Boulogne camp site by 6:00 pm, in time for a drink and dinner. Site becoming very run down, with a major 2013-2014 renovation just beginning (starting with the office!), but expensive at nearly €40 a night.
Shuttle bus and Metro into the Place de la Concorde, for yet another meeting at the FIA, this time the FIA Historic Motor Sport Commission. Commission member Paul there too. Invited by chairman John Hughes to describe my work on amending and updating CAMS medical standards several years ago, and ended up being nominated to a working group to prepare a submission for FIA changes. Poor prospects of success, I suspect.
Joined up with Peter Wright and Andy Mellor over lunch, as they were there for a meeting of the Safety Commission. Confirmed that it will be impossible for me to make the Institute research groups in June.
Some sun in afternoon, so killed an hour sitting in the Tuileries before shuttle and Metro back to the Bois de Boulogne.
Main aim was to get south and out of this terrible "spring" weather, but after getting away at 9:45 had a pretty awful run out of Paris via the Peripherique. Headed south-east through Champagne-Ardennes and Burgundy, and conditions improved after Troyes, when the road became attractively rural, with countryside gradually rolling into gentle green hills. But spring not yet sprung, with nearly bare branches on trees and shrubs. Rain off and on all run, sometimes heavy, and all overcast.
Norma by now nursing a rotten British cold, known there as "just a sniffle, not infectious", which is how Chris referred to it as he sniffled at lunch in Southampton! Norma appears to have little resistance to the British virus.
Finally arrived at 4:00 pm at a pleasant motorhome aire in the little village of Fontaine-Francaise, in mid-east Burgundy. Settled by ourselves on the bank of a little river, very pleasant and peaceful, and even a splash of sun at 6:30. Tried to get on the internet via mobile data, but no sufficient signal. Lots of planning – will the Alpine passes be open?
Rain came in overnight, under an overcast sky. Picturesque little aire, though, watching the ducks and big fish in the little river ("No Fishing" signs).
Because of the rain, forewent a walk into the village, and took a cross-country route down to Dole and a McDonalds for the internet. Coffee and croissants really very good, and a cheap accompaniment to over an hour with the iPad and the laptop both running, catching up with Norma's book orders and a lot else.
Then more cross-country driving, by now in terrible weather, rain steadily pouring. Would have been a scenic run, especially latterly, starting up the foothills of the Alps in Franche-Comté. But took an early stop at about 3:00 because no point in pressing on under such conditions. Internet forecast intimated some improvement tomorrow and over the weekend, but the local paper suggested heavy snow and good skiing for the time of year, so hard to know what to expect. According to the paper's article, the weather is "completement exceptionel et incroyable"!
Chosen aire was one we have been to before, on the shores of the dammed Lac de Vouglans at a marina facility, La Mercantine. However, entry to the park overlooking the marina and the water is now closed to motorhomes, and we were directed to a large car park in the trees, but with no view of the lake. Only one other van there. Sat out the afternoon watching the rain continuing its relentless fall. It's nearly 30 degrees in Turkey, we learnt this morning, but when will we be there?
Rain eased a bit by morning, but still damp. Got very foggy as we traversed a mini-col, but once down again and in the Rhone valley things improved. Came down to the west of Lac Bourget, on which Aix-les-Bains stands on the eastern shore, and pulled into an aire outside Camping International l'Isle aux Cygnes. A good aire, including free wi-fi, so we caught up again on the internet and Norma's orders. Another benefit was supposed to be access to the camp site's showers and loos, but the facilities turned out to be extremely scruffy, not to say dilapidated, so we only made very limited use of them.
Had a little walk down to the lake and into adjacent woodlands to see the ruins of a 14th century chateau, but then it started raining again.
Rain stopped overnight and, astonishingly, some sunshine and warmer weather first thing. Forecast for today quite hopeful. Away down through Chambery, an industrial sort of place, not really as expected, then a pleasant drive north-east along the valley of the river Isere, some snow-topped mountains appearing through the scattered white clouds. Went on up to Albertville, aiming for the Little St Bernard Pass, but not really to our surprise it was closed – along with all the other passes in the Rhone-Alps leading over to Aosta.
So, plans changed, and after a short back-track we headed south-east to the Col du Mont Cenis, the only open pass to the east, not to speak of the tunnels that we wished to avoid. We drove along another river valley, with extensive bauxite mining operations along its banks, and past an interesting range of fortifications arrayed across the whole valley, the Esseillon Barrier. This is a set of four forts erected in the 19th century by the kingdom of Sardinia to protect the approaches to the Mont Cenis pass – why, and what the interest of the Sardinians was anyway, we have no idea.
Col du Mont Cenis
The pass was relatively easy, and obviously strenuous efforts are made to keep it open as long as possible. Reasonably high, though, at about 2,000 metres. At the top is a lovely blue lake, caused by damming the river that flows out eastwards and provides hydro power, mainly from melting snow I'd have thought. Lots of picturesque snowy mountain tops all around. Then a long drop down into Italy and the need to get used to, once again, the loony driving habits of many of the Italians.
Planned to stop at the village of Susa, with its dramatic Roman gateway, but the parking area was full and the market area packed out – so continued on to Avigliana, about 15 km west of Turin, where we settled in a large motorhome-friendly car park along with a few others.
As soon as we dropped out of the mountains it had become quite warm, and so we pulled put the chairs for the first time and sat in the sun. However, to the call of "ooh, la-la" from a neighbouring French lady, thunder and lightning came our way, along with some rain. But not being cold makes a change. A good day's driving.
A long way across Italy today, through Piedmont, Lombardy and into Emilia-Romagna. Clear blue skies to start with, but clouded over – but quite warm, and used the van air-conditioning for the first time. On the run of nearly 400 km to Modena we first chose to stay off the motorways, which are all tollways, staying instead on the major roads which, on a casual glance at the map, seemed simply to parallel the autostrada. But in fact the roads twisted and turned through countless towns and villages. That wouldn't have been that bad, but the scenery was flat and uninspiring, and the areas commonly industrial. So at Tortona, about half way and not making good time, we took to the autostrada and zoomed through to Modena at the cost of about €13, not bad, cheaper than France. I thought driving standards were better on the autostrada, too, better than in the little towns. A shower on the way over, but we missed the worst of it – mostly partly overcast and a bit muggy.
At one of these little towns we stopped to shop at a suburban supermarket in a poor area – got some chicken livers and hearts, to be eaten later with Pappardelle al Ouvo and a rich sauce. Delicious, and a very inexpensive meal.
Headed down towards Maranello, and aimed for an aire at nearby Castellanare. However, like a similar parking area we sought out in Modena, the motorhome part was closed in favour of a fair – not that any part of the tents and buildings of the festa showed any sign of activity, which had featured a couple of days ago apparently. So pulled into the adjacent car park, acceptable.
An unusual feature of this park was a pure water-dispensing machine. This was a sort of stall with three taps, for ordinary water, cold water and fizzy water, all somehow electronically purified and filtered, with the trace elements listed on a label. The whole affair was apparently self-contained and was extremely popular, with people coming with sets of bottles almost constantly. All free, and provided by the local council. We decided that the town tap water must be pretty awful – but even in places like Sydney people buy bottle water and would flock round a machine like this!
Tuesday 4 June
Dawned bright and sunny with a few white clouds, increasing, but generally pretty good all day. Cleaned up at convenient facility in the festa bit we weren't supposed to go to, then via a selection of side roads to Maranello.
Obvious aim was a return visit to what is now known as the Museo Ferrari, previously the Galleria. The red, yellow and black colours of the Ferrari brand are overwhelming in the Museo and in the town for that matter, as are the prices in the museum shop. In a couple of books in the bookshop I get a mention in relation to the Sigma, and even one picture. But no Sigma there this time, again, as the theme was "supercars", from the 250GT to the brand new (uncomprehendingly named) LaFerrari. I think I liked it more than Norma!
The layout and presentation combined as a spectacular demonstration of why Ferrari is such a powerful brand, all wonderfully done.
On the way out we saw that a van with Australian logos all over it was parked next to us. They arrived as we got back to ours, and introduced themselves as Struan and Krishna from Queensland, out for 18 months and having done a very good tour, from Morocco to the Arctic Circle. Were previously towing a Porsche 911 to take back to Australia, but he crashed it at the Nurburgring, and it was now being repaired. Aimed to go sailing, so we promised to keep in touch.
Decided to take the autostrada to Ancona, seeing lots of flat countryside with the tail end of the Apennines to the right as we drove south-east, a fairly easy run, making tracks. Over some hills latterly, and down into Ancona and a sosta in the foothills some 4 km from the centre. €10 bought us some security and electricity, but not enough of the latter to cope with Norma's new 750W hotplate, so evening menu was changed at last minute.
Lots of vans in storage here, and only a handful in transit. Pleasant late afternoon and evening in sunny conditions.
Wednesday 5 June
Very quiet night, with only a couple of other tourers. Filled up with water at convenient tap, cleaned the windscreen and front of van. Then down into Ancona, parked and walked to port area to see about getting tickets. Found Minoan Ferries office, but to get tickets for today we needed to take the van down into the port area. Once we got there, it was obvious that this was what we should have done in the first place, with an Ancona Ferries Terminal office building for all bookings and a large free car park. Always easier the second time!
The ticket for Ancona to Igoumenitsa in Greece cost €236. This covered the van and us, an internal cabin and an evening meal as the "camper special" deal. Before this new ship was introduced a year or two ago, campers could stay on their vans, but this was longer possible because the garages would be locked up. This a pretty good deal if you're trying to make tracks, as we were , as the alternative is to drive at least 1,300 km round via Croatia, Bulgaria and Macedonia, which would take days and a lot of fuel. Anyway, it would be a bit of fun and an unusual adventure for us.
Ancona-Igoumenitsa ferry
Drove down to the port assembly area in good time – lots of confusing instructions and signs and gesturing men. Established near the front of the grid, and then watched scores and scores of large trucks and a good many cars lining up with us. Then the ferry pulled in, a huge ship with three stern loading ramps so that unloading and loading started immediately. Trucks, cars and vans were all loading simultaneously, group by group, with more waving, but the process was delayed by the need for most trucks to reverse aboard, needing to turn right round on the dock.
For some reason our line of vans was last on, although lots of vans had been in other lines. Drove aboard easily, then up a narrow ramp inside. We were then were instructed to make a u-turn in a big open space in front of an assortment of vehicles. We thought we were then to reverse into a position in front of the existing group – but no, we were motioned to reverse up a narrow slot up the side of the deck, between a barrier and the ship's side. Being waved at and motioned by three deck hands was not a lot of help in this process, because it was not at all clear what we were supposed to do or why! Eventually settled, an Austrian reversed into position in front of us, equally relieved he had made it! Plugged in our power cable so that the fridge could run on mains – use of gas not permitted in the garages (another reason not to let people stay on their vans).
Up in the ship we checked in at reception and got our allocated cabin, a claustrophobic little space but with its own shower and loo, and loud and very cold air conditioning until we managed to turn it off. Finding our way round the ship became something of a mystery only just being solved by the time we disembarked. The interior of this two-year-old vessel was very glitzy, featuring lots and lots of mirrors and mirrored panels, chrome handrails and multiple sitting areas. We finally settled in the quietest area, the front main lounge. During the afternoon lots of passengers stripped off and sat in the sun around the (empty) small swimming pool and bar on the outside top deck, but among other things the 80% who were smoking put us off that option. It was also very windy once we got under way.
Sat and read for a while over a litre of draft Becks, then after a shower and some wine in the cabin we had dinner in the self-service restaurant, following a special line for "camper specials" that had a more limited choice, but ample. Chicken stew, quite tasty. More reading in the lounge as night fell, nothing to see outside.
Thursday 6 June
Reasonable night but the little cabin got very stuffy without the air conditioning, so had to get up and fix it to run slowly.
Up in the morning to see the coast of Albania passing by to port, and Corfu just visible in the distance. Breakfast of coffee and a sort of chocolate croissant. Scenic passage between the mainland and Corfu before final approach to Igoumenitsa, arriving about 10:15 am Greek time, just over 18 hours from departure.
The aim was to travel fairly quickly across northern Greece to Turkey, but as a start (after a stock-up at a busy Lidl, where Norma was reminded that being polite to two determined black-clothed Greek ladies does get you access to the choice of food) we took a very scenic route north-east from Igoumenitsa through Epirus along some narrow, winding but very quiet and well-surfaced minor roads up into the foothills of the western Pindus mountains. A terrific run, as it turned out, and although we finally rejoined the motorway we enjoyed winding around its route while admiring the several huge viaducts and tunnel entrances of this new and high standard EU- funded highway.
We joined it at Metsovo, went straight into an 8 km tunnel, and then experienced for ourselves an astonishing piece of mountain highway engineering, at a very low rate of tolling by European standards. And very quiet again, too, so we were able to enjoy the scenery more than is usual on busy and stressful Euro motorways. We carried on through Western Macedonia to the little town of Vergina and stopped at about 5:30 in a large, almost deserted, car park, mentioned in one of the blogs we had studied over the Australian summer. Pre-dinner drinks sitting outside, in the warm Greek sun. A German van kept us company overnight.
Friday 7 June
The reason Vergina has a large car park is that just outside the village is one of the most important archaeological sites of Hellenistic Greece, and a World Heritage site. This is the location of the city of Aigai, a highly important centre on the route southwards, and dominant as early as the 10th-8th centuries BC. The people were the Macedonians and the region was Macedon. The Royal Palace at Aigai covers an area of 12,500 square metres, but only foundations and low walls are currently visible. During excavations as recently as 1997 archaeologist Professor Manolis Andronikos found the entrance to a tomb and bones in a burial casket, as well as an astonishing collection of golden and other artistic and practical objects. The conclusion was that this was the tomb of King Philip II of Macedon (393-336 BC), from a long line of Macedonian kings. Philip was the first ruler to unite the whole of Greece as it was at the time. His son Alexander II (The Great) was proclaimed king when Philip was killed by an assassin, and went on defeat the Persians, declare himself King of Asia and subsequently establish an empire extending as far as India.
Philip's tomb and three others have been partially excavated, and are all now covered over with a domed roof as a simulacrum of the original earthen tumulus. The museum is outstanding in its presentation of the tombs and their contents. We found most remarkable the astonishing frieze paintings and the gorgeous little clay figurines, all of which demonstrated a level of artistic skill that is at least the equal of the European masters of a thousand years later. The quality of the craftsmanship in gold, and the splendour of the Macedonian Sun resplendent on the burial caskets, is astonishing.
A very good, if somewhat serendipitous – we had not sought it out – visit to a most interesting and beautifully displayed sight. An additional point of interest is that in the museum we met an Australian couple from Brisbane, 18 months out on an overland trip from Australia to Europe and back in a truck with a camper body. A very ambitious trip, taking in Russia, China and many of the 'stan countries. Their web site is www.epicycle.com, but they are not doing it for any publicity purposes.
Away then and back on the motorway again, where once we were down out of the hills we passed through less attractive surroundings, with a fair bit of industry featuring the often unkempt and ramshackle nature of Greek suburbia. We drove east from Thessaloniki along the low-lying strip that nearly separates the Khalkidhiki peninsula from the rest of Macedonia, and came in the early afternoon to another recommended free stop, on the fishing dock at the little village of Olympiada, on the shores of the Aegean.
Olympiada dockside free camp; small harbours are often good, safe and interesting places to stay the night
Not far to the south of us is an interesting place that we cannot visit – at least, Norma can't and I would need advance permission via the Greek Consul in Sydney. This is Mount Athos, a small peninsula off the south-east coast of the Khalkidhiki peninsula. It is an autonomous republic ruled by the 1,700 monks who live in the 20 10th to 14th century monasteries. Only adult males may visit, but most tourists see the monasteries on a boat trip. Mount Athos itself is a peak at the tip of the peninsula, with the Gregoriou monastery perched precariously on a low crag at the sea's edge.
Quite hot at times in the early evening, with a gentle sea breeze, and a big thunderstorm grumbling away to the north. And flies – too much garbage and other rubbish lying around.
Reasonable night, except that it started with the tail of the thunderstorm reaching us with no great consequences, and a couple of noisy motorcycles circling the car park later. Sunny clear morning, with a wind shift to the north.
To start with, took a quite attractive route along the very northern end of the Aegean, and then rejoined the motorway before the big town of Kavala. Light traffic along the way, but had a fright when a small red car, as overtaking us, pulled in so early and sharply that Norma exclaimed and I had to take what limited evasive action was possible at the time. Shades of the minor collision in Romania a few years ago, and just another example of simple inattention; probably the phone rang.
We reached the town of Alexandroupolis without further drama and pulled into the town's municipal camping ground on the outskirts. This is the last town of any consequence before the border with Turkey, only about 40 km away. The camp site had been recommended (apart from being the only one anyway!), and we needed a lay day to get organised after 10 days of pressing on quite hard all the way across Europe. We also knew it had wi-fi (but not that it was very slow and clunky), so that we could catch up with emails and the web. There is lots of vegetation, and the pitches are large.
Norma spent the rest of the afternoon doing the washing, which included clothes last worn in Paris!
Sun with light cloud cover, warming up by mid-morning. Yesterday and in the morning, more research on the situation in Turkey.
Obviously, even before we left Australia only three weeks ago, we already knew that we had to keep an eye on the conflict in Syria, and the extent to which it might spill over into or otherwise affect our tour of Turkey. We were confident, and still are, that this will not be a problem as long as we do not go too close to the Syrian border, and that was the advice from the various government agencies that alert travellers to potential dangers – usually very conservatively.
But the current problems facing the country are of purely Turkish origin. Briefly, protests began over plans to turn Gezi Park in Taksim Square, one of the few green spaces left in Istanbul, into a shopping mall. Several protesters were bludgeoned by police on 31 May and ended up in hospital. There was already resentment, especially among Turkey's liberal young, about the dictatorial approach of the prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and this boiled over as indignant protesters took to the streets of not only Istanbul but also other major cities including Ankara. The main television channels, which are owned by conglomerates friendly to the government, did not report on these early conflicts. This self-censorship only added to public anger.
International concern at the actions of Erdogan and his government has caused police to withdraw from Taksim Square and the park, where protesters have since been building a tent city and set up an environment reminiscent, apparently, of Woodstock in the Age of Aquarius. There appears to be widespread public support for them, at least in the city. There is little likelihood of an early settlement, it seems to me.
The fundamental concern is that the uncompromising religious conservative Erdogan is trying to "re-Islamise" Turkey, as otherwise exemplified by increasing strictures on the sale and drinking of alcohol and the reintroduction of head covering for women.
The historical background is that in the 1920 the hard-drinking father of the nation, Mustafa Kemal "Ataturk" ended the caliphate and took Turkey in the secular direction of the west, outlawing the fez and the headscarf. This has evolved as far as promoting the present claims by Turkey that it should be a member of the European Union, a position bolstered by its far better economic situation than in many of the original members of the EU.
So, the worry is over the prime minister's intransigence and what he might do now: escalate the conflict with the protesters, who he is referring to with disdain and contempt, or take a softer line to cool emotions. But he is a hard line brinksman who aims to be the strong man of the region, which worries western nations as well as tourists like us.
Currently, however, the official advice to travellers is exactly as it was a month ago: avoid demonstrations and you'll be fine. That is what the British government is telling the (literally) millions of its citizens who are booked to visit Turkey this summer, and we have no reservations about pressing on and crossing the border tomorrow. Ironically, the only country whose government is warning its citizens to avoid travel to Turkey is Syria!


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At Freedom House, these Black men saved lives. Paramedics are book topic
90.5 WESA | By Bill O'Driscoll
Heinz History Center
A group shot of Freedom House paramedics.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — John Moon stands on the 2000 block of Centre Avenue in Pittsburgh's Hill District. He's in front of a building that houses the Hill District Federal Credit Union, but he points to a plaque affixed to the stone façade commemorating the Freedom House ambulance service, widely acknowledged as the first paramedic program in the United States.
A half-century ago, Moon was a Freedom House paramedic, and he remains fiercely proud of it: The service, staffed overwhelmingly by Black men from the neighborhood, revolutionized emergency street medicine on the same blocks where many were underemployed, or even believed to be "unemployable."
"We were considered the least likely to succeed by society's standards," said Moon, who was 22 and a hospital orderly when he started training to join Freedom House. "But one problem I noticed is, no one told us that!"
Today, however, Moon worries that Freedom House is in danger of being forgotten – a victim not just of time, but of the deliberate erasure of its memory.
"Unfortunately, today there are probably people who live here that has never heard of Freedom House ambulance service," he said.
A new book could help.
Their story is committed to the page
"American Sirens" (Hachette Books), by Kevin Hazzard, tells the story of Freedom House, which operated from 1967-75, its historic accomplishments, and its unjust and untimely demise.
Moon, himself, plays a central role. He spent much of his childhood in an Atlanta orphanage before relatives living in the Hill adopted him. As an orderly at Oakland's Montefiore Hospital, he was astonished one night when two Black men entered with a patient on a stretcher, giving orders and clearly in command – a nearly unimaginable thing in those days. Moon learned they were from Freedom House, and he vowed to follow in their footsteps.
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Cover of American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics by Kevin Hazzard.
Hazzard sketches other key characters. One is Peter Safar, the storied Viennese-born anesthesiologist and Holocaust survivor who invented cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, in the 1950s, while working in Baltimore. Safar was also interested in emergency street medicine at a time when ambulances were driven by police, volunteer firefighters or even mortuary workers with little to no medical training. For victims of car crashes, heart attacks and gunshots, there was no on-site treatment, only an imperative to get them to the hospital as quickly as possible. Mortality rates were high. In the 1960s, working at Pittsburgh's Presbyterian Hospital, Safar developed a plan to do emergency street medicine, but he had no means to implement it.
Enter Philip Hallen, a former ambulance driver who was now president of the Maurice Falk Medical Fund, a local foundation. Hallen also saw the need for street medicine, especially in the Hill, which was medically underserved. He reached out to James McCoy Jr., a Hill-based entrepreneur who ran a job-training program called Freedom House Enterprises. After connecting with Safar, the men took the unusual step of recruiting their first class of "paramedics" – a job that, technically, did not yet exist – from the Hill itself.
"So, what you end up with was, you know, a number of guys maybe who were fresh back from Vietnam. A number of guys maybe who were fresh out of prison. A number of guys who were in-between jobs, because literally they're picking people up who they see kind of wandering the streets," said Hazzard, an Atlanta-based writer and former paramedic.
The rigorous training paid off, Hazzard writes: Serving just the Hill and Oakland at first, Freedom House saved lives that would have been lost before. Tour the Hill today with Moon, for instance, and stops will include the site of his first call for a heroin overdose, as well as the story of how he became, he believes, the first paramedic to intubate a patient in the field. The latter story involves another key figure in the book, Nancy Caroline, a doctor who in later years was Freedom House's medical director.
Doctors speak of Freedom House's success
"They were the first true paramedic program in the world," said Ronald Stewart, a Canadian expert in emergency medicine who was medical director for Pittsburgh's Public Safety department in the 1970s and '80s.
"It just amazes me, the quality of the program they were able to develop," said Jon Krohmer, a Michigan-based expert in emergency medicine and a board member of the National EMS Museum.
One intangible impact of Freedom House was the community pride it generated: Highly trained technicians – dozens of them, over the years — were saving lives in their own neighborhood, which was often ignored by the rest of the city.
"Often times, when a person would call for assistance, they would say, 'Don't send the police, send Freedom House,' " said Moon.
The flip side: Hazzard recounts that some white patients refused treatment by Freedom House, even though their lives might have been at stake.
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Freedom House defibrillator.
Freedom House operated under a city contract – meaning that for years, the Hill had better emergency care than the rest of the city, where ambulances were still driven by police. But, in fact, emergency medicine was in the midst of a revolution sparked in part by "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society," a 1966 report by the National Academies of Sciences/National Research Council. In this atmosphere, Freedom House's influence spread nationally, too. Under a contract from the U.S. Department of Transportation, Freedom House director Dr. Caroline wrote the first national curricula on emergency street medicine.
Saving lives gets in the way
But despite such successes, in "American Sirens," Hazzard writes, a new Pittsburgh mayor, Pete Flaherty, began to withhold support from Freedom House. At least one issue was racism: The overwhelmingly white police force saw the work of the overwhelmingly Black paramedics as an incursion onto their turf.
"There are many within Freedom House who eventually came to the conclusion that, you know, the problems that we're having with City Hall are not what we're doing, but rather who's doing it," said Hazzard.
Headshot of author Kevin Hazzard.
Funding cuts were followed, in 1975, by the absorption of Freedom House into a new citywide EMS department. Many Freedom House paramedics stayed on, but most say they were treated poorly, their years of experience discounted. John Moon recalls being forced to "ride as the third person on a two-person crew."
"I endured a concerted effort to eliminate as many, if not all, of Freedom House employees as humanly possible, and it was very, very successful," he said.
But Moon himself persisted: In 2009, he retired as assistant chief of the department. These days, he is one of the main advocates for keeping the memory of Freedom House alive.
Savoring their memory
Public remembrances include the plaque on Centre Avenue (which was the headquarters of Jim McCoy's Freedom House Enterprises), and another on the site of UPMC Presbyterian, where the Freedom House ambulance service actually operated (though the original building is gone). Heinz History Center also houses a Freedom House display as part of its permanent exhibit "Pittsburgh: A Tradition of Innovation."
Moon hopes "American Sirens" helps spread the word. But in any case, Freedom House lives on in his heart.
"I owe Freedom House a debt that I don't think I will ever be able to repay," he said, "because they're the ones that instilled that motivation and that drive into me that I could do something no matter what it is, no matter what the hurdle, no matter what the barrier."
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Bill is a long-time Pittsburgh-based journalist specializing in the arts and the environment. Most recently, he spent 21 years at the weekly Pittsburgh City Paper, the last 14 as Arts & Entertainment editor. He is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and in 30-plus years as a journalist has freelanced for publications including In Pittsburgh, The Nation, E: The Environmental Magazine, American Theatre, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Bill has earned numerous Golden Quill awards from the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania. He lives in the neighborhood of Manchester, and he once milked a goat.


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Problem števila zrn na šahovnici je v razvedrilni matematiki problem v obliki besednega problema:

V problemu se poleg riževih pojavljajo lahko tudi pšenična zrna. Rešimo ga lahko s preprostim seštevanjem. Če se na šahovnici s 64-imi polji število zrn podvoji na vsakem naslednjem polju, je vsota na vseh poljih enaka: 1 + 2 + 4 + 8... in tako naprej za vseh 64 polj. Celotno število zrn je enako 18.446.744.073.709.551.615, kar je precej večje število, ki bi ga intuitivno pričakovali.

Obravnavo problema lahko uporabimo za pojasnitev in prikaz potenciranja, hitre rasti eksponentnih zaporedij in geometričnih zaporedij. Z njim lahko pojasnimo tudi zapis vsote z veliko sigmo. Če števila zrn na posameznih poljih zapišemo s potencami, dobimo geometrično zaporedje: 20 + 21 + 22 + 23... in tako naprej do 263. Osnova vsake potence, »2«, nakazuje podvojitev števila na vsakem polju, potenca pa predstavlja lego vsakega polja (0 za prvo polje, 1 za drugo itd.).

Rešitve

Običajna šahovnica

Za običajno šahovnico je preprosta rešitev z grobo silo ročna podvojitev in seštevanje v vsakem koraku zaporedja:

kjer je  skupno število zrn.

Geometrično vrsto lahko zapišemo s potencami:

Da vsota velja, pokažemo, če obe strani vsote:

pomnožimo z 2:

in odštejemo obe vsoti:

Kvadratne šahovnice

Število zrn za kvadratne šahovnice n × n je enako:

kar da skupna števila zrn za prva števila n :

 0, 1, 15, 511, 65535, 33554431, 68719476735, 562949953421311, 18446744073709551615, 2417851639229258349412351, 1267650600228229401496703205375, ...

Zunanje povezave

 Pšenica in problem na šahovnici na MathWorld

Razvedrilna matematika in uganke


text:
iPhone 3GS, inițial iPhone 3G S, este un smartphone cu touchscreen, proiectat și comercializat de Apple Inc. Este a treia generație iPhone, succesorul lui iPhone 3G. Acesta a fost introdus la 8 iunie 2009, în cadrul WWDC 2009, care a avut loc la Centrul Moscone, San Francisco.

Acest iPhone este numit '3GS', cu 'S' care vine de la Speed () (Phil Schiller a menționat acest lucru la lansare). Printre îmbunătățiri se numără o camera de 3 megapixeli, cu rezoluție mai mare și capacitate de înregistrare video, control vocal, și suport pentru descărcare 7.2 Mbit/s HSDPA  (dar rămâne limitat la 384 kbps din moment ce Apple nu a implementat protocolul HSUPA). Acesta a fost lansat în SUA, Canada și alte șase țări europene la 8 iunie 2009, în Australia și Japonia la 26 iunie, și la nivel internațional în iulie și august 2009.

IPhone 3GS rulează sistemul de operare iOS (Apple). A fost produs până în septembrie 2012, când iPhone 5 a fost anunțat.

Cuprins

Istorie
IPhone 3GS a fost făcut disponibil pentru pre-comandă pe 7 iunie 2009 și a fost lansat la 20 iunie în Statele Unite, Canada, și 7 țări europene, precum și pe 26 iunie în Australia și Marea Britanie. În cadrul primului weekend de la lansare, peste un milion de unități iPhone 3GS au fost vândute.

Caracteristici
Noile caracteristici ale iPhone 3GS țin de mărirea vitezei. IPhone 3GS este mai rapid și este mai rapid 2x decât predecesorul său. Alte caracteristici incluse au fost camera video, controlul vocal și Digital Compass. Toate caracteristicile sale exclusive au fost încorporate și în iPhone 4.

Sistem de operare și software-ul
Articole principale: iOS, iPhone OS 3, iOS 4, iOS 5 și iOS 6

IPhone 3GS dispune de iOS, sistemul de operare mobil de la Apple. Interfața cu utilizatorul de iOS este bazat pe conceptul de manipulare directă, folosind gesturi multi-touch. Elemente de control de interfață constau în cursoare, switch-uri, și butoane. Interacțiunea cu sistemul de operare include gesturi, cum ar fi swipe, tap, pinch, și reverse pinch, toate care au definiții specifice în contextul sistemului de operare iOS și a interfeței sale multi-touch. Accelerometre interne sunt utilizate de unele aplicații pentru a răspunde la scuturarea telefonului (un rezultat comun este comanda undo) sau rotindu-l vertical (un rezultat comun este trecerea de la portret la modul peisaj).

Hardware
Ecranul LCD de pe dispozitivul a fost proiectat de Apple și realizat de LG. Acesta dispune de un touchscreen capacitiv, cu o densitate a pixelilor de 163 de pixeli per inch (ppi), pe un ecran de 3,5 in (8,9 cm) 480 pe 320. Îmbunătățirile ecranului față de cel al predecesorului sau includ emularea culorilor pe 24 de biți pentru culori mai bogate

IPhone 3GS dispune de o cameră de 3 megapixeli imbunatatită fabricată de OmniVision. În plus față de numărul mai mare de megapixeli, ea are auto-focus, balans de alb automat și este capabilă de captură video VGA.

IPhone 3GS este oferă o aplicație care permite utilizatorilor să comute între realizarea fotografiilor și înregistrare video.

IPhone 3GS este alimentat de un cip Samsung APL0298C05, care a fost proiectat și fabricat de Samsung. Acesta este primul iPhone cu un system-on-a-chip. Acest sistem-on-a-chip este compus dintr-un Cortex-A8 core ARM CPU underclocked la 600 MHz (de la 833 MHz), integrat cu un GPU PowerVR SGX 535.

Acesta are 256 MB de eDRAM, de două ori mai mult față de 3G, permițând performanțe sporite și multi-tasking.

Apple susține că iPhone 3GS este 2 ori mai repede decât predecesorul său.

Ca la modelele anterioare, toate datele sunt stocate în memoria flash și nu în SIM și nu oferă nici o opțiune de a extinde spațiul de stocare. Inițial a fost disponibil doar în variantele de 16 și 32 GB, deși un model de 8 GB a fost lansat mai târziu.

IPhone 3GS este alimentat de o baterie internă reîncărcabilă de 3,7 V 1220 mAh din polimer litiu-ion și este proiectată pentru a reține până la 80 la sută din capacitatea sa inițială după 400 de cicluri complete de încărcare și descărcare.

Apple susține că 3GS poate dura până la zece ore de rulare de materiale video, nouă ore de navigare web pe Wi-Fi, douăsprezece ore de convorbiri 2G, sau cinci pe 3G, 30 ore de muzică sau 300 de ore de standby.

Un magnetometru a fost de asemenea încorporat în iPhone 3GS, care este folosit pentru a măsura puterea și/sau direcția câmpului magnetic din apropierea dispozitivului. Uneori anumite dispozitive sau semnale radio pot interfera cu magnetometrul, necesitând utilizatorilor să se mute, fie departe de interferență sau recalibrând dispozitivul. IPhone 3GS oferă, de asemenea o aplicatie busolă, care a fost unică la momentul lansării.

În plus față de Tri-band UMTS / HSDPA radio și quad-band GSM / GPRS / EDGE radio iPhone 3GS adaugă, de asemenea suport pentru 7.2 Mbit / s HSDPA care permite viteze mai mari de download, deși viteza de upload rămâne aceeași pentru că Apple nu a implementat protocolul HSUPA. Alte actualizări includ adăugarea de un senzor Nike + iPod integrat care elimina necesitatea unui senzor extern si permite nativ suport Nike + iPod. Serverul Bluetooth de pe iPhone 3GS a fost de asemenea îmbunătățit ușor prin adăugarea de suport pentru Bluetooth 2.1.

Control vocal a fost introdus ca o caracteristică exclusivă a iPhone 3GS și permite controlul telefonului prin voce. Există două moduri de a activa controlul vocal. Unul dintre ele este să țineți apăsat butonul Acasă timp de câteva secunde în timp ce sunteți în ecranul de start.

VoiceOver, Color Inversion și Text Zoom au fost introduse drept caracteristici exclusive la iPhone 3GS. VoiceOver este o caracteristică care dictează detalii cântecelor, meniuri de sistem, text, și alte lucruri, care a fost introdus pentru prima dată pe a treia generație de iPod shuffle. Color Inversion inversează schema de culori de la negru la alb la alb la negru, în timp ce Text Zoom permite utilizatorilor mărirea unui text de pe ecran.

Reversul iPhone 3G (stânga) este aproape identic cu cel al 3GS, cu excepția textului argint reflectorizant al acestuia, înlocuind textul gri al celui de pe 3G.
IPhone 3GS păstrează designul 3G-ului, cu carcasa spate din plastic lucios margini conice si butoane metalice. 3GS are text argint reflectorizant pe partea din spate care se potrivește cu argintiul din logo-ul Apple, înlocuind textul gri din 3G. Spre deosebire de predecesorul său, iPhone 3GS a fost disponibil în alb și negru pentru variantele 16 GB și 32 GB. Modelul de 8 GB a fost disponibil doar pe negru.

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This week, violinist Veronika Eberle makes her debut with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra performing Brahms' Violin Concerto conducted by Roberto Abbado.
Further highlights in Veronika's 2018/19 season include being the artist in residence with the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra which includes concerto performances and recitals, as well as educational projects and masterclasses. Veronika will also debut with the Ulster, Danish Radio and Swedish Radio (Daniel Harding) symphony orchestras as well as with the Luxembourg Philharmonic, Tokyo Symphony, and Kansai Philharmonic Orchestras. Veronika will also tour Spain with the Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Kent Nagano.
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Q: Bounds on $\sum\limits_{k=1}^n \frac{\sin(k)}{k}$ $\sum\limits_{k=1}^n \frac{\sin(k)}{k}$ converges as $n$ increases, to a limit of $\frac12(\pi-1) \approx 1.0708$
Empirically, it seems to be bounded by about $\frac12(\pi-1)  \pm \frac{1.043}{n}$, as shown in the chart below.
What is the precise value of this $1.043$ term?
Added: I think the three answers from Oliver Diaz, Gary, and Gabriel Romon, plus the comments, have demonstrated that the bounds are $$\frac12(\pi-1)  \pm \frac1{2\sin(1/2)}\frac{1}{n}$$ not only asymptotically but also as tight actual bounds; $\frac1{2\sin(1/2)}\approx 1.0429148214667441$

created in R with
n <- 1:11000
plot(n, cumsum(sin(n)/n), ylim=c(1.07,1.0715), xlim=c(1,10000), pch=46)
abline(h=(pi-1)/2, col="red")
curve((pi-1)/2 + 1.043/x, from=1, to=max(n), add=TRUE, col="red")
curve((pi-1)/2 - 1.043/x, from=1, to=max(n), add=TRUE, col="red")

A: This is a twice the bound of the OP:
Suppose $c_n\searrow0$.
Fix $M\in\mathbb{N}$ and for $n\geq N$ let
$$P_n(x)=\sum^n_{k=M}e^{ikx}=\frac{e^{iMx}-e^{i(n+1)}}{1-e^{ix}}=e^{iMx}\frac{1-e^{(n-M+1)ix}}{1-e^{ix}}=\frac{\sin\big((n-M+1)x/2\big)}{\sin(x/2)}e^{i(n-M)x/2}$$
From this, we get that
$$ S_n(x)=\sum^n_{k=M}\sin kx =\frac{\sin\big((n-M+1)x/2\big)}{\sin(x/2)}\sin\big((n-M)x/2\big)
$$
Then by summation by parts
$$\begin{align}
\sum^N_{n=M} c_n e^{inx} &=c_NP_N(x) +\sum^{N-1}_{n=M}(c_n-c_{n+1})P_n(x)\\
\sum^N_{n=M} c_n \sin nx & = c_NS_N(x) +\sum^{N-1}_{n=M}(c_n-c_{n+1})S_n(x)
\end{align}$$
Then
$$
\begin{align}
\Big|\sum^N_{n=M} c_n e^{inx}\Big| &\leq c_N|P_N(x)| +\sum^{N-1}_{n=M}(c_n-c_{n+1})|P_n(x)|\\
\Big|\sum^N_{n=M} c_n \sin nx\Big| &\leq c_N|S_N(x)| +\sum^{N-1}_{n=M}(c_n-c_{n+1})|S_n(x)|
\end{align}
$$
For $P_n$ and $S_n$ we have the estimates
$$\begin{align}
|P_n(x)|&= \big|\sin\big((n-M+1)x/2\big)\big|\csc(x/2)|\leq  |\csc(x/2)| \\
|S_n(x)|&=\Big|\sin\big((n-M+1)x/2\big)\sin\big((n-M)x/2\big)\Big||\csc(x/2)|\leq|\csc(x/2)|
\end{align}$$
for all $x\neq0$ and $n$,
\begin{align}
\Big|\sum^N_{n=M} c_n e^{inx}\Big|&\leq \Big(c_N +\sum^{N-1}_{n=M}(c_n-c_{n+1})\Big)|\csc(x/2)|\leq c_M |\csc(x/2)|\tag{1}\label{one}\\
\Big|\sum^N_{n=M} c_n \sin nx\Big|&\leq \Big(c_N +\sum^{N-1}_{n=M}(c_n-c_{n+1})\Big)|\csc(x/2)|\leq  c_M|\csc(x/2)|\tag{2}\label{two}
\end{align}
For the OP's series
$$
\sum^\infty_{n=1}\frac{\sin nx}{n}=\frac{1}{2i}\sum_{|n|\geq1}\operatorname{sign}(n)\frac{e^{inx}}{n}=\frac12(\pi-x),\qquad 0<x<2\pi
$$
From  \eqref{one} or \eqref{two} we obtain bound
$$\Big|\sum^{N-1}_{n=1}\frac{\sin nx}{n}-\frac{\pi-x}{2}\Big|=\Big|\sum^\infty_{n=N}\frac{\sin nx}{n}\Big|\leq \frac{1}{N}|\csc(x/2)|
$$
For $x=1$, we get twice the OP's bound. I ignore at the moment how to improve the bound in \eqref{one} by a factor of $1/2$ which is what the OP is observing.

A: Note that $\displaystyle\left|\sum_{k=1}^n \frac{\sin k}k - \frac12(\pi-1)\right| = \left|\sum_{k=n+1}^\infty \frac{\sin k}k \right|$.
We prove the following inequality:
$$
\left|\sum_{k=n+1}^\infty \frac{\sin k}k \right|
\leq
\frac{1}{2 \sin(\frac 12)} \frac 1{n+1}
+
\frac{3}{4\sin^2(\frac 12)} \frac 1{(n+1)(n+2)}
$$

Let $\displaystyle S_n = \sum_{k=1}^n \sin k = \frac{\cos(1/2)-\cos(n+\frac 12)}{2\sin(\frac 12)}$ and
$\displaystyle T_n
= \sum_{k=1}^n S_k
= \frac{n}{2\tan(\frac 12)} - \frac{\sin(n+1)-\sin (1)}{4\sin^2(\frac 12)}$.
Performing summation by parts twice yields
$$\sum_{k=n+1}^\infty \frac{\sin k}k
= \sum_{k=n+1}^\infty \Big(\frac{S_k}{k(k+1)}\Big) - \frac{S_n}{n+1}
=\sum_{k=n+1}^\infty \Big(\frac{2T_k}{k(k+1)(k+2)}\Big) - \frac{T_n}{(n+1)(n+2)} - \frac{S_n}{n+1}.
$$
Note that
$$\sum_{k=n+1}^\infty \frac{2T_k}{k(k+1)(k+2)} = \frac{1}{\tan(\frac 12)} \frac{1}{n+2} - \frac{1}{2 \sin^2(\frac 12)} \sum_{k=n+1}^\infty \frac{\sin(k+1)-\sin(1)}{k(k+1)(k+2)} $$
and
$$\begin{align}
\frac{T_n}{(n+1)(n+2)} + \frac{S_n}{n+1}
= &\phantom{-}\Big(\frac{1}{\tan(\frac 12)}-\frac{\cos(n+\frac 12)}{2 \sin(\frac 12)} \Big)
\frac 1{n+1} \\ &-
\Big(\frac{1}{\tan(\frac 12)} +  \frac{\sin(n+1)-\sin (1)}{4\sin^2(\frac 12)} \Big) \frac 1{(n+1)(n+2)}.
\end{align}
$$
Therefore
$$\begin{aligned}
\sum_{k=n+1}^\infty \frac{\sin k}k =
&\phantom{+}\frac{\cos(n+\frac 12)}{2 \sin(\frac 12)} \frac 1{n+1}
+
\frac{\sin(n+1)-\sin (1)}{4\sin^2(\frac 12)} \frac 1{(n+1)(n+2)}
\\
&-\frac{1}{2 \sin^2(\frac 12)} \sum_{k=n+1}^\infty \frac{\sin(k+1)-\sin(1)}{k(k+1)(k+2)}
\end{aligned}
$$
and
$$\begin{aligned}
\left|\sum_{k=n+1}^\infty \frac{\sin k}k \right|
&\leq \frac{|\cos(n+\frac 12)|}{2 \sin(\frac 12)} \frac 1{n+1}
+
\frac{|\sin(n+1)-\sin (1)|+1}{4\sin^2(\frac 12)} \frac 1{(n+1)(n+2)} \\
&\leq
\frac{1}{2 \sin(\frac 12)} \frac 1{n+1}
+
\frac{3}{4\sin^2(\frac 12)} \frac 1{(n+1)(n+2)}
\end{aligned}
$$

A: A slightly worse estimate may be obtained as follows. If $|\arg z|<\pi$ then
$$
\log (1 + z) = \sum\limits_{k = 1}^N {( - 1)^{k + 1} \frac{{z^k }}{k}}  + ( - 1)^N z^{N + 1} \int_0^1 {\frac{{t^N }}{{1 + zt}}dt}
$$
for any $N\geq 0$. Substituting $z =  - e^i$, taking the imaginary part of each side and rearranging, we find
$$
\sum\limits_{k = 1}^N {\frac{{\sin (k)}}{k}}  - \frac{{\pi  - 1}}{2} = \Im \left[ { - e^{i(N + 1)} \int_0^1 {\frac{{t^N }}{{1 - e^i t}}dt} } \right].
$$
Here
\begin{align*}
\left| {\Im \left[ { - e^{i(N + 1)} \int_0^1 {\frac{{t^N }}{{1 - e^i t}}dt} } \right]} \right| & \le \int_0^1 {\frac{{t^N }}{{\left| {1 - e^i t} \right|}}dt}  \le \frac{1}{{\sin 1}}\int_0^1 {t^N dt} \\ & = \frac{1}{{(N + 1)\sin 1}} < \frac{{1.1884}}{{N + 1}}.
\end{align*}
This is larger than the expected result by a factor of $\frac{1}{{\cos (1/2)}}=1.13949\ldots$. An exact formula for the remainder can be obtained by computing the imaginary part explicitly, but it results in a complicated formula which does not seem to be useful for better estimates.
Addendum. From the link you posted, the remainder term is
$$
{\int_0^1 {\left( {\frac{1}{{2\sin \frac{t}{2}}} - \frac{1}{t}} \right)\sin \left( {\left( {n + \tfrac{1}{2}} \right)t} \right)dt}  - \int_{n + 1/2}^\infty  {\frac{{\sin t}}{t}dt} }.
$$
Integration by parts gives
$$
\int_0^1 {\left( {\frac{1}{{2\sin \frac{t}{2}}} - \frac{1}{t}} \right)e^{i\left( {n + \frac{1}{2}} \right)t} dt}  = ie^{i\left( {n + \frac{1}{2}} \right)} \left( {1 - \frac{1}{{2\sin \left( {\frac{1}{2}} \right)}}} \right)\frac{1}{n} + \mathcal{O}\!\left( {\frac{1}{{n^2 }}} \right).
$$
Taking imaginary parts
$$
\int_0^1 {\left( {\frac{1}{{2\sin \frac{t}{2}}} - \frac{1}{t}} \right)\sin \left( {\left( {n + \tfrac{1}{2}} \right)t} \right)dt}  = \left( {1 - \frac{1}{{2\sin \left( {\frac{1}{2}} \right)}}} \right)\frac{{\cos \left( {n + \frac{1}{2}} \right)}}{n} + \mathcal{O}\!\left( {\frac{1}{{n^2 }}} \right).
$$
By another integration by parts
$$
\int_{n + 1/2}^\infty  {\frac{{\sin t}}{t}dt}  =  \frac{1}{n}\cos \left( {n + \tfrac{1}{2}} \right) + \mathcal{O}\!\left( {\frac{1}{{n^2 }}} \right).
$$
Thus, your remainder term is
$$
-\frac{1}{{2\sin \left( {\frac{1}{2}} \right)}}\frac{1}{n}\cos \left( {n + \tfrac{1}{2}} \right) +  \mathcal{O}\!\left( {\frac{1}{{n^2 }}} \right),
$$
which for large $n$ is at most
$$
 \approx \frac{1}{{2\sin \left( {\frac{1}{2}} \right)}}\frac{1}{n}
$$
in absolute value. Because of the big-$\mathcal{O}$, in principle, it could be slightly larger, so this is not a complete proof.

A: This is a summary of my comments to Gabriel Romon's answer, which gave
$\displaystyle\left|\sum_{k=1}^n \frac{\sin k}k - \frac12(\pi-1)\right| = \left|\sum_{k=n+1}^\infty \frac{\sin k}k \right|$
$= \left|\frac{\cos(n+\frac 12)}{2 \sin(\frac 12)} \frac 1{n+1}
+
\frac{\sin(n+1)-\sin (1)}{4\sin^2(\frac 12)} \frac 1{(n+1)(n+2)}
-\frac{1}{2 \sin^2(\frac 12)} \sum\limits_{k=n+1}^\infty \frac{\sin(k+1)-\sin(1)}{k(k+1)(k+2)}
\right|.$
By the triangle inequality this is
$\le \left|\frac{\cos(n+\frac 12)}{2 \sin(\frac 12)} \frac 1{n+1} + \frac{\sin(n+1)}{4\sin^2(\frac 12)} \frac 1{(n+1)(n+2)}\right| +\left|-\frac{\sin (1)}{4\sin^2(\frac 12)} \frac 1{(n+1)(n+2)} -\frac{1}{2 \sin^2(\frac 12)} \sum\limits_{k=n+1}^\infty \frac{\sin(k+1)-\sin(1)}{k(k+1)(k+2)} \right|.$
For the first part, $\left|\cos(x+1/2) + b \sin(x+1)\right| < 1+ \frac34 b$ for $0 \lt b \le 1$, and $\frac{3/4}{2\sin(1/2)}<4/5$, so $\left| \frac{\cos(n+\frac 12)}{2 \sin(\frac 12)} \frac 1{n+1} + \frac{\sin(n+1)}{4\sin^2(\frac 12)} \frac 1{(n+1)(n+2)}    \right| <  \frac{1}{2 \sin(\frac 12)} \frac 1{n+1} + \frac45  \frac{1}{2 \sin(\frac 12)} \frac 1{(n+1)(n+2)}$.
For the second part $\left|-\frac{\sin (1)}{4\sin^2(\frac 12)} \frac 1{(n+1)(n+2)} -\frac{1}{2 \sin^2(\frac 12)} \sum\limits_{k=n+1}^\infty \frac{\sin(k+1)-\sin(1)}{k(k+1)(k+2)}\right| =  \left|\frac{1}{2 \sin^2(\frac 12)} \sum\limits_{k=n+1}^\infty \frac{\sin(k+1)}{k(k+1)(k+2)}\right|$ which is $\mathcal{O}(1/n^3)$, and smaller than $\frac15  \frac{1}{2 \sin(\frac 12)} \frac 1{(n+1)(n+2)}$ for $n>8$.
Adding these two parts gives an absolute difference less than $\frac{1}{2 \sin(\frac 12)}\left( \frac 1{n+1} + \frac 1{(n+1)(n+2)}\right) < \frac{1}{2 \sin(\frac 12)}\frac1n$ with the first eight terms checked to ensure they meet the overall bound.
Thus  $$\left|\sum_{k=1}^n \frac{\sin k}k - \frac12(\pi-1)\right|< \frac1{2\sin(1/2)}\frac{1}{n}$$ where $\frac1{2\sin(1/2)}\approx 1.0429148214667441.$
As the first part hints, there are many values of $n$ for which the absolute difference exceeds $\frac1{2\sin(1/2)}\frac{1}{n+1}$, starting with $n=3,6,9,12,31,34,53,56,75,78,\ldots$, suggesting this is the tightest multiple of $\frac1n$.

A: Comment: The value of this sum is indeed (pi-1)/2. This is confirmed by noting that the function f(x) = pi-x on (0, pi), extended oddly to (-pi, 0), and then extended to all real numbers periodically and with the usual convention, has Fourier series = sum(sin(nx)/n; n=1,2,...). The extended function is continuous except at integer multiples of pi. Hence, we have equality at x=1, so the sum in question = f(1) = (pi-1)/2.
For more details, see:
Michael W. Ecker, Combining Mathematics and Technology to Sum Certain Series, Mathematics and Computer Education, Winter 2013, Vol. 47, No. 1, p. 19-23.

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