C. W. Dymond, “The megalithic antiquities at Stanton Drew”, 33, 297–307 (1877)
Dymond, a civil engineer, made a careful large-scale plan of the stone circles (or “peristaliths”) and other stones at Stanton Drew, Somerset. The original plan having been destroyed through neglect, we can only use the reduced (3/8 size) plan published in the BAA Journal . To make the plan legible in this Web version, it has been divided into sections and mostly relettered.
Note that the hamlet called Lower Tyning in the text is called Middle Ham on the plan.
THE MEGALITHIC ANTIQUITIES AT STANTON DREW.
by c. w. dymond, esq.
“remnants of things that have passed away:
fragments of stone reared by creatures of clay.”1
Dymond’s plan The megalithic antiquities at this place, which rank third in importance among works of this class in England,—viz., after Avebury and Stonehenge,—have often been described, and, as usual, their arrangement and purpose have been fruitful subjects of speculation. An attentive examination of these remains, some years ago, convinced me that certain theories regarding them were based upon erroneous assumptions, originating in the data given by the survey made in 1826 by Mr. Crocker, which is the basis of most of the published plans, and has been regarded by the principal writers on the subject as the best, and, at the same time, as a trustworthy authority. Hence, I was led to make a new survey2 on a much larger scale, in which scrupulous care has been taken to insure the most minute accuracy in every part, and to map everything that could be found after an exhaustive search. By the kind aid of the vicar, the Rev. H. T. Perfect, and of Mr. S. B. Coates, of the Manor House, the positions of several stones which had been entirely buried—probably for generations—were ascertained, and their contours traced with a probe, where they could not be exposed by the spade. These—which are all that are now known to exist—have been included in the plan, which gives the large circle twenty-four stones, being ten more3 than are shown in Crocker’s survey, and six more than are mentioned by Rutter, who, in his Delineations of Somerset , 1829, describes five stones as standing erect, eight others as “evidently buried just below the surface, whilst the position of five more is indicated in dry summers by the withering of the turf over them”. The plan in Seyer’s History of Bristol , 1821, shews fourteen stones standing or lying distinctly above-ground, eight others as nearly buried, and five more as merely conjectural or “only suspicious”. All of these have been found, {298} except three,—one of them being that which he has placed at the root of the southern line of the large-circle avenue, and has indicated as partly visible; the other two being in the last class,—one of them supposed by him to be between Nos. 6 and 7, and the other to be between Nos. 14 and 15. Repeated search has made it clear that these do not exist, and, probably, did not in Seyer’s time, for old inhabitants of the village testify that none have been removed within their memory. As to the first-mentioned,—that at the entrance to the avenue,—he must have been misled by the small fragments which abound in that part of the field in a layer a few inches below the surface, and which may be the remains of a stone, long ago broken up. In the south-west circle, Seyer has shown a partly-visible stone about half-way between Nos. 6 and 7. It is not there now, and, possibly, its remains may exist in the fragments at the corner of the wall, near the centre of the circle.
1 Siege of Corinth , xviii.
2See the plan published herewith.
3Nos. 2, 3, 4, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 28, and 29.
The general results of the inquisition into the sixty-six stones now remaining at Stanton Drew, as numbered on the plan, may be tabulated thus:—
Prostrate Stones
Stones More or less
visible Quite
Large circle 3 15 6
Ditto, ditto, avenue 3 2 —
North-east circle 5 4 —
Ditto, ditto, avenue, etc. 5 5 —
South-west circle — 12 —
The Cove 2 1 —
Lower Tynings — 2 —
Hauteville’s Quoit — 1 —
Totals 18 42 6
With regard to the original number of stones that may have composed these circles, it is only in the case of the large one that there is room for much difference of opinion. The number (eight) remaining in the small one is, evidently, complete. One appears to have been removed from its proper position in the south-west circle, which pretty clearly contained twelve stones in its pristine state. The distances between those remaining in the large circle are so irregular—varying from 11 ft. to 107 ft.—that it is impossible to allocate most of the missing stones with any assurance of accu- {299} racy. There can, however, be no reasonable doubt as to one,—that at the root of the southern line of stones of the avenue,—and the wide gaps between Nos. 6 and 7, and Nos. 14 and 15, must almost certainly each have been broken by at least one stone. If these are supplied, a readjustment to nearly uniform intervals of nine out of the fifteen fallen stones will give eighteen intervals, varying only from 42 ft. to 46 ft., and will leave eight intervals, which cannot well be adjusted, varying from 29 ft. to 61 ft. But, although it seems highly probable that this circle, when complete, consisted of twenty-seven stones, it by no means follows that these were generally spaced at tolerably regular distances, as it is quite clear that they were not so in some parts of the circle.
Rutter describes the large circle as separated from the river “by some rising ground, forming a sort of rough amphitheatre”. Nothing of the sort now exists, or, probably, ever did; for distinct traces of anything of this kind, whether natural or artificial, are scarcely ever obliterated; and he must have magnified to this degree the gentle slope which runs up toward the circle, unless he refers to the line of a former hedge and ditch which crosses the avenue of the small circle.
An important point, in which Crocker’s plan seems to have misled antiquaries, is the shape and size of the large and south-west peristaliths. The diameters have been taken between the stones as they stand or lie; but no one seems to have studied on the spot how they fell, so as to discover where they must have originally stood. The plan which accompanies this paper shows the results of a careful inquiry into this matter, demonstrating that, when these peristaliths were perfect, they were very nearly true circles. Thus, all speculations based upon their supposed ellipticity fall to the ground.
With respect to the alignment of the remains, it is noticeable that the centre of the south-west circle, the centre of the large circle, and the quoit, are nearly in one straight line; and that the centre of the north-eacentre of the Cove, are still more nearly in another straight line. This may be merely a coincidence; but, if the like be observed in other instances, it may lead to some discovery of interest. To ascertain whether all {300} the leading points could be seen from one another, if there were no trees or buildings in the way, I took a great number of levels over the whole area occupied by the remains, and, from these, have contoured the parish-map, attached to the larger survey, with lines showing differences of 5 ft. in height. Some calculations, based upon these, will be found among the memoranda at the end of this paper, from which it will be seen that every such point could be seen from every other, even in the most difficult case, by standing a very few feet above the ground. I am, however, disposed to attribute very little importance to this fact, as it is probable that, in early times, this valley was even more wooded than it is at present, so that then, as now, some of these stations respectively in view.
As to the alleged great reduction in the size of Hauteville’s quoit, it appears to have been less injured than has been generally believed. It is true that Stukeley, in 1723, made it 13 ft. by 8 ft. by 4 ft.; but that these figures were greatly exaggerated, is evident from the statement of the careful Aubrey, in 1664, who gives the dimensions of the quoit as 10 ft. 6 ins. by 6 ft. 6 ins. by 1 ft. 10 ins.,—though he himself did not measure it, but got a friend on the spot to do it for him. If his figures were correct, the stone has since lost only about 3½ ft. of its length.
There has been much speculation as to the group of stones at the root of the southern line of the avenue of the northeast circle,—some supposing that they are the ruins of a dolmen, and others, that one of them was a menhir. No. 18 is still well founded in the ground, and evidently in sitû , though it is far from being upright; and a careful comparison of its side next No. 16, with the recessed part of the latter, with which it perfectly corresponds, must convince everyone who closely examines them that they were formerly one stone, which thus stood nearly behind No. 1, but, perhaps, 2 ft. or 3 ft. more to the north. The small stone leaning against the western end of No. 16 was, I think, attached to it, as its original base; and thus these three stones are disposed of, and formed a fine monolith, which must have overtopped the others. The fragments, numbered 19 on the plan, are sunk into, and are nearly level with the ground, so that it can only be conjectured that they are parts of what was {301} formerly one stone, then standing on the northern side of No. 1, which is much smaller than any other of the stones in this circle, and seems to need some sort of reinforcement to balance them.
N.E. circle This small, or north-east, circle, and the groups of stones on both sides of it, have been a battle-ground of contending archæological factions,—some stoutly holding to the opinion that here we see the remains of what once were two concentric circles; others say three; and others, again, conjure up no less than five. Some see in the outlying stones a sharply-curving avenue; and others assume that the alignments were always nearly as they now are, and hold that the avenue of the large circle was intended to point toward the isolated stone, No. 14 in the north-east group. Now, it may be asserted that, if we scale on the plan, from the centre of the north-east circle to the stones numbered 24 and 27 in the large-circle avenue, and to No. 13, and to the western end of the fallen No. 11 in its own avenue, we shall find the distances (124 feet, 130 feet, 133 feet, and 132 feet) sufficiently alike to warrant us in making these the remaining members of an outer peristalith. I will cheerfully make a present of this approximation toward concentricity to those who can make anything of it,—at the same time asking them to explain how it occurred that, of all the stones which must have formed these concentric rings, those only have been left which happen to be ranged in straight lines, and now form distinct avenues leading to their respective circles; and also why, in this case, the usual rule was reversed, which placed the finer stones outermost and the smaller within. The theory that there was one sharply-bending avenue connecting the two circles does not look much more tenable, for, not only is it very rare to find two circles united in this manner, but it is not likely that those who designed these structures, if their wish was to make a passage connecting the circles, would have taken so indirect a way, especially when it involved a considerable descent, and subsequent ascent. It has been generally noticed that the stones in such avenues diminish in size as they recede from the structures at their roots; and the same custom seems to have been roughly followed here. It is thus probable that these two avenues were always quite distinct, converging toward one point; and that the larger {302} one was formerly longer, terminating, as to its northern line, in the small stone, No. 14, though no trace of the foundations of any intervening stones has been found. Possibly we have here the ruins of works of different dates; and, if so, it is the more easy to understand why particular members, such as these avenues, should have been repeated in the later portion of the work without having necessarily any direct connexion with the earlier.
Aubrey’s plan The strongest, indeed the only evidence as to the existence here of concentric circles is afforded by the plan which Aubrey made when he visited the spot in 1664, and which illustrates Part I of his manuscript work, Monumenta Britannica , in the Bodleian, a facsimile1 of which accompanies this paper. In his account of it he says:—
“This Monument is bigger than Stoneheng: the Diameter is ninety paces. I could not percieve any Trench about it as at Stoneheng, etc.: it is in ploughed land, and consequently easily worne out. When I last sawe this, it was in Harvest time, and the Barley being then ripe, I could not come to survey the stones so exactly as I would otherwise have donne: but this scheme (as it is) resembleth it. The stones a a a a etc: seeme to be the remainder of the Avenue as at Aubury, and Kynet, the length of the Avenue is about halfe a quarter of a mile: and the stones d d d might be a [line] leading to another Temple; as from West Kynet to the Temple on the top of the Hill. see the scheme.”
1 This is taken from a copy very kindly lent me by our associate, Mr. Long, who has written the most complete account that has appeared of Stanton Drew, which will be found in the Archæological Journal for 1858.
Aubrey was unfortunate in the time of his visit, and evidently acquired a very confused notion as to the arrangement of the different parts of the work: for, seeing the rude stones rising in every direction out of a sea of corn, he might well imagine (what his whole work shows he was always ready to find) concentric circles surrounding a central stone. Except by some such explanation of his plan as follows below, his dimensions cannot be reconciled with anything that now remains— e.g. , the diameter of ninety paces (225 ft.) with the diameter of the small circle (97 ft.), or with that of the large one (368 ft.); the length of the avenue of “half a quarter of a mile” (220 yards), with the extreme distance (108 yards) from the root of the large-circle avenue to the extremity of the small one.
After much study of his plan, I think it may be thus explained. Assuming that he is right in his compass-bearings, {303} and taking for a guide the old hedge which he has shewn,—the line of which is still visible,—we shall find the three stones, d, d, d, shown in a curved line, matched by stones numbered 8, 9, and 13 of the large circle; the four stones, a, a, a, a, on one side of his avenue, by those numbered 16, 18, 19, and 20 in the large circle; the single stone, a, on the other side of the avenue, by No. 21 or 22 in the large circle; the single stone outside his circular group, by No. 23 (the two stones outside the same, which he has crossed out, were probably at first intended to represent Nos. 23 and 25); and then,—omitting Nos. 12 and 14 of the north-east avenue, which are small, placed low, and, probably, at the time out of his sight behind another old hedge,—we shall have nineteen stones in the remainder of the two avenues, and in the circle, to satisfy the number, nineteen, which he has shown in his concentric plan. Moreover, we shall have them extending, over a piece of ground ninety paces across; and, from the end of this measurement to stone No. 8,—the extremity of his supposed curving avenue,—we have a distance of 233 yards, which is only 8 yards over the length he has assigned to the avenue. By what other mode of explanation can we account for his omission of all the stones of the smaller avenue, and for his representing the number and direction of those in the larger one so erroneously? If we could but surmount this difficulty, we might be tempted to seize upon a peculiarity which, at first sight, promises to give a clue to the labyrinth, and that is, the pictured plan of one of the outer stones on the south side, as though intended to represent the pointed and leaning stone, No. 2, in a similar position in the north-east circle, or, as it might be thought, the leaning stone, No. 18, with No. 16 lying at its foot. But, if so, then he is wrong again in showing twelve (or, possibly, eleven) stones in this outer ring against eight, the present, and evidently complete number, within which he shows six (or, possibly, seven) in an inner ring, and a monolith in the centre. It would be very singular if all these stones of the inner circle have been removed, without leaving any trace of their site, while all the outer ones have been allowed to remain. Nor will it do to suppose his inner ring to represent the existing one, for, independently of the difficulties discussed above, neither does the number of stones here agree with those now in and on the ground. On {304} the whole, therefore, I think no other conclusion is possible than that the avenue and curved line of stones shown trending westward and southward in Aubrey’s plan, represent the stones on the northern and western side of the large circle (of whose existence, as such, he does not speak), and that the two concentric circles, with their central stone, represent his idea of the arrangement of the small circle, its avenue, and four stones of the avenue of the large circle. It is, perhaps, a pity that he ever made the plan, as he “could not come to survey” it better; for it is remarkable how often incorrect drawings have stirred the embers of strife, and bewildered the patient student by their fabulous data.
The Cove The Cove has been another gage of combat. With some it has been a throne or chair of state for the arch-druid, who was even seen sitting within its ample arms several times a day to dispense justice! With others it has been a dolmen. If we suppose the latter, its reconstruction is attended by the following difficulties:—The prostrate stone (which could not possibly have fallen, as it has, if it had been the “table-stone”) must have been a side-stone standing erect where its southern end now is, and at right angles with the other two, on the broken stump which still seems to be traceable in the ground. We shall thus have three uprights of greatly varying height—one 14 ft. 6 ins. high, another 10 ft. 3 ins., and a third 4 ft. 6 ins. It would be impossible to rest a cap-stone on these, as it demands a fourth supporter on the southern side, nearly, if not quite, as high as the prostrate one. Then, over the head-stone there will be a gap about 4 ft. high, in addition to the large square hole on one side of its base; and, over the foot-stone, a gap 10 ft. high, increased by the pyramidal shape of the stone. Now, not only would such a dolmen be of most unusual height, in proportion to its length and width, but its chamber would always be open to easy access, which it would indeed tax the ingenuity of the sternest unbeliever in “free-standing” dolmens to close by microlithic masonry, as a necessary preparation for covering it with a mound. But, if there were formerly a fourth side-stone and a table-stone, what has become of them? They are not buried in the ground. There is no reason to suppose that they have disappeared during the present century; so they are not likely to have been broken up to make or mend the country lane which {305} passes near by; and no fragments of such stones can be seen in any of the neighbouring fences or buildings. The most reasonable conclusion, then, seems to be, that these three stones are all that this monument ever possessed; and it is fortified by the fact that two instances of a similar kind formerly existed at Avebury.
In this paper, as well as in the following memoranda, I have endeavoured, as much as possible, to avoid repeating what others have so well said before. My object has simply been to make a contribution to our knowledge on the subject; and, if these remarks, and the survey which accompanies them, should throw any fresh light upon it, the labour which has been spent on them will not have been bestowed in vain.
MEMORANDA WRITTEN ON THE ORIGINAL PLAN.
These remains are situated in a broad, rich valley, about six miles south of Bristol, overlooked on the north and south by high hills, and consist of three peristaliths, two of them with attached avenues; a group of three large stones, called “The Cove”; two prostrate stones in a field at the distance of about two thirds of a mile to the west of the circles; and one prostrate stone called “Hauteville’s” or “Hackell’s Quoit”, about one third of a mile to the north-east of the large circle.
This plan has been constructed with the utmost care, from an accurate instrumental survey. The magnetic bearings were taken with a prismatic compass, the readings of which were adjusted by angular observations with a sextant.
The centres of the circles have been fixed by trial, after the plan was plotted, and indicate, as closely as it is now possible to discover, the centres of the work as it stood when perfect. To this end, the position of every stone has been studied on the ground, and, where practicable, the part which was either certainly or apparently the base of each has been marked by a small cross. As a rule which admits of but few exceptions,—and those are accounted for by the form of the ground,—that end of a stone which is now the lowest, and is sunk more or less into the ground, was undoubtedly the original base. Where it has been difficult to choose between two sides, a cross is put to each, and it is altogether omitted in cases where it has been impossible to decide on its proper place. From these centres dotted circles have been struck, representing as closely as possible the lines on which the stones appear to have been originally set up. It is thus made evident that these rings were not, as has hitherto been supposed, ellipses of a greater or less degree of eccentricity; but that, when perfect, they were very nearly true circles.
The stones which are still erect are filled in with black on the plan.1 {306} Two of these in the north-east circle incline from the upright, and one in the Cove projects considerably beyond its base. The overhang is shown in outline, but is not shaded. The visible portions of prostrate stones are stippled and line-shaded, and those parts which are completely buried are indicated by dotted outlines. Some of these were exposed by the spade. The remainder were carefully probed to a depth of more than 12 inches, within which depth most of them lie; and it is believed that in almost every instance the edges have been correctly plotted, and that no unmeasured stones remain.
1 In consequence of the greatly reduced scale of the photolithograph, this distinction is not so clearly preserved as in the original.
Traces of a buried stone, as dotted in the plan,—probably the broken base of the prostrate stone,—were found at the rear of the Cove, the site of which, between and around the stones, appears to be formed of small stones rammed together; probably, as is usual, for the purpose of keeping the erect stones in position. Nothing of the kind has been detected in connection with the circles and avenues.
The large and north-east circles stand in a postureRead ‘pasture’ ? sloping very gently toward the stream on the north. A rather sudden fall eastward occurs at about the middle of the avenue of the north-east circle. From the large circle the ground rises rather more steeply toward the south-west circle, which is on a level platform of its own diameter. From this the ground declines in every direction,—very gently toward the west and north-west, and most steeply toward the east. The Cove stands on the brow of a small flat elevation of nearly equal height, level to the north-east, as far as the church (which stands near its edge), declining very gently toward the east and south-east, and most steeply toward the west.
If the country were bare, the undermentioned points would be visible from one another: stones in Lower Tyning, from base of Cove; from 1½ feet over centre of large circle, and from 8 feet above ground at quoit; centre of south-west circle from base of Cove; centre of northeast circle from 5 feet high at Cove; centre of large circle from 6 feet high at the same:—centre of south-west circle from base of quoit; centre of large circle from height of 5½ feet at quoit; and centre of north-east circle from height of 7½ feet at the same:—centre of large circle from height of 6 feet at centre of south-west circle; centre of north east circle from height of 4 feet at centre of south-west circle.
The magnetic bearings, etc., of the avenues are as follow:
north-east circle.
North line of stones bears E., 13½°S., and points 31 ft. N. of centre of circle.
South line of stones bears E., 8⅓°S., and points 9½ ft. S. of centre of circle, and 4 ft. N. of stone No. 1, running through the base of Nos. 16 and 18 when in sitû .
Centre line of avenue bears E., 11°S., and points 11 ft. N. of centre of circle.
large circle.
North line of stones bears N., 65°E., and points to centre of circle.1 (?)
1Great uncertainty attaches to this, as only one stone in this line remains standing. The direction I have given runs through the cross at the foot of stone No. 22, which, being small, and lying across the circular line, has very {307} likely been shifted from its place. This line of stones may have run to, and included, the small stone, No. 14, of the north-east avenue; in which case its direction would have been north, 72⅓°east, and it would have pointed 32 feet north of the centre of the circle.
{307} South line of stones bears N., 75°E., and points 6 ft. N. of centre of circle.
Centre line of avenue bears N., 70°E., and points 3 ft. N. of centre of circle; or centre line of avenue bears N., 73¾°E., and points 19 ft. N. of centre of circle, if the northern line of stones took the direction suggested in the note below.
Hauteville’s Quoit was formerly larger than it now is. In 1664, Aubrey measured it, 10 ft. 6 ins. by 6 ft. 6. ins. by 1 ft. 10 ins. In 1723, Stukeley (probably exaggerating) states its size as 13 ft. by 8 ft. by 4 ft.
Stone No. 16, in the avenue of the north-east circle, now prostrate, was part of a menhir, of which another part (No. 18) remains standing, though much declined from the perpendicular. The apex and south-eastern side of the latter match exactly with the recessed part of No. 16. The stone leaning against the western end of No. 16 appears originally to have formed its base, and to have flaked off when this part of the menhir fell. No. 1 was a separate stone, and seems never to have been disturbed or injured.
Two of the stones are new red sandstone,—the rock of the site;—one is similar to that obtained from Dundry, four miles north-west; a few are limestone from neighbouring quarries; and the rest,—forming by far the majority,—are a pebbly breccia of the magnesian limestone, probably brought from Broadfield Down, six miles west, or from East Harptree, six miles south.
The distances from the large circle to the quoit, and to the stones in Lower Tyning, are scaled from the Tithe Map; but the magnetic bearings of these objects were obtained from data observed on the ground. Those bearings recorded on the plan which could not be taken, in consequence of intervening obstacles, have been trigonometrically calculated from those which were instrumentally observed.
{Aubrey’s Scheme}
[The accompanying Plate of four views, is a reproduction of those exhibited by Mr. J. T. Irvine, and described above, at p. 249.]
Editor’s Note: Dymond’s original plan was hung in Stanton Drew church, and virtually ignored. By 1976, damp and the ravages of time had reduced it to an unrecoverable state. It is yet another example of valuable geomantic records being ignored and destroyed by default.


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Beijing’s policy of promoting solidarity with the Third World and newly independent nations, state-run imprints like the Foreign Literature Publishing House translated and published a substantial number of African works such as those by the Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka, the Kenyan novelist Ngugi wa Thiong’o, the Senegalese poet (and former president) Léopold Sédar Senghor, and the Algerian writer Mouloud Mammeri. Anthologies of translated African folktales for children even appeared.
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the sultan leaves his palace. When the tea emerges from the tea pot, the participants watch in silence, as they do when the sultan appears from his palace. The participants begin to talk of after the master of the ceremony has finished his song [task] and bows in front of the assembly” (poem in praise of tea, adapted from Arabic).
The poets of the Berber groups of Southern Morocco practiced competitive recitation or singing debates. One poet recites in favour of one matter; another poet answers with a counter poem in an ongoing alternating recitation, invented on the spot. Tea was a popular the topic for this genre. Examples of such debates are: The debate of the makraash (water kettle) and the barraad (tea pot); the conflict between the coffee and the tea; the coffee and the tea at the court case facing the sugar; or the coffee and the tea in front of the kadi.
“The first glass of tea is bigentle as death” (popular proverb)
„Es ist leichter zu hungern, als auf den Tee zu verzichten. Heiß geschlürft, macht er den widerlichsten Tag erträglich“ (It is easier to remain hungry than to refrain from taking tea; slurped hot, it makes the the most horrible day bearable), explained Tuareg to René Gardi 1978, when he travelled in the Tenere desert in Niger.
Buob, Baptiste. 2006. Le plateau à thé à l’ée. Horizons maghrébins – le droit à la mémoire 55: 103–13.
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dc.description.abstract Background: This study aims to explore short-term changes(most notably 2 am to 3 am last drinks)lcohol use among patrons shortly before alargest night-time entertainment precinct of Queensland. Methods: Street-intercept patron interviews were conducted in Fortitude Valley in June (n = 497) and July (n = 562) 2016. A pre-post design was used to assess changes in time spent out drinking/partying prior to the interview, time of arrival in the precinct, pre-drinking, and blood alcohol concentration (BAC). Results: Regression models indicated that after the policy introduction, the proportion of people arriving at Fortitude Valley before 10:00 pm increased (OR = 1.38; 95% CI = 1.04, 1.82). Participants reported going out, on average, one hour earlier after the intervention (β = − 0.17; 95% CI = 0.11, 0.22). There was a decrease (RRR = 0.58; 95% CI = 0.43, 0.79) in the proportion of participants who had a high level of intoxication (BAC ≥0.10 g/dL) post-intervention. No other significant differences were found. Conclusions: Earlier cessation of alcohol sales and stopping the sale of rapid intoxication drinks after midnight was associated with people arriving in Fortitude Valley earlier. Though legislative loopholes allowed some venues to continue trading to 5 am, the proportion of people in the precinct who were highly intoxicated decreased after the restriction. Furtherreduction has persisted.
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Diabetes Mellitus Reveals Its Micro-Signature
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With 285 millions individuals affected worldwide in 2010 and more than 400 millions expected in 2030, dand a huge economic burden. This disease, characterized by chronic elevation of blood glucose levels, is frequeputting diabetic patients at risk for heart and .1 In view of the dramatic impact of diabetes on public health, the definition of new methods predicting the manifestation of the disease and the occurrence of its debilitating complications deserves the highest priority. In this issue of Circulation Research, Zampetaki et al report that a group of circulating RNA molecules belonging to the microRNA family is considerably less abundant in the blood of diabetes patients compared to normoglycemic individuals.2 Interestingly, a reduction in the level of these microRNAs is already detectable years before the appearance of the disease and is correlated with subclinical and manifest p plasma microRNA levels may become valuable tools to assess the probability of diabetes manifestation in high-risk individuals displaying impaired fasting glucose and could assist in predictingBesides their recognized regulatory function accomplished inside the cells, microRNAs have also recently been detected in extracellular fluids, including blood.7 In contrast to other RNA molecules that are notoriously prone to degradation by RNases, circulating microRNAs are astonishingly stable in frozen plasma samples. In fact, microRNAs are not simply accumulating in the blood because of cell disruption. They are actively secreted via the exosome pathway or released in small microparticles called apoptotic bodies and circulate inside these membrane-delimited organelles that protect them from degradation. The functional role of microRNAs in extracellular fluids is not yet precisely established. However, microRNAs associated with exosomal or apoptotic bodies can be delivered to neighboring cells, where they are capable to regulate gene expre small RNA molecules in a new cell-to-cell communication mode.8,9 Interestingly, the blood microRNA profile has been found to be modified prompted several groups to assess the predictive value of changes in plasma microRNAs. Indeed, plasma microRNAs are emerging as powerful biomarkers for the diagnosis of cancer, heart failure, and liver injury.10,–,12
In the study reported isearched for changes in blood microRNA abundance associated with diabetes mellitus.2 The authors focused o≈90% of all diabetes casthe incapacity of pancreatic β cells to release sufficient insulin to compensate for a diminished insulin sensitivity of target tissues.19 The authors determined microRNA levels in plasma samples obtained in a large prospective population-based study including more than 800 individuals.20 Global microRNA profiling in pooled samples from control and diabetic subjects led to the identification of a group of differentially expressed plasma microRNAs. The most relevant differences in plasma microRNAs were confirmed in samples obtained from each individual patient with manifest diabetes and were observed also in blood samples from hyperglycemic LepOb mice, a commonly used type 2 diabetes animal model. Except for miR-28-3p, all the other differentially expressed plasma microRNAs were less abundant in diabetic patients. The expression profile of 5 plasma microRe experiments described above revealed the existence of a particular plasma microRNA pattern enabling the classification of diabetic patients and potentially permitting and its vascular complications. Besides its potential predictive value, the characteristic microRNA profile found in the samples of diabetic subjects could also furnish preciouse. Most circulating microRNAs can be produced by a wide variety of cells, and the amount of these molecules packaged in exosomes or apoptotic particles does not necessarily reflect the total cellular content of the cells of origin. For this reason, the precise source of plasmatic microRNAs is presently unknown. Part of these molecules is probably shed by blood cells and vascular walls, whereas others may be contributed by liver, skeletal muscle, and adipose tissue, all organs whose function is known to be affected in type 2 diabetes. In the latter case, the characteristic loss of microRNAs observed in the plasma of diabetic subjects may reflect functional alterations in insulin target tissues. In contrast to the other microRNAs associated with diabetes, miR-126 is highly enriched in endothelial cells and endothelial apoptotic bodies.9,14 Thus, the cells lining the vascular walls are probably the main source of this microRNA in the bloodstream. Consistent with this hypothesis, Zampetaki et al demonstrated that in vitro exposure of endothelial cells to prolonged hyperglycemia selectively reduces the amount of miR-126 released in apoptotic bodies without affecting its cellular concentration.2 Interestingly, miR-126 regulates angiogenic signaling and plays an important role in vascular integrity,14,15 and delivery of this microRNA by apoptotic bdiet-induced atherosclerosis.9 Moreover, circulating levels of miR-126 were si21 Taking into consideration all drastic loss of circulating miR-126 can.
The study by Zampetaki et al unveils the existence of a plasma microRNA signature of diabetes. These findings will now need to be tested in larger collectives of prediabetic and diabetic patients to validate the predictive value of this unique microRNA profile and to assess whether it is influenced by pharmacological treatments. Future studies should also determine whether at least part of the changes in circulating microRNAs are observed in type 1 diabetic subjects. This form of the diseases but is alsoTis currently performed by searching for the presence of β cell–directed autoantibodies. Detection of early changes in plasma microRNA levels may contribute to refine this procedure, facilitating the prevention of this autoimmune form of the disease27254 Wittmann J,
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- Diabetes Mellitus Reveals Its Micro-SignatureRomano RegazziCirculation Research. 2010;107:686-688, originally published September 16, 2010


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- when the leaves are cool enough to handle, lay each cabbage leaf on a flat surface. add about 1/3 cup of the filling to end of the cabbage leaf. fold in the sides and roll up. place the rolls on top of the marinara sauce, seam side down in the dutch oven. repeat with remaining cabbage leaves and top with remaining sauce. cover until the meat is cooked and the rice is tender.


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All told, 707 horses sold for more than $69.4 million, with the average price per offering at $98,203. A total of 66 horses sold for $250,000 or more.
The sales-topper came late in the sales marathon. Hip No. 1197, just 15 horses from the end of the sale, brought the hammer down at $1.1 million.
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Cite as:Charron C, Labbani-Igbida O, Mouaddib E M, 2003, "Sensory - motor approach to shape recognition" Perception 32 ECVP Abstract Supplement
Sensory - motor approach to shape recognitionC Charron, O Labbani-Igbida, E M MouaddibAccording to a radical sensory - motor approach, we postulate that action is a constituent of perception. Instead of considering the sensory input flow, our alternative approach to shape recognition proposes that we focus only on the motor commands involved during interactions with the object. The experiment uses a mobile robot, whose sensory inputs are linked to the motor commands so as to produce a sensory - motor coupling that forces the robot to exhibit a 'wall following' behaviour and makes it turn around the encountered objects. Through this behaviour, sensory flow and command sequences are strongly structured. Motor commands, far simpler than the sensory flow, allow the online learning of new shapes, thanks to a dynamic categorisation system, which also permits anticipation and faster recognition when the object is encountered again. These web-based abstracts are provided for ease of seaching and access, but certain aspects (such as as mathematics) may not appear in their optimum form. For the final published version of this abstract, please seeECVP 2003 Abstract Supplement (complete) size: 1712 Kb


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I remember buying one of these out of an estate in 1973 for $25 chocked with a complete set of LP's and white label 52000's. It was my first exposure to electric DD's. I loved playing the electrics on it as it came with a dance reproducer in addition to the normal two. Jerry Madsen conned(LOL) me out of the LP's as I didn't have much interest in them at the time. I wish I had them now!He offered me $25 each which was a huge amount in 1973. Selling them more than paid for the machine and gave me money to buy other things!
As luck would have it, I just played a couple tonight on my retrofitted C-250, 10" examples in very nice shape, which I recently acquired, and I must say, they sounded...
An admittedly hasty skim through Girard and Barnes and the Edison disc reference volume failed to turn up one of the Albert Spalding numbers, a Sarasate Spanish Dance (no. 7). I likewise failed to find one of the band/orchestral numbers. Could it be that conventional wisdom is wrong and some of the LP recordings were not just reformatted issues of music already out on diamond disc?Maybe dubbed from discs not otherwise released?
I just played one of my Edison Long Play 24 min. records. It was 10" LP 10006 issued in Feb. 1927 with dubs of Harold Veo's Rhapsodie Russe with a strange blend of the Volga boatmen and Tchaikovsky's 1812 in fox trot tempo!(Only in the 20's!), Ernie Golden's Oriental Moonlight, and the Hotel Commodore's Clap Yo' Hands on one side. I've play part of an LP record before, but this was the first time I actually played one all the way through. I wound my Beethoven Edisonic up fairly tight as it would have to spin for a good 12 minutes, but I thought, well the 40 min. record would have to spin for about 20 mins.!


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Earlier in the week we spoke to FdA Music Performance student & Confetti Live performer Luke Hallam about all things music!
I chose to study at Confetti because I want as perfecting my craft to become a professional musician. Also, it just felt like the right place to be at as a student!
My love for music began at a very young age – my first contact with music came from my father who was extremely into punk, but he also listened to reggae a lot, especially dub reggae. I loved the bass and rhythm section and would try to imitate the percussionists by banging on things – I built cardboard drum kits until I finally got my first electronic drum kit at the age of 10 and from then on I've lived on the kit!
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Black Cats & Magpies formed in the Summer of 2014, however I didn't join the band until early 2016. I met the guys at a gig where they explained to me that their current drummer had other commitments and that there was a position open for a new drummer. I went along to a rehearsal and we all bonded straight away. The sound that the guys had was magical, they must have had 100 guitar pedals between them all!


"The brilliant Douglas Laing just left, restoring the piano to technical perfection one year, one flood and two moves since he saw it last. "
"I received the tuning service from Mr. Laing for the first time today. He spent the longest time for my piano, comparing to the technicians I had met in the past. My piano is not the most expensive kind, but it sounds much better now thanks to his service. I would recommend him to anyone who cares about his/her piano."
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These eight lawmakers were: Fred Keller, Mike Kelly, John Joyce, Dan and Glenn Thompson. They signed a letter supporting Donald Trump's efforts to void the election on grounds of voting fraud.
They accepted his unfounded claims of a rigged election despite the statements of national security agencies and Attorney General William Barr.
After the November election, several lawsuits were filed by the Trump campaign seeking to throw out the purpose of these lawsuits was to keep Donald Trump in power. Each and every one of these lawsuits was rejected by the state courts and then by the U.S. Supreme Court. The judges involved were both Democrat and Republican. Some were appointed by Donald Trump himself.
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 Many other Republicans backed him because they were afraid of opposition from his far-right base.
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In May 2018, Gelati Celesti opened a new production facility on Hamilton Street that’s nearly quadruple the size of the former building on Dabney Road. It will serve all of the business’ retail shops and wholesale accounts. “Now we have plenty of room, and the great news is, it should hold us about eight years,” says Steve. “We’ve got a lot of growth ahead of us.”
Steve’s alignment began with his first facility expansion, which satisfied the initial demand for his product. Then the right leadership was put in place to hire the right people. He sums it up this way: “Make sure you can make it, you can manage it, you can serve it, and you can lead it. And then you’re ready to open stores.”
After the second Gelati Celesti store opened and his food truck service was in high demand, Steve quickly realized he couldn’t be everywhere at once and his culture was in jeopardy. So he called in some help. He and his management team worked with John Sarvay at Floricane.
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Gelati Celesti stores are open seven days a week, 363 days a year, and stay open until 10:00 or 11:00 p.m. at night. “I’m always on duty!” says Steve. Still, he insists he does balance work and life beautifully – especially now that he has a great.”.
Robyn Zacharias, President, Barber Martin and VACEOs member, interviews David Gallagher, CEO, Dominion Payroll during January Quarterly Luncheon
Inspired by their daughter’s work to help adolescents battling depression, David and his wife, Grace, established the Cameron K. Gallagher Foundation.* Their passion soon became the passion of employees at Dominion Payroll, as well.
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After Jayhawk Racing Properties and Heartland Park Raceway jointly sued the city in 2016 for breaching a 2014 contract, a Shawneety. The case was sent to the Kansas Court of Appeals, which in 2018 sided with the plaintiffs.
In 2014, the city of Topeka entered into a contract with Jayhawk Racing, agreeing to purchase Jayhawk’s reversionary interest in the Heartland Park property for about $2.4 million.
According to the document that lays out the high court’s recent decision, the city agreed at the time to make “good-faith reasonable efforts” to carry out its agreement with Jayhawk.
In line with such efforts, the city council in August 2014 adopted an ordinance that would allow it to issue an additional $5 million in STAR Bonds — short for Sales Tax and Revenue Bonds — to pay for the interest it had acquired.
The city responded to the suit with a motion to dismiss the case. A district court judge granted the motion to dismiss, arguing the city’s decisions to purchase Jayhawk’s interest and issue bonds to pay for it were “an exercise of its governmental or legislative function,” according to the supreme court document.
In other words, the court of appeals thought the city in this case was conducting business thathat didn’t directly concern the public.
The city then appealed to the state supreme court, which agreed with the district court’s ruling.
The fundamental question addressed by the high court concerned whether the city of Topeka was acting in a political or private manner when it entered into the contract agreement with Jayhawk Racing.
According to the supreme court’s ruling, city revenue projects may either be classified as governmental/legislative or proprietary/administrative.


This weekend Bryan and I headed down to Buckhead for a Wheaton College alumni and parents event. In years past we've considered going but have never felt like it was worth the time and money to actually attend. This year, however, an alum footed the bill for the entire event, so we could attend free of charge.
Bryan and I both attended Wheaton from 1996-2000. It was a wonderful experience for both of us, though we would describe our time there in different ways. It's where we met (during orientation our freshman year), where we became gradually closer friends, and where we eventually fell in love. I look on those four years as a genuinely blessed, truly deepening time in my life. I loved Wheaton from start to finish. It's where the most important relationships in my life began (with a few exceptions), and it's where God taught me to embrace myself -- no matter how broken, ugly, or shamed I was. For Bryan Wheaton was a darker and harder time. During his years there, he learned his dad had cancer, watched as his dad died, and struggled with an all-consuming depression. But out of those hardships, the Lord deepened Bryan's heart, his dependence on God, and his already firm faith. And out of the hurt Bryan and I were both facing during our college years, the Lord birthed our love for each other. Our marriage began in the ashes of Bryan's grief and of my struggle to heal from some deep wounds. Wheaton played a pivotal role in our love, our lives, and our relationships with God. We are abundantly grateful for that place.
We sat at a table with younger grads, and I loved hearing what they're up to, what Wheaton was like for them, and how they are doing in life post-college. It was rich conversation, and I loved it. There is something about the shared bond of having gone to Wheaton -- and more importantly, the shared bond of knowing and loving Christ. It was easy to talk to these strangers and to feel like they were friends.
After dinner, Bryan and I went up to talk to Dr. Litfin, the soon-to-be retired President of Wheaton College. While we were waiting to talk to him, some 1980 grads stopped us to chat. One of the couples attends North Point, our church and where Bryan works. When they asked about our kids and heard our answer about Samuel, they were so tender with us. They spoke about suffering and hurt, about how hard it must be for us, about how sorry they are for our loss. But most significantly, they circled around us and prayed for us. It was a prayer we needed and touched us deeply. One of the things Phil Tuttle prayed was that we would continually come to their minds that they might keep praying for us. I was so moved by that request -- that they would want to remember some strangers with a heartbreaking story, so they could continually pray for us. Just typing about it has a huge lump in my throat.
When we finally got a chance to speak to Dr. Litfin, it was a more blessed conversation than I could have anticipated. Bryan simply expressed thanks for his leadership of Wheaton and told him that though Wheaton was a hard time in his life, it was a time of rich growth and God's goodness. Dr. Litfin immediately honed in on the "hard time" comment and asked how it was hard. When he heard about Bryan's dad, he was so kind and thoughtful. Then in talking about Dallas Theological Seminary (where Bryan takes satellite classes, Dr. Litfin attended and taught, and my dad was once a professor), I asked if he knew my dad, and after a few questions, he learned about my dad's affair and the subsequent divorce of my parents. He quickly asked, "How has that been for you as your dad's daughter? Are you ok? What has that been like?" A few minutes later he put his arms around us and said, "You two sure have been through a lot!" to which I said, "and you don't know the worst of it!" When he heard about Samuel, he started crying and shared a story with us about suffering and God's presence in it. He told us about his daughter who, in 1972, was born 3 months early. The doctors told him she most likely would not survive and if she did, she would be severely brain-damaged. She is now grown up and healthy and a graduate of Wheaton. He sympathized with us in our pain and shed tears with us. I cannot tell you how much this meant to us or how blessed we felt by it.
When we left we both said what an unexpectedly wonderful evening it was and how we will make every effort to attend in future years. On the drive to the event, Bryan had prayed that we would somehow be able to encourage others, but it hadn't occurred to us that instead we would walk away uplifted and so gently cared for. The night was a blessing and another picture of our Heavenly Father's tender love for us. Now we have another reason to be thankful for Wheaton College.
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Brigid March 1, 2010 at 4:24 PM
Yay!! What a blessing to have this whole new group of friends and supporters come into your lives in a way that revives the best aspects of your college experience. I will always remember our high-school conversations about college plans and how you had your heart set on Wheaton--it's clearly the gift that keeps giving.
AshleyK March 2, 2010 at 10:12 PMHe especially enjoyed the love he saw suffering in the world. H" G - J.". God and the brave h -
Jill March 7, 2010 at 6:21 PM
Thank you for sharing this story. I wanted to check in on you guys and see how you're holding up. I don't know you but I work with your Mom and have been praying for you since the beginning. I know it's hard now with her overseas for such a long time. I still think about Samuel and keep his picture in my Bible to remind me to keep praying for you. I can see the Lord's hand in taking care of you.


First RightScale, and now Flexera, has published a State of the Cloud Report for eight straight years. Here is what is new -- and what isn't.
Apr 28th, 2020 1:40pm by Lawrence E Hecht
Another thing that has changed is the way data is collected. In 2020, a third-party panel was utilized instead of recruiting with an internal email list. Although an attempt was made to maintain a similar distribution of participants based on cloud maturity, the difference in methodology requires us to consider how observed trends are influenced by the change.
The high adoption levels provide little perspective on the depth of usage, which most companies are opaque about in their earnings reports. The Flexera report provides some details, showing that the percentage of enterprises using more than 100 virtual machines with a public cloud provider number of virtual machines. Beyond VMs, all three providers also are seeing increased adoption of containers-as-a-service. AWS (40%) and Azure (36%) have the most customers spending at least $1.2 million a year on public cloud with them. Google is a distant third at 18%.
By one measure, it seems obvious that the migration of workloads to the public cloud has accelerated. In last year’s study, only 33% of workloads were in the public cloud, while today the figure is 57%. The huge jump is probably due to a change in the sampling methodology and should not by itself be assumed to be directly related to the increased adoption of cloud services. When measuring the increase in public cloud adopkloads are coming from a private cloud or a non-cloud environment.
The Flexera study does not speculate about the degree to which public cloud workloads are being repatriated to private clouds, but it does show a few clues to a new wave of private cloud adoption. In 2013, 53% of enterprises surveyed used at least one private and one public cloud — what the study defined as a hybrid cloud. That figure was relatively consistent until this year, when the figure jumped to 87%. Some of the rise may be due to the change in sampling methodology, yet there is a clear rise in the last year for Microsoft Azure Stack (28% to 40%) and AWS Outpost (14% to 26%). Red Hat OpenShift (22%) and Google Anthos (14%) were added to the survey. Despite reports of its imminent demise, OpenStack adoption only dropped a little bit (36% to 33%). The biggest declines have been in adoption of private clouds on top of bare metal and using VMware vSphere.
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I Care a Lot Ending Explained
We unpack the thorny implications of the ending to J Blakeson and Netflix’s I Care a Lot.
It’s an emotionally fraught conclusion. Before our very eyes, I Care a Lot’s protagonist—its ostensible hero—is bleeding out inside an asphalt parking lot. But then, was she or anyone else ever a hero in this story? Just seconds before she was gunned down, Rosamund Pike’s Marla Grayson is seen, smilingly lying about how great her new predatory company is, and how she’s figured out a way to turn elder abuse into a sanitized illusion of “eldercare.”
It’s bleak reptilian logic she uses, and chillingly it convinces the judge. Feldstrom is once again denied access to see his mother, much less help her, while Marla keeps squeezing mom’s assets for income. As she said in the initial voice over, “I’ve been poor. It doesn’t agree with me.” So she’ll let poor bastards like Feldstrom live in a nightmare.
This doesn’t negate the awfulness of Feldstrom, who in the film’s opening salvo also repellently says, “I hope you get raped and I hope you get murdered… you fucking fucker.” But both I Care a Lot’s greatest strengths and weaknesses lie in how unpleasantly thorny every character is.
Technically, Marla is right to pick up that Feldstrom doubly hates her for being a woman, but she is no heroine in her own story. Rather she’s as despicable an anti-hero as you’re likely to find in a crime drama or movie about the debaucheries of high-finance crooks. She’s as greedy as Gordon Gekko or Jordan Belfort, and as shamelessly ambitious as Tony Montana.
Take for instance Peter Dinklage’s Russian mob boss, Roman Lunyov, who has every reason to hate Marla Grayson. Like Feldstrom, Roman is a son whose mother is being kept against her will; a victim preyed on by a vulture who is keeping her isolated and even overmedicated as a form of torture. When Roman encounters this, his first instinct like Feldstrom is to handle her cleanly through the courts, albeit first via bribes from his high-priced lawyer. When that fails, however, Roman is quick to switch to a plan that will put Marla six feet under.
It’s a horrible fate for an unseen victim, one of many, who’s suffering paid for Marla’s televised victory lap. And as she bleeds out, we’re asked to more than judge her. Before the movie even started, Marla was a lost cause of a human being. But what she represents as an idea is more sinister, and enduring. If left unchecked, that greed which made her a “lioness” will lead to only greater bloodletting between lions and lambs.


'Grief is the water, or shock, or my body, or the weeds below me. More honestly, though, grief is none of these. Metaphors are imprecise, none quite right. ...Grief is a wordless place, and I keep trying to write my way through it anyway. It is inexplicable, and yet here I am, trying to explain.'
In the year since he passed away, I have dreamed of my father three times. The third dream was just last night, and in it, he was diminished, nearly green in the flesh, out of his mind and past the want of food or water. He had hours to live, then minutes. And just as it transpired last May, my sister put her hand on my foot to wake me from sleep in the early blue morning hours, and said, "It's time."


WHAT MAKES A BUILDING SUSTAINABLE?
T he Pertamina Energy Tower's curved shape is designed with Jakarta's proximity to the equator in mind."
Name: Jason Hopkins Job title: (Franchise owner/ builder) Who do you work for?
Use all you have learnt in the case studies and profiles to respond to the following: COMPREHENDING 1. What does 'sustainable' mean?2. What features make a building sustainable?3. Why do we need sustainable buildings?4. What is a 'zero energy' building?5. How can your choice of whitegoods cut down on energy and water usage?6. What natural phenomena are renewable energies produced by?
TAKE THE SUSTAINABLE HOUSING WATER CHALLENGE!
Total number of points = Points earned – points spend = At the end of the activity, evaluate the water collecting efficiency of a variety of designs, including yours and some of your class members. Who caught the most rainwater?Which features appeared to be the most successful at catching water, and why?What recommendations would you give to anyone wanting to build a water-efficient house?
Use digital design software, like AutoCAD Architecture, Google SketchUp or Minecraft, to build a model sustainable house. Include the environmental features described in the What makes a building sustainable?article on p2, the Illawarra Flame House in Case Study 1, or the Green Skyscrapers in Case Study 2. When you have finished, provide a brief evaluation of the suitability of the software for this engineering project. How was it useful?Which environmental features could you include?What were the limitations of the software?Which environmental features couldn't you include?
Case study 1 describes how students at the University of Wollongong and TAFE Illawarra Institute have become experts at retrofitting houses to make them more sustainable. Should you and your family invest money in making your house more sustainable?
Weakness Not sure what we are buying. Will we be able to find the most efficient solar panels?
Design and build your own sustainable building. Before you start, consider the following questions: 1. What kind of building will it be, and who will it be for?2. Which sustainable materials will you use to construct the building, and which materials will you use inside?3. H  ow much of the house will use recycled materials?Where will you source these materials from?4. Will you need to use metal?Why do you think metal was used as a material for the sustainable house on page 6?5. How will you use the immediate surrounding environment?6. What features have other builders included in their sustainable buildings?
Which organisations or groups of individuals should be driving the move to more sustainable buildings?Write your initial thoughts. In order to respond to the question in detail consider approach of several different focus groups including: • Governments • Individual home owners • Architects • Builders like Jason Hopkins • Futurists • Environmental activists • Renewable energy companies that build technologies like solar panels and home wind turbines • Media, e.g. Better Homes and Gardens, TV • Innovators like Lorna Pitt and Mike Hill at WestWyck Break up into groups representing the various interest groups. Research their goals for a more sustainable future (with a focus on the building industry) and the work they already do to promote sustainable buildings. Present your findings to the class. At the end of the presentations, readdress where society's responsibility should be for the move towards a more sustainable future through the habitation of more buildings with sustainable features. What did your class decide?
Watch the video above [http://bit.ly/2ccMEjV] 1.What are the Australian students doing to help the villagers in Cambodia – think beyond the obvious in order to explore as many different possibilities that you can think of. Think on your own first before sharing ideas with the rest of the class. 2.What sort of knowledge would the Australian students need before embarking on a project like this?Again, think broadly across a range of categories such as the social, geographical (climate, terrain, natural resources), political, scientific, and planning knowledge they would need. 3.Why do you think the University students want to help the Cambodian village?What are they getting out of this project?
4.Why do you think the Cambodians can't build their own sustainable houses?Should they be able to?Will they be able to in the future?5. Should the University students in the video also be responsible for passing on their skills and knowledge of the construction of sustainable buildings?


Update, 4:56 p.m.: People is reporting that Lovato is currently "okay and stable," per a source, following her hospitalization.
Original, 4:30 p.m.: Demi Lovato has been hospitalized this afternoon for what appears to be a possible heroin overdose, law enforcement officials have told TMZ and Us Weekly. (Though sources close to Lovato have said it wasn't heroin.)


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On December 20, 2007 December 20, 2007 By Shirley BuxtonIn America, Animals, Automobiles, California, Christmas, Culture, Holidays, Humor, Life, Photography, Science & Technology, Social, The World, Travel
“Probably an accident or something,” often I have said.
“Most likely,” Jerry has agreed.
We stalled, crept, sighed with frustration, stopped, started, then at last our speed picked up, the traffic cleared before us and we were now moving at normal freeway speed. We’ve turned our heads in all directions looking for the wreck or the road construction or the detour signs, but in vain. There seemed to be no reason for the stalled traffic. Happened to you? Doubtless, if you live in an urban area. We’ve all puzzled over the phenomenon of a traffic jam to which there is no discernable cause.

So, as my early Christmas gift to my readers, I bring this explanation as to why you are now stalled in traffic inChicago or Milwaukee. Relax, tune your radio away from the traffic alert station to one that is playing Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly, or Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer, or best of all, Joy to the World…The Lord is Come!
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10 thoughts on “Explanation for Holiday Traffic Jams”
Have fun in beautiful San Diego.
I’m flying into San Diego tomorrow. Wanted to come over the weekend but circumstances here did not allow it.
LUCAS, I’ve sent you an email. Let me know if you like it.
I must say I’m amazed at the variety of items that show up on your blog Sis. Buxton. In addition to, always being entertained and informed by it. This site is a fountain of information.
I’ll be close to you next week. Have a Merry Christmas and the Best and most Blessed New Year Ever. Much Love to y’all.
Yeah maybe if the highway is a true parking and nothing has moved, in a case where you actually shut down your engine because you’re just wasting gas, then possibly you could use a laptop… But in any other case (where you need to move inches every minute or so), then it would be really dangerous to do so, both for having other drivers mad at you (you don’t go forward for a few minutes and someone else moves to your lane, thus people back of you are going “WTF?”) and for you risking the state of your car (seeing from the corner of your eye that the car in front of you moved, follow, and when the car stops not notice and run into it). Granted, those are minor consequences, but still… I try to find other things to do.
The worst spot for us in Montreal is on a section of highway 40 (going east-west) where another highway (going north-south) merges onto the 40 for a few miles. The on-ramp from the 15 to the 40 is two lanes and merges on the 40 from the right, and the exit towards the other part of the 15 is on the left, thus every single car that continues on the 15 will need to cross 3 lanes of traffic, an exit that is only one lane – go figure. This happens in 2 or 3 kilometers, so it’s hell when there’s any traffic. That section of the 40 is basically always full of cars, because it’s two highways in one.
When I read this, I immediately thought of Mulholland Drive. Every time we travel south, the traffic will always slow around the area of Mulholland (I think it is on 405). There is never any reason for this jam, but it always happens.
Mervin Clark
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Both may not be legal for us “in traffic,” but if there is no movement then who or how would they stop me? The Type “A” person would have the uncontrollable, need or urge to be doing something as they sit. I, personal option, would rather see them working or commutating than sitting dead still not being abler to do anything but burning because of all the time being lost. This could be because of the part of a type “A” personality that I have. As well as have sat in some of the worlds largest parking lots, like I-405 in the L.A. area.
Being technologically inclined (read: I’m a geek), I can tell you that the cell phone and laptop births don’t have anything to do with traffic jams. First, both are illegal to use in traffic jams in most states and provinces, and second, there are a lot more compelling reasons for people to want their technology on the move than to be stuck in traffic. People with offices on the road, such as computer repair techs, need to have phones to communicate with their offices as well as a laptop to test equipment and connections. And ever since the first cell phones came out (being used by the military at first, like every cool gadget that uses satellites), people have been fascinated with bringing their contacts with them all over the world.
Just my two and a half cents 🙂
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The 2022 Offshore class 3A, 3C and 3X European Championships will be held in Nynäshamn, organized by Nynäshamns Segelsällskap (the Yachting Club of Nynäshamn). The competition will take place on open waters, which places high demands on equipment, endurance, technique and courage.
The Championships takes place the 19th and 20th of August and itUIM rules for European Championships. The competition consists of two races and the participant with the best total result in these races will be the European Champion. The two races will take placeFurthermore, the traditional national Nynäs Offshore Race will be organized at the same time.
The seaside town of Nynäshamn offers great opportunities for OFFSHORE RACING. The archipelago is in the immediate vicinityBy boat, the entire Baltic Sea is accessible.
NSS – the Yachting Club – the organizer pos piers In addition to the traditional boat races, there will be several thrilling shows on land and water.
Food and drinks will be served during the competition days. The Pub with its music entertainment will be the obvious meeting-point for the evening.
Each driver will be offered two free tickets for the Offshore barbecue. For extra tickets(an extra cost per person will be charged upon registration at the racing office).
Nynäshamn is situated 60 km south of Stockholm accessible from both Stockholm and from E4 (exit Södertälje). The charming town of Nynäshamn offers all conveniencies as shops, restaurants, hotels and lovely beaches. Shuttle trains to Stockholm, takes you to the Swedish capital in 50 minutes.
From Stockholm take road 73 towards Nynäshamn and follow it to its end in Nynäshamn. Signs will guide you to the marina.
From Södertälje take road 225 towards Nynäshamn. After about 40 km follow the signs to Nynäshamn to turn right onto road 73 which you followParticipants are Provisional Time Schedule European Championships class 3A, 3C and 3X August 19-20th 2022.
The events are held under UIM Offshore rules and International Seaway rules.
Each driver must have a liability insurance for bodily injury and material damage (including on third party) occurring at competition and training. The insurance amount must cover at least for bodily injury 10.000.000 SEK plus for material damage 10.000.000 SEK. Each crew member must also have an accident insurance covering medical and hospital expenses, medicines and transportation.
The racing instructions will be distributed by e-mail.
The racing instructions will also be published on www.nynasoffshore.se no later than August 4.
All boats must use the Swedish webtracking system. Foreign competitors that don’t have this are advised to download the app on their phones (more instructions in the Racing Instructions). If a team can’t use their mobile phone (you have to be able to use the internet)solve it for you.
Prizes will be given to places first to third in each individual race and to places first to fifth in the total of the European championships.
Helmets must be according to rule 713.
Racing vests must be according to rule 712.
The choice and efficiency of a racing vest is the sole responsibility of the wearer and the wearer is entirely responsible for the choice of his/her helmet.
Registration and scrutineering is compulsory for each racing day you will participate.
See time schedule for secretariat´s opening hours and times for scrutineering.
The organizer has the right to put sponsor and event stickers on participating boats.
The race Committee reserve the right to remove offending and/or conflicting publicity material. Advertising of alcohol and tobacco products in Sweden is not allowed.
All protests must be accompanied by a fee according UIM rules that will be returned if the protest is upheld.
According to rule 504.
Entry must be received by the organizing committee within July 18th.
All entries must also be approved by the National Authorities according to UIM rule 203.01.
We do also need your NA approval within July 18.
The entry form is web based and available at SVEMO-TA where you can create a profile and complete the entry.
Powerboat Racing is by its nature a dangerousHowever, I understand that having good knowledge of the rules and ensuring that my equipment is in good working order will help to minimise risks.
drowning, hypothermia, collision injuries, burns and other physical injuries as well as possible death.
they hand deal with the conditions that may arise in the course of a race.
they will not participate in the
solely their responsibility.
scrutineering does not constitute a condition survey of the boat andin any powerboat race.
ensuring the efficiency and suitability of the helmets and racing vests worn is solely their responsibility.
tvolunteers by the event organisers does not relieve them of their responsibilities.
the particularly in extreme weather conditionsto be bound by the conditions of the Race Entry Form, Racing Instructions / Advance Programmes and the General Competition Rules of the UIM and the SVEMO.
they will accept the decisions of the organising committee and officials nominated by the organising committee.
they understand that is their responsibility to ensure that the event has suitable insurance cover in place before participatingselves with event Risk Assessments & Race Instructions / Advance Programmes and bulletins before participating.


Elegance and sophistication was just our style: Riviera Cruise Review by Seas_Please
Our itinerary gave us a good overview of the Almafi coast with a stop in both Sorrento and Almafi / Positano. We didn't take any of the ship's shore excursions, but I arranged private tours in advance at a few of our ports which were fabulous and one of the highlights of the trip. We docked in Messina in Sicily instead of Taormina "due to weather" which was a joke as every day was clear and sunny and the Mediterranean was as calm as could be. Oceania should have told us the truth why they wanted to dock in Messina. Messina did not have much to offer so we hired a taxi to take us to Taormina which was about a 45 minute drive and a lovely little community.
My one criticism was in the Toscana Italian restaurant, our waiter was an Indian national who was fluent in English but spoke with such a thick accent that neither my wife nor I could understand what he was saying. Besides, an Indian waiter in an Italian restaurant just didn't feel right.:) We had the same experience in Red Ginger the pan-Asian restaurant but our Indian waiter's diction was a bit better so we could at least make out what he was saying. That did detract from an otherwise beautiful dining experience.
Overall I give Oceania an A- and I've already booked another cruise in the Baltic Sea next year. Less
A lovely spacious room with lots of storage for its size. Well appointed.


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David Haynes to Read from Latest Novel at Carleton
Gould Memorial Library. Haynes will read from his novel "All American Dream Dolls"
A resident of St. Paul, Haynes iut it is his writing which brings accolades. He was
named one of "America's Best Young Novelists" by Granta in 1996. His other works
"All American Dream Dolls" traces the emotional rise and fall of advertising
woman's emotional collapse and unlikely means of recovery, Haynes adds to his growing
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