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Piozzo overviewThere's plenty to explore, including local sights like Il Sito Archeologico di Bene Vagienna and Mascarello Giuseppe e Figlio Winery. Whatever you're into, Piozzo has something for you.
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How to get to PiozzoFly in to Cuneo (CUF-Levaldigi), 13.1 mi (21.1 km) from downtown Piozzo.
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- • Il Sito Archeologico di Bene Vagienna
- • Mascarello Giuseppe e Figlio Winery
- • Novello Castle
- • Parish of St. Michael the Archangel
- • Outlet Village Mondovicino
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I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE PRECISE MOMENT when every movie was presumed to be a thriller, and the peculiar dynamics of the summer blockbuster or the Oscar-season drama were the only two models for a successful film. I'm not being facetious - the question became urgent for me as the credits rolled on a film that I was sure would be unremarkable, but turned out to be the one I've enjoyed more than anything I've seen in months, perhaps longer.
David Fincher is the man who made the best failed Aliens film, the dullest serial killer picture since From Hell, and the film whose signature line I've quoted or paraphrased more times than I probably should for a film I'll probably never watch. Panic Room and The Game alone are reasons to settle in front of his latest film, fully anticipating going from interested to indifferent in less than an hour, but few of the reviews made me expect much more than something beautiful but banal - a glorified cinematographer's clip reel, like too much that gets released these days.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button begins in a New Orleans hospital room, where Daisy (Cate Blanchett, under a thick layer of latex wrinkles and liver spots) is dying while the city braces for Hurricane Katrina to make landfall. She's tended to by her daughter (Julia Ormond,) who assumes the role of narrator when her mother asks her to read a diary written by a man, Benjamin Button, to whom she was once very close.
The mention of Katrina - it's not in F. Scott Fitzgerald's original story, naturally - made me brace myself for the customary fit of political attitudinizing, but it never happened, and the storm's imminence remained a framing device with a foot in both the historical and mythic realms, and thankfully never revealed its ugly face as a product of the Bush/Cheney weather machine, summoned to cull Democratic voters from the urban south.
Benjamin was, indeed, a curiosity - a rich man's son, born arthritic, shrivelled and geriatric, and abandoned on the back steps of an old age home where he was adopted by the kindly housekeeper (Taraji P. Henson) and the home's nonplussed residents. The sickly baby is expected to die, but thrives instead, aging backwards to the apparent indifference of the medical establishment.
I watched Benjamin Button on an Academy screener, and not the single-disc edition from Paramount or the deluxe 2-disc version from Criterion, so I had no access to any special features detailing the digital magic that put Brad Pitt's head on a variety of withered, crippled bodies, on his way to becoming Brad Pitt, which was in the end probably the most breathtaking special effect of them all. It would have been impossible to have made this film even five years ago, when digital effects were rudimentary by comparison, and though you're aware that the images are being manipulated rigorously, it doesn't get in the way of the story, since the conceit is wholly served by the effects.
I actually found it more jarring to see Cate Blanchett's skin smoothed to an impossible alabaster perfection in her earliest scenes as a young woman, especially since I met and photographed the actress when she was approximately the same age. The effects artists have been rather overzealous here, and the result is an otherworldly element too far in a story that, while full of them, succeeds best when you take them for granted.
Without any foregrounding knowledge of just how it was all done, I was able to enjoy the film as a story, and I found myself being swept up in it all in spite of my own reluctance. Other reviewers weren't so enamoured, apparently; Roger Ebert said that "it's so hard to care about this story," and Kenneth Turan of the L.A. Times said "it leaves you colder than it should." The most belittling comment of all came from Ann Hornaday of the Washington Post, who called it "Gump by way of Dorian Gray," and distilled the plot to a tale of "a Candide-like naif whose travels through the world bring him in contact with all manner of colorful characters, who collectively teach him the important lessons of life."
It's at times like this that I wonder if I've seen the same film. To be sure, Benjamin Button was written by Eric Roth, the screenwriter of Forrest Gump, but whereas the mawkish Gump truly seemed to hammer the title character's life lessons in place on some sort of thumping, metronomic schedule, I found that Pitt's Benjamin slid or stumbled through encounters whose moral purpose often seemed slight, and that whatever he carried away was due to slip away as age transformed him into a sulking, confused boy, a mystified toddler and then, finally, an inchoate infant. This seems to me far more profound than anything in Robert Zemeckis' overpraised and culturally omnipresent film.
Ebert sums up his problem with the film simply: "There is no lesson to be learned. No catharsis is possible." Call me a pessimist - you wouldn't be the first - but that seems a far more suitable way of presenting a film about a whole life than any ringing chorus of hard-won revelation. Not that life is without revelation, but it tends to come too late to be of any great use, and slips into our consciousness with an insinuating stealth.
Ebert also says that he "can't imagine many people wanting to see the movie twice." I tend not to agree with Ebert on much, and this is no exception - I adored the melancholy tone in every scene of Fincher's film, and especially loved the way the otherworldly quality of the past - the early scenes in pre-war New Orleans are full of a bustling strangeness - gives way, as Pitt and Blanchett age in either direction, to a more banal present; I couldn't help but note that the consommation of their lifelong love happens when they've both arrived at middle age, in the suburban, domestic social interregnum of the pre-Beatles '60s.
Fincher is an "interesting" director, by which I mean that he fails more than he succeeds, though his failures have the virtue of being ambitious, and while I wouldn't call Benjamin Button an unqualified success, it fails just enough to have earned its lunge at poignance, and its inherent solipsism undercuts its more epic scenes with what I would call a wholly satisfying perversity.
CONSERVATIVE CRITICS HAVE EMBRACED TAKEN with a fierceness that would probably surprise everyone who made it, including star Liam Neeson, who can't have lived so long in such close proximity to the Redgraves without sharing some of their politics, one presumes. It's nice that there's something to love after years of Stop Loss, Rendition and the like, but one can't help but wish it was something more interesting than a '70s vigilante pic with a few topical updates.
The set-up is brisk enough - Neeson is a former secret service operative who retired himself to try to spend more time with his teenage daughter, now living with her mother (Famke Janssen) and millionaire stepfather in the nitwit fleshpots of Beverly Hills, where children are apparently raised at great expense and free of common sense. When his ex-wife pressures him to allow their daughter to spend the summer in Paris with a friend, he's forced to deny his better judgment, which proves to have been prescient when the girls are barely off their plane before they get kidnapped by a bunch of Albanian white slavers.
Neeson doesn't waste much time on "I told you so," but switches into one man army mode to go all Bronson on the kidnappers, burrowing his way into the middle of their organization like a subway tunneling machine, and discovering the complicity of the French police as he follows his daughter's trail from construction site brothels to high-class slave markets. The real marvel is that a Frenchman, Luc Borel, directed this moving picture postcard to the perils of a decadent, prostrate Europe on its way to hell.
The villains are a study in the palette of modern-day sinister, from the swarthy ringleader of the kidnapping team that Neeson tortures with a low-tech rig involving two big nails and a light switch, to the knife-wielding henchman for some corpulent sheikh sporting more mascara than a goth bar. The most pitiless death is saved for the top man in the organization, a well-shaved senior executive type who thinks that pleading that it was "just business" will somehow soften the resolve of a gun-wielding ex-spook father whose daughter he bought wholesale, drugged and auctioned off.
Taken is in a bit of a hurry to get Neeson to his destination - a bit of a shame considering the trite final scene that Borel was so unhappily forced to set up at the start. It's no surprise then that the film charges past the scene where Neeson's character very palpably crosses a moral and ethical line by wounding the wife of a former colleague in the French police to get a lead on the slave ring's top man. There are a lot of loose ends like this scattered in the wake of Taken, and Borel's carelessness with them ultimately makes the film little better than an underpowered cosmetic upgrade of Death Wish.
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January 5, 1993
June 28, 1991
Suris; Vladimir
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Dixie-Narco, Inc.
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A can vending machine provides a pair of vertical serpentine passages which can be loaded from a single access area. Serpentine passages are defined by cantilever declined shelves which are interleaved from pairs of walls defining the passages and storage areas. Beneath each of the storage areas is a rotating disc maintained upon a stationary disc or plate, the two discs having similar passages therethrough adapted to accommodate a can. A single motor or solenoid is interconnected with each of the rotatable discs to selectively dispense a can from the associated stack. The serpentine passages prevent the full weight of the can stack from being imposed upon the dispensing discs, but rather upon the cantilevered shelves themselves.
What is claimed is:
1. A can vending machine, comprising:
first and second spaced apart vertical side members;
a first set of shelves extending from said first side member toward said second side member;
a second set of shelves extending from said second side member toward said first side member, said first and second sets of shelves being angled downwardly in extension from said respective side members and alternatingly interleaved and defininga serpentine passage having first and second ends; and
dispensing means communicating with said serpentine passage at said second end for dispensing cans from said passage, said dispensing means comprising a rotatable plate and a stationary plate, said plates having complimentary openings passingtherethrough, said openings accommodating passage of said cans, said rotatable plate having a normal position in which said openings of said plates are misaligned by 20.degree.-50.degree., such that a can received in said opening of said rotatable platerests upon said stationary plate.
2. The can vending machine according to claim 1, wherein said shelves extend from respective ones of said side members.
3. The can vending machine according to claim 1, wherein said shelves angle downwardly at an angle of 3.degree.-5.degree..
4. The can vending machine according to claim 1, wherein deflection plates interconnect said shelves and respective side members.
5. The can vending machine according to claim 1 wherein said rotatable plate is interposed between said stationary plates and said second end of said serpentine passage.
6. The can vending machine according to claim 1, wherein said dispensing means further comprise a motor interconnected with said rotatable plate.
7. The can vending machine according to claim 1, wherein said dispensing means further comprises a solenoid interconnected with said rotatable plate.
8. The can vending machine according to claim 1, wherein said serpentine passage receives cans at said second end thereof.
9. A can vending machine, comprising:
first and second vertically extending serpentine passages, each having a first end for receiving cans therein, and a second end for dispensing cans therefrom; and
dispensing means interposed between said second ends for selectively dispensing cans from said serpentine passages, said dispensing means comprising a pair of plates communicating with each of said passages, each of said pairs of platescomprising a first stationary plate and a second rotatable plate, said first and second plates having openings therethrough for receiving and passing cans, said openings of said plates being selectively aligned and misaligned with each other, and asingle motor interconnected with said rotatable plates of each of said pairs of plates.
10. The can vending machine according to claim 9, wherein said serpentine passages each have an outer wall and share a common middle partition.
11. The can vending machine according to claim 10, wherein said first serpentine passage is defined by interleaved shelves extending alternately from one of said outer walls and said middle partition, and said second serpentine passage isdefined by interleaved shelves extending alternately from the other of said outer walls and said middle partition.
12. The can vending machine according to claim 11, wherein said first ends of said passages are in juxtaposition to each other.
13. The can vending machine according to claim 9, wherein said dispensing means comprises a solenoid interconnected with said rotatable plate of each of said pairs of plates.
The invention herein resides in the art of dispensing apparatus and, more particularly, to vending machines of the type adapted for vending cans, bottles, and other appropriate containers. Specifically, the invention relates to a can vendingmachine in which the cans are maintained in serpentine passages, limiting the load incident to the dispensing mechanism.
It is well known that soft drinks and other beverages are often dispensed through "vending machines" which maintain a supply of cans, bottles, or other containers of the beverages to be dispensed. The invention herein will be described withrespect to the dispensing of cans, although it will be appreciated that the concept of both the instant invention and the prior art are equally extendable to the vending of bottles, or other suitable containers.
In the prior art, a vending machine would typically house a plurality of vertical stacks of cans. These stacks would be defined between vertical slats having a dispensing mechanism disposed at the bottom thereof. The stacks have been known totake on various configurations, accommodating either a single array of cans lying on their side and in tangential contact with each other, or a double array of cans in similar arrangement. It has further been known that the slats can be extended indepth to accommodate a similar stack of cans behind the stack just described. The nature of the stack employed is typically a function of the popularity of the drink positioned within the stack.
The dispensing mechanism associated with each of the stacks is, of course, tailored to the stack configuration. Typically, the dispensing mechanism comprises a semi-cylindrical member positioned beneath the stack and adapted to receive a canfrom the stack and to rotate about an axis orthogonal to the axis of the stack to dispense the can therefrom. The cans are typically dispensed through openings provided in the side slats of the stacks. Of course, the particular configuration of thesemicylindrical member and the openings in the slats are dependent upon the specific stack arrangement.
In the previously known prior art, as the semicylindrical member or trough was rotated in the dispensing cycle, the entire load of the stack of cans bore against it. Indeed, in the prior art the rotation of the dispensing mechanism wouldtypically lift the entire stack an amount dependent upon the skewed nature of the cans within the stack to each other. In other words, the spacing of the slats would typically allow the cans to alternate from side to side within the stack, each canresting between a side slat and the can therebeneath. The staggering of the cans, resulting from the fact that the cans are not axially aligned with each other, causes each can as it is dispensed to roll against the can immediately above it, urging theentire stack upwardly. Accordingly, an exceptional amount of load is exerted upon the dispensing mechanism.
For the reasons presented above, the prior art has taught the implementation of heavy duty motors for rotating the semicylindrical dispensing troughs. Additionally, the type of motor employed has been a function of the specific nature of thestack with which it is associated. Obviously, the load imparted by a single stack of cans is substantially less than that imparted by double or quadruple stacks as described above. Cost savings therefore dictate that minimum motor size be employed foreach of the associated stacks.
In the prior art described above, there is also an inordinate waste of space resulting from the need for a clearance between the sides of the cans and the stack slats. A drive motor is associated with each stack, such drive motor further addingto the cost of the machine and taking up space in the front section of the vender which could otherwise be employed by cans to be dispensed.
In the prior art, the loading of the stacks was also found to be a difficult proposition, since each can is entered into the stack at the point at which it will be maintained. The operator begins at the bottom of the stack and sequentially loadscans upwardly to the top thereof, making the loading process labor intensive. Additionally, the prior art just described has typically required a locking mechanism with the dispensing apparatus, the same adding to the cost and complexity of the system.
In light of the foregoing, it is a first aspect of the invention to provide a can vending machine adaptable to wide and narrow columns or stacks, and in which the same dispensing mechanism can be employed irrespective of the nature of the stack.
Yet a further aspect of the invention is the provision of a can vending machine in which the motor size can be considerably reduced over the prior art and in which the dispensing mechanism is not called upon to lift the can stacks or bear theweight thereof during the dispensing process.
Another aspect of the invention is the provision of a can vending machine in which the number of dispensing motors or dispensing mechanisms is greatly reduced over the prior art, and wherein a single dispensing motor or mechanism can be employedto service two stacks or columns.
An additional aspect of the invention is to provide a can dispensing machine in which the dispensing apparatus is self-locking requiring no brake for locking purposes.
An additional aspect of the invention is the provision of a can dispensing machine which achieves better utilization of space within the machine, allowing for improved can capacity.
Still a further aspect of the invention is the provision of a can vending machine which allows for ease of loading of cans therein, greatly reducing the risk of misloading, simplifying the loading procedure, and lending itself to capabilities ofcartridge loading.
The foregoing and other aspects of the invention which will become apparent as the detailed description proceeds are achieved by a can vending machine, comprising: first and second spaced apart vertical side member; a first set of shelvesextending inwardly from said first side member; a second set of shelves extending inward from said second side member, said first and second sets of shelves being alternatingly interleaved and defining a serpentine passage having first and second ends;and dispensing means communicating with said serpentine passage at said second end for dispensing cans from said passage.
Other aspects of the invention are attained by a can vending machine, comprising: first and second serpentine passages, each having a first end for receiving cans therein, and a second end for dispensing cans therefrom; and dispensing meansinterposed between said second ends for selectively dispensing cans from said serpentine passages.
For a complete understanding of the objects, techniques and structure of the invention reference should be made to the following detailed description and accompanying drawing wherein:
FIG. 1 is a cross sectional view of the can vending machine made according to the invention;
FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the rotating and dispensing plate mechanism of the invention, showing the can passages therethrough; and
FIG. 3 is a partial sectional view of a serpentine passage of the invention showing the utilization of corner deflector pieces within the passage.
Referring now to the drawing and more particularly FIG. 1, it can be seen that a can vending machine according to the invention is designated generally by the numeral 10. As shown, the machine 10 consists of a first storage area 12 and a secondstorage area 14, the same being defined by respective side walls 16, 18 with a middle partition 20 interposed therebetween. The side walls 16, 18 and middle partition 20 are preferably vertical and parallel, it being understood that the specific natureand configuration of the storage areas 12, 14 is of general interest to the invention, but may vary as will be perceived by those skilled in the art.
Extending outwardly from the storage area 12 from the side walls 16 are a plurality of shelves 22. In similar fashion, shelves 24 extend inwardly of the storage area 12 from the middle partition 20. Similar shelves 26, 28 extend inwardly of thestorage area 14 from the respective side wall 18 and middle partition 20. The shelves 22-28 preferably angle downwardly from their point of interconnection with the appropriate vertical support surface. In a preferred embodiment, each of the shelves22, 28 angles downwardly at an angle of 2.degree.-5.degree. and, most preferably, at an angle of around 3.degree.. An input or feed plate 30 extends inwardly and declines from the side wall 16 to feed into the storage area 12. In similar manner, aninput or feed plate 32 is connected to the middle partition 20 and is angled downwardly as shown to feed into the storage area 14. The input or feed plates 30, 32 terminate in juxtaposition to each other at an opening or access area 34 into which canscan be fed. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that service personnel can readily load the storage areas 12, 14 by accessing the area 34 and placing cans upon the respective declined input plates 30, 32. Since the shelves 22-28 extendfrom their respective vertical support surfaces, and terminate well short of the opposite vertical surface, it will be seen that a serpentine passage is provided within the storage area 12 by shelves 22, 24. In similar fashion, a serpentine passage isprovided within the storage area 14 by the alternately interleaved shelves 26, 28.
To load the can vending machine 10, access is simply made at the area 34 and cans 36 are placed upon the feed plate 30. The cans roll downwardly along the plate 30 and are deflected by the middle partition 20 onto the top shelf 24. Thedownwardly angled nature of the shelf 24 urges the cans 36 therealong until they drop downwardly onto the shelf 22 and so on until the entire storage area 12 is filled. In similar manner, cans 38 are placed upon the input or feed plate 32 and passeddownwardly along the declined shelves 26, 28 until the storage area 14 is filled.
At the bottom of the storage area 12, an outlet chute 40 is provided and, in similar fashion, an outlet chute 42 is provided at the bottom of the storage area 14. A rotatable disc or plate 44 is positioned beneath the outlet chute 40, and ismaintained in juxtaposition to a stationary disc or plate 46. In similar fashion, a rotatable disc or plate 48 is positioned in communication with the outlet chute 42 and in juxtaposition to a stationary disc or plate 50. An appropriate actuator 52interconnects through a linkage 54 to the rotatable disc 44, and through a linkage 56 to the rotatable disc 48. When the actuator 52 is actuated as discussed below, a can is dispensed from a selected one of the outlet chutes 40, 42 and passed to thedispensing chute 58 where it is directed to an opening 60 for access by the user of the vending machine 10.
It will be appreciated that the plates or discs 44, 46 are respectively substantially identical to the plates or discs 48, 50. To appreciate an understanding of the dispensing mechanism of the invention, reference should be had to FIG. 2 whereina top plan view of the dispensing discs 48, 50 are shown. As illustrated, the discs 48, 50 are coaxial, with the disc 48 being rotatable and the disc 50 being stationary. Passing through the disc 48 is an opening 62 which is substantially equal to, butslightly greater, the size of a can 38 to be dispensed therethrough. In like manner, an opening 64 is provided in the stationary bottom plate 50. The plates 48, 50 are oriented so that the openings 62, 64 may be brought into registration or alignmentwith each other when the disc 48 is rotated clockwise through an arc of 20.degree.-50.degree., and preferably on the order of 30.degree.. In the normal nondispensing position, as shown in FIG. 2, the two openings 62, 64 are thus misaligned by about30.degree..
It will be appreciated that the disc 48 has a thickness substantially equal to, but slightly greater than, the diameter of each of the cans 38. Accordingly, a can is received within the opening 62 of the plate 48 and is supported by the plate50. When the actuator 52 is actuated, the disc 48 is caused to rotate clockwise until the openings 62, 64 are in alignment with each other, at which time the can 38 received within the opening 62 passes through the opening 64 and into the chute 58. Inan alternative embodiment of the invention, the disc 48 may have a thickness of less than half the diameter of the cans 38 such that the depth of the opening 62 is sufficient to receive a can 38 and rotate the same into alignment with the opening 64. Such an embodiment requires an opening or relief in the side wall of the chute 42 to allow the rotation of the can 38. With this embodiment the size of the plate or disc 48 is greatly reduced. In either embodiment, the plate or disc 50 can be verythin, such as the side walls 16, 18.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the actuator 52 can comprise a motor connected by the appropriate linkages 54, 56 and adapted to rotate selected ones of the discs 44, 48 through the required 30.degree. arc. At the end of thedispensing cycle, the discs are returned to their normal state as shown in FIG. 2. At such time, a subsequent can passes into the opening 62 of the disc 48 or, a similar opening in the disc 44. The controlled rotation of the discs may be achieved bythe inclusion of a clutch, the implementation of a stepping motor, or by means of mechanical stops.
It will further be appreciated that the actuator 52 could comprise a solenoid connected by appropriate linkages 54, 56 to the rotatable discs 44, 48. Actuation of the solenoid would, in conjunction with the associated linkage 54, 56, cause theassociated discs 44, 48 to rotate through the requisite 30.degree. arc. When the solenoid is deactuated, the rotatable disc is caused to return to its normal position.
With reference now to FIG. 3, it can be seen that the invention further contemplates the implementation of deflection plates 66 bridging the points of interconnection of the sidewall 18 and angled shelf 26, as well as the middle partition 20 andangled shelf 28. The deflection plates 66 serve to deflect the cans passing along the serpentine passageways in the appropriate direction when they are dropped from the shelf immediately above. As shown in FIG. 3, a can passing from the shelf 28 to theright would be deflected by the plate 66 onto the shelf 26, and so forth.
It should be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art that the shelves 22, 28 serve to support the weight of the cans 36, 38 such that the motors or solenoids employed for actuating the various dispensing mechanisms can have minimum torquecharacteristics. Only the vertical weight of a can or two is actually imposed upon the actuator 52. It will further be seen that a single actuator can serve multiple stacks or columns of cans and the size of the motors or solenoids can be standardizedthroughout the entire dispensing system. Additionally all of the cans to the stacks are loaded at the same point, and the cans pass automatically down the associated serpentine passages to fill the appropriate storage area 12, 14. Access to the vendingmachine 10 at a single point is all that is required by the service personnel.
Thus it can be seen that the objects of the invention have been satisfied by the structure presented above. While in accordance with the patent statutes only the best mode and preferred embodiment of the invention has been presented anddescribed in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto or thereby. Accordingly, for an appreciation of the true scope and breadth of the invention reference should be made to the following claims.
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Arriva London's Clapton garage helps introduce bus transport to Orchard School reception classes
At Arriva London, we take our role in the community very seriously, and are always seeking ways to help educate the community in how we can best serve them, and how complex operating buses can be. So, when we recently received this request, we looked at how we could best accommodate them.
I am the Early Years Leader at Orchard School in Well St., Hackney.http://www.orchard.hackney.sch.uk/ My Reception children are studying transport this term and we are enquiring about making a trip to visit your bus garage.
As a secondary, we have made part of our classroom into a bus and the children have had a whale of a time - do you happen to have any old bus bits / maps / clothes / etc we could have to make it even better?"
The outcome of this request was a lot of planning and preparation involving our Clapton garage and the school, which eventually resulted in the visit taking place on the 6th February.
There were three classes, a total of ninety children plus their teachers / carers, that we needed to cater for and so it was decided, both for safety and logistical reasons, to collect the children from the school in one of our New Routemaster buses, bring them to the garage and then return them afterwards.
The excitement was palpable for the drive to the garage, with many of the children never having travelled on a bus before. Although very excited, they were extremely well behaved, with shrieks of delight when operating manager Phil announced that they were going to be taken in the bus through the bus wash.
Following this, engineering manager Simon explained how the buses come into the engineering facility for regular checking and service, and then answered lots of eager questions. Simon then presented the school with some destination blinds and other souvenirs for the children to take back to school for their own bus, back in the classroom.
The bus was then taken out onto the forecourt and Oz, our driver for the day, entertained the children in the bus cab, showing them how the horn, wipers and public announcement system work.
To top it off, all the children received a red model Arriva squidgy bus to take home.
The teacher from 'Cherry' class said:-
"Three reception classes from Orchard School have been to visit Clapton bus garage. We had an incredible time; it was part of our unit on transport. A huge thank you to Arriva London. Everybody that we dealt with today was so thoughtful, and they looked after the children incredibly well".
Published : Thu 25th Jun. 2015 - Fri 17th Jul. 2015
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5 Fueling Tips—And A Smoothie Recipe!—For Summer Runners
August 25 2017
Run Eat Repeat advises on the best things to eat and drink before and after long summer runs so that you can stay healthy all season.
I ran the Los Angeles Marathon two weekends ago. It was fun, awesome, hard and kicked my butt. I loved it. I have a special place in my heart for the LA Marathon. However it's usually pretty warm out there and this year I made the not-so-wise choice of showing up under trained. Yet there is a bright side and I'm here to share it.
Here are 5 of the BEST parts of the LA Marathon…
1. Point-to-point course means you really run 26.2 miles all through Los Angeles. You get to see Dodger Stadium, Chinatown, Hollywood and a ton of other hot spots.
2. This is the least crowded the streets will ever be.
3. You're in Hollywood so there might be a celeb spotting.
4. It may not be perfect running weather, but it's perfect 'living weather' as I call it. Basically always 76 degrees—not too shabby for pre- and post-race sightseeing and relaxing.
5. For whatever reason the LA Marathon hasn't grown to the popularity of Chicago or New York so you can run it without a lottery or raffle or standing on your head while singing the Star Spangled Banner. So, go for it!


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Amanda Seyfried & Pup Finn Team Up For Charity!
Amanda Seyfried flashes a smile with an adorable pup while attending Dylan's Candy BarN Launch Party held at Dylan's Candy Bar on Tuesday (December 8) in Los Angeles.
The 29-year-old actress attended the charity event in support of animal welfare organizations in need.
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Amanda's very own pet pooch Finn is teaming up with Amazon Fashion to help raise funds for the Best Friends Animal Society.
"I've teamed up with my pals at @amazonfashion to curate a 12-day Gift Guide this holiday season," Finn captioned on his Instragram post. "Amazon Fashion will donate $1 to @bestfriendsanimalsociety for each new @amazonfashion Instagram follower gained between 12:00 am (PT) December 9, 2015 and 11:59 pm (PT) December 20, 2015 up to $25,000 in total. Check out the full campaign and follow the @amazonfashion account to join us in spreading the holiday joy. #Ad"


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I can't write this review without acknowledging my long history with the DC superheroes. If you want to just skip to the fun part without the drama, scroll past until you see LEGO Batman. You're welcome.
There was a time, years ago, when DC Comics and Warner Brothers could do no wrong in my eyes on this front.
Oh, don't misunderstand me here. They had their problems, as every franchise does to some extent, but I'd shrug off the over-budget big screen misfires because there was a plethora of wonderful comics and animation that left me immensely satisfied on levels only a hardcore geek can know. It was a wonderful consolation prize given that, for me, the last big screen adventure that lived up to its potential and honored any of their characters was 1993's Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. That movie suffered only from a lack of marketing, which caused it to open on only a handful of screens in lesser theaters, ultimately closing early and existing as something of a cult rumor. It amazes me how many people do not know about this movie, but those who do… well, you understand. It's my gold standard for Batman storytelling, the measuring stick I use for all others. Kevin Conroy is my Batman. The new golden age of DC superhero animation continued on TV while the comics took bold storytelling moves to regain the attention of those who'd been swallowed by the rise of several new comics companies and titles. It worked for a time. And then, inevitably, they rebooted the universe for no reason other than a money grab. It was so terrible, they did it again five years later because nothing brings in new fans while pissing off the diehards quite like a clean sweep. It's an old and sadly familiar tale that every longtime comics fan will experience at some point. Some come back because they miss it too much. Some don't. In all that time, I've not come back to the comics, and I never will. I readily acknowledge these characters have moved on without me in that format. At some point, the animation department started leaning heavily on these newer stories from the comics. With one big screen misfire after another making dump trucks full of money in opening weekends alone, and with the small screen offerings doing little to inspire my confidence, my heart eventually just shriveled, and rage slowly turned to apathy as I watched one character after the next turn into something I don't recognize anymore.
As I write this review, Wonder Woman is blazing her way to success on the big screen following her opening weekend, the first big screen film for her in her 75 year history. As my favorite of the DC characters, after decades of championing her as an underdog after DC and WB both declared this character as "unmarketable," this new success has overcome me with mixed emotion. I want her to finally win. She's poised right now to supplant Batman as their top character just as Batman did to Superman in the late 80s and 90s. Just a few years ago that would have been exciting to me beyond words. I've since learned not to trust WB and DC. As the saying goes, once bitten, twice shy. I've been chewed up more times than I care to count, hoping beyond hope my heroes were still in there somewhere. The disappointment seems to know no bounds. So, yeah… I am that guy, the fan who kept screaming that it just isn't that difficult to understand these characters, the one couldn't roll with the punches and couldn't let go until it was far too late.
With all that in mind, the notion that parody would honor a character and its legacy as well or better than anything DC and WB have given us over the past generation is nothing short of ridiculous. And yet… The LEGO Batman Movie has done this for me. I've enjoyed the other LEGO crossover offerings I've seen over the years, but parodies are mostly just ok in my book. When it comes to DC superheroes, the serious big screeners were joke enough. The LEGO Batman Movie offered up something the more serious offerings have been missing: heart. The legacy of Batman is honored — the good, the bad, and the ugly — even if it takes a slapstick approach to his character to do it. The result is something just this side of genius.
Let me tell you about this movie! From the opening narration over the film logos, this one hits all the right notes.
The central theme of the film deals with Batman and his relationships. The character has always had family issues of one form or another, with his villains ultimately being psychological fun house mirror versions of himself when they work best. It's why The Joker is his arch-nemesis, being the one that pretty much gets him at every level. It's why many don't (or won't) understand his relationship to Robin and often want to twist it into something it's not. It's why, despite all claims to the contrary, Batman has assembled a rather large surrogate family around him over the years. This film drives right to the heart of this idea, getting him to cross that bridge from brooding loner to family hero.
The plot used to pull this off is pretty simple, stereotypical if I'm being honest about it. Parody can get away with that. The Joker is on the loose, and he's assembled an army comprised of pretty much every villain known to the Batman canon in every form, be it the comics or the most obscure references from the 1966 TV series. It's built on this understanding of The Joker's character from way back that isn't spelled out here, but it's definitely played upon. In The Joker's mind, there are only two people in the whole of reality: himself and Batman. The rest are figments of their collective imaginations, pawns in their game of cat and mouse that will someday end with The Joker's comic genius triumphing over the Dark Knight's lame gadgets. But what happens to that reality when Batman declares he doesn't need The Joker? Batman rejects his nemesis outright, even saying that Superman is his true rival. Naturally, this doesn't rest well with The Joker, becoming the setup to an even larger scheme with the kind of audacity he'd be able to pull off in spades.
As Commissioner Gordon retires and his position transfers to his replacement, his daughter Barbara Gordon, the rules are changed for how Gotham will operate. Barbara wants to work with Batman, within the law. Vigilantes aren't needed, she claims. Compassion and reason will win the day, not violence. And as if on cue, The Joker arrives with all of Gotham's infamous. Without Batman as his nemesis, there's no point to his crimes… so he surrenders himself and gift wraps all of the other villains, delivering them into custody, thus negating the city's need for Batman.
In his newly-found downtime, Batman finds himself on the receiving end of Alfred's plans to turn him into a functional human being. Alfred begins by introducing him to the son he unknowingly adopted a week ago, Dick Grayson. Batman, however, is determined to rid the world of The Joker once and for all, and he figures the key to his plan is Superman's Phantom Zone projector. The Fortress of Solitude has been designed seemingly with Batman in mind, and Grayson happens to be small enough to get past the defenses. Gee, what are the odds?
Once the projector has been nabbed, Batman storms Arkham Asylum and blasts The Joker into the Phantom Zone, the impossible-to-breech other-dimensional prison that holds the greatest villains in the known universe. Batman's actions land both him and Robin into custody, and you can no doubt already see where this is going. The Joker, being the undisputed king of one-upmanship in any franchise you can name, wanted to go to the Phantom Zone so that he could assemble an army worthy of his greatness to unleash upon Gotham. His entire point, of course, is simply to prove that Batman needs him as much as he needs Batman. They complete each other, you see.
The grand finale is an impossibly cameo-filled licensing nightmare that only LEGO can pull off these days. The battle royale that ensues would seem at home in pretty much every summer blockbuster. And I'll say no more because I really don't want to spoil the magic here. It's absurd, it's gaudy beyond description, and it's an absolute delight to watch. These days, it's pretty rare that a movie can make me laugh. This one did from beginning to end, and it plucked all of the nostalgic heartstrings along the way, playing this fanboy like a harp.
I cannot praise this film enough. The LEGO Batman Movie taps into something deep in the DC lexicon that DC itself seems to have forgotten, making it somehow a more legitimate Batman movie than most Batman movies they've released in the character's long career. At the same time, at no point does it take itself seriously, which is in stark contrast to the overblown naval-gazing, city-destroying. soul-crushing excrement the so-called "real" Batman / DC films have presented over the past 20 years. More than that, it's an acknowledgement that superheroes don't have to be morally constipated killing machines to be relevant to a modern audience. The cast and crew of this film had fun at every turn, and that could have gone just as wrong in so many ways. The old saying goes, dying is easy… comedy is hard. The DC superheroes have been dying for far too long. In tapping the magic of the great history DC has built, The LEGO Batman Movie roasted the character while simultaneously breathing new life into him. It does it without leaving behind any fan of any level, from any generation. The more you know about the characters and their history, the funnier the movie is. If you're not geek enough to keep up, no big deal. This one was crafted for the kid in all of us.
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Dear St. Luke's Parishioners,
We thank God for the beautiful and much needed rain this last week. We continue to be blessed with mild and wonderful summer weather and we thank God for that gift as well. Some will enjoy the fair with God's blessings.
Last Sunday, August 3, I traveled to Missouri Valley to have dinner with some friends from the time I was stationed in Harrison County. Monday was a good day sleeping in and a nice bicycle ride. The trail toward Slater really is nice.
On Tuesday, August 5, I met with my spiritual director for our monthly meeting. That afternoon, I met with a former school administrator. We discussed the possibility of his helping us with some of the things that need to be done to prepare for St. Luke's School between now and August of 2015. That evening, the Liturgical Furnishings sub-committee met. We had received the proposal for the altar from Iowa Prison Industries and the cost of this proposed work. We are waiting for the other proposed items with their costs. Discussion of other furnishings and liturgical items was also held.
On Wednesday, August 6, I enjoyed the Supper Club pot luck at Bob and Kathy Lickteig's. Great burgers! Happy birthday was sung to Deb Troxel as we enjoyed ice cream cake.
Thursday I did some visiting to parishioners in rehab facilities in Des Moines and in Madrid. After Mass and adoration that evening, the Liturgy Committee had its monthly meeting. We continued to study and discuss the Constitution on the Liturgy of the Second Vatican Council. It was noted that a characteristic of the liturgy was to be "noble simplicity." It was felt that this "simplicity" could be helped if all would do their ministry with its movements slowly and reverently.
On Friday, I met for the monthly Tribunal at the Catholic Pastoral Center. After we met, we enjoyed lunch with the Seminarians and the Serra Club. We had a chance to be introduced to the 28 seminarians starting their school year in just a few days. Keep this wonderful number of young men in your prayers as they discern their vocations and prepare for priesthood.
Saturday morning, the regular Baptism Preparation session was held for St. Luke's at St. Anne's. It is great to use the program developed by the St. Joseph's Education Center. That evening after the 4:30 pm Mass, I had the privilege of blessing the home of Marlene Maire. Afterward, we went out for dinner. Thanks Marlene.
Sunday at 1:00 pm, the Stewardship Committee held its regular meeting at St. Anne's. Preparation for the Parish Directory, information about the "Pillars of Stewardship" and the Ministry Fair continued. That evening at 6:00 pm, the St. Luke's School Board had a special meeting to address the steps we need to take to get a new principal for our School. More information later.
Progress on our building site continues. The electricians have been working to get the underground work done before the cement slab is poured in the various areas. The plumbers continue to work on the underground work they have and to begin the roof drains that feed into that underground draining system. Further steel work for a roof hatch opening is being planned. The needed rain slowed things for a couple of days.
Keep St. Luke's Catholic School development in your prayers as well as our construction. May the Lord's blessings come to all involved. May the Lord bless all our students in their first days of the school year and give them enthusiasm for learning.
Fr. Larry Hoffmann


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When I was fourteen years old I was blessed to go on my first whirlwind tour of Europe. Of all the many fascinating countries, cities and villages we visited, the most captivating was Assisi, Italy. It is a beautiful small town on the top of a hill that is at once serene and exhilarating. Having attended Catholic school for elementary and high school, I was familiar with St. Francis of Assisi and on my initial visit, and every one since, I could not help but imagine St. Francis walking through the narrow cobblestone streets. Almost everything to be seen in Assisi is in some way associated with the memory of the saint. Assisi is truly a city on a hill which cannot be hidden because of St. Francis, his goodness, faithfulness and universal appeal.
Inspired by his life, I adopted St. Francis as my patron saint after my first visit to Assisi. Today, I count among my treasured possessions, a faded print of St. Francis which belonged to my beloved grandmother, a plaster statue of Francis that my best friend gave me when I was fifteen years old and a resin statue of St. Francis which stood in my now deceased father's garden. Each of them are worn, tattered and inexpensive but priceless to me. To be sure, there is irony in the fact that I treasure these possessions which remind me of a saint who denounced possessions. And, I might as well admit that my computer screen-saver is a photo of Assisi which I snapped from an apartment window a few years ago and, my favorite place to vacation in the U.S. is Santa Fe, New Mexico!
No saint on the roster of Rome has as many admirers outside the circles of orthodoxy as the saint who went his way singing and preaching not in the official tongue of the Church but in the language of the people. By writers of every nation, representing varieties of religious belief, the "husband" of Lady Poverty, St. Francis has been proclaimed as an apostle of humanity. To elaborate on why I and so many people derive such inspiration from Giovanni Bernardone, the man who became Francis, I borrow the words of Roy M. Gasnick, O.F. M. (Order of the Friars Minor ; the Franciscans).
At a time when the Church had over identified with the state, when bishops, abbots and even popes, were more civil authorities than religious leaders, when Christians accepted feudal civilities and authority structures instead of the Gospel as the norm for religion, Francis of Assisi was touched by God to rebuild his Church; to be a witness to the truth and value of the Gospel itself. Though Francis was a witness to the whole of the Gospel, he tended to emphasize those aspects of it that had been least understood or least practiced in his time. God, for Francis, was no stern monarch to be obeyed in fear because he was continually counting up the number of transgressions against his laws. Rather, God was someone personally close, a Father wanting to see his sons and daughters succeed, offering his very own life as assistance but leaving it up to each to accept or reject.
There can be no doubt of Francis' love affair with Christ. It was not the Christ of so many of the late medieval paintings—the judge at the last judgment. It was the Christ of Bethlehem who became a man because he loved man, and the Christ of Calvary, who died as a sacrifice so that man would be raised up from his own inhumanity. When one is overwhelmed at discovering that he has such a Father and such a Brother, no other response is possible except total conversion, a conversion that is more like a love affair—giving oneself totally to God—than a mournful rejection of one's former life.
So it was with Francis. His conversion, his penance, were things of great joy, for he had found a bride greater than any other, a bride who gave him every fulfillment, a bride who would never abandon him. After such a conversion, Francis could no longer live the minimum obligations of a Christian. He went beyond the law, he assimilated the Christ-life in himself.
The challenge of the Gospel and the possibilities it opened up for man to rise above his own humanity and for the world to rise above its collective evil, struck so vibrant a chord in Francis's musical soul that he cried out, 'This is what I want; this is what I desire; this is what I long for with all my heart and soul.' For him, anyone who accepts the Gospel life accepts the commission from God to continually bring forth Christ in his own portion of the world. Francis preached, 'We are his mothers when we carry him about in our heart and person by means of love and a clean and sincere conscience, and when we give birth to him by means of our holy actions, which should shine as an example to others.'
Francis looked around him. Almost all of Europe had been Christianized but Christians had become apathetic. Missionary work—the challenge given by Christ to his apostles to preach the Gospel to all nations—was all but dead. Francis founded a new order in the Church, an order of apostles whom he sent out two by two as Christ had done, to shake up apathetic Europe. In naming his small band of followers, the Order of Little Brothers, Francis considered "little" as a repudiation of the drive for power, prestige, and status. It connoted a desire to become like God's poor, helpless and defenseless ones; the ones Christ said were blessed, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. "Little" inferred a desire to serve and not be served, a desire to be available, to help, to be concerned, share with, suffer and rejoice with.
Wealth, affluence, engrossment with personal property and material goods—these were seen by Francis as deterrents to brotherhood and union with God. Those whose lives are dominated by money and what money can buy are more concerned with things than with people and can lead to the dehumanization of the individual. Francis's poverty was intended to witness to this conviction.
G.K. Chesterton, perhaps, has the final word about Francis's personalism. He wrote, 'It is more true that he deliberately did not see the mob for the men. He honored all men; that is, he not only loved but also respected them all. From the Pope to the beggar, from the sultan to the ragged robber, there was never a man who looked into those brown eyes without being certain that Francis was really interested in him.' "While you are proclaiming peace with your lips," Francis told his followers, "be careful to have it even more fully in your heart. "
The Church will always be subject to human weakness and even fallibility in other than essential doctrinal and moral areas. The human weaknesses in the Church of Francis's time were so vast that the Church was hardly a sign of God's presence among men. The Church was feared because of its political power; many of the clergy were living scandalous lives; and anticlericalism, with good reason, was rampant. God called Francis to "repair my Church which you see is falling into ruin."
The world has changed many times over since Francis's time and yet, many of the same conditions and problems have returned in our time. Millions of words have been spilled out recommending how to solve these problems, how to change conditions, how to shake up the apathetic. So many of the words are clichés that fail to arouse; so many of those who speak cannot be heard because of the contradicting noise of what they do. When Christ says, "You too are to be my witnesses," perhaps he is saying that the only truth people of our time will know is the believer, individually and collectively, the ones concerned about others, those who are loving, peaceful and faithful. To say it another way, We may be the only Gospel our neighbor will ever read.
"I have done what was mine to do; may Christ teach you what you are to do". Saint Francis of Assisi Feast Day: 4 October


text: Blencathra is one of the finest fells in the Lake District. Wainwright believed it to be, 'one of the grandest objects in Lakeland'. It is one of the most northerly of the great fells and its imposing southern front is a memorable welcome to the Lake District if heading towards Keswick on the A66. The mountain rises steeply and in isolation above a broad valley and the village of Threlkeld. This dark, towering backdrop has almost perfect symmetry with Blease Fell to the west and Scales Fell to the east providing balance to the scene. Four ravines divided by three lofty spurs shape the southern aspect, 'as though a giant hand had clawed at the mountain, each finger scooping out a deep hollow, with narrow strips of ground left undisturbed between' according to Wainwright. Along with Blease Fell and Scales Fell they make up five buttresses. There are many routes to the top, the finest of which is via Hall's Fell Ridge which leads directly south from the summit, and includes traversing an aret aptly known as Narrow Edge. Equally fine is the ascent via the celebrated Sharp Edge (pictured above), a rising crest of naked rock. It is more of a challenge than Striding Edge and has sections that require scrambling. From Threlkeld the easiest route up Blencathra avoiding any steep precipices is via Roughten Gill to the west of the village and round the back of Blease Fell. Other approaches are possible from Mungrisdale at the eastern foot of the massif. From the summit a distinctive small depression (The Saddle) leads to the prominent top of Foule Crag, from which the alternative name Saddleback derives. The Saddle is well worth crossing to Foule Crag and then continuing onto Bannerdale Crags with striking views back to Foule Crag and Sharp Edge.


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By Aaron Waldron
Race report from Herts Nitro Model Club:
HNMC GP 2017 Jamie Clancy and Darren Hayden-Ball dominate
Ten years ago the Sandy Nitro Model Club closed its gates and the crew moved onto their new venue Herts Nitro Model Club located at Westmill Farm in Ware Hertfordshire.
At no point did the Club, think it would have achieved the status of one of the best venues/tracks in the UK it was just a dream at the earlier stage.
Since 2008 the club has run an August bank holiday GP event mostly weather effected.
The track has under gone a few changes over the last two months going back to a modular design so they can change things up. Everyone always has an opinion on dirt tracks and their construction, it is quite simple the track evolves over time and in the UK we need to oil the track with vegetable oil to hold it together from the elements. This is the crack with oil, everyone moans in round 1 and 2, then the cars work the oil into the track and from that point on the grip improves track wear over the weekend will be great and makes for great consistent racing. Lastly you need a group of passionate dedicated club members to maintain it, these are the unsung heroes of any RC track we cannot thank you enough.
Practice Saturday
The way the club runs this event is the Saturday is optional starting at lunch time allow drivers to travel and not stay over another night.
Nitro buggy was topped by Jamie Clancy and Kevin Brunsden with Callum Niblett pushing hard behind.
E-Buggy was topped by Simon Miller Robson White and Colin Meijer from Holland
Truggy Daniel Austin. Topped all three rounds
Saturday night is always a social event BBQ, a bit of music and drivers putting the sport and world to rights!
Sunday Qualifying
110 drivers over three classes 6 rounds of qualifying best 4 to count then two fun races, longest fuel race and two drivers one controller, going to be a busy day!
Nitro buggy was dominated by Jamie Clancy taking all six rounds pushed hard by Jack Embling driving a sWorkz chassis this weekend.
E-Buggy went to Jamie Clancy pushed hard by Colin Meijer
Truggy went to Darren Hayden-Ball with Daniel Austin taking second spot.
Two driver one controller race was won by Callum Niblett and Jamie Clancy longest fuel race won by Glenn Smith.
More social events - meals in the evening at local restaurants and BBQ track side.
Monday Finals
Format 30 min finals for all with e-Buggy doing three leg 10 minute finals super pole for main final then a 45 minute main final.
1/16th Finals drivers transferring were
Matthew Roberts - Franesco Imx -Jack Ritchie – Steve Chantler – Tom Shawe – Alan Dell (British team manager!)
1/8th Finals drivers transferring were
Owen Luckin- Chris Long - Steve Ednie - James Clarke- Louie Arthur – George Miller
1/4th Finals drivers transferring were
Steve Johnson - Carl Chillingsworh - Chris Sharpe-Simkiss - Glenn Smith - Simon Miller – James Clarke
Semi B Jack Embling – Karl Jackson - Michael Lightfoot- Graeme Miller- Kieran Cox- Jonathan Skidmore - Carl Chillingsworh
Semi A Jamie Clancy - Kevin Brunsden – Oliver Currie - William Skidmore – Glenn Smith - Tehannah Cradock Colin Meijer fastest 8th place Robson White
Super Pole all finalists had one warm up lap then one hot lap to determine starting grid who would hold their nerve! Top Three 1st Joni Skidmore 2nd Jamie Clancy 3rd Oliver Currie.
Main Final was a great race 1st Jamie Clancy 2nd Jonathan Skidmore 3rd Jack Embling all on 59 laps.
E-Buggy 1st Jamie Clancy 2nd Robson White 3rd Colin Meijer
Truggy 1st Darren Hayden-Ball 2nd Daniel Austin 3rd James Tatlow
Junior Final 1st Jordan Shelton 2nd Louie Arthur 3rd Oliver Talbot
Thank you to Peter Bird, Mark Garrett, Richard Cousins in Race Control not one race re run well done all.
Track Team John Geaves, Glenn Smith, Neil Smith, Arron Knights, Nicky Knights, Mark Luckin, Owen Luckin,Tom Shawe, Steve Bellwood, Edward Lee-Jones and to everyone else that pop down there's too many more to name the club owes you all.
Thanks to Howard Elston for GP art work
Lastly to all the racers you all made this a great event.
Saturday 1437 timed laps 20 mins track time
Sunday 4356 timed laps 30 mins track time
Monday 3825 timed laps min 30 mins track time
Results www.hnmc.co.uk/results/British%20GP%2017/index.htm
Video www.youtube.com/channel/UCTHUxfafer131sM_SOy-1_g
Look forward to 2018!!!!
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For those individuals among us who possess a talent for art, opportunities to create something beautiful can be found all around us. Everywhere you look, there are empty walls that are just crying out to become something more beautiful, if only someone would take the time. Thankfully, there are plenty of incredibly talented street artists out there who are doing just that, turning drab public spaces into explosions of color and creativity. Check out the gallery below to see some truly incredible transformations.
1. "Knowledge Speaks - Wisdom Listens," Athens, Greece
2. "Juliette Et Les Esprits," Montpellier, France
3. 3D Mural In Poznan, Poland
4. "Renaissance," Le Puy en Velay, France
5. Giant Starling Mural In Berlin, Germany
6. "Au Fil De Loire," Brives Charensac, France
7. Photorealistic Mural, Glasgow, Scotland
8. An Entire Town Was Painted Over In Palmitas, Mexico
9. Full Moon Hostel, Bristol, UK
10. "Topart," Budapest, Hungary
11. Tiled Steps On 16th Avenue, San Francisco, California
12. Diving Dog Mural, Mechelen, Belgium
13. "Porte Des Lavandières," Aurec Sur Loire, France
14. Racoon Mural Made Of Trash And Found Objects, Lisbon, Portugal
15. "Let's Keep The Plants Alive," Bialystok, Poland
Be sure to SHARE this incredible art with your family and friends.
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In today's Sydney Morning Herald is a little report, buried at the bottom of page 4, about the National Union of Students rating Sydney Uni as the best in Australia for "the quality of its student experience". Wonder if there's a massive 'Doh!' coming out of the NUS at the moment?
Also in the SMH is a letter from Peter McNeil, professor of design history at UTS, which says in part: "Australian colleges are protected bastions of male privilege. Women have to either find a way to laugh it off in a blokeish manner or try to fit in". See? It's not just the wimmens who can see this.
There's also a letter from Karina Scott, a student at Women's College, saying we shouldn't blame St Paul's because it's a society-wide problem, and the "residential colleges at the University of Syndey have a long and proud history of producing well-rounded individuals, respected leaders and high-achieving intellectuals" and blah blah blah. Ok, fair point about rape culture, but to say it's society's problem is a cop out because here we have a group of privileged young men openly saying that rape is fun and something they like to do.
I would like to point out that the members of the "Define Statutory" Facebook group were current and former residents. So clearly, St Paul's College is turning out young men who are – or would like to be – sex offenders.
They're also ill-equipped to deal with modern life. The college prides itself on ensuring "that men have the greatest possible amenity and can spend as little of their life as possible dwelling on mundane, domestic arrangements… to become true renaissance men in a modern setting". Young men who've never had to clean or cook are certainly not "true renaissance men in a modern setting".
Finally, check out the fabulous rant by Fuck Politeness. It always amazes me how her anger and biting humour can make me feel better.


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Luke has been working in the real estate industry as part of the Harcourts Dapto team since 2015. Prior to this however, he worked as a roof tiler; so the property / building industry is not new to him.
Luke has invaluable knowledge of the industry and the region, having grown up in Illawarra. He has a strong work ethic and brings along a lot of positive energy to all interactions. He has excellent people skills, offers high level customer service skills with a friendly and helpful attitude, is a great communicator and always works in a professional and ethical manner.
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No tricks here! Just sweet Halloween treats served in a wow-worthy display.
-Black cast iron pot (or other container of choice)
-Plastic "test tubes" found in the party section at craft stores
-Green juice drink
-Candy of choice
-Florist picks (tops removed)
-White "spider web" netting found in Halloween/seasonal section of craft store
-Florist foam (dry)
Line cast-iron pot with a plastic grocery bag. Cut pieces of florist foam to fit inside pot. Pull the "spider web" netting apart and place on top of florist foam allowing it to hang over the sides.
Insert florist picks and plastic "test tubes" randomly into foam. Fill florist picks with stick-type candy. Fill some tubes with various candy pieces and fill other tubes with green juice.
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Letter from Briton Rivière to [Sir William] Agnew
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Letter (18 Apr 1883) from Briton Rivière to [Sir William] Agnew thanking him for a cheque and letter. Rivière is in Margate to ease a cold before he returns to the Royal Academy. Rivière discusses tickets and states that he is looking forward "with some terror" to the hanging [of the summer exhibition] as he believes the team to be poor. He provides his opinions on individuals Peter Graham and [Thomas] Barlow.
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Rivière, Briton 1840-1920
[Agnew, Sir William, 1st Baronet 1825-1910]
Brooks, Sir William Cunliffe, 1st Baronet 1819–1900
Graham, Peter 1836-1921
[Barlow, Thomas Oldham 1824-1889]
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In this role you will assist with office reception activities such as fostering a welcoming environment, answering phone calls, responding to electronic communication, maintaining files, greeting staff and visitors.
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This method, you can choose a shade that collaborates with these items as doing this will aid draw the space with each other. Light discolorations may look wonderful with your current area, yet choosing a dark discolor might be the item that finishes the puzzle with the appearance of your (soon to be) new area! The most convenient method to start is to pull every little thing out of the room if possible. Conns Couches.
Since your room is freshly paintinged, it is time to add furniture, paints and design to provide it with. You will certainly desire to use your existing furniture if you are attempting to save cash. Couch covers are easily available for almost all conventional sofa dimensions. These been available in numerous styles and also colors, so you will not be limited in your options. Furniture that is not covered by any type of product, such as a table or TV stand, can be refinished to choose the new look of your area. Little touches such as toss pillows, unique pictures, and prized art work can assist finish the look.
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As we are stuck in a wind hole I have had some time to write another little update for you all! I can't tell you how frustrating it is to be stuck completely still this close to the end (written at 0620 UTC Wednesday 20th Sept!). It was looking good for a while and we still may pull off a podium finish, but you never know – luck has a lot to play now! As I mentioned my awesome crew in my last blog, I wanted to write a tribute to each of them. Hopefully this will give you an insight into our dysfunctional GREAT CV30 family over the last 4 and a half weeks. So here are some thank yous from me to my crew for getting me through the last month! Firstly there is my watch, the mighty Union watch…Here goes….
Lady Catherine, for being as idiotic as I am and laughing with me through every watch, yooohoooooo! You have been been absolutely fabulous darling – watch out for the Catherine and Pip show hitting your screens soon.
Harry Krishna for powering through and showing me that however crap I felt, she always felt worse with her head in a sick bag and also for making me constantly feel like a comedian.
Tony, for making me realise that you can never have enough chocolate spread on a piece of toast and for turning up with an entire corner shop in her bag.
The Tailor of Gloucester for his soothing tones and calming influence over his blind mice.
Ray (I'm starting to worry about Ray), for fixing everything and giving us some fantastic stories (when the s**t hit the fan)!
Phil 'The' Gunn for dressing up like batman on Sundays and teaching me how to be more efficient at bedtime, his record is 30 seconds from the companionway to his bunk.
Gareth 'Pork Chop' Blanks for never failing to amuse us with his different hats, his agility around the boat and never ending Dad jokes.
Finally Gray-Ham, the walking Wikipedia, I have never met such a driven individual or a real life action man, when you press his tummy his arms shoot up.
Next, onto the Jack watch. This is a bit trickier as I have spent considerably less time with them!
Shout outs go to John-oooooo, a true gentleman always with a smile on his face, we never would have guessed that he was the porthole pest.
Edmundo for his galley skills and high standards of living – the porcelain mug is still intact. Nicola for her enthusiasm (although not so good when waking us up) and providing sweets when needed.
Ian 'not tuna again' Medland, I have never seen such extreme weight loss in anyone.
Jon Milne, the gentle giant for surviving his seasickness stoically.
Our resident writer Mark 'are we there yet' Tucker.
Ian Mumford for lending me his fan, it was a lifesaver in the doldrums!
The Commodore Tim who has fashioned a fabulous pair of blue silk pants for most of the trip.
My fellow galley partner Tessa for being a brilliant medic and sticking up some very handy charts in the heads, I'll leave that one for your imagination.
Spencer Whizzkid Bienvenue III for making sure that my over order on the hot sauce didn't go to waste.
Finally, our Skipper Andy. Would we be here without him? I doubt it. We'd probably still be stuck in the doldrums, now contemplating who to eat first. He has made us laugh, pulled us together, taught us and encouraged us for the last 6,500 miles. If anyone on this boat deserves a pint then it's him. Despite frequently walking around with a rubber Labrador mask on his head or turning our mascot the lion into a phone, he has shown us that perseverance and humour get you far. Here's to the next 34,000 miles with him! Toodle Pip!


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Full Body Workout With Kettlebells
Hey, what's up America? This is John-Logan with Power Fit Personal Training and I want to show you the explosiveness of the kettlebell. You don't need much, you can use one and with just a couple of exercises, I've got four for you today, it's going to make a total body workout and you want to set a time. I recommend 10, maybe 15 minutes for advanced people with zero breaks and that's gonna be a really powerful workout. Just 5 reps will do and just repeat as many times as you can.
Here's your first set – you're going to grab the kettlebell, balance on one foot, and this one's called a single leg Romanian deadlift. You're gonna lift your other leg into the sky, make sure you're breathing, stretch out the back of the foot, make sure your back is tight and that your core is tight… 4 and 5. And then you get 5 on the other side.
Then you're going to go ahead and follow this up with a between the leg switch. So you're going to keep your back straight, and pivot your upper body around your legs. This can be dangerous if you're bending your back, so you wanna make sure everything is tight.
Gonna follow that up with 5 push presses… then you're going to follow that up with a Russian twist. You're just going to sit down on the ground, grab your kettlebell and twist 5 times each side. For more advanced folks, extend the arms, leave the feet up. For beginners, keep the weight close, keep the feet on the ground. And that'll do.
Start your timer, repeat all four of those exercises for a very powerful, total body, kettlebell workout.
Kettlebells are very easy to get. They're becoming more and more mainstream. You can get them at Target, Wal-Mart, online, Sports Authority, Play it Again Sports and many other places. Perform Better is one that Powerfit really endorses.
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17 10 2013 Denmark is 'Gift to the Earth'
On Monday the 21st of October, Denmark, global leader on climate and energy, receives WWF's 'Gift to the Earth' award in recognition of the world's most ambitious climate and energy targets.
In recognition of the Danish environmental accomplishments the WWF presents Denmark with the 'Gift to the Earth' award. Other than international leadership in e.g. wind power, the award is based on Denmark's ability to create long term climate and renewable energy targets and to streamline power production leading to very high levels of energy efficiency. Factors which have formed at cleantech sector with substantial impact on the Danish economy.
Since the 1970's oil crisis a lot of work has been put into green growth in Denmark. Public resistance to nuclear power contributed to nourish the interest for renewable energy solutions, and in 1985 the Danish Parliament formally decided that no nuclear power stations should be built in Denmark. Instead Denmark has become the absolute world champion on one key renewable technology – wind power
A role model
As late as this September, a new report from the U.N. Climate Panel concluded that we need to act fast to protect the climate. With sea levels rising, droughts, and extreme weather, rising temperatures have already had a serious impact on both humans and on the planet.
"Denmark illustrates that it is possible to develop a sustainable society and at the same secure economic growth and welfare. This is the kind of lighthouses we need at a global level to inspire other countries. As a large international environmental organization WWF would like to applaud Denmark for its global leadership," says Jim Leape, International General Secretary at WWF.
'Gift to the Earth' will be presented to the Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt on Monday the 21st of October at the conference Global Green Growth Forum in Copenhagen at 12:30 PM.
- Wind power supplied 30 pct. of the Danish electricity consumption in 2012? This compares with 3 pct. globally, 7pct. in the EU, and 8 pct. in Germany
- Renewable energy covered 22.9 pct. of total energy consumption in 2012, and 41.7 pct. of the Danish electricity consumption?
- It is a political goal in Denmark that power and heat supply will be based on 100 pct. renewable energy by 2035?