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In these austere times, Prime Minister Cameron and his Cabinet — collectively worth about £50 million — cannot afford to be seen as too smug about their wealth.
What is it about the Tories and millionaires? Not for the first time in the history of Tory governments, the new Tory Cabinet is heaving with millionaires. In a Cabinet of 23, as many as 18 (including Prime Minister David Cameron) boast of personal wealth on a scale that an overwhelming majority of their constituents can only dream of.
According to a Sunday Times analysis, they are collectively worth about £50 million with Transport Secretary Philip Hammond topping the list with a personal fortune of more than £7 million and Foreign Secretary William Hague bringing up the rear at £2.2 million.
So stiff is the competition for places that Mr. Cameron finds himself at number six with nearly three-and-half million pounds of private wealth — two places behind his best friend and Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne who is worth more than £4.5 million.
Rather embarrassingly for the Liberal Democrats, there is also one of their own in this rich man's club — Chris Huhne, the Energy and Climate Secretary, who owns properties estimated to be worth £3 million. Indeed, Nick Clegg, the Lib Dems' leader and Deputy Prime Minister, himself is a millionaire but with a mere £1.8 million he doesn't make it to the Sunday Times' rich list.
In comparison, the new government's Labour predecessor was rather a modest affair. Although it flirted shamelessly with the rich and the powerful and leading New Labour figures, including Tony Blair, were in awe of the party's multimillionaire benefactors (Peter Mandelson, one of New Labour's architects, famously said he had no qualms about hobnobbing with the "filthy rich") there was not much private wealth around the Cabinet table.
Indeed the only "true blue" millionaire in the Cabinet was a former Tory, Shaun Woodward who defected to Labour and was rewarded with a Cabinet post. Mr. Woodword, who is married to a member of the family that owns the famous Sainsbury supermarket chain, accounted for the bulk of Labour's ministerial wealth. He was once said to be the only Labour MP with his own butler.
The Sunday Times reckons that the Cameron Cabinet is "at least £15 million richer than its Labour predecessor when property values, business interests and shareholdings are taken into account". Although Gordon Brown's Cabinet had 10 millionaires, collectively worth £35 million, it is important to remember that some £15 million of this were down to Mr. Woodward. So, man-to-man, as it were, Mr. Brown's Ministers were far less affluent than Mr. Cameron's boys.
Tories, of course, have form on this. The richest Tory Cabinet was that of Harold Macmillan (1957-63) who himself was heir to the Macmillan publishing empire.
His Cabinet, as ST recalls, included tycoons such as the construction magnate, Ernest Marples, and members of the landed gentry like Christopher Soames and Alec Douglas-Home.
Addressing his Tory troops once, Mr. Macmillan memorably boasted that Britain "never had it so good" — a remark that came to haunt (and indeed in a perverse way, define) his government when, a few years later, it was embroiled in a series of sensational spying-and-sex scandals including the famous Profumo affair involving the Secretary of State for Defence John Profumo and a call-girl called Christine Keeler who was also in a relationship with a London-based KGB spy.
The scandal spawned lewd jokes about how Tory Ministers never "had it so good". In the end, of course, the whole Tory show collapsed in a heap of embarrassment and shame.
In these austere times when ordinary people are struggling to survive, Mr. Cameron and his band of millionaires cannot afford to be seen to be too smug about their wealthy/class background while forcing others to make sacrifices in the "national interest". When the effect of the £60-billion of spending cuts, announced by the government, starts to bite (up to 300,000 public sector workers could lose their jobs as a result of the planned cuts) people might begin to wonder whether the Tory "class of 2010" with its posh background (Eton, Westminster, Oxbridge, Notting Hill Gate) really understands their pain.
Labour was excoriated and accused of instigating an unseemly "class war" when it tried to make an issue of the Tories' privileged upbringing during the election campaign claiming that they were so far removed from the "real" world that they could not be trusted with the problems of common people. Perhaps, Mr. Brown and his advisers overegged the campaign but the fact is that class matters. However hard a government so deeply incestuous in terms of its social and cultural make-up as Mr. Cameron's tries to reach out to the larger society (and to be fair, it is making all the right noises), ultimately, it is likely to be defeated by its own deep-seated class instincts.
And here it is from the horse's mouth. Writer and journalist John Alridge, who describes himself as a "fully fledged member of the new Establishment" , had this to say in a newspaper article about his fellow class-travellers: "The class of 2010 claims to offer the most radical government since Margaret Thatcher....As Cameron puts it: 'This is new politics for a new era.' But it is overwhelmingly young, posh, white, male and privileged. The rich and powerful are rarely radical, perhaps because they have had everything on a plate and have little to prove — unlike the Iron Lady, who famously rose from a modest background ... Now that it has made it, is the new Establishment too posh to push for change?"
You bet.


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NEW DELHI: "After a 30-year battle, victory is hardly in sight" in the fight against doping in sport and yet battles must be waged, said Dr M. Jegathesan here on Thursday. "If you persist, eventually you will reach the goal."
Dr. Jegathesan, two-time Asian Games sprint champion from Malaysia, who is the Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Federation's Medical Commission, said that among the several unresolved issues were the unavailability of a universally acceptable test for human growth hormone, nutritional supplements and unscrupulous chemists who were ever willing to adjust molecules in order to prevent a substance being detected.
In his keynote address at the National Congress on Sports Medicine, Dr. Jegathesan touched upon the lack of legal teeth in tackling the doping menace, the "slap on the wrist" for Balco perpetrators in the US, and the difficulties encountered in implementing rules regarding `whereabouts' forms and therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs).
He said that the gap between theory and implementation was big when it came to `whereabouts' forms that are used to keep track of elite athletes throughout the course of the year in order to carry out surprise dope-testing.
"Deter those who use illicit means, protect and not penalise those who are clean," is the message from Dr. Jegathesan, who is also a member of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Medical and Anti Doping Commission.
Dr Jegathesan also spoke about gender determination in sports, gene doping and altitude chambers.
He said after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had done away with chromatin (buccal smear) test to determine the sex of an athlete, incidental disclosures, during a dope testing procedure, for example, and specific charges by others were being used to address the issue. Even then, extreme care was being taken to tackle this complex issue with various experts being called in before a decision was taken.
He warned that methodology was available for gene doping to be in place in time for the Bejing Olympic Games 2008, but the authorities were already on the move for pre-emptive strikes.
Altitude chambers, available in the international market for $20,000 each, were being used by sportspersons to simulate high altitude conditions in order to gain an advantage.
"This is a grey area. Athletes can in any case go into the high altitude venues and train of course, but should we allow an artificial aid, that is the question" he said.
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It virtually rained sixes at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here on Tuesday. The evening drizzle delayed the start of the match by more than one hour. But much to the relief of the partisan crowd, the match eventually started at 10 past nine.
The 70-minute wait was worth it as Yuvraj Singh played a hurricane 29-ball 68 studded with nine massive sixes and one four to help Royal Challengers Bangalore post an imposing 186/4 against Delhi Daredevils.
Yuvraj, who had played a stellar innings in the encounter against Rajasthan Royals on Sunday but still ended up on the losing side, was at it again. With captain Virat Kohli (1), Chris Gayle (22)and AB de Villiers (33) back in the pavilion with less than 100 runs on the board, Yuvraj had a huge task on hand. Though he had a subdued start, the left-hander reserved his best for the death overs.
Dominating the proceedings single-handedly, Yuvraj targeted South African leg-spinner Imran Tahir and Jharkhand medium-pacer Rahul Shukla for some harsh treatment. When Tahir came on to bowl the 17th over, he slammed him for three sixes. The indomitable Yuvraj was at his best in the last over bowled by Shukla. He clobbered the right-arm bowler all over the park for four sixes to send the crowd into raptures. Twenty seven runs were scored off the last over.
Winning the toss and opting to bowl first, DD captain Kevin Pietersen thought the conditions would be conducive for his bowlers. He proved to be right after Gayle and Kohli departed with only 45 runs on the board. But with the arrival of Yuvraj, the whole scenario changed as he rewrote his own script to help his team take the advantage. Yuvraj shared a 79-run partnership with Sachin Rana (15 not out) for the unconquered fifth wicket as Bangalore scored 79 runs in the last five overs to end their innings with a flourish.


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Ferry farce threatens Arran's future
This winter, though no worse than many we have known, has seen unprecedented disruption of Arran's connection with the mainland. Those of us who have lived and worked here for a long time can look back to times of storm when the ferry was routinely re-routed to Gourock, where intending passengers could sit over a cappucino in the balcony room of the International Café, watching for the ship to come up the Clyde. Total loss of service was virtually unknown - it might take time, but you would get home, even when 30ft waves were bursting over the sandstone wall at Ardrossan Harbour. Earlier still, the paddle steamers used to pitch and toss their way across the Clyde with cheerful disregard for the weather. But in recent years, something has gone seriously wrong.
The Caledonian Isles, of course, is not a vessel fit for winter service on this crossing, and it would make sense to shift it to a less problematic location and put a smaller boat on the Arran service. The quiet abandoning of Gourock as the 'Port of Refuge' has carved a deep hole in the potential mainland access. Common sense seems to have vanished from the agenda, and is being replaced by over-detailed bureaucracy and a beady-eyed attitude to costs. The result is having a terrible effect on Arran's community. Small businesses, particularly those handling daily papers, are left with nothing to sell. Patients cannot get to long-awaited hospital appointments, which of course, could have dangerous results. Planning any event has a mental proviso - 'Weather permitting'. This has always been a factor in island life, but over the last few years it has got much, much worse, and as a result, people are starting to leave the island. Small shopkeepers talk of being forced out of business, and there is a very real danger that Arran's community may drop to a level at which it ceases to be viable.
Probably the fundamental question is whether the ferries run as a service or a business. We all appreciate that Government subsidy keeps them going - but it is a sad fact that Arran's two-boat summer service is almost certainly CalMac's biggest profit-make. In the winter, when the tourists have gone, the Arran residents do not count. It is time to earmark some of the money Arran's successful tourist industry makes for CalMac, and use it to ensure that basic travel is available during the winter months. Instead, millions are to be spent on a new terminal at Brodick rather than on the fundamental question of providing a boat or boats that can berth at a reliable mainland port, all the year round.
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On Saturday February 21st, a good-sized audience was thrilled by the skill and musicality of three extraordinarily talented players. Jennifer Brown, clarinet, Harriet Davidson, cello and Claire Haslin, piano, played an exciting and highly demanding programme, starting with the well-loved Trio in B flat major Op 11 by Beethoven. Fauré's haunting Elégie for cello and piano followed, then all three players rejoined to perform the enchanting Fantasy Trio by Robert Muczynski. The four movements of this piece held everyone spellbound, and after the interval we reconvened for the final, quite massive four movements of Carl Frühling's Trio in A minor, Opus 40. This highly varied piece went from a quick opening to a wonderfully schmaltzy waltz then on into a yearning andante, finishing with a lively allegro, and throughout, the audience sat entranced, secure in the hands of consummate musicians. The combination of a notably clear, sweet clarinet tone with full-flavoured cello and magnificent skill on the Kawai grand piano added up to a magical concert that sent people home in that state of warm excitement that is the sign of a truly outstanding musical experience.
Nobody who was there will ever forget the amazing day, almost exactly two years ago, when, in the middle of Arran's week-long deep freeze and power failure, a touring orchestra from Germany turned up at Whiting Bay, unaware of what happened. Nobody could warn them, as power lines were down and communication dead - so two large vans rolled up at Whiting Bay Hall so find it functioning as a general refuge and soup kitchen.
What happened next was quite astonishing. When warm and full of food, the big group brought their instruments in and set up the stage as a concert platform, then burst into a performance that nobody will ever forget. Their Chinese double bass player almost danced in his enthusiastic playing, and the brilliance of the whole group was astonishing. The audience, however, was no more than 30 people, as the roads were snow-blocked and few people could get there. The Council burger van was outside, and their white-capped workers listened in astonishment. One of them gestured at the snow and said, 'In the middle of all this, you put on a symphony concert?'
Now, the Kammerphil, as they became affectionately know, are returning, this time to the Community Theatre in Arran High School on Saturday, 21st March. Their concert is from the unusual time of 3.00 - 5.00 pm, to fit in with their touring schedule, and the programme sounds terrific.
It is very rarely that Arran can manage to invite such a big group, and the Arran Music Society is thrilled and excited to welcome them. Tickets cost £10, which is absurdly cheap by mainland standards, and can be pre-booked from Inspirations or online from Arran Events, or else bought at the door.
by David Oakes
On Wednesday 4th February in Brodick Church, a good-sized audience was privileged to hear the Royal Conservatoire Saxophone Quartet. The young group played all four of the most common types of saxophone, namely, the soprano (played by Richard Schofield aged 18), the alto (Aidan Teplitzky, 19), the tenor (Rory Simons, 19) and the baritone (Arran's own Iain Clarke, 17). Iain is still at Arran High School but attends the Junior Conservatoire of Scotland on Saturdays for both piano and saxophone tuition. The Quartet got together in the Junior Conservatoire in 2013 and has played at a number of charity events as well as a lunchtime concert recital at Leeds College of Music.
The Brodick recital opened impressively with the saxophonists playing Ravel's Bolero as the players entered the church from three different doorways. Then followed a mixed and well-balanced programme, with works by Mozart, the American composer Warren Barker, the Russian composer Mussorgsky, the English Gordon Jacob and the American George Gershwin, together with traditional folk songs. In many cases, the pieces had been arranged for four saxophones by the players themselves.
The Warren Barker piece, Voici le Quatuor, was particularly interesting. It comprised four movements, each one dominated by a different instrument, which gave each player the opportunity to demonstrate the quality of his instrument.
The recital concluded with George Gershwin's Three Preludes, arranged for the quartet though they were written originally for piano. Being Gershwin, there was a jazz influence which left everyone feeling upbeat - a good note to end on
The quartet had only limited opportunities to practise together, and yet the playing was of an extremely high standard. The balance was consistently good, with all members showing an awareness of each other, and the fact that they clearly enjoyed making music was conveyed to the audience. The Quartet performed with exceptional professionalism in every respect, including each member taking his turn to introduce the items.
A very appreciative audience thoroughly enjoyed these young and very talented musicians, and if, as seems possible, they return at some time in the future, they can be assured of a great reception.
The concert was repeated in Shiskine Church on Thursday 5th February.
This great classic film will be shown in Corrie Hall on Sunday, March 8th, starting at 8.00 pm. Shot in 1984 and based on E.M.Forster's novel, it was David Lean's final film. He had made nothing in the 14 years since Ryan's Daughter, and many critics regard A Passage to India as his crowning triumph. It received eleven nominations at the Academy Awards, and Peggy Ashcroft, then 77, won the Best Supporting Actress award for her unforgettable role as Mrs Moore.
The film is set in the India of the 1920s, when the British Raj was beginning to feel the effect of the Independence movement. Mrs Moore has come to join her son, who is the magistrate in the provincial town of Chandrapore. They meet the eccentric elderly Brahmin scholar Professor Godbole (played by Alec Guinness) through whom they befriend Dr Aziz Ahmed (Victor Banerjee), an impoverished widower who is touched by their sensitivity and unprejudiced attitude toward the Indian people. Mrs Moore and Adela, her soon-to-be daughter in law, have no interest in the expat diversions of polo and afternoon tea and want to see the 'real' India, so Aziz offers to take them to the remote Marabar Caves.
Mrs Moore finds the caves claustrophobic and comes out, leaving Adela and Aziz to explore, with just one guide. Aziz pauses to smoke a cigarette, then sees Adela running headlong down the hill, bleeding and dishevelled. Nobody believes his story, and Aziz is jailed to await trial for attempted rape. An uproar ensues between the Indians and the Colonials. Mrs Moore refuses to testify against Aziz, so it is decided she should return to England. To everyone's astonishment, Adela changes her plea in court and clears Aziz, but suspicion remains, and the tangled relationship between India and its colonial occupiers is thrown into uncomfortably sharp focus.
A Passage to India remains thought-provoking and controversial to this day, and demonstrates Lean's astonishing ability to provoke fresh thought while providing no easy answers. The screening starts at 8.00 pm, and admission is free, though contributions to the upkeep of the hall will be warmly welcomed.
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Action on Hearing Loss currently runs a number of Hear-To-Help drop-in services across Ayrshire and Arran. More than 1,200 people from Ayrshire and Arran use it each year, for advice and support on their hearing problems but its funding is due to end in March, meaning the service may stop. Katy pointed out that if these drop-in centres stop running, people will have to travel to either Crosshouse Hospital or University Hospital Ayr. This would make the services much more difficult to access and result in many people being alone with a disabling problem.
Inability to hear is no joke. It is socially isolating and can result in people being left out of quite vital communication. We all know countless people who wear spectacles to deal with sight problems, and there are very few people over 49 who do not use them. Why should the slow loss of hearing be regarded as less significant? Katy points out that more than a thousand people currently use Hear-To-Help services in Ayrshire and Arran each year and there are already considerable pressures on audiology services in the hospitals. The closure of Hear-To-Help drop-in centres would make this much worse. It is vital that Hear-To-Help services are protected so that people can access the support they need.
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The people of Greece have been asked to pay a huge price and suffer unbearable attacks on living standards over the past five years in order to bailout failed bankers. Greece's bailout by the Troika of the European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund has been to the tune of €254bn over the past five years but over 90% of that went to creditors including British, German and Dutch banks.
Attached to the bailout were conditions that have wrecked the Greek economy and resulted in social crisis. GDP remains 25% down on its 2009 figure and the impact on ordinary people has meant unemployment remains at around 26%, with youth unemployment still over 50%. Poverty has risen as pay and employment has been slashed. Public sector pay cuts have reportedly made up for around a tenth of austerity measures, a 10% pay cut was introduced in 2010 and in 2011 the minimum wage was cut by 22%. The decline of health services, spread of soup kitchens and the smell of woodfire as the cost of heating oil goes out of reach are well documented.
I have been involved in campaigning and arguing against austerity economics since the financial crisis came to a head in 2008. I am a Patron of the Greek Solidarity Campaign and have spoken at a number of events calling on the UK to support Greek debt relief and a moratorium of existing payments. Austerity economics hasn't worked in Greece and this Government's austerity politics aren't working here. The success of Syriza has challenged that existing orthodoxy and the anti-austerity mood is spreading across Europe. I will continue to campaign for an investment based alternative in the United Kingdom.
by Jim Lauder
Forestry Commission Scotland is currently exploring whether timber from the west of Arran can be taken off the island at Dougarie.
The main objective is to reduce the amount of timber haulage on public roads and to reduce congestion in the seafront and busy port of Brodick.
However, it should be said that this proposal is at a very early stage and it is exploratory - no decisions have been made. Although the Dougarie proposal offers savings in haulage costs in the long term, neither Forestry Commission Scotland, nor its private sector partners have as yet secured the investment capital required to build either the landing or an associated bypass road through the forest.
There have been other moves already to reduce the impacts of timber lorries on Arran's fragile public roads. The Commission took action in the north-east of Arran to reduce timber traffic through Corrie and the narrow coastal route to Brodick. About 48,000 tonnes (2000 lorry movements) will be exported by sea via a landing ramp in the forest at North Sannox.
Forestry Commission Scotland is also reviewing a small number of other potential sites around the island where timber might be removed by barge or landing craft.
All work to date at the Dougarie site has been purely exploratory to confirm its suitability for a landing facility. If or when this phase is completed the next step would be to apply to Marine Scotland for a Marine Licence and thereafter apply for Planning Permission for the landing facility, stacking area and new route through the forest.
We are very aware that local people are interested in these proposals and want to know more. We are very happy to explain this and if plans are taken forward there will be plenty opportunity for further consultation, especially within the planning process.
The residents' viewpoint.
It is with great concern that Machrie residents learned of the Forestry Commissions proposals for timber haulage, a stacking area and slipway to be built in the village.
As we understand timber, primarily from Kilpatrick, the Clachan and some Machrie forests would be brought over to Machrie via the Machrie Moor from the square pillar box to the existing forestry track near Gate Cottage. The forestry track would be extended and the lorries would then come back onto the Machrie moor between House of Machrie and the golf course cattle grid. They would then travel to the stacking area in the field between Weir's garage and the Schoolhouse. A new slipway would be built opposite the stacking area and the logs would go off from there, transported across the shore road, to a landing craft type ship. It is thought that this would continue for at least 10 years, however we believe that the forestry are behind their extraction targets so it may be for longer than that.
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These concerns, however, do not just affect Machrie residents, it is clear that it is of island wide concern. I have already had 1 phone call from a regular visitor asking when felling will begin. If it is before June he intends to holiday elsewhere! This clearly affects the whole island economy and tourist trade. With RET expected to increase traffic 30-40% how will something like this help? There are alternatives available which would have minimal disruption, we urge all islanders and holiday makers to support us in trying to stop this going ahead.
The sentiments expressed in the Arran Banner Editorial on Feb 14th are very sensible …. Logging activities will be a fact of life on Arran for many years to come, but there is insufficient information as yet to make any meaningful decisions about the Machrie site (or any of the others suggested) as compared to the existing ones at Brodick and Sannox.
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The general public need to be involved in identifying these sorts of key issues, then assist in prioritising/ranking them so that any options proposed by the Forestry Commission can be tested against these agreed criteria. Use of an independent facilitator would seem to be a sensible way forward.
America's Center for Investigative Reporting noted recently that Oklahoma had 562 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater in 2014. This astonishing fact can have only one explanation. Earthquakes only began in 2009, when fracking began in the state.
Massive amounts of water, along with other fluids, are used in the fracking process to break rocks, release natural gas and push it to the surface. This water, along with injection chemicals and brine from the broken rocks, rises to the surface and has to go somewhere. So drillers pump it into underground 'disposal wells'. The Oklahoma Geological Survey says that more than 50 billion gallons of waste water has been pumped into these disposal wells in 2013 alone.
Oklahoma, the report says, had pre-existing geologic faults that make it less stable than areas such as North Dakota, which is geologically more stable. So now they tell us. Bit late, guys.
A series of earthquakes caused by fracking in Holland came to a head in 2012 when a 3.6 magnitude quake caused widespread damage to buildings. The Dutch government admitted that it had not expected such seismic upheavals in its Groningen gas-field, but in response to protests from residents, it has ordered a 16% cut in production this year. This despite the fact that the field is a major source of revenue for the Dutch government and its co-developer, Shell, bringing in billions of euros each year.
The Times: reported that a €1.2 billion package is now in place to repair and reinforce homes and other buildings, including more than 20 of the medieval churches in the region that have sustained substantial damage. Let's hope the British government is aware of this.
South to make three hearts. West leads the five of diamonds.
Solution 1
South starts with three rounds of diamonds. West wins the third and switches to a low spade to jack and ace. South returns the ♠10, captured by West, who now leads his club to queen, king and ace. South cashes two hearts and leads a club. If North is allowed to win this he leads a diamond - in any case the defenders can only make two more tricks.
Solution 2
South captures the ♦K and cashes the ♠A.
A. If East plays low, South cashes the ♦Q and exits with a low spade. West must win this, crashing with his partner's jack, and lead his club to queen, king and ace. South cashes his top trumps and ruffs out West's remaining spade honour. East over-ruffs and returns a club to North, who draws the last trumps and exits with a diamond; South's last spade winning the last trick.
B. If East unblocks, South leads the ♠10 to West's queen at trick three, and West returns his club. North ruffs a spade and East over-ruffs. South wins the diamond return, cashes his top trumps and leads a club to North, West discarding a spade. North loses the third round of clubs to East, West discarding a diamond, and the next club, on which South discards his last diamond, fixes West; he must either let North and South make their last two trumps separately, or let North make a diamond trick.
Solution 3
South lets the ♦K hold, wins the diamond continuation and plays three rounds of hearts. East's ♠J is allowed to hold, but South wins the second spade and plays a club to North's queen. If East ducks, North continues with with the ♣J and South lets the king hold. All this ducking has now rectified the count for a pointed-suit squeeze against West. Had East chosen the ♠2 rather than the jack at trick six, South would have risen with the ace and exited with the four; if East wins, we give up a club and squeeze west as before, otherwise South will eventually make his ♠9.
by Sally Campbell
The Marine (Scotland) Act (2010) requires Scottish Ministers to take the necessary action to protect and, where appropriate, enhance the health of Scotland's seas; to develop a national marine plan that includes marine ecosystem objectives and establish a network of well-managed Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Before the process commenced in Scotland there were discussions with JNCC (Joint Nature Conservation Council, adviser to the United Kingdom Government on nature conservation issues), SNH (Scottish Natural Heritage) and Marine Scotland as to priority features to initially protect. South Arran MPA is designated for its diversity of animals and plants including maerl beds, kelp and seaweed communities and possibly the largest seagrass bed in the Clyde; this MPA protects some of Scotland's most important and productive seabed habitats.
Conservation Objectives? The aim is to allow the maerl beds to regenerate and to conserve other valuable, protected features of the South Arran MPA. So what are the Protected Features? Burrowed mud; kelp and seaweed communities on sublittoral sediments; maerl beds; maerl or coarse shell gravel with burrowing sea cucumbers; ocean quahog aggregations; seagrass beds; shallow tide-swept coarse sands with burrowing bivalves.
The proposal was not drafted by COAST alone. Without the investment in fresh survey work by Marine Scotland and SNH it is doubted the proposal would have made it through the selection guidelines for all the features noted above.
There was also significant work to get other stakeholders, including fishermen, to accept the MPA too. This has been a massive shift from their initial combative position. Significant management measures will also be required. So this is a first step, rather than finality of marine conservation around Arran. But it is a positive start. Many are voicing critical comments about what is so far proposed by the Scottish Government. However I say let us applaud the fact that through research in the no take zone and the south of Arran by University of York, Marine Conservation Society with Seasearch, SNH, Marine Scotland, University of Glasgow and COAST over several years, we are collectively achieving a positive outcome! These are first steps in the process. Discussions will take place on burrowed mud later in the spring, and that will also concern bottom trawling and bottom dredging. Management measures, effort control and compliance will follow by 2016.
At the Coastal Futures Conference in London in January 2015, David Mallon, Head of Marine Environment at Marine Scotland talked of the partnership of Marine Scotland, SNH, JNCC, Historic Scotland, SEPA (Scottish Environment Protection Agency) plus the public including NGOs and fisheries, which has made progress possible to date. The Scottish Inshore and Offshore Zone covers 61% of UK waters. Science led research to deliver national and international guidelines, based on the OSPAR convention is being achieved. Stakeholder engagement included five national workshops. Since November 2014, 56 locations have been visited for consultation meetings all around Scotland.
It was clear from the outset that the MPAs in Scotland would need to be based on scientific evidence. By the end of 2016 there will be a developed management plan for each site to include a review of fishing in inshore MPAs and SACs (Special Conservation Areas).
The process is illustrated below. We are now at the consultation stage. The implementation follows and it is at this stage that effort control, gear control and seasonal controls will be discussed.
David Mallon talked about the process in developing the MPAs and the lessons learned which come down to this:
Clyde2020 - a new vision for the Firth of Clyde Ecosystem was also discussed by David at Coastal Futures. It is aiming towards bringing together divided opinions and the Clyde2020 summit looked at an ultimate vision, the gaps in knowledge and what research and practical actions need to be taken. The selected high level marine objectives are:
Isabel Glasgow, chair of Clyde Forum talked of the steering group to be formed and that data is the key to a successful group. She finished by saying "We need to get beyond hopelessness and indeed the obituary of the Clyde".
Sally Campbell
February 2015
Arran plays host to some special visitors in April when six performance poets from the North East of England come to the island.
'Vane Women' (the name memorialises what they sadly refer to as the 'late lamented' Arts Centre in Vane Terrace, Darlington) is a performing and writing collective founded in 1991. Its eleven members all come from the Darlington area – Butterknowle, Daddry Shield, Durham City, Darlington, Middleton St George – the places they come from are themselves a poem.
All its members are writers specialising in performing their own work, often around a unifying theme (still unrevealed in the case of their Arran gig). As well as providing entertainment Vane Women offers workshops and runs outreach programmes. And its poetry press has an impressive back catalogue. Find out more on their website.
Six of the Vane Women are lined up for the Arran visit. They will be performing in the Ormidale Glasshouse on Saturday 25th April. With one or two more familiar faces, a book stall and a little local music, it promises a night not to be missed. Free admission but please come along promptly if you can – 7:15 for 7:30.
Selected by David Underdown who also provides the commentary.
Street in Samois
after the painting by Odilon Redon (1888)
Once, in this deserted street –
a short street of golden stone
that draws you in to its vanishing point;
houses that conjure cosy, homely, warm,
that promise interiors of workers,
and their families eating, drinking,
chatting at the kitchen table, houses
that turn their backs on the outside silence –
Redon sketched a boy
carrying a heavy bundle of sticks,
weighed down in midday heat
labouring up the sandy road.
But now, as he and his wife
mourn the loss of their first child, Jean,
Redon removes the lad and his burden
from the final painting.
Marilyn Longstaff
Marilyn Longstaff lives in Darlington and is a member of Vane Women, a writing, performing and publishing collective based in North East England. Her second collection, 'Raiment' was published by Smokestack Books in 2011 and is based on the theme of how we clothe our physical and spiritual selves. Vane Women will be performing on Arran on Saturday 25th April.
Lamlash now has a swish new hairdressing salon, beside the Co-op in what used to be the Cabbage Patch greengrocery shop. Christine, its owner, has moved her business called Comb and Curl from beside the Post Office to a much more visible location, with easy parking on the sea front. The new salon is wonderfully stylish, themed in black and silver - and with a view of the sea to boot! We wish her all good fortune in the swish new premises.
Boy and Man by Niall Williams
This far-reaching story by the Irish writer, Niall Williams, is about the close, though torn-apart relationship between a boy and his grandfather. They love nothing better than to go up the hill and fly a kite, seeing the long string curving up into the air, live in the fingers. But a terrible car accident obliterates the grandfather's awareness and the boy, shattered by mistaken information that the old man died in the crash, has gone to try to find his mysterious and long-absent father.
Williams takes as his territory the irrational sense of connection that can link people despite all evidence of its impossibility. Though thousands of miles apart, both of them bereft by the loss of the other, the grandfather and grandson are driven by larger forces than they understand. The pity of it all grips the reader, but this is a book about fundamental faith and a trusting to whatever comes. Though helpless to make any connection, the grandfather and grandson are intimately bound up, and the resolving of their need for each other is subtly worked out and, in the end, deeply satisfactory. This is a book with moments of intense human clarity, accepting that we have very little control over what happens and must in the long run trust to luck or to God, which may be the same thing. Boy and Man is extraordinary - intricately plotted and driven by its own poetry and powerful imagination.
Boy and Man by Niall Williams, Harper Collins £7.99 (though you can pick it up on Abe Books for 64p + postage).
If anyone has read a book they've really enjoyed and would like to share news of it, we'd be delighted to hear from you.
The Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services (CHFS) have always been in the public sector, but now the Scottish Government's decision to re-tender for a new eight year contract opens the way to privatisation. In 2012 the Scottish Government awarded a six year Northern Isles contract worth £1billion to private operator Serco, and it looks as though our own ferry services will go the same way. A shortlist of bidders will be asked to submit tenders in June, with the successful bidder likely to be announced in May next year.
Katy Clark MP said, 'Should privatisation go ahead I am concerned we will see above inflation fare increases and less reliable services, as has been the case on the Northern Isle routes since they were privatised in 2012. There has also been a decline in industrial relations on these routes with decreased staffing levels and attempted attacks on pension rights. I am calling on the Scottish Government to think again, to cancel this unnecessary exercise and to keep our ferries in the public sector.'
by John Baraclough
January is the season for Seville oranges and naturally it's marmalade time. The end of February is the time for the annual Dalemain House Marmalade Awards, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. It's a fun weekend, with lots of stalls and entertainments alongside the marmalade displays, and the awards have raised £150,000 for various charities since its inception. Unfortunately we couldn't attend this year but a jar of Janet's marmalade was duly dispatched by Royal Mail early in February.
There was a time when most gardens were conveniently de-slugged by these useful and intriguing little animals, but for a long time now, they seem to have vanished from the island. Their absence followed something of a brou-ha-ha about hedgehogs on other islands, where they were accused of stealing gulls' eggs, but now the balance has tipped. Gulls abound, but hedgehogs no longer seem to potter round our gardens. This is a shame, because apart from their useful function as munchers-up of slugs, they are engaging little creatures who seem to have no fear of humans and readily get into the habit of coming to the back door of an evening, in case some thoughtful person has put out a saucer of unwanted cat food. Stories abound of hedgehogs getting stuck when licking a discarded golden syrup tin then getting it stuck on their heads like a helmet. If there are any on Arran, they will be hibernating during this cold weather, but even on balmy summer evenings, there is no sign of them shuffling about in their busy, preoccupied way. They are one of our most engaging native mammals, and it would be sad to think their numbers are dwindling - or, in Arran's case, non-existent.
When the warmer weather comes, please keep an eye open for hedgehogs. If you see one, let us know. It would be good to know that these oddly cheerful, inoffensive wee creatures are still with us.
This time-lapse sequence taken from the International Space Station is in high definition and is best watched as full-screen.
The ever-inventive Eco Savvy shop has burst forth with a wonderful evocation of the Garden of Eden in its small window. Adam and Eve are there, and so is the bitten apple, while a thoughtful leopard looks on from beside a pool. Inside, the shop is pretty wonderful, too, but the window is an ever-changing work of art.
We also noticed an impressive use of the shop's merchandise to decorate the window of MBS. In an undersea theme there are many mysterious creatures including various fish, crabs, jellyfish and starfish. We think we also detected a Loch Ness Monster but it might have been a Kraken.
We understand that the access road to the marshalling area of the new Brodick ferry terminal will be routed around the outside of the existing bus waiting area and wondered what that would look like. Here's an artist's impression!


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In this course, professional photo restorer Janine Smith describes how to use Photoshop to restore, retouch, and enhance old or damaged photos. It covers evaluating scanned images for imperfections, using the Clone Stamp tool and other Photoshop tools, and addressing common problems and their fixes, starting with the basics (fading, spots, and paper texture) and continuing with more complex challenges (rips, adhesive tape, ink marks, mold, and more). Also included are methods for fixing exposure problems and colorcast as well as advanced techniques in photo restoration, such as replacing backgrounds and recreating missing facial features and body parts. The course includes a project that takes an image from damaged start to restored finish.
Sometimes after a colorcast has been removed it seems like all the color has been removed, except for maybe a hint here or there. Take this photo for instance. Everything is faded almost to a gray tone, except the two large flowers. In a case like this, you may just want to get a little of a color back and make it a little more exciting. One way to do that is to paint the color back in. The original colors in this image were predominantly green, so the first thing we need to do is get some vibrant greens back in.
Add a new blank layer by going down to the bottom of your Layers panel and clicking on the Add New Layer icon. Now we're going to change the Layer Blend mode to Soft Light. Let's go over to our color picker and choose a green tone. Let's get something pretty vibrant, click OK, and fill the layer. Since it's your foreground color, you'll use Alt+Backspace or Option+Delete. And now we're going to add a layer mask and invert the mask using Ctrl+I or Command+I. We're going to go and we're just going to choose our Brush tool.
You can adjust your brush size with the open and close bracket keys and begin painting the green in. That's obviously just a wee bit bright. We'll take care of that shortly. Now this isn't tinting a photograph from scratch. Obviously, we're enhancing the colors that were already there. It's just picking things back up again.
Obviously, I'm not being as careful as I could be. Let's go up to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and soften the work we just did at the edges. Click OK and bring down the Opacity. You'll see that that just greened things up just a little bit. We're not going for a painting job here, a new paint job. There are some instances, like this house back here, maybe it's a bit boring and you want to add some color.
You can do a color that maybe wasn't there. Let's add a new blank layer, and let's go for yellow. Let's give us a yellow house. Fill in using Alt+Backspace, or Option+Delete, add a layer mask, invert it-- Ctrl+I or Command+I--and let's paint in the house. Adjust your brush again, open and close bracket keys. Let's change our Layer Blend mode. Soft Light is good because the color comes through.
Nice transparent color. That's just going to add a little color in the background and keep a pretty monotone image. Give it a little bit of excitement of the yellow house. Go to Filter, and we'll use the last setting of Gaussian Blur that we did and then lower our Opacity. So I'd continue with the sky and the flowers and wherever you'd want more color.
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Depositors' bid to stop Banco Filipino liquidation dismissed
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MANILA, Philippines—The Court of Appeals dismissed the bid of depositors of Banco Filipino to stop the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Monetary Board and the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC)) from proceeding with the liquidation of the bank and stop the sale of its assets.
Early this month, intervenors led by St. Martin's Foundation and other depositors with more than P500,000 deposit and the bank's employees said declaring the bank as insolvent was done hastily and without proof of notice to the bank's board.
They said not only was the stockholders who already has a separate petition with the appeals court would be prejudiced but the employees and depositors as well.
"Banco Filipino's illegal closure has effectively resulted in the BSP divesting depositors of their hard-earned savings and in the BSP depriving employees of their permanent means of livelihood, which at bottom is a serious deprivation of live and liberty," intervenors said.
"Depositors and employees are literally dying and continuously incurring debts to sustain their daily needs," they said adding that they have no other recourse but to join the stockholders in their petition against the bank's liquidation and sale of assets.
But the appeals court, in a resolution promulgated March 18 but released to the public Thursday, said "allowing the intervention will unduly delay the adjudication of the rights of the original parties [stockholders]."
The appeals court said the depositors' uninsured deposits, in case the liquidation of Banco Filipino pushes through can be the subject of a separate case.
The BSP has placed the bank under receivership early 2011.
The appeals court ordered the bank's closure. Its stockholders filed a separate petition and currently pending with the appeals court.
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She went poopie on the potty for the first time tonight!! We went to Chuck E Cheese- that was our bribe :D
She has been going pee on the potty almost every time since Saturday! She has only been wet at naps and bedtime. I guess you just have to find the "rhythm" that works with your child when it comes to potty training.
Now being the bad Mommy I am I got her princess and my little pony panties and told her that we couldn't go to Disney until she wore them all the time. Disney doesn't allow diapers on big girls ya know


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Prince might be changing his moniker to defendant soon because of his book 21 Nights.
TMZ.com reports that Prince is being sued for about $200,000 over a book deal gone bad.
An unnamed literary agency filed suit in Los Angeles County Superior Court Tuesday, April 21. They claim Prince chose them to be his "exclusive agent with respect to the negotiations of a publishing deal."
The agency said the book deal fell apart around the final stages of negotiations because Prince stopped calling them back. They also allege that The Purple One then went behind their backs to finish up talks on the deal, which included a limited edition version of 21 Nights.
The company said that because of the miscommunication, they lost out on 15% commission (roughly $200,000) that they had been promised.
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Thread: SOTD: Monday, April 1, 2013
Soir d'Orient
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"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical...It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government." - Thomas Jefferson
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.....Good morning!
Tomorrow I will wear L'Ombre Dans L"Eau.
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Have I told you about the scent of jasmine? Have I spoken about the smell of the sea? The earth is scented. And I perfume myself to enhance what I am. That's why I can not wear a perfume that bothers me. Perfuming is an instinctive wisdom. And like all art, it requires some knowledge of yourself..."
Clarice Lispector ( 1920-1977) - Perfumes da Terra / Earth Perfumes
Creed Original Vetiver
Boucheron Jaipur Homme
Had a bit of insomnia last night/this morning...so a little sluggish now. In:
Samsara (parfum) by Guerlain (a sample gift from Mr. Guerlain - thanks wherever you are Ulrik!)
This stuff is much nicer than the EdP, almost like a different scent. Love it.
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M7 for one of the last cold days of the season...
"It always seems impossible until it's done." -Nelson Mandela
My mission statement: "I am not afraid to keep on living - I am not afraid to walk this world alone."
SotE - Feminite du Bois.
Baque by Slumberhouse (from a sample)
"All problems are illusions of the mind."
-- Eckhart Tolle
Ted Baker's M.
Terre D'Hermes Pure Parfum
SOTD: Chanel - Bleu de Chanel
Dior Fahrenheit
SotD: Givenchy Gentleman. Day began with some power business negotiation. GG fit perfectly, and lasted well into late afternoon.
SotE: Frederic Malle Musc Ravageur. Oh my I love this one. It reminds me of the fragrance safari I bought it on, a day trip to Chicago. Gearing up for another safari soon. Chicago has some good hunting grounds.
Creed Feuille Verte.
La Treizieme Heure
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Sweet Redemption
SOTD Montale Blue Amber
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SotE - Tobacco Vanille by Tom Ford
I'm wearing L de Lolita Lempicka today.
I've trademarked the color bleu
Vintage Jacomo de Jacomo
Some perfumes are as fragrant as an infants flesh, sweet as an oboes cry, and greener than the spring; While others are triumphant, decadent or rich; Having the expansion of infinite things, like ambergris and musk, benzoin and frankincense, which sing the transports of the mind and every sense.
― Charles Baudelaire, The Flowers of Evil & Paris Spleen
Floris No. 89 tonight.
Thanks Andrew_B!
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MINIDOKA COUNTY, Idaho -- Search and rescue crews are looking for a Rupert man and his young daughter who are believed to be lost in the desert in Minidoka County.
Dispatchers say Matthew Williams called his wife around 4 p.m. Thursday to say he had a flat tire and that he and his 4-year-old daughter Taylor were going to starting walking to get help. The pair did not have any provisions. The family contacted the sheriff's office around 8 p.m. after failing to hear from the them again.
Williams' truck is a 1999 white GM pickup with an extra cab, and license plate 2M 42796.
Crews are searching by ground and air. The area of focus is around Bear Trap, which is in the desert in the northern part of Minidoka County.
Deputies and search and rescue teams from Minidoka, Blaine, Lincoln, Jerome and Twin Falls counties are assisting in the search. Helicopters were also being called in Friday.
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Pair of classic silverplate candlesticks in the Georgian style. Marked "Denmark."
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Neurofibrosarcoma and Schwannoma
In this article
What Are the Symptoms of Nerve Sheath Tumors?
Symptoms of schwannomas can include:
- A painless or painful growth or swelling on the face
- Hearing loss or ringing in the ear (vestibular schwannoma)
- Loss of coordination and balance (vestibular schwannoma)
- Numbness, weakness, or paralysis in the face
Symptoms of neurofibrosarcomas can include:
- Swelling or a lump in the arms or legs
- Pain or soreness
- Difficulty using the arms, legs, feet, or hands
How Are Nerve Sheath Tumors Diagnosed?
Doctors diagnose nerve sheath tumors by doing a physical and neurological (brain and nervous system) examination. Usually they'll also perform imaging tests such as CT or MRI scans to pinpoint the location and size of the tumor. A biopsy (removing a tissue sample and examining it in the lab) can confirm whether the tumor is malignant.
How Are Schwannomas and Neurofibrosarcomas Treated?
Schawnnomas may not need treatment if they are not causing any symptoms. Surgery is sometimes needed if the tumor is pressing on a nerve causing pain or other problems. The most common treatment for neurofibrosarcomas is to remove them with surgery. Radiation therapy is often used after surgery to help decrease the risk of recurrence. However, surgery can be difficult if the tumor is very close to or surrounding an important nerve, because the surgeon could damage the nerve while trying to remove the tumor. In addition to surgery and radiation therapy, chemotherapy may also be needed. When a tumor can't be removed, high-dose radiation therapy may be used to target the tumor.
With neurofibrosarcomas, the doctor will remove the tumor and the tissue around it. Surgeons will try to remove the tumor without damaging too much of the affected arm or leg (called limb-salvage or limb-sparing surgery), but if the tumor can't be removed, the arm or leg might need to be amputated. Radiation and chemotherapy may be done before surgery to shrink the tumor so it can be removed more easily, or after surgery to kill any cancer cells that are left behind.
Schwannomas usually don't come back if they are removed completely. The prognosis after treatment for neurofibrosarcoma depends on the size of the tumor, where it is located, and how far it has spread. Long-term survival can vary from person to person. It's possible for the cancer to return, even after aggressive treatment.
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To imply that Alma Mahler-Werfel had an affair with Gropius because he was Aryan is an unnecessary cheap shot. Two of her three husbands were Jews, and she was forced to flee Austria with Franz Werfel. It was a narrow escape; he later depicted it in his play Jacobowsky and the Colonel.
Now, what I don't understand--Mr. Schiff is so scholarly that he mentions Otto Weininger for no discernible reason... so why can't he get the name of the Habsburg empire right?
Furthermore, the remark that Mahler "was more culturally German than narrowly Austrian" doesn't make any sense at all. "Austrian culture" didn't exist in Mahler's times. The Habsburg monarchy was a multi-ethnic state that encompassed Central and Southeast Europe, and culture followed language. If somebody spoke German, no matter where he (or she) was born, then he was culturally German. For example: both Franz Kafka and Jaroslav Hasek were born in Prague, but Kafka was culturally German (German was his first language and he wrote in German), whereas Hasek was culturally Czech.
This ambivalent character of the Habsburg empire can be confusing, but it is crucial to understanding fin de siècle Vienna as the birthplace of modernity. For all his musical expertise and name-dropping, Mr. Schiff obviously does not understand it.
Irene Mettler
Maple Ridge, BC, Canada
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Cwm, Blaenau Gwent
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Cwm shown within Blaenau Gwent
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|Ebbw Vale
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Coordinates: 51°44′27″N 3°10′52″W / 51.7409°N 3.1812°W
Cwm (from Welsh Y Cwm, meaning "(the) valley") is a former coal mining village three miles south of Ebbw Vale in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent, Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, United Kingdom.
The name Cwm is thought to have derived from the farm on the present day nature reserve (Silent Valley), Cwm Merddog. Cwm is the Welsh word for valley and the name Merddog is believed to be a corruption of the name of the old farm that used to be here, Troed y Rhiw y Myrdd Fach, which translated means 'the foot of the myriad little hills'. But with the development of the village and coal industry the name was just simply shortened to Cwm. Locally the village to its inhabitants and neighbouring areas is sometimes referred to as The Cwm.
Originally a rather insignificant spot in the Ebbw Valley, with only a few scattered farms and a water mill until the end of the nineteenth century with the sinking of the Marine Colliery in 1889. Cwm developed as a village at the turn of the twentieth century, with the building of numerous churches, chapels, public houses, working man's clubs, a miners' institute etc., and terraced housing typical of the South Wales Valleys, being constructed in a very straight, linear pattern to house the community that worked in the local collieries.
Coal Industry[edit]
The main employment of the village was the coal industry as there were several small collieries and drift mines located on the mountain side as well as the main colliery located on the valley floor.
Marine Colliery[edit]
The sinking of this colliery began in 1889 by the Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron and Coal Company Ltd. The downcast shaft being 418 yards (382 m) deep and the up-cast 414 yards (379 m) yards. The first coal was produced in 1893.
From the Inspector of Mines list 1896, there were 833 men employed producing from the Old coal, Three quarters, Big and Elled seams. In 1913 there were 2,407 men employed. From a report of 1923, there were 944 men working at Marine No. 1, producing from the Old Coal seam and there were 1,097 employed at No. 2 working the Elled, Big Vein and Three Quarters seams.
On 1 March 1927 an underground gas and coal dust explosion killed 52 men. The death toll would have been many more if it hadn't been for the quick thinking of the manager Mr. Edward Gay, who on his arrival at the mine, ordered the ventilation fan to be slowed down so that it wouldn't fan the flames of any fires burning below. It turned out that his actions saved the lives of the men still alive in the district where the explosion occurred. At this time there were 1400 men employed at the colliery but fortunately when the explosion occurred only the night shift were working underground.
By 1935 the ownership of the colliery change hands to Partridge, Jones & John Paton Ltd. who worked the colliery until Nationalisation in 1947, when there were 1,540 men employed.
During the 1970s it became integrated with Six Bells Colliery with all the coal being handled at the Marine. In 1982 £2.5 million was spent on a new skip winding system, also a new coal handling plant was installed on the surface. Marine was the last deep mine to work in the Ebbw valleys, it closed in March 1989.
The village and the colliery were connected to the Great Western Railway network with a station in the middle of Cwm and a halt at Marine Colliery to transport the coal it produced. However the station was closed to passengers in 1962 and Marine halt shut when the colliery was demolished in 1989. With the reinstatement of passenger trains on the Ebbw Valley Railway in 2008, there are plans to rebuild Cwm railway station but there has been no commitment or timescale given to a station in Cwm, and it remains a future aspiration.
In 2002 work began on the Cwm bypass, that has seriously reduced traffic travelling through the village, thus easing the congestion and pollution they created.
There are also regular bus services to Ebbw Vale, Abertillery, and Newport.
Cwm originally had a secondary school called Dyffryn located at the bottom of the village. Dyffryn's catchment area included Waunlwyd and Swffryd. However due to falling pupil numbers Dyffryn Secondary Modern School closed and now all pupils from Cwm go to Ebbw Comprehensive School. Cwm's original primary school was located by the parish hall called Cwmyrderch, but this has also been closed and now the village primary school is located at the top of the settlement by the football field, simply named Cwm Primary School.
Cwm Albion spent a single season in the Southern League in 1911–12, but withdrew due to financial problems.
Notable people[edit]
- Victor Spinetti, actor and former pupil of Monmouth School,[1] born and raised above the fish shop.[2]
- ^ Bevan, Nathan (5 April 2009). "Victor Spinetti tells how he saved Ringo Starr from drowning". Wales on Sunday.
- ^ Massingberd, Hugh (12 November 2006). "My pages were pinned to poor Irene's mound of Venus". The Daily Telegraph.


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HOUSTON (ICIS)--Minnesota will unveil next week a plan that aims to substantially minimise run-off of nitrogen and phosphate into the Mississippi river and into the Gulf of Mexico, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said on Friday.
The state is one of 12 along the Mississippi river, the agency hopes area farmers can cut back on nutrients escaping into the Mississippi river, which eventually end up in the ocean, where it adds to the season hypoxic zone, frequently referred to a "dead zone".
Without revealing specific details of the plan until it is publicly unveiled, the agency said it has set as an objective to cut nitrogen releases from soil runoff by as much as 20% and phosphate by 35%. Officials said about 78% of nitrogen and 40% of phosphate found in the state's primary rivers can be traced to crop fertilizers.
They said while area farmers are using less fertilizer per acre than in previous decades, the amount of land being utilised for crops has increased and has added to the overall problem.
When there is flooding events or excessive rains, which impacted the key corn growing regions this past spring, it leads to nitrogen-based fertilizer run-off into the river system and ocean waters. The released nitrogen encourages the rapid growth of algal blooms, which eventually perish and sink to the ocean floor where bacteria will decompose the organic matter.
At the same time the bacteria consumes the oxygen levels and thereby results in hypoxic, which is low-oxygen, or anoxic, oxygen-free, conditions. The dead zone typically appears in the summer as there is less mixing of currents.
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Maintenance firm SR Technics is to close its Dublin base, one of its three main European stations, as a result of the loss of business for the centre.
SR Technics employs 1,135 personnel at its Dublin station, which handles aircraft and component maintenance, including landing-gear and auxiliary power unit servicing. The facility includes six maintenance hangars and bays for four widebody and nine narrowbody aircraft.
Line maintenance will continue at Dublin for the time being, says the company, but this activity will be transferred to another provider at some point.
SR Technics chief Bernd Kessler says the closure follows an "exhaustive evaluation of all strategic options" for the group's businesses.
"We are fully aware of the difficult economic and labour market situation in Ireland and the personal implications of a closure for our staff in Dublin," he says.
The company has been struggling to cope with a reduction in business at Dublin. The base has been hit hard by substantial loss of work from Dublin-based Aer Lingus, and even the work it retained from the Irish flag carrier was secured last year only after a cost-cutting effort.
The Dublin operation has also felt the impact from the loss of a contract with Bahrain's Gulf Air last month.
"Recent loss of major contracts from primary load customers in Dublin, the current business and economic forecasts, as well as the high cost base of the operation means it will not be possible to fill the resulting capacity gaps with sustainable business in the medium term," says SR Technics.
Following a review of its activities, it has opted "with regret" to close the Dublin operation. The company has entered a 30-day negotiation period with trade unions.
"Against the backdrop of adverse market conditions for the aviation industry and the global economic downturn, SR Technics is restructuring its business to secure the group's long-term future and to deliver the necessary efficiencies and improved productivity throughout the group," it adds.
SR Technics says that its Irish operation at Cork will be unaffected, and the Dublin closure will have no impact on other SR Technics facilities.
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Cluster shared Volumes (CSV) is a new feature implemented in Windows Server 2008 R2 to assist with new scale-up\out scenarios. CSV provides a scalable fault tolerant solution for clustered applications that require NTFS file system access from anywhere in the cluster. In Windows Server 2008 R2, CSV is only supported for use by the Hyper-V role.
The purpose of this blog is to provide some basic troubleshooting steps that can be executed to address CSV volumes that show a Redirected Access status in Failover Cluster Manager. It is not my intention to cover the Cluster Shared Volumes feature. For more information on Cluster Shared Volumes consult TechNet.
Before diving into some troubleshooting techniques that can be used to resolve Redirected Access issues on Cluster Shared Volumes, let's list some of the basic requirements for CSV as this may help resolve other issues not specifically related to Redirected Access.
Let's start off by looking at the CSV namespace in a Failover Cluster when all things appear to be 'normal.' In Figure 1, all CSV volumes show Online in the Failover Cluster Management interface.
Figure 1
Looking at a CSV volume from the perspective of a highly available Virtual Machine group (Figure 2), the Virtual Machine is Online on one node of the cluster (R2-NODE1), while the CSV volume hosting the Virtual Machine files is Online on another node (R2-NODE2) thus demonstrating how CSV completely disassociates the Virtual Machine resources (Virtual Machine; Virtual Machine Configuration) from the storage hosting them.
Figure 2
When all things are working normally (no backups in progress, etc…) in a Failover Cluster with respect to CSV, the vast majority of all storage I/O is Direct I/O meaning each node hosting a virtual machine(s) is writing directly (via Fibre Channel, iSCSI, or SAS connectivity) to the CSV volume supporting the files associated with the virtual machine(s). A CSV volume showing a Redirected Access status indicates that all I/O to that volume, from the perspective of a particular node in the cluster, is being redirected over the CSV network to another node in the cluster which still has direct access to the storage supporting the CSV volume. This is, for all intents and purposes, a 'recovery' mode. This functionality prevents the loss of all connectivity to storage. Instead, all storage related I/O is redirected over the CSV network. This is very powerful technology as it prevents a total loss of connectivity thereby allowing virtual machine workloads to continue functioning. This provides the cluster administrator an opportunity to evaluate the situation and live migrate workloads to other nodes in the cluster not experiencing connectivity issues. All this happens behind the scenes without users knowing what is going on. The end result may be slower performance (depending on the speed of the network interconnect, for example, 10 GB vs. I GB) since we are no longer using direct, local, block level access to storage. We are, instead, using remote file system access via the network using SMB.
There are basically four reasons a CSV volume may be in a Redirected Access mode.
Lets' take a look at a CSV volume in Redirected Access mode (Figure 3).
Figure 3
When a CSV volume is placed in Redirected Access mode, a Warning message (Event ID 5136) is registered in the System Event log. (Figure 4).
Figure 4
For additional information on event messages that pertain specifically to Cluster Shared Volumes please consult TechNet.
Let's look at each one of the four reasons I mentioned and propose some troubleshooting steps that can help resolve the issue.
1. User intentionally places a CSV volume in Redirected Access mode: Users are able to manually place a CSV volume in Redirected Access mode by simply selecting a CSV volume, Right-Click on the resource, select More Actions and then select Turn on redirected access for this Cluster shared volume (Figure 5).
Figure 5
Therefore, the first troubleshooting step should be to try turning off Redirected Access mode in the Failover Cluster Management interface.
2. There is a storage connectivity issue: When a node loses connectivity to attached storage that is supporting a CSV volume, the cluster implements a recovery mode by redirecting storage I\O to another node in the cluster over a network that CSV can use. The status of the cluster Physical Disk resource associated with the CSV volume is Redirected Access and all storage I\O for the associated virtual machine(s) being hosted on that volume is redirected over the network to another node in the cluster that has direct access to the CSV volume. This is by far the number one reason CSV volumes are placed in Redirected Access mode. Troubleshoot this as you would any other loss of storage connectivity on a server. Involve the storage vendor as needed. Since this is a cluster, the cluster validation process can also be used as part of the troubleshooting process to test storage connectivity.
Look for the following event ID in the system event log.
Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-FailoverClustering
Date: 10/8/2010 6:16:39 PM
Event ID: 5121
Task Category: Cluster Shared Volume
Level: Error
User: SYSTEM
Computer: Node1.cluster.com
Description:Cluster Shared Volume 'DATA-LUN1' ('DATA-LUN1') is no longer directly accessible from this cluster node. I/O access will be redirected to the storage device over the network through the node that owns the volume. This may result in degraded performance. If redirected access is turned on for this volume, please turn it off. If redirected access is turned off, please troubleshoot this node's connectivity to the storage device and I/O will resume to a healthy state once connectivity to the storage device is reestablished.
3. A backup of a CSV volume fails: When a backup is initiated on a CSV volume, the volume is placed in Redirected Access mode. The type of backup being executed determines how long a CSV volume stays in redirected mode. If a software backup is being executed, the CSV volume remains in redirected mode until the backup completes. If hardware snapshots are being used as part of the backup process, the amount of time a CSV volume stays in redirected mode will be very short. For a backup scenario, the CSV volume status is slightly modified. The status actually shows as Backup in progress, Redirected Access (Figure 6) to allow you to better understand why the volume was placed in Redirected Access mode. When the backup application completes the backup of the volume, the cluster must be properly notified so the volume can be brought out of redirected mode.
Figure 6
A couple of things can happen here. Before proceeding down this road, ensure a backup is really not in progress. The first thing that needs to be considered is that the backup completes but the application did not properly notify the cluster that it completed so the volume can be brought out of redirected mode. The proper call that needs to be made by the backup application is ClusterClearBackupStateForSharedVolume which is documented on MSDN. If that is the case, you should be able to clear the Backup in progress, Redirected Access status by simulating a failure on the CSV volume using the cluster PowerShell cmdlet Test-ClusterResourceFailure. Using the CSV volume shown in Figure 6, an example would be –
Test-ClusterResourceFailure "35 GB Disk"
If this clears the redirected status, then the backup application vendor needs to be notified so they can fix their application.
The second consideration concerns a backup that fails, but the application did not properly notify the cluster of the failure so the cluster still thinks the backup is in progress. If a backup fails, and the failure occurs before a snapshot of the volume being backed up is created, then the status of the CSV volume should be reset by itself after a 30 minute time delay. If, however, during the backup, a software snapshot was actually created (assuming the application creates software snapshots as part of the backup process), then we need to use a slightly different approach.
To determine if any volume shadow copies exist on a CSV volume, use the vssadmin command line utility and run vssadmin list shadows (Figure 7).
Figure 7
Figure 7 shows there is a shadow copy that exists on the CSV volume that is in Redirected Access mode. Use the vssadmin utility to delete the shadow copy (Figure 8). Once that completes, the CSV volume should come Online normally. If not, change the Coordinator node by moving the volume to another node in the cluster and verify the volume comes Online.
Figure 8
4. An incompatible filter driver is installed in the cluster: The last item in the list has to do with filter drivers introduced by third party application(s) that may be running on a cluster node and are incompatible with CSV. When these filter drivers are detected by the cluster, the CSV volume is placed in redirected mode to help prevent potential data corruption on a CSV volume. When this occurs an Event ID 5125[EC4] Warning message is registered in the System Event Log. Here is a sample message –
17416 06/23/2010 04:18:12 AM Warning <node_name> 5125 Microsoft-Windows-FailoverClusterin Cluster Shared Vol NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Cluster Shared Volume 'Volume2' ('Cluster Disk 6') has identified one or more active filter drivers on this device stack that could interfere with CSV operations. I/O access will be redirected to the storage device over the network through another Cluster node. This may result in degraded performance. Please contact the filter driver vendor to verify interoperability with Cluster Shared Volumes. Active filter drivers found: <filter_driver_1>,<filter_driver_2>,<filter_driver_3>
The cluster log will record warning messages similar to these –
7c8:088.06/10[06:26:07.394](000000) WARN [DCM] filter <filter_name> found at unsafe altitude <altitude_numeric> 7c8:088.06/10[06:26:07.394](000000) WARN [DCM] filter <filter_name> found at unsafe altitude <altitude_numeric> 7c8:088.06/10[06:26:07.394](000000) WARN [DCM] filter <filter_name> found at unsafe altitude <altitude_numeric>
Event ID 5125 is specific to a file system filter driver. If, instead, an incompatible volume filter driver were detected, an Event ID 5126 would be registered. For more information on the difference between file and volume filter drivers, consult MSDN.
Note: Specific filter driver names and altitudes have been intentionally left out. The information can be decoded by downloading the 'File System Minifilter Allocated Altitudes' spreadsheet posted on the Windows Hardware Developer Central public website.
Additionally, the fltmc.exe command line utility can be run to enumerate filter drivers. An example is shown in Figure 9.
Figure 9
Once the Third Party filter driver has been identified, the application should be removed and\or the vendor contacted to report the problem. Problems involving Third Party filter drivers are rarely seen but still need to be considered.
UPDATE 4/9: A Hotfix has been released to address an issue where filter drivers can cause the 'redirected access' issue:
FIXED: Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV) in redirected access mode after installing McAfee VSE 8.7 Patch 5 or 8.8 Patch 1
Hopefully, I have provided information here that will get you started down the right path to resolving issues that involve CSV volumes running in a Redirected Access mode.
Chuck Timon Senior Support Escalation Engineer Microsoft Enterprise Platforms Support
Nice writeup! I was writing up on this topic on my Blog .... but now I think it may be easier to just link to the pros:
Hi jeffhugh,
Windows server2008 is implementing new features frequently out of which the latest is Cluster shared Volumes (CSV). Now we can access system anywhere in the cluster because it provides scalable fault tolerant solution for clustered applications that has NTFS file system. This is a great info for us and i must really thankful to jeffhugh for giving such an updation about Windows server 2008.
------------ The drive letter for the system disk must be the same on all nodes in the cluster.
what do you mean by the above statement? in CSV you dont required any drive letter as such because you are presenting a block level storage to the cluster.
please update??
@NM-BG: For clarification, that means the drive you installed Windows should have the same letter across all nodes. Don't make your system partition c:\ on one node and d:\ on the other. CSV isn't referenced by a drive letter, it's a redirect point from %SystemPartition%\Cluster Storage\Volume X
when I try executing vssadmin delete shadows /shadow={...} i get the following error
Error: Snapshots were found, but they were outside of your allowed context. Try removing them with the backup application which created them.
Any suggestions?
Really nice post!
Your article really helped me provide much needed assistance to a Networking Engineer I was assisting on a CritSit. I was able to learn about the issue quickly and troubleshoot immediately. Another great posting by The Man!
I have tried everything but nothing works. Hp lefthand is the SAN. Has anyone some more tips for me?
alternative to vssadmin for shadow copy management is command diskshadow
with this command you will be able to delete shadows left by a broken backup application
SO DEEP! SO GOOD POST ! Another experience issue with Redirected Access mode don't switch back in direct I/O when DPM told to the Hyper-V Host through VSS Services that backup was finished all the VMs Clusters failed down.
The reason Was that my VMs Integration omponents was not up to date next HW Drivers patching...
Thank you, thank you, thank you.... great helpful article!
I read: "Pass-through disk configurations cannot be used in the CSV namespace." Well, the 90 % of my virtual machines are running in Pass-through disks. The location of config files are in CSV's. About 100 servers. It's necesary change this configuration?. Must i create a LUN for each Virtual Machine, add this LUN like a Disk Driver and store there the configuration file and them hyper-v will locate there BIN and VSV files?
If you have an explorer window open, either local (C:\ClusterStorage\<CSV>) or via administratative share (\\host\c$\ClusterStorage\<CSV>) this will also bring the CSV into Redirected Access mode.
Symptoms are: when moving the CSV to a different host or when using Test-ClusterResourceFailure the disk will go into 'Online' mode only to be placed back into 'Online (Redirected Access)' a few seconds later.
Nice writeup, sort of "on the perimeter" when it comes to understanding Hyper-V HA Clusters. Had a problem with Backup Exec 2012 issuing a backup in progress error. Turns out redirected access was on (we had a failure earlier in the month). Tried to turn it off, it still indicated backup in progress. Stopped the remote agents on both hosts, and 10 minutes later the redirected access went off by itself.
Thanks, helped me a bunch! :-)
If running McAfee in a W2K12 Failover Cluster, ensure McAfee patch levels match. Also, fltmc.exe @ cmd reports only mfehidk 329998.99 <Legacy>, not the additional mfehidk 321300.00 0