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Hydraulic fracturing operations are back on in the UK after the country's government declared in early December that it had lifted a temporary ban on the practice. But the controversy surrounding the safety of shale gas fracking has not gone away despite the announcement from the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the Department of Energy and Climate Change would establish an Office for Unconventional Gas and Oil.
The news was followed in January by an announcement from Cuadrilla Resources that it plans to submit a planning application to Lancashire County Council, in northwest England, to conduct hydraulic fracturing and flow testing at a well site near the village of Banks. In December, Rigzone reported that the British Geological Society believes shale deposits in the Bowland Basin area of Lancashire could amount to 300 trillion cubic feet of gas.
One of the conditions for the UK government's relenting over shale gas fracking was that it would be subject to new controls to mitigate the risks of seismic activity.
Fracking was originally suspended in the UK in May 2011 after two small seismic tremors were detected in Lancashire near what was then the country's only fracking operation.
As a result, companies planning to carry out hydraulic fracking must now:
The government also insists that a new traffic light system is employed to categorize seismic activity and direct appropriate responses, with a trigger mechanism being used to stop fracking operations in certain conditions.
Cuadrilla, meanwhile, appears to be taking the seismic issue very seriously. Late January, the company announced plans to install the same sensitive monitoring technology around its Anna's Road site that the company had already installed at the Banks site last year.
However, the new focus on monitoring seismic activity connected to fracking is not nearly enough to make the practice safe, according to several groups. As soon as the government decision to allow fracking was made in December, Friends of the Earth Executive Director Andy Atkins issued a statement in which he accused the government of being reckless and that the decision "threatens to contaminate our air and water".
Greenpeace UK added that Freedom of Information requests had revealed that the UK Environment Agency privately expressed fears to the government over threats to drinking water near proposed fracking sites in Sussex, England.
Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth are two organizations fundamentally opposed to any technology that will see an increased use in fossil fuels – even if it means the increased use of natural gas (which is cleaner in terms of carbon emissions than oil and coal). But there are other voices, friendlier to the oil and gas industry, who believe that the government has got it wrong when it comes to its approach to fracking.
Mike Hill, an engineer who lives in the area where Cuadrilla is carrying out its fracking operations, has been lobbying the UK government for a more rigorous approach to regulating the activity. Having worked in the oil and gas sector himself, and now a director of Gemini Control & Automation, he takes a more sober view of fracking but wants to see operations thoroughly checked to ensure it is done safely.
"I got involved in this about two years ago simply because, when I heard that fracking was coming to the UK, I knew that if it is not regulated properly the risks are fairly high," he told Rigzone in a recent interview.
After getting in touch with the UK's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the Environment Agency two years ago, Hill expected these bodies to be "very hot" when it came to regulating fracking.
"I was really expecting that was going to be the case but the responses I got at the time… were absolutely atrocious. It was breathtakingly complacent. Well, breathtakingly complacent from the HSE and, quite frankly, incompetent from the Environment Agency," he said.
"They didn't know what they were talking about. They don't understand oil and gas. They've never had to with [UK] oil companies being offshore and out of their scope and remit."
Protecting the Public
A key criticism Hill has is that these agencies – which are charged with health and safety, as well as environmental protection, in the UK – have been approaching the practice of fracking "with an offshore bent".
While acknowledging that the UK has sufficient regulations to ensure that its offshore oil and gas sector cannot cause another Deepwater Horizon or Exxon Valdez disaster, Hill believes that the problem with applying these same regulations onshore is that they do not take the public into account.
"There is no public offshore," he said.
"Cuadrilla is fracking 250 meters [820 feet] from the largest housing estate in Lytham St. Annes, with 2,000 homes on it. There is a public – a big one. And you can't ignore that fact."
"I live in the fracking zone. My kids live in the fracking zone. If this [activity] is properly regulated, I've no issue with it. I am not anti-fracking at all. But if you don't regulate this industry properly, introduce some specific onshore shale gas exploration regs and do proper inspections, then I do have a problem with it."
Hill, who has met with various government advisers involved with fracking (as well as Cuadrilla itself) several times during the past two years, has made it clear to them that he feels the offshore regulations developed in the 1990s, (following the North Sea's Piper Alpha disaster in 1988) are not sufficient to address the issues with onshore drilling, exploration and production.
He wants to see regulations that cover the quality of cement used in onshore drilling, including onsite sampling and laboratory testing, along with several other regulations that will cover good safety practices such as: surface methane detection, post tremor actions, publication of which fracking chemicals are used at each well and the storage and disposal of flow-back water.
Hill also insists that well site inspections should be required and that they be random so that the Environment Agency or Health and Safety Executive can go and check which chemicals are being put down shale fracking wells "because, believe it or not, they don't check".
"You've got to have independent regulation. You can't just rely on self-regulation because, when push comes to shove, this is a very expensive business and if [a company] gets an issue that's going to cost it, say, three million pounds to resolve, or they can do it for 30,000 but in a slightly naughty manner, which option is it going to take when it knows categorically that no-one is inspecting and it absolutely won't be caught out? These are private companies that are there to make a profit."
The HSE confirmed to Rigzone that it made an inspection visit to Cuadrilla's Preese Hall and Grange Hill sites in March 2011 and that, as part of its well notification process, it has held six "inspection meetings" with Cuadrilla at both the firm's offices and at the HSE's own offices. The body also insists that it has well inspectors who "maintain regular contact" with Cuadrilla so that they are kept up to date with shale gas operations.
The HSE also made the point that well site visits, whether planned or unannounced, "can be of very limited value on their own in assessing well integrity and the management of well risks". Instead, it said that given the complexity of oil and gas wells "the key to well integrity inspection is to ensure that the operator is managing risks effectively throughout the life cycle of the well".
Hill is sticking to his guns, however, and believes a set of onshore drilling regulations are required to prevent a major incident.
"I think unless that happens we are going to have some sort of disaster at some point in time – our own version of Gaslands. There will be a public outcry and shale gas will then be banned in the UK. So we won't get that shale gas out of the ground and the UK won't benefit from the energy security it would provide."
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Striebs | Mar. 15, 2013Other than scale there doesnt seem to be a lot of difference between the propose shale development and existing onshore development . If the regulations are inadequate for shale then they must also be inadequate for existing onshore E&P including around 100 onshore wells in the UK which have been fracced and thousands of oil , gas and coal bores which have not been fracced . The last thing any investor or responsible operator like Cuadrilla and Igas want is for an unscrupulous or incompetent company to cause environmental damage and screw the industry up for everyone . On one hand you have political parties which confuse red tape with regulation and on the other hand you have another political party which thinks regulation is red tape . Consequently we end up with too much red tape and poor regulation . Mike Turner , were those senior staff from DECC , HSE and the EA engineers ,scientists , practical doers , capable of wiring a plug or fitting a spare wheel ? The whole country is turning into a disaster due to politicisation of everything . No sooner is the Deparment of Energy politicised by the imposition of climate change activists than we are told there is a real danger of the lights going out .
Robin Gonard | Feb. 17, 2013As a safety engineer, I find it disconcerting that the regulator is unwilling to set an appropriate standard for the safety and environmental impact of a new activity. There will be no point playing catch-up in 2015 when there have been issues, when a many people will turn around and say "we told you so". Avoiding unnecessary burdens on operators and complete non-regulation are not the same and DECC, HSE and EA have lost track of the game. Cuadrilla plays in Premier League and sadly the regulators are referees for Conference North.
Lyn Summers | Feb. 12, 2013I am an ex-HSE inspector and live alongside the fracking area, although my experience was in the Nuclear Safety Directorate, I understand safety and environmental regulation and regulators. It seems to me that HSEs problems are with staffing and funding levels and a Government paymaster which is insisting on less regulation. Rather than allowing new regulation, there is a bonfire of regulations. As a consequence it has engaged its Offshore Division to do a job it is ill-equipped to do. Its regulations are relevant to offshore operations and there is no public offshore, and it is not allowed to produce new regulations, even if it had staff qualified to do so. HSE works on the basis of regulatory activity being proportional to the risk and the risk to workers off-shore is high, so that is where they will put their effort. Its Offshore Division Inspectors have no experience with onshore public risk and are thus are vulnerable to underestimating it and underestimating the amount of effort they should put into it. Whereas HSE is ill-equipped to do the job, I cant fathom EAs reticence to carry out monitoring of flow-back water and proper inspection of its storage and disposal. I recently spoke to an engineer who is involved in a small community based hydroelectric scheme in a local river. The hoops they have to jump through to meet EA requirements are substantial. And yet EA dont see fit to even sample fracking flow-back which is known to have radioactive contamination and toxic heavy metals, in low-ish concentrations, admittedly, but with huge volumes. So where HSEs response is intended to be proportionate to risk, EAs response seems to be strikingly disproportionate. It may be an issue of which of their staff understand the science and still use their judgement rather than a procedure-based approach (I hesitate to use the term tick-box).
Mike Turner | Feb. 12, 2013I also am a CEng living in the fracking area. I was involved in the early days of N.Sea oil. I recognise the desirable features of shale gas but agree with Mike Hills general thrust. Apart from seismic there are issues unique to hydraulic fracture (fracking) which current regulations do not address. A lot of them can be grouped under the general heading of water management. Another major source of concern is perceived complacency by regulators. My local MP held a meeting attended by very senior staff from DECC, HSE & EA. To say we were underwhelmed by their input is to be polite. The results of extensive work by reputable bodies into full life cycle well integrity with respect to shale are being presented in Aberdeen. To complain about the use of such a location when all the activity is in Lancashire may seem trivial but actually goes a long way to convince us here that we are not being taken seriously, no matter how constructive we are in our comments. Finally there are infrastructure issues. To cite just one, the road systems close to all Cuadrillas sites are totally inadequate except for very low level experimental work. Even those of us who can see the broad picture and are not implacably opposed find it hard to escape the feeling that we are being regarded as a pest to be steamrollered out of the way.
Michael J Mumford | Feb. 12, 2013Michael Hill has done us all an important and valuable service. I have written to the Health and Safety Executive about (on-shore) hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") and they say that, by scrutinising the planned operations, they can be confident of the safety of the activities once the drilling is in operation. I am very doubtful about this, although I understand why the HSE would be reluctant to admit any doubts. The absurd thing is that the industry (or, at least, Cuadrilla) would be willing to meet the costs of an independent regulator, answerable to the DECC, that could verify well integrity and water treatment, as well as pre-drilling design.
John Morris | Feb. 12, 2013Im afraid Green Peace and Friends of the Earth are complete idiots knowing nothing about fracking or anything else connected with the oilfield. These people and organisations define why the western world is heading rapidly towards being the third world. And deservedly so.
Audrius Kazlauskas | Feb. 12, 2013Whilst thinking is a very useful to be a bit more energy independent, I agree that serious regulations have to take place in order to avoid official or unofficial disaster. A strong regulatory ground could be a good example for continental Europe. Especially if these regulations would be backed up by EU regulations to make sure Chevron and ExxonMobil will take explorations, extraction and aftereffects seriously in I.e. Eastern Europe the same as in the UK. There are plenty of resources we can use, and many more to come, however safety has to be the highest priority.
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Saint Leo, Fla. (August 20, 2008) – The Saint Leo men's and women's cross country and swimming teams, along with head coach Cyle Sage, have announced their first team meetings of their upcoming season. The combined meeting will take place on August 26 in classroom five inside the Marion Bowman Activities Center at 7:00 p.m.
All new and returning athletes from both sports, along with perspective swim athletes, must be there by 7:00 p.m. for the compliance and sports medicine part of the meeting, followed by a general swim meeting at 7:30 p.m. and the cross country meeting at 8:00 p.m.
Also, anyone interested in swim team tryouts need to attend physicals on Monday, August 25 at 4:45 in the Activities Center. Each tryout must bring a back and front copy of their insurance card. An official tryout date will be released during the meeting.


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Haren outdueled as Nats can't crack Kershaw
Without ailing Harper in lineup, offense held to five singles
LOS ANGELES -- Left-hander Clayton Kershaw proved to be too much for the Nationals, who were blanked by the Dodgers, 2-0, in front of a sellout crowd of 51,729 at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night.
Although Kershaw dominated throughout the game, Washington had the left-hander on the ropes in the first inning. After getting two quick outs, Kershaw allowed consecutive singles to Ryan Zimmerman and Ian Desmond. Adam LaRoche was the next hitter, and he walked to load the bases. Tyler Moore, starting in right field for Bryce Harper -- who sat after crashing into the wall Monday night -- followed and he struck out on four pitches.
"Overall, we had a chance to get him in the first and came up short," hitting coach Rick Eckstein said. "We were in the position to do some things and we didn't."
After Moore's at-bat, Kershaw struck out five consecutive batters before Zimmerman singled in the third inning. After the third inning, the Nationals collected two hits and had a runner in scoring position only once.
"I was waiting to get back in there against [Kershaw]," Desmond said. "I had three really good at-bats against him. I just had a hit to show for it. He is an unbelievable pitcher. He is the best in the game, in my opinion."
One has to wonder how concerned manager Davey Johnson is about his offense, which ranks 28th in the Major Leagues entering Wednesday's action.
Some of Johnson's hitters look overmatched at the plate, especially Moore and Danny Espinosa, who struck out a combined five times. Asked why they are struggling so badly, Johnson said, "Danny's best side is right-handed. Kershaw made some good pitches on him and he had some pitches to hit and I think he is trying to do too much.
"Tyler Moore is in a little bit of a funk, he had been kind of all year. He hasn't been himself. We are going to try to get him more at-bats to get him in a groove."
For the game, Kershaw went 8 2/3 innings, allowed five hits and struck out 11 batters.
Washington right-hander Dan Haren didn't pitch badly although it did appear that he suffered an injury in the fifth inning. Haren had a tough time running to first base on a groundout by Carl Crawford. It turned out that Haren's spike got caught on the mound and the pain traveled from his left ankle to his back. Haren said he is OK.
"I'm 100 percent fine," Haren said. "I got a little scare there. By the time [the trainer and pitching coach Steve McCatty] came out, I didn't need any warmup pitches to keep going. Obviously, I hurt my back before. It scared me at first. It didn't tighten up or anything. I was just as good in the seventh inning as I was in the first inning."
Haren lasted seven innings and allowed two runs on four hits. The two runs were scored in the bottom of the third inning. With runners on second and third, Johnson decided to pitch to Andre Ethier instead of walking him to face A.J. Ellis. Ethier singled up the middle, scoring Kershaw and Matt Kemp.
"Kershaw pitched a good ballgame. My guy pitched just as good as he did. Dan Haren pitched a heck of a ballgame," Johnson said. "I know a lot of people are going to ask why I didn't walk Ethier. I have a veteran pitcher and I have a base open. I know If he makes his pitches, he is not going to give him anything to hit. It's going to be out of the zone."
But Haren threw a strike over the plate and Ethier got a hold of it for a hit. Haren was confident he could get the left-handed-hitting Ethier out.
"You are going against a guy like Kershaw. You have to be perfect and I wasn't perfect," Haren said. "I made a few mistakes. Obviously, hitting Kershaw [with a pitch] and the base hit up the middle to Ethier. I really wasn't trying to throw him a strike. … I was trying to throw the ball more in the dirt, off the plate. It was a mistake and he made me pay. When you going up against a guy like Kershaw, you have to be perfect and I wasn't."
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, All Nats All the time. He also can be found on Twitter @WashingNats. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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SAINT LEO, Fla. – Earlier this year three Saint Leo University student-athletes, Katie David (swimming), Eric Dirth (cross country), and Nicole Sirota-Plotnikov (lacrosse), were selected as scholarship recipients to participate in the 2012 Republican National Convention. With the start of the event scheduled for Monday, August 27, the trio is now giving Saint Leo University and inside look at the Tampa Bay Times Forum and all of its happenings as it hosts one of the nation's largest events.
Coordinated by the Washington Center, a nonprofit educational organization, the three student-athletes will spend two weeks at the seminar amongst the 'who's-who' of the political world as they learn how to interact with the national media, learn from political elites, and begin shaping their own political vocations.
Still, with as much responsibility the trio has been tasked with, the group has still found time to give the Saint Leo University community a glimpse of all the behind-the-scenes action of next week's RNC with an online blog complete with pictures. Sharing the blog space, each student-athlete will be updating the site over the coming days.
In addition, one of the students will also travel on to Charlotte, NC, for a similar program at the Democratic National Convention. Saint Leo University is nonpartisan and is supporting student attendance for the unique learning opportunities.
View the group's day-by-day blog here, and make be sure to interact with them as they begin shaping their professional careers.
RNC Fun Facts:
- With approximately 13,000 – 15,000 members of the media in attendance, the RNC is the single largest media event in the world except for the Olympic Games.
- The Host Committee has more than 15,000 hotel rooms booked for each night of the Convention and more than 75 event venues under contract.
- The direct spending impact for the Convention will total approximately $175 – $200 million. This does not take into account the economic "multiplier" effect which can equate to 2.5 times the actual amount of hard dollars spent.
- The amount of electricity, cabling and fiber connectively will likely be the most ever utilized for any event in the state of Florida.
- The last time a Presidential Nominating Convention was held in Florida was 1972. In that year, both the Republican and Democrat National Committees held their Presidential Nominating Conventions in Miami Beach, Florida.
- Approximately 350 full-size charter buses and more than 500 private vehicles will be utilized during the week of the Convention.
- The largest lighting assembly ever hung for any event in the world was at the 1992 Republican National Convention in Houston, Texas.
- In excess of 7,500 volunteers will be activated and deployed to assist during the week of the Convention.
- The Convention is designated by the Department of Homeland Security as one of only four National Special Security Events (NSSE) to be held in 2012; other examples of potential NSSE events include G-8/G-20 Summits and the World Bank/IMF meetings.
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Johnson stepped right into the action appearing in 17 games, with three starts and posting a 3-3 record as a freshman for the Lions…He pitched a total of 31 innings, giving up only nine walks while striking out 14 batters on the year…His best outing came against conference champions University of Tampa (04/03/10) where he pitched three innings giving up only two hits, one walk, one strike out while impressively surrendering zero runs.
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Born October 1 in Tampa, Fla…Environmental Science major…His hobbies include hunting and fishing…His career goal is to play professional baseball…Believes his ability to throw strikes and team-first attitude are his best assets to the team…Names Greg Maddox as his favorite athlete...Names the Atlanta Braves as his favorite team…He chose Saint Leo because of its proximity to home and the baseball coaching staff…Son of Donnie and Irene Johnson…Has two brothers, Brandon and Christopher…Relative, Kyle Hobbs, played baseball for Saint Leo (2005-2009).


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The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at the City University of New York also has programs dedicated to supporting and encouraging research on its campuses. More information is available on the Vice Chancellor for Research's web site.
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CUNY Research in the Classroom Program - Deadline September 2016
The office of Vice Chancellor for Research is pleased to announce a new grant program to promote integration of faculty research projects into the undergraduate curriculum. Up to six awards will be made this fall for proposals that explore creative ways to place authentic research into the classroom.
Faculty Fellowship Publication Program - Deadline October 2016
The Faculty Fellowship Publication Program (FFPP), sponsored by the Office of the Dean for Recruitment and Diversity, aims at advancing CUNY's institutional goal of a diverse professoriate. The University-wide initiative assists full-time untenured faculty in the design and execution of writing projects essential to progress toward tenure. Discipline-based writing groups of peers from across the University, facilitated by senior faculty members, provide fellows with feedback on their work, which may include scholarly articles for juried journals, books for academic presses, or, in some instances, creative writing.
Diversity Projects Development Fund - Deadline October 2016
The Vice Chancellor for Human Resources Management established the Diversity Projects Development Fund to support scholarly research projects and other educational activities for or about populations that are traditionally under-represented within higher education. The purpose of the Fund is to assist in the development of educational projects, scholarly research, creative endeavors, and professional activities which promote diversity, multiculturalism, affirmative action, and non-discrimination on the basis of the following categories: race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender status, disability, genetic predisposition or carrier status, alienage or citizenship, veteran or marital status. Projects that are sustainable, replicable, or with potential for University-wide impact are particularly encouraged.
PSC-CUNY Award Program (Round 45) - December 2016
The Professional Staff Congress-City University of New York (PSC-CUNY) Research Award Program was established as a major vehicle for the University's encouragement and support of faculty research and leverage external funding. It seeks to enhance the University's role as a research institution, further the professional growth and development of its faculty, and provide support for both the established and the younger scholar. Awards are distributed by the University Committee on Research Awards, a faculty committee, and administered by the Research Foundation of CUNY.
Junior Faculty Research Award in Science - January 2017
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CUNY Interdisciplinary Research Grant (IRG) - Deadline March 2017
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A Week of Me, Being Me: Part One - I was lucky enough to have a whole week to just be me. From mid-July to almost the end of July my nuclear family went to visit extended family in another p...1 day ago
Old Note Analyzed - Looking through old "Notes", I found something I posted the following on my "drab" facialbook page on October 15, 2013. At the time, I was still in a psyc...2 days ago
Troublemakers 2.0 - I took part in this great program this summer called Troublemakers 2.0 and had a short film about me premiere at Out On Screen, the Vancouver Queer Film Fe...2 days ago
The Eclipse and Why Science Is Amazing - To everyone excited about the eclipse today, that's awesome. Science enables us to experience and understand wonders like this every single day. From grav...2 days ago
This Week's Calogrenant - Please forgive Cally's absence last week. You may blame my computer. But this week, she is: Back in time for breakfast http://www.calogrenant.com/index.php...3 days ago
"You're just going to have to live with it." - I'd visited the Stonewall clinic and been given a referral to see a psychiatrist. The Stonewall visit had gone well (as far as I know). We'd discussed rela...3 days ago
I Am An American - "Hate is hate, Ugly and brutal, And we will not yield."3 days ago
My heart is heavy… - So far today I've had one friend say that, as a white woman, Heather Heyer's death was the least she could do for the cause and another friend freely admit...3 days ago
Birthday Girl - Can't believe it's three weeks yet again since I last wrote a post on here. It's almost as if I … Continue reading →3 days ago
Jumper cables - I get in the car, turn the key, and nothing happens. I'd only gone into the grocery store for maybe thirty minutes after a 75-mile drive without a stop. I'...3 days ago
Just another Sunday in Corpseville - I was sitting at my computer when I heard this almighty bang. I rushed into the kitchen and saw this. The pigeon obviously flew straight into the window, a...3 days ago
Settling in - The nutters have taken over the asylum. … More Settling in3 days ago
Watch "Becoming Stefani" on YouTube - I recorded and posted my second video earlier this week. It's not as easy as I thought, and I thought it would be fairly difficult. I will work on my cont...5 days ago
Mind the gap - Hi, Last time I mentioned the phrase "a sting of dysphoria". Sometimes the feeling of not being right with how you look can pounce on you. It's not like s...5 days ago
Annaburgh! - I've had a great week so far! On Monday I was at the Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow University, for Spangled Cabaret. A fantastic line-up as always featurin...5 days ago
Humble Beginnings - Pandora and I, et al. - *The Real World. * Having made the decision to move out of the services into the real world, I took a position as a staff nurse on an intensive care unit in...6 days ago
Week Fifty One – Photos - "I find standing and posing for photos very awkward." ~ Nicole Kidman Hands up, how many crossdressers out there like to have photos of themselves. One, t...6 days ago
Broken - Yesterday, I posted a link on my Facebook page to a video that chronicled, in horrifying detail, the incivility and depravity that took place in Charlottes...1 week ago
It's gonna be a bright sunshiny day - Those of you in a certain region of the USA — you know where you are — I wish you clear blue skies on Mon 21. To any of my readers elsewhere in the world, ...1 week ago
The Familial Revelation - When it comes to family, I think we can all agree that it is never easy and in a word, complicated. I have spent the last few months letting family know ...1 week ago
T-girl Mexican Cruise, yes we are doing it! - Well I have had little time to get out as Susan over the last few months and it looks like it will be a while till I can get some Susan time. I did want to...1 week ago
Dorothy Perkins. - Tonight was a good night out. We talked about music and football and books and music and people and work and music. I wore my long, furry, denim coat from...1 week ago
Brianna Austin Status Updates - I was back in NYC for a few months in June and July, and it was so good to meet up with friends and revisit some of my old haunts. I got to hang out with ...1 week ago
Six years of blogging - Six years ago today I started this blog just to put something about me out there and to encourage other trans people to live a more as their authentic se...1 week ago
An Interview - Hello all, I gave the following Interview have a peek and a good read. Then take the time and look at her blog as well. http://theheroines.blogspot.com.au/...1 week ago
Trichotillomania and taking testosterone - I have a mild case of trichotillomania. It's come and gone during different times in my life, and it's always been specific to the hair on my face, not on...1 week ago
8-11-2017 Entry: There is Hope & Trans-Advent's 50,000 visits - Hello my darling readers. I wanted to pop in and drop a line or two, let you know that I'm still alive and that despite the world often conspiring against ...1 week ago
Gender stereotyping redux. - After a recent run-in with a children's sticker, I wrote the piece "Stickers don't have a gender." I thought a 2-year-old girl at the local dry cleaner l...1 week ago
It Is Time To Treat Erotic Models As People - I am trans, I'm also an ambitious and well educated woman with a higher degree. However, like many trans women post transition, I've found that barriers to...1 week ago
Basket of Memories - There is a series of drawings I should have bookmarked, illustrating grief. One shows two people walking side by side, each holding a handle of a basket ma...1 week ago
Change is Good - Well, change sometimes is good, but it is always inevitable, even if we don't want things to change. So, at this point, I've decided to change, not only m...2 weeks ago
Nothing better to do. - I've been planning to write a further blog update, but with the only motivation being when I'd not got anything better to do. That sounds rather terse and...2 weeks ago
Steps - Well, I am starting to brainstorm ideas of things I will need to do if/when I decide to be me. It is kind of peaceful and nice to see it in words. It is o...2 weeks ago
I Now Know… - As an older trans woman, who fought with herself for decades before finally being able to throw off the internalized transphobia and even misogyny that fri...2 weeks ago
Moving forward - Hey world. I thought I'd do a random update to things going on. I'm going to try and not be so pissed off and depressive in this post this time! So with th...2 weeks ago
Gender euphoria - The flipside to the gender dysphoria I often talk about is that sometimes when I'm feeling really good about my body and identity I experience the glow of ...2 weeks ago
What does it take to be yourself? - Pain, sorrow, torment, disbelief, sadness, tears, headaches, love and more tears! Well that almost sums the range of things I went through recently, that h...2 weeks ago
The Lloyds Bank not so 'merry' go round - If you have read my blog you will know the issues that Lucy has been having with Lloyds Bank. It has been happening for well over a year and a half now and...2 weeks ago
Around the Web - 8/7/2017 - More than 50 House Dems urge Mattis to reject transgender military ban More than 50 House Democrats sent a letter on Friday to Defense Secretary James Matt...2 weeks ago
The greatest gift we can give is to accept that we all define ourselves - Danish advert for Christmas 2016 from Elgiganten, an electrical retailer. The words at the end mean, approximately, "Let the gifts do the talking."2 weeks ago
a short trip down to Portishead - We were up at 5, drinking coffee, eating Asda's brioche swirls and looking at the sky. The air was almost still in Bristol Harbour, but the clouds above ...2 weeks ago
my music on Bandcamp - special offer! - Tomorrow (Friday, August 3rd), Bandcamp is donating 100% of their profits to the Transgender Law Center (a wonderful organization). So I encourage you to ...2 weeks ago
25 Questions - I came across this list and thought I needed a break from my usual ramblings. The questions are different than the usual, do you like chocolate or vanilla....3 weeks ago
More Soon - Oops! Been neglecting this thing again, like an abandoned phone box.3 weeks ago
Two weeks left in Summer 2017 - Nadia and Damian at LA Pride Graduation memories!I end each school year with the idea that I'm going to get so much done around the house in the summer mo...3 weeks ago
Trump doing a favor for Trans folks - Whoda thunk it was possible? Our orange haired commander in chief has somehow served to galvanize support IN FAVOR of trans people!!! What this author find...3 weeks ago
Baby beard! Finally, after almost three years on T, I can grow... - Baby beard! Finally, after almost three years on T, I can grow enough facial hair to call a beard. This is around 8 days without shaving. My chin i...3 weeks ago
Can't ever go back… - I haven't been writing for a while. Part of that is that I have been very busy with graduate school, part of that is that I have been feeling pretty burned...3 weeks ago
Third Way Trans | Alternate ways to think about gender dysphoria, gender identity, retransition, and detransition from a former trans woman and psychotherapist in training.Can't ever go back… - I haven't been writing for a while. Part of that is that I have been very busy with graduate school, part of that is that I have been feeling pretty burned...3 weeks ago
Trans Pride Brighton – July 2017 - I take a lot of pride in being myself. I'm comfortable with who I am. James McAvoy After the eventful shenanigans of Sparkle in Manchester earlier this mon...3 weeks ago
What Keeps You Up at Night? - This is what we asked participants in our Gender Spectrum workshop: Creating Visibility and Acceptance through Writing. In about five minutes we had a list...3 weeks ago
National LGBT Survey (UK) - This is just a quick post to share a link to the National LGBT Survey being conducted by the UK Government Equalities office. I know some people love surve...3 weeks ago
Sign #Transgender rights - [...]4 weeks ago
The Production of Ignorance - What the media gets wrong about trans people, how misinformation is perpetuated, and what we can do about it. The first chapter of Trans Like Me: A Journey...4 weeks ago
About John Barrowman . . . - Just in case you missed it, I've been doing a spot of guest writing for The Queerness, and I wanted to share two of these pieces with my blog readers Here,...4 weeks ago
Telling your Girlfriend About Being a Crossdresser or Crossdreamer - *Last week I got an email from a male to female crossdreamer and occasional crossdresser who wondered what and how he could tell his girlfriend about his g...4 weeks ago
On the Pride Center of the Capital Region, terfs, and Why Martha Harvey Needs to Resign - CW: lots of swears, lots of terfs (A quick aside on the word terf because I'm going to use it about a thousand times. It's not a slur. Here's a doctor tell...4 weeks ago
The ivy is choking you – week 180 - Originally posted on Becoming Me: English ivy is a noxious weed where I live and I hate it. It's also a perfect fucking metaphor for gender dysphoria. Left...4 weeks ago
My friend's Rainbow Journey - I recently met someone from Japan, one who I now consider to be my friend, who is traveling around the world talking to Transgender folk and sharing their ...4 weeks ago
Why I Speak Out/Overcoming Shame - Transcript: One of the biggest difficulties of being detransitioned is that I don't get to just be a person. My existence gets politicized, people don't ju...4 weeks ago
Thinking. Progress. Destination. - Reflect on the events of this past Saturday and some questions that where asked of me, along with the phone chat I had recently with the social worker in H...5 weeks ago
Trying to reconnect with my children - A lot has been written in the media about cis parents who grow to accept a transgender child. Sadly, very little is available about the opposite scenario ...5 weeks ago
What was said. What I'd have loved to have said. In Two Parts. - What was Said. Part 1*Mrs. Bellejambes* celebrated a birthday recently. Some of the things I picked up for her were not perfect, and one was a complete re...5 weeks ago
The Great Divide - I have lost friends over this. I have stopped talking to people. My circle is tiny now. There are maybe a handful of people I can call friends. My worst...5 weeks ago
"Atonement of the Movellans" (Doctor Who fanfic) - I decided to make a trilogy of it after all, since although Series 10 did briefly revisit the Dalek-Movellan war (in the episode "The Pilot") it did nothin...5 weeks ago
Gonna offend someone . . . - First, let me offer my completely insincere apology to anyone that I might offend. I had my travel agent in MA rolling on the floor this evening. I had ...5 weeks ago
Walk and Talk with Gabrielle #5 – "When you look like a man in a dress…" (video) - Walk and Talk with Gabrielle #5 "When you look like a man in a dress…" In a 2015 TIME interview, Caitlyn Jenner commented, "When you look like a man in a d...1 month ago
pondering decisions - Dear blog, We all make important decisions in life and many of these I have found in my experience that I often reflect upon and question if they are corre...1 month ago
July 2017 - Blog catch up! - Well "Sparkle" has been and gone just last weekend, so time to play catch up on my blog. Yes, almost three months since my last entry but to be honest, rea...1 month ago
The Heroines of My Life: My Interview!!! - Hello all! Hope you had a lovely weekend and a good Monday. Summer is definitely here in New England, and I'm doing my best to enjoy it. :c) So, this pos...1 month ago
I'm Not Myself - I've been calling myself Genderfluid for just over a year now, at the time it seemed to describe the ever changing nature of how I felt about myself and my...1 month ago
Podcast: When it rains it pours - The past few months have been so horrible and so wonderful, and it never seemed to stop raining. I'm not quite sure how I survived, but I didn't want to f...1 month ago
That's all folks………. - Between 1955 and 1959, 143 episodes of "The Adventures of Robin Hood" emerged from a tiny studio in Walton on Thames and burst onto black and white telli...1 month ago
That's all folks………. - Between 1955 and 1959, 143 episodes of "The Adventures of Robin Hood" emerged from a tiny studio in Walton on Thames and burst onto black and white telli...1 month ago
Report: "Certifying Equality? A critical reflection on Athena SWAN" - Earlier this year I organised an event on Athena SWAN and equality accreditation for the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender at the University of Warw...1 month ago
Learning to be body-conscious - As you get on with your life years after transition, you reach a comfortable point of socialisation that has little to do with medical matters, you are...1 month ago
ABC TV Cancels Downward Dog Show - "Every Day my dog looks at me exactly the same way, like I'm the most beautiful thing he's ever seen. And, I just thought, what if we could see ourselve...1 month ago
'Sackcloth And Ashes' - * (01 Jun 17) 'Sackcloth And Ashes' * Sahwdee Khaf. Welcome, Dear Reader. Life – a dichotomy. Happy and sad. Making due for one's sins, forgiving others o...1 month ago
Schrödinger's closet - From my dictionary application: Schrödinger's catnounPhysics a cat imagined as being enclosed in a box with a radioactive source and a poison that will be ...1 month ago
Bring him to justice – on Canadian soil - "He's back." Those are the words that greeted me when I answered an early morning phone call today. George Flowers, aka Mr Flowas, has been returned from J...2 months ago
Father's day - My first without one. I knew it was going to be tough, but wasn't prepared for how tough. I've been in, or close and fighting back the, tears a lot today...2 months ago
Blimp - Back in January, I mentioned that I was making an effort to lose weight, without much success. A few months on, things have gone from bad to worse. I regai...2 months ago
Nothing much - Wow it's already the middle of the year, I hate how fast time goes by. But it's not like I have any plans for what to do with my life, I think I've come to...2 months ago
Musings on Two Events - Source: Musings on Two Events2 months ago
With Purpose - The title of this post really highlights the way I've felt the last several months and the experiences I've had the chance to take in. Since my last updat...2 months ago
With Purpose - The title of this post really highlights the way I've felt the last several months and the experiences I've had the chance to take in. Since my last updat...2 months ago
shades of cool - flunk – change my ways – personal stereo weezer – say it ain't so – blue album lily allen – the fear (acoustic) – it's not me, it's you radiohead – videota...2 months ago
Transgender and LGBT++ Rights promised in UK Party Manifestos - This piece is not written to influence how you vote in the general Election on June 8th. it's too late for that and in my humble opinion getting May out of...2 months ago
aoifeschatology | Écriture au trans-féministe: philosophy and psychoanalysis from the endgame of queer subjectivities, by the Sybill Trelawney of trans bloggers. Come for the phenomenology, stay for the abuse! #ProChoiceProFeminismProCats #ProphecyOfCassandraTrans Twitter Gives Bad Dating Advice - Trans Twitter Gives Bad Dating Advice — "You have much gold upon your head," They answer'd all together: "Buy from us with a golden curl." — Christina Ro...2 months ago
Handling the Pressure - I will start this post with a warning for all my transgender friends: do not put yourself in danger. Know your audience. Be safe and do what you need to do...2 months ago
Let's try something a little different….. - So as my long term readers will know, I often have trouble with inspiration for this blog. I try to have a mixture of posts, but often they all come back d...3 months ago
Circles Of Depression… and what to do if stranded abroad - Before I transitioned I suppose that, thinking back on it now, I did exhibit signs of depression which perhaps I just didn't recognise – I had long periods...3 months ago
Photoshoot - Several years ago, I decided I wanted to have a photoshoot. Partly it was because I'd received a voucher that allowed me a discounted shoot with a free pri...3 months ago
Windows: Pink Prom Dress – III – Twinkle, twinkle, little star... - hile writing up the other two parts of this pink post, a nursery rhyme came to mind. Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are. Up above t...3 months ago
It has been a long time… - since my last post. I'm still here. I am still battling with the trauma of multiple surgeries, a disfiguring scar on my forearm, a devastating betrayal f...3 months ago
Getting curious not furious - Jeremy Dean is now 20. That's a milestone within itself. His birthday festival was spread out to accommodate the hot cross bun baking schedule at work, b...3 months ago
I'll miss this platform - But I don't think I'm going to keep using it. It's sad, because I've been writing here for such a long time, and blogging for myself is therapeutic, even i...4 months ago
Fracas - So, today after an awesome meeting with a group I will be working with for a time I went to the store. At said store there was a huge line but we were all ...4 months ago
How To Be A Girl - How To Be A Girl podcast is just fantastic!! I some how knew about this but had not listening to it. I'm listening like crazy today!! (And crying all ...4 months ago
Publish or Perish - Looks like the twits on the board have backed me into a corner. I will have to post an update. It's bad enough that they call me Chairman Wow behind my bac...4 months ago
Three days in Vegas, part 3 - Sorry for the delay getting to part 3. Life has been very busy the last month and I just have not had the energy to write part 3. Finally, here it is. On t...4 months ago
Sex, Drugs and Southern Hospitality: An Interview with Sam Peterson - Sam Peterson's Trunky (Transgender Junky): A Memoir of Institutionalization and Southern Hospitality is the rare book that's formally experimental AND impo...4 months ago
Facing more fears… (Part One) - Thank you so much for your kind support following my last blog. You might have been able to tell, I really wasn't in a great place. I'm still feeling gui...4 months ago
India Willoughby, transvestites deserve protection too - Hi India, How are you? Years ago we used to frequent the same forum site so even though we've never met, I view you with the same fondness I feel for a...4 months ago
Waters of March - It rained in Astana late last week for the first time this year, but today, March 27, there is a new layer of snow as the long continental winter reasserts...4 months ago
Trans on Trans Love and Why Cis People Just Don't Get It - I've been dating another trans girl for a little over 5 months now. It was practically love at first sight. We first met last summer at a local support gro...5 months ago
Thoughts and Updates - I can't believe it's been almost a year since I've posted anything. Time flies and we don't... So...my marriage is still going strong. It's pretty much ...5 months ago
And happily ever after... - Family snuggle timeI've retired from blogging. I've been channeling my creative energy into other hobbies, and I'm feeling uninspired to write about my wi...5 months ago
Decision time, and it's anything but easy… - If you're a frequent reader of my blog, you know that usually describe myself as a 'failed transexual' in the sense that, years ago, I simply gave up on an...5 months ago
A Southern Crossdresser | A blog on my crossdressing and how it intertwines in both my life and my loveWell…didn't see this Coming. - The following posts were made to my male Facebook profile. I finally came to terms with it enough to [ost it here. I was trying to let this [profile remain...5 months ago
Questions related to the surgery - As mentioned in my previous post i said i would post the questions i asked the surgeon's assistant. Also, this post is NSFW as there are some details regar...5 months ago
We Need A "Standards of Care" for Detransitioners - One of my biggest takeaways from attending the recent USPATH conference is that many clinicians and other providers sincerely want more information on unde...5 months ago
Gloucester County School Board v. G.G - interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth, et al. - Gloucester County School Board v. G.G - interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth, et al. (Pdf) Some highlights: This is, as far as I'm aware, the first cour...5 months ago
Apology - Recently, I undertook the task of going through my blog posts to get a sense of my history. It has been a bit of a humbling experience – so much so that ...5 months ago
What I'm talking about - Ok so many of you will have seen this photo, absorbed and passed it by. I just caught it on a video artical on the BBC website. Quite frankly I was surpr...5 months ago
Carpe diem, seize the day - At the funeral of one of our Transmatters friends two weeks ago I reflected how fortunate we are to have attended very few funerals, though as we - and fri...5 months ago
Watching When We Rise on ABC - I've been watching *When We Rise*, the four part miniseries on ABC about the birth and development of the LGBT movement in America and the parts played in ...5 months ago
The door is open - One of the things that is true; and that I have been pondering, is that when you come out, your family comes out. I mean; once I am full time, then al...5 months ago
Trying Out A New Name - I wrote just over a month ago about my anxieties about going away. It's now less than a week until I actually go which is really exciting. I'm pumped to se...5 months ago
Stuck In The Middle Again - How to start? I said long ago when I made my choice to back our new President that when he did things I felt were wrong I would call him out on it. Today i...6 months ago
"Hidden Figures" in the struggle for civil rights - Laverne Cox talked about the parallels between the real-life NASA "computers" from the movie, "Hidden Figures," on Stephen Colbert's talk show recently, an...6 months ago
New pics … at last! - Finally got some long overdue "girl-time" yesterday – first time for over 2 years. I really shouldn't leave it so long because it isn't good for my genera...6 months ago
Christina Beardsley - It's been a while since I considered religion as a topic, but it's been in my mind a lot lately. I was raised in a strongly Christian family, but have been...6 months ago
A great new book for the "wife of" and those transitioning - Despite the forces gathering against us in the White House and beyond, people still live their lives and struggle to be themselves. For those who are trans...6 months ago
Why I'm so passionate about the issues of others. - *It's been 2.5 years since I've posted. I said I would post if I had something to say and today, I do. Please note the experience I write about does not in...7 months ago
How I Feel - A highlight of yesterday here in PHX and around the world was the Woman's March. It was organized in response to our President's crude and mysogonistic st...7 months ago
We Interrupt This Program - After writing once a week for four years. I've finally decided is time to switch things up and stop posting on schedule and only post when I feel like it. ...7 months ago
My Fancy New Not Really Fancy at all Bra - I tried to find a wirefree, un padded, full coverage bra that was still sexy. Did I make it?7 months ago
Was only a reader, till now - Me thinks it is time to write something. I've been reading T-Central for almost 7 years now. I have much … Continue reading →7 months ago
I want to say – Call me Anna - It's not going to happen, but it's what I yearn for. Even if I can't dress as Anna it would be so nice that at least the family knew who I am. They can cal...7 months ago
Brain Freeze - Minor news: I'm not going to be doing monthly updates any more. I'm still going to post blog entries and I have a ton of photos still to add to the galleri...7 months ago
Love and Loneliness - *"I've looked at love from both sides now".... Joni Mitchell.* Down on the seawall in my town, a few blocks from where I live, the benches that look ...7 months ago
New Year, big changes. - *Happy **New** Year!* I begin the new year letting go of some important things. First up is the pseudonym I have used for years. 'Haust' is gone, ...7 months ago
What Changed? - Every time my mom tries to seriously inquire about my mental illness, she always asks this question in some form or another. What happened? What caused t...7 months ago
2017, The year of the bloom. - Hello again, Missed me ?? it has been a year since my last post (what a cliche !!!) I hear that once you announce your plans, goals, and dreams, people wil...7 months ago
Happy New Year - Happy New Year everyone, I hope you all had a good Christmas and got lots of lovely things. I didn't blog much last year or the year before come to think ...7 months ago
Happy 2017!!! - Happy New Year everyone. I hope the new year is everything good you hope and pray for. I will be returning to my blogs this year. I really can't believe...7 months ago
Question - Is looking for an excuse and opportunity to link to and out Susie to my family and friends on Facebook possibly the most stupid and potentially self-destru...7 months ago
Rough Night - I woke up at 12:30 this morning & didn't fall back asleep until 4 or 5. I was mostly silently crying. The good news is that none of my in-laws said anythin...7 months ago
Transitional thoughts - Dabrela: womanliness as masquerade? What would it mean to be a non-transitioning trans woman? Is there even such a thing? The ever-thoughtful blogger, Tran...8 months ago
Questioning the Fluctuations - This isn't the scribbling I intended (or promised) to note as I stated in the last entry. However, it is part of my developing thoughts on this future sub...8 months ago
Yuletide greetings. - *Soon be nobody left now that Leonard Cohen is gone too... Someone else who had to deal with depression and his music soothed my troubled soul. Just sad to...8 months ago
Victoria's Secret – The Show - Hey, so yesterday it was time for the amazing show. I haven't seen the show but I took a look at a lot of pictures and it seemed amazing and I can't wait t...8 months ago
Wait, I was transitioning? (15+ months HRT) - The Prostap Nightmare I spent the first 14 months of HRT living a nightmare. The T-blocker I was on (leuprorelin acetate sold as Prostap SR) crushed and s...8 months ago
Dream Myself Awake - I don't usually wake up startled in the middle of the night, sit up in my bed in the stillness of a dark room and wonder why my heart is racing and my ski...9 months ago
Heroes and Hope - It's times like these that make me feel the most hopeless. I haven't always been good at dealing with feelings like this. But when the future looks bleak, ...9 months ago
Cobweb corner and the power of small pronouns. - Looks like I shall soon be in Cobweb corner… Strange that I had never quite got that far down the TC page, always so much to find higher up. Few in that se...9 months ago
Cultivation Corner Starting Seeds - So you want to sprout those ganja seeds you found in your stash? First off I want you to be sure that your grow space will be warm enough for seed germinati...9 months ago
I am able to talk again - I am back on deck and I think more in control of myself than I have been for quite some time. Will be making more additions to this blog as I go along. The...9 months ago
Ringing the changes part 2 - So, my first post about how I changed my name with various organisations was starting to get a bit long, so this is a continuation. The first can be seen ...9 months ago
Song for straight crossdressers - So I found this amazing song by NOFX. It's called "I'm a Transves-Lite". Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgEsf8JYqVA The lyrics given bel...10 months ago
Long overdue - As usual no posts for ages, I know, I know I am sooo naughty but there it is. Well summer has been and gone and the downward slide to winter is well under ...10 months ago
Community standards - More and more it seems to me that explaining trans concepts simply in individualistic terms is a mistake. Can understand it in terms of trans narratives be...10 months ago
If I Were a Toy - A user on Skirt Cafe mentioned a TV commercial running in the UK about a boy fantasizing what he could do if he were a toy. Among other toys, in a brief sc...10 months ago
September 22 2016 - Thank you. Thank you for the last four years. Thank you for letting me into your hearts, for letting me be a part of your day, for letting me bounce my th...11 months ago
Ocean Grove beach and dinner day - wed. sept 14th, 2016 - i decided that while the weather was still nice and after the heat wave somewhat cooled down it was time to head to the Ocean Grove beach. although the ...11 months ago
Candice/Candida, One Year Later - Like her ashes that were distributed to loved ones, cherished and planted far and wide, one year after her death on September 7, 2015, the legacy of Candic...11 months ago
My response to a post by Tyler Charles Austen - Dear Mr Austen, On 26th August 2016, you made a post on your eponymous blog (that means you named it after yourself) called "I Can't Believe I'm Saying Th...11 months ago
Last Post - So this is it. The last post I'll make here (for the foreseeable future anyway). I've moved my fitness adventures over to http://transtriathlete.com and I'...11 months ago
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Whilst this feature sadly isn't for Disneyland Paris and is [currently only] for Disney World Orlando, it's still a pretty sweet new feature and hopefully a sign of things to come. Google and Disney have teamed up to created a complete 3D map of Disney World for browsers to peruse as they choose. I thought I'd get in and take a look at how well it works.
The last time I used Google Earth was around when it was first released and I found it a bit slow and fiddly, which rendered it mostly useless for me. It's definitely improved a bit since then, certainly speed-wise, but the controls still don't feel quite responsive enough and it's initially confusing to work out which of the controls is turning and which is moving, and how to navigate quickly in 3D.
Despite those problems, I still had a good look at Disney World in 3D. It's good to get an idea of perspective and just how big the place is. You could also plan a route, find the best place to park, see where exactly your hotel is. There's definitely no shortage of uses for this update. You don't have to roam around aimlessly, either. You get given options of places to visit via a pop-up and upon clicking, you'll whiz to that location.
I think it also is quite fun for kids. I remember spending hours just eyeing a paper map of Alton Towers when I was really little. Being able to explore a full virtual 3D map of Disney pretty much blows that out of the water. It's also probably handy for reference and research. If you need to know where a particular place is or more info about a certain property in Disney World, this could be a great way of finding out.
Still, despite its uses, the software hampers the experience. It's difficult to really pinpoint an angle and get the camera in just the place you want. Google Earth might benefit not just from control improvements, but to have a pedestrian feature where you can actually walk around. You can't really get a proper idea of the size of buildings by just floating aimlessly above them. I definitely like the idea of a full 3D map of Disney, but it's still a long way off being really effective.
If you want to try it for yourself, you'll need the latest Google Earth. Download and install, then run it. Search for "Disney World" on the left hand side and wait whilst it rotates the Earth and zooms in. After it's finished loading, you should see golden Mickey's ears in the centre of the map – click them to get started.


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Atlanta Braves starter Mike Minor tossed 7 innings and Freddie Freeman added a three-run home run as the Braves beat the Miami Marlins 9 to 4 to take the best-of-three game series at Turner Field in Atlanta. The Braves increased their record to 72-46 on the season.
The Marlins took an early 3-0 lead in the second inning. Former Braves farmhand Ed Lucas doubled and scored on Jake Marisnick's single to left field. Koyie Hill followed with a single and Marisnick and Hill scored on Marlin's starter Henderson Alvarez's triple. The Marlins added another run in the sixth when Giancarlo Stanton scored on a Lucas sacrifice fly.
The Braves scored a single run in the second and three runs in the fifth to keep pace with the Marlins, but blew the game open in the seventh inning against the hapless Miami bullpen. Atlanta used doubles by Gattis and Chris Johnson and a sacrifice fly by B.J. Upton to take an 8-4 lead. The Braves added another run in the eighth.
Jason Heyward continued his good work in the leadoff spot, adding four more hits and scoring twice. Gattis contributed three hits, including a pair of doubles, and Freeman had three RBIs in the Braves victory.
Anthony Varvaro pitched a perfect ninth for the first-place Braves, whose victory pushes their lead over the Washington Nationals to 15 games. The Nationals take on the Philadelphia Phillies tonight at 5:05 PM at Nationals park.
The Braves welcome the Phillies to Turner Field for a three game series beginning tomorrow night. Atlanta will send Julio Teheran (9-5, 2.96) to the mound to face Philadelphia starter Cole Hamels (4-13, 3.81.) Game time is 7:10 PM.
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Hi! I hope that somebody will help me.What is a way to make an executable file from flash video?
Your question is puzzling. Generally you just download a flash video and you should be able to play it from your desktop if you have some kind of video player software installed.
If you have embedded the video within the timeline (rather than as an external file) you can publish the flash file as a projector from the flash application (which is a standalone executable in either pc/mac format) or from the desktop flash player you can 'create projector'. As the executable file contains the flash player, there is an overhead of a few megabytes.
Oh, thank you. I knew it was possible. Just did not know how to realize!
I had the same question. I solved the problem using the online converter.If you do not know how to use it - look for information on YouTubeRegards
You might try flajector. Good solution for your question.Glossy
OK. Thanks for the tip.
Not at all! This forum was created in order to help each other
As I know, there is a software which allows you to play flash videos without installing flash player.
With pertinent examples mentioned after my post and those specific examples are important here, not generalizations.
Thanks to all! The problem is solved
Thanks for letting us know that.


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