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August Offensive 7
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09 min 14 s
Canadian War Records Office, Ministry of Information
After their efforts from August 8 to 10, the Canadian Corps did not return to action of a sustained kind until the Battle of the Scarpe from August 26 to 30. The battle featured the attack by the Second and Third Divisions on Monchy-le-Preux, a fortified town on the Hindenburg Line. The village was taken, but German resistance, based around a lavish employment of machine guns in concrete bunkers, was such that 6000 casualties were suffered in three days of fighting.
Horsepower and manpower moved the armies of the Great War, but not entirely, as this extraordinary clip demonstrates. As the war progressed, more and more motor vehicles came into use. Trucks of all sizes and varieties were used to haul troops and equipment, and motorcycles, bicycles, staff cars, and ambulances were everywhere. The Canadian Corps, in fact, was the most mechanized corps in the British army, with one hundred more large trucks at its disposal than any equivalent formation. It also had more soldiers devoted to maintaining its vehicles, better repair turn-around times, and the Corps pioneered the use of double or treble shifts of drivers to get the best possible use of its scarce vehicle resources. The Canadian Corps also worked to maintain the roads in its sector (although the clip suggests what a difficult task this was in muddy, wet northern France). Whatever men and machines did, as this film clip also shows, the horse and the donkey still did most of the work.
Pieces of History
Military Logistics of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914–1919
Michel Litalien
Canadian military logistics is a dimension of the history of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) that is often overlooked. Yet just a few days after Canada's entry into the First World War, it was obvious that there was no way of ignoring it. When huge numbers of military and civilian volunteers showed up at Valcartier, near Quebec City, in August 1914, logistical support services, which had only recently been established, were soon put to the test. Clothing and equipping the members of the first contingent turned out to be a real headache. Manufacturers had to be found and contracts drawn up in a hurry for the production of uniforms, boots, belts, weapons, vehicles and so on. From a logistical standpoint, mobilizing the first contingent destined for Europe was a nightmare.
Throughout the Great War, the Canadian Expeditionary Force's logistical support system was an immense, complex operation. Of all the support services, the Canadian Army Service Corps (CASC) was the most diversified. Its main responsibilities were transporting combat troops, delivering equipment and materials, and providing the troops with fresh supplies. In addition to these essential tasks, the CASC also evacuated the wounded (ambulance drivers belonged to the corps), salvaged equipment that had been captured from the enemy or left behind on the battlefield and delivered mail. The CASC worked closely with the Canadian Ordnance Corps, the Canadian Army Medical Corps, and the Canadian Artillery Corps for the transportation of specialized ordnance.
The CASC operated from seaports located hundreds of kilometres from the battlefield, all the way to just behind the front lines. Its replenishment system could supply not only small groups of just a few men but also formations the size of an infantry battalion (approximately 1,000 men).
Resupplying front-line units was a multistep process. From ports and depots, supplies were first taken by railway to railheads. From there, CASC units were responsible for moving the supplies by truck or light railway to supply dumps. These operations took place in the third line of supply. Thanks to their small size, light railways could run and reach areas closer to the front lines more easily. It was also harder for enemy artillery to pinpoint them. The administrative area behind the front lines was crisscrossed by light rail lines that were built and maintained by Canadian railway troops.
From the supply dumps, the CASC's divisional train and ammunition supply column, both of which were horse-drawn, were responsible for bringing supplies closer to the front lines, to their respective divisions or individual units. This was the second line of supply.
Lastly, operations to supply front-line units constituted the first line of supply. These units had to come back to the rear to get their own supplies of gear, ammunition, weapons, technical and communications equipment, water, medication and food. These supply expeditions were carried out chiefly at night so that the soldiers could not be seen by the enemy. But assigning combat troops to this task meant that a battalion's defensive positions at the front would be short of manpower for a time and so vulnerable to enemy attack.
Toward the end of the war, however, a Canadian officer from Montreal proposed using the tumpline system — the method that Canada's aboriginal people and coureurs de bois had used to carry large loads on foot. Before the introduction of this system, infantryman had to carry supplies in their arms, thus limiting the quantity of materials due to their size and weight. The tumpline system, which involved the use of a head strap, allowed the soldiers to carry more weight and freed up their arms, thus giving them more freedom of movement. With this system, each soldier was able to transport a greater quantity of supplies and so fewer men were required for the job, leaving more troops to ensure the defence of the front lines.
Besides regularly providing drivers and vehicles to other units, the CASC also maintained and repaired its vehicles. It also had to make sure that the troops were fed, which meant that fresh and hard rations had to be allocated and distributed properly; its military cooks oversaw the operation of field bakeries and butcheries.
The CASC was not the only logistical support corps to play a key role in the CEF. The Canadian Ordnance Corps was responsible for procuring, storing and distributing uniforms, boots, equipment, weapons, ammunition and shells to combat troops. Specialized supply depots, located in the second line of supply, helped ensure more effective distribution.
The Canadian Ordnance Corps' other major role was to maintain equipment in the field. The repairmen in the specialized ordnance mobile workshops could get closer to the deployed units and repair their weapons, both light and heavy, as well as their equipment. If the mobile workshops were not able to do the repairs on site, the weapons and equipment were shipped to heavy or stationary workshops at the rear, where virtually anything could be reassembled or rebuilt. The small detachments of the Ordnance Corps worked closely with the various units of the Army Service Corps.
Despite the gradual mechanization of the war, horses remained a vital component of the CEF. The cavalry, the artillery and, of course, the Army Service Corps used huge numbers of horses right up to the end of the war. At one point, Canadians were using as many as 24,000 horses and mules in their overseas operations. Horses could often manage in places where motorized vehicles could make no headway! Inevitably, some horses suffered injuries or fell ill. The Canadian Veterinary Corps operated mobile sections to take care of horses; it also ran veterinary hospitals for horses, advanced remount depots and specialized basic provisions depots.
Other logistical support services also played a crucial role in enabling combat troops to get on with their job. The Canadian Postal Corps, for instance, helped maintain the morale of soldiers at the front, at the rear and also those convalescing in hospitals. Army chaplains, who constituted the smallest organized support group, provided religious services to Canadian soldiers of different faiths and offered moral support at difficult times. Lastly, despite the enemy's efforts to maintain a naval blockade by submarines, the Canadian Forestry Corps ensured that Great Britain, France and the Canadian Expeditionary Force obtained all the timber they needed to carry out their military operations.
Thousands of men served in these various organizations. The Army Service Corps, for example, counted over 17,000 officers and non-commissioned soldiers in its organization. Even if these units were not combat troops, many of them, including the Army Service Corps, played important roles in all military actions. One hundred and four members of the CASC were killed, and 363 were wounded.
Selected Bibliography
Brown, Ian Malcolm. British Logistics on the Western Front, 1914-1919. Westport: Praeger Publishers, 1998.
Canadian Army Service Corps, 2nd Divisional Train: Record of Service of Officers, 1914-1919. Brian Pontifex, comp. Toronto: Carswell, 1920.
Davies, W.J.K. Light Railways of the First World War: A History of Tactical Rail Communications on the British Fronts, 1914-18. Newton Abbot, UK: David & Charles, 1967.
French, Cecil. A History of the Canadian Army Veterinary Corps in the Great World War, 1914-1919. C.A.V. Barker and Ian K. Barker, eds. Guelph: Crest Books, 1999.
Jackson, H.M. The 127th Battalion, CEF; 2nd Battalion, Canadian Railway Troops. Montreal: Industrial Shops for the Deaf, 1957?.
Johnston, James Robert. Riding into War: The Memoir of a Horse Transport Driver, 1916-1919. Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions and The New Brunswick Military Heritage Project, 2004.
Love, David W. "A Call to Arms": The Organization and Administration of Canada's Military in World War One. Calgary: Bunker To Bunker Books, 1999.
Phelan, Frederick Ross. "Army Supplies in the Forward Area and the Tumpline System: A First World War Canadian Logistical Innovation." Canadian Military History 9, no 1 (Winter 2000): 31-45 [reprinted from the article published in the Canadian Defence Quarterly in October 1928].
To the Thunderer his Arms: The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps. William F. Rannie, ed. Lincoln, ON: W.F. Rannie, 1984.
Warren, Arnold. Wait for the Waggon: The Story of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1961.
Canada's Mounted Troops
Major Michael R. McNorgan
Instructor, Royal Military College, Kingston
At the beginning of the First World War, horsed cavalry was still an army's principal mobile arm. However, after the onset of static trench warfare on the Western Front in late 1914 – with thick barbed wire barriers and large numbers of machine guns protecting defensive works – the battlefield utility of cavalry was greatly diminished. Cavalry was nonetheless retained in large numbers because of the perennial hope of breaking through the enemy's line and rolling up his defences from the rear. Thus, for virtually every major offensive operation during the war, cavalry divisions were kept in reserve.
Canada contributed two distinct groups of cavalry during the War – the Canadian Cavalry Brigade and an independent cavalry regiment known as the Canadian Light Horse.
Canadian Cavalry Brigade
This Canadian Cavalry Brigade was formed in England in the autumn of 1915, consisting of permanent force units, the Royal Canadian Dragoons and Lord Strathcona's Horse, along with the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery. In early 1916, The Fort Garry Horse, a militia regiment from Winnipeg, was added, along with a Cavalry Brigade Machine Gun Squadron equipped with Vickers machine guns. The Canadian Cavalry Brigade served as part of a British cavalry division for the remainder of the war. Its first mounted action was at the Somme in the summer of 1916. When cavalry units were not needed as reserves for an offensive operation, they were often employed dismounted to occupy quiet sectors of the front.
The Brigade again saw mounted action in March 1917 when tasked to pursue an unexpected German withdrawal to a new defensive position called the Hindenburg Line. During this pursuit, Lieutenant Harvey of Lord Strathcona's Horse earned the brigade's first Victoria Cross for valour during the liberation of a French village. By the time of the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917 – best known as the first major tank offensive of the war – the Canadian cavalry was judged to be among the best brigades in the British Cavalry Corps, and it was tasked to serve in the lead of a large cavalry exploitation force. During this operation, a single Canadian squadron was the only cavalry to penetrate German lines, and Lieutenant Strachan of The Fort Garry Horse was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry.
The Brigade served with great distinction during the German's March 1918 offensive toward Amiens, riding from place to place assisting in slowing the relentless enemy advance. Its final action in this operation took place at Moreuil Wood, where Lieutenant Flowerdew of Lord Strathcona's Horse won a posthumous Victoria Cross for leading a gallant cavalry charge against German machine guns. After the war, Marshal Foch, the Allied supreme commander, credited the Canadians with halting the German offensive at Moreuil and preventing the separation of the French and British armies. Later in that final year of the war, the Canadian Cavalry Brigade was in action during the great Canadian Corps victory over the Germans at Amiens in August, and it played an important part in following up the German retreat in the last two months of the war.
Canadian Light Horse
Until May 1916, three of the four infantry divisions of the Canadian Corps maintained their own independent cavalry squadron of some 150 all ranks . These squadrons – from the 19th Alberta Dragoons, the 1st Hussars and the 16th Light Horse – were then amalgamated into an ad hoc regiment that reported directly to Canadian Corps Headquarters. In early 1917, this unit was named the Canadian Light Horse.
The Canadian Light Horse first saw action as a mounted unit in the consolidation of the ground captured in the attack on Vimy Ridge in April 1917. The CLH played a major role in the fighting at Iwuy on October 10, 1918, where the last ever swords-drawn charge by Canadian cavalry took place. During the pursuit of the Germans in the final month of the war, CLH squadrons were always well out in front as a scouting force, ensuring that the Canadian divisions would not be surprised by German lay-back patrols. When the war ended for the Canadians in Mons Belgium on November 11, 1918, the Canadian Light Horse was already well beyond the city.
Modern armoured fighting vehicles – tanks and armoured cars – owe their development in part to the stalemate created on the Western Front by the deadly combination of machine guns and thick belts of barbed wire protecting trench lines, along with massive artillery bombardments that could be brought down with great accuracy on an attacking force. The problem of how an attacking force could be strengthened to overcome well-defended trenches had been studied by British scientists since late 1914. They came up with the idea of a 'land ship' – a tracked vehicle protected by armour plate, large enough that it could carry guns or machine guns, drive over belts of barbed wire, and crossover trenches. This highly secret vehicle was given the code name 'tank'.
Tanks were first introduced in limited numbers during the battle of the Somme in mid-September 1916, and the Canadian Corps was given seven (these models were called the Mark I) for its attack on the village of Courcellette. But these early versions were mechanical nightmares; almost all broke down before they got anywhere close to the German lines. Still, scientists kept improving their tank designs. Finally, in November 1917, tanks were used in large numbers in a successful offensive at Cambrai: the era of mechanized warfare had been born. Tanks then played major roles in the Battle of Amiens in August 1918, in the breaking of the Hindenburg Line in September, and in the pursuit of the retreating Germans in October and November 1918.
Early in 1918 many thought the war might well last into 1919, and the Canadian Army agreed to raise tank units. The 1st Canadian Tank Battalion was recruited from university students, and in June 1918 it was sent to England to begin training at the British Tank School. Despite the general aversion to volunteering at this stage in the war, a 2nd Battalion was also quickly raised. The 1st Tank Battalion had just completed its training and was preparing to leave for the front when the Armistice was declared on November 11, 1918. Thus, while no Canadian tank unit saw action in the war, many Canadians did serve in British tank battalions, and in a number of instances displayed their nationalism by painting maple leafs prominently on their vehicles.
In 1914, Canada created the world's first armoured unit. The driving force behind this achievement was Raymond Brutinel, a wealthy engineer originally from France, who had the idea that lightly armoured vehicles designed to carry machine guns would be especially useful. He offered to raise the funds for the vehicles, a suggestion which was readily accepted by the government. Brutinel designed the vehicles, had them built, purchased the machine guns, and recruited the soldiers, all within two months. His new unit was given the name 'Automobile Machine Gun Brigade No. 1'. In the next few months three other mobile machine gun units were raised, all paid for by private subscription – the Eaton Battery, the Borden Battery and the Yukon Battery. All four units found their way to France where, in 1915, they were amalgamated under Brutinel's command as the Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade.
Brutinel's Motors came into their own in the last year of the war, when the stalemate of trench warfare had been broken. This highly mobile force played an especially important role in stemming the onslaught of the Germans' March 1918 offensive, and a second similar brigade was formed. The Motors were a valuable part of a composite formation of cavalry, armoured cars and cyclists, termed 'The Independent Force', during the Battle of Amiens in August 1918. Between September and November this force led the Canadian Corps from one victory to another during the pursuit to Valenciennes and finally to Mons on November 11, when the war ended.
At the beginning of the war, each Canadian division had its own company of cyclists – troops equipped with sturdy bicycles whose tasks included field security and aspects of military intelligence. In the static conditions on the Western Front, they were not very useful, so they tended to be used as guards or labourers. In May 1916 the four companies were amalgamated as The Canadian Corps Cyclist Battalion. In 1918, the battalion was included in Brigadier-General Brutinel's 'Independent Force', and there they served valiantly at Amiens and in the Pursuit to Mons as a form of mounted infantry – riding to the scene of action, dismounting and then fighting as infantry.
Selected Bibliography
Ellis, W.D., ed. Saga of the Cyclists in the Great War 1914-1918. Toronto: Canadian Corps Cyclist Battalion Association, 1965.
Lynch, Alex. Dad, the Motors and the Fifth Army Show: The German Offensive, March 1918. Kingston, ON: Lawrence Publications, 1978.
---. The Glory of Their Times : 1st Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade, March 1918. Kingston, ON: Lawrence Publications, 2001.
Marteinson, John and Michael R. McNorgan. The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps: An Illustrated History. Toronto: Robin Brass Studio, 2000.
Mitchell, G.D., Brian Reid and W. Simcock. RCHA - Right of the Line : An Anecdotal History of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery from 1871. Ottawa: RCHA History Committee, 1986.
Wallace, J.F. Dragons of Steel: Canadian Armour in Two World Wars. Burnstown, ON: General Store Publishing, 1995.
Williams, S.H. Stand to Your Horses : Through the First World War, 1914-1918 with the Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians). Winnipeg: Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) Regimental Society, 1999 (1961).
Other Materials
Diary by Ivan Clark Maharg, Aug. 26-Sept. 4, 1918
Advance to Monahy.
August Monday 26 1918
McDonnough and Piault(?) killed.
Zero hour goes at 3 a.m. Dandy barrage opens on time and away they go. "A" Coy. moves out at zero + 75 minutes. Moved my platoon forward in artillery formation under heavy machine gun fire from Mount Pleasant on our left flank. Reached our final objective by 8 a.m. after going about 4 miles. B, C & D Coys all disorganized. Saw Bud Lawson having his ankle dressed. B, C & D on through Monchy but had to fall back. 7th Bgde too late to leap frog and Hun has chance to regain himself. McKee, Smith, McMillan, Shannon & Sydie(?) killed. McKee buried west of Monchy.
August Tuesday 27 1918
"A" Coy along with remnants of B, C, & D on (all the officers of latter were made casualties) rested in Musket, Bayonet & Rifle trenches all day and that night. Kept men in the deep dugouts with posts only on duty along the trench. Plenty of prisoners taken on the 26th but souvenirs snapped up by 1st Coys through the line. Took cap, shoulder strap & cigar case from one hun.
Enjoyed my little bunk in the dug out with my whole platoon and had fun cooking my own meals on a brazier. No casualties in my platoon yet except one man attached to S. Bearers.
August Wednesday 28 1918
About 10 a.m. whole batt'n moved across to a position behind and south of Monchy. Barage of ours opened up at HK before we got into our new position and we passed whole line of deafening field guns. About 12 K. we moved on in art. formation to support attack by 43rd, 58th & 5th C.M.R.'s Passed over heaps almost of dead huns & through bunch of gas. Rested in shell holes from 2.30 to 7 K. Went on from there to within 500 yds of front line. Found 3rd batt badly disorganized & both flanks exposed.
August Thursday 29 1918
Best news ever. Everyone all in when news came at 1 a.m. that Imperials would relive [sic] us. "A" Coy relieved about 3 a.m. Moved my platoon back & passed through bunch of gas in a swamp. Marched all night right back into Arras. Into barracks & tumbled into bed at 8 a.m. & slept right thro to 5 o'clock. Pulled out to go billeting for A Coy. and to rush my supper & heat it. Whole batt. moved across town & got into cellars for the night. A officers got fine house. Bed rolls & kitchen stuff arrives at 11 p.m. Had supper & went to bed. Wrote up my diary.
Lattre St. Quentin
August Friday 30 1918
Up at 8 K. Had breakfast & went over to men's billets. Had clothing parade & got them new pants & tunics. Orders to move at 2 p.m. so stopped parade suddenly. Left Arras in [illegible] at 2 p.m. & got to Lattre St. Quentin at 6:45 p.m. Billeted in corrugated hut. Pretty cool. Had cold supper at 8 p.m. Started long letter home. Bed 10:30.
Saw Capt. Clarke to have Pte. Gailloux(?) transferred to "A" Coy. as my hatman(?).
August Saturday 31 1918
Had breakfast at 8 a.m. On parade with platoon till 10:30. Cool morning. Got breeches from R.Q.M.S. 60 reinforcements and 6 officers reach battalion. Mr. Wright (formerly L.S.H.) comes to "A" Coy. "Townie" Townsend, Dennis Bros., & Stenberg arrive in draft. Talked to Mathews of B196. Put into 43rd Camerons & mad about the deal. Gailloux(?) transferred from "C" to "A" Coy. Had chat with Russ F. Talks of "[illegible]" work. Over the top 4 times in 2 mos. Got Hun P.C.'s from McConnell.
Wrote 21 page letter Dad. Started letter to Eva.
September Sunday 1 1918
Clear & quite cool. Feels really like fall weather. On Batt. Church parade at 9 a.m. Finished my letter to Eva. "A" Coy. paid. Got string from P.O. & registered souvenirs (cap, shoulder strap & cigar case) to Dad. Got Gailloux(?) on the job as my hatman(?). Townsend up to see me. Knows Major Bradbrooke, got bunch of news of Regina, Logan Col. K. & Flood. No mail. What's the matter. Batt. canteen set up so can feed. Bath parade tomorrow Wright & I for it.
September Monday 2 1918
Up at 6:30. Rushed breakfast & marched off bath parade in light rain at 7.30 a.m. Took shortcut & reached Habaroque(?) at 8 sharp. Found 2nd C.M.P. billeted there. Got back at 10:30 Battalion under one hour notice to move. Webb sent billeting at 3.30 K. Battalion moved off 7: M.O. on short notice at 4.30. Reached Arras via main St. Pol road at 9 p.m. Pretty stiff march & all with sore feet. Men billeted in cellars. Had lunch & curled in at 11.11 p.m.
September Tuesday 3 1918
Slept till nearly 9 a.m. Had breakfast & over to men's cellar. Found Div. canteen before dinner and stocked up with chocolate & biscuits also cigarettes. Major Bradbrooke up the line on Reconnaissance. Coy. paraded at 1K for battle inspection. #2 Platoon O.K. Got letters from Mother (Aug. 9th), Eva (Aug. 10th). Wrote bunch of letters. Had tea 4 p.m. Down to Barber shop, shoemakers & over to see Compton with Platoon. Censored bunch of letters & parcels. Had talk with Whitmore of 2nd C.M.R.'s. Marked new line on Tr. Maps. Wrote Ed. R, Vera, Aunt Sadie. Wrote Reita* Taylor. Wrote Dad from "Y" Arras.
September Wednesday 4 1918
Beautiful clear day. Took platoon on parade 10 K. over to Y.M.C.A. to corral some writing material. Had my hair cut by Rgtt.* Barber. Received letters from Dad (Aug. 5th), Eva (Aug. 6th), Arnie Laughton (Aug. 6th) Made up my mess bills & let them off light. Paid 86.70 to Canteen. Dudly back from his Bombing Officer on Brigade. Hallsmith also deserts B.H.Q. to join Coy. Lansey with officers now. Sent aeroplane photos to Dad & also wrote Mother (P.O. refuses to accept the aerial photographs so stuck them into my bed roll).
Wrote Mother. Eva.
Lieutenant Ivan Clark Maharg enlisted in Brandon, Manitoba in March 1916. He served in France with the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles (Saskatchewan Regiment). He was killed in action in France September 29, 1918 at the age of 21.
General Currie's plan for the first phase of the offensive called for simultaneous attacks by the British division on the left, the 3rd Canadian Division between the Scarpe and the Cambrai road, and the 2nd on the right covering as far as the inter-army boundary, which ran eastward from Neuville-Vitasse. They were to secure a north-south line just west of Monchy-le-Preux, exploiting thence as far east as possible. For gun support General Currie could call on fourteen brigades of field and nine of heavy artillery. Nine tanks from the 3rd Tank Brigade were allotted to each of the Canadian divisions, but as a result of the losses to armour at Amiens these were not to be used ahead of the infantry unless definite resistance demanded their employment. Monday, August 26, was fixed as the day of assault, and zero hour, originally at dawn, was advanced to 3:00 a.m. in hope of confusing the enemy.
The attack started on time. The opening artillery and machine-gun barrage was reported as admirable. The 2nd Division attacking south of the road made fine progress. At first the Germans, surprised by the early hour of the assault, offered little resistance, so that the advancing infantry had no need to call on the tanks for help. While the 6th Brigade, under Brig.-Gen. A. H. Bell, pushed out a defensive flank on the Corps right and mopped up the Neuville-Vitasse area, the 4th Brigade (Brig.-Gen. R. Rennie) making the main assault, drove rapidly through the enemy's outpost zone, encountering very little resistance. Shortly after 6:00 a.m. the 20th Battalion captured Chapel Hill, 2500 yards west of Monchy. By this time day had broken, making it easier for the tanks to support the infantry closely. But it also allowed the enemy good observation from high ground about Monchy; and his field artillery put a number of the tanks out of action. By 7:30, the 21st Battalion was approaching the outskirts of Guémappe, where it ran into heavy fire coming from Monchy, a mile to the north.
A mid-morning shift in the forward boundary of the First and Third Armies (partly in order to aid the Fourth Army by exerting more pressure in a south-easterly direction) had repercussions on the Canadian front. The 2nd Division, hitherto attacking eastward, was ordered to shift its axis of advance to the south-east, and to capture the high ground across the Cojeul River south-east of Wancourt. General Burstall gave the task to the 6th Brigade, assigning as objective the ruins of Wancourt Tower, 1200 yards south of Guémappe. At 4:40 p.m. the 27th and 28th Battalions crossed the dry river bed and attacked the ridge, supported by an effective barrage fired by the 5th and 6th Brigades C.F.A., which had moved forward of Neuville-Vitasse. As the attackers topped the rise from the Cojeul valley they were heavily hit. The crest of the ridge was thick with uncut wire and swept by machine-gun fire from outposts of the Hindenburg Line over towards the right, which the British 52nd Division, making a parallel attack on the Third Army's left flank, had not yet reached. The two battalions were forced to dig in at dusk short of their final objective; but early next morning in a silent attack they secured Egret Trench on the German forward slope, thereby gaining a good jumping-off line for operations on the 27th.
Meanwhile on the Corps left, where the approach of the 3rd Division was dominated by Orange Hill, rising sixty feet above the surrounding countryside, General Lipsett's plan was to turn the position by an attack along the southern bank of the Scarpe. The 8th Brigade (Brig.-Gen. D. C. Draper), employing in the assault three battalions of the Canadian Mounted Rifles, found the German opposition lighter than expected. The 4th C.M.R. advanced along the river bank and outflanked Orange Hill. It was followed by the 2nd C.M.R., which, turning sharply to its right, took the hill from the north. The 1st and 5th C.M.R. then passed through to left and right respectively, to attack Monchy from the north and the west; by 7:40 the village was in Canadian hands. Shortly afterwards 4 the 7th Brigade (Brig.-Gen. H. M. Dyer) pushed through to attack with The Royal Canadian Regiment and the P.P.C.L.I. a number of enemy-held woods east of Monchy. The change in the 2nd Division's axis had led to the withdrawal of the 4th Brigade south of the Arras-Cambrai road. As a temporary measure two machine-gun batteries of General Brutinel's Canadian Independent Force were dispatched down the road to cover the gap. The 42nd Battalion was then put in on the 20th Battalion's former front, where it evicted the enemy from its heavily-wired trenches south of Monchy.
North of the Scarpe the 51st (Highland) Division had kept pace with little difficulty, pushing its line forward to secure the chemical works north of Roeux and establish patrols on the west side of Gavrelle. By dusk the Canadian line, well inside the old German front trench system, ran from west of Pelves, on the south bank of the river, passing 1000 yards east of Monchy-le-Preux to include Guémappe and Wancourt Tower. Powerful counterattacks developed from the direction of the Bois du Vert and Jigsaw Wood, which the enemy was holding as outposts to his Fresnes-Rouvroy line. These were launched by two regiments of the German 35th Division, moved forward from the Drocourt-Quéant Line with orders to retake Monchy. The German effort was smashed, but it had succeeded in preventing any further Canadian advance on the 26th.
Adapted and used with permission from Nicholson, G. W. L., Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1919. Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1964, p.401-404.
Teaching Materials
Warfront: Building Bridges
Films : Canadian Light Railway Section 1, Moving Heavy Equipment on Muddy Roads
Background Notes for the Teacher
The movement of troops, rations and supplies was key to the success of the Allied war effort. Establishing and maintaining transportation routes were a daily concern: Roads devoured by mud created obstacles for soldiers travelling on foot, by bicycle, horse, truck or rail. Bridges had become casualties of war themselves. Engineers had to repair damaged structures or design new bridges with whatever materials were available.
Introducing the Subject
Discuss the role of transportation. Identify the ways in which people and goods move about the modern world.
Brainstorm what needed to be transported during World War I. (The responses should include food, water, medical supplies, munitions, troops and mail.)
What might disrupt the lines of transportation? (Establish the fact that engineers and soldiers had to re-construct any bridge or road that became impassable due to the ravages of battle.)
Teaching and Learning
View the films and notice the different types of transportation used by the Canadian Expeditionary Force (foot, bicycle, horse, truck, rail).
Study the footage that documents the construction of a bridge over a small channel of water.
Identify the truss bridge that relies upon the triangle to create a base strong enough to support massive loads.
Applying the Knowledge
In teams, design and build a truss bridge using spaghetti and white glue.
To simulate wartime conditions, limit the number of materials students can use (e.g. tweezers, scissors) and place a strict time limit.
Use weights to determine the relative strength of the structure.
Teacher Reflections
How well did students function as a team?
Did the spaghetti bridges incorporate trusses similar to those in the film?
Were the bridges able to support a "load"?
Did the activity provide students with a tiny glimpse of the pressures and frustrations soldiers must have felt constructing a bridge under the most trying of circumstances?


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Murphy closer to returning; Aviles remains out
CLEVELAND -- It was a case of one step forward and one step back for the Indians' depth chart Tuesday night.
While veteran right fielder David Murphy (strained right oblique) inched closer to a return from the 15-day disabled list, utility man Mike Aviles was still dealing with whiplash symptoms. Murphy ran the bases at Progressive Field on Tuesday and is scheduled to begin a Minor League rehab assignment with Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday.
"I'm getting pretty close," Murphy said. "Obviously, I want to get out there as soon as possible, but I'm trying to be smart with it and just trust what they're saying. I feel like everything has been on schedule so far. Hopefully, it'll only continue to get stronger."
Murphy, 32, has been shelved with the right side issue since Aug. 10, but has progressed steadily since injuring the oblique on a swing Aug. 9 in New York. In 109 games this season, the right fielder has hit .262 with seven home runs and 55 RBIs.
Indians manager Terry Francona said the plan is for Murphy to play five innings Wednesday before building to seven innings Thursday. Due to rosters being expanded in September, Francona said the Indians have some flexibility with when to activate Murphy.
"He may not be ready to play seven days in a row," Francona said, "but I'm not sure that doesn't mean we [can't activate him]. We'll activate him when -- a couple things -- one, he feels healthy and, two, he feels like he has his legs under him at the plate. We'll get some input from him, too."
Aviles was hurt during a diving catch in the first inning of Monday's 12-1 loss to the Tigers, but remained in the game for three innings. The utility man was checked for a concussion, but passed the tests administered during the game. Aviles remained out of the lineup Tuesday and could be sidelined for a few days.
"He's passed all the concussion tests, which is good," Francona said. "He still doesn't feel great. He's got the whiplash symptoms, so we'll keep him around here [Tuesday] to let the doc look at him again and then kind of go from there."
In 97 games this season, Aviles has hit .245 with five homers and 33 RBIs.
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Julia Macleod is a fighter.
The 14-year-old Redlands girl was diagnosed with two devastating auto-immune disabilities before she left elementary school.
Ankylosing spondylitis, a form of juvenile arthritis, developed when she was 7. At 9, she was diagnosed with Crohn's disease, which affects the gastrointestinal tract. Both diseases typically have a harrowing and lasting effect on a person's life.
"I didn't really know what was happening," Julia said. "I never heard of kids' getting arthritis before. I always thought that it was something you got when you were an adult."
It has been an arduous seven-year battle since then, complete with numerous stays in different hospitals and a trip to Washington, D.C., to educate lawmakers on the prevalence of childhood arthritis. Her condition had progressed to the point where she used a wheelchair.
On June 24, Julia underwent a rare autologous stem cell transplant to try to put a stop to her constant pain.
An autologous stem cell transplant is a procedure in which blood-forming stem cells (cells from which all blood cells develop) are removed, stored, and later given back to the same person.
According to Julia's mother, Linda Macleod, Julia may be only the second patient in the country to undergo the procedure for Crohn's disease.
After years of receiving treatment from different doctors, Julia was admitted to UCLA's Ronald Reagan Medical Center in May under the care of Dr. David Ziring. Linda Macleod was recommended to Dr. Ziring by members of an online Crohn's Disease community.
"I looked him up and we never looked back," Linda said. "It was a smart move."
At UCLA, Julia underwent chemotherapy, her stem cells were harvested and she was discharged on May 19. Julia returned to UCLA on June 17 for more doses of chemo before her stem cells were injected back into her.
Julia's last dose of chemotherapy was on June 28, a milestone on her long road to recovery.
In the midst of these life-saving procedures, Julia is looking forward to the little aspects of childhood life that many have taken for granted.
"I haven't walked at all this year," Julia said. "And then I really want to swim. I would go bicycling with my dad a lot and I haven't done that in so long so I want to do that."
According to Linda, Julia's disabilities forced her to learn harsh truths that no child her age should know. Some of the most difficult parts of Julia's ordeal were how society treated her daughter during her most trying times.
"I think people need to teach their kids how to respond to people with disabilities, how to respond to people with medical devices" Macleod said, bringing up numerous instances where Julia was gawked at or dismissed by children and adults. "It's not some major thing that's going to take time, I think it's having empathy for others, I think that's important."
When Julia returns for eighth grade at Sacred Heart Academy this year, she'll look forward to all the parts of middle school she was forced to miss due to her disabilities: school dances, graduation, even playing on the playground.
"I tell her it's the last thing Crohn's was trying to rob her of," Linda said. "It may have won a small battle, but we are winning the war."
Julia has emerged from this so far with a fighting spirit.
"Something can happen to you that's completely and utterly unfair. You are going to be mad at the world and at everyone," Julia said. "But as you go through the process, you're going to get a lot stronger. And once you're through the finish line you're going to be really happy, like you're on top of the world."


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Senate Gives Final Passage to Bill to Test Newborns for Congenital Heart Defects Through Pulse Oximetry Screening
The New York State Senate today gave final legislative passage to a bill that would require all birthing facilities to screen newborn babies for congenital heart defects (CHDs) through a process called pulse oximetry screening. The bill (S.270B), sponsored by Senator William Larkin (R-C, Cornwall-on-Hudson), will save lives through earlier detection of possible heart defects.
"Pulse oximetry screenings are painless, and take one minute to perform," said Senator Larkin. "By performing this simple test, doctors can take the appropriate and necessary steps to ensure that newborns get the care they need, should they have heart defects. Simply, this measure will save lives."
"Our son Jacob was born and appeared to be a completely healthy baby boy, but on his second day of life, he turned blue," said American Heart Association volunteer Kelsey Thomas of Syracuse, who on Monday came with her superhero son to deliver American Heart Association petitions to the Senate in support of the bill. "The pulse ox test showed a low level of oxygen in his blood, and eight days later, he had surgery to repair a rare congenital heart defect. Today, he's 14 months old, healthy and active. But what if he had turned blue in the night, or hadn't been in the hospital? I'm glad that all parents will now have the assurance that pulse ox gives, and that all babies will have the chance to live a long and healthy life. It's a little test that can give a big result – a saved life."
For newborns, pulse oximetry screening involves taping a small sensor to the baby's foot while the sensor beams a light through the foot to measure the amount of oxygen in the blood. This type of screening is effective at finding congenital heart defects that may otherwise go undetected by current screening methods.
Current methods used to detect CHDs include prenatal ultrasound screening, and repeated clinical examinations, but these tests identify less than half of all CHD cases.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 4,800 babies are born each year with some form of congenital heart defect, which are the leading cause of infant deaths due to birth defects.
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Believers of the Mayan calendar prediction that the world will end on December 21 have flooded into a small village in western Turkey, near the ancient Greek city of Ephesus.
Some New Age spiritualists are convinced of a December 21 "doomsday" foretold by Mayan hieroglyphs - at least according to some interpretations.
The date marks the end of an era that lasted over 5000 years, according to the Mayan "Long Count" calendar. The idea that the date, which coincides with the December solstice, marks the end of the world as foretold by Mayan hieroglyphs has been ridiculed by scholars.
Sirince, a village of around 600 inhabitants, has a positive energy according to the doomsday cultists, who say that it is close to an area where Christians believe the Virgin Mary ascended to heaven.
The Mayan prophecy has sparked a tourism boom in the village, which is now expected to host more than 60,000 visitors according to local media.
"It is the first time we witness such an interest during the winter season," said Ilkan Gulgun, one of the hotel owners in Sirince, quoted by the media.
He said the tourists at his hotel believed that the positive energy of Sirince would save them from an apocalyptical catastrophe.
An ancient Greek village, Sirince is home to boutique hotels attracting Turkey's wealthy class. It is also well known for its wine.
Erkan Onoglu, a Turkish businessman, produced a special "wine of the Apocalypse" for December 21, a product on sale especially for superstitious survivalists, the daily Radikal newspaper reported.
A resident of Sirince working in the hotel business, Ibrahim Katan, welcomed the enthusiasm of tourists to the village, hoping that local businesses can benefit from the boom.
"The rumours floating around have increased the number of customers. We are only happy about it," he said.
Meanwhile, Rigoberta Menchu, the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner, is unhappy about the commercial hype over the supposed end of the world.
Millions of tourists are expected to flock to Mexico and Central America for celebrations that will include fireworks and concerts held at more than three dozen archaeological sites.
But don't expect much authenticity, said Menchu, an indigenous Guatemalan of Maya ethnicity.
"The authentic celebration of the Mayas -- that will not be seen by everyone, that is part of the private lives of the Mayas," said Menchu late Monday as she marked the 20th anniversary of her Nobel win.
"We are going to bid farewell to the grandfather sun and will bid him farewell in thousands of ways," Menchu said. "We don't care what the government will do."
The government of President Otto Perez has planned events at 13 archeological sites, especially at Tikal, some 530 kilometers north of Guatemala City.
Native Maya communities, however, have separate ceremonies planned at 11 other sites.
Menchu is hardly the first native Mayan to decry the exploitation of her heritage.
"We are speaking out against deceit, lies and twisting of the truth, and turning us into folklore-for-profit," Felipe Gomez, leader of the Maya alliance Oxlajuj Ajpop, said in October. "They are not telling the truth about time cycles."
The Maya culture flourished between the years 250 and 900, then slowly entered a period of decadence ending around 1200.
Archeologists believe long catastrophic drought sparked political destabilization and triggered wars that led to the collapse of Maya culture.
Scholars say that December 21 simply marks the end of the old Mayan calendar and the beginning of a new one.


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The Once & Future Protocol
HART Is the Most Widely Used Communication Protocol in the Process Industries and the Best Choice for the Future
From the very beginning, HART Communication filled a crucial need for digital communications from instrument to control and maintenance systems. As the needs of the process industries have grown and changed, HART Communication has evolved to meet those needs, and is clearly the choice of the process industries for the communications protocol of the future.
HART in the Beginning
The Highway Addressable Remote Transducer (HART) Protocol became an open protocol in 1990; HART Communication Foundation (HCF) was established in 1993, multiple vendors began offering HART communication as an option, and eventually it became the standard I/O solution.
"As it relates to digital field communications for instrumentation," Michael Robinson, solutions business manager at Endress+Hauser notes, "HART has been in the marketplace as a reasonable solution for a substantial amount of time. The market has embraced the technology, and the implementation costs are relatively low for either a brownfield or greenfield installation."
Shannon Foos, process segment manager, fieldbus and asset management, at Rockwell Automation says, "Coming from the world of electrical control based on 4-20 mADC, HART provides added value by superimposing digital information on the analog loop-- an incremental step above the traditional 4-20 mA device. This incremental step was easy for both users and automation vendors to implement."
Robinson continues, "If you also consider that the technology is integrated into 'de facto' PV/CV field signal technology, and that most 4-20 mA instrumentation outputs are supplied with HART communication as a standard option with no additional cost to the user, it does not surprise me that its adoption has been significantly more successful than the other bus technologies or protocols."
Gary Prentice, national sales manager for Moore Industries International, puts it bluntly. "Even the earliest versions of HART filled the need to manually perform configuration and diagnostics remotely. Many (HART) users have not outgrown this basic need. More sophisticated users take advantage of the multiple dynamic variables with a single process penetration and the online diagnostics. Most users' needs continue to be met with HART, and they are comfortable with the technology."
In 2012, HART has more than 35 million installed instruments and devices, far surpassing any other process fieldbus. Garrett Schmidt, wireless product manager for Phoenix Contact explains why. "HART is the world leader of field device protocols because it is backward-compatible to standard 4-20 mA. You can use HART instruments without upgrading the control systems."
Mark Nixon, lead system architect at Emerson Process Management, says that the reason HART has more than twice as many installations as its nearest competitor is, "Simplicity. The industry has been using 4-20 mA and HART for over 20 years, so there is a wealth of experience to draw on and a very well-defined set of tools and processes that have been developed. WirelessHART simply built on the success already achieved with HART. The HCF and its member companies continue to drive HART and its related technologies for customer value. The standard continues to evolve so that real-world problems can be solved in a standards-driven manner. For example, the latest release of HART includes support for discrete-oriented devices such as on/off valves."
Jeff Dobos, ProComSol president, says HART is "inexpensive and easy to use, makes use of existing wiring in plants, and cost and installed base will keep it dominant for a long time."
Thomas Holmes, president of MACTek Corporation, sums it up. "HART is here to stay because no other field communication solution can cover the wide range of devices and applications—wired and wireless, analog and digital. Since HART includes the 4-20 mA signal, it is the only solution that works with the existing installed base of control, safety and monitoring systems and the installed base of measurement devices."
The Basics: How HART Works
There are three basic modes of operation for the HART protocol.
In point-to-point mode the digital signals are superimposed on the 4-20 mADC loop current. One process variable (PV) is sent on the 4-20 mA signal, and other signals, such as secondary or calculated PVs (up to four or eight in newer devices), as well as device setup, calibration and diagnostic and maintenance status, can be transmitted digitally over the 4-20 mA signal.
Multi-drop signals are transmitted with the current loop set at 4 mA. Multi-drop mode allows up to 64 devices on a single loop. Multi-drop mode "has been very successful on RTUs in remote wellhead monitoring," says Jonas Berge, director of applied technology for Emerson Process Management, Singapore.
The third mode is WirelessHART. This mode is true HART, but the data is sent wirelessly using an IEEE 802.15.4 radio. "The goal with WirelessHART was always to extend the capability of the proven wired technology," says Ed Ladd, senior business development manager for process automation at Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. "It was designed to provide a reliable sensor level network that could interface with current systems in the field."
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Chevy Luv Junkyard Jewel, Part 3: Frame
Step Three: Frame Game
To bring you guys up to date on build cost so far, we've spent a whopping 70 bucks to get where we're at—that's $10 on the carwash, $30 on wire for the welder, and another $30 on cutting and grinding discs. We managed to trade an old tranny (not a tranny tranny, but a transmission) for the 2x3 3/16-inch wall tubing that we'll be using for the frame. Not too bad if we say so ourselves.
So with our first glimpse of the ol' Luv sitting on the ground we couldn't wait to get down to the nitty gritty and get going on the bodydrop and notch the frame. A big priority for the build is to keep the thing drivable, not just for beatin' around town, but also for the odd road trip to shows. Retaining as much interior room as possible is a must, and to help make this happen, we've chosen to do a combination of a stock-floor and traditional bodydrop. We found that we could gain about an inch and a half of room by cutting off the top portion of the frame, then reinforcing it by inserting some 2x3 boxed tubing to keep everything plenty strong. That'll mean an inch and a half less to be taken out of the floor and hopefully leave us with a completely usable and functional interior. This step is also friendly to the first timer who may not be confortable building a fram from scratch. We also chose to use the 2x3 tubing to build our step notch and allow the diff to tuck up into the framerails.
Part of any custom build is the unexpected, and this build is no exception, after cutting off the top inch and a half of the frame we found a portion that was rotted out. The cause was some internal factory fishplating that had done a great job of retaining moisture over the years. Luckily, it was only about a 7-inch side section of each frame rail, which was easily fixed up with some 1/8-inch plate, thus getting us back to that "plenty strong" goal for our frame. Speaking of which, we also took the time to build the fishplates to reinforce the area where we did the Z and past the transition area where we lopped off the top of the frame. We're going to hold off burning the plates onto the frame until we get the front 'bag mounts sorted out, that way no time and effort will be wasted cutting off bits that we just put on.
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Archer, Rivero staying sharp in Minor League camp
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- They stayed in big league camp for about the same amount of time, though there were different expectations for each. And both threw exceptionally well in their respective first outings on the Minor League side.
Felipe Rivero knew he wasn't going to make the club, having spent the 2012 season in full-season ball for the first time. But Chris Archer was competing for a spot on the big league staff, yet was optioned just one day after Rivero was sent out. Both hit the ground running away from the big stadium.
Archer, No. 46 on MLB.com's Top 100 Prospects list and No. 4 on the Rays' Top 20, threw well in big league camp, finishing with seven scoreless innings during which he gave up just one hit. He picked up where he left off in his first Triple-A game on Thursday, going four strong innings to quickly show he wasn't about to let his demotion impact him in a bad way.
"Sometimes guys get on the pity pot, but that didn't happen with him," Rays farm director Mitch Lukevics said. "He's right there with the attitude, and you can't say it always happens that way. Players can take it as a negative and hurt themselves. He took it the right way, and it was evident in his first outing."
Rivero, No. 18 on the Top 20, took advantage of his time in big league camp. He appeared in four games, all in relief, allowing two runs on five hits over 4 1/3 innings. Going back down was an inevitability for the young left-hander. Now, he can focus on getting stretched out in time to begin the Minor League season as a starter -- most likely here in Port Charlotte and the Florida State League.
If his first outing is any indication, he'll be more than ready. Pitching with the Port Charlotte group on Friday, Rivero tossed three perfect innings against the Twins. He struck out six of the nine batters he faced.
"That was a good performance, and he did a nice job in big league camp, too," Lukevics said. "It's good when you see young guys step up like that. He's always had good stuff. But you never know how a kid is going to handle the pressure of Major League games. He handled it really well."
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text: Show Hide image Politics 22 February 2013 Innovation: the key to transforming the UK's energy systems Sign up for our weekly email * The increasing reliance of all modern societies on plentiful supplies of energy – and particularly electricity – poses significant challenges to governments, business and indeed the individual consumer. Not only are traditional fossil-based fuels becoming more difficult to extract, their impact on the environment is now better understood and mitigation measures are constraining previously untrammelled exploitation. The strain on our existing network due to growth in demand is threatening security of supply. Meanwhile, the economics of supply and demand – along with geo-political issues – are pushing prices ever upward. In the UK, there is a recognition that the nation's energy systems need to provide affordable, low carbon energy supplies that are flexible and resilient: in short, appropriate for a high-tech 21st century economy. At the same time, more efficient use of energy by end users is needed if demand is not to place unacceptable strains on the supply network. The urgency of this challenge is increasingly clear. This week, the energy regulator Ofgem noted that 10% of our current electricity generation capacity is likely to go offline in the coming months. It forecasts that the UK is likely to become much more dependent on imports with all the uncertainties and price volatility that entails for UK energy users. Yet as in nearly all instances of looming crisis, the imperative to find another solution is driving ingenuity and innovation. New ways of doing things, new avenues of research and novel implementation technologies are starting to transform the energy landscape. And the Technology Strategy Board, the UK's innovation agency, is at the heart of efforts to transform both supply and demand. A great deal of work in our businesses, our universities and other research facilities is focussed on solving the energy challenge. However, ideas have to be transformed into hard commercial propositions and this is where TSB comes in. We build partnerships between stakeholders from a diversity of interests, from business, academia and local communities. By facilitating these interactions, and providing co-funding where appropriate, we can help join up the innovation pipeline, bridging the so-called 'valley of death', that gap between ideas and commercial reality that bedevils the process of successful development. It is worth noting that the process of commercialisation can be particularly long and difficult in the energy sector. New technologies can take many years to become embedded and this makes business investment in energy innovation especially tortuous and complicated. It can be difficult to produce a robust business plan looking five years into the future – so when the timescale is 20 years or more and the business and political landscape is not fixed, the equation becomes very complex. Here, the ability of the Technology Strategy Board to provide support (in various ways including co-funding) helps to reduce the risk that organisations face when they embark on a process of innovation, and accelerates the best products to market. For example, innovation will play a major role is in delivering the smart, flexible energy systems of the (increasingly near) future. By using energy more efficiently, and managing it better (so not so many peaks and troughs) this country can provide a more stable demand profile which will reduce peak load and back-up generation requirements. Community-led initiatives, which avoid some of the infrastructure costs and power losses associated with long distance delivery networks, give consumers ownership of their energy and encourage them to take responsibility for using it wisely. The TSB is actively supporting projects at this level together with partners such as local and regional governments. For example, in Aberdeen, zero carbon wind power will be used to produce hydrogen. This will then be used for running fuel-cell powered buses or, in times of peak demand, the hydrogen will be used to produce electricity and fed into the grid. In this way, resources are used efficiently and effectively. Improving energy efficiency in the built environment is also a key objective. The Government has repeatedly stated its belief that the cheapest way to cut the national energy bill is to use it more efficiently and to cut out waste. In homes for example, around 70% of energy consumption goes on space heating and hot water. In one recent programme, TSB funding was used to refurbish over 100 homes in such a way that carbon emissions were reduced by up to 80% - the target set by law in the Climate Change Act. New homes are extremely energy efficient and by 2016 all new homes will have to be built to a 'zero carbon' standard. Since the UK building stock is only replaced at about 1% a year, many existing structures will still be around in 2050 so it is vital that the issues affecting these properties are effectively addressed. I am pleased to say that the results of the Retrofit for the Future project demonstrated both real potential for savings as well as great interest in novel refurbishment technologies. While community projects can make a contribution to the country's energy needs, a fleet of dedicated power stations, based on a mix of technologies, will be essential for the foreseeable future. And as Ofgem has pointed out, the existing fleet is reaching the end of its working life. This presents the UK with a huge opportunity to build a generating capability that is fit for the needs of the 21st century. This needs to be flexible, sustainable and predominantly low carbon. But as I have mentioned, timescales in energy are long term and so the need for support will remain. One area ripe for such development is that of offshore renewable energy, not solely offshore wind power but also wave and tidal energy. Britain is an island, a "precious stone set in the silver sea" as Shakespeare so eloquently put it. There are huge reserves of energy bound up in the seas that surround us and the winds that blow across them. But unlocking those resources is not simple: the very energy we seek to recover also presents a threat to the structures we place in the water. Storms and corrosion provide stern tests of our engineering. The result is that it is currently expensive to capture this energy. Bringing down the cost of exploiting these resources is one of the primary goals of the new Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult Centre the TSB is establishing in Glasgow. 'Catapult Centres' are a new network of technology and innovation centres, strategically located across the UK, that bring together the best of the UK's scientific and business expertise in a particular area. The Centre has been set up to accelerate innovation in technologies which can reduce the cost of these renewable energy systems, and so ensure that UK business can extract maximum value from the supply chain in this emerging sector. It is sometimes forgotten that this country has decades of experience in constructing and maintaining complex structures in the North Sea. One of the aims of the TSB's work in offshore renewables is to leverage these technologies in a new but related field. Supply and demand are two major parts of the overall picture. Joining the two is the distribution grid. But this is far more than just a system of cabling and switching. The TSB is working on a wide range of projects to establish a truly 'smart grid' which can meet the needs of suppliers and consumers alike. Our focus is on helping to develop products and services across the future grid, including: hardware, such as energy storage facilities, sensor technologies and power electronics; software, such as virtual power plants, automation and demand-side response measures; and network infrastructure such as security, data storage and communications. Transforming our energy system is a big challenge, but the opportunities are there to deliver a network that is truly fit for purpose and relatively future-proof. The UK is not unique in the challenges it faces in ensuring a robust but flexible energy system for its people. For that reason, many of the innovations we develop will be relevant to other locations across the globe. If we can solve our own energy issues, these technologies may well find a welcome in a variety of other markets. That will mean this country receives a double benefit, stabilising its own energy supply and generating exports too. Our energy systems will undergo a transformation in the coming years and the Technology Strategy Board intends to ensure that innovative UK businesses are at the heart of that change. Chief Executive, Technology Strategy Board Subscribe from just £1 per issue More


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text: Massive storm pounds southeast; 2 dead By The Associated Press January 30, 2013 Story Share AP Photo Will Carter, 15, searches for his dog in the the wreckage of his family's home following a tornado Wednesday Adairsville, Ga. ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. -- A massive storm system raked the Southeast on Wednesday, spawning tornadoes and dangerous winds that overturned cars on a major Georgia interstate and demolished homes and businesses, killing at least two people.In northwest Georgia, the storm system tossed vehicles on Interstate 75 onto their roofs. The highway was closed for a time, and another main thoroughfare remained closed until crews could safely remove downed trees and power lines from the road.WSB-TV in Atlanta aired footage showing an enormous funnel cloud bearing down on Adairsville, about 60 miles northwest of Atlanta, as the storm ripped through the city's downtown area. The system flattened homes and wiped out parts of a large manufacturing plant. Pieces of insulation hung from trees and power poles, while the local bank was missing a big chunk of its roof.One person was killed and nine were hospitalized for minor injuries, state emergency management officials said. Residents said no traces remained of some roadside produce stands -- a common sight on rural Georgia's back roads.One other death was reported in Tennessee after an uprooted tree fell onto a storage shed where a man had taken shelter.In Adairsville, the strange mix of debris in one yard showed just how dangerous the storm had been: a bathtub, table, rolls of toilet paper and lumber lay in the grass next to what appears to be a roof. Sheets of metal dangled from a large tree like ornaments."The sky was swirling,'' said Theresa Chitwood, who owns the Adairsville Travel Plaza. She said she went outside to move her car because she thought it was going to hail. Instead, the passing storm decimated a building behind the travel plaza."It sounded like a freight train coming through,'' she said. "It looks like a bomb hit it.'' Adairsville is a small town in the Oothcalooga Valley, with a historic district lined with trees and a mix of pre-Civil War and Victorian homes. It proclaims itself the first Georgia town to be listed in its entirety on the National Register of Historic Places and looks to draw tourists with its antique shops.Powerful winds ripped through the entire region, with gusts powerful enough to topple tractor-trailers in several places.In Adairsville, several were flipped on their side in the parking lot of a gas station and restaurant. Danny Odum, a trucker from Marion, Ill., had stopped for breakfast when the suspected tornado hit. After it passed, Odum said he went outside to find his truck that was hauling diapers on its side with his dog Simon, a Boston terrier, still inside. Simon was scared but otherwise fine.Bartow County fire chief Craig Millsap said there were reports that two storm warning sirens may have failed, but he said the failed sirens were not in the hardest-hit area. Access to the area was being restricted, and there was a report of a gas leak in the area, officials said. A shelter was being established at a community recreation center -- temperatures were expected to plummet to the 30s and 40s overnight.Conditions remained ripe for tornadoes into Wednesday afternoon, and authorities were still investigating several sites to determine if damage was caused by twisters. Since Tuesday, the system had caused damage across a swath from Missouri to Georgia.In recent days, people in the South and Midwest had enjoyed unseasonably balmy temperatures in the 60s and 70s. A system pulling warm weather from the Gulf of Mexico was colliding with a cold front moving in from the west, creating volatility. One person was reported injured by lightning in Arkansas during the storm's eastward trek. Two people suffered minor injuries when a mobile home was blown off its foundation in Kentucky. Only one minor injury was reported in Mississippi, where officials praised residents for heeding warnings and being prepared.In Tennessee, officials confirmed that a tornado with peak wind speeds of 115 mph touched down in Mount Juliet. No serious injuries were reported there, though the path of damage was about 150 yards wide, including homes, a warehouse and an automotive business.At a shopping center in Mount Juliet, large sheets of metal littered the parking lot, light poles were knocked down and bits of fiberglass insulation were stuck in the trees.One wall of a Dollar General convenience store collapsed, and the roof was torn off. Mark Fulks Jr. runs Mark's Automotive with his father in a building attached to the Dollar General. The garage door was blown off his shop and sitting on one of the cars inside, and Fulks said several of the cars they were working on had their windshields blown out.A nearby office building and a distribution center for The Tennessean newspaper also had severe damage. Rick Martin, who bags the newspapers and helps his wife deliver them, was shocked when he saw what was left of the distribution center.The metal frame of the building still stood, but its cinderblock walls had crumbled, and papers and plastic bags littered the trees. "We feel real lucky,'' he said on Wednesday morning as looked at the damage. "I would have hated to be in here when this happened.''The deaths reported Wednesday ended the nation's longest break between tornado fatalities since detailed tornado records began being kept in 1950, according to the Storm Prediction Center and National Climatic Data Center. The last one was June 24, when a person was killed in a home in Highlands County, Fla. 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LK(f): Queen of Lohas, she cannot take rest right now She has to race with time and see how much she can change
LK(f): I wrote a song called "Lohas Queen." I wish that everyone can live like a queen or a king. Lohas in Chinese means "happy and lively." In English it means "Lifestyles Of Health And Sustainability."
"Lifestyles Of Health And Sustainability."
HOST: Welcome, music lovers and green goers! On this episode of Vegetarian Elite, we are delighted to be in the company of Long Kuan, otherwise affectionately called the Lohas Queen.
She has been regarded as one of the most active animal advocates and environmentalists among Chinese celebrities today.
: "Lohas Queen" Composed and performed by Long Kuan
LK(f): I am the Queen of Lohas I have a big basket full of treasures
I love this world and would not want it to get destroyed
I am the Queen of Lohas protecting everyone's dream
I want my life to shine forever
HOST: Long Kuan emerged onto the Chinese music scene in 2004, and quickly made her way up the charts and into the hearts of fans. Her first solo album released in China sold over 100,000 copies.
The following year in 2005, Long Kuan garnered numerous awards, including Best New Artist of the Year, Best Album, Best Lyrics, Hit of the Year and a Silver Award from the 5th Pepsi Music, and Top Music Chart Award from Music Radio China.
She has received various acclaim from the Oriental Music Awards and the Chinese Music Chart Awards, to name but a couple. In 2007, she signed on with Taihe Rye Music Co. Ltd., China's largest music company. Long Kuan is not only a widely recognized musician, but also a positive trendsetter of healthy, sustainable,
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The final lineup for the Hangar 24 Airfest and sixth anniversary celebration is ready for take off.
The annual festival is slated to feature country acts like JT Hodges and Her as well as rock bands like Everclear and The BellRays. The event is scheduled to start be on May 16-17 at the Redlands Municipal Airport. Gates open at 4 p.m. on May 16 and 9 a.m. on May 17, while last call is 9 p.m. both nights.
Bands scheduled to perform on May 16 will be all country groups and feature Orange County's Redneck Rodeo, New York's Her and Fort Worth Texas' JT Hodges. Acts scheduled to appear on May 17 are mostly rock related and will be Kid Gramophone, Moonsville Collective, GrooveSession, Quetzal Guerrero, The BellRays and Everclear.
Redlands Municipal Airport is at 1755 Sessums Drive in Redlands. Single-day tickets are $10 general admission and $5 for youths age 6 to 12. Parking is $5. Tickets for both days are $20 for both days, $10 for youths and $10 for parking. A VIP pass for both days is $200.
For more information, call 909-389-1400 or go to hangar24airfest.com.
In Claremont, Berlin is scheduled to play at 1 p.m. May 31 at Rhino Records.
The group featuring Terri Nunn is set to do a live in-store performance and signing in support of Berlin's new album "Animal."
Rhino Records is at 235 Yale Ave. in Claremont.
For more information, contact 909-626-7774 or visit rhinorecords.cc.
R&B star Robin Thicke will headline the festival, which also includes Men Of Soul, Dave Koz & Friends Summer Horns, Larry Graham & Graham Central Station, Estelle, Naturally 7, Love & Soul Tour, Mike Phillips, Jesse Cook and George Tandy Jr.
The event takes place at Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park, 120 E. Via Verde Drive, in San Dimas.
Passes are $120 for a general admission weekend pass; a $250 for a VIP option which includes a reserved seat within 150 feet of the main stage, access to a hospitality area with $1 off drinks and more; and a $450 for Gold option, which includes free backstage parking, a reserved seat in front of the main stage, complimentary drinks and lunch and more.
Single-day passes are $70 for general admission, $130 for VIP and $230 for Gold.
For more information, head to jazzfestwest.com.
At 340 Nightclub in Pomona, Miami hip-hop star Trina heads back to the venue on May 15 for a performance and meet and greet while electro/hip-hop artist Dev is lined up on June 5 for a performance and meet and greet. Doors for Trina open at 7 a.m. while doors for Dev open at 8 p.m.
340 Nightclub is at 340 S. Thomas St, Pomona.
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Since the soap debuted in 1970, All My Children has broken a lot of ground with a number of controversial and issue-oriented storylines. In 1973, Erica Kane was married to young medical resident Jeff Martin. She feared that her pregnancy would bring an untimely end to her newly found modeling career. As the Roe v. Wade decision was handed down by the Supreme Court, Erica Kane underwent television's first legal abortion. When Jeff found out about Erica's duplicity, he filed for divorce. Fast forward to 2006. Erica and Jeff learned that the baby was not aborted after all. Instead, the evil doctor Greg Madden stole the fetus and implanted it in his own barren wife and Josh was born a Madden, but surprise, surprise -- his biological parents were really Erica and Jeff.
In 1974, the character of Margo Flax (played by Eileen Letchworth) underwent cosmetic surgery. As Letchworth's real-life face lift healed, the audience of AMC was right there with her, witnessing every stitch removal and swollen cheek.
No stranger to tackling topical and socially oriented issues, AMC has covered everything from teen prostitution, mental retardation, sudden infant death syndrome, domestic violence, workplace sexual harassment, and cocaine and prescription drug addiction to drunk driving, pregnancy over 40, freedom of the press, HIV and AIDS. In 1978, it was the first soap to leave U.S. soil, taping on location in the romantic island of St. Croix. 1980 brought medical awareness to sufferers of diabetic retinopathy as Nina Cortlandt traveled to the Wilmer Ophthalmologic Institute in Baltimore, Maryland for successful surgery to correct her condition. Thousands of Americans who likewise suffered from this affliction learned of the treatment thanks to AMC and themselves underwent successful surgeries.
AMC tackled love triangles (Tad Martin with mother Marian and daughter Liza Colby) and introduced the first admitted gay character, Dr. Lynn Carson back in 1983. They took a lesbian storyline several steps further in 2002 when Erica's daughter, Bianca, admitted to her mother that she was gay. In 2003, Bianca shared daytime's first same sex kiss with her girlfriend, Lena.
On Thursday, November 30, 2006, AMC will again make inroads when it introduces a transgender character in the form of rock star, Zarf (to be played by actor Jeffrey Carlson). Zarf, who we met several months ago when Babe and Josh cajoled him into being the spokesperson for a new Fusion product line, is about to undergo the transition from a man to a woman. On Thursday's episode, he first bonds with Bianca, then shares a kiss with her. She is naturally put off by this flamboyant British rocker's lip lock and declares her lesbian orientation. Her words kick start something in him about why it made such sense for him to kiss a lesbian.
AMC's EP, Julie Hanan Carruthers was quoted as saying that AMC is always looking for something new and that its audience is always interested in anything to do with sexuality. "After 36 years, you start rehashing," she told the AP Wire. "It's inevitable. We didn't want to fall back on the baby-switch story again."
Soapdom says "Amen to that!" But a transgender story? Is that a tad too racy for daytime? Could AMC be taking too much of a leap this time? The show doesn't think so. They made sure to cover all the bases, calling in experts from GLAAD -- as well as several people who did in fact complete the transgender transformation -- as consultants. This team of experts guided the writers on all appropriateness, even when it's okay to call a transgender a "she." Interestingly, that happens before the actual surgery. The spokesperson for GLAAD said he felt the show was handling the story material responsibly, noting that it was his belief that the show's producers were going to tell the story with dignity. He feels it's groundbreaking for daytime to tackle such a story and place a spotlight on what transgenders feel and go through.
All My Children has been trying a number of things this year to capture new audiences and hold the interest of the current fans. From casting a new group of younger characters to a number of montage-under-hip-music sequences in recent weeks, and the controversial hand-held camera technique that debuted with the opening of Kendall's Club "ConFusion" several months ago, the show is definitely willing to take risks and shake up the make up of typical daytime tv. Not all have been met with a positive response from the fans, however. Will the transgender story also fall on deaf ears?
Not of actor Jeffrey Carlson can help it. For him, portraying Zarf, a character that will be, in essence, representing the entire transgender community, the task is a bit daunting. However, he wants to do justice to the character and to the story. "I worry about missing something, but I guess that would be the same with any character," Carlson told the AP. "I want the `All My Children' audience to go along. It's not for shock value. It's just another person whose story is being told in Pine Valley." Although Zarf is a British rocker, Carlson is an American acting with a British accent.
What remains to be seen is if the audience will go along. We think that is going to depend on how the show handles the character, his/her relationships and the playing out of the storyline. As to whether AMC will actually stick with the character through Zarf's -- who will become known as Zora -- surgery is another question. Even Carruthers is not certain. "One suspects the reaction of the soap's audience to the story will have a lot to do with it," she said. Stay tuned.
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