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Have you ever wished you could be a "fly on the wall" in a typical homeschool day? I have had friends say that they wished they could do that with me so they could see what it really looks like to homeschool. Of course, if I had them over to observe us, it wouldn't be real. I would probably put on makeup and my kids would be on their best behavior. But that's not what it's really like. I'm going to attempt to give you a glimpse into a real homeschool day. The photos I included are definitely #unfiltered. I didn't get all dolled up and have a professional come in and do a photoshoot. I didn't clean the house, so try not to look closely at the background. You will see piles of laundry and dust bunnies.
I'll start with our schedule. It's pictured above in my handy dandy 3 ring binder. I'll even provide a link to the actual document and give away ALL MY SECRETS! Bonus, it even includes my meal plan!
For our annual schedule, I use the 6 weeks on/1 week off plan. This allows me to plan for blocks of approximately 6 weeks at a time and then take a week to catch up on missed work due to illness or other less noble excuses. I also use that week to plan for the next 6-week block and change things that didn't work so well in the previous weeks. If we get all that done, we can have a lazy day watching Netflix or visit a zoo or museum. I have found this method seriously improves morale around here.
The daily schedule is my way of proving that on a good day, we really could get everything done. The "fly on the wall" truth of the matter is that it rarely works out the way I have it planned. This really frustrated my Type-A daughter who frantically announced during our first day of school that we were 45 minutes BEHIND SCHEDULE! I calmly explained to her the beauty of homeschool is that we don't have to look at the clock and panic. Instead, we just do these things mostly in the order listed, no matter what time it is. My daughter was fine with that as long as she could use a dry erase marker to check off what she finished each day. Which I happily obliged. I planned this schedule with time buffers built-in. So even with a late start, we still usually get it all done by 3:00 and free time is never missed!
So we start every day with our Bible Reading even if the laundry we sorted put us BEHIND. For Bible time, I play an audio recording on my phone and we follow along in our Bibles. We joined Bible Study Fellowship this year, so we also do a little of their homework at this time as well. We usually only read 1 chapter and talk about it, so 30 minutes is plenty of time.
Next, I do math with William while Emma works on typing and/or a spelling program online. We use Saxon Math and I know many of you hate it, but we LOVE it! Maybe because I figured out after many years how to tweak it and make it work in the real world. Someday I will show you the best way to use Saxon in your homeschool, but that's an entirely different post for a different day. I sit with William and we do mental math and learn the new concepts. Then I assign him his problems for the day and Emma comes back for her Math time with me.
When I am done with Emma's instruction, she gets started on her problems and I have a few minutes to check email and drink more coffee. Soon, William is done with his math. We check it and he heads off to do his typing/spelling online. Again, I have a few minutes to breathe between answering questions. Did I mention, that on Monday we are also changing laundry loads every hour or so as well…
Once all the math, typing and spelling wraps up, we gather together at the dining room table (no fancy schoolroom here…) and do our language arts curriculum together. Remember that all kids mature at different rates and no child will fit into an all one grade level mold. Your child might be doing 7th-grade math and 4th-grade reading or vice versa. This is natural and actually much more normal than a child performing at the same level for every subject. One positive to that is having different aged kids doing the same level in some subjects. We use the same level of The Good and The Beautiful Language Arts for both kids and that makes life much easier for me! We do this for about 45 minutes and then spend some time reading aloud or listening to an audiobook together. Sometimes we even eat our lunch while we listen! This is our current read-aloud and we LOVE it! It came highly recommended by Sarah Mackenzie at Read-Aloud Revival. If we aren't eating while we listen, I like the kids to have something to do with their hands. Emma likes to knit, crochet or color. William chooses Legos, hanging upside down on the couch or just listening intently. He loves this book!
After lunch and read-aloud time, we spend an hour doing either History, Science or PE. On Mondays, we do History. Tuesdays we do Science. Wednesdays we like to go to the local trampoline park and jump for their homeschool day, so PE! Thursdays we do History again and Friday is our co-op day, so we scrap the schedule altogether. The kids usually take a science class at the co-op so that kinda counts as another day of science.
The history curriculum we are using this year is Diana Waring History. We listen to her audio CDs on car rides and at home. Add in some literature to go with the time period and we are good to go. We also use Draw and Write Through History to supplement.
For science, we are using Mystery Science Online. There are free mini-lessons and paid larger ones. The kids watch super interesting videos, with breaks for discussion and experiments.
At the co-op, the kids are taking classes like Woodworking, Botany, Improv, Sewing, and Coding. They also get to participate in lots of great field trips and park days. Mix in American Heritage Girls and Upward Sports, overall, it's a pretty well-rounded education and socialization is certainly not something we worry about!
I hope you enjoyed your time as a fly on the wall of our typical homeschool day! It's a completely different lifestyle from other educational models and it doesn't suit everyone. But our little family wouldn't have it any other way!


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'Let's see what shit men have been up to today' – Grayson Perry's suggested alternative name for the TV News. The artist and author of The Descent of Man was speaking at a landmark conference, Engendering Men's Health, that looked at masculinity, gender and health. The event took place in University College London on 14 October 2019.
In a presentation that combined hilarious stand-up comedy with serious cultural analysis, Perry explained to a packed hall why he believes masculinity to be a skeuomorph. A skeuomorph is an object that retains non-functional and now ornamental design cues or attributes from structures that were inherent and essential to the original.
In other words, although traditional masculinity may have served a purpose at a time when men's work was hard and physical, it no longer has any practical use. However, said Perry, "you can close down a pit overnight but you can't close down masculinity overnight". Gender norms change slowly.
Perry was dismissive of the so-called 'men's rights' agenda – essentially an attempt to return to the rigid gender order of the 1950s – and set out what he called 'real men's rights'. These include the right to be weak, the right to be vulnerable, the right to be uncertain, the right not to know and the right to be flexible. Perry also stressed the need to move beyond seeing certain attributes as 'masculine' or 'feminine'; instead, he said, we need to understand which are more positive or negative for society. We need to bring up our boys with the more positive attributes if masculinity is to change.
Before Perry's presentation, the conference heard from a wide range of rather more academic but nonetheless still stimulating speakers who explored the evidence on men, masculinity and health, intersectionality and men's health, and reframing narratives of men's health, women's health, masculinities and gender.
What's the evidence on masculinities and men's health?
The scene was set by Veronica Magar, Director of Gender, equity and human rights at the World Health Organisation. She shared some data from WHO's World Health Statistics Overview 2019, a very significant report because its analysis is sex-disaggregated wherever possible. Global life expectancy has improved significantly for both sexes but at a faster rate for women. Men are more exposed to health risk factors – such as tobacco or alcohol – and are less likely to seek medical help. Veronica suggested that WHO's work on men's health would be accelerated if member states started to raise it as an issue. This would help to build on the work already underway in Europe, where the WHO Regional Office has published a men's health strategy, and also in the Americas where the Regional Office plans to publish a report on masculinity and health shortly.
Gary Barker, Promundo's CEO, introduced the concept of the 'Man Box', the set of beliefs, communicated by parents, families, the media, peers and others, that place pressure on men to act as men are 'supposed' to. These pressures encourage men to be self-sufficient, to act tough, to be physically attractive in a certain way, to be heterosexual, to demonstrate sexual prowess and to use aggression to resolve conflicts. Promundo believes that 40-50% of men are inside the Box and that, the more deeply a man is inside, the more harm he will do to others and to himself. Promundo calculates that the cost of the Man Box to the UK health system is a staggering £3.1 billion a year.
I spoke on behalf of Global Action on Men's Health and highlighted some findings from our recent report on men and self-care. Given that men in some UK neighbourhoods now have a life expectancy of around 90 years, it is no longer possible to claim that men's premature mortality is genetically determined. With about 45% of global male deaths due to health practices, male gender norms clearly play a key role. But not all men's health behaviours are negatively affected by gender norms (men's interest in physical activity is helpful, for example) and there are other significant determinants of poor male health, not least the historic neglect of the issue by policymakers and service providers. Only three countries in the world currently have national men's health policies.
Leeds City Council has taken a gender-sensitive approach to health following the publication of two major reports, one on men's health and one on women's health. Tim Taylor, Head of Public Health at the Council, explained that male-targeted suicide prevention work has been a particular focus, especially for low-income isolated men living in high-rise accommodation. The work in Leeds is a great example of how research can lead to positive changes in policy and practice on gender and health issues.
What is an intersectional approach and why is it needed?
While men's health in general needs more attention, it is clear that there are specific groups facing particular problems. An intersectional approach to men's health allows us to see how multiple identities, such as gender, age and race, can overlap, and compound disadvantage and inequality.
The health needs of homeless men were discussed by Rob Aldridge from the UCL Institute of Health Informatics. His research suggests that nearly one in three homeless deaths are due to causes amenable to timely and effective health care. This high burden of amenable deaths highlights the extreme health harms of homelessness and the need for greater emphasis on prevention of homelessness and early healthcare interventions.
Genny Turay, Head of Support at Ditch the Label, an anti-bullying international NGO, presented an analysis of 19 million tweets which revealed how masculinity is defined in online opinion. Key features of the masculinity construct include violence, stoicism, muscularity and heterosexuality. Eating meat, drinking coffee and beer, and a preference for rock and metal music genres were also seen as defining preferences of masculinity, while the masculinity 'anti-christ' was associated with being gay, skinny, emotional and gentle. There is extensive bullying of young people who do not fit the 'masculinity' stereotype and because of homophobia and transphobia. Ditch the Label tackles this through non-judgemental online support and the provision of educational materials for teachers.
Movember's Ahead of The Game programme was described by Tracy Herd, Programme Manager, Young Men and Sport at Movember UK. It aims to support good mental health and resilience in boys by engaging parents, coaches and boys themselves. The programme is based on the concept of going to where young men are (in this case, organised sport) and providing emotional literacy workshops and online support.
Marion Wadibia, CEO at NAZ, a charity that provides sexual health promotion and HIV support services to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities in London, explained that black men have the highest rates of late diagnosis for sexual health problems. The 'power' associated with masculinity, Marion highlighted, is not evenly distributed, but one that depends on race and positionality in society. She stressed that those affected by multiple levels of disadvantage must be part of the debate and involved through co-production and co-delivery of services.
Reframing narratives on masculinities, gender and health - what next?
Social norms that dictate how men should behave remain a large driver of poor health outcomes, but remain under-addressed in the global health agenda and under-discussed in society and policy.
The challenge of discussing masculinities in ways that are male-positive and also recognise women's needs were discussed by several speakers. Olivia Burns, Associate Director of Communications at Prostate Cancer UK described how the charity has rebranded to put men at the centre of everything they do. It now goes to where men are, including at the football, to raise awareness of prostate cancer and reach out to all those affected through communicating positive messages about men and their value as fathers, brothers, sons and friends, including through the charity's 'Men, we are with you' advert.
Oxfam's campaign to encourage men to do more domestic and care work was highlighted by Thalia Kidder, Women's Economic Empowerment Lead. Women in poor rural areas can spend 11 hours a day on this work and it can affect their health outcomes. Oxfam aims to promote domestic and care activities as a social good shared by men and women, not a gendered activity.
Ideas of what men and women should do and be in a society, which in turn impacts their health, are heavily influenced by advertising, explained Jessica Tye, Operations Manager – Investigations at the Advertising Standards Authority. The regulator is now taking action to tackle harmful gender stereotyping of both men and women through their new guidance. One example of an unacceptable advert would be one that showed a man being unable to change a nappy.
When it comes to masculinities most men only know their own story, said Aaron Gillies, best-selling mental health writer and CALM ambassador. Posting his personal story of depression and anxiety on social media was 'transformative' for Gillies. He received a large number of responses from strangers who wanted to help, including many middle-aged white men who do not talk to anyone about their own problems. Gillies concluded by noting that while there is now more awareness of mental health issues and people are increasingly urged to talk and seek help, the support services are often not available to enable this.
The Government Equalities Office's view is that gender equality benefits everyone and that men and boys are an important part of the conversation when trying to achieve lasting change, explained Orla Mackle, Team Leader – Gender Norms Policy at the GEO. It is important to move away from the blame culture and notions of 'toxic' masculinity and to recognise that men can also experience inequalities and are not privileged in a simplistic way. GEO will shortly be publishing a report on men and gender norms.
The conference ended with a drinks reception where guests could view commissioned artwork from the Slade School of Fine Art. The works explored themes of colonialism and masculinity, the deconstruction and destabilizing of masculinity, and gender-fluidity and psychological well-being. The artists, Louis Bennet, Magnus Ayers and Blythe Cheung, had the opportunity to discuss their work with artist Grayson Perry.
I judge the conference to have been hugely significant. This was not just because of the range and quality of the speakers and the examples they provided of excellent work on men, masculinity and health. It goes deeper than that. For years, those of us who work on men's health have often felt as if we were mostly talking to each other and making little headway in wider public health policy and practice. Looking at men's health in the context of gender and health provides, I believe, a new way forward. It has the potential to take us beyond the notion that there is a binary divide between men's and women' health and that action to improve outcomes for one gender is detrimental to the other gender. This need not be a zero sum game. There is now a significant opportunity for men's health and women's health advocates to work together at the local, national and global levels.
I am very grateful to all the speakers and also to the UCL Centre for Gender and Global Health, Global Health 50/50 and Promundo for providing the means to host the conference and for sharing the billing with Global Action on Men's Health. It is a partnership that I very much hope will continue to develop and achieve positive change for the health and wellbeing of people of all genders.
Peter Baker is Director of Global Action on Men's Health, a UK-based international charity that works to ensure that international public health agencies develop research, policies and strategies on men's health. He is Campaign Director of HPV Action UK, a collaborative network of over 50 organisations that successfully made the case for the introduction of gender-neutral HPV vaccination. Peter also works as an independent consultant in men's health and his current clients include Hampshire County Council and the Throat Cancer Foundation. He was CEO at the Men's Health Forum (England and Wales) from 2000-2012.
Ayesha Ahmad poetically reflects on her role as a researcher on gender-based violence and mental trauma.
Lillian Noeli, founder of Sauti Dada Africa, takes a look at how COVID-19 has impacted the lives of women and girls living in the Pokot community in the Eastern part of Baringo County, Kenya
Kusum Wagle explores how the US Global Gag Rule has affected women's health in Nepal and considers the role of government, international donor agencies, NGOs and INGOs play in mitigating its impact.
Peter Baker, Director of Global Action on Men's Health, discusses how Covid-19 has laid bare the poor state of men's health and why the pandemic may provide a significant opportunity for policy development on men's health.

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D espite the economic crosscurrents buffeting investors, a positive outlook delivered by Nokia last week was enough to power both the European technology stocks and the broad market higher.
Soothing words on the interest-rate picture from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan helped to somewhat offset the market's continuing worry over whether a slowdown in the U.S. will be a moderate or hard one. As for sentiment, "The week's been quite difficult," says Klaus Martini, head of European equity investments at DWS Asset Management. "Is it going to be a smooth soft landing or bumpy soft? Perhaps it could be smooth hard, or bumpy hard. Even Greenspan doesn't know."
Among other positive notes, the Finnish telecommunications giant extended its revenue growth target of 25%-35% into 2003, and moved up its forecast to the first half of 2002, instead of the end of that year, for one billion cell-phone subscribers globally. All this was tonic for the beaten-down technology sector, and the group finished up 12% from the previous Friday. Nokia itself rose 15%. From its birth, the mobile phone's attraction to humanity has exceeded market expectations, and Nokia has an established reputation for meeting its targets. But this column has suggested in the past that investors have often priced Nokia's shares for perfection because it happens to be the strongest player in the business. That seems to be happening again. It's still likely that Nokia profit margins will be squeezed sometime next year by new Asian entrants; by slower-than expected growth in handset sales, as many markets are already highly penetrated; and by the later-than-expected arrival of revenues from third-generation infrastructure construction. After last week's jump, the stock is now trading at about 53 times next year's consensus earnings estimate, which, by the way, has dropped 6% since August. Despite Nokia's rosy outlook, that trend might continue.
For example, Goldman Sachs' European equity strategist, Mike Young, says he's "terrified" by the data he's seeing in the U.S. technology-hardware and telecommunications-equipment industry. For the 12 months through the end of the third quarter, the rate of increase in investment spending remains close to its highest level in 14 years. "Meanwhile, the orders data have fallen out of bed," he says, with the rate of growth there down by 50%. If that doesn't change, it suggests industry growth next year will be significantly less than the bracing 20% seen over the past couple of years, he declares.
The implications for a possible fall-off in the industry's growth in Europe are basically similar, Young adds. In particular, "this will put enormous pressure on the commodity segment of the technology chain, like semiconductor makers." But it also suggests more generally that European global-technology players will have to digest the slower growth in orders, he notes. And it comes at a time when the strengthening euro will erode the competitive edge a weak currency gave them. If last week's rebound means "the market assumes it knows all the bad news, it's assuming too much," predicts Young. Besides Nokia, big-tech names like Ericsson , Alcatel , Philips , Infineon and STMicroelectronics , all participants in last week's big rally, also belong to that telecommunications-technology chain. Nokia, in particular, is a tough case for investors. If the market has awarded the stock too high a multiple, it's also true that its competitors are, for the most part, in disarray, leaving investors little choice if they want to participate elsewhere in the cell-phone sector. Sanjay Jhaveri, a Geneva-based money manager at Vontobel Asset Management, sums it up: "I'd like to lighten up on Nokia, but there is no place else to go." The handset business for rivals like Motorola and Ericsson, for example, is now a mess, and firms like Siemens and NEC aren't pure players, he says. The market still loves Nokia and the lack of another viable choice could keep demand for the shares high, at least until the crack in profit margins comes.
T he so-called Anglo-Saxon equity culture has made substantial inroads at Continental companies over the past few years, according to general belief. But many U.S. institutional investors remain skeptical.
At least that's the conclusion from a recent study of American money managers conducted by Broadgate Consultants, a corporate public-relations agency.
When asked to compare financial press releases from European and U.S. firms, some 75% of those surveyed said the Europeans were less informative. And when comparing how the two sides issue profit warnings, 68% said European corporations were less likely to provide them.
Tom Franco, Broadgate's CEO, does note, however, that as high as the American doubts are, they are down from previous measures. Last year's report wasn't exactly comparable since it addressed German firms in particular, but it's close enough. In that study, over 90% of those queried said investor disclosure and transparency aren't as good as in the U.S. The Vodafone Group takeover of Mannesmann last winter, which saw the German company's management jetting from capital to capital to address shareholder concerns, was a "seminal event" in changing perceptions at Continental managements, he believes. Most of these companies have grown up in an untransparent world, he adds. As usual, though, it's two steps forward and one step back. Last week, for example, a committee of the European Parliament changed a draft takeover directive in ways that some say is shareholder unfriendly and that will make takeovers harder to accomplish. The directive is scheduled to be voted on this week.
O n Sunday, December 10, Morgan Stanley Capital International was to have announced its decision on free-float adjustments to the constituents of its widely tracked investment indexes. If MSCI adopts a full free-float system, where stocks are weighted based on the number of shares available to trade instead of total market capitalization, it would reduce the index weightings of those firms whose shares are not wholly in public hands.
That would hurt equity markets in Asia and the euro zone, since they have a relatively high proportion of companies with state holdings or cross-shareholdings. In contrast, U.K. and U.S. markets have fewer such companies and could benefit.
According to HSBC, some $3 trillion in funds is benchmarked against or tracks MSCI indexes, so big changes could have significant effects, as fund managers reweigh their portfolios accordingly. HSBC analyst Robert Parkes estimates, for example, that in the MSCI Global Index, the U.S. weighting will rise to 57.2% from 51.8% while Europe ex-U.K. will fall to 19.4% from 22.3%.
Last week the Dow Jones STOXX pan-European index rose about 1.2% to 371.38. It's down 2.1% on the year.
The euro has been flexing some newfound muscle in the last couple of weeks and closed around US89 cents last Friday, far above a low of about 82 cents one month ago.
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The DJ duo aim to "invoke the sounds of a dark winter's night" on their next mix.
Though Jonnie Wilkes and Keith McIvor have done scores of commercial and free mixes down the years, Dark Was The Night rivals any of their previous selections in terms of diversity. Across 21 tracks, the techno of Terrence Dixon and Silent Servant mingles with Scottish '70s punk band The Freeze, New York minimal wavers Jeff & Jayne Hudson, Kode9 & Space Ape's new-school dub and experimental cuts from the likes of Nurse With Wound, Hieroglyphic Being and Carter Tutti.
The title of the mix is a nod to Blind Willie Johnson, whose song "Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground" was one of the 27 pieces of music taken on the Voyager space flight in 1977 (known collectively as the Voyager Golden Records). Despite this, Johnson died penniless of malaria fever decades before his music travelled into space: "a moving tale" that inspires both Wilkes and McIvor, a press release says.
"We wanted to make a mix CD of dark music but without resorting to cliche about what dark music is," the pair say. "Each mix CD we have done reflects a different part of the night and this mix is our attempt to invoke the sounds of a dark winter's night but at the same time we feel the music is far from being cold and soulless and is full of atmosphere and feeling."
The CD arrives eight months on from the most recent Optimo mix, The Underground Sound Of Glasgow, which was overseen solely by McIvor (AKA JD Twitch). This year also saw McIvor start a dance floor-orientated sublabel of Optimo Music called Optimo Trax.
01. Grouper - Vanishing Point
02. Jeff & Jayne Hudson - Mystery Chant
03. Terrence Dixon - Lost At Sea (Untitled 3)
04. Jared Wilson - This Love
05. Qx-1 - I Won't Hurt You
06. Roberto Auser - Eclipse
07. Recondite - Cleric
08. Byetone - Plastic Star
09. Kode9 & Space Ape - Sine Of The Dub
10. Hieroglyphic Being - Imaginary Soundscapes 9
11. Silent Servant - Invocation
12. Inigo Kennedy - Cathedral
13. Hecker - Bsf°Tyk 5
14. Nurse With Wound - Ketamineaphonia
15. Carter Tutti - Coolicon
16. Voigt & Voigt - Intro Koenig
17. Holy Ghost Inc. - Mad Monks On Zinc
18. Deadboy - Black Reign
19. Like A Tim - Hurt You One More Time
20. The Freeze - Psychodalek Nightmares
21. Angel Corpus Christi - Dream Baby Dream
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On this week's Earth Matters, Donna Stevens, Executive Director of the Upper Gila Watershed Alliance, welcomes two guests to speak about the visual arts.
In the first half of the show, Stevens interviews Earth Matters co-host Allyson Siwik about the 5th Annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival in Silver City. Scheduled for January 9, 2016, the festival features films of wild rivers, social justice, wildlife, climate change, and conservation biology.
Artist Tom Holt joins us in the second half of the program to talk about his work, personal philosophy, the inspiration he finds at the Gila River, and humanity's connection to the natural world. Tom generously donated a Gila River landscape painting to the Gila Conservation Coalition and Southwestern New Mexico Audubon Society to fund efforts to defend the river he so dearly loves. Raffle tickets for Holt's painting go on sale at the Wild & Scenic Film Festival, with the drawing to be held at the April 22 Earth Day celebration. All proceeds from the film fest and raffle sales benefit work to protect the Gila River.
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Hello John,
Either you were a great car lover already in 1965 (you should correct the "Date Taken" in the information box), or it was just impossible to avoid the cars. They could be seen today as disturbing the view, but even I admit that they give the photo an unbeatable sign of the times. I have a feeling I was staying somewhere at this square during my first visit to Lisbon in 1984, at a rather primitive Pensão as far as I remember, but I can't recall whether it was still full of cars.
Your method of "scanning" seems to be working very well. Maybe it's even more reliable than my way of doing it. The colours have come out beautifully and it seems you can avoid having the sky full of annoying noise.
Best regards,
To holmertz: Date corrected!
Hello Gert,
Thank you so much for your kind remarks and also for letting me know that I had inadvertently forgotten to enter the correct date for this one - obviously TE had automatically found the date when I had photographed the slide with my digital camera.
Yes, I had been interested in cars for quite some time before this - just as I still am though I have to confess that modern cars interest me a lot less than older ones. In fact, at this time (and aged seventeen) I was learning to drive in a car exactly the same as the one in the foreground (a Ford Anglia) though, of course, the one on which I was learning in Scotland was right hand drive. And, come to think of it, you poor people in Sweden were just about to change from driving on the left to driving on the right a couple of years later! I can imagine that must have been quite chaotic for a few months.
Anyway, although I was indeed interested in cars, I think the main reason for including all these vehicles in the photo was simply that there was probably no way of avoiding them if I wanted to include both the column and the fountain. It must be so much more pleasant to walk around central Lisbon - and photograph it - these days.
Yes, I am very pleased with the way this slide copying has turned out. For only around £20 from Amazon I bought a simple light box - a very slim A4 sized LED screen which runs off a 5 volt usb connection. Basically I simply lie the slide on the screen and photograph it with a digital camera with a macro lens. Apart from providing some sort of stability to the arrangement - either the camera on a tripod or else the screen and slide sitting vertically and the camera supported on a table next to it - it's very straightforward. And I can then crop and edit the image in Photoshop and do my best to clone out 54 years' worth of attic dust.
If the original photo has been taken well with fairly accurate exposure (like this one) then the results seem to be quite good. However, if the exposure is less than perfect (as in my last picture of the car turning a corner close to the camera), the underexposed area of the car does indeed show quite a bit of noise - but I think that's probably quite excusable!
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"She used to say she was the and I was the line. She was a create of the clouds and I was a create of the earth. And she'd say that without me she'd become untethered and she would float away up into the sky And then without her, I would just, you know, crash, just drop right to the ground. …. It's a beautiful way to be. You know, look, we weren't perfect but we were always kind. We loved each other hard. And I love her today just as much as I did in the beginning. The kite and the line." Hugh Crain – The Haunting of Hill House
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- High-performance pickups have become increasingly popular as truck sales have boomed.
- We tested examples from Ford and Chevy, the kings of the truck world.
- The specialised Ford F-150 Raptor came out on top.
The good old crosstown-Detroit Ford-Chevy rivalry plays out in many vehicles, from everyday sedans to powerhouse muscle cars like the Mustang and the Camaro.
Lately, as pickup trucks have boomed in popularity, another battleground has emerged: high-performance rides with a bed in the back.
We were shocked and awed last year by the greatness of the Ford F-150 Raptor. Early this year, we borrowed a 2018 Chevy Silverado 1500 LTZ with a Z71 package – the closest thing Chevy has to a Raptor fighter.
Would it be a fair fight? Let's find out.
First up, the mighty Raptor! Based on the F-150 full-size pickup, the Raptor is part of the Ford Performance division.
As tested, the Raptor was a not-inexpensive $US62,500.
But I thought it was worth it when I reviewed the machine last year.
"A high-performance Ford pickup has been around in one form or another since the early 1990s," I wrote.
"The Raptor is the latest iteration, and its reputation thoroughly precedes it. I knew what I was getting into. But that didn't make climbing up into the cab and slipping behind the wheel any less exciting. This pickup ain't cheap. But performance comes at a price, and in this case, it's worth it."
That's right — a pickup truck is of the same Ford Performance family as the Shelby GT350 Mustang and …
… the Ford GT supercar.
The Raptor is an intimidating presence anywhere. But it definitely shook up my quiet suburban neighbourhood.
The bed was plenty large in my test truck. Sadly, I didn't to use it to haul anything more serious than some camping gear.
The bed was lined for extra durability. The Raptor is a versatile truck, but it isn't really pitched to customers who are going to put logs, lumber, dirt, bricks, and rocks back here – think mountain bikes, motocross machines, and other outdoorsy, active-lifestyle stuff.
There's Raptor badging on the liftgate.
Our SuperCab Raptor had "suicide doors" and a relatively comfortable interior, with some sporty touches.
The cabin is big. You can get five adults in without too much trouble. The interior of our tester was covered in luxurious black leather.
The center console is based on the F-150's and provides ample storage, with of course a few cupholders and charging ports.
The Raptor is an amped-up-looking truck in "ingot silver." A 3.5-litre turbocharged V6 engine is under the hood, cranking out 450 horsepower with 510 pound-feet of torque.
The zero-to-60 speed is just over six seconds – and the SuperCab Raptor can still tow 6,000 pounds!
Fuel economy is not a strong point: 15 miles per gallon city/18 highway/16 combined. Performance comes at a price, folks.
Some seriously large offroading tires, backed up by equally serious shocks.
I took the Raptor on two long trips about about 100 miles each way. And yes, I did have to gas up.
The Raptor features Ford's Sync 3 infotainment system, with both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
I like Sync 3 — it's the best infotainment system Ford has produced. Everything from audio to navigation and Bluetooth pairing is simple.
You also have the usual Bluetooth connectivity, with USB and AUX ports as well as actual 110-volt plugs for all your charging needs.
Sync 3 has emerged in the past year as a superb infotainment system. It operates along the same simplified lines as the Chevy MyLink system, which we'll look at in a bit. In all the recent Fords I've tested, it has performed very well.
This is the kind of thing you're supposed to do with the Raptor. I didn't, but I did dream about tearing across some unimproved terrain at sports-car speeds.
Now on to the demonic Z71. This pickup is an amped-up version of the Silverado 1500 truck.
The Z71 as tested was cheaper than the Raptor, at about $US58,000.
I didn't post an independent review, mainly because Chevy will roll out a new Silverado this year and with it a new Z71. In fact, when Chevy revealed the new pickup late last year, it was in Z71 kit.
That vehicle won't go on sale until later this year – so for now, if you want a Chevy to do battle with a Ford in this subsegment, the current Z71 is your baby.
The Z71 designation, by the way, isn't a stand-alone name like Raptor, but rather a performance package added to certain Silverado 1500 trim levels.
Of course, a Raptor is really an F-150 Raptor, an F-150 with upgrades. But for obvious reasons, the Raptor name pops and has become a shorthand for the pickup.
The Silverado has always competed head-to-head with the Ford F-150 for the American pickup-truck crown.
The Silverado shares a platform with the GMC Sierra.
The Z71 has a column shifter, one of several antiquated features.
As with the Raptor, I didn't get to make much use of the bed. Also, it was wintry weather when I conducted my test, so there was no way to keep the snow out.
The Silverado's bed was also lined for durability. Silverado owners who upgrade to the Z71 package will be connecting the dots on a high-performance lifestyle, much like Raptor owners.
That said, the Silverado struck me as being closer than the Raptor to a work truck – not that close, but with adequate striking distance to give me the impression that the high-performance 1500 may be able to engage in more humble activities, if called upon, than the thoroughbred Raptor.
The Silverado Z71 interior was a bit more purposeful than the Raptor's. Note the workmanlike column-shifter on the steering rack.
Our jet-black-interior Chevy test truck had a bigger cab than the Raptor, as well as traditional rear doors, making it the better choice for those who want to use the Silverado Z71 as a family vehicle.
How's this for old-school?
You fire up the Z71 with a key of ignition!
The 5.3-litre V8 engine in the Silverado Z71 makes 355 horsepower and 383 pound-feet of torque, routing the power to the four-wheel-drive system through an eight-speed transmission.
OK, so the Raptor obviously takes this round, even though the Chevy's "hot red" paint job was something special.
The Silverado gives up 100 horsepower to the Ford. Still, the zero-to-60 mph dash is respectable for a big pickup, at about seven seconds.
Fuel economy isn't going to be great with a vehicle like this, but 15 mpg city/20 highway/17 combined isn't terrible.
The Silverado with the big V8 can also tow more than the Raptor. But in fairness, the Raptor isn't optimised for towing – other F-150s outdo the Silverado on this front.
The back seat of the Z71 is relatively roomy and comfortable.
The infotainment system is Chevy's MyLink, running on an 8-inch touchscreen. We've been big fans of this system on numerous vehicles from General Motors brands.
Chevy had a lead on Ford with infotainment, thanks to OnStar and 4G LTE Wi-Fi connectivity. But Ford's Sync 3 has closed the gap.
MyLink is still easier to the use than Sync 3, though not by much. And both systems provide the usual features, including navigation, Bluetooth device pairing, and USB options. Our Silverado tester also came with Sirius XM radio and a sweet-sounding Bose premium audio upgrade.
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are also available.
The gauges and cluster in the Z71, as well as the steering-wheel setup, will be familiar to anyone who's slipped into a Chevy in the past few years.
And the winner is: the Raptor!
Well, obviously.
The Raptor is the most intense version of the new aluminium-bodied F-150, with an engine based on technology that Ford has been using in race cars. It's the gnarliest pickup on the block because it wants to be – and because Ford designed it to be a cut above.
The Raptor stands out in a crowd, without question.
But the Silverado Z71 has its virtues.
A beefy, old-school engine and a little less high-performance, but probably better pickup-truck versatility than the specialised Raptor.
In the end, it was kind of not a fair fight, but a new Silverado will arrive in 2019, so stay tuned for a rematch.
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Page 5 has a lot of the new motor bits on it. Otherwise the scooter looks pretty normal except the exhaust and the oil cooler
Scooter is going good and it was a nice day yesterday. Out for lunch with my son. Quick video of throttle and speedo, private test track etc etc
Small problem with muffler let all the packing out so had to fix it and repack. Noticeably different tone and a bit quieter with the fresh packing. I put the little end piece in as well to quieten it even more. My son has taken it into town and back and was saying he thought with the cooler weather that it may have been going better than before which is what I have been thinking as well. Speedo able to be pegged down past the oil change light no problem evidently. May be time to put the Lambda meter back on and check the full throttle readings. Probably should sort out a smaller pilot jet as well.
Got a bit of time so had the carb off. It already has the smallest main jet I have in the range. I do have smaller but they are 4-5 steps smaller and I prefer to sneak up on things. I did put in a smaller pilot jet and unwound the idle mixture screw 1/2 turn. Still starts easy but noticeably the idle is a bit lower and rougher. I need to make a very short screwdriver to get to the screw as it is on the bottom of the carb throat where it enters the engine. On the scooter it is a close fit with the cases, see the attached photo. Being on the engine side of the carb the screw is a fuel screw, winding it out adds fuel. On the air filter side it would be an air screw.
I took it for a ride to be sure it was still good and didn't have a stumble off idle. No obvious problem with fueling but did have a couple of little problems at lights. I snuck to the front at one set and gave it a handful on the green. There must have been a slightly damp patch as the rear spun and launched sideways, just like it has on the dyno. At the next set of lights I didn't give it such a sudden handful and was most of the way across the intersection before I got the front back on the ground.
Must say I prefer it now that it is a lot quieter. Even giving it throttle the noise is reasonable and I haven't noticed any real drop in performance. Power wise it is still happy on the motorway with the speedo pegged with plenty of throttle to go.
It's good having a bit of time off and being able to play with things at leisure. I've made a 10mm long screwdriver from a 6mm bolt by filing the end of the bolt into a screwdriver shape. Works great. I also fitted the lambda sensor to see what fuel ratio it liked and also to confirm what I said about the screw adjustment. The screw adjustment is quite sensitive. Even with the smaller pilot jet it was still a bit less than 1 turn from bottomed at the ideal position. I went down to the next jet and adjusted the screw to 1.5 turns from bottom. Once back together it fired up after a few cranks getting fuel back in the carb and settled down nicely. It was sounding rich and the Lambda meter confirmed it so I screwed it in until the meter said it was in it's happy place. Less than 1/2 turn had it indicating about 14:1 and the idle getting a bit uneven. At idle it seems to like about 10:1 which is attained with this jet when the fuel screw out just over 1 turn from bottomed. Not road tested but it responds to throttle OK and the Lambda isn't jumping about too much apart from when the throttle is snapped closed and it goes lean until the revs drop.
Scooter came home on the trailer today. Son took it to Uni, lectured cancelled, came straight home. Possibly going a bit faster than usual down the NW motorway. Made funny squeeking noises as he went up the Te Atatu turnoff and stopped at the top. No compression when tried starting it.
It's toast.
There was a small oil leak from the crank seal behind the variator into the transmission cavity and out the back. Oil level was real low, and it got real hot, then it stopped. It's completely wrecked inside.
So, does it get rebuilt, binned, or something else?
Parts are being costed as I type.
Decision made. Same bore and stroke but with a slightly bigger cylinder head running the same cam. Cylinder is watercooled, head is left on it's own for cooling. The fan will be removed along with all the shrouds. Supposedly it's all good like that. Just got to sort out a radiator and pump and fan and controller. Looks like it is going to have to be under the seat in the storage compartment but we'll see once it is together. More power
Box of interesting bits has arrived at work. Almost pulled a "sicky"
Here's an easy to source 12v water pump that could be useful in this application.
Every '90's 5 & 7 series BMW had one.
Pump all sorted thanks. I went with a Davies Craig EBP15. Brushless Bosch motor and magnetically coupled. 1.4A current draw depending on load so should be manageable.
Interesting the bits that have arrived. The watercooled cylinder has had a jacket welded on over the fins which I wasn't expecting. I've been there so it really doesn't worry me.
The crankshaft is the same as the old one but has an even longer rod. The old rod was 97mm long and the new one is 103mm long. The cylinder is very slightly shorter than the old one but there is a spacer plate and 2 gaskets to go under it making the whole thing even taller. 6mm taller probably. There is less stud poking out the top for sure. The problem is that even though I had a longer cam chain for the last motor the extra height requires an even longer camchain which I will need to get. Unless it is packed in with the long stud set that came with the motor which we haven't opened yet.
The cylinder head is apparently a blank canvas with metal left in to be removed by the tuner. I'm going to have to dismantle it to remove metal from the valve pockets and to blend the valve seats into the ports. The intake valves are up .5mm at 24.5mm but the exhaust valves are down .5mm at 21.5mm as compared to the old Taida head. The exhaust port is a good 1.5mm smaller diameter at the gasket face. I've asked if that is the hot setup or if they have just shipped what they had on the shelf. The motor went real good with the Taida head and from experience I can't see smaller valves making it go better. As usual all the bits look real good. The little 66mm forged piston is real nice.
Okay, bits have been dummied up to get an idea of clearances. The flat perimeter of the piston to the matching flat area of the head is 1.2-1.3mm clearance which seems fairly generous to me. This is with both base gaskets and the spacer plate and a used head gasket. The piston has reasonably sharp edges around the valve pockets so I'll be removing those edges and smoothing it out with wet&dry. The head needs lots of work. As you can see in the photos the valve seats are sunk into sharp edged pockets. I'm no expert on the desired combustion chamber shape but I'm going to be unmasking the valves and blending the pockets into the chamber. I'll leave as much of the flat head gasket surface that protrudes into the chamber as possible. This will aid turbulence and keep compression up. Retaining turbulence will speed combustion and reduce the need for ignition advance both of which are good.
The intake port on the head has an angled cut centred on the manifold mounting studs. The outer diameter matches my adaptor I made. I'll be taking the port out to match the outer circumference.
The exhaust port is small. There is a lot of aluminium that could be removed. Unless there is something crook with the exhaust ports which becomes obvious when I remove the valves I won't be taking much out of the port. It seems like giving the small port a try won't hurt. I am however mindful that a while back Chris of RC Scooters did mention that they use heads with 26mm & 23mm valves but I think that was on their race motors. This head has 24.5mm & 21.5mm valves which seems like it might be a better option for the street. I certainly had no complaints about the Taida head with 24mm & 22mm valves.
I've thrown in a photo of the connections for the oil cooler.
As much as Chris maintains that the head will be fine with no ducted cooling going to it I'm having problems with the idea. Chris says they have been running motors with watercooled cylinders and no fan or ducts for years with no problems. Maybe I'll clamp a CHT sensor on and monitor it with a Mychron date logger. I do have a fan controller with oil and water temp sensors so will be able to keep an eye on things. No logging unfortunately but may be able to run a sensor to the Mychron and log it that way.
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Netflix struck gold in 2016 when the first season of Stranger Things introduced audiences to the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, where a group of plucky young kids contends with terrifying creatures and mysterious government agents endangering their town.
Season 4 of Stranger Things has officially been given the green light by Netflix, so we'll eventually be seeing more of Eleven, Dustin, Steve, and the rest of the Hawkins gang. Here's everything we know about Stranger Things season 4 so far.
(Note: This post contains season 3 spoilers, so turn back now if you haven't watched the season yet.)
- 1 Season 4 episode titles
- 2 Production begins
- 3 Normal teenagers?
- 4 Script complete
- 5 Production shutdown
- 6 Table read
- 7 Cameras rolling
- 8 New trailer
- 9 Season 4, confirmed
- 10 One more season (or two)
- 11 A potential premiere date
- 12 Who's going to return?
- 13 Taking the show on the road
Season 4 episode titles
In November 2019, the official Twitter account for the Stranger Things writers revealed the title of the season 4 premiere: The Hellfire Club.
looking for new members… are you in? pic.twitter.com/P1xAWNUPss
— stranger writers (@strangerwriters) November 7, 2019
The announcement has sparked plenty of speculation, as well as some discussion of the title's potential connection to Marvel Comics history.
Almost a year later, the show's writers revealed the titles for episodes 2 and 3 on their official Twitter account. The second episode of the season will be titled Tick Tok Mr. Clock, while the third episode has the title You Snooze You Lose.
Yeah it's "tick tok mr clock" https://t.co/PwGMosJuK1
— stranger writers (@strangerwriters) October 12, 2020
"You snooze you lose" https://t.co/eCzupA8yYU
— stranger writers (@strangerwriters) October 12, 2020
Production begins
After being put on indefinite delay on March 16 in response to the coronavirus pandemic, production on Stranger Things season 4 is officially underway. The official Twitter page reported on October 1 that the Upside Down officially has cameras in it.
meanwhile in the upside down… pic.twitter.com/BtPlMjy0pS
— Stranger Things (@Stranger_Things) October 1, 2020
Normal teenagers?
While Nancy (Natalia Dyer) and Jonathan (Charlie Heaton) have long acted as something resembling a supervisory unit to the party, you couldn't call their lives and relationship anything close to normal. In an interview with Netflix Queue, the two actors shed some additional light on their characters and their connection in the upcoming season.
"I think Nancy's lonely," Dyer said. "With Jonathan leaving, who can she relate to? Who's there? I mean, it's the '80s, so it's not like you can just hop on Skype or FaceTime. It's a big break. It feels a little bit like the end of an era. But that instinct Nancy has, that curiosity and determination, I think it's just part of her personality. She's not going to forget that part of herself. I can really see that going further."
Heaton later added that Jonathan and Nancy will have an actual teenage relationship this season. "Jonathan and Nancy have always been on the same team, and they both strive for the same goals," Heaton explained. "They both challenge each other as well. They can understand what the other has been through. This is the first season where you see Jonathan and Nancy in a full relationship, you see what that looks like. But they're also in this work environment. What starts to show are their social differences. For Jonathan, this job means a lot. He's very focused on his responsibilities, and he believes that Nancy doesn't have to work as hard. He can't see what she's having to go through. They've always been fighting for a cause together in a high-stakes environment. You put them in a real-world scenario, and they start struggling. As the season gets more into the supernatural when they start fighting this monster, they put aside these small quarrels, and then ultimately, they fight for each other."
Script complete
The delay in production on season 4 of Stranger Things doesn't appear to have affected progress in the writers' room. On June 18, the official Twitter account for the series's writers posted a photo of the completed script for the show's fourth season.
Stranger Things 4: the complete season. #ST4 pic.twitter.com/DAjQFnPVGq
— stranger writers (@strangerwriters) June 18, 2020
There's still no word on when the season will premiere, but it's a good sign for fans that the script is finished.
Production shutdown
Amid concerns surrounding coronavirus, Netflix shut down all production in the U.S. and Canada for two weeks as of March 16, according to a Deadline report. Yes, that does include season 4 of Stranger Things. No word yet on how this will impact the release date, if at all.
Table read
Stranger Things has never been particularly conventional, so it makes sense that Netflix would promote the show through less conventional means. Sure enough, Netflix showed the fourth season of Stranger Things is officially in production through an incredibly cryptic and eerie table read video posted to YouTube.
In the first look at a table read, we see all the familiar faces, including David Harbour, whose Jim Hopper was confirmed alive in a previous teaser for the upcoming season. Deadline also reports that Brett Gelman, who plays journalist/conspiracy theorist/private eye/Russian translator Murray Bauman, has been promoted to a series regular and is on set for episode one.
Cameras rolling
While the majority of the series has unfolded in Hawkins so far, the fourth season will take the story far, far away from the characters' Indiana town.
A portion of season 4 was filmed in Vilnius, Lithuania, and production concluded in the country's capital in mid-February.
Much of the filming occurred at the former Lukiškes Prison, with series director Shawn Levy hinting that the scenes filmed there were indeed tied to "the American," the mysterious Russian prisoner mentioned at the end of the third season, now confirmed to be Jim Hopper (David Harbour).
New trailer
In February, Netflix released a new trailer for season 4 of Stranger Things with a big reveal.
In the trailer, Netflix teased that season 4 will begin where season 3 ended: In the remote tundra of the Soviet Union. And they wasted no time resolving the cliffhanger from last season by revealing none other than Jim Hopper (David Harbour) working with a group of prisoners to build a railroad through the desolate region.
Season 4, confirmed
Netflix finally confirmed what everyone knew was coming with a Stranger Things season 4 teaser video (see above) that premiered September 30.
The brief video shows the Stranger Things 4 logo being consumed by dark tendrils, and concludes with the ominous tagline "We're not in Hawkins anymore." There was no premiere date for the season included in the video.
One more season (or two)
Fans will be glad to know that Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer didn't intend to end the saga on the somewhat melancholy note of season 3's conclusion, with our group of heroes heading in separate ways.
In an April 2018 interview, series producer and director Shawn Levy indicated that the show's creative team has season 4 already mapped out narratively, and the series' story might go beyond that season, too.
"There's very much the possibility of a season beyond [season 4], that's currently undecided," Levy told Collider. "And what I would just say is part of the chaos and fun of this particular show is that while the Duffers and the writer's room and we producers outline the entire season, the Duffers really use the writing process to revisit, reassess, and question all of their prior assumptions. So even though we always start off with a good sense of the major arcs of the season, we're always ready for shifts and surprises because if the Duffers stumble into a different or surprising inspiration while they rewrite the script, we're going to follow that inspiration and throw out some ideas in order to embrace some new ones that are more exciting."
A potential premiere date
Nothing is official at this point, but it's worth noting that the premiere dates for each season of Stranger Things so far have followed a pattern.
The first season of Stranger Things premiered in July 2016, while the second season debuted in October 2017. Season 3 then went back to a summer premiere this July. If the show continues with this pattern, season 4 of Stranger Things is likely to arrive on Netflix around Halloween in 2020 (or if they choose to wait an extra year, 2021).
Who's going to return?
The bittersweet end of Stranger Things' third season saw Hawkins' heroes split up and go their separate ways after the heartbreaking loss of a few key characters, but it shouldn't come as much of a surprise if the cast reunites for the show's fourth story arc.
Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) and the rest of the young cast members are expected to return for season 4, along with Joyce Byers (Winona Ryder), Karen Wheeler (Cara Buono), Murray Bauman (Brett Gelman), and — given his surprise appearance in the finale — Dr. Sam Owens (Paul Reiser). Teenage characters Jonathan Byer (Charlie Heaton), Nancy Wheeler (Natalia Dyer), Robin Buckley (Maya Hawke), and unsung hero Steve Harrington (Joe Keery) are also expected to reprise their roles.
A post-credits scene included in the finale led many to believe that "The American" referenced in the scene was gruff police chief Jim Hopper (David Harbour), who has somehow ended up in the Soviet Union after the events of season 3. The release of season 4's first trailer confirmed that "The American" is indeed Hopper, imprisoned and forced to work in the icy tundra of the Soviet Union.
Taking the show on the road
Everyone involved with Stranger Things is tight-lipped about where the series could go in season 4, but there have been some clues.
In a July interview, Matt Duffer suggested that the story could indeed follow the main characters outside of Hawkins in the fourth season.
"I think the biggest thing that's going to happen is it's going to open up a little bit, not necessarily in terms of scale, in terms of special effects, but open up in terms of allowing plotlines into areas outside of Hawkins," Duffer told Entertainment Weekly.
That would seem to track well with the characters' decision to depart Hawkins in the season finale, as well as the post-credits scene set in the Soviet Union, and the recently revealed season 4 tagline "We're not in Hawkins anymore."
There's no official premiere date for season 4 of Stranger Things at this point.
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A modelling platform based on regression analysis is developed as a novel approach to structural health monitoring of welded joints of orthotropic bridge steel decks. Monitoring outcomes from the Great Belt Bridge (Denmark) are used to develop regression models following a weighted least squares approach to characterize the normal correlation pattern between environmental conditions (daily-averaged pavement temperatures), operational loads (daily-aggregated heavy traffic counts) and a strain-based performance indicator. The developed models can be used within a structural health monitoring–based asset management framework for performance assessment (i.e. diagnosis of structural performance changes) and performance prediction (i.e. prognosis of structural performance leading to service life estimates). The main novelty of the work presented consists of the development of an algorithm based on statistical control charts related to the prediction bands of the regression models. The algorithm enables the interpretation of new monitoring data and the identification of potentially abnormal behaviours via outlier detection, as part of an envisaged 'real-time' performance assessment application. The proposed approach to outlier detection through structural health monitoring is finally illustrated considering actual monitoring outcomes from the bridge. This highlights the applicability of the developed modelling platform and contributes to bridging the gap between monitoring data and monitoring-based information that can lead to more effective asset management decisions.
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Holder announced the statistics in a speech at the Brennan Center for Justice, at New York University Law School.
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