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Sony is on a tear with new cameras, and the curious thing about the RX series is that they all take a very different attack on the compact camera market. The RX1 is a prime lens, large sensor compact (full frame). The RX100 is a shirt pocket convenience camera with a modestly large sensor (1").
So what is the RX10? An attempt at being the "all-in-one" camera, I think.
First off, it's not compact. It's almost as large as a small DSLR or large mirrorless camera, and it weighs in at a neck-defying 29 ounces (813g) despite using a derivative of the same 1" 20mp sensor found in the shirt-pocket RX100. With the same sensor in tow, obviously the designers had something very different in mind with the RX10. (RX10 on left, RX100II on right in photo, below, shown to scale)
That "different" is mostly defined by the Zeiss 8.8-73.3mm (24-200mm equivalent) f/2.8 lens out front. From front to back with the lens collapsed and supplied lens hood on the RX10 is a hefty 6" (155mm) deep. This camera is all about the lens, and much of the camera design all revolves around the implications of that lens.
In essence, Sony has put a small DSLR, 24-70mm f/2.8 lens, and 70-200mm f/2.8 lens in a single package. To keep that package as small as possible—and note that it's considerably smaller than any DSLR with those two lenses would be—Sony stuck in their highly competent and decent performing 1" 20mp sensor. Using an APS sized sensor would have bulked up the lens (or dropped the parameters to a shorter focal length and smaller aperture or both). Thus, those expecting the RX100 to be 1", RX10 to be APS, and RX1 to be full frame in a nice orderly fashion will be frustrated.
Many people won't remember it, but the RX10 is actually a fairly direct descendent of the R1 (2005), which had a largish sensor and a 24-120mm equivalent Zeiss f/2.8-4.8 lens out front. So the notion that the RX10 is something entirely new is false; instead it's a new interpretation of Sony's long-running all-in-one prosumer series.
The good news is that Sony has left little out of this iteration and pushed it further than ever before.
Besides the 1.4m dot EVF you frame with, there's a 3" 1.3m dot tiltable LCD out back. While neither is state-of-the-art, both are solid performers for this class of camera. The more important thing is refresh rate, which is decently high for an EVF.
The lens is the primary player here, so let's look at some parameters for a moment. Across the long axis of the frame we're talking about 10 to 74° of coverage. That's reasonable telephoto to fairly wide angle. The zoom is controlled by either the fly-by-wire ring on the lens or by a W-T lever mounted in front of the shutter release compact camera style. The lens itself takes 62mm filters and comes with a supplied petal type hood that can be reversed on the lens for travel. One surprise for many will be the aperture ring on the lens, with click stops every third of a stop (which can be disabled to allow continuous aperture control for video). Another surprise for some that shouldn't be is that the lens extends quite far in front of the camera when you're at the 200mm equivalent position.
It doesn't quite stop there. With an f/2.8 aperture and a smaller (but still not compact) sensor, you might want to utilize that f/2.8 to get as much depth of field separation as possible. Fortunately, Sony thought of that: there's a built-in 3EV neutral density filter option that can help you force larger apertures in brighter light. Someone thinking photographically was involved in the design of this camera, and it shows in the details.
Focus can be as close as a little over 1" (30mm) at the wide end, to about 12" (300mm) at the long end. This gives macro magnification of from close to 1:2 (wide) to 1:3 (telephoto).
The 20mp 1" sensor is bigger than the 1/2.3" or 2/3" sensors used by most rivals in the upper range of compacts. This is basically the same BSI sensor used in the RX100II, and quite a capable performer. As I've written elsewhere, try not so much to think of it as a 20mp sensor, but a 12-14mp sensor and you'll be astounded by what it can do. Trying to push it to the boundaries you might expect from the 20mp number, especially in low light, and you might be a little disappointed, though probably only a little. You can shoot raw files, and of course, there is video capability. As a matter of fact, the video capability is quite good, which I'll get to later.
ISO values from 125 to 12,800 are supported, and Auto ISO is also available. The new BIONZ X processor is on board, along with Sony's claim of better handling of JPEGs when the sensor is pushed to extremes. Shutter speeds range from 30 seconds to 1/3200.
There's a pop-up flash, Mode dial with two user setting positions, multiple configurable buttons (Fn, C, AEL), an exposure compensation dial nicely positioned, a top LCD for basic settings review, and a hot shoe up top. The hot shoe and tripod mount are centered on the lens. SD cards go into a slot on the side of the camera, ala a DSLR, and the side doors on the left of the camera (as you're holding it) are hinged. In virtually all design aspects, including the menu system, you're likely to be reminded more of DSLR than anything else.
Up top is a tiny pop-up flash, and we have the usual slow sync and rear sync options, as well as flash exposure compensation.
When I say "DSLR-like" in terms of the menus, you'll find things like changing aspect ratios (1:1, 4:3, 3:2, 16:9), setting fill flash and flash exposure compensation, bracketing, configurable self timer, auto HDR, and more. You can configure a whole host of controls, as well as set up those custom settings on the Mode dial. You can make the Movie button only respond when you've set the camera to record video (on Mode dial) or have it as an instant movie option. There's manual focus assist, too. A good solid set of options overall, though that also means that there are 21 pages of menus you have to navigate.
Video is well specified, and we have microphone and headphone ports to help (the camera has stereo mics flanking the hot shoe). The video formats are AVCHD at 1080P/60/30/24 and 1080i/60, as well as a 480P/30 mode for VGA type video. More interestingly, the HDMI port supports uncompressed video output, so you can record using external recorders to better quality video should you desire (e.g. Atomos Ninja).
Some consumer-like features are also in the camera, as well, such as a sweep panorama mode, Scene modes (including Sony's useful Hand-held Twilight mode), and the requisite all-Auto mode. The camera takes the same NX50 batteries as do most of the NEX and some of the Alpha models (a reasonable 420 shots CIPA), but does not come with a separate battery charger (instead it comes with a in-camera-via-USB charging system).
But wait, there's more. The RX10 has WiFi with NFC to quickly connect with smartphones or other devices, has Sony's PlayMemories App support, and can be controlled remotely via the WiFi connection (typically via smartphone), as well.
I've used the term all-in-one more than once, and it really does seem to apply to the RX10. About the only thing left out is GPS. From just a pure features list, there's really very little I can think of that I do regularly in photography that this camera isn't set up to do on its own. Unfortunately, it has an all-in-one price, too, with retail being US$1299.
The camera is made in China.
How's it Handle?
Lots of good news, lots of not-so-good news. This is going to be a tricky section to get right, as there's so much going on with this camera that there's bound to be some things that have some compromise to them. At the same time, however, the way most people will use the camera may have those things mostly disappear.
Right up front you have to think of this camera like a small DSLR. That's how it handles, basically. You've got a lot of control at your fingertips, and a lot of configurability.
The really nice part is that basic tasks are well at hand. Apertures controlled by the ring on the lens. Shutter speed controlled by the rear command dial. Exposure compensation controlled by a dedicated dial behind the shutter release. Shooting mode controlled by the Mode dial. ISO is by default assigned to the C button just behind the shutter release. And the Fn button brings up the quick menu of the most likely other things you'd like to set. So far, so good. Some might want to assign white balance to a control directly (instead of via the quick menu brought up by Fn), but that's most of your shooting decisions right at your fingertips out of the box.
Where things start to fall down is zooming, and to a lessor degree, focusing. We're in a fly-by-wire camera, so there's no direct coupling of the ring on the lens to either zoom or focus elements.
If you zoom slowly via the lens ring, the lens is going to work pretty much as you expect. When you move the ring quickly, things break down, as there's lag to the movement and the actual movement you get is tough to anticipate. There can also be some slight stutters to the zoom (more visible when zooming out via the lever around the shutter release). I've seen far worse implementations and can live with this one, but forget leaping from 24mm to 200mm. I can't quite do that with my usual hand position and thus end up taking a few laggy jumps to get from one extreme to the other. Not a huge sin, but just be aware that zooming is not going to be an instantaneous or precise thing with this camera when you make large movements.
Focus method is controlled by a lever on the front of the camera, in the position typically used by DSLRs. The default is central focus area (normal sized, though you can choose wide). Where things start to break down here is in two ways: selecting the point of AF and manual focus. If you want other than the central focus area to be used, you need to select Flexible Spot. But this works more like a toggle than something that is continuous. If you're constantly moving the focus area around, you have to retrigger the mode. Given that the DISP button is functional again after you've shot an image, it would have been nice to be able to hit that button and restore the moving focus position. Basically, this is a clear design error to me, and one of the few things that didn't get implemented properly by the Sony engineers.
Manual focus is either DMF or MF. DMF doesn't supply magnification when moving the focus ring, MF does (default two seconds). There's surprisingly little lag with the ring for focusing, but again like zooming, large leaps may take multiple twirls if you don't want to completely distort your hand position. Focus peaking is available, as well.
Button and control placement could be a bit better, I think. The MENU button at top left on the back of the camera seems out of place, especially when most other Sony cameras have either the center button of the Direction pad or a dedicated MENU button on the right side.
Those with large hands are going to have some troubles with the position of the AEL and Fn buttons, I think, while those with smaller hands are going to find the Direction pad too far down the back of the camera to keep hand position while shooting and changing things. None of these are big problems, but they get magnified with gloves on, as in several cases the buttons are inset and already tough to find and use with gloves.
The right hand grip isn't huge, but it's appropriately sized, I think, and gives you a strong grip position. Those with large hands might find it a bit confining, though.
Sony finally listened to user and didn't put the Record Movie button right where the thumb naturally falls when shooting. The position is accessible but not likely to be accidentally pushed. Finally.
Video users will especially be pleased with the little nuances that Sony added to this camera. You can disable the click stops on the aperture ring, for instance, giving you smooth exposure control. Moveover, you have programmable Zebra bars to help guide your exposure and many ways to access that 3-stop neutral density filter. The RX10 makes a surprisingly handy video camera, actually. About the only thing that gets in the way is the noise of the zoom when you use it (focus can be silent).
How's it Perform?
Battery life: The Sony-standard FW50 batteries (shared between many of their NEX and other cameras) are rated at about 420 shots CIPA, and I've found that I can achieve close to that as long as I avoid much flash work and keep the camera inactive between shooting. Video shooters are going to find the battery life a bit more limiting, I think. I had troubles getting more than 90 minutes of video on a charge.
Write speed: Nothing particularly outstanding here, but nothing to get upset about, either. It's not a camera I want to be trying to shoot continuous raw with, but shooting single raw images over and over is not at all troublesome. If you want numbers, I was hitting 3 fps with JPEG Fine in 10 second bursts without wait, but only a bit over 2 seconds shooting raw with for some reason a slightly lower fps. In speed priority you lose continuous focus and get closer to 10 fps for very short periods (2 seconds, max). Buffer clearing, when full, is counted in seconds, but not excessively so. Overall, the performance with 95Mbps UHS-I cards is well above what you'd expect from a compact camera, not quite what you'd expect from a DSLR.
Focus: Pleasantly surprising, especially if you allow the camera to "pre-focus" (start working focus with the camera active on a half shutter press). Single shot focus performance is right up there with the consumer DSLRs, which is a bit surprising when you zoom out to 200mm. Continuous autofocus is not nearly as good as DSLRs, and if you're in continuous focus mode and panning from subject to subject with focus active you'll see that there's actually a serious lag in the camera moving focus in this mode. I had a difficult time getting fast subjects in focus with continuous shooting.
Lens: With such a large range and fast aperture, you expect there to be compromises. Let's start with the good news: at f/5.6 you're going to have a hard time finding sharpness issues anywhere in the frame at any focal length. I can see very slight softening in the extreme corners in a few cases, but nothing that would really bother me. So if you want really sharp, just stop down two stops, just like with most lenses.
But at f/2.8, there's definitely visible softness in the corners and some visible chromatic aberration (mostly corrected in camera for JPEGs). Image center, however, is quite sharp at f/2.8, indeed, a bit sharper than I expected at the extreme focal lengths.
Vignetting is well under control, almost to the point of being able to ignore it at f/2.8. Linear distortion is corrected by the camera quite well for JPEGs and essentially nil, but if you're using a raw converter without lens profiles you're going to find quite visible barrel distortion (~2%) at 24mm and a similar amount of pincushion distortion at 200mm. Both those need correcting if straight lines are important. Flare is well under control, a bit surprising for a 24mm f/2.8 equivalent, and the supplied lens hood does a good job in keeping glare down from side light, too.
Given the fast aperture and the long focal range, the Zeiss lens on the RX10 is performing quite well. JPEG shooters are going to see a lot of the weaknesses of the lens simply rendered non-existent by the in-camera corrections that can be applied. About the only thing they'll notice is that the corners get sharper and brighten a tiny bit when they stop down from f/2.8 to f/5.6. Raw shooters will need to do some extra work to pull out the distortion and chromatic aberration. Overall, I'm very happy with the lens considering how much it is trying to do.
Resolution: 20mp seems like a lot in a tiny camera. It is. Be careful not to think of it as 20mp. Between diffraction and other attributes, I'd say that the RX10 shoots like a really great 12-14mp camera. If you try to push it as a 20mp camera and maybe even take that a bit further and try to get bigger than 18" prints with this camera, I think you'll be slightly disappointed. But certainly for smaller work you can do some impressive things with this camera.
Dynamic Range: I mostly shoot with my RX10 at base ISO or close to it. It isn't a huge sensor, after all. While DxO lists the Sony's dynamic range as higher than that of the Nikon 1 models with their 1" sensor, I'm not so sure I'd fully agree in practical use. Certainly with JPEGs it seems as if Sony is restricting the range a bit to provide extra contrast in the result, but even with raw files I'm not seeing the full difference implied by DxO's numbers. I will say that the RX10 is clearly better than the Fujifilm X20, and even the Nikon 1 models, but not by as much as some people are claiming.
How's that actually work out in practice? Well, let's try a little experiment. It's early evening and here's a shot out of my office into the next room:
The paper sitting in my In Box is basically at saturation, the white on my monitor is high up in the exposure, too. This is making the unlit room through the doorway (look for the black rectangle) disappear. Can I recover detail in that other room? Let's try:
Okay, so there's some noise in there, but this area was black in the original! One of the things about the recent Sony EXMOR sensors is that they do allow for quite a bit of shadow recovery. Here on the RX10 the extreme recovery I've just made is a little noisy and the colors are blocked up, but for such a small sensor, this is still darned good performance.
Noise: So what does the noise look like? Time to go play some basketball:
That's an ISO 3200 raw processed in ACR at 100%. As I noted above, it's probably better to think of the camera as being 12-14mp. We're trying to make it perform at 20mp here and it's struggling a bit. In terms of the noise, though, you'll notice it cleaned up reasonably well. To hold any edges I've had let some noise come into play, and this makes for a bit of a problem on clean edges (look at the top right edge of the rim, for example). But we're also looking at a 466 x 602 pixel sample of a 20mp image, so I'm pushing pixels up into the realm of visible, something you generally don't do
Video: Because the RX-10 doesn't line skip to produce video, a lot of folk had high hopes for this camera. Let's hope that they have external video recorders (e.g. Atomos Ninja), because the camera's internal compression is definitely bandwidth limited and like most AVCHD implementations, just doesn't deal with complex and detailed motion all that well. You get that "muddy" frame look that's a dead giveaway for bandwidth-limited AVCHD. The good news is that everything else seems to be fine. The sub-sampled full frame does indeed seem to produce less moire and artifacts than most DSLR-type high pixel count video implementations. But you're really only going to see that improvement on motion by recording the clean HDMI externally. Also, while the RX10 has user controllable microphone settings (internal or external mic), the amplifier used isn't as clean as good external ones, and it's awkward to manually control the sound levels anyway.
It's the age old problem: size, performance, price; pick two. Sony tried their darndest to pick three, and that has introduced some gives and takes that don't necessarily all add up perfectly. Basically, performance was mostly optimized (though not for internally recorded video)—there's little to complain about there, especially the lens—but size didn't get fully minimized because of that and price stayed high.
Nothing quite adds up right in terms of our normal expectations. It's a compact camera, but it's not compact. It's got a high performance lens but not quite as high performance on focusing. It's got a DSLR-like feature set with even some higher-end extras thrown in, but it also ends up being priced higher than a lot of DSLRs. Sony's fundamental problem with the RX10 is that it doesn't fit neatly in anyone's expectations.
Moreover, it's a "tweener" in almost aspect. Consider any specific photographic task. I've got a short trip coming up where I'm mostly in tourist mode, so maybe I'd like to just take one "convenient" camera with me to do some travel photography. Since I'll be on foot and moving a lot in a crowded city, I'd be tempted towards a really good compact camera. On the other hand, I want to be ready for virtually anything from macro to wide angle to telephoto to indoor to outdoor to…well, you get the idea. That starts to speak to using one of my DSLR-like mirrorless cameras. A DSLR is probably out because of size and weight by the time I make it fully capable of all I might want it to do (e.g. one body, multiple lenses). So the operative question is: would the RX10 suffice?
I'm thinking the answer is yes far more often than no. That's true for the soccer mom running around trying to document her kids, the dad photographing the family vacation, the college student looking for a single solution that keeps them into serious photography and video without clogging up their dorm room with gear, and a whole host of other common scenarios.
It all comes back to the lens and sensor. We know the sensor performs well (see my RX100 review). The Zeiss lens on the RX10 is a real jack-of-all-trades, replacing several hefty lenses you'd need on a DSLR to do the same things, and doing so with very good quality, just as you'd expect from Zeiss. This is a very nice pairing, and capable of many things photographically. It's not a perfect pair, as you can force the sensor to struggle in low light and the focus performance of the lens isn't DSLR like for moving subjects. But, still, I was surprised at how much I could coax out of the sensor/lens pair. I have to say I'd probably prefer the RX10 combo to a lot of low-end DSLR plus kit lens combos for a large chunk of photographic situations.
Which brings us to price. The RX10 is way beyond consumer DSLR price range. Of course, if you could buy a low-end DSLR with a 24-200mm (equivalent) f/2.8 lens, it would be more money than an RX10. Try it. Take a D5300 body (US$800), and Sigma 17-50 (US$570) and 50-150mm f/2.8 (US$950) lenses. You've just spent US$2320 (though you've gained a larger sensor that will work better in low light by about two stops plus some additional reach at the telephoto end in the process).
So I think how you evaluate the RX10's price really comes down to how well you evaluate what you're getting. I happen to think you're getting a lot. No, it's not perfect, and there are tasks it will struggle with, but it's clearly over the 80/20 rule line. More than 80% of the photography I do casually could probably be taken with this camera. It's a little bigger and heavier than I'd like, but my other go-to casual camera, the Sony RX100II, doesn't quite hit that 80% mark (it misses on wide angle reach, telephoto reach, some low light work, and on video capability, but it's usually the wide end where I find I want more).
So it's a tough call. That said, I'm pretty sure there are many who will love the RX10 and see it for the all-in-one they were seeking. Others won't get it because they don't appreciate the lens or balk at the price. Still others will be trying, like Sony, to figure out that size, performance, price equation and see if it adds up.
I wasn't expecting to like the RX10. On paper you can't make that equation work out quite right. In practice, I'm okay with the size and performance balance, so I'd say that it really comes down to whether you think that balance is worth US$1300. Yes, I know it's a lot to spend on what some will think of as a compact camera. But I have to say, it's a far better value than Nikon's Coolpix A when all is said and done ;~).
There really isn't anything else quite like the RX10 on the market at the moment (the even-more-expensive Leica X Vario comes to mind with its larger sensor and lesser lens). You can find cameras that picked less in terms of the size, performance, and price factors, and you can find cameras that picked more for those things (especially in separate components, as the mirrorless and DSLR do). Whether the RX10 is the Goldilocks solution for you is something you'll have to figure out. For me, surprisingly the RX10 is sticking around in my gear closet for the time being. There are a lot of times when I'm out doing more casual shooting where I just want to carry one thing that can do a lot. I don't know of a better solution for that at the moment.
But Sony: please, please look at making focus point selection better and improve the continuous focus performance. It's the one significant thing that keeps popping up as a factor in my shooting. Sure, I can focus and reframe and due to the small sensor not get badly burnt by that, but I'm a DSLR shooter and I want control and continuous shooting ability. Why Sony got everything else like a DSLR and botched focus point selection and continuous focus performance, I don't know.
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Update on Westminster's New Parking Lot
What's missing from this picture? Of course, there are three mature pin oaks gone and a whole lot of grass has been stripped away, but what's been removed is not at issue here so much as what has yet to be installed.
The risk inherent in clearing so much land is that a big rain will come along and wash exposed soil into the stormwater drains. That silt-laden runoff then turns the local creek brown and affects the well-being of aquatic life. Standard for this sort of construction site is silt fencing, which is designed to catch the silt before it leaves the site.
Walking by the site a week ago with my raison de marcher--a cairn terrier poodle mix named Leo--I noticed the denuded site was distinctly unswathed, and later emailed the borough engineer, Jack West, who then emailed the county.
A day or two later, the contractor working for Westminster Choir College had the silt fencing in place. It's that black strip in the foreground, with the lower portion partly buried in the ground so that runoff will flow through it rather than underneath it. A pain to install and to remove later on, and only partially effective, silt fencing can easily be "forgotten" during construction.
But at least it's in place now, in a ring around the development site,
with additional fabric layed over the stormdrains that lead to Harry's Brook.
Meanwhile, more piping for the underground cistern arrived.
Because there wasn't room for a regular retention basin to catch and hold runoff from the parking lot, rainwater will flow into this underground network of pipes, where it will be retained for awhile to reduce the flashiness of downstream flooding.
Here's what it looks like as of today. During the contentious design process back in the fall of 2009, when the neighbors made the case against installing any new parking lot, I provided some input. If memory serves, the end result of those difficult planning board meetings was a smaller parking lot, with more buffer on the neighbors' side of the field, and less obtrusive lighting. We couldn't talk Westminster Choir College out of spending lots of money on a new lot, but helped them figure out how to use less of the field without sacrificing new parking spaces.
Neighbors had suggested adding spaces on the middle school side of the Westminster property instead of near residences, but a consultant for the Choir College said this field is classified as a wetland. Hopefully, that means it can never be developed.
In addition to being a fine place for kids to run while their older siblings are taking music lessons,
this field recently sprouted the "Westminster Community Garden". Another part of the field would serve well as the safety valve for mega-storm runoff from Walnut Lane and the high school, to prevent future flooding of the performing arts center (see post from August, 2011).
Trash Returns as Frog
Always nice to be greeted by neighbors as I pass by. One neighbor a few doors up is often out on her porch, and consistently calls out "How are you today?" over the din of the traffic.
And who's this, looking so upbeat on a fine spring day, from his/her post on a bench on Hawthorn Ave? Could it be a frog from the high school wetland that's found new digs?
Or maybe a metamorphosis of the material world, a second life for the timeworn. Old gloves never looked so happy. Go reconfigure.
Smoyer Park Community Gardens
Another of Princeton's stealth public services is the community gardens that can be rented for $21/season by residents who otherwise lack access to the magical powers of direct sunlight. (You can find the service mentioned briefly on page 10 of the Rec. Dept.'s 2012 Spring/Summer Activity Catalog.)The 10 X 10 plots in the photo are located out at the back entrance to the township's Smoyer Park.
There's a deer fence around the gardens,
and the little solar-powered beepers are reportedly pretty good at keeping the groundhogs away.
For anyone interested in a garden plot, the Johns Street gardens are all taken, but as of today there's still one plot available out at Smoyer Park. (head out Snowden Lane, turn right on Herrontown Rd, and pull in to the back parking lot to take a look). For more info, call the Princeton Recreation office at 921-9480 and ask for Vikki.
Westminster Gets Its New Parking Lot
What's this? Has Westminster Choir College decided to erect play structures in the parking lot for the amusement of its younger students? Not exactly.
A day or two prior, three stumps appeared where three healthy oak trees had been. Princeton has been losing many red oaks and pin oaks to bacterial leaf scorch, but these trees were cut down for a different reason.
In the fall of 2009, this field next to the parking lot became a flashpoint for controversy when Rider University, of which Westminster is a part, proposed expanding its parking lot. The neighbors along Linden Lane, in the distance in the photo, fought the proposal at planning board meetings.
It seemed to me that the field was better suited to become a wetland to catch the surrounding runoff, and the last thing the world needs in the age of climate change is another parking lot. The neighbors would be looking out on pavement and the glare of streetlights where before an open field had stretched. Couldn't the students catch a shuttle from Rider to Westminster?
After the planning board approved the project, a neighbor's will provided funding for legal efforts to stop the construction. Those efforts continued until recently, judging from a phone call I got from a lawyer asking what stream the field's runoff flows into (Harry's Brook).
But the tyranny of car culture continues to sabotage efforts to circumvent it. Westminster made the case that its students often had no choice but to drive, and then scramble for parking spaces on local streets, competing with high school students and neighbors for scarce spaces. The uncertainty of parking often led to students being late for class.
Within a day or two of the oaks coming down, the fence went up.
Topsoil was scraped into a pile at the edge of the field.
People have been worried about the parking lot increasing runoff from the area. In fact, if memory from the planning board presentations serves, runoff from the parking lot will filter through several narrow raingarden-like plantings, then drain into an underground matrix of three-foot-wide tubes that will serve as an elaborate retention basin beneath the pavement.
There's going to be a whole lot of digging going on to bury these pipes.
After a storm, the collected runoff will then slowly drain out of the pipes through smaller openings and flow underground through the town's stormwater system down to Harry's Brook, which runs parallel to Hamilton Avenue a few blocks away.
Westminster will plant a berm along the back of the Linden Lane houses as a visual buffer, and students won't have to burn extra gas searching for parking spaces compromised by dumpings of yardwaste. We'll see if some arrangement was made to keep the lighting pointed down towards the ground.
Here, by the way, is the stream the runoff will flow to. Harry's Brook "daylights" at Harrison Street and Hamilton Avenue, after traveling underground from its beginnings at Palmer Square (and the bottom floor of the borough parking lot next to the library, which used to be a pond--thus the name Spring Street).
Back when kids had more free-range childhoods, without electronic distractions or air conditioning, hot summer days could be made cooler and more fun by exploring the insides of piped streams.
If Westminster has some pipes left over, there's a precedent for using them for playground equipment after all.
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National Bike Month/Week/Day
With National Bike Month (May), Bike to Work Week (May 14-18), Bike to Work Day (May 18), and Bike to School Day (oops, missed it, May 9), things can get pretty confusing. Better to bike every day and hope it coincides with one or another designated calendar event.
For instance, I was doing my usual pedaled puddle jump to get groceries two days ago when I saw many bicyclists converging at the Princeton Shopping Center parking lot. The purpose was to take part in the national Ride of Silence, "in honor of those who have been injured or killed while cycling on public roadways."
For Anchor House in Trenton, this year's ride of silence had particular significance, given the loss of long time rider Doug McCune last year in an accident during the last day of the the 2011 Anchor House Ride.
Tomorrow, May 19, hundreds of bicyclists will be staying overnight in Princeton as part of the Climate Ride, a ride from New York to Washington, D.C. The mission of Climate Ride is "to inspire and empower citizens to work toward a new energy future. We use sport as a means to change lives and build an effective, citizen-based sustainability movement.
Here is their website's description of the ride's first day, from New York City to Princeton:
"Climate Riders will depart from Manhattan's spectacular urban landscape, riding en masse through New York City.
A ferry awaits to transport our group across New York Harbor to Atlantic Highlands, NJ. After disembarking, we'll enjoy a tasty picnic, before hopping on our bikes and pedaling into rural countryside of the Garden State. Quiet roads weave past small farms on the way to tonight's destination, Princeton, NJ, home to Princeton University. In the evening, we'll gather in a ivy-covered McCosh hall on the Princeton campus to hear from some of our expert speakers."
A past post of photos of the campout on the YMCA lawn, can be found here. In colonial times, Princeton, specifically an inn on Gulick Farm in eastern Princeton, was the stopover for travelers riding by horse from Philadelphia to New York. It's about 50 miles from either city to here.
Impassable Sidewalks
What's a pedestrian to do? Though sidewalks are built within the street right of way, it's the homeowner's responsibility to keep the sidewalk clear. This sort of neglect is particularly common when the sidewalk is located on the back side of the property, where the homeowner seldom goes.
In this particular case, even when the owners are made aware, and have a landscape crew that could easily clear the vegetation, nothing gets done. That's poison ivy at the upper right.
It's possible to go through an evolution from neglect of one's piece of the pedestrian puzzle to actually taking some pride in giving Princeton's increasing numbers of passers by clear passage.
An expanded version of this post, including identification of the many species of plants eager to grow into this void in attention, can be found at this link.
Garden Care and Activation Energy
A few years back, there was the gardening equivalent of a barn raising at the Princeton public high school, in which some 40 volunteers converged to build 15 raised beds for students to grow vegetables. They were used the first year, not so much the second, and this year they looked completely abandoned when I helped by daughter and her friend to plant one of the 15 raised beds a month ago.
Turned out that looks were deceptive. The grass I took for weeds in some of the beds is actually an experiment with winter wheat. And most of the other raised beds were soon planted by the horticultural students.
But as dry days piled up, a flaw became apparent. There was no easy access to water for the gardens. Making inquiries, I heard back that the spigot on the wall nearby was broken and would be hard to fix.
So it looked like the spigot was going to remain broken, and each watering would require going into the school, finding someone to unlock a custodial closet, push a hose out a window, go back out, water, then go back in to shut off the water and retrieve the hose.
In chemistry, there's something called "activation energy", which is the initial dollop of energy required to get a chemical reaction to take place. People need a similar sort of activation energy to do what needs to be done. For example, the repeated annoyance of a squeaky door may or may not finally lead to a search for some oil to lubricate the hinges. My observation has been that people are much more willing to tolerate repeated annoyance than to take action to prevent the annoyance from recurring.
Thus, even though the process required each time to water the gardens was very inconvenient, it was not sufficiently onerous to overcome the resistance to repairing the broken spigot. The likely result would be that any budding high school gardener would finally get tired of the inconvenience, give up on the watering, the plants would wither and the community investment in the 15 raised beds would be for naught.
So, I persevered, sent a couple more emails, and left a phone message for the head janitor, trying to be congenially persuasive. This input of "activation energy" doesn't always bring results, but in this case the head janitor turned out to be a very nice guy.
His crew took a look at the spigot, came up with a fix and found a hose. Now, the ongoing convenience of the water supply will reduce the energy needed to "activate" the garden's caretakers every time they remember the garden needs watering. It doesn't guarantee success, but makes it much more likely.
Community activators (never much liked the term "activist") push against walls of resistance, hoping one or another will finally budge and some positive change can take place. Usually, the walls don't budge, but in this case a little extra push, and a resourceful staff, was enough to make the wall bear water.
New Map Proves World Is Upside Down
Let's start with the basics. Where is Princeton?
As can be seen clearly on this map (or not so clearly--I took this photo on a very hazy day), Princeton is on the west coast of the United States.
It was long assumed that our country was south of Canada, but a fresh look at the data has proven this not to be the case. Now that up is the new down, Princetonians will need to adopt a west coast mentality. Some good news for those seeking stability in these topsy-turvy times: Central Jersey remains central no matter which way is up. And the map below shows definitively what few hereabouts would contest, that Princeton is located at the center of the world.
Art Walk in Princeton Tomorrow
Art Walk is a bit of a stealth event in downtown Princeton. If you missed the first two, you can catch the third tomorrow, Thursday. It's an elaboration of the university art museum's Thursday evening programming, and involves coordination with many town institutions and businesses.
As part of Art Walk, from 6-8pm, the Labyrinth Bookstore on Nassau St. will be hosting my group, the Sustainable Jazz Ensemble. I write all the music, with names like Scrambled Eggs, Fresh Paint, Crying It Out and Forgotten Memories. Labyrinth will provide tea and coffee, or you can bring your own. You'll find us on the lower level, but the music drifts up the stairs to the main floor if you want to take it in while browsing.
The university art museum website has more info about Art Walk, including a Sustainable Fashion Design Competition starting at 5pm. By sustainable, I assume they mean the sort of clothing that looks great while reducing dependency on fuel to keep you warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
Another great opportunity to hear our music and socialize is a potluck/performance on Saturday, May 19, at a private music room across Route 1 a short ways. That one starts at 7, with a couple sets starting at 8pm. Please send me an email for details (If you move your cursor over to the right edge of this blog, some labels will pop out. One is called "about me", and includes my email address.)
The Back Side of Communiversity
To find Communiversity, jump on your bike and follow the traffic, which may not actually be moving, but is generally pointed in the right direction.
Soon you will speculate that cars are amassed elsewhere because they have been displaced by a mass takeover of downtown streets by pedestrians.
At first ignoring the copious material and intellectual offerings of the booths, I wandered Nassau Street to witness the result of lengthy email discussions months prior about how to finally get recycling integrated into the festival. Initial observations were not promising.
But over towards Palmer Square, the long-called for had finally appeared--well-designed recycling receptacles paired with trash cans.
On the university side of Nassau St., an a cappella group called the Wildcats took advantage of favorable acoustics at Pyne Hall, recalling a time when streets and buildings were designed to flatter the human voice.
Student guards were posted in front of the feline guardians of Nassau Hall,
perhaps having heard that there was a loose cannon in the vicinity.
I used the map of the Battle of Princeton to tell a friend-of-the-battlefield about the hican trees growing near the battlefield's farmhouse.
Some of the most interesting music was tucked in between the booths. There was some hot dixieland happening on Nassau, and then a jazz singer on Witherspoon St. who said he came because he's friends with the food vendor. He packed his big band in a box, his jazz standards in a tiny ipod, and was so hip
he even got the furniture to adopt jazzy pozes.
After this pleasant making of the rounds, I transitioned abruptly into the public library's showing of The Call of Life, a gripping documentary about mass extinction. Half of the earth's species could blink out by mid-century, never to return. The executive producer of the film was on hand, and shared his thoughts on the predicament while a seemingly endless stream of cars passed by just outside the window of the second floor Princeton Room.
That's the reality lurking behind the back side of everyday life, stored well back in people's minds. There is the pleasure and necessity of the present, and then there's the collective consequence of all that seemingly sensible human activity, steadily unraveling the planet that has so quietly sustained us.
Communiversity offered the full gamut, a full expression of the two worlds we simultaneously inhabit. It represents in name and well-organized deed a one day coming together of community and university. That's quite a feat in and of itself. But even as a festival prospers, a call gains strength from the back side, along back streets and in a darkened movie room at the library, how to fuse present and future, which seem on such separate trajectories. To be fully aware is to inhabit both worlds, the bright light of the present and the dark extrapolations of the future, and seek improbable reconciliation--an ongoing Presenture, Futurent Lifestyle Festival.

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Advanced Communications & Data has Cisco 12000 core routers, and Cisco 6500 series Core switches deployed, and Cisco ONS 15454 SONET Systems deployed as well, and a fully functional class 4/5 telephone switch, which also connect to our VOIP network that provides SIP trunking services. This facility serves as the testing site for all hardware deployed on our network.
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We have a full test bay for all of our telecommunications gear, such as DSL equipment, Fiber Transmission, Fiber Repeaters, SONET systems, Dense Wave Division Multiplexing gear, and Linux and Windows Servers, and Virtual Machine server platforms which we provide shared, virtual hosting services from.


Neville Alberto, MD, FACP, Program Director of the UND Transitional Year Residency Program, has accepted a five year term as Chair of the Council of Transitional Year Program Directors (CTYPD). This includes two years as Chair Elect, two years as Chair, and one year as the Immediate Past Chair.
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What is better Invoice Home or Epicor ERP? There are lots of Accounting Software products in the market right now. The best way to find out which app fits your needs best is to check them side by side. For instance, here you can examine Invoice Home and Epicor ERP for their overall score (7.6 vs. 8.9, respectively) or their user satisfaction rating (97% vs. 100%, respectively).
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When you get invited to a wedding, you know you're likely going to see a few things: a white dress, several bottles of champagne for toasting, and of course, flowers. Flowers are seemingly omnipresent in wedding ceremonies and receptions, and they have a long history of being associated with brides. In addition to looking lovely, a bouquet of flowers was thought to ward off bad spirits, signify a new beginning and promote fertility, and communicate secret, sweet messages between the bride and groom through their choice of flowers.
But what if flowers aren't your thing? Or what if your fiancé is terribly allergic to anything that blooms? And let's be honest, what if flowers just don't fit into your already stretched-thin budget? Luckily modern day weddings are all about personalization, and if flowers aren't a great fit for your wedding, then feel free to forego them.
However, just because you decide to go without flowers for your wedding ceremony and reception doesn't mean that you have to walk down the aisle empty handed. Let's check out three alternatives to flowers that will be just as gorgeous—and maybe a little easier on the budget.
Remember brooches? They are those little pins your Great Aunt Millie adorns on her sweater to step up her Thanksgiving outfit. And as it turns out, they're also a really popular alternative to bridal bouquets. Brooch bouquets are sparkly, pretty, dainty, and best of all, they can last a lifetime.
For your brooch bouquet you're going to need anywhere from 30 to 60 brooches, depending on how full you want your bouquet to look. One of the best ways to get all of the brooches you need is to request them from friends and family members. It's likely that your aunts or grandmothers have a few in their collection that they wore when they were girls, which will make your bouquet just that much more special—knowing that you have little family treasures with you as you're walking down the aisle to start a new life. If you want your friends and family in on the brooch gathering action, the easiest way to let them know is to indicate on your bridal shower invitation that you would like each guest to bring a brooch as a gift to the bride.
Besides reaching out to friends and family, antique and thrift stores can be treasure troves for brooches. Just be sure to give yourself plenty of time to go shopping before the wedding so you can find a wide variety of styles and colors.
Paper is such a versatile crafting tool, and it can be folded into a beautiful bouquet of flowers for your wedding day. Besides the fact that you don't have to worry about your bouquet wilting after your wedding, you are also unrestricted by what's in season or what colors you want to use.
The best part is that you're unlimited on what kind of bouquet you want to create. You can try to create realistic looking flowers, or you could create a bouquet that's filled with several whimiscal prints and shapes. You could create a bouquet of beautiful origami flowers with multiple sheets of brightly colored paper, or you could buy the sheet music of a song the two of you love to create the wedding bouquet.
There are many different paper wedding bouquet tutorials online to choose from, but be sure that you start your crafting early so that you're not frustratingly trying to put it together the night before the ceremony. It's also best to go to the craft store and purchase really high-quality paper so that it won't look flimsy once it's been folded.
If you're not really into flowers for your bouquet but you still want to go a more traditional route, another option is to make a bouquet with other unexpected natural elements. For example, you could create a bouquet using multiple palm leaves for a wedding with a beachy vibe. Or if your wedding has more of a winter wonderland theme, you could use a bunch of pine needles bundled together. Succulents are also another beautiful, on-trend option for a bouquet (which can later be planted in a terrarium in your home).
Opting for a more rustic look? Cotton stems would look great in a bouquet for a rustic, country wedding ceremony. And for a truly sensory experience, you could tie herbs like rosemary and sage together with a ribbon for your wedding bouquet. Not only will the bouquet of herbs look chic, but you would also have a distinct bridal scent.
For a truly unique look, you could choose to walk down the aisle with a wreath instead of a traditional bouquet. A wreath could also be put to special use after the ceremony and adorn the door of your home for the first couple of weeks of your married life.


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Knowledge defeats ignorance, and philosophy is the area of study for those who love the pursuit of knowledge. Philosophy requires us to ask complex questions, questions whose answers can provide us with a better understanding of our world and ourselves. The knowledge gained in this pursuit, in turn, allows us to better understand issues like racism.
What is it? The term kickboxing has become kind of a blanket term to cover anything that involves punching and kicking, but Muay Thai has a few distinct features. It's a centuries-old practice that comes, predictably, from Thailand. In addition to fists and feet, it also involves knee and elbow strikes as well as a form of stand-up grappling called clinch.
Corey Beasley has been a strength and conditioning coach for over 14 years. He owns Innovative Results, in Costa Mesa CA, which utilizes 'out fo the box' training methods to assist their clients look better, feel better and perform better. Corey works with elite level wreslters, jiu jitsu, and MMA athletes. He is also RTS1, NASM Master Instructor, OKC and IKSFA Kettlebell certified, and a Level 2 Battling Ropes Instructor.
To make sure you're hitting your target, it's a good idea to use a heart rate monitor when performing VO2 max intervals. Keep in mind that the popular "220-your age" formula for determining your maximum heart rate is largely inaccurate and a myth– the only real way to determine your max is simply to go as hard as you can until your heart rate stops going up. Make sure to rest at least 2-3 minutes between reps and only start the next rep when you're ready to perform at 100% again.
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It's time for bi-annual reviews at Reddick, Boseman & Kolstad. Lucca gets good news while Maia has some mixed reviews. Diane gets a call that Kurt has been in an accident. A former client, Dylan Stack, returns. Henry meets with the Department of Justice but isn't offered the deal he was hoping for. He reaches out to a mysterious old friend for help. The firm finds out about a potential attack on the power grid and goes to the DOJ looking for an immunity deal. Things go awry when Lucca is arrested. Maia wants to be more assertive so she picks a partner to shadow for the day. Colin tries to resign but ends up being promoted. Marisa works with Jay to find the real person behind the cyber terrorism. Jay continues to be impressed by her investigative skills. Mr. Staples returns to cause more destruction. The city of Chicago has a blackout. Maia, Lenore and Henry enjoy a last meal together as a family, at least for a while. Diane and Kurt reconcile. Maia's dad flees after agreeing to a 35 year plea deal and Maia is arrested in connection with the ponzi scheme.
Adrian becomes a minor celebrity once he begins appearing as a pundit on a local talk show, but his tenure on air is short lived. Lucca officially informs the partners of her pregnancy, and insists it will not impact her work in any way. Lucca and Colin argue over the start date for a trial after Colin moves for a continuance to the week of Lucca's due date.
The term no holds barred was used originally to describe the wrestling method prevalent in catch wrestling tournaments during the late 19th century wherein no wrestling holds were banned from the competition, regardless of how dangerous they might be. The term was applied to mixed martial arts matches, especially at the advent of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.[106]
Simply learning how to use a fighting stance is not enough to win a fight. You will need to remember to stick to the fundamental techniques of self defense. For example, always keep both of your hands up when fighting with your opponent. Avoid the natural tendency to lower your hands when fighting. This will leave you wide open to a possible counter attack in a hand to hand combat situation. Remember, when executing a punch or strike to always keep your other hand up to either defend against a counter strike or follow up with another strike. One of the best ways to train yourself to keep your hands up when fighting is through simulated street fighting, full contact sparring sessions and punching bag workouts.
Zone 3 is called tempo training or intensive endurance training. This zone challenges the upper limits of the aerobic system. Lactate production starts to ramp up at this Zone, however, there is no significant accumulation as intensity is still relatively low and clearance levels are still high due to the adequate of supply of oxygen to the muscles.
Solutions offered by Fit To Fight® include, but are not limited to, active and passive measures not meant only to "harden" targets, but rather to create zones less likely to be seen as targets. This will be accomplished by employing a series of measures making these "zones" less appealing to potential assailants. Fit To Fight®'s Active Killer Defense™ is designed as a dynamic training modality, involving physical defensive tactics training, realistic scenario training, and lectures. The end goal is to create safer and more secure schools, businesses, churches and communities.
Karate, especially Kyokushin and other full contact styles, has proven to be effective in the sport as it is one of the core foundations of kickboxing, and specializes in striking techniques.[107][108][109][110] Various styles of karate are practiced by some MMA fighters, notably Chuck Liddell, Bas Rutten, Lyoto Machida, Stephen Thompson, John Makdessi, Uriah Hall, Ryan Jimmo, Georges St-Pierre, Kyoji Horiguchi, and Louis Gaudinot. Liddell is known to have an extensive striking background in Kenpō with Fabio Martella[111] whereas Lyoto Machida practices Shotokan Ryu,[112] and St-Pierre practices Kyokushin.[113]
Study mat wrestling. If you're young and just starting out, consider joining your school's wrestling team to get a good foundation in mat wrestling and get experience fighting in a controlled environment. It might not be as flashy as what happens in the UFC, but learning the fundamentals of amateur wrestling will make you a stronger fighter in the long run, building your mat skills and your endurance. It's also a great way to keep tabs on your weight and get into good fighting shape.[1]
I am currently a college student and am working on a project where I have to plan an entire year of training for an MMA fighter. It needs to include when the fighter should peak, what types of workouts and why, should they do aerobic or anaerobic workouts, overload, progression, etc. If you could point me in the right direction to research this project I would really appreciate it. Thank you so much!
In February 12, 1963, three karatekas from Oyama dojo (kyokushin later) went to the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Thailand and fought against three Muay Thai fighters. The three kyokushin karate fighters were Tadashi Nakamura, Kenji Kurosaki and Akio Fujihira (also known as Noboru Osawa), while the Muay Thai team of three had only one authentic Thai fighter.[26] Japan won 2–1: Tadashi Nakamura and Akio Fujihira both knocked out their opponents with punches while Kenji Kurosaki, who fought the Thai, was knocked out by elbows. It should be noted that the Japanese fighter who lost, Kenji Kurosaki, was a kyokushin instructor, rather than a contender, and that he had stood in as a substitute for the absent chosen fighter. In June of the same year, karateka and future kickboxer Tadashi Sawamura faced top Thai fighter Samarn Sor Adisorn: Sawamura was knocked down sixteen times on his way to defeat.[26] Sawamura went on to incorporate what he learned in that fight in kickboxing tournaments.


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News: In 1834 a 13 metre long Iguanadon fossil was found in Queen's Road in Maidstone
History in Kent
Topic: Chimney Sweeps
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Re: Chimney Sweeps
Yes, MartinR, and also listening to the crackles and pops as the fire took hold. Being a boy, there was also the somewhat perverse pleasure of placing a plastic figure of some kind (probably from a cereal packet) on top of a piece of coal and watching it slowly turn into a molten blob and catch fire.
As well as a coal fire in the living room, there was a coke burner in the kitchen, which i think must have been something to do with heating the water.
The two things I miss most about open fires are toast (particularly crumpets) and gazing into the flames seeing pictures. As a lad in the Black Country we had coal files (not surprising, there was coal everywhere including a seam about 4' under our drive). Toasting bread or crumpets over the fire on Sunday (with real butter melting on top) was a treat. When we moved to Sheffield in 1965 we had to burn coke which was not as good for toasting (or gazing). Later we used a gas fire for toasting: nice fresh hot toast but no tastier than under the grill on the cooker.
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Quote from: smiffy on July 07, 2019, 14:18:41
I can't remember our chimney being swept every year, although i do remember that if you didn't bother there was a chance of a chimney fire. Would a log burner produce more or less soot?
Coal produces more soot but wood also produces a finer soot so will need cleaning if not so often.
Back in the day when you only had 1 fire in a house you had to use coal as you could bed it in at night we used to use damp tea leaves to damp ours down, then the first up got the paper out to cover the fire to get it back into life. Log fires today tend to be in houses with central heating and used as a romantic centre piece not as a single heating supple.
To be contented in life you must learn the difference between what you want and what you need
I'm glad I can remember what it's like to sit in front of a proper coal fire.
People think it was romantic sitting in front of a coal fire what I remember the most was the draughts as open fires draw in air and the rest of the house being so cold beds were always damp. Up to the age of 9 we also only had gas and the lighting only worked downstairs so you took a candle to bed.
Happy days yes because I was young would I want to go back now, no way
Two more female chimney sweeps from Gillingham.
WOMEN'S SOOTY FACES
Chimney Sweeps Earn £10 a Week
It may be argued that to be truly domesticated in England, to-day, a woman must master many a job which was once definitely in man's province. Chimney sweeps, for instance, are scarce just now, as housewives have learned to their cost when the chimney starts to smoke and husbands are not available to deal with the trouble. So some of them have turned chimney sweeps. Mrs. S. Alice Allen, of Gillingham, Kent, was among the first to take to this profession and this is why and how she did it.
One morning she found her sitting room chimney needed a sweep and having tried in vain to get someone to do the job for her, she went out and bought a set of brushes so that she might tackle the work herself. And tackle it, she did, and so successfully that neighbours began to come to her to sweep their chimneys. That was the small beginning of the chimney sweep's business she and a friend set up.
GOOD PUBLICITY
Now the two of them sometimes do as many as 22 chimneys a day, earning 2/- for each chimney swept. "If we kept this up we could earn £10 a week or more," Mrs. Allen told me. She thinks hers is an ideal job. No, it doesn't spoil the hands if you do as they do and put cream on them and wear gloves. It seems it's a good thing to dab a little soot on your face when you go out to look for custom. Mrs. Allen says that "soot is the best kind of publicity because everyone looks at a woman with a sooty face."
A NEAT UNIFORM
Out of their first money they bought a bicycle and a uniform. The uniform is like a man's boiler suit--dark blue trousers and jumper, a dark blue overcoat and a peaked cap. There is an "L.S." in front of the cap, which stands for "Lady Sweep."
From The Examiner (Aus) fri 21st march 1941.
New Work for Women
Because she could not find a sweep to come and do her chimney. 25-year-old Mrs. Alice Allen, of Gillingham, Kent, bought a brush and canes and did the job for herself, says the 'Evening standard.'
Neighbors saw her and asked her to do theirs, and in a few days she had a bookful' of orders and took her sister-in-law, Mrs. Olive Ward, aged31, into partnership.
Now they have enough work to keep them going from 7 o'clock in the morning till black-out time.
They wear smart peaked caps with luminous buttons bearing the letters "LB." — for Lady Sweep— trousers and overalls.
Their record for a day so far is 22 chimneys. At the same time they run a Joint household with two husbands and Mrs. Ward's two children.
From the Morning Bulletin (Aus) Wed 26th March 1941.
filmer01
Just got the reminder from our chimney sweep for our annual visit, as like DTT we have a log burner - that he installed.
He also still checks that the brush has reached the top by going outside and looking up at the pot. I certainly remember doing that in the 50s when the open fires were our only source of warmth.
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DaveTheTrain
Can anyone remember the last time they used a sweep - I certainly can't.
Yes, we have our chimney swept every year. We have a log burner and it protects the flue liner.
Aye, `twas great, but I fancy there are a few wives yet around who remember the chore of putting the ashes out!
In many rural areas `sweeps` turned to supplying and servicing wood burning stoves, but it seems these are also now deemed `bad thing` so what their future will be, who knows.
lutonman1
« Reply #9 on: July 06, 2019, 10:52:16 »
The last time I saw one was only a few years ago
Our flats had the opening sealed up after, except for an air vent.
Lately, our gas oven top, has been replace, by an electric one
The only gas we have now, is the boiler for hot water.
He did eight single chimney`s, a good contract --- for him.
After doing a little bit of research, it turns out that there are still around a hundred Chimney Sweeps still operating in Kent, so there must still be a demand. I would think it costs a bit more now than it used to though. Can anyone remember the last time they used a sweep - I certainly can't.
Think most of us remember watching and waiting for the brush to come out of the chimney pot, it was a good way to get the kids out of the way for a few minutes.
Once witnessed another method whereby a shotgun was discharged upward behind the fireplace covering and hastily withdrawn. Quite effective.


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Blanchard Quintet performs emotional Katrina requiem
By Pheralyn Dove
Philadelphia Tribune Correspondent
Professionally attired in tailored suits, dress shirts and neckties, the Terence Blanchard Quintet riveted from the stage of the Zellerbach Theater Sunday night at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Center. From the first note to the last, they unleashed a raging river of passion.
The Blanchard Quintet anointed the audience with a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit, by sharing music from "A Tale of God's Will (A Requiem for Katrina)," which is the soundtrack from Spike Lee's HBO documentary that garnered Blanchard a 2007 Grammy Award. The amazing outpouring paid homage and respect to the people of New Orleans and the Gulf Region who were so profoundly affected by Hurricane Katrina. The themes in the music for "A Tale of God's Will" came directly from Lee's documentary.
Blanchard, one of New Orleans' proudest sons, was joined by Brice Winston on tenor saxophone; Fabian Almazan on piano; the 18-year old-wunderkind and Julliard student, Joshua Crumbly on acoustic and electric bass and Kendrick Scott on drums. The evening began with an enlightening pre-show chat with Blanchard and former New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial, who served between 1994 and 2002. Morial and Blanchard both hail from the Pontchartrain Park neighborhood in New Orleans that was created in the 1950s for middle-class African Americans, during an era when Jim Crow segregation laws were still entrenched in the South.
Shortly after opening the set with his telling composition, "Levees," Blanchard said, "I'm blessed to be playing with these guys. Playing this music brings us back to a point in our lives when we were going through a lot of emotions." 'Emotional' is just one word to sum up the tone of Sunday night's concert. The music was also reverent, visceral, and extremely seductive.
"I have a very deep spiritual connection to New Orleans. The music Terence Blanchard and his quintet created for this piece is deeply emotionally resonant," said poet and performance artist Stephanie Renee. "I walked away from the concert feeling some of the essence of the City of New Orleans in the music. It was great being in an audience where the people were just awe struck."
Individually and collectively, the musicians elevated to a transcendental state, in each case surpassing their own formidable virtuosity. On "Levees," Blanchard's trumpet circled, spiraled upward and soared, while Winston's tenor sang, cried out and screamed for mercy. Fabian Almazan's piano solos on "Wading Through," another Blanchard composition, exhibited a brilliance and clarity on the instrument that very few pianists are able to achieve. While he was technically proficient for sure, Almazan just had so much feeling; he displayed a knowing depth and intensity that was matched and complemented by all of the artists in this profound expression.
The musicians in Blanchard's quintet are all composers and leaders, with far flung musical projects and accomplishments. Tenor man Winston contributed "In Time of Need," to the "Tale of God's Will." Having spent most of his adult life in New Orleans, Winston was among the thousands displaced by the ravaging Katrina. In addition to playing his trumpet on Winston's tune, Blanchard sang, moaned, hummed and appeared to be in a meditative trance. "The most amazing thing was how this music all came together," Blanchard said.
Drummer Kendrick Scott's composition, "Mantra," on which Crumbly played an impressive solo on the electric bass, before giving way to Scott's powerful voicing, was well received by the audience, as well as the other offerings, including "Ashe," written by Aaron Parks. During the solos on "Funeral Dirge," another tune that Blanchard wrote, you could hear his trumpet's mournful strains of "Taps," and haunting references to "Amazing Grace."
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Address factors that limit local participation in oil and gas sector – Minister
5th Dec 2022 | Source: Ghanaian Times
Mr Darko-Mensah
The Western Regional Minister, Mr Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, has stressed the need for the region to prioritise the Local Content Law to promote the growth of the region.
He said Western Region which produced hundred per cent of the country's oil and gas resources must use the resource as key enabler for sustained growth.
Speaking at the closing ceremony of the just ended 2020 local content exhibition conference held in Takoradi, Mr Darko-Mensah, stressed the need for weaknesses in the Local Content Law that thwarted local participation in the oil and gas industry to be addressed.
"Increasing the workforce and development of youthful staff resources, upgrading local expertise and skilled personal from host region, should be promoted," he said.
The programme organised by the Petroleum Commission was on the theme "Sustaining local content development through enhanced exploration and production activities in the era of energy transition.'
Mr Darko-Mensah said "Local content promotes local contentment. We must all, therefore, play our part to ensure that the requirements of the Local Content Regulation (LI 2204) are met to bring the desired socio-economic transformation to our country and region."
He pointed out that managing the risk and spotting opportunities should take centre-stage in discussions to overcome challenges in utilising resources in the host region.
"Locals should intend to develop positive partnerships that rely more on Environmentally Sustainable Governance. In short, Petroleum Commission should help create proper local-champions and showcase them," he said.
The Regional Minister urged all companies to source their supplies and workforce from the Western Region "because the best does not only come from the west, but, the best is here in the west."
He commended the Petroleum Commission for organising the conference in the Western Region, saying the choice of the regionfor the conference, provided residents with an opportunity to engage extensively with the key stakeholders on the implications of the government's oil and gas policy interventions and the activities of the oil companies.
He said the discussions at the conference centered on social and economic prospects of the region's oil and gas resources and businesses it created for the hospitality industry.
Mr Darko-Mensah said in spite of the fact that the Western Region was endowed with so many natural resources and also contributed the highest to the country's Gross Domestic Product, the region continued to lag behind other regions in terms of development.
He said only 44 per cent of roads in the region was in good condition, which he said was
Mr Darko-Mensah said the Western Regional Coordinating Council was working to leverage the natural resource endowments within this region to develop it.
"We have set our vision to make the Western Region a model region where all persons can effectively participate and engage in the productive assets of the region for wealth creation. This vision is hinged on three key focus areas- entrepreneurial governance, enterprise Western Region and mainstreaming the SDGs through Youth Development," he said.
Mr Darko-Mensah encouraged investors to build partnerships with residents in the region to take advantage of the numerous investment opportunities in the region such as oil and gas and aquaculture.
Transport Minister urges CILT members
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This paper examines the short-term and long-term performance of acquiring firms engaging in acquisitions programmes. In particular, the short-term performance around the announcement is studied in terms of the growth opportunities of acquiring firms (as proxied by Tobin's q ratio). The long-term performance after the announcement is studied with respect to growth opportunities, active/inactive acquirers and leverage level. Overall results show that the acquirers earn significant abnormal returns both in the short run and long run. However, long-term analyses reveal that the over-performance is not uniform across the full sample. High-q and high-levered firms earn significant abnormal returns while low-q and low-levered firms do not.


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'use strict'

const agent = require(global.SRC_ROOT + '/dmm/agent')
const dmmAuth = require('../mock/dmm/auth')
const Cookie = require('tough-cookie').Cookie
const should = require('should')

describe('DMM agent', () => {

  const expectedSession = Cookie.parse(dmmAuth.session)

  it('scrape login token from DMM login page', done => {
    agent.scrapeToken()
    .then(TOKEN => {
      TOKEN.DMM_TOKEN.should.equal(dmmAuth.token.dmm, 'DMM token should be equal')
      TOKEN.DATA_TOKEN.should.equal(dmmAuth.token.data, 'data token should be equal')
      done()
    })
    .catch(done)
  })

  it('authroize token', done => {
    agent.authorizeToken({DMM_TOKEN: dmmAuth.token.dmm, DATA_TOKEN: dmmAuth.token.data})
    .then(authToken => {
      authToken.token.should.equal(dmmAuth.token.auth.token)
      authToken.login_id.should.equal(dmmAuth.token.auth.login_id)
      authToken.password.should.equal(dmmAuth.token.auth.password)
      done()
    })
    .catch(done)
  })

  it('authentication using token success', done => {
    agent.authenticate('some@one.com', 'password', dmmAuth.token.auth)
    .then(session => {
      session.key.should.eql(expectedSession.key)
      session.value.should.eql(expectedSession.value)
      done()
    })
    .catch(done)
  })

  it('authentication using token fail due to incorrect email or password', done => {
    agent.authenticate(dmmAuth.badAccount.email, dmmAuth.badAccount.password, dmmAuth.token.auth)
    .then(session => {
      should(session).be.Null()
      done()
    })
    .catch(done)
  })
})

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The combination of Brevini and Dana Off-Highway will create a formidable player in the market with complementary, advanced technologies.
REGGIO EMILIA, Italy, Nov. 18, 2016 – Brevini Group, S.p.A. and Dana Incorporated (NYSE: DAN) have reached a definitive agreement for Dana to purchase 80% of the Power Transmission and Fluid Power businesses of Brevini.
The announcement has been officially released today by Dana to the financial community.
Dana is a world leader in the supply of highly engineered drivetrain, sealing, and thermal-management technologies that improve the efficiency and performance of vehicles with both conventional and alternative-energy powertrains. Serving three primary markets – passenger vehicle, commercial truck, and off-highway equipment – Dana provides the world's original-equipment manufacturers and the aftermarket with local product and service support through a network of nearly 100 engineering, manufacturing, and distribution facilities. Founded in 1904 and based in Maumee, Ohio, the company employs more than 23,000 people in 25 countries on six continents. In 2015, Dana generated sales of nearly $6.1 billion. Forbes Magazine has again selected Dana as one of America's 100 Most Trustworthy Companies.
Thanks to Brevini's know-how and capabilities, the acquisition will immediately expand Dana's product portfolio with adjacent technologies and establish Dana as the only off-highway solutions provider that can manage the power to both move the equipment and perform its critical work functions. It adds technologies for tracked vehicles, doubling Dana's addressable market for off-highway driveline systems. It also provides a platform of proven technologies that can be leveraged in Dana's light and commercial-vehicle end markets, helping to accelerate the company's hybridization and electrification initiatives.
"Our industry is going through a period of change. The combination of Brevini and Dana will create a formidable player in this dynamic market" said Renato Brevini, president of Brevini Group S.p.A. "Our customers and employees will find an ideal fit with Dana, a company that delivers true value through a commitment to innovation. Dana's global footprint, operational excellence, deep industry knowledge, and position as a top-tier supplier to manufacturers will raise the profile and market penetration of our products. This is the culmination of the "One Brevini" renovation program, that represents the link between our glorious past and the "eagerness to win" of the future".
Under the terms of the agreement, Dana plans to initially purchase an 80 percent share in the Brevini power transmission and fluid power businesses, with an option to purchase the remaining 20 percent share by 2020; the purchase does not include Brevini's wind power business.
The purchase is subject to customary regulatory approvals, and it is expected to close in early 2017.
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