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Book: The Ends of the World
Our world has ended five times: it has been broiled, frozen, poison-gassed, smothered, and pelted by asteroids. In The Ends of the World, Peter Brannen dives into deep time, exploring Earth's past dead ends, and in the process, offers us a glimpse of our possible future. Many scientists now believe that the climate shifts of the twenty-first century have analogs in these five extinctions. Using the visible clues these devastations have left behind in the fossil record, The Ends of the World takes us inside "scenes of the crime," from South Africa to the New York Palisades, to tell the story of each extinction. Brannen examines the fossil record—which is rife with creatures like dragonflies the size of sea gulls and guillotine-mouthed fish—and introduces us to the researchers on the front lines who, using the forensic tools of modern science, are piecing together what really happened at the crime scenes of the Earth's biggest whodunits. Part road trip, part history, and part cautionary tale, The Ends of the World takes us on a tour of the ways that our planet has clawed itself back from the grave, and casts our future in a completely new light.
posted by Homo neanderthalensis on Feb 17, 2020 - 1 comment
Book: Spineless
Jellyfish have been swimming in our oceans for well over half a billion years, longer than any other animal that lives on the planet. They make a venom so toxic it can kill a human in three minutes. Their sting—microscopic spears that pierce with five million times the acceleration of gravity—is the fastest known motion in the animal kingdom. Made of roughly 95 percent water, some jellies are barely perceptible virtuosos of disguise, while others glow with a luminescence that has revolutionized biotechnology. Yet until recently, jellyfish were largely ignored by science, and they remain among the most poorly understood of ocean dwellers. More than a decade ago, Juli Berwald left a career in ocean science to raise a family in landlocked Austin, Texas, but jellyfish drew her back to the sea. Recent, massive blooms of billions of jellyfish have clogged power plants, decimated fisheries, and caused millions of dollars of damage. Driven by questions about how overfishing, coastal development, and climate change were contributing to a jellyfish population explosion, Juli embarked on a scientific odyssey. She traveled the globe to meet the biologists who devote their careers to jellies, hitched rides on Japanese fishing boats to see giant jellyfish in the wild, raised jellyfish in her dining room, and throughout it all marveled at the complexity of these alluring and ominous biological wonders. Gracefully blending personal memoir with crystal-clear distillations of science, Spineless is the story of how Juli learned to navigate and ultimately embrace her ambition, her curiosity, and her passion for the natural world. She discovers that jellyfish science is more than just a quest for answers. It's a call to realize our collective responsibility for the planet we share.
posted by Homo neanderthalensis on Jan 14, 2020 - 1 comment
Book: The Little Ice Age
The Little Ice Age tells the fascinating story of the turbulent, unpredictable, and often very cold years of modern European history. Using sources ranging from the dates of long-ago wine harvests and the business records of medieval monasteries to modern chemical analysis of ice cores, renowned archaeologist Brian Fagan reveals how a 500-year cold snap began in the fourteenth century. As Fagan shows, the increasingly cold and stormy weather dramatically altered fishing and farming practices, and it shaped familiar events, from Norse exploration to the settlement of North America, from the French Revolution to the Irish potato famine to the Industrial Revolution. Now updated with a new preface discussing the latest historical climate research, The Little Ice Age offers deeply important context for understanding today's age of global warming. As the Little Ice Age shows, climate change does not come in gentle, easy stages, and its influence on human life is profound.
posted by Homo neanderthalensis on Jan 3, 2020 - 5 comments
Book: The Book of Barely Imagined Beings
From medieval bestiaries to Borges's Book of Imaginary Beings, we've long been enchanted by extraordinary animals, be they terrifying three-headed dogs or asps impervious to a snake charmer's song. But bestiaries are more than just zany zoology—they are artful attempts to convey broader beliefs about human beings and the natural order. Today, we no longer fear sea monsters or banshees. But from the infamous honey badger to the giant squid, animals continue to captivate us with the things they can do and the things they cannot, what we know about them and what we don't. [more inside]
posted by Homo neanderthalensis on Nov 9, 2019 - 1 comment
Book: Where the Water Goes
The Colorado River is an essential resource for a surprisingly large part of the United States, and every gallon that flows down it is owned or claimed by someone. David Owen traces all that water from the Colorado's headwaters to its parched terminus, once a verdant wetland but now a million-acre desert. He takes readers on an adventure downriver, along a labyrinth of waterways, reservoirs, power plants, farms, fracking sites, ghost towns, and RV parks, to the spot near the U.S.–Mexico border where the river runs dry. Water problems in the western United States can seem tantalizingly easy to solve: just turn off the fountains at the Bellagio, stop selling hay to China, ban golf, cut down the almond trees, and kill all the lawyers. But a closer look reveals a vast man-made ecosystem that is far more complex and more interesting than the headlines let on. The story Owen tells in Where the Water Goes is crucial to our future: how a patchwork of engineering marvels, byzantine legal agreements, aging infrastructure, and neighborly cooperation enables life to flourish in the desert —and the disastrous consequences we face when any part of this tenuous system fails.
posted by Homo neanderthalensis on Sep 20, 2019 - 2 comments
Book: Rising
I'm half-way through Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore by Elizabeth Rush. It's an essential but harrowing book mainly centred on managed (and unmanaged) retreat from the shore. As Rush is a coastal person this is a deeply personal venture. If planet breakdown is stressing you at this moment this is not a book to read. [more inside]
posted by unearthed on Jul 26, 2019 - 0 comments
Book: The Fate of Rome
A sweeping new history of how climate change and disease helped bring down the Roman Empire Here is the monumental retelling of one of the most consequential chapters of human history: the fall of the Roman Empire. The Fate of Rome is the first book to examine the catastrophic role that climate change and infectious diseases played in the collapse of Rome's power, a story of nature's triumph over human ambition. Interweaving a grand historical narrative with cutting-edge climate science and genetic discoveries, Kyle Harper traces how the fate of Rome was decided not just by emperors, soldiers, and barbarians but also by volcanic eruptions, solar cycles, climate instability, and devastating viruses and bacteria. [more inside]
posted by Homo neanderthalensis on Mar 20, 2019 - 2 comments

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Encounter one of five animals in the Animal Sounds module.
These learning modules significantly increase the variety programming scenarios that are possible with the DUPLO Train. (If you use the Coding Express app with the consumer sets, you will need to create the creatures in the first module using different parts, and the street signs module will be hard to use without the same set of signs.)
Building Inspiration Cards
In addition to the core train-based experiences, #45025 Coding Express includes lots of extra pieces which can be used to build a diverse range of small scenes. According to the Getting Started guide, "The activities are designed to familiarize children with the unique elements of the set, which include a train engine and action bricks." This makes a lot of sense since this set is intended for kids ages 2+ in a classroom environment; the extra parts and building ideas help educators introduce kids to DUPLO before building the train.
A selection from the 6 double-sided inspiration cards. (Photos: The LEGO Group)
In addition to inspiring fluency with the DUPLO bricks, they also allow for simple storytelling and creative play. For example, one of the cards shows a tree that's attached to a hinge which falls onto the train tracks. Kids can decide what the family picnicking nearby will do when the tree falls down?
Even though the idea cards are simple, toddlers will need help finding the parts they need and building the models as pictured. This could be challenging in busy classrooms where one-on-one attention can be a challenge.
Even if you don't buy the Coding Express set, you can download and print the inspiration cards, but improvise using the parts that you have!
'DUPLO Connected Train' app
While not promoted in the Coding Express product, you can also use the DUPLO Connected Train app that's designed for the consumer-facing #10874 Steam Train or #10875 Cargo Train sets. Unlike the Coding Express app, you can install it on a tablet or a phone.
Download the 'DUPLO Connected Train' app from Android/Google Play Store, or iOS/Apple Store.
Because it's designed for the consumer market, the DUPLO Connected Train app is focused on fun. The main function of the app is as a remote control for the train, and you can see the train driving in a forested or urban scene. The train conductor matches the figure included in the Steam or Cargo train sets.
DUPLO Connected Train App Experiences: Remote Control Train (left) and Minigame (right). (Photos: The LEGO Group)
The app also includes some mini-games which you play completely on the phone screen. They are pretty simple games, like dragging parts on screen to build a bridge or clean a dirty train engine. The challenge is that these mini-games take you away from building and programming the Train.
The best thing about #45025 Coding Express is that it contains everything in one box: the DUPLO train system, a boat and plane, and enough bricks and figures to learn how DUPLO works and enable a variety of storytelling scnearios. (While purchasing additional track allows for a larger train layout, it doesn't really enhance the learning potential of the core set.)
I'm glad to see some diversity in the included minifigures and wheelchair accesory.
The downside is that it is a LEGO Education set, and they are slightly overpriced in North America, and wildly overpriced in other markets. Based on today's exchange rate, here's how much the set costs in US Dollars: USA: $210, CAN: $211, EUR: $304 UK: $302. (It's not available at all in Australia.)
That's why my recommendations below are based on North America pricing; if you live in Europe or elsewhere, you may be even more motivated to go the DIY route described below…
Educators who want to get everything they need to teach DUPLO constructions kills and basic programmign skills will be well served by #45025 Coding Express. The fact that it is all in one set may make it easier to acquire in a classroom setting, because you do not need to apply for funding for multiple different products and hope that they arrive at the same time.
The Coding Express app really does extend the experience, with multiple learning modules that require kids to interact with the physical DUPLO bricks and the Tablet at the same time. This is a nice alternative to learning apps which draw attention away from the classroom environment.
I did want to mention that this is a pretty large box containing a lot of DUPLO. Two medium-sized plastic tubs will probably be sufficient to store it when not in use, with one bin dedicated to train pieces, and the other for everything else. This has the added benefit of allowing kids to build with basic DUPLO bricks without the additional hands-on support that the train requires.
One of each train-related part in #45025 Coding Express set.
If you want to get everything you need for a great building experience in a single box, #45025 Coding Express is a good option for parents, especially in North America where the pricing is more reasonable. The set includes 29 sections of track, a plane, a boat, a bunch of DUPLO bricks and six DUPLO figures.
That said, between the higher cost of this set and the fact that the consumer-facing sets may be easier to find, the $119.99 #10875 Cargo Train is the best option for most families because it includes 24 sections of track, plus a boat and an awesome crane. For about half the price, you can get #10874 Steam Train which includes just 16 sections of track and a small train station.
The good news is that you can easily supplement either of those sets with additional train track, DUPLO figures or bricks to match (or exceed) the selection of bricks in the #45025 Coding Express set. The most obvious addition to either set is to purchase additional train track, but you can also find additional city-themed sets for more storytelling opportunities. I've highlighted a few of the best options to supplement these sets below.
Extending your DUPLO Train set:
#10882 DUPLO Train Tracks ($19.99) – 10 curved pieces, two switches, one train crossing, and one straight piece.
#10872 DUPLO Train Bridge & Tracks ($24.99) – One 4-piece bridge, bridge supports, 8 straight pieces, and a construction worker.
#10871 DUPLO Town Airport ($24.99) – One plane, an brick-built airport, and three figures.
This is the easiest way to add a third mode of transportation if you already have the #10875 Cargo Train.
With this DIY Approach, you do not get the printed Lesson Plans, Teacher Guide, and Getting Started/Building Inspiration Cards, although you can freely download an print them from education.lego.com. (You may need to expand the "downloads" section on the left of the page to find all of the resources.)
I have really enjoyed building DUPLO projects with our son, and the DUPLO train offers a great way to add variety to our building experiences. We decided to keep the DUPLO train and accessories in a separate box from the rest of his DUPLO because it does require more parental support to create a complete loop of track and correctly align the train on the tracks. This makes it a perfect rainy-day activity, so we can do something fun on days when we don't want to do a longer outdoor activity.
The Coding Express app takes the experience to the next level, adding a new set of behaviors using the same programming/action bricks. He loves the mode which makes five different animal sounds, and I am eager to explore all of the modes with him in the future. It's rare that a single LEGO or DUPLO set can offer so many engaging activities in one set, but I'm glad that this is something we won't grow bored of as quickly.
Train layout as shown on the box cover.
January 15, 2022: Due to the prolonged inability to download the Android app required to fully utilize this set as an educational resource, I have updated my rating to 1/5 stars (Not Recommended) until further notice. From my perspective, the Android app should be considered abandonware, and there is no evidence that it will be supported in the future.
For educators who want to teach simple programming concepts using DUPLO, #45025 Coding Express is "Recommended" (4/5 Stars) because it includes everything you need in one box (except an iOS or Android Tablet). The high (and inconsistent) price, challenges downloading the Android version of the Coding Express app, lack of support for phones, and inability to re-program the train to continue running alternate applications without teacher support keep it from earning top marks. (Creating a custom set based on the consumer sets would also earn a 4/5 rating, and may be cheaper in some cases.)
For parents who probably already have other DUPLO sets, #45025 Coding Express is a tougher sell and earns the lower "Good" (3/5 Star Rating). That's because #10874 Steam Train ($59.99) or #10875 Cargo Train (119.99) are a better value and more readily available than LEGO Education products. Supplementing either of those consumer-facing sets with additional track and other parts from your collection would earn the higher 'Recommended' (4/5 star) rating for most of the same reasons mentioned earlier.
If you are eager and able to get one of the these DUPLO Train products, and willing to get down on the floor to build and learn with your child or in a classroom setting, you really should give it a try… I hope you have as much fun as we're having!
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For the sake of your relationship – or your frag count – you're probably going to need a gaming headset sooner or later, but that doesn't mean you need to break the bank to get a good one. Case in point: Turtle Beach's brand-new offerings of Recon 150 and XO Three wired gaming headsets.
The Recon 150 (model TBS-3320-01) and XO Three (model TBS-2024-01) are essentially two sides of the same coin: the Recon 150 allegedly has the necessary bits and bobs to work with the Sony's PlayStation 4, the XO Three with the Microsoft's Xbox One, each with a color scheme to suitably match their respective console. They're both light, wired headsets that feel decent enough to keep on your noggin for awhile with a bendy microphone you can move out of the way where necessary.
You can also plug both into a PC if you so choose, where they continue to work just fine, and I found that they also tend to play nice with the other's console so the decision might come down to color preference more than anything – the Xbox One can be weird about this, though, so get an XO Three if you really need something for that system so you can be 100% sure that it'll work. Also, the Windows Sonic spatial sound option for Xbox One and Windows 10 is technically only workable with the Xbox-specific XO Three, so that's probably the direction you want to go with if you're playing on PC as well.
One plus is that these plug directly into a system's 3.5mm jack, so there's no futzing about with drivers on PC and you can expect either set to just work once they're plugged in; that also means you can plug them into a whole bunch of different devices, like tablets and smartphones, and expect them to work. You can remove the mic as well, which, along with their less-than-ostentatious style, helps make these sets a slightly more palatable option when it comes to a something you can wear when you go out.
Sound quality on both is solid as you'd expect from a Turtle Beach product, though only as solid as you'd expect from a $70 Turtle Beach product. In other words, it's certainly better than most sets from other manufacturers you'll get for this price, but there are better Turtle Beach products available if you've got a little more coin to drop. I was particularly impressed with the bass response on each set's 50mm speakers; this is a big deal with the XO Three in particular, since a lot of Xbox One games are all about your high-powered explosions, and games like Sunset Overdrive and Halo 5 were happy with the amount of boom here.
You've got an inline volume and mic control set on the cable to mute your mic when you're yelling at your Mom and turn the game down when she's grounding you, so that's handy. You're not going to be blown away by how much better your games and music sound on one of these, but that's not why you're buying a $70 headset, either. You're buying something to use online or when you need to keep it down, and in this case you're not losing out on too much audio quality when you do so. Don't expect any fancy RGB lighting or sound enhancement options here, either; these are workhorse headsets designed to do what headsets should do and not much more.
What's less great? Well, the microphones aren't stupendous, though they're clear enough to make yourself heard when you're playing games online. They're not something I'd rely on for podcast recording – I've got a Logitech G933 Artemis Spectrum for that – but that also costs nearly three times as much as the sets we're talking about here, and if all you want to do is yell at your team for not capturing the damn point then the mics here will work just fine. I'm also not the biggest fan of wired headsets in this day and age, but given that these are intended to be plugged directly into a controller rather than strung across the room, it's not as big an issue as it could be; I'm also sure that some folks don't like dealing with charging wireless headsets, which naturally isn't a problem here.
That $70 price tag is no joke; Turtle Beach is known for quality, and if you can't drop a couple Benjamins on a headset then you're in safe hands with either the Recon 150 and XO Three wired gaming headsets for your sound-starved PS4 or Xbox One consoles. Just don't expect anything super fancy – these are entry-level sets, after all – but they do their job well in true Turtle Beach fashion. If you're looking to take your first step up from the basic Microsoft and Sony headsets, then one of these babies just might do the job.


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by jfwknifton | August 7, 2016 · 12:46 pm
More and more water, most of it under Trent Bridge (2)
Last time, I left you awaiting the arrival of Ragnar Lothbrok and his rather fierce friends in Anglo-Saxon Nottingham.
Well, by 867, Anglo-Saxon Nottingham had been well and truly captured by the Vikings and it became one of the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw. There may have been little in the way of extreme weather in this era, but their names were fabulous. The Five Boroughs of the Danelaw is a striking enough phrase, but the name of the army which made Snotingaham, at sword point, an offer they could not refuse, is, quite simply, wonderful. A thousand years before Heavy Metal bands, they rejoiced in the name of "The Great Heathen Army". And here they are. They're really quite handsome, aren't they?
Then again, I really don't see them as a group of people capable of waiting quietly for a bus: Another episode of extreme weather on the rain front came in 1141 when there was another Great Flood. And once again, the flooding was caused, as in 1947, by the mechanism of a sudden melt of large quantities of snow after prodigious amounts of rain. People in 1141 looked like this. Around this time there was clearly a significant risk for everybody of just rusting solid into one great mass:
In 1309, Hethbeth Bridge, the medieval precursor of today's Trent Bridge, was washed away by severe winter floods. A small fragment of this old bridge is still visible on the road island at the southern end of the modern Trent Bridge: If you go to see it, be very careful. Traffic nowadays is much more dangerous than "The Great Heathen Army". Look for the orange arrow:
In 1346, little detail has come down to us, other than:
"from mid-summer to Christmas, the rains fell almost without intermission".
The River Trent duly experienced:
"One of the earliest recorded floods."
In 1499 Richard Mellers, the husband of Dame Agnes Mellers, of High School fame, is known to have given twenty shillings to help repair one of an apparent succession of Hethbeth Bridges, but it was pretty much in vain, as the Great Flood of 1683 washed a good proportion of it away. Here are two men in 1683. That's not a look you can just throw together:
The worst ever flood in Nottingham was the so-called "Candlemas Flood" of February 1795, when two months of continuous ice and snow all melted extremely rapidly. Every single bridge on the entire River Trent was either damaged or washed away, including the Hethbeth Bridge for the umpteenth time. In the Narrow Marsh area of the city, around what is nowadays Canal Street and the land to the south of St Mary's Church, the residents were all trapped in the upstairs of their houses and had to be given food from boats. At Wilford, up to 100 sheep were drowned and ten cows perished in West Bridgford. That doesn't sound much, but they only had twelve.
The late eighteenth century provided some wonderfully ornate dresses, all guaranteed to keep you afloat until help arrived:
Another less severe flood came in November 1852 when the peak flow of the Trent was measured at some 38,200 cubic feet per second, between twelve and thirteen times the normal levels. A second, slightly worse Victorian inundation came in October 1875 when floodwater was up to six feet deep. During this latter flood the peak flow of the Trent was 45,000 cubic feet per second, fifteen times the normal levels. On Wilford Road an overcrowded cart was washed away and six people were killed. Higher up the river, huge numbers of farm animals were drowned and they must have been a ghastly sight as they floated down to the sea past Trent Bridge:
Filed under History, Humour, Nottingham, Science, Wildlife and Nature
Tagged as Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, Celts, Danelaw, Elmet, Five Burghs, Great Flood, Hethbeth Bridge, Kingdom of Elmet, medieval, Millenium Flood, Narrow Marsh, Richard Mellers, River Trent, Snot, Snotengaham, Snotingaham, snow, St.Mary's Church, The Great Heathen Army, Trent Bridge, Wilford
by jfwknifton | July 23, 2016 · 1:05 pm
In a previous article, I wrote about the flooding of Nottingham during the modern era, and the ways in which we have learnt lessons from the floods of 1947 and constructed concrete embankments and sluices so that the River Trent is nowadays, to all intents and purposes, relatively tame. ("relatively" being the operative word.) If you walk down to Trent Bridge and look underneath the bridge on the City side, directly beneath the Riverbank Bar and Kitchen, however, you will see how the flood levels of previous years of watery disaster have been recorded. They are scarily impressive and well worth a visit:
The very first records of floods in Nottingham are more a case of inference than anything else. According to the (Royal) Journal of the Statistical Society, Volume XLI and "The Insurance Cyclopaedia" by Cornelius Walford (I need to get out more):
"29 A.D. There was a great overflow of the River Trent in England".
In 214 A.D. the entire River Trent was again in flood and overflowed its banks by some 20 miles on each side from the normal course of its flow. Many people were drowned as the whole Trent valley was awash and there was great destruction. Both of these dates are during the Roman era, although Nottingham was not, as far as I know, a Roman town. Perhaps they knew that an underlying band of hard rock could be used to ford the river and its adjacent marshes. Just to establish our dates firmly, here is a Roman. Like every single Roman, he is a legionnaire, although he doesn't look particularly ill to me, but that hat is really something: In 525 A.D. the entire Trent again burst its banks and a great number of cattle were drowned. The locals at his time may well have been Celts since we know that Nottingham, in the Brythonic Celtic language was called "Tigguo Cobauc", meaning "The Place of Caves". The Welsh may have been aware of Nottingham's existence since they called it "Y Ty Ogofog" and even the distant Irish had a word or two for it, namely "Na Tithe Uaimh", "The Cavey Dwelling". Here are some Celts, managing to appear very, very fierce indeed, although admittedly, there is more than a dash of Village People in the overall look, especially the one at the front who may have no clothes on at all: Whoever the locals were in 530 A.D., they would certainly have got extremely wet at some point. The mighty River Humber is known to have flooded extensively onto adjacent low-lying ground and most of the region's cattle were drowned. Much of that excess of water, of course, was bound to have come from the River Trent, which feeds into the Humber. It is difficult to see how Nottingham, at the side of the River Trent, of course, could have escaped floods of such severity. It was slightly after this date that Nottingham, by now a small group of wooden huts and a line of washing, came under the sway of the wonderfully named "Snot", an Anglo-Saxon chieftain. The place where "The Mighty Snot" lived was immediately called "Snotingaham", the "home of the people of Snot the Magnificent". At this time, "Snotingaham", was part of the Kingdom of Elmet. Here is an Anglo-Saxon chief and his friend. What impressive elmets they are wearing:
I just couldn't resist that!
Next time, we will see what happens when Ragnar Lothbrok and his pals arrive in Nottingham on a seven-day-cruise in 867AD.
Tagged as Anglo-Saxon, Candlemas Flood, Celtic, Celts, Cornelius Walford, Dame Agnes Mellers, Danelaw, Elmet, Five Burghs, Great Flood, Hethbeth Bridge, High School, Humber, Kingdom of Elmet, medieval, Millenium Flood, Narrow Marsh, Richard Mellers, River Trent, Roman, Snot, Snotengaham, Snotingaham, snow, St.Mary's Church, The Great Heathen Army, Trent Bridge, Wilford
by jfwknifton | January 27, 2016 · 12:55 pm
"Go straight to Hell ! Do not pass Go ! " Part Two
In the first part of this article, I demonstrated how Richard Mellers, the husband of Dame Agnes, was, at best, a fairly unscrupulous businessman. I ended by relating how, in 1507, Richard had received a pardon for having committed offenses against the statutes of weights and measures. This charge related to problems with the purity of his bells. The metal, apparently, was just not as valuable as he said it was. Richard's pardon would have been granted because of his previous position as Mayor of Nottingham. A less prestigious person would have been in very, very, serious trouble:
Dame Agnes, of course, may well have known absolutely nothing whatsoever about any of this rather serious matter. Like many, many husbands over the centuries, Richard may have decided, quite simply, to tell her nothing at all about it. And if she did know about her husband's cheating and double dealing, then, like many, many wives over the centuries, she may perhaps have turned a blind eye to it, hoping that one day her errant husband would rejoin the forces of light.
He didn't though. At least not for long, because on or about Sunday, June 16th 1507, Richard Mellers died, with the ink on the pardon if not still wet, then certainly recognisably damp. I think Dame Agnes would have seen his sudden demise as a direct consequence of his previous wrongdoing. She must have thought that her husband's death so soon after receiving a pardon was the true verdict from on high.
In more modern, medical, terms, Richard may well just have hastened a natural death by continually feeling guilty or by worrying too much about the outcome of the affair. He may, quite simply, have been a victim of early sixteenth century stress. Irrespective of the clinical truth, though, for a devout woman in Tudor times, these events must have seemed like a clear judgement from Heaven.
At the beginning of the sixteenth century, it would have been completely impossible for a sincere and devout Roman Catholic to be in any conceivable way ignorant of the rôle played by Hell in the scheme of things. How can Dame Agnes have possibly thought back about her husband's life, misdemeanours and sudden death, and not have seen him as the proud possessor of a "Go straight to Hell, Do not pass Go, Do not collect a ticket to Heaven" card?
That must have been a very, very real fear in her mind.
Here's how the Rock Combo "AC/DC" saw the situation, firstly on an album cover:
And then on stage:
More or less straightway after his death, therefore, Dame Agnes, the grieving widow, became a "vowess". She resolved never to remarry, and instead to devote herself to the service of the church.
A "vowess" is defined in the Collins English Dictionary as:
"a woman who has vowed chastity or devotion to a religious life; a nun".
Other dictionaries tell pretty much the same tale. One other interesting detail about vowesses is given in "The Customs of Old England" by F. J. Snell. Writing about how a vowess would view her obligations, he states that:
"Whatever fasts a vowess might neglect as non-obligatory, it seems probable that she would not willingly forgo any opportunity of showing reverence to the Blessed Virgin."
More of this later.
Immediately after her husband's death, Dame Agnes tried to repay many of his victims. She literally gave them back the exact sums of money which she was worried they had lost to her husband.
She then decided to spend the rest of Richard's money on charitable causes. Most important of all, she decided to found a school. Or alternatively, she decided to fund a school which was already in existence and was clearly in need of financial assistance. She must have known that this one simple act would benefit the citizens of Nottingham in the long term, and make up for the occasions when, for short term gain, her late husband had cheated them. Here is the grateful city in 1610. St Mary's church is marked with the letter "A". Keep looking. It is there:
Before the official first day of her school, February 2nd 1513, there had already been eleven apparent references to a "Nottingham Grammar School" between 1289 and 1513. At this point in time, of course, it is impossible to tell what connection, if any, there is, with Dame Agnes' school. Indeed, we do not even know if the eleven schools mentioned before 1513 have a continuous history, or whether they were all short lived affairs.
Having said that, though, Dame Agnes may well have decided to develop an ancient original grammar school into her own school. This original establishment may have depended solely on fees paid by the pupils. Dame Agnes perhaps thought it would be a good idea to establish a foundation, which would then ensure a much better financial future for the school. Equally, she may well have wished to take personal dcontrol of an older school, and then, as a loyal Catholic, to bring it under the control of St Mary's Church.
Whatever the details of founding, funding, refounding or whatever, from Dame Agnes' point of view, the most important thing was that the school should remain closely linked to St Mary's Church. This, of course, carries out the words of F. J. Snell. Her efforts with this school clearly showed that Dame Agnes would "not willingly forgo any opportunity of showing reverence to the Blessed Virgin". Here is St Mary's Church nowadays:
All this sounds like heresy now, of course, after a whole series of celebrations have commemorated the 500th Anniversary of the school, and books have been published, but these ideas are not actually mine own. In "The Nottinghamian" for 1924, for example, there was a clear connection stated in the school magazine between the older schools from before 1513 and the then Nottingham High School. Dr James Gow, the school's greatest Headmaster, had died this particular year:
In his obituary, it was said that:
"he was appointed Headmaster of the Nottingham High School, an ancient Grammar School, already existing in the thirteenth century, and refounded and endowed by Dame Agnes Mellers, under a Charter of King Henry VIII, in 1513."
These words are anonymous, but were most probably written by Mr "Sammy" Corner who had been the school's Deputy Headmaster until his retirement in 1914. Mr Corner had spent much of his spare time researching school history and had become a great expert. Much of this knowledge was to appear in the school magazine which he edited for many years, and which at one point had contained a serialised history of the school. After his retirement, the plan was that Mr Corner would finish writing his history of the High School.
Alas, this popular member of staff was destined never to write his book, as the Great War broke out only a month after he was due to start work, and, despite his advanced age, Mr Corner went off to do his bit for the war effort. At the end of the conflict, Mr Corner moved from Nottingham to Croydon, but his life's work was to remain forever uncompleted, a source of great regret, as he later told Mr Reynolds, the Headmaster, in a letter. This is the great Sammy Corner in 1913, showing off the school's charter in the 400th anniversary celebrations in 1913:
On the afternoon of Monday, November 13th, 1933, similar ideas about the school's history to those in Dr Gow's obituary were being expressed by the Duke of Portland, when he performed the formal opening ceremony for two new High School buildings, the Gymnasium and the newly converted Library.
This very same interpretation was obviously still current around this time, when Mr.C.L.Reynolds, the Headmaster, wrote his own brief history of "The Buildings of Nottingham High School". He described the events of 1513 as "…the re-foundation or endowment of the School by Dame Agnes Mellers." Here is Mr Reynolds, seen with the prefects, in an unknown year, probably in the 1930s:
Furthermore, a document more contemporary to Dame Agnes' time said that what Dame Agnes was doing was to "…unite, create and establishe a Free Scole" as if there were some definite connection between her school and the Nottingham schools of previous centuries. Similarly, she is referred to in a number of other early documents not as a "foundress" but as a "fundress", as if she were building and strengthening what was already there.
If this is the case, then it would give the High School a history of some seven hundred years, making it one of the oldest schools in the country. But not the oldest.
How that fear of the "Go straight to Hell, Do not pass Go, Do not collect a ticket to Heaven" card must have haunted Dame Agnes. As well as her wonderful achievements with the school, she also laid down that a service of commemoration for her deceased husband should be held every year on June 16th. This latter date is thought to have been chosen because it was the Feast Day of St Richard of Gloucester. Interestingly enough, St Richard's shrine in Chichester Cathedral, at this time, was a magnificently decorated and popular destination for the Tudor Pilgrim. Perhaps Dame Agnes had been there herself as a dedicated vowess:
The ceremony which Dame Agnes had requested was, of course, a solemn Roman Catholic mass for the soul of her dear departed husband. It is thought that this mass was probably celebrated for about thirty five years, until such services were abolished by order of the then king, Edward VI. This same type of mass may then possibly have been revived under the Catholic Queen Mary, but it certainly would have disappeared for ever when the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I came to the throne in 1558.
Even in the 1660s though, some hundred and fifty years after Dame Agnes, the students still went every Friday during the period of Lent, with their teachers, to visit St.Mary's church, and kneel in front of the tombs of Richard and Agnes Mellers, and say prayers for their souls, and the souls of all their relatives. And even nowadays, every year on Founder's Day, the congregation still says prayers for the souls of Dame Agnes, and more importantly perhaps, her husband, Richard. This is Founder's Day in 1957, a beautiful backlit day:
This is the Cheese and Ale Ceremony in the same year:
They're going to get very drunk very quickly if they fill those tankards too frequently. Here is the traditional Cricket Match on that sunlit afternoon in 1957:
Filed under Criminology, History, Humour, Nottingham, Politics, The High School
Tagged as Catholic Church, Chichester Cathedral, Dame Agnes Mellers, Dr.Gow, Duke of Portland, Edward VI, Elizabeth I, F. J. Snell, Founder's Day, Heaven, Hell, Hethbeth Bridge, King Street, Mayor of Nottingham, Mr.Reynolds, nun, Queen Mary, Queen Street, Richard Mellers, Roman Catholic, Sammy Corner, Sheriff of Nottingham, St Richard, St.Mary's Church, Trent Bridge, vowess
by jfwknifton | January 9, 2016 · 3:13 pm
"Go straight to Hell ! Do not pass Go ! " Part One
Having explored the history of the High School for more than twenty five years, I have always thought that the school's beginnings are shrouded in mystery. For me, the High School has always been very like the Soviet Union:
"a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma"
What do we know about the founder of the school, Dame Agnes Mellers, for example? What was she like as a person? There are a very few illustrations which are thought to be her. This is the school's charter:
And here is a close-up of Dame Agnes and King Henry VIII:
This is the charter changed into a line drawing:
For me, there have always seemed to have been two enormously important motivating forces in her character. The first was her staunch religious faith as a Roman Catholic with a sincere love of Jesus Christ and the Catholic Church. Dame Agnes seems in many ways to have been an uncomplicated soul, who viewed the world in a simple direct way. She tried to be a good person, with the sincere belief that we should all try to make things better rather than worse, that we should do good things rather than evil and that we should always strive to be on the side of the Angels.
The second motivation for her was the love she had for her husband, Richard, which seems as sincere and unswerving as her love for the Church. Richard was, as his name suggests, a rich man. He was at one time or another, Sheriff of Nottingham (1472-1473), Chamberlain (1484-1485) and Royal Commissioner and Mayor of Nottingham (1499-1500 and again in 1506). In 1499, he is known to have given twenty shillings to help repair the Hethbeth Bridge, as Trent Bridge's predecessor was called. Here is one of the last photographs ever taken of the old bridge before it was superseded by the present Trent Bridge. You can certainly see why it was easier for the river to freeze up in those days:
This is all that remains of the Hethbeth Bridge nowadays:
It is in the middle of a road island to the south of Trent Bridge. If you decide to take a look at it, be very careful of the traffic and use the proper crossings. Look for the (camouflaged) orange arrow in the centre of the (red) road junction:
Richard Mellers was a brazier, and probably a potter, and he had certainly dealt in metal pots and dishes. Most important of all, he owned the largest church bell-foundry in the region. The site of his premises has long disappeared, but its exact location is still known today.
From 1888 onwards, just a very few yards north of the city centre, steps began to clear away:
"a curious V-shaped slice of slum property…a most unhygienic and immoral neighbourhood and nothing good could be said for it".
This slum clearance took a number of years, and resulted in the formation of King Street and Queen Street, the latter being opened on June 22nd, 1892.
During this time, it was inevitable that, along with all the slums and all the undesirable features, a few other more reputable premises were destined to disappear. Among these was Richard Mellers' Bell Foundry, which is known to have stood more or less exactly on the site of the present day Queen Street Post Office. The orange arrow points to the general area, and the letters PO stand for the purple edged Post Office:
Perhaps it was working so close to such an "immoral neighbourhood" that deflected Richard away from the straight and narrow. He had, for example, already paid out £20 to be the Mayor of Nottingham for twelve months. There wasn't really much of the democratic process involved here, or indeed, much evidence of any genuine interest in the workings of democracy. That payment of £20, a rather sizeable sum of money by modern standards, may well have been the reason that, in the very same year, Richard had been so keen to do a good deed by paying for the upkeep of the ever ailing Hethbeth Bridge.
Richard was certainly widely known as a fairly unscrupulous businessman. During his lifetime, in his efforts to acquire great personal wealth, he certainly seems to have cheated many of his bell buying customers. In 1507, for example, we know that Richard had received a pardon for having committed offenses against the statutes of weights and measures. This charge is believed to have related to problems with the purity of his bells and the metal they contained. The pardon would only have been granted because of his previous position as Mayor of Nottingham. A less prestigious person would have been in very, very, serious trouble. These bells, though, are all 100% the real peal:
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by jfwknifton | November 17, 2015 · 1:12 pm
Water, water everywhere, especially past Trent Bridge
In a recent blogpost, I mused about the cold past of our city, and how the River Trent had frozen over on a number of occasions in the nineteenth century, the last being in 1892. Previous years when similar brass monkey weather conditions had occurred were 1682, 1814, 1838 and 1855. In all of these winters, the River Trent at Nottingham had literally frozen over from one bank to the other. I found these extremes of weather really quite interesting, so I continued to do further research of my own. I duly found some extra details, such as, for example, the sad fact that:
"on 10 January 1814, seven boys drowned in the River Trent in England by the breaking of the ice."
One or two more examples of extreme cold have since come to light, in years of which I had previously been completely ignorant. During the winter of 1092-1093, for example, when William Rufus was king:
"the River Thames and all the English rivers (were) heavily locked in with ice". There was severe frost in this winter. English rivers (were) frozen so hard that horsemen and wagons could travel on them."
When warmer weather finally came, however:
"drifting ice on the rivers destroyed bridges, and mills were carried away".
Here is William Rufus, who was to be killed by an arrow in the New Forest:
Four hundred years later, the River Trent was frozen near Nottingham in the winter of 1485-1486. When the thaw finally came, "the bridge at Newark-on-Trent was swept away." In 1766, on February 15th, a great snowstorm hit Nottinghamshire, which lasted fifty hours. That is a lot of snow!
Our old friend "Wikipedia" provided a great deal of historical detail about this kind of event, not all of it totally fascinating, although the word "palaeochannel" was new to me and it does contain three unusual vowels in a row. Here's one I photographed earlier:
I knew that Giant Floods generally follow any Big Freeze but it was interesting to see that, in the modern era, the worst flooding experienced in Nottingham came very soon after the vast snows of the winter of 1946-1947 had melted. This melt was extremely sudden because of continuous heavy rain throughout March. The result was extensive and severe flooding all along the valley of the Trent. During this flood the peak flow of the Trent was 39,100 cubic feet per second, thirteen times the norm. As many as 9,000 houses were flooded and almost one hundred industrial premises were awash, with floodwater up to the height of the first floor. Here are one or two photographs of the flooding. These are of West Bridgford:
Here is Arkwright Street next to the railway station:
This is the aptly named Canal Street:
Here is a picture of the River Trent near the present day Harry Ramsden's and Toys-r-us. On the left is Wilford Power Station, demolished in the 1980s, and on the right, Clifton Colliery which disappeared even before this (possibly through flooding?):
Here is Beeston, looking remarkably like Venice:
This photograph is just about recognisable as Melton Road in West Bridgford:
This natural disaster in 1947 was the beginning of our modern attempts to tame the river, by building concrete embankments and sluices in an effort to avoid the surging floods which had devastated Long Eaton, Beeston, the Meadows area, Colwick and West Bridgford on more than one occasion during this period. Here is the Trent, with early concrete steps visible only on the far side of the river, and just a grassy slope on this, southern, side:
This photograph was probably taken in the 1950s, with concrete embankments on both sides. Trent Bridge is in the background, so we must be looking north:
Nowadays, the concrete steps near Wilford Suspension Bridge would stop a Soviet tank. Well, perhaps make them feel a little motion sick:
Here's the other side, looking north towards Trent Bridge and the green roof of County Hall:
These are the sluices on the river between Holme Pierrepont and Colwick, designed to hold back excessive flood water so that it can be released gradually at sensible intervals. By the way, firm promises have now been given that the next time they release fifty billion gallons of floodwater, not only will they look first to see if any anglers are fishing at the riverside, but they will also sound a warning klaxon:
This huge construction work of the modern era seems to have been completely successful. During the Millenium Flood of November 2000, the peak flow of the Trent was 36,000 cubic feet per second, around twelve times the norm, and certainly comparable to the conditions experienced in 1946-1947. But this time, the 15,000 homes at risk were completely unaffected and there was none of the widespread flooding seen in 1947 within the city:
In this photo the flooded Trent is, for the most part, still contained within its banks, although Nottingham Forest's pitch does look as if it may be somewhat waterlogged. All of the floodwater in the background, by the way, is, for the most part, lying harmlessly on playing fields.
Filed under History, Nottingham, Science, Wildlife and Nature
Tagged as Beeston, Canal Street, Candlemas Flood, Colwick, Cornelius Walford, Dame Agnes Mellers, Elmet, frozen, Hethbeth Bridge, High School, Humber, Long Eaton, Millenium, Millenium Flood, Narrow Marsh, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, palaeochannel, Richard Mellers, River Humber, River Trent, Snot, Snotengaham, snowstorm, St.Mary's Church, the Meadows, the Meadows area, Trent Bridge, West Bridgford, Wilford, Wilford Road


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Q: SQL 3 column table, check if value X is in Y with fixed Z When i have 3 column in my table "t" (X,Y,Z), i would like to see every row where a value x from X is in the column Y but for the same z from Z.
e.g.
X   Y   Z
1   2   1
1   1   1
2   1   2
Here the result would be the first row, because "1" is in Y in the second row for the same z of "1".
i tried something like:
select * from t
where X = any (select Y from t)
group by z;

but that is obviously wrong.
EDIT: Better example:
X    |       Y |    Z
-----+---------+------------
1    |       2 |    1
6    |       1 |    6
9    |       2 |    9
3    |       1 |    1
9    |       1 |    9

Here the return table should look like this
X    |      Y  |    Z
-----+---------+------------
1    |       2 |    1

because only the x value from the first row is somewhere in Y for a Z=1.

A: try this:
declare @tb table(x int,y int,z int)
insert into @tb
select 1 ,2, 1 union all
select 1 ,1 ,1 union all
select 2, 1, 2

select a.z,a.x,b.y from @tb as a
inner join @tb  b
on a.x= b.y
group by a.z, a.x, b.y

result:
1   1   1
2   2   2

When i use to edit your query:
declare @tb table(x int,y int,z int)
insert into @tb
select 1 ,2, 1 union all
select 1 ,1 ,1 union all
select 2, 1, 2

select * from @tb
where x = any (select y from @tb)
group by z,x,y;

result:
1   1   1
1   2   1
2   1   2

A: I would do this simply as:
select t.*
from t
where t.x in (select t2.y from t t2 where t2.z = t.z);

This seems like a direct translation of your question into SQL.

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Professor Emeritus John Brown, 10th Astronomer Royal for Scotland since 1995, has been a member of MOrAG for many years. He has had wide involvement in numerous observatory and planetarium facilities and activities and in organising public astronomy events, as well as giving frequent talks himself to diverse audience types and working closely with writers, poets, musicians and others. As a semi-pro magician, he often uses conjuring effects to demonstrate/simulate exotic cosmic phenomena. Until 2010 he held the 10th Regius Chair of Astronomy in Glasgow University, also holding many sabbatical research fellowships abroad, and publishing around 300 research papers in various areas of astrophysics. In 2012 he won the Royal Astronomical Society Geophysics Gold Medal for his research and in 2016 was made OBE for his services to astronomy and to science education. More info at johncbrown.org.
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Aurora Sicilia-Aguilar is a Lecturer at the School of Science and Engineering at the University of Dundee. She works on observational astrophysics in the field of star and planet formation, using ground- and space-based telescopes to study young stellar clusters and protoplanetary disks. She also enjoys organising and getting involved in outreach activities to bring space science and astrophysics to young and not-so-young audiences.
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Mills Officer and Representative
Christine Millar
Section Leader, Learning & Engagement at Leisure and Culture Dundee
Billy Gartley
Head of Cultural Services at Leisure and Culture Dundee
Ken Kennedy
Ken been involved with Mills Observatory for many years, firstly as a member of the Dundee Astronomical Society which started to meet at the Mills in the 1960s. After retirement from the Department of Haematology at Ninewells Hospital, Ken was invited to take the post of part time astronomer at the Mills Observatory in 2004. He retired from this in 2008 after becoming Director of the Aurora Section of the British Astronomical Association and has a special interest in Noctilucent Clouds which involves many observers throughout Europe, and cooperation with Prof Cora Randall, chief investigator of NASA's AIM satellite.


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package team.birdhead.eventdispatcher;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

import javax.annotation.processing.ProcessingEnvironment;
import javax.lang.model.element.Element;
import javax.lang.model.element.ExecutableElement;
import javax.lang.model.element.Name;
import javax.lang.model.element.TypeElement;
import javax.tools.Diagnostic;

import team.birdhead.eventdispatcher.annotation.SupportedAnnotation;

public abstract class EventDispatcherBuilder {

    protected final ProcessingEnvironment processingEnv;

    protected EventDispatcherBuilder(ProcessingEnvironment processingEnv) {
        this.processingEnv = processingEnv;
    }

    Class<? extends Annotation> getSupportedAnnotationType() {
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        if (annotation == null) {
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            return null;
        }

        return annotation.value();
    }

    Map<Name, EventDispatcher> createEventDispatchers(Set<? extends Element> elements) {
        final Map<Name, EventDispatcher> dispatchers = new LinkedHashMap<>();

        for (Element element : elements) {
            final Annotation annotation = element.getAnnotation(getSupportedAnnotationType());
            if (annotation == null) {
                continue;
            }

            final Name name = ((TypeElement) element.getEnclosingElement()).getQualifiedName();
            if (!dispatchers.containsKey(name)) {
                dispatchers.put(name, createEventDispatcher());
            }

            dispatchers.get(name).addElement((ExecutableElement) element);
        }

        return dispatchers;
    }

    protected abstract EventDispatcher createEventDispatcher();
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This Friday, March 1st the OKC Thunder will be traveling to the Mile High City to play the Denver Nuggets. Tipoff is at 8:30pm MST. We have sold 100 club level tickets to the game. Before the game from 6-8 please join us for a happy hour at Stoney's new downtown location, Stoney's Fullsteam Tavern (http://fullsteamtavern.com/). It is located at 1434 Blake St. on 14th and Blake, just a short walk from the Pepsi Center. We have the upstairs room reserved and light appetizers will be provided. With the help of our generous sponsors Stoney's, Shiner and Patron, we have also made t-shirts to celebrate the event. Anyone who purchased a ticket through the OU Club can show their ticket to receive a t-shirt at the happy hour. We will have the same game day specials including $3 Shiner beers and $5 Patron shots. Finally, we will have 102.3FM, ESPN Radio Denver there to broadcast our event. Whether you are cheering for the Thunder or the Nuggets, it should be a lot of fun that you will not want to miss out on!
I am pleased to announce with the help of our scholarship committee and university wide advertising our newest scholarship is starting to take off. For anyone not familiar with the new scholarship opportunity, we are offering a campus wide scholarship of $2000 eligible to all current OU students. All you need to do is take a picture by the OU Club of Colorado bench located on campus by the dorms on Lindsay St. Take a picture, get $2000. Sounds pretty easy right?! We will post all the pictures on our facebook page (www.facebook.com/ouclubofcolorado) under a folder set up for the scholarship. Make sure to visit the page and "like" your favorite submission. The top three pictures with the most "likes" will be taken to the scholarship committee to choose a winner.
103 students and parents from Colorado interested in OU have been invited to our 2nd annual Future Sooner Reception. The event will be held Wednesday, March 13th at 7pm at the University Club in Denver. If you know someone that is looking at OU and would like to attend the reception, please contact our Colorado Recruiter and Student Services representative, Carissa Cummins at Carissa@ou.edu.


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Construction update
Welcome to the February 2019 construction update
Here is the latest from the team on what's been happening across the Southern Corridor Improvement Project and what's coming up.
Opening of the new Takanini northbound on-ramp
Southern Corridor Improvements Projects progress
As the SH1 motorway upgrades between Manukau and Papakura progress, motorists will now start to notice beneficial changes.
Motorists using the northbound Takanini Interchange on-ramp will notice a significant difference as of Monday 11 February 2019.
The new longer northbound on-ramp merge lane at Takanini northbound is now open to motorists. The new northbound on-ramp is a dedicated and significantly longer merge lane (approximately 700 metres long) to make it quicker and easier to merge onto the motorway, which in turn will improve northbound traffic flows and provide a more reliable trip for commuters. The new on-ramp is a significant milestone for the Southern Corridor Improvements Project.
Pahurehure Inlet Bridges
Motorists traveling across the Pahurehure Inlet would have noticed changes made late last year to the road layout. These changes have been implemented as part of the reconstruction of the inlet bridges.
To reconstruct the Pahurehure Inlet bridges, while also keeping the motorway operating, required careful planning and a staged approach. Since March 2018, motorists have been driving on the original southbound lanes to travel in both directions. With the northbound lanes now constructed, motorists can now use these lanes during the reconstruction of the southbound lanes.
In addition, the new 4.5km walking and cycling path will open between Takanini and Papakura by the end of 2019. Once complete, the new pathway will create a new leisure area for local communities and improved access to the local reserves.
Staged deconstruction night works
Stage two of the Pahurehure Inlet bridge
The second stage of the Pahurehure Inlet bridge reconstruction works has begun.
On Tuesday 29 January 2019, two 34-meter-long beams and three major deck sections were successfully removed to make way for the construction of the new southbound lanes. The crew worked through the night to remove the 60 tonne beams using two cranes to manoeuvre the beams from the bridge. For the next few weeks, further sections of the existing bridge will be removed and piling for the new bridge will commence early March.
Completion of the bridges is scheduled for the third quarter.
New wetlands near the Botanical Gardens
Keeping local waterways clean
Improving local waterways is part of the Southern Corridor Improvements Project.
Motorists heading south may have noticed the new wetland area after passing under Orams Road Bridge. Designed to create a low maintenance and more environmentally friendly motorway, these wetland areas capture and filter stormwater run-off from the motorway lanes.
The wetlands are not alone when it comes to new systems to look after the environment. Swales are also used, which are planted areas to filter out dirt and contaminants from the water before it makes its way into the stormwater system and local waterways. Planting within these wetlands and swales promotes ecological value, as well as improving the water quality.
Specific native plants, suitable for damp areas, are used including Apodasmia Similis (Oioi), Cyerus ustulatus (Toetoe), Carex lessonianan (Rautahi), Ficinia nodose (Wiwi) and Cordyline australis (Ti Kouka). The planted areas alongside the motorway may look a little bare now, however they will grow to enhance the green motorway corridor, providing a natural habitat for insects and wildlife.
Puhinui walkway open for pedestrian access
Puhinui Walkway upgrades
With the Puhinui Walkway upgrades completed late last year, the Puhinui Stream is now open for pedestrian access between Lawrence Crescent and the Botanical Gardens. The pathway was closed in late 2017 to enable upgrades of the motorway bridges above the stream.
Motorway bridges were widened in order to accommodate additional southbound lanes. Pathway upgrades were also undertaken as part of the motorway widening works.
Join us at one of our two meetings to meet the team and listen to a brief overview of what's coming up in the projects final stages. Meetings will be held in both Takanini and Pukekohe, please see details below:
Time: 5.30pm to 7.00pm, project presentation at 6.00pm
Date: Tuesday 12 February 2019
Venue: Southern Corridor Improvements Project office, 8-12 Great South Road, Takanini
Time: 5.30pm to 7.00pm, project team presentation at 6.00pm
Venue: Pukekohe East Community Centre, 232 Pukekohe East Road, Pukekohe
We aim to keep everyone up-to-date with progress on the project with weekly road closure email notifications, construction updates and quarterly newsletters. If you would like subscribe to receive notifications visit our website: www.nzta.govt.nz/southern-corridor
You can read more background information and find out more about the project through our website, www.nzta.govt.nz/southern-corridor
If you have any questions or queries, please contact our team on free phone 0800 SCI Project (0800 698 2724) or at southerncorridor@nzta.govt.nz. And feel free to visit us at the Project Office located at 8-12 Great South Road, Takanini.
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Iron may not be one of the primary nutrients for cannabis, but an iron deficiency will greatly inhibit a plant's growth. It will first appear as bright yellow leaves. This discoloration is just one of the symptoms of a plant being deficient in iron. It is also just one that mimics other nutrient deficiencies in marijuana plants.
Iron deficiencies are one of the most common problems growers run into. It is for this reason that growers need to know what to look for and how to treat their plants if they suspect an iron deficiency.
Why do marijuana plants need iron?
Iron is vital to a marijuana plant because it helps the plant form chlorophyll. It helps the plant absorb the light and turn it into food and energy the plant can use. When a marijuana plant has the proper amount of iron, it also increases its ability to absorb nitrogen, which will jumpstart the growth of new, healthy, large leaves.
What are the signs of an iron deficiency in marijuana plants?
Marijuana leaf problems will be the first sign that a plant is suffering from an iron deficiency.
The leaves will begin to turn bright yellow when new leaves are formed.
The colour can be so bright that it seems nearly white.
This colouring may begin to spread throughout the leaf, but the veins will remain unchanged.
This will start with new leaves that are formed but if left untreated, can spread to older, lower leaves. There is some time before this happens and the deficiency progresses, so plants may still be treated with full recovery once the leaves start to yellow.
Iron deficiencies are often mistaken for other types of deficiencies. For example, a deficiency in iron is often thought to be a magnesium deficiency at first. This is because the same symptom of yellowing leaves will appear with both types of deficiencies. However, iron deficiencies will appear on the higher, newer leaves while magnesium deficiencies will first show up in lower, older leaves.
When signs of an iron deficiency start to appear, it is important that growers determine the cause of the problem. This is the only way to begin treating it.
Excessive amounts of water is one common cause for cannabis plants experiencing a deficiency in iron. This can be because the plant is simply getting watered too often or too much. It can also be because the soil doesn't have good drainage. This will also cause the water to pool inside the container, which can result in excessive water and marijuana deficiencies.
When other nutrients are found in the growing medium in excess, this can also cause an iron deficiency. When the growing medium is too high in manganese, phosphorous, zinc, calcium, or copper, it can lock out other nutrients such as iron so they cannot be absorbed and used by the plant.
Like other nutrient deficiencies, an iron deficiency can be caused by a problem with the ph levels in the growing medium. Proper cannabis ph levels will ensure a neutral environment for the plant. If those levels are too high or too low, it will negatively affect the plant.
Marijuana that is grown in coco coir has been found to be particularly susceptible to experiencing a deficiency in iron. This is due to the fact that the medium naturally lacks iron and contains a lot of salt. That salt makes it more difficult for the plant to absorb the iron.
Before any plants are treated for an iron deficiency, the ph level of their grow medium should first be checked. Iron will best be absorbed by the plant's roots when in a grow medium with a ph level of 6.5.
Anything above 7 and the iron will get locked out. This level should also be lowered to between 5.5 and 6.5 in hydro and coco coir setups.
If the ph level is too high, the system should be flushed with ph-balanced water. This will help return the ph levels to a normal level.
Once the system has been flushed, no additional iron needs to be added. While nutrients should be given to the plant, an iron booster is not needed. The only exception to this is when plants have been grown in reverse osmosis water, which will remove nutrients.
After the grow medium has been tested and shown to have proper ph levels, and the normal amount of nutrients has been given, there's really nothing left for a grower to do for an iron deficiency. Unlike other types of nutrient deficiencies, it is possible for affected marijuana leaves to return as normal, green and healthy. Even leaves that have turned fully yellow have been known to turn back to green after being treated for a deficiency of this nutrient. So growers should not remove leaves that were affected by an iron deficiency. Signs of an iron deficiency should go away in about one week.
Iron may not be a primary nutrient for marijuana plants, but it's still a very important one. Without it plants can become weak, depleted of leaves, and generally suffer. Growers need to know the signs of this type of deficiency so they can take the necessary steps to treat it and keep it from spreading to the rest of the plant.


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The Bonnington Aqueduct is an aqueduct on the Union Canal, to the west of Edinburgh, Scotland.

History
The original aqueduct was  in diameter. The present aqueduct is a concrete replacement, opened in 1978 to allow the road beneath to be widened.

Design
The canal and the roughly parallel M8 motorway pass over the B7030 Cliftonhall Road. The aqueduct is only the width of a single boat, meaning that boats may have to wait to pass. Just to the east of the aqueduct, the canal broadens and there is an island with a bird shelter.

On the canal, the aqueduct is located between Bridge 15 (Ratho Bridge) and Bridge 16 (Nellfield Bridge).

The aqueduct is named after the village of Bonnington to the south, near the border with West Lothian.

References

Bridges in Edinburgh
Navigable aqueducts in Scotland
Bridges completed in 1978
1978 establishments in Scotland

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Benedetto "Bettino" Craxi (Milán, -Hammamet, ) fue un político italiano, uno de los máximos exponentes del Partido Socialista Italiano (PSI). Fue primer ministro de Italia de 1983 a 1987 en la primera etapa del pentapartito italiano. Implicado en la trama de corrupción de Tangentopoli, huyó en 1994 a Túnez, donde falleció unos años más tarde.

Carrera política
Permaneció durante la mayor parte de su vida en el PSI, donde ascendió muy rápidamente. En 1968 fue elegido diputado e inmediatamente fue nombrado vicesecretario nacional.

En 1976, en plena crisis interna del PSI, fue elegido secretario general en sustitución de Francesco de Martino. Inició así su larguísima etapa al frente de los socialistas italianos, pese a ser considerado un "secretario de transición" por la vieja guardia socialista.

En 1983 fue elegido primer ministro con el apoyo del pentapartito formado por el PSI, la Democracia Cristiana (DC), el Partido Socialista Democrático Italiano (PSDI), el Partido Republicano Italiano (PRI) y el Partido Liberal Italiano (PLI). Entre sus principales políticas destacaron la firma de un nuevo concordato con la Santa Sede en 1984, la entrada de Italia en el G7 y una nueva política de impuestos.

Entre tanto, la corriente de Craxi dominaba completamente en el PSI, salvo por la corriente más izquierdista dirigida por Riccardo Lombardi, que acusaba a Craxi de derechista. Esta dominación casi absoluta permitió a Craxi llevar al PSI a sus posiciones moderadas dentro de la socialdemocracia.

Su caída llegó en 1992 durante el proceso judicial llamado Manos Limpias, que intentó acabar con la corrupción imperante en la política italiana. Craxi, señalado entre los corruptos, tuvo que dimitir de su cargo en un PSI que no tardaría en desaparecer.

Craxi se marchó a Túnez en 1994 huyendo de la justicia italiana y murió en 2000 en la ciudad litoral de Hammamet.

Unità Socialista
En 1989, con la caída del muro de Berlín y la consiguiente crisis en el Partido Comunista Italiano (PCI), Craxi propuso la unión de todo el socialismo en una bandera común. Proponía la unión del PSI, el PSDI y un PCI que abandonaba progresivamente el comunismo. Así se buscaba crear una única fuerza socialista.

Por culpa de la recesión económica, y sobre todo por la crisis de corrupción de la década de 1990 en Italia, la idea no llegó nunca a realizarse, aunque permitió el acercamiento de posiciones entre los políticos. Así, muchos de ellos terminaron en Demócratas de Izquierda, partido heredero de los comunistas.

Enlaces externos

Presidentes del Consejo de Ministros de Italia
Socialistas de Italia
Políticos católicos
Alumnado de la Universidad de Milán
Defraudadores
Políticos condenados por delitos
Caballeros grandes cruces de la Orden de Carlos III
Fallecidos por diabetes
Doctores honoris causa de la Universidad Católica de América
Nacidos en Milán
Fallecidos en Túnez
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