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Seattle is one of a growing number of U.S. cities that have adopted the Vision Zero philosophy (San Diego is the latest to proclaim a zero-fatality target, with a 10-year time horizon). Each municipality has its own individualized strategy, and none exactly copy the model set by Sweden, where the concept originated in the 1990s. But all are fundamentally based on a three-pronged approach, using a combination of engineering (designing streets to reduce speeds in areas with lots of people on foot, reducing conflicts at intersections), enforcement, and education to make streets safer.
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It doesn't have to be only a Seattle phenomenon. Considering how much blind anger and resentment Vision Zero programs can engender among drivers, a little positive reinforcement might go a long way in creating a different kind of traffic culture. Imagine giving people a gift for behaving well in Midtown Manhattan traffic—by yielding to a pedestrian with the right of way, for instance. It isn't easy to surprise a New Yorker, but that might do it. And maybe, in the process, make a lasting impression about the value of doing the right thing.


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Q: Evaluate 3D- and 5D-constrained integrals for absolute separability probabilities In a recent posting,
TwoQubits
user JimB, employing a change-of-transformations put forth by N. Tessore, was able to confirm a formula for the "two-qubit absolute separability Hilbert-Schmidt probability" for complex states. This formula had first been expressed in eq. (34) in
2009paper, but with an apparent "typo" there, subsequently corrected in eq. (A2) in
QuasiRandom
Now, in this posting, let us indicate the existence of two companion (clearly more challenging still) problems also discussed in the 2009 paper. One, is again of a 3D nature and the other of a 5D character. For the former, we also have an explicit formula--for which we would desire confirmation and possible simplification--while for the latter, no analytical progress (numerical or symbolic) at all has so far been reported.

The 3D problem is the quaternionic counterpart to the already successfully addressed complex version. The constraint remains as before (so the transformations of Tessore can, again, be employed to yield an unconstrained problem). However, the powers of two in the integrand are replaced by powers of four, and a new normalization constant is inserted. To now be explicit, again employing $x,y,z$ as the principal variables (rather than subscripted $\lambda$'s for the eigenvalues), the problem takes the form
Integrate[86825246363856000 (x - y)^4 (x - z)^4 (y - z)^4 (-1 + 2 x + y + z)^4 (-1 + x + 2 y + z)^4 (-1 + x + y + 2 z)^4 Boole[x > y && y > z && z > 1 - x - y - z && x - z < 2 Sqrt[y (1 - x - y - z)] && 1 > z > 0 && 1 > y > 0 && 1 > x > 0], {z, 0, 1}, {y, 0, 1}, {x, 0, 1}]

The result of the integration (possibly subject to further simplification) was given in the 2009 paper as
-((13 (s[1] + s[2] + s[3] + s[4] + s[5] + s[6]))/816946343106356485029888)

where, similarly to the two-qubit complex state results, we have the occurrence of $\sqrt{2}$'s and inverse hyperbolic functions,
s[1] = -216449750678398795533760757497856 + 176860737736399592490919645937664 Sqrt[2]

s[2] = 279292548969739228073088142369304501839785 Sqrt[2] Pi

s[3] = -558572941247617043110461841280869072896000 Sqrt[2] ArcCot[Sqrt[2]]

s[4] = 23637916932187025487103667523337320 Sqrt[2] ArcCot[2 Sqrt[2]]

s[5] = -16178155879591789043088455851252390200 Sqrt[2] ArcCot[3 + Sqrt[2]]

and
s[6] = -558589165778586158484606527963549721006600 Sqrt[2] ArcTan[Sqrt[2]].

So, the analytical framework previously successfully employed for the complex states, should be by-and-large applicable, it would seem.
Implementation of the Tessore change-of-variables gives us the equivalent unconstrained integration problem,
Integrate[1/((1 + 2 x)^28 (1 + y)^27) 86825246363856000 (1 + x)^14 (x - y)^4 (1 - 2 z)^4 (y - z)^4 (-1 + y + z)^4 (z + x (-1 - y + z))^4 (-1 + z + x (y + z))^4, {z, 1/2, 1}, {y, z, 2 + 2 Sqrt[1 - z] - z}, {x, y, (4 y + z - 3 y z - z^2 + 2 (1 + y) Sqrt[y - y z])/(-1 + y + z)^2}]

Then, following the structure developed by JimB, one can begin by breaking the problem into five mutually exclusive integrations over x and y , thusly,
integrand = 1/((1 + 2 x)^28 (1 + y)^27) 86825246363856000 (1 + x)^14 (x -
   y)^4 (1 - 2 z)^4 (y - z)^4 (-1 + y + z)^4 (z +
   x (-1 - y + z))^4 (-1 + z + x (y + z))^4;

a1 = Integrate[integrand, {y, 1 - z - 2 Sqrt[z - 2 z^2], 1/2 (1 - 2 z)}, {x,
   1 - y - 2 z, -2 y + z + 2 Sqrt[y - 2 y z]},
  Assumptions -> {1/8 (2 - Sqrt[2]) < z < 1/6}];
a2 = Integrate[integrand, {y, 1/2 (1 - 2 z), (2 - z)/9 + 2/9 Sqrt[1 - z - 2 z^2]}, {x, y, -2 y + z + 2 Sqrt[y - 2 y z]},
  Assumptions -> {1/8 (2 - Sqrt[2]) < z < 1/6}];
a3 = Integrate[integrand, {y, z, 1/2 (1 - 2 z)}, {x, 1 - y - 2 z, -2 y + z + 2 Sqrt[y - 2 y z]},
  Assumptions -> {1/6 < z < 1/4}];
a4 = Integrate[integrand, {y, 1/2 (1 - 2 z), (2 - z)/9 + 2/9 Sqrt[1 - z - 2 z^2]}, {x, y, -2 y + z + 2 Sqrt[y - 2 y z]},
  Assumptions -> {1/6 < z < 1/4}];
a5 = Integrate[integrand, {y, z, (2 - z)/9 + 2/9 Sqrt[1 - z - 2 z^2]}, {x,
   y, -2 y + z + 2 Sqrt[y - 2 y z]}];

Then, JimB suggests the use of the rules
rules = {Sqrt[(-1 + 2 z) (-1 + z + 2 Sqrt[(1 - 2 z) z])] -> 1 - 2 z - Sqrt[(1 - 2 z) z],Sqrt[-z (-1 + z + 2 Sqrt[(1 - 2 z) z])] -> Sqrt[(1 - 2 z) z] - z,Sqrt[(1 + z) (2 - z + 2 Sqrt[1 - z - 2 z^2])] -> 1 + z + Sqrt[1 - z - 2 z^2],Sqrt[(-1 + 2 z) (z - 2 (1 + Sqrt[1 - z - 2 z^2]))] -> 1 - 2 z + Sqrt[1 - z - 2 z^2]};

The 5D problem mentioned at the outset is that of computing the "qubit-qutrit absolute separability Hilbert-Schmidt probability" for complex states. It takes the form
Integrate[8651375866704363561280512000000 (v - w)^2 (v - x)^2 (w - x)^2 (v -  y)^2 (w - y)^2 (x - y)^2 (v - z)^2 (w - z)^2 (x - z)^2 (y - z)^2 (-1 + 2 v + w + x + y + z)^2 (-1 + v + 2 w + x + y + z)^2 (-1 + v + w + 2 x + y + z)^2 (-1 + v + w + x + 2 y + z)^2 (-1 + v + w + x + y + 2 z)^2  Boole[1 > v && v>  w && w > x && x > y && y > z && z > 1 - v - w - x - y - z &&  1 - v - w - x - y - z > 0 && v - z - 2 Sqrt[y (-1 + v + w + x + y + 2 z)] < 0], {z, 0, 1}, {y, 0, 1}, {x, 0, 1}, {w, 0, 1}, {v, 0, 1}]

An extension of the 3D transformation of Tessore to 5D in order to obtain an unconstrained integration would appear appropriate. (Even a numerical evaluation would be of interest.)
In motivating the set of 3D transformations, Tessore had written (possibly helping in the construction of a 5D extension):
"You get the change of variables by first noting that lambda1 + lambda2 + lambda3 < 1,
so that lambda1 = x, lambda2 = y (1-x), lambda3 = z (1-y) (1-x) suggests itself.
Performing that first change, you see that the limits suggest instead the
substitution x -> x/(1+x). Performing that second change, you are then
lead to y -> y/(1+x) in the same way. Noting that the resulting range of x
at this point is still 0 < x < 1, you can do a substitution x -> x/(1+x)
once more to get the change of variables."

A: This is more a modest insight into the 5D problem than a full solution (the companion 3D problem having been successfully addressed by JimB in the first comment to the twofold question).
Let us break the 5D integration constraint
c =    1 > v && v >  w && w > x && x > y && y > z &&  z > 1 - v - w - x - y - z && 1 - v - w - x - y - z > 0 && v - z - 2 Sqrt[y (-1 + v + w + x + y + 2 z)] < 0
into
c1 =     1 > v && v >  w && w > x && x > y && y > z &&
z > 1 - v - w - x - y - z && 1 - v - w - x - y - z > 0
&&
c2 =
v - z - 2 Sqrt[y (-1 + v + w + x + y + 2 z)] < 0  .
Now, the command
h = GenericCylindricalDecomposition[c1, {z, y, x, w, v}][[1]]

yields the answer (Dimensions[h]={2})
(0 < z < 1/6 && ((z < y <
    1/4 (1 -
       2 z) && ((y < x <
        1/3 (1 - y - 2 z) && ((x < w < 1/2 (1 - x - y - 2 z) &&
           1 - w - x - y - 2 z < v <
            1 - w - x - y - z) || (1/2 (1 - x - y - 2 z) < w <
            1/2 (1 - x - y - z) &&
           w < v < 1 - w - x - y - z))) || (1/3 (1 - y - 2 z) <
        x < 1/3 (1 - y - z) && x < w < 1/2 (1 - x - y - z) &&
       w < v < 1 - w - x - y - z))) || (1/4 (1 - 2 z) < y < (
    1 - z)/4 && y < x < 1/3 (1 - y - z) &&
   x < w < 1/2 (1 - x - y - z) &&
   w < v < 1 - w - x - y - z))) || (1/6 < z < 1/5 && z < y < (1 - z)/4 && y < x < 1/3 (1 - y - z) && x < w < 1/2 (1 - x - y - z) && w < v < 1 - w - x - y - z)

The implementation of h[[2]], that is,
1/6 < z < 1/5 && z < y < (1 - z)/4 && y < x < 1/3 (1 - y - z) &&  x < w < 1/2 (1 - x - y - z) && w < v < 1 - w - x - y - z

using an integrand of 1, via the command
Integrate[1, {z, 1/6, 1/5}, {y, z, (1 - z)/4}, {x, y, 1/3 (1 - y - z)}, {w, x, 1/2 (1 - x - y - z)}, {v, w, 1 - w - x - y - z}]

(an  unconstrained integration, as Tessore was able to fully achieve in the 3D case) yields
1/111974400  \approx 8.93061*10^-9.

(Using h[[1]] instead yields the considerably larger value of 259/22394880 \approx 0.0000115651, the two results summing to 1/86400, with $86400= 2^7 \cdot 3^3 \cdot 5^2$.)
Now, the modest insight we seek to convey in this "answer" is that the SAME result (1/111974400) is obtained if instead of the constraint c1, we enforce the full constraint c in this integration (so, the vexsome [qubit-qutrit absolute separability] constraint c2 seems irrelevant in this limited context).
In other words, the command
 Integrate[Boole[c2], {z, 1/6, 1/5}, {y, z, (1 - z)/4}, {x, y, 1/3 (1 - y - z)}, {w, x, 1/2 (1 - x - y - z)}, {v, w, 1 - w - x - y - z}]

yields the same result (1/111974400).
So, now instead of an integrand of 1 in the command
    Integrate[1, {z, 1/6, 1/5}, {y, z, (1 - z)/4}, {x, y, 1/3 (1 - y - z)},{w, x, 1/2 (1 - x - y - z)}, {v, w, 1 - w - x - y - z}]

we would like to employ the original integrand
8651375866704363561280512000000 (v - w)^2 (v - x)^2 (w - x)^2 (v -
y)^2 (w - y)^2 (x - y)^2 (v - z)^2 (w - z)^2 (x - z)^2 (y -
z)^2 (-1 + 2 v + w + x + y + z)^2 (-1 + v + 2 w + x + y +
z)^2 (-1 + v + w + 2 x + y + z)^2 (-1 + v + w + x + 2 y +
z)^2 (-1 + v + w + x + y + 2 z)^2

But such an integration does not seem fully doable--obtaining incomplete beta functions at intermediate steps--with trivariate (x, y, z) results such as
(1/(4 (1 + v1)))(( 2^(-v1 - w1) (2^(2 + v1 + w1) x^(2 + v1 + w1) - (1 - x - y - z)^( 2 + v1 + w1)))/(2 + v1 + w1) +  4 (1 - x - y - z)^( 2 + v1 +  w1) (Beta[1/2, 1 + w1, 2 + v1] -  Beta[-(x/(-1 + x + y + z)), 1 + w1, 2 + v1])),
where v1 denotes the power of v (w1, x1, y1, z1, similarly) for any of the 152,523 monomials in the expansion of the integrand.
Numerics give us the (infinitesimal-like) probability 1.05552*10^-16--providing a lower bound on the desired absolute separability probability (amounting to some achievement).
I leave this particular integration as a challenge for the community (JimB?)--but I am pessimistic in this regard. Even more so, it would seem,  for the additonal required
integration--where the c2 constraint is now clearly active--based on the GenericCylindricalDecomposition result h[[1]], rather than h[[2]].

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Q: array_diff on assoc array only showing the first result and not all This is a continuation from another question where I forgot to ask the full question.  Luck I did because I was about to ask the wrong question.  Ok I have the following two arrays
Array ( [idAsset] => 10000005 [AssetName] => HP )
Array ( [idAsset] => 10000006 [AssetName] => HP Server )
Array ( [idAsset] => 10000009 [AssetName] => HP Laptop )
Array ( [idAsset] => 10000010 [AssetName] => Office Printer )
Array ( [idAsset] => 10000023 [AssetName] => test )

Array ( [idAsset] => 10000023 [AssetName] => test )

I got these using the following code
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    array_push($firstArray,$array1);
    }while($array1 = mysql_fetch_assoc($AssetUp));

do{
array_push($secondArray ,$array2);
 }while($array2 = mysql_fetch_assoc($DocUp));

$array3 = array_diff_key($firstArray, $secondArray);
 print_r($array3);

However this leaves me with the following:
  Array (
  [2] => Array ( [idAsset] => 10000006 [AssetName] => HP Server )
  [3] => Array ( [idAsset] => 10000009 [AssetName] => HP Laptop )
  [4] => Array ( [idAsset] => 10000010 [AssetName] => Office Printer )
  [5] => Array ( [idAsset] => 10000023 [AssetName] => test ) )

It seems to be leaving out the first loop and also still including the test asset
I'm trying to be left with one array that does not include items found in both arrays.  For example from above the 10000023 test would be removed from both arrays leaving me with the first 4 rows from $firstArray  (this is why the first question would have been wrong)  I want only the differences not the similarities.

A: I am assuming, your arrays are as follows:
$data = array( array( "idAsset" => 10000005, "AssetName" => "HP" ),
               array( "idAsset" => 10000006, "AssetName" => "HP Server" ),
               ... );

array_diff_assoc is not going to check any sub arrays. So in your case it will only compare your numeric indizes which isnt what you need.
A good idea might be to also use the idAsset you want to compare as the array key:
$data = array( "10000005" => array( "idAsset" => 10000005, "AssetName" => "HP" ),
               "10000006" => array( "idAsset" => 10000006, "AssetName" => "HP Server" ),
               ... );

If you now compare them via array_diff_key, it will return any differenced in key only. And since that's your criteria ... voilá
http://de2.php.net/manual/de/function.array-diff-key.php


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Тихоокеанская Карлвудская железная дорога () — миниатюрная садовая железная дорога, которую построил Уолт Дисней в 1950 году на заднем дворе своего дома в Лос-Анджелесе. Уолт Дисней решил построить собственную садовую железную дорогу под впечатлением от увлечения аниматоров Уорда Кимбалла и Олли Джонстона, у которых были миниатюрные железные дороги на заднем дворе.

Название железной дороги обусловлено улицей, на которой стоял дом Уолта Диснея, — 355 N. Carolwood Drive.

Общая протяженность железнодорожного полотна Тихоокеанской Карлвудской железной дороги составляла 797 метров с шириной колеи 184 миллиметра. Железная дорога окружала дом (см. схему) и имела развилки, подъемы в гору и даже 27 метровый туннель, проходивший под клумбами цветов.

По железной дороге двигался локомотив Lilly Belle («Красотка Лили»), внешне напоминавший модель паровоза Central Pacific #173 в масштабе один к восьми типа 4-4-0. В своем составе он имел миниатюрный паровой двигатель, достаточно мощный, чтобы тащить несколько вагончиков с сидевшими на них пассажирами. В свободное от работы время Уолт Дисней вместе со своими дочерьми и их друзьями проводили время, катаясь на локомотиве.

После продажи дома Диснея, железную дорогу разобрали, чтобы увеличить общую полезную площадь. В 1998 году благодаря усилиям Los Angeles Live Steamers Railroad Museum и фонда семьи Диснея часть железной дороги удалось выкупить и устроить музей.

История

В детстве Уолт Дисней хотел стать машинистом железнодорожного состава по примеру двоюродного брата его отца Майкла Мартина, который управлял составами на железной дороге «Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway». Отец Диснея одно время также работал на железной дороге «Union Pacific Railroad» в составе бригады по установке железнодорожных путей. Сам же Уолт, будучи подростком, занимался мелкой торговлей конфетами, журналами, сигаретами на одной из станций железной дороги «Missouri Pacific Railroad», и иногда ему удавалось попадать в кабину машинистов, которые за жевательный табак показывали Уолту как управлять паровозом.

Интерес к поездам у Уолта Диснея возобновился в 1947 году, когда после небольшой травмы при игре в поло он приобрел себе несколько миниатюрных железнодорожных составов Lionel, чтобы занять себя на время восстановления. Этот интерес был также подогрет аниматорами Олли Джонстоном и Уордом Кимбаллом, которые работали на студии Диснея: у Олли Джонстона была миниатюрная железная дорога в масштабе один к двенадцати, а у Уорда Кимбалла небольшая железная дорога, и Уолт с удовольствием наблюдал за этим необычным хобби.

1 июня 1949 года Уолт Дисней приобрёл 5 акров земли в «Holmby Hills», Лос-Анджелес. На этой земле он решает построить семейный особняк и миниатюрную железную дорогу. Изначальный план включал в себя железную дорогу, протяженностью 797,1 метров с шириной колеи 184 мм, на которой должно было быть 11 стрелок, эстакады и насыпи. Однако, жена Диснея Лилиан была против той части плана, которая затрагивала участок территории, на которой она планировала устроить цветник, поэтому в качестве компромисса в плане появился туннель, который проходил под цветником.

Работа над железной дорогой завершилась в 1949 году и стоила в сумме 50 000 долларов. На железную дорогу, при содействии адвоката Уолта, был составлен официальный контракт, который устанавливал право на владение и управление железной дорогой. Этот контракт подписали Уолт и Лилиан, а свидетелями были их дети. Локомотив для железной дороги был построен в мастерской при студии Диснея под руководством Роджера Броги. Это был паровоз в масштабе один к восьми, основанный на модели паровоза «Central Pacific No. 173» с колесными парами типа 4-4-0. Деревянную кабину для паровоза сделал сам Дисней, а Броги помог ему с оставшимися частями, включая дымовую трубу и головной фонарь. Механики Броги сделали для паровоза привод, который был испытан 24 декабря 1949 года на небольшой железнодорожной петле во время Рожденственской вечеринки на студии. Паровоз приводился в движение миниатюрным паровым двигателем, который заправлялся измельчённым углём. Паровой котёл мог вмещать до 13,2 литров воды, а топка до 4,5 килограммов угля. Непосредственно по самой железной дороге Диснея локомотив впервые проехал 7 мая 1950 года.

Кроме локомотива для железной дороги были сделаны ещё и вагоны, отличавшиеся большим количеством мелких деталей. Так, в той же мастерской было сделано 6 металлических полувагонов с деревянными стенками с зернистым рисунком, другие вагоны разных типов, включая кабуз, для которого были сделаны миниатюрные предметы интерьера. За исключением рам, вагоны делались самим Уолтом Диснеем. Когда железная дорога не использовалась, эти вагоны стояли в туннеле, кроме кабуза, который хранился в помещении сарая.

Переключение стрелок на железной дороге осуществлялось дистанционно с пульта управления, который находился в отдельном сарае. Внешний вид сарая был основан на одной из декораций из фильма «So Dear to My Heart», которая в свою очередь была основана на детских воспоминаниях Диснея об амбаре на семейной ферме в Марселине, штат Миссури. В амбаре находилась карта железной дороги, на которой с помощью лампочек можно было определить, где находится состав.

Железная дорога Диснея стала привлекать к себе внимание после статей в некоторых журналах, в частности журнала «Look» в выпуске сентября 1951 года. Уолт Дисней иногда приглашал желающих покататься на вагонах состава. Паровой двигатель локомотива мог развивать тяговое усилие до 8 900 ньютонов, что было достаточно для 12 взрослых пассажиров. В локомотиве не было предусмотрено тормозов, поэтому для торможения нужно было переключать привод на реверс.

В начале 1953 года один из посетителей, сильно разогнав локомотив, вызвал его опрокидывание при заходе на поворот. Из трубы паровоза вырвалась горячая струя пара, которая слегка обожгла ноги подбежавшей любопытной девочке. После этого инцидента Дисней надолго закрыл для посещения железную дорогу, а локомотив оставил на хранение в студии. Железная дорога заработала снова только в 1964 году.

Дальнейшая судьба
В 1965 году Дисней разобрал 457,2 метра железнодорожного полотна и пожертвовал любителям миниатюрных паровозов, в клубе которых сам состоял. В 1968 году (уже после смерти Диснея), Лилиан пожертвовала оставшиеся рельсы клубу «Live Steamers» в Лос-Анджелесе. В 1997 году дом Диснея был выставлен на продажу, к тому моменту от железной дороги ещё оставался туннель и сарай. Дом Диснея был снесён в 1998 из-за слабого фундамента. В 1999 году при содействии Моргана Эванса — ландшафтного дизайнера компании Дисней — оригинальный сарай удалось перевезти на новое место. После его реставрации в нём был устроен музей.

С 2009 года локомотив и некоторые вагоны выставлены в семейном музее Диснея в Сан-Франциско.

Влияние

По воспоминаниям Диснея Тикоокеанская Карлвудская железная дорога отчасти вдохновила его на постройку парка развлечений в Анахайме. Уже в раннюю концепцию парка была включена железная дорога, которая должна была перевозить посетителей мимо миниатюрных городов и населенных пунктов. В окончательном дизайне парка была сохранена узкоколейная железная дорога.

Локомотив «C.K. Holliday» железной дороги Диснейленда имеет большое сходство с локомотивом «Lilly Belle», потому что при его постройке использовался тот же чертеж. Копии чертежа «Lilly Belle» продавались любителям через компанию Walt Disney Miniature Railroad, образованную в 1950 году, как независимую от Walt Disney Productions.

Примечания

Литература

Ссылки
 Carolwood Pacific Официальный сайт Historical Society
 Carolwood Foundation (non-profit)
 Carolwood Pacific unofficial website
 Disney's Barn website
 Los Angeles Live Steamers official website
 Железная дорога Диснейлэнда сегодня
 Magic Behind the Steam Trains Tour webpage
 Hidden Mickey's Disney Train Secrets webpage
 История железной дороги Диснейлэнда
 Walt Disney World Dedication of Steam Engine # 3 Roger E. Broggie
 Walt's backyard railroad

Walt Disney
Садовые железные дороги

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Here's a nice recipe to use up that random filo pastry you bought. I love Greek food and have found myself missing it as of late. So, I thought what better weekend lunch to prepare than a Greek Spanakopita (Greek for spinach pie). It's simple and quick to make, tastes delish, and reminds you of a sunny Greek beach in the midst of a chilly winter; what's not to love?
This recipe only makes three triangle pies but if you want to make more, just increase the quantities and use more pastry sheets.
1) Preheat the oven to 180°C/350 F/ Gas 4 and line a baking tray with baking paper.
2) Put the spinach in a sieve over a small mixing bowl. Using the back of a spoon, push the spinach slightly against the mesh of the sieve to squeeze the water out. Blot the spinach with kitchen paper to get rid of any water still hiding on the surface. Once you're sure all the water has been squeezed out of the spinach, tip it out into a separate bowl.
3) Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and add the garlic. Fry for 1-2 minutes on a medium heat until golden. Add the garlic to the spinach along with the feta cheese. Rub the mixture together with your fingers, crushing the feta cheese cubes into the spinach.
4) Place 1 sheet of filo pastry on the work surface with the longest edge facing you. Brush with butter and place the other sheet on top, brushing this one with butter too. With a sharp knife, cut the buttered pastry vertically into three equal sections.
5) Place 1-2 tablespoons of the spinach and feta filling onto the top left corner of one of the sections and fold the pastry over to meet the other side, making a triangular shape. Continue to fold the triangle down the length of the pastry until you reach the end. Cut off any excess pastry and pat down the edges to close any big gaps. Repeat with the other two sections.
6) Place the triangles on the baking tray and brush generously with butter. Bake on the middle shelf for 20-25 minutes until golden brown. Allow to cool a little bit before enjoying 😊.
· If you have any pastry and filling leftover, you could try doing a spiral-shaped pie: Layer 2 pieces of filo pastry on top of each other, using melted butter to stick them together. Cut a square out of the pastry and brush the top layer with more butter. Dot some spinach and feta filling along one edge and spread it down the length with your fingers so there's no gaps. Tightly fold the pastry over the filling and continue to roll it up to the other end into a sausage shape. Brush this with more melted butter and, starting from the end closest to you, roll the sausage up into a spiral. Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden. As you can see from my photo, filo pastry tends to crack very easily when you roll it up in this way, so if you are going to choose this shape, you should work quickly and aim not to leave the filo pastry sitting on the side too long (exposure to air makes the pastry go dry).
Have you ever baked something that came out of the oven perfect and tasted divine, to then lose the recipe and never be able to bake it again? Yeah. That's what happened to me with this fruity tea loaf. I can't remember where I found this recipe on the internet but whoever originally posted this, I thank you from the bottom of my heart because it is the best tea loaf I have ever had the pleasure to bake and eat. Luckily, I found the recipe recently on a scrappy piece of paper hidden among a collection of random stuff in our kitchen. There was no title on the page, just a simple list of ingredients and vague instructions. The best kind of kitchen mystery!
1) Preheat the oven to 150°C/ 300 F/ Gas Mark 2. Line a 9 x 5 inch loaf tin with baking paper or a made to fit paper case.
2) Heat the black tea, sultanas, sugar and butter in a large saucepan. Bring this mixture to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes, stirring regularly. Take off the heat and allow to cool for a few minutes.
3) Meanwhile, sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and mixed spice into a wide mixing bowl. Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients and pour in the wet mixture. Throw in the beaten eggs and quickly stir everything together to avoid the heat of the liquid cooking the eggs.
4) Once everything is well combined spoon the cake mixture into the loaf tin and even the top with the back of a spoon. Place on the middle shelf in the oven for 1 hour 30-50 minutes. After 1 hour place foil over the top of the cake to prevent it burning. At the 1 hour 30 minutes mark, test the cake with a knife or skewer. If the skewer comes out clean the cake is baked, however if some batter remains on the skewer leave the cake in a bit longer. Once baked, allow the cake to cool in the loaf tin.
5) Slice into generous slices and serve with a nice cup of tea. This loaf cake is nice with a spreading of butter.
Today marked a special occasion: the day I went back to baking for the first time in… well a long time for me. I've been so busy with my Master's degree that, unfortunately, baking has fallen to the wayside. But today I finished an assignment and didn't quite fancy going back to my other studying so I thought today was the day that I got cracking the eggs into my mixing bowl again. So, what did I bake I hear you say? Well I've had a madeleine tray in the cupboard for a long time so I thought I'd dust that off!
Being as it was actually my first time making madeleines, I used Michel Roux Jr's recipe, however replaced his preferred lemon flavour with vanilla and chocolate chips.
Oh and another thing… just as I was melting my butter I found out (much to my Angel delight) that the battery on the scales was completely gone. I was forced to guestimate with tablespoons instead. Luckily everything turned out smoothly (or springy to the touch and light as you will soon find out).
Before you go any further, make sure you have a madeleine tray!
-1 tablespoon extra melted butter and plain flour for dusting the madeleine tray.
1) Melt the extra tablespoon of butter and brush around a madeleine tray with a pastry brush. Sieve a couple of tablespoons of flour over the madeleine tray and tap off any excess.
2) Preheat the oven to Gas 6/ 200°C/ 400F. Whisk the eggs and caster sugar together in a mixing bowl until frothy and slightly thickened. Sieve in the flour and baking powder, and add the vanilla extract and melted butter. Fold everything together gently with a spatula and leave to rest for 20 minutes.
3) Stir through the batter once more and carefully fill the holes in the madeleine tray. Sprinkle a few chocolate chips over the top of each madeleine and push in slightly with your finger. Bake the madeleines on the middle shelf of the oven for 8-10 minutes until risen and springy to the touch.
5) Once cooled, dust the these cute little French cakes with a dash of icing sugar and enjoy with a cup of tea or coffee.
I went on a shopping trip the other day and of course what happens when you go and randomly browse the shops? Yes, you come back with something completely random. And that's exactly what happened to me. I went shopping with my best friend and we made the mistake of going in the cookware shop in town which had a few discount baskets…and the next thing I knew I'd left the shop with a cookie stamp, with which you can stamp your very own messages onto your bakes. Before I picked this little gem up I didn't need anything but once it was in my hand I just couldn't imagine my baking cupboard without it. So of course I had to make some biscuits to test it out.
I used the basic biscuit dough recipe on the BBC website (find it here), but tweaked it a little, halving the butter and sugar, adding a tad more flour but keeping the same amount of egg. The basic biscuit dough on the BBC website is just a canvas, upon which you can add whatever flavours you want. I chose lemon and white chocolate.
These biscuits are perfect for a light afternoon treat with your cuppa.
1) Grease and line a baking tray with grease-proof paper. Preheat the oven to 170°C/Gas 4. Cream the butter, sugar and lemon zest together until light and fluffy. Mix in the egg yolk and then gradually sieve in the flour, mixing after each addition. When the dough gets stiffer to stir, get in there with your hands and gently knead the rest of the flour in. The dough will be softer than a normal biscuit dough but still mouldable. Wrap the dough in cling-film and refrigerate for 20-30 minutes.
2) Take half of the dough and roll out to the thickness of a £1 coin. Cut out 3-4 inch rounds with a fluted cookie cutter (I find the crimped edges these cutters create, hold the melted chocolate a lot more).
3) If you have a cookie stamp, now would be the time to use it! Once you're happy with the design of your biscuits place them on the baking tray, leaving a few centimetres between each one. Bake for 13-16 minutes until the edges are brown but the tops are only a tiny bit golden. Leave to cool on a wire rack. You'll find you need to do about 3 batches of baking.
4) Place a sheet of grease-proof paper on a couple of trays. Melt the white chocolate in the microwave or in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Allow to cool a little bit. Take a biscuit and twirl it so that only the edges get covered in chocolate and then place on the tray to set. To speed up the setting process, put the biscuits in the fridge for half an hour.
5) Boil the kettle, get the tea or coffee out and enjoy.
Salted Caramel Brownies – Belgian style!
In the past I have had a love-hate relationship with brownies. Love, in the sense that I loooooovveee eating them. Hate, in the sense that any brownie mixtures I tend to make HATE me and the resulting brownie is always too much on the underbaked side.
However, I ran into this little recipe by Asda Good Living, claiming to be the 'ultimate' recipe so, naturally, I just had to give it a go. This recipe informs bakers to plunge their tray of fresh from the oven brownies into a tray of cold water to start rapidly cooling them. This sounded a bit extreme but once I tried it I never went back. I'm not sure on the science aspect of this but, in my head, it would make the sugar crystals seize up a lot quicker, hence helping the brownie set. Whatever the scientific reason, it works and that's all I need to know.
As well as chocolate brownies, I wanted to do something with this product.......Lotus Biscoff spread! If you haven't heard of this stuff you should educate yourself. You know those caramelly little biscuits you get with your coffee in a cafe? Well..lesson 1: that is called a Speculoo and it comes from Belgium. Lesson 2: there's a spreadable version. And whilst in Belgium, I thought it only right to do something with this little beauty.
So I went on the Lotus Biscoff website and found this recipe, which involves creating lotus balls of goodness (go with me on this one) and submerging them in the luscious brownie mixture. I was sceptical at first too.
So I combined the 'ultimate' brownie recipe I adopted recently with the above 'lotus balls' recipe, made a few tweeks of my own and hey presto, I give you my own version...with the added twist of the salted caramel flavour rather than just plain Jane.
1) First, make the Lotus Biscoff spread spheres: In a small bowl, mix the lotus spread with enough of the icing sugar to create a pliable dough, similar to fondant icing. Divide the mixture into conker-sized spheres. Place on a plate and sprinkle with the salt.
2)Make the brownie mixture: Preheat the oven to 180°C/Gas 4 and line a square tin with baking paper. Chop the chocolate and, along with the butter, place in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of just simmering water. Do not allow the water to touch the bottom of the bowl.
egg yolk for a few minutes until thickened and frothy. Add the sugar and whisk to combine.
4) Once melted together, pour the chocolate and butter mixture into the eggs and sugar and gently fold through.
5) Carefully fold through the flour, baking powder and salt.
6)Pour the brownie batter into the tin and disperse the lotus spread spheres evenly throughout. Bake in the middle of the oven for 45 minutes. You may need to place tin foil over the top of the brownie at the 30-minute mark to prevent the top from burning. When a knife or cocktail stick comes out clean, your brownies are baked. Fill a roasting tin, or something similar, halfway with really COLD water. Once baked, immediately place your brownie tin into the cold water and allow to sit in this until completely cold (obviously don't let any water actually touch the brownies). Cut into squares.
7) To decorate, melt the white chocolate with the 2 tablespoons of Lotus Biscoff spread in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Stir occasionally. Once melted take off the heat and allow to cool for 5-10 minutes before pouring into a disposable piping bag. Snip a narrow end off of the bag and pipe drizzly lines over your brownie squares. Alternatively, just use a teaspoon for this. Sprinkle with the biscuit pieces, another sprinkle of salt and allow to set.
*enjoy warm with vanilla ice-cream.
*an electric hand-mixer can be useful to whisk the eggs in step 3.
*a microwave can be used to melt the chocolate and butter/Lotus spread in steps 2 and 7, however, DO NOT leave the microwave alone and check and stir the chocolate at least every 10 seconds if you do go for this method of melting.
So it's a rainy day in Brussels (honestly the weather here is more confused than in London and that's saying something). It's literally rained 4 times today and the sun has come out 5 times. I know what you're thinking- trust the Brit to make a point about the weather in a blog. I'm telling you though, us Brits are onto something because the weather here really is a good talking point! So in this confused weather day I decided to have tea, biscuits and update my baking blog. It's a very British past-time I'll admit.
When I moved to Brussels a month ago (albeit temporarily), I came with the fierce attitude that no matter the limits in my baking equipment, I would still manage to bake. I came true on this though I'm not going to lie- it's been more EFFORT than usual. So far I've made cookies, cupcakes and rocky road, not bad going…So now for the next step- to crack out the laptop and actually write something down!
Now this week this bake has caused some confusion- it seems a lot of people don't actually know what rocky road is!! Well let me educate you about this gorgeously chocolatey sugary goodness bite of heaven. It's just chocolate, butter, syrup, biscuits and all things sweet meted down and mixed up and cut into bite-sized squares. It originates from America but when the British adopted it, they rather appropriately gave it the posh name of a 'Tiffin'. Call it what you want guys, as long as you enjoy it that's all that counts ;). For all those baking-shy people this is the best thing for beginners- there's no oven involved so you CANNOT FAIL. Give it a go. You'll love it.
1) Line a square tin (or anything you have) with cling film, using a dash of butter to make it stick. Set aside.
2) Bring a pan of water to the boil and turn down the heat to a simmer. Chop the chocolate into small pieces and dice the butter into cubes. Place chocolate and butter into a heatproof bowl with the syrup. Place over the pan of simmering water, making sure the surface of the water DOES NOT TOUCH the bottom of the bowl (the chocolate will burn otherwise). Allow the ingredients to melt, stirring only occasionally. Once melted take the bowl off the heat and set aside to cool down slightly.
3) Meanwhile break or crush up your biscuits in a big(ish) mixing bowl. It's up to you how far you go with this; if you like chunks of biscuit then only break them up but if you prefer them to blend in more with the chocolate mix, go wild with a rolling pin/ mallet/ brick (just joking about this one).
4) Pour the chocolate into the biscuits and mix to combine. Next chop up the marshmallows and any other ingredients you so desire, and stir into the mixture.
5) Pour the rocky road mixture into the tin and flatten down with a spatula. Allow to cool properly for an hour or so before putting in the fridge to set for 2-3 hours minimum. Once properly set, run a large sharp knife under hot water (yeah you don't want to mess with this girl!), wipe and cut the rocky road into your desired portions. This will keep for a week or so in the fridge.
6) Dish out to friends and colleagues to fatten them up (optional).
*Going the extra mile: if you fancy being a bit..well…fancy…why not decorate the top of your rocky road? As Mary Berry says, it's always better to show a bit of what's on the inside on the outside! I was using this bake as an excuse to use up some leftover chocolate so I went mental with the decoration. A good technique to use is the following: after flattening the surface of the rocky road in step (5) melt down about 100g chocolate and drizzle about half of it over the surface of the rocky road. This will act like a glue to attach your toppings. Add whatever toppings you want, such as chocolate buttons, bits of broken biscuit, extra marshmallows etc. Then drizzle the other half of the melted chocolate over the top in as artistic a fashion as you can manage. I find using a contrasting chocolate to the one you used in the actual rocky road looks nice here (ie milk on white, white on dark). Trust me, the contrast looks very fetching to the eye ;)…as if a cake of chocolate and sheer sugar isn't fetching enough to the eye!
*FANCY FINISH: Once you've cut up your rocky road, dust with icing sugar to give it a finished Starbucksy kind of finish.
To start off the New Year I thought I'd go for a classic bake – the Victoria Sponge. I made this for my Nan's birthday a few days ago on request. After all of the indulgent flavours of the Christmas season it was nice to go back to basics with a nice fluffy sponge sandwiched with fruity jam and a light butter cream. This cake really is perfect for those January babies who don't want a birthday cake too heavy. Or you can use it as a base for an iced extravaganza. Your choice.
Rather than creaming the butter and sugar first before adding the flour and eggs, this time I went for the all-in-one method which I previously criticized. Turns out it doesn't really matter how you mix a sponge. The trick is not to over-mix it!
I have also opted for the longer-lasting butter cream filling as opposed to fresh cream. But if you know the Vicky sponge won't last more than 2 days crack out the whipping cream!
1) Grease and line two sandwich cake tins and preheat the oven to 180°C / Gas mark 5.
2) Put all cake ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix with an electric mixer or hand beater for approximately 2 minutes until everything is incorporated and a smooth light batter is achieved (I'm talking drop-off-the-spoon consistency...). Divide between the sandwich tins and bake for 20-25 minutes until slightly shrunken away from the sides and springy to the touch. Turn out onto a wire rack and allow to cool.
3) With an electric hand beater fluff up the butter. Add the vanilla extract and gradually sieve in the icing sugar, mixing after each addition. It may be necessary to add a dash of milk every now and then to loosen it up a bit. Once all the icing sugar is added continue to beat the icing until pale and spreadable- a couple of minute should do.
4) Spread the jam generously on one of the upturned cakes. Spread the other cake with the butter cream and sandwich them together – whether you have the jam or butter cream on top is entirely up to you! Dust liberally with icing sugar. Gorgeous.


Loe Bar, just south of Porthleven, near Helston. This used to be a sea inlet but silted up many years ago. The separated water, now called Loe Pool, is fresh water and has a diversity of wildlife around it. Note the different colours of the sea and the pool.


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Colombia and Wilier together again in 2015
By Press Release On Oct 29, 2014
Rubiano and Carlos Quintero among nine confirmed riders
After officializing six new riders for next season, Team Colombia is glad to announce that the partnership with bike supplier Wilier Triestina will follow in 2015. The established Italian brand based in Rossano Veneto had worked with Claudio Corti's team in the last two season, and will provide the Escarabajos with the innovative latest version of the Zero.7 frame, already tested by some of Team Colombia's riders during the 2014 season.
Zero.7 is the lightest racing model ever made by Wilier Triestina, whose frame's weight stands just below 800 grams, to enhance the performance of climbers like the Colombian Escarabajos. In addition, Wilier Triestina's engeneers have managed to provide greater riding stability and aerodynamic efficiency by focused their attention and research on the steering area, increasing frame stiffness and reducing drag.
Wilier Triestina's confirmation is another key stone for 2015 Team Colombia, but not the only one for the day. In fact, in addition to the four athletes already signed for 2015 – Edwin Avila, Jonathan Paredes, Darwin Pantoja and Edward Diaz – General Manager Claudio Corti sealed new deals with five more elements: Colombian National Champion Miguel Angel Rubiano will make the team for the second year in a row, and will be joined by fellow Colombia National Team member in Ponferrada Worlds Carlos Julian Quintero, veteran Leonardo Duque, Rodolfo Torres and Juan Pablo Valencia.
As of today, Team Colombia's roster features 15 riders, but the work of the technical staff is far from over: a sixteenth rider will be announced in the next few days, while discussions are underway with more athletes, including some already in 2014 roster.
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Turkey to appoint new prime minister
Turkey's ruling AK Party is set to appoint a key ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as its leader and new prime minister, after a reported rift led Ahmet Davutoglu to quit.
Binali Yildirim, the outgoing transport minister, is the sole candidate at a party congress in Ankara.
His main task will be to oversee constitutional changes to increase the president's power, correspondents say.
The issue is thought to have been behind the resignation of Mr Davutoglu.
Leadership rift spoils Turkey's party
PM to step down after falling out of favour
The BBC's Mark Lowen in Istanbul says Mr Yildirim will not step out of line with Mr Erdogan and will even be ready to support a constitutional change that would see his role effectively scrapped.
Some Western leaders find Mr Erdogan hard to deal with, he says, and opponents believe an unchecked Mr Erdogan will clamp down further on dissent.
But Mr Erdogan's supporters – mainly conservative, pious Turks – still see him as the man who gave them a political voice and insist he is right to exert his control, our correspondent says.
Mr Yildirim takes the job as Turkey faces security threats from PKK Kurdish militants and so-called Islamic State.
A ceasefire between Turkey and the PKK ended weeks after elections in June 2015, and the renewed conflict has claimed hundreds of lives on both sides, particularly in Turkey's south-east.
In a speech on Thursday, Mr Yildirim made clear he would work "in total harmony" with the president and all other levels of the AKP.
Mr Davutoglu resigned two weeks ago after failing to reconcile his differences with Mr Erdogan.
Mr Davutoglu said he would continue as a party legislator and would not try to divide the AKP.
A reward for loyalty: Selin Girit, BBC News, Istanbul
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The choice of Binali Yildirim has surprised few in Turkey, as he has been an Erdogan favourite for years. He has remained loyal in the most troubling times, and that loyalty appears to have paid off.
He has served as transport minister for many years, and did not hesitate to resign from his post to run for the mayoral elections in the western city of Izmir, a secular stronghold, at Mr Erdogan's request.
His name had come up as a possible candidate for the party leadership at last year's AKP congress. And that forced Mr Davutoglu to concede some of his powers within the party.
One AKP MP had to apologise after suggesting that the next prime minister would be a "low-profile" name.
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Trophy hunting 'imperial' and 'unsustainable'
| 20th June 2019
Trophy hunting elephants has negative consequences for conservation and local communities.
A colonial attitude remains pervasive among those who defend the trophy hunting of elephants. They argue that 'the west' must stop lecturing Africans about how to manage their elephants.
But it was Western hunters who shot elephants out to the point where they had to establish reserves, dispossessing and crowding out local communities in the process.
Fortress conservation and green militarisation are direct functions of these past colonial activities that created a 'white hunter/black poacher' narrative.
Imperial saviours
A major part of the reason that local communities are so upset at being excluded from national parks has much to do with how they were established in the first place - largely by colonial authorities creating hunting playgrounds.
Public relations efforts to paint western trophy hunters as the imperial saviours of poor African communities are therefore difficult to countenance. As with colonialism and slavery, the hunting of elephants for sport will eventually be abolished.
The hunting of elephants for sport is morally dubitable, with hunters arguing that they kill the animals they love for the sake of conservation. In reality, the conservation value of hunting is being questioned, and its direct revenue contributions are rapidly declining.
The ostensible indirect benefit through monetary and bushmeat contributions to communities remains questionable in light of governance concerns.
Botswana, which has a growing elephant poaching problem, reintroduced hunting on the premise that an exploding elephant population had exceeded its carrying capacity. But even Ron Thomson, having defended hunting his entire career, agrees that hunting is not a population-control method and "will have no ecological impact whatsoever on the elephant over-population problem that certainly exists."
He argues that elephant management in Botswana has nothing to do with hunting or poltics but everything to do with establishing a "management solution to a population of elephants that is very obviously grossly in excess of its habitat's sustainable carrying capacity.'"
Thomson cites no science in support of his view that carrying capacity has been exceeded. Conversely, 24 scientists contributed to: The Return of the Giants: Ecological Effects of an Increasing Elephant Population, published in Ambio, a scientific journal, in 2004.
The article states: "Much of the Chobe elephant problem has concerned the role of elephants in the disappearance of the riverine Acacia woodlands on the elevated alluvial plains along the Chobe River.
"As we have shown, these woodlands were probably a transient artefact, caused by artificially low densities of large herbivores following rinderpest and excessive hunting of elephants about 100 years ago, creating a window of opportunity for seedling establishment.
"Now that these woodlands have all but disappeared, their re-establishment would require drastic reductions in herbivore populations, including not only elephants, but also smaller browsers like impala.
"Our studies have confirmed that the ecosystem along the Chobe riverfront has changed profoundly since the 1960s, probably reverting towards a situation somewhat similar to the one before the excessive hunting of elephants and the rinderpest panzootic [a virus].
"There is, however, little evidence of a reduction in the carrying capacity for other large herbivores, in fact the dominating species of browsers, grazers and mixed feeders have increased in numbers concurrently with the elephants.
"We do not, however, see any ecological reason to artificially change the number of elephants in Chobe National Park, either through culling or opening new dry season ranges by providing extra water from boreholes."
Habitat complexity
Further to this, 16 scientists co-authored a piece in Science Advances in 2015 that demonstrates that what pro-cullers refers to as 'destruction' is more appropriately understood as conversion: "African elephants convert woodland to shrubland, which indirectly improves the browse availability for impala and black rhinoceros.
"By damaging trees, African elephants facilitate increased structural habitat complexity benefiting lizard communities.
"Predation by large predators (for example, lions) on small ungulates is facilitated when African elephants open impenetrable thickets. African elephants are also great dispersers of seeds over long distances."
Insisting on 'carrying capacity' as the primary factor to determine elephant population size betrays Thomson's worldview that "there is nothing 'natural' about wildlife management".
His view is that the natural order is there mainly to serve man. That attitude subverts the call to steward responsibly to one of mere domination.
Diversity protection
Thomson laments that "today, all over southern Africa, our national parks are being managed as 'elephant sanctuaries' – at great cost to biological diversity" and that we should all be ashamed of ourselves for having allowed this.
Thomson views culling as the only serious 'management solution'. He is furious that "governments will not cull even the most excessive of elephant populations" and blames biological diversity destruction on this decision alone.
Against all science, reverting to the view that wildlife management is akin to managing an agricultural establishment, Thomson says the optimal carrying capacity in southern Africa is "in the vicinity of one elephant per 5km2".
Therefore, Botswana on its own may be able to sustainably carry "infinitely less than 50,000". And, of course, we shouldn't fear because elephants in rejuvenating habitats will double their population every 10 years and have to be culled again.
His lust for culling on the altar of some utopian notion of species diversity protection is telling.
Gene depletion
Thomson endorses hunting because "it will provide many benefits to the local rural folk', again emblematic of colonialist language. But he really believes in mass culling as the only sustainable solution.
Culling is deeply questionable on every level. Elephant populations in Africa are declining at the hands of poachers. Hunting will only amplify the negative effect of poaching, as it also targets large tuskers.
The removal of prime males from elephant families causes social havoc and gene depletion, and culling makes everything worse.
Added to this, culling actually creates a population problem rather than solving it. In the subsequent 20 years to the Kruger culling of 1994, the elephant population increased non-linearly from about 8000 to 15000 individuals and has continued to grow exponentially.
Perhaps it is most important for Thomson to understand that the culling of the past, much of it overseen by him, has caused irreparable damage to elephants and other species.
Unexpected consequences
It has been found that abilities to process information on social identity and age-related dominance are severely compromised among African elephants that experienced separation from family members and translocation decades previously.
Professor Don Ross writes: "For a number of years, southern African wildlife managers culled [elephant] herds to prevent over-population from threatening habitat sustainability.
"Typically culls would focus deliberately, though not exclusively, on older bulls who had already made substantial genetic contributions. In consequence, in two South African reserves in the 1990s young bulls were relocated to constitute new bachelor herds, without any older bulls to provide leadership.
"This had dramatic unexpected consequences. The young bulls displayed recurrent, atypical, lethal violence against rhinoceroses, and were occasionally observed forcing copulations with them."
Thomson really should be aware of these studies that provide detail of the negative effects of culling and the loss of older bull males for elephant herd sociology.
Poaching epidemic
In the context of a poaching epidemic, it simply does not make sense to allow the trophy hunting of older bulls, let alone to cull.
Older bulls' tusks grow exponentially larger towards the end of their lives and their musth cycles suppress the musth cycles of younger bulls and therefore prevent premature breeding and violent behaviour.
Large tuskers are in severe decline, and must be heavily protected from trophy hunting and poaching, as Dr Michelle Henley has noted.
Furthermore, trophy hunting of elephants, never mind culling, raises serious moral questions. Thomson's language is crudely utilitarian – elephant hunting and culling are seen as a means to an end, that end being a utopian bushveld garden free from vegetation transformation or 'too many elephants.'
The means are justified and rationalised on those grounds, typically with an appeal to 'stick to the facts' or to keep emotion out of the equation.
Governance challenges
Arguments that communities have called for hunting to return are not to be ignored. But to unthinkingly claim that only Western armchair critics are opposed to the practice is to ignore the fact that the whole trophy hunting endeavour (of elephants especially) is imperialistic and morally questionable.
Aside from the moral questions and the conservation consequences of culling and hunting, it's not clear that governance challenges associated with managing hunting have been solved.
Will local communities get a fair share of hunting revenue (which is globally declining)? How will that money be distributed in a way that genuinely serves community members and incentivises them to drive conservation-driven development?
If bushmeat is what communities are asking for, are there not feasible alternatives to trophy hunting?
I'm highly sympathetic to the voice of communities, and have written extensively on the topic, but I am not sympathetic to elephant hunting as a solution unless the governance challenges are properly addressed and the science that shows how the extermination of 400 older males a year – in the midst of a poaching crisis – can be 'sustainable' when the number of large tuskers are dwindling.
Disrupting sociology
The entire population is also likely in decline. Elephant-themed revenue creation projects, being pioneered on the ground by excellent outfits such as Eco-Exist, which aim to drive down human and elephant conflict, are surely the way forward.
It is not scientific or objective to divorce the material psychological consequences of culling and hunting elephants from necessary ecological management.
The science shows us that disrupting elephant sociology is inextricably linked to negative conservation consequences.
Increased aggression among elephants due to culling, hunting and poaching will only increase human and elephant conflict. We have to pursue co-existence and shared benefits rather than a crude utilitarianism that wilfully endorses cruelty.
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Ross Harvey studied a B.Com in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Cape Town (UCT), where he also completed an M.Phil in Public Policy. At the end of 2018, he submitted his PhD in Economics, also at UCT. Ross is currently a freelance independent economist who works with The Conservation Action Trust.
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Eduardo Gonçalves
Trophy hunting is a multi-million dollar global industry. There needs to be concerted international action to ban with this archaic and cruel bloodsport.
UK must ban trophy hunting imports
The evidence suggests that ethical, economic and ecological problems with trophy hunting warrant a trophy import ban.
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Sampson County | Scuffalong: Genealogy. Sampson County – Scuffalong: Genealogy.
Several months, when I was examining delayed birth certificates filed in Wayne County, North Carolina, I asked who the A.J. Carter was listed as a cousin on Christine "Nora" Aldridge Henderson's birth record. Today I found a marriage license for A.J. Carter and Mallie Simmons, and it hit me suddenly that A.J. was Ammie James Carter, (1) oldest of A. Marshall and Frances Jacobs Carter's sons, (2) thus, nephew of "Papa" Jesse A. Jacobs Jr., and (3) brother-in-law of Beulah Aldridge Carter, my great-grandfather Tom Aldridge's sister.
But how in the world was Ammie Carter Nora Aldridge Henderson's cousin? "Play" cousin? Or blood?
Ammie Carter, born about 1881, was the son of Archy Marshall Carter and Margaret Frances Jacobs. His mother Frances was the sister of Jesse A. Jacobs Jr., who reared my grandmother, and the daughter of Jesse Sr. and Abigail Gilliam (or Gilliard) Jacobs. Jesse and Abigail's parentage is unclear, but they are believed to have been born in Cumberland or perhaps Sampson County. As far as I know, neither was related to Nora Aldridge's parents, John W. Aldridge and Louvicey Artis.
And there's this: on Sarah H. Jacobs' 1938 death certificate, her mother's maiden name is listed as Margaret Carter. When I asked my grandmother about it, she did not know why. I believe Sarah's mother, who was otherwise known as Margaret Balkcum, was the sister of Mary Eliza Balkcum Aldridge. Is the Aldridge-Carter connection actually via their Balkcum side? Was their unknown father — a man of color — a Carter?
William Carter was the son of Michael Carter (circa 1805-circa 1875) and Patience, maiden name unknown, of Sampson County, whom I know only through the 1860 and 1870 censuses, in which they are enumerated in Sampson County. They both seem to have died before 1880. My lack of knowledge about Robert Aldridge or Mary Eliza Balkcum Aldridge's parents makes me hesitate to say that either (or neither) was related to Michael or Patience Carter. The same holds for Mary Cox Carter's parents, whoever they might have been.
In short, for now, I have no answers.
When the call came, Nancy Balkcum's grandsons answered. And paid.
James Lucian Balkcum, born about 1839, son of Mariah Balkcum and William L. Robinson. Lucian was a Sampson County farmer when he enlisted as a private on 9 May 1861 in Company F, 20th North Carolina Infantry. He was captured 20 July 1864 at Stephenson's Depot, Virginia, and confined at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, where he died of variola on 4 Jan 1865. He is buried in the Confederate Cemetery in Columbus.
Josiah Johnson, born about 1844, son of William and Mariah Balkcum Johnson of Sampson County. Josiah enlisted as a private on the same day and in the same company as his half-brother Lucian Balkcum. He received a disability discharge on 6 May 1862, but re-enlisted 2 Jan 1864. Josiah died from wounds on 9 Nov 1864 at Mount Jackson, Virginia.
Harman Balkcum, born about 1822 to Nancy Balkcum and an unknown father. A 5'6″ farmer, he enlisted 4 Jan 1862 in Duplin County as a private in Company A, Wilmington & Weldon Railroad Guards (later Company D, 13th Battalion, North Carolina Infantry.) A month later, records note that he missed duty for five days due to parotitis. He died 8 April 1863, probably of illness.
William James Balkcum, born 1841 to Lemuel and Jemima Rackley Balkcum of Sampson County. W.J. enlisted on 10 Sept 1862 in the same company as Lucian Balkcum and Josiah Johnson. He was wounded 1 July 1863 at Gettysburg, and his left arm amputated. He was captured as prisoner of war on 5 July 1863 and paroled circa 25 Sept 1867. He arrived for prisoner exchange 27 Sept 1863 at City Point, Virginia, and transferred to Company F, 20th Infantry on 16 Apr 1864. Nancy's great-grandson was the only Balkcum to come home.
Lemuel Balkcum, born about 1823. He was named as a grandson in Hester Balkcum's will and was probably the son of Nancy Balkcum. In the early 1840s, Lemuel Balkcum married Jemima Rackley. They had at least eleven children — the youngest just months old — before his enlistment on 2 September 1863 as a private in Company E, 30th North Carolina Infantry at Camp Holmes, Raleigh NC. Lemuel died of typhoid fever on 26 Dec 1863 in a Richmond, Virginia, hospital and is buried in Hollywood cemetery, Richmond.
One of the most rewarding results of my decades of genealogical sleuthing has been the development of a deep connection with many of my Carter cousins, descendants of Milford and Beulah Aldridge Carter. My grandmother talked often of the Carter family, to which she was connected both via the Aldridges and "Papa" Jesse Jacobs, who was Milford Carter's uncle.
The Carters looked 'bout like white folks. I didn't really know all of 'em. I think it was nine of them boys. The three I knew was Milford and Johnnie and Harold, I think. They used to come to Wilson, but the older one [Willoughby] didn't come up. But Milford, Harold — the two youngest ones come over and stayed with Annie Bell [Jacobs Gay, Papa's daughter.] Johnnie – and Freddie, too. When I'd go to Uncle Lucian's, they lived not too far from there. But I never went to their house. I think Harold was the youngest one. 'Cause that's the one came to Wilson, and Albert, Annie Bell's husband, got him a job down to the station driving a cab. And he got his own car, and he was down there for a long time. Harold. He's the youngest one. Carter. All of them was great big.
There were indeed nine Carter brothers — Willoughby (1880), Ammie (1881), Freddie (1890), Milford (1893), Granger (1895), Lippman (1898), John Wesley (1899), Harold (1903) and Richard (1906) — plus a sister Florence (1887). (Florence's son William Homer Camp Jr. married Onra L. Henderson, Beulah A. Carter's niece and my grandmother's double cousin.) The brothers were born in Sampson and Wayne Counties to Archie Marshall (or Marshall Archie) Carter and Margaret Frances Jacobs, sister of Jesse A. Jacobs Jr. Marshall Carter (1860-1926) was the son of William and Mary Cox Carter of Sampson County. (My grandmother also spoke of Marshall's sister, Virginia Ann "Annie" Carter, who married Hardy Cox and was a close friend of "Mama" Sarah Henderson Jacobs Silver.) William Cox (1833- ca. 1875) was the son of Michael Carter (ca. 1805-ca. 1875) and his wife, Patience.
As attached as Papa was to my grandmother, he did not take her with him on visits home to Dudley, very likely in deference to the feelings of his nephew's wife Beulah, who had little use for the child her brother Tom fathered out of wedlock.
When Papa was living, he used to go to Dudley down there to the mill where they ground corn and all down there. They'd carry him around down there on horse and buggy, wagon, whatever it was. He was their uncle. Their mama's brother. He'd go there every once in a while. But he didn't never say nothing 'bout taking me down there with him. I guess 'cause Beulah, Milford's wife, was my daddy's sister, but she was kind of cool toward me. And he know he wasn't gon carry Mamie. So we didn't never get to go down there with him.
Early in their marriage, Beulah and Milford Carter lived in Wilson in a small house on Green Street whose yard touched those of Milford's uncle and first cousin Annie Bell. The Carters' second child, son Dewey Belvin, who died before his second birthday, was born during their short stay there.
Beulah stayed in Cora Miller's house there on Green Street. A little house down there 'cross from where we were staying, first house behind the church, near 'bout on the corner there. And she and Milford were there.
After a few years shifting between Wayne to Duplin Counties, Milford moved his family north to Coatesville, Pennsylvania, and then New York City — first Brooklyn, then Queens — where he pursued a long career as a chef.
Milford E. Carter, during his time as a chef at H. Hicks & Son, 30 West 57th Street, New York City.
Freddie, Freddie was the one that went to Atlanta for a year and day. Moonshine. And Johnnie was fat. And rosy. Like, you know, like if somebody say like, seeing a baby and say that it was "oh so fat, look like you pinch they cheek the blood pop out?" And just fair, and just that red look.
Johnnie Carter was also the brother that cared for my grandmother's great-uncle, J. Lucian Henderson, and his wife Susan Henderson in their final infirmity. In June 1934, John W. Carter was named administrator and sole legatee of Lucian's estate. Johnnie and his family lived near Lucian just west of Dudley, but I am not sure of the genesis of their close relationship.
The Carter boys was always nice. They come up here, come to stay with Annie Bell, Papa's youngest daughter. They wasn't here at the same time. They was driving cabs. So they used to come over all the time. I went with Harold down to Dudley once 'cause he was going and coming back that same day. See, Uncle Lucian was sick, so I went down with him and come back.
Top: John, Ammie, Wesley (a cousin), Richard, Granger, Richard Jr. and Harold Carter; bottom: Milford, John and Harold Carter; both 1955. Copies of photos courtesy of Dorothy Carter Blackman and Daniel M. Carter.
II. For cost and general relief – Lee & Butler attys for the plaintiffs.
Judgment for Hardy Brewington et al. The judge found that John and Polly Ann Jacobs had not complied fully with the terms of the deed and ordered that (1) the deed from the Brewingtons to the Jacobses be declared null and void; (2) Hardy Brewington be appointed trustee of the land for the sole use and benefit of Bashaby and Allen Brewington during their lifetimes; (3) after the deaths of Bashaby and Allen, Hardy was discharged from his trusteeship, and (4) John Jacobs and the Parkers were to pay court costs.
Joshua L. Brewington, the J.L. who testified on behalf of John R. Jacobs, married Amelia Aldridge, sister of my great-great-grandfather John W. Aldridge.
John R. Jacobs was the older brother of "Papa," Jesse A. Jacobs Jr., who married Sarah D. Henderson (my great-great-grandmother Loudie Henderson's sister) and reared my grandmother.
John Jacobs' sister Frances married Marshall Carter of Sampson County. Frances' son Milford E. Carter married Beulah M. Aldridge, John W. Aldridge's daughter. Another son, John W. Carter, cared for Lucian Henderson (brother of Sarah) and his wife in their old age and inherited their small farm.
Milford E. Carter Jr. married Jessie Bell Brewington, granddaughter of Hardy A. Brewington.
Michael and Ann Eliza Brewington Manuel's son, Alonzo Manuel, married Sallie Wynn, daughter of Edward and Susan Henderson Wynn. Susan H. Wynn was the sister of my great-great-great-grandfather Lewis Henderson.
Michael and Ann Eliza Brewington Manuel's daughter Celestial married Hillary B. Simmons after the death of his first wife, Ann Elizabeth Henderson, who was a sister of Sarah, Loudie and Lucian Henderson.
Raiford Brewington's wife Bashaby was the daughter of Shadrach and Zilpha Hardin Manuel. Her kinship to Michael Manuel is not entirely clear to me, but research by others suggests that they were cousins.
DNAnigma, no. 2.1: Another Armwood.
I seldom check FTDNA, but last night I moseyed on to study the new My Origins feature. A glance in the corner of the screen showed a new high match, an estimated 2nd to 4th cousin whom I'll call L.A. I emailed him, and he quickly responded. We immediately identified Sampson County, North Carolina, as a potential point of commonality, and I asked his grandparents' names. I looked them up and found that one was the offspring of John Wesley Faircloth and Laura Wynn (or Simmons). A little further research — and consultation with Stephen Maynor, my point man for all things Sampson County — revealed that Wesley Faircloth, born about 1856, was the son of Nancy Armwood. Again with these Armwoods!
Nancy was the daughter of John and Susan Armwood, and her sister Louisa (or Eliza) was my great-great-great-great-grandfather James Henderson's second wife. Am I an Armwood though?
While refreshing my recollection about this family — which has always frustrated my efforts to track them properly — I discovered a previously unnoticed tangle of intermarriages between and among the Armwoods, Wynns, Simmonses and a few Hendersons in northern Sampson and Duplin Counties and southern Wayne County.
Major Armwood (~1798-??) and wife Eliza [last name unknown] Armwood (~1806-??).
Richard Armwood (1832-??) and wife Mary Faircloth Armwood.
John Armwood (~1800-??) and wife Susan [maiden name unknown] Armwood (~1820-??).
James Simmons (1798-1860) and wife Winnie Medlin Simmons (??-1902).
Gray Winn (~1815-1850) and wife Sarah Greenfield Winn (1816-1909).
Penny Armwood (??-1925), daughter of Richard and Mary, married Henry Armwood (1834-??), son of John and Susan.
William Armwood (1829-1926), son of Major and Eliza, married Martha "Mattie" Simmons (1839-1927), daughter of James and Winnie.
William Simmons, son of James and Winnie, married Penny Winn, daughter of Gray and Sarah.
James Henderson (1815-~1890) married Louisa/Eliza Armwood, daughter of John and Susan.
Edward James Winn (1838-1922), son of Gray and Sarah, married Susan Henderson (1854-1907), daughter of James and Louisa.
Washington F. "Frank" Winn (~1845-??), son of Gray and Sarah, married Hepsie Henderson (1856-~1894), daughter of James and Louisa.
Sarah Simmons (1868-1930), daughter of Bryant Simmons (son of James and Winnie) and Elizabeth Winn (daughter of Gray and Sarah), married John H. Henderson (1860-1926), son of James and Louisa.
John Wesley Faircloth (1856-??), son of Nancy Armwood Faircloth, married Laura Wynn, daughter of Penny Winn, daughter of Gray and Sarah, and stepdaughter of William Simmons, son of James and Winnie.
Lizzie Faircloth, son of Nancy Armwood Faircloth, married Edward Simmons, son of Bryant and Elizabeth.
Sarah Wynn (1864-??), daughter of Penny Winn, daughter of Gray and Sarah, and stepdaughter of William Simmons, son of James and Winnie, married William F. "Frank" Simmons (1857-1940), son of Bryant and Elizabeth.
Ann Elizabeth Henderson (1862-1900), daughter of Lewis Henderson (1836-1912), son of James (and his first wife), and Margaret Balkcum, married Hillary B. Simmons (1853-1941), son of Bryant and Elizabeth.
And this is just a generation or two of intermarriage. I've asked A.G., my other Armwood match, to test with 23andme so I can compare our matches and see if she matches my known Hendersons. Stay tuned….


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Struan Douglas Dewar (born 6 July 1989) is a Scottish rugby union player.

He was a member of the Scotland national rugby sevens team between 2008-2015.  Outwith those commitments he was available to play for Edinburgh Rugby.

Career
Struan Dewar has played for Scotland at various age-group levels including the Under 20 2009 IRB Junior World Championship in Japan in which he played all five matches. He has played in numerous international tournaments for the Scotland sevens team including the IRB Sevens World Series.

As of 2015/16 he plays for Heriot's in the Scottish Premiership.

References

1989 births
Living people
People educated at Strathallan School
Scottish rugby union players
Male rugby sevens players
Heriot's RC players
Edinburgh Rugby players
Scotland international rugby sevens players


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DANIELE FORTUNA
Daniele Fortuna the new skilled Italian artist in painted wood sculptures: classic and contemporary in a never banal mix.
Daniele Fortuna was born in Milan in 1981, since his early teenage, thanks to his passion for art, visited artist studios and art galleries among the most important of the city. He studied at the IED (European Institute of Design) in Milan, cultivating a strong interest in art and design.
He then moved to study and work in Ireland, in the southeast, near Dublin. There he worked in a lighting studio, where his interest in wood, the material that will be the foundation of his sculptures, was born. From the technique of carving, wood could in fact be composed in different shapes and patterns allowing the artist to give plastic shape to his ideas.
After finishing his studies in Ireland, he returned to Italy and began to create his first works. His art began to take shape and he created his first works in wood, paintings formed by wooden pieces shaped, coloured and then assembled like parts of a puzzle. Later he will move on to three-dimensional compositions, at first subjects from the animal world and then icons of the classical Greek-Roman combined with colours and traits of contemporary Pop.
SCULPTURE AND COLOUR IN DANIELE FORTUNA ARTWORKS
From his parents' collection of paintings, Daniele Fortuna began to admire the materials they were made of and their proportions. He began to imagine the story behind those paintings and what had led the artist to their creation. Thus, an attraction was born for those objects, for their shapes and colours: the artist was attracted by De Chirico's timelessness, Sassu's inflamed red and Fontana's gestures.
Daniele Fortuna's sculptures are made of wood painted with acrylic paint, thus combining the plastic, material feature of wood with colour, a key element of the artist's aesthetic. Hence the word "culmination", a neologism that refers to the chromatic contamination of classical busts that occurs in his art. The word comes from "domination", a strong term, but combined with colour that renews its meaning.
And the colours that dominate range from pastel tones to fluorescent, metallic and even glittering shades; even works that at first glance seem white sometimes hide multi-coloured chasms.
WOOD: A "LIVING" MATERIAL
Using the artist's own words:
"Wood was a material that I already felt was mine. I find it a 'warm' material because, when you touch it, you feel that it has that kind of porosity even though I paint it. And this being 'warm' represents me because I am a very convivial person, a person of companionship. Wood, then, is also alive because it expands and shrinks, it really has a life of its own."
But even though wood is his favourite material, Daniele Fortuna has also experimented with plexiglass, mirrors and concrete, combining art with his studies as a designer.
A BRIDGE BETWEEN CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY POP
Fortuna's sculptures have as their starting point classical subjects, Greco-Roman busts that are recreated in wood, with a technique that juxtaposes several staggered levels, almost recalling a digital reproduction.
In addition, a wide range of pop and contemporary iconography invades the works, drawing from the works of big names, such as Maurizio Cattelan and Takashi Murakami, to the logos of famous fashion designers; from world-famous brands to characters from cartoons, comics and films; from famous people, such as Albert Einstein, to references to the world of music, in particular, that of Queen.
Combining bright and pop colours with classical shapes, he creates a bridge between past and present, bringing classic subjects back to their original form. Originally, in fact, the very statues of classicism were coloured but, for centuries, were mistakenly believed to be white due to the deterioration of the original pigments. In a way, Daniele Fortuna implements a return to the past through contemporaneity.
"If you look at the whole history of art, there has always been a remaking of something that already existed before; and so, instead of looking for absolute originality, in my opinion we need to focus on what we have (also because anyway the cultural background we have is fantastic and it is to be paid homage to) and make it more contemporary by updating it."