This is a signpost to Richard Murphy’s summary of a talk he recently gave in Orlando. It is not open for comments as these should be directed to the source.
The links below take you to Richard Murphy’s outline of a talk he gave in Orlando recently. The main link is to the straight text version, the subsidiary link is to a mind map. I am closing this post to comments because I want all feedback to go the original.
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A pointer to an article in the EDP that highlights a grave failing in Norfolk, along with raising the possibility of submitting an appropriately worded FOI request.
A single issue post here – I may put another more general one later today…
This starts with an article, in the Eastern Daily Press, by Sophie Biddle which points out that to quote the headline “Only one other place in England expels more children with special needs than Norfolk“ – and I urge you all to read the article in full.
I wonder how many of these pupils were autistic or had autistic traits.
Since this post is written with my NAS West Norfolk hat on, I conclude with a reminder that we are holding a Postive Autism Awareness Conference at the Dukes Head, Tuesday Market Place, King’s Lynn on April 15th.
The pick of my recent images for James and Sons.
This post is about today at work. There was a lot of imaging to do for the cover of our March catalogue (auction takes place at Fakenham Racecourse on the 30th and 31st March), also a van to be loaded up with stuff for tomorrow’s auction, and I also got a few other lots imaged.
The images for the cover of this catalogue spanned a great range of items, some of which I had already imaged but most of which needed doing today. The early lots to feature are 83, 110, 124 and 135, one a framed photograph and the other three military items…
Next we come to a selection of…
These coins, the first of which is lot 209 and the last 269, we done using the scanner at high resolution – and for safety I did both faces of each coin and assembled composite images.
We next have three items of ephemera, nos 301, 311 and 359:
We then come to four images of…
The last of the new images needed for the front cover were of…
The toy is lot 562, and I was particularly pleased by this choice for reasons that will be instantly obvious to anyone familiar with this blog! The Japanese medal is lot 686, part of small run of militaria in among the proof coins, of which lots 665 and 728 were also to feature on the cover.
The non-cover images I did today were less special, but a few are worth sharing:
Some more pictures of buildings in and around King’s Lynn, plus a link to an important petition.
This post can be seen as a sequel to “Buildings of Kings Lynn” and “More Buildings of King’s Lynn”. However, as you will see, this one has a slightly wider focus.
Our first building of the day is sadly not being used for anything. It used, in the days when such things existed to be our main Post Office (we now have the services of a few cashiers at WHSmith instead), and no subsequent use has been found for it.
Now we have some buildings near the train station…
From here, since we are at the start of St John’s Walk, we enter the parkland area…
On our way from the South Gate to the Great Ouse we get a glimpse of the Baptist Church.
Looking across the river, we get a glimpse of West Lynn Church (one can use the ferry if one wishes to get closer, or walk down to the road bridge and cross there)
Near Marriott’s Warehouse one can see the Rathskellar wine bar…
The Rathskeller, with a side wall of Marriott’s in the background.
We finish this section with a few quirky images from the town centre.
My aunt had noticed a cause for concern in a planning application for something in Gaywood, and as we were heading for Sunday lunch with my parents in East Rudham anyway we went via Gaywood. We actually saw no evidence there of the planning application that had caused the concern, but did see another, for an extension of the pub. The original planning application that had been brought to my aunt’s attention was for a small new build, and these photos from the area in question show, a plain concrete box which is what apparently was on the table would have been very inappropriate.
Dedicated followers of this blog will know that yesterday I put up a post supporting a team4nature thunderclap. I am finishing this post by linking to an official petition to the UK government to give hedgehogs better protection. The petition can be viewed here (note and apology to my international followers – you have to be a British citizen to sign petitions on this site).
Support for the tem4nature thunderclap.
I will use @team4nature300’s own quote:
Three links for you:
The Team For Nature website – still under construction but worth a look.
The well established team4nature blog
And, of course, the full link to the thunderclap: https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/37948-standbynature?locale=en
Please support this campaign!
Please apply pressure to Sadiq Khan (for all that I support Sian Berry in this contest he is the most likely winner of the London mayoral elections) by following DPAC’s advice on the link below:
An extended signpost to a very detailed article about London mayoral candidate Sian Berry’s latest excellent idea.
This is yet another excellent proposal from London mayoral candidate Sian Berry. For the rest of this post I will give you the introductory paragraphs of the article from http://www.power-technology.com, the picture that appears at the top of the article, and a link to the full article.
The article, which appears under the heading “Green Party’s mayoral candidate proposes new clean energy company for London” starts as follows:
The Green Party’s mayoral candidate Sian Berry has announced plans to set up a new renewable energy company that will operate as a subsidiary of the UK’s Transport for London (TfL).
The proposal, which is part of the party’s 2015 London Mayor campaign, aims to reverse government attacks on solar power by setting out clear plans for a major expansion of renewable technology across London.
The London Energy Company would help the city to source 20% of its electricity needs from solar power alone.
By investing in other renewable technologies, the company is expected to deliver at least 30% of London’s energy needs from zero or low-carbon sources by 2030.
Sian Berry said: “There is huge potential in London for a wide range of low and zero-carbon technologies to be used to generate heat and electricity from the sun, wind, ground and air using heat pumps, gas created from waste, and from London’s tides and river flows.”
The clean electricity generated will be used to power Crossrails operations.
Here is the picture:
Please read the full article here.
Links and a picture relating to a very interesting piece in the Guardian.
This comes courtesy of the Guardian, to whose piece I link below. The site of the discovery is near Peterborough, approximately one and a half hours bus ride from my home in King’s Lynn. To draw you in further, here is the picture together with link:
Acknolwegdements to the Guardian and Joe Giddens of PA for the photograph: https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/504b9161dfed899dcf1705869127939a832a7581/0_78_3500_2099/master/3500.jpg?w=620&q=85&auto=format&sharp=10&s=58b1f7b9358dac7b73b4bba211cc3400
To read the Guardian article please click here.
Click the link below for some amazing images of Northern California (courtesy of Maria Jansson)
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News of an interesting and impressive scheme in Sweden…
Here is a direct link to the short video: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1113121812/turning-the-first-sod-forsta-spadtaget-lagno-bo/widget/video.html
For English version, see below Swedish text.
I Trosa kommun pågår ett spännande byggprojekt med småskalighet,delaktighet och miljömedvetenhet som ledord.
Ni kan läsa mer här:
Lagnö Bo kooperativ hyresrättsförening – Ett gemenskapsboende byggt på småskalighet, delaktighet och miljömedvetenhet
https://lagnobo.wordpress.com/
De står i begrepp att ta första spadtaget inom kort och berättar om det här:
Turning the First Sod / Första spadtaget – Lagnö Bo – Lagnö Bo kooperativ hyresrättsförening
https://lagnobo.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/turning-the-first-sod-forsta-spadtaget-lagno-bo/
Så här berättar de själva om det första spadtaget i sitt infobrev:
“Du har säkert redan hört talas om Lagnö Bo, som bygger 19 kollektiv-lägenheter vid havet utanför Trosa. Detaljplan, ritningar och bygglov är klart. Nu behöver vi din hjälp med första spadtaget. Gå in på https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1113121812/turning-the-first-sod-forsta-spadtaget-lagno-bo). Där kan du läsa mer om projektet, och stötta med valfritt belopp. Som du ser, utlovas fina belöningar! Och du, gör det bums! Ju fler som stöttar, desto fler följer efter!
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