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Tea – Camellia sinensis
Assam Tea- Camellia sinensis var. assamica
Between 1815 and 1914 British influence spread across the world to create an empire that encompassed a fifth of the world’s land surface and a quarter of its population, a vast social organism accessing global resources to feed its rapidly increasing population whose growth was driven by the hungry factories created during the Industrial Revolution.
Though the colony of America had won its War of Independence (1775–1783) Britain nevertheless ruled the waves, gaining other colonies in India (c. 1765), Canada (from 1583), Australia (1788), and New Zealand (1840) but also controlling trade routes and taking advantage of waning Dutch influence in the Dutch East Indies.
As if to commemorate the opening up of eastern trade routes a new drink was imported from the orient by the thriving British East India Company – tea – the profits from its trade helping to generate the funds needed to fulfil colonial ambitions.
Much of the attraction of tea lay, not so much in its flavour or medicinal properties, but in its symbolism as a focus of social attention. Tea drinking, which arrived in England when coffee drinking was already well established, served first as a fashionable pursuit of England’s social elite, but strained down to all sectors of society to become a popular nation-defining drink of the nineteenth century. Challenging the traditional beers and ales it has maitained its popularity, spreading across the British empire and beyond to become the world’s most popular drink after water.
Today, though tea is a pleasant enough drink, the reasons for its magnetic attraction are unclear. Perhaps partly because China was on the other side of the planet from Britain. Maybe, like spices, tea carried with it the allure of a mysterious and unknown oriental other-world. There was also its attraction as a luxury good backed up by the sycophantic desire to emulate social superiors. The caffeine released from the leaves is a mildly addictive stimulant, repeated doses locking in a need. Then there were its ‘medicinal’ properties. Phenols in the plant, like tannic acid, have antiseptic properties and this, though the precise reason was unknown in the past, no doubt discouraged the bacteria causing diseases like cholera, dystery and typhoid even if the water used had not been boiled. So there, it seems, we have it – a safe, exciting, socially acceptable and healthy stimulant.
Reference to the use of tea in China before the seventh century lack convincing evidence. However, there are early records of its use as a stimulant when chewed and as an antibiotic when applied to wounds. Chopped leaves were also eaten in different forms. The Chinese book with the translated title Working Rules of Servants and written in the first century BCE refers to tea as a general domestic drink in China at this time and by the fourth century it was being deliberately cultivated for tea production.
While Europe fell into a technological slump in the Middle Ages the Tang dynasty (618-907 CE) in China presided over the largest and wealthiest empire in the world. Between 630-750 CE the population tripled to number over 50 million people and its capital Changan, today’s Xi’an, the world’s largest city of about two million people. At this time China was an open country influenced by arts derived from India, Turkey and Persia while trade also flourished, both overland along the Silk Road, and imported along the sea routes, especially those to India, Japan and Korea. In return for these incoming goods China offered mainly tea, ceramics, paper, and silk. The tea trade was so successful that in 780 a tea tax was imposed.
Later the Mongols adopted Chinese ways, trading tea bricks (leaves compressed into cubes) across the steppes of central Asia.
The tea plant is an evergreen tree or shrub Camellia sinensis which is native to the eastern Himalayas. Two varieties are generally recognized botanically, C. sinensis var. sinensis the more shrubby plant from China, and C. sinensis var. assamica which is more tender, quicker growing, with larger drooping leaves. From southeast Asia, and apparently growing in the wild there, here is a possible ancient garden escape. The large-leaved triploid var. macrophylla from Japan is also recognized although there are now numerous variants of the Chinese and southeast Asian plants produced in cultivation.
Bushes are harvested by picking the terminal bud and 2-3 leaves below it every 7-14 days over a bush life of 40-50 years, although bushes will sometimes last for 100 years or more. Pickers toss the tips into wicker baskets slung on their backs. Black tea involves allowing the leaves to wither, rolling to macerate, fermenting (during which much of the blackening occurs), drying, and subsequent grading. Green tea leaves are steamed and dried, not fermented. Tea itself is an infusion of the leaves, usually the fresh growing tips, and sometimes flowers and buds. There are various additives used to modify the flavour and aroma, some favourites being lemon, bergamot, mint, and flower petals (as in jasmine tea).
Both Buddhist and Taoist monks enjoyed drinking tea – it seemed to assist meditation. Tea proved so popular in China that in 780 CE a tax was imposed. The same year marked the publication of The Classic of Tea by Taoist poet Lu Yu; it was a book used as a valuable reference for tea ceremony etiquette. Elaborate tea ceremonies had become a routine part of Chinese court life and this persisted into the Sung dynasty (960-1279) only losing appeal when the Mongols subjugated China in the late thirteenth century. But Mongol power was short-lived and with the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) came the reinstatement of even more meticulously observed tea rituals that had now taken on a spiritual flavour.
Tea had been drunk in Japan since the sixth century and here too it was the publication of a book, this time by a Chinese Buddhist monk Eisai, that prompted its widespread acceptance. Eisai had cured the Shogun Minamoto Sanetomo (1192– 1219) using his tea skills and knowledge of tea’s medicinal properties. From the court the popularity of the drink had, by the fourteenth century, spread across the country, the tea bushes easy to cultivate in home gardens.
The Japanese tea ceremony was the most elaborate and meticulously observed of all. A full formal Japanese tea ceremony would take about one hour as a mystical observance, each step performed in strict order by the host. Tea utensils, the cups, teapots and spoons, were the products of skilled craftsmen. Topics of conversation were tasteful and polite. Tea preparation was a core duty of the geisha and ideally the entire ritual would be performed in a specially designed tea house located within its own tea garden.
The oriental tea ceremony was not only a symbol of sophistication, it was a powerful tradition imbued with religious and cultural significance, and this was observed by Europeans who arrived in China in the early sixteenth century. In Britain tea also developed its own tea culture and, as elsewhere in the world, fashion and matters of taste sprang from the royal court.
Tea, like coffee, had arrived in the west as a luxury, mostly medicinal, drink becoming commercially established during the 18th century Enlightenment. Imports rose from under 800,000 lbs in the 1740s to over 2.5 million lbs between 1746 and 1750. By the end of the century it was present in almost every English household. The initial impetus came, as so often, by its adoption in the royal court. In 1662 Charles II married Portugal’s Catherine of Braganza, daughter of the Portuguese king. This was a political windfall for England as the dowry included not only trading rights in the Portuguese colonies but also a gift of Bombay and Tangiers (useful trading posts) not to mention a heap of gold and a chest of tea thrown in for good measure. Catherine’s passion for tea-drinking was quickly noted and adopted by the wealthy and influential classes.
Afternoon tea, as a light meal between 4 pm and 6 pm, originated in the 1840s among the well-to-do initiated by the Duchess of Bedford. Observing ‘correct’ ceremonial protocol and using suitable accoutrements became a measure of social sophistication, the liquid sipped (not slurped) from fine porcelain cups. A knowledge of the most popular blends was expected. Aspects of the tea ceremony reflected appropriate manners: the order in which people were served in relation to age, sex and social status; the appropriate accompanying comestibles; acceptable conversation; duties of the host – and so on. By the mid 18th century English society ladies were accustomed to an afternoon tea party with friends in the sedate surroundings of their ample homes.
Though initially associated with cucumber sandwiches, tiered cake stands, and genteel aristocratic gatherings, by the end of the 19th century it had strained down to the lower classes. One asset was that it empowered women. Coffeehouses, like taverns, were essentially the preserve of males and women could not buy tea over the counter. Coffee had become a men-only affair. The lady of the house was the one in charge of the teapot. Not only the teapot but the lockable tea caddie which, in the early years of of the tea craze, protected the precious and expensive leaves. Acquisition of a tea service such as the Staffordshireware of companies like that of Josiah Wedgewood challenged Chinese imported porcelain. Savvy businessmen realized that women could prove valuable customers so in 1717 Thomas Twining opened a shop in London where ladies could not only sit and drink tea while passing the time of day with friends, but could also buy it over the counter.
Before long employers in the Industrial Revolution factories had introduced the now almost universal workplace ‘tea break’. More downmarket were the tea gardens that sprang up in the cities, rather like country fairs with entertainers, food stalls, and bandstands along with the tables where you could relax with a cuppa. This was a good place to take a strole (or ‘promenade’ to use a more genteel term) and engage members of the opposite sex in polite conversation. Since women were excluded from coffeehouses this was a social alternative for them. First to open was London’s Vauxhall Gardens in 1732.
Orient to occident
In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries China, with good reason, regarded itself as the greatest country in the world. Europe had struggled come through the Middle Ages with its small kingdoms locked in petty religious wars: Europeans could not compete with China’s intellectual, cultural, and technological achievements. The list of Chinese inventions later taken up by the west is a long one including: the seed drill, metal plough, gunpowder and dynamite, the magnetic compass, various navigational and shipbuilding techniques, paper money, and printed books. The first European Portuguese merchants had given up the idea of trade exchange, simply paying the taxes demanded by the emperor. There was little that Europeans could produce to impress and it was therefore difficult to find an incentive for reciprocal trade. Gold and silver became the preferred means of exchange.
In its early years Europe treated tea more as a luxury medicine than a social lubricant. The first substantial consignment of tea arrived in Europe on a Dutch ship in 1610, the cargo being treated as an oriental novelty. Importation and use by other countries was fairly slow – France in about 1630 and England in the 1650s. Though tea arrived in England a few years before coffee it was prohibitively expensive at first, giving coffee a jump start.
The first advertisement for tea in England appeared in 1658 in the weekly pamphlet Mercurius Politicus as ‘That Excellent, and by all physicians approved, China Drink, called by the Chineans, Tcha, by other nations Tay alias Tee . . . sold at the Sultaness-head, 2 Cophee-house in Sweetings Rents by the Royal exchange, London‘.
Green & black
Chinese tea was what we would now call ‘green tea’brewed from the infused and unfermented leaves. Today’s ‘black tea’ is produced when the leaves dry out and become oxidised and fermented to create a rather bitter product the Chinese considered suitable only for foreigners.
The European palette also found this new infused drink rather bitter so black tea (which gradually replaced the green tea that was frequently laced with other greenery) was tempered by sweetening with sugar and by using alkaline milk to counteract the tannic acid. Tea boosted sugar sales, sugar being imported from the slave plantations in the Bahamas.
British East India Company
Tea was transported to Britain as cargo on ships of the British East India Company (BEIC). Queen Elizabeth I had formed the company by royal charter in 1600 and Charles II (1630–1685) had subsequently granted it a monopoly on tea trading, possibly the result of a complimentarycompany gift of some of the first tea to arrive in Europe imported by the Netherlands. Like the Dutch East India Company the British counterpart would eventually assume great political power, much of it built on its successful trade, especially in tea, with India and Qing China, the dynasty beginning in 1644. Denied direct access to China the first trickle of tea came in trade with Bantam in Indonesia around 1670 and it remained an expensive commodity until the end of the century, after which direct trade with China was opened up. Trade consisted of porcelain (which did not crack when water near boiling point was added), silk, china, timber, and, of course, tea. Tea was the major trading commodity although Chinese internal demand was strong so Chinese merchants were not obliged to sell. Holland, a rival in the Dutch East Indies, was finally defeated in 1784 after a series of wars and with the dissolution of the Dutch East India company in 1795 the tea trade became largely a matter for the British. By the 1770s the BEIC had control of the ports of Madras, Bombay and Calcutta in Indias west, having assumed control of the northeastern province of Bengal in 1757.
Boston Tea Party
In the 1770s, with tea prices and duties still high, smuggling was rife in both Britain and America. This proved so effective that it led to stockpiling of the legal imports which had accrued import duty. With the Tea Act of 1773 a government loan was organised along with permission to import tea directly from China to America thus avoiding British import duty. Though British taxes were reduced, American taxes remained. Not surprisingly Americans resented this and fought back using the slogan ‘no taxation without representation’, the British government support of their East India Company monopoly and also the taxes imposed from across the Atlantic as Britain used American tax revenue to help pay for their French and Indian wars.
When company ships arrived in Boston Harbour in November 1773, in the first of several similar incidents in other American ports, they were prevented from unloading and chests of tea were thrown into the harbour. The British government responded by closing the port of Boston pending compensation paid to the company thus aggravating the American War of Independence (1775–1783) that resisted the British monarchy and aristocracy finally overcoming Britain’s colonial authority to found an independent United States of America.
When in 1784 tea duties were reduced the price of tea came down and the smuggling days were over and prices began to fall within a range the working man could afford
When at its peak the BEIC generated more revenue than the British government and ruled over more people, while duty on tea alone generated 10% of total government revenue. Not surpisingly the company exerted considerable power over the parliament in London.
Opium, India, & China
The company’s territory in India was now raising taxes as its trading interests declined and its monopoly of Chinese trade was removed as China was uninterested in European goods as tea was exported in large quantities creating an uneven balance of trade with silver only accepted. Though the Chinese government had banned the use of opium in 1729 trade with corrupt merchants had continued. A monopoly of the opium grown in India was now a valuable source of company revenue and a possible alternative to silver and production was increased as the detrimental effect on the Chinese population became more evident.
In 1838 the Chinese emperor decided that action could be delayed no longer and a year’s supply was burned in Canton following this with arrests of people who continued the trade and the banning of British trade with Canton, the only permitted point of entry at this time. Arguing the necessity of free trade the British government declared war, initiating the Opium War which lasted from 1839 to 1842. A now inward-looking China no longer had the edge in technology and innovation as British warships, troops, and weaponry ensured that Hong Kong was siezed and Shanghai and other cities occupied. As part of a peace treaty Hong Kong was handed over, five ports were opened to trade and compensation paid in silver. What had been the world’s most self-sufficient, advanced, and innovative nation through the European Middle Ages was now open to missionaries and foreign merchants who could undercut the price of goods produced by Chinese craftsmen. Opium consumption increased and European powers scrapped over any spoils available in the newly opened country.
The Industrial Revolution (fuelled itself by a scientific bent, the Protestant work ethic, supplies of coal, efficient transport systems of roads and canals, resources of empire to provide finance) started with machinery using water and steam in the textile industry which meant the loss of craftsmanship, continuous work in shifts with staggering increase in productivity even threatening the Indian textile industry but at a cost. Employers awarded workers tea breaks, pleased that tea was less disruptive than Beer.
From the early nineteenth century tea was shipped much more efficiently in sleek heavily-sailed tea clippers like the Cutty Sark: these would race one-another across the seas and creating new records although with the opening of the 171 km long Suez Canal in 1869 transformed trade by eliminating the lengthy and rough passage round the Cape of Good Hope and halving the time of the voyage from Europe to China. This was also an easier route for the new steamships which, by the end of the nineteenth century, had taken over the trade.
Propagation is by seed but cuttings are also used. For ease of picking the plant is regularly cropped to remain a low bush.
Joseph Banks was in 1788 approached by the BEIC for advice on possible crops to grow in montane Bengal had placed tea at the top of his list.(S., pp. 212-213) When the monopoly on tea trade with China came to an end in 1833-1834 advice was sought from the Dutch who had tried to grow tea in Java since 1728 without much success. India seemed a likely place for plantations as it was closer to Europe and the industry would provide jobs for retrenched textile workers displaced by machine-made English fabrics.
The Dutch had introduced tea cultivation to Java in 1690 but there was no commercial production until 1824 and the successful tea trade today follows from the introduction of Assam Tea in 1878. Experimental plantations were established in India from 1818 to 1834 but these were abandoned when ‘wild’ tea was discovered in 1835. Today there are plantations in hilly northeastern and southern India. Today’s tea industry in Sri Lanka (former Ceylon) is derived from plantations set up in the 1870s. Experimental tea plantations were established in Russia in 1846 but commercial production did not start until 1895 in Georgia. There is also now a vibrant tea trade in Central East Africa. Plants sent from Kew in 1886 acted as a seed crop for plantations in Malawi (former Nyasaland) and commercial production in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania began in the 1920s and 1930s.
Tea production in truly global as it involves more than 50 countries including many in Asia and Africa. Marketing innovations such as bagged teas, and powders with additives have been successful and demand for tea continues to grow.
Nathaniel Wallich & the Assam Company
In spite of Banks‘s recommendation tea was not introduced to Java and India until about 1835 although there are also major commercial plantations in Sri Lanka, Russia, East Africa, Japan, and Indonesia.
Nathaniel Wallich (1786–1854) was a Danish surgeon and botanist who in 1814 was appointed assistant to William Roxburgh, the East India Company’s botanist in Calcutta. In 1813 his interest in the flora of India stimulated expeditions to Nepal, West Hindustan, and lower Burma. Appointed temporary Superintendent of the East India Company’s Botanical Garden at Calcutta in 1817 he remained there until retiring in 1846 although he spent 1822 in Singapore where he assisted with the design of a new botanical garden. From 1837-1838 he was Professor of Botany at Calcutta Medical College.
While in Calcutta Wallich was also employed by the BEIC and during the 1820s he sent from Assam a specimen of what we now know as Assam Tea. Wild trees were brought into cultivation and the first consignment of tea arrived in London in 1838. An Assam Company was quickly formed and shares distributed taking control of the BEIC plantations. Early plantation experiments with Assam tea were unsuccessful so in 1848 Scottish Plant hunter Robert Fortune, who had already worked in China, was sent by the company on a special mission to obtain ‘ . . . the finest varieties of tea plant, as well as native manufacturers and implements, for the Government plantations in the Himalayas’.
Fortune visited the major Chinese growing regions for green and black tea, collecting seed as he did so. His spoils were returned to Calcutta. He recorded these days in his 1852 book A Journey to the Tea Countries of China . . . writing that ‘Upwards of twenty thousand tea-plants, eight first-rate manufacturers, and a large supply of implements were procured from the finest tea districts of China, and conveyed in safety to the Himalayas’.
So, struggling at first, by 1851 the company could, at last, proudly display its wares at the Great Exhibition in London.
There had been a set-back in 1857 when the Bengal army revolted against the BEIC and the British government was forced to step in and take control. In spite of mixed fortunes business really took off in the 1860s when new machinery was introduced and transport became more efficient with new steamships and railways, with India today the major world tea producer accounting for about a quarter of world trade.
Today’s (2011) major tea producers are China 34%, India 20%, Kenya 8%, Sri Lanka 7%, Turkey 5%, Vietnam 4%. while major consumers are India (23%), China (16%), Britain (6%) also countries in the Middle East (which mostly avoids alcohol), and also the British-influenced Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
World tea production – Camellia sinensis, C sinensis var. assamica – 2016
Includes green tea (unfermented), black tea (fermented), and partially fermented tea) harvested in 2016.
Data source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO, llast accessed March 2018)
Courtesy Worldmapper.org – Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial – ShareAlike 4.0 International License
Accessed 6 July 2020
Early Chinese records indicate the use of tea in China as a stimuland when chewed but also for its antibiotic properties when rubbed into wounds
c. 100 – By the first century tea was a domestic drink in China
300-400 – Deliberately cultivated in China for tea production
780 – A tea tax impose in China
14th century – tea widely drunk in Japan
1600 – British East India Company formed
1610 – First consignment of tea to Europe arrives in Dutch ship
1630s – Tea introduced to France
1650s – Tea introduced to England
1658 – first English advertisement for tea appears in the weekly pamphlet Mercurius Politicus
1717 – Thomas Twining opens tea shop in London
1728 – Dutch try to establish tea plantations in Java
1729 – Chinese emperor bans the use of opium (to little effect)
1732 – London’s Vauxhall Gardens opens
1757 – British East India Company takes control of Bengal
1770s – British East India Company now also controls the ports of Madras, Bombay, and Calcutta
1773 – British Tea Act releases loan to the British East India Company and permission to import tea directly to America, thus avoiding taxes
1773 (29 Nov.) – Tea dumped in Boston Harbour at ‘Tea Party’ as American Sons of Liberty protest the British Tea Act
1784 – Holland defeated in battle for control of the East Indies
1788 – Joseph Banks recommends montane Bengal as an appropriate location for tea plantations
early 1800s – tea transported in sleek, fast sailing ships called cutters
1820s – Wallich realises that tea (Assam tea) grows naturally in the Assam region and brings them into cultivation
1833-1834 – British East India Company monopoly of tea trade with China comes to an end
1835 – ‘Wild’ tea, Camellia sinensis var. assamica, is discovered in Assam
1838 – Chinese Emperor makes arrests in Canton harbour and burns a years supply of opium
1838 – The first consignment of Assam tea arrives in Britain
1839-1842 – Opium War with Britain
1851 – Indian Assam tea, now successfully cultivated, is proudly displayed at the Great Exhibition of London
1842 – Hong Kong ceded to British as part of reparations after Chinese defeat in the Opium War
1869 – Suez Canal opens halving time of voyage from Europe to China
- Tea facilitated trade between East and West
- from its trade helped finance the British East India Company, a de facto colonial government in the East
- When at its peak the BEIC generated more revenue than the British government and ruled over more people while duty on tea generated 10% of total government revenue
- Tea was the favoured beverage of the British during the Industrial Revolution as it gradually became a global superpower
- Following its acceptance by the British tea was used worldwide to become the most widely consumed beverage after water
- Began as a sophisticated drink of the social elite and filtered down the social scale
- From the 1840s China was opened up to detrimental foreign influence after the Opium War with Britain at a time when an independent and resurgent America was gathering in economic power
The history of tea – Shunan Teng
TED-ed – 2017 – 4:57
First published on the internet – 1 March 2019
. . . minor revision 30 December 2021
Tea Clipper Cutty Sark in Full Sail
Gift of Mr. Allan C. Green ca. 1940, State Library of Victoria
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Endometriosis is a disease that affects women of reproductive age and that may be associated with both pelvic pain and infertility. Scientific advances have improved our understanding of this benign (non-cancerous) but sometimes debilitating condition. And modern medicine now offers women with endometriosis many treatment options for relief of both pain and infertility.
According to medical statistics it is estimated that infertility can affect around 40% of women with endometriosis. Infertility can be one of the consequences of endometriosis. Interestingly it has been found that 30-40% of women undergoing laparoscopy as part of infertility evaluation are found to have endometriosis.
What is endometriosis?
When the tissue that normally lines the inside of the uterus (endometrium) is found outside the uterus, it is termed "endometriosis." Endometriosis may grow on the outside of your uterus, ovaries, and tubes and even on your bladder or intestines. Rarely, endometrial tissue may spread beyond your pelvic region. This tissue can irritate structures that it touches, causing pain and adhesions (scar tissue) on these organs.
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DISCLAIMER: This is a post about our new cat. If you're not a cat person, come back a few days from now when it will be quilt stuff once again.
It's been some years since we had cats, about 8 years ago now. I have always loved cats. One cat is fine with me. Eight years ago when I decided to get a kitten, my husband insisted we get two, so they would be companions, playmates. So we rescued two kittens--read about that adventure here: Kittens
One was a love, the other evil. The bad one attacked the sweet one and he had to be put to sleep. Read that sad story here. Within a year, it was clear Patches had to go. She was attacking us daily, insisted on being outside and would kill squirrels larger than she was and deposit them at the back door frequently. The vet said a cat that attacked her humans was not a happy cat and it would be best to put her down. So we did and I was pretty sure that was it for me with cats.
Enter Goldie. My son lives in Nashville and he and his girlfriend have 3 indoor cats. As he has a heart of gold, he feeds the neighborhood strays. A couple weeks ago, this little girl showed up, skin and bones, starving:
She ate as much as she could handle, then jumped in his lap for a purr and a cuddle. Other than being undernourished she seemed in good health. They checked for a chip, she didn't have one. They gave her a safe place to stay that night, an outside greenhouse Joshua built. but she was gone in the morning. Later that day she was back for more food and more cuddles. And she wanted IN the house. This is odd for wild cats so she might have been a pet who was dumped.
They brought her into the guest room because their cats wanted no part of a young one around, nor was she interested in them. She used the litter box from the beginning and continued to eat well and fill out a bit. Joshua and Cait spent time with her each day and declared her a sweet, loveable cat who needed a home.
I caved. I told him to get her checked out and if she was healthy, I would take her. The vet said she is about a year old as all her baby teeth are gone, 6 lbs, all tests negative, clean ears, all the good things you want when getting a young cat checked out. Personality was most important to me and Joshua kept telling me how sweet she is. He named her Goldie and that stuck.
Here she is on her first day with us, still skittish:
This is her favorite spot--in the kitchen, where she can see her food bowl and the living room:
The second night she jumped in my lap for a cuddle, purring loudly. That only lasted a few minutes but it's a start:
It's hard to photograph a cat in your lap. This is now a nightly routine:
In the morning she will play for just a few minutes, then it's nap time again:
She is still skinny but starting to fill out a bit. And she loves that chair:
Next week she has an appointment to be spayed. I will be interested to see what the local vet says about her.
I describe her as an "odd" little girl. What she doesn't do:
1. come into our room at night, though the door is wide open
2. play with toys, paper bags, anything typical young cats love to do
3. jump up on surfaces, like the kitchen table or my sewing machine
4. spend time in my studio--she came looking for me there a few days after she arrived, walked around the room, then went back to her kitchen chair
5. try to get around my feet/legs, being a trip hazard--she likes her "personal space"
5. meow much--except at 6 am when her food bowl is empty and it's time to eat
She is a sweet girl so we'll see how this goes. Wish she could tell us her story, I'll bet there were some adventures in her young life.
Now, let's quilt.
She sounds like a sweet kitty and is probably still adjusting to her new home. That's a good thing that she doesn't swirl around your legs. I can't wait to hear more later about Goldie.ReplyDelete
Goldie has many of the same characteristics as my cat. He will just sit outside of my sewing room when it is time to eat. He is the only cat we have had that doesn’t jump very much.ReplyDelete
We saw a mother with a 10 week old kitten, boy. We tried to put them into an adoption agency but that did not happen. After about 2 months I asked my husband if they are ours and he said guess so. They are such a duo, and have brought much joy into our lives. At the time we had 2 other cats. Who would have thought 4 cats would get along together?ReplyDelete
Get Goldie a clock or a phone.... and tell her breakfast is at 8.ReplyDelete
I’m anxious to hear about life with Goldie. Thank you for welcoming an abandoned kitty into your home. She will have a great life with you. Pets can bring us so much joy.ReplyDelete
I had the same thing happen. A stray came up, I fed her and now she is asleep in the chair. I am looking at her now. If they haven’t already, have the vet shave her tummy and look for a tattoo. When they spay them at the humane society they tattoo there tummy so you will know it has been done. I had one vet in the office just want to spay her and the other one looked and said I think she has a tattoo. Turns out she did and I was very happy we didn’t have to do that. Sounds like my cat Charlotte, a very sweet girl and I wish I knew her story too!ReplyDelete
A very sweet story, and congrats for raising such a fine son.ReplyDelete
Awww. Sweet story. I hope she comes around to laying about on some fabric! She sounds like she will give you and your husband a good companion!ReplyDelete
I am glad you are giving little Goldie a safe and loving home.ReplyDelete

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The Gaston Caroussel attraction at dusk
January 29, 1984
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This Caroussel -- named for famed grail-hunter Gaston and easily found adjacent to a rock in which is embedded the reproduced sword Soul Calibur -- plays classic music and dizzies fans of all stations for no apparent reason
- Because it is so intimidating, try not to experience this attraction after dinner.
- Bumping may occur.
- Guests may get very tired on this attraction.
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Neal Elias is an origami Legend. He evolved the Box pleating technique, the "Neal Elias" Stretch and produced an amazing number of creations.
This DVD bring to folders the complete notebooks of Neal Elias and becomes the ultimate reference source for this artits.
With a labour of over fifteen years, this DVD contain :
- 1530 pages of Diagrams
- essays, articles and tributes including a long piece by David Lister
The diagrams included are mainly those drawn by Neal Elias himself. There are additional illustrations and diagrams by Dave Venables, Robert Harbin, Mick Guy, Jessie Seto, as well as Halle.


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Romans: The Greatest Letter Ever Written
In this series, N.T. Wright provides an overview of Paul's Letter to the Romans. The overarching theme of the letter - that God has revealed his saving justice (or righteousness) in the gospel of Jesus Christ - provides the context for investigating other main themes throughout the book. He then presents how these themes can shed light on our present-day condition.
A printable study guide is included on a separate disc.
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Staying injury free for 5K, 10K or 26.2 miles
Summer is the season for runs, sprints and jogs, all culminating on Sunday October 13th’s Chicago Marathon. Whether you’re planning on just walking a 5K for charity or grinding through your eighth full marathon, Dr. Park and Dr. Aribindi are here to help with tips and information to help you stay injury-free throughout training and your big day.
A stress fracture is a small, thin crack in your bone. As a runner, you may experience these is your shins or feet. The pain will increase the longer you train. Accelerating quickly into intense, prolonged exercise is usually the culprit and rest is mandatory for complete healing.
Shin splints, pain along the front or inside of your shin bones, are also caused by sudden increases in training, whether it’s distance each day or number of days each week. Ask us about stretching exercises, rest thoroughly and slowly return to training when the pain is completely gone.
Suddenly increasing your running distance also causes Achilles tendiopathy, the inflammation of the large tendon that attaches your calf to the back of your heel, or plantar fasciitis, inflammation of the tendon that stretches along the bottom of your foot. You’ll feel especially stiff and tender in the morning and during walking or training. Ice packs, stretches and rest can reduce the inflammation and pain.
Ankle sprains occur when your foot twists or rolls, stretching or tearing the ligaments around your ankle. Compression, ice packs, elevating your foot and resting will heal sprains, but it could take weeks or months to completely heal, depending upon the severity of the stretch or tear.
Your ankles, knees, hips and back will begin to develop osteoarthritis when you’re compensating for an injury or your running form is improper. This will also wear down the cartilage in these joints, causing the ends of your bones to begin rubbing against each other.
You can help avoid these injuries by practicing the 10% rule. For example, if your goal is to complete a 10K and you can run a 3K now, add 10% (about 1,000 feet) the second week of your training. Keep adding 10% of your total each week, doing 3-5 runs each week and alternating longer runs with shorter runs, until you reach 10K. While you may feel like you can add a lot more distance a great deal faster, strictly adhering to the 10% rule means your muscles, bones, joints and ligaments slowly build strength and adapt to longer distances without undue stress or strain.
It’s also important to rest. Running every day is not recommended, because it doesn’t give your body time to recover and adapt to longer distances and more intense training. In the last two weeks before your running event, schedule shorter runs in anticipation of that longer run.
Some pain is okay, until it’s not. Your leg muscles may be sore for a day or two after your run, or you may find your shins aching for minute or two when you start your training run. It’s okay to push through if the pain passes quickly. However, when the pain worsens the farther you run, when pain forces you to stop running or when pain is not relieved after your rest days, it’s time to call us for an evaluation. Pushing through will worsen your injury, making more serious medical intervention likely and increasing your healing time.
Have questions about proper training techniques, proper running form or anything else? Just click here or call 708-283-2600. We are always happy to help you avoid injury, increase your fitness level and reach your activity goals!

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Well, this is a bit different from the normal game holiday event stuff. Wargaming is offering players of World of Warships free premium game time. The free time is available to players beginning today, although it doesn’t have to be claimed today. Players have until December 31 to claim their free week.
Claiming the free game time is simple. Players just need to follow this link and then jump into the game. During the period their free time is active, players will have access to higher Credit rewards and more XP of all types.
In addition to the free time, Wargame players can also take part in a special mission chain that will unlock even more bonuses for them, including a Supercontainer, combat signal flags, and more. Players who join the event via this link will receive fourteen days of premium time. This time can be stacked with the other, giving players 21 free days in total.
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QuintLyn is a long-time lover of all things video game related will happily talk about them to anyone that will listen. She began writing about games for various gaming sites a little over ten years ago and has taken on various roles in the games community.
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The Toyota Compact Cruiser EV recently won the Automotive Design Awards 2022, although it is still in the design stage. According Toyota, the award’s generic name belies its prestige. To be fair, the off-road-inspired design of the Compact Cruiser EV isn’t generic at all. I’d rather call it nostalgic, resembling the distant Toyota FJ Cruiser. And, damn it, this (concept) EV looks good.
Toyota specifically calls the first generation land cruiser as inspiration, but by the transitive property, the FJ Cruiser is there too. The black and gray bumpers of the Compact Cruiser EV are pure FJ, as well as the block mirrors. I’m not sure about that rear visibility, though.
Other than that, the Compact Cruiser EV looks to make a friendly daily driver if it goes into production, and it looks less heavy than its predecessors. It also looks relatively small, which seems like a good thing for an EV (looking at you Hummer).
If it ever makes it to land, Toyota says it will be aimed at young professionals living in cities who love the great outdoors. It sounds like Toyota is talking about the off-road capability issue, but the automaker says the Compact Cruiser EV would at least have all-wheel drive.
But there are more than design notes to be gleaned from the price announcement. Toyota’s EV Strategy beyond the bZ (coincidentally, meaning beyond zero) is still vague, but the Toyota design team’s remarks contain some insight.
Simon Humphries, Head of Design at Toyota, had this to say:
“Our research on electric vehicles has been going on for more than 30 years and we have come a long way. After a first phase of contact with electric vehicles, people will want zero-emission cars that speak about them and express their way of life. And the Compact Cruiser EV is a perfect example of this trend.
Toyota’s plan, it seems, is to lead the electric vehicle charge with a crossover like the bZ4X. Call it a lay-up, a way to score points easily. People really love crossovers, and beneath its quirks, the bZ4X is a bland, even boring entry into the EV landscape. But it’s a safe bet, and it’s mostly harmless.
After this “initial phase of contact”, however, Toyota may follow with more exciting electric vehicles. Toyota presenting an all-terrain electric vehicle also seems like an easy choice, but I’m not complaining. It’s a deliberate choice, which means it’s a choice at all.
In addition to becoming more affordable, this is also what electric vehicles should do to convince drivers. They have to branch out and be electric cars other than to be electric cars. The fact that these cars are fully electric isn’t entirely irrelevant, but it’s also not the only reason they should exist.
When Toyota revealed a room full of EV concepts in 2021, it looked like the company was catching up with rival automakers who were defining their roles in the transition to electric vehicles. Ford has the F-150 Lightning and the Mustang Mach-E. Chevy and GM have the Bolt and the Hummer EV – for better or for worse. Tesla has the Model 3.
The Toyota bZ4X has less appeal than some of these EVs, but that may be by design. If it really turns out to be the electric welcome wagon, and cars like the Compact Cruiser EV are next, then I’m pretty excited to see what Toyota plans to do beyond the bZ4X.

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Thinner than pencils, lighter than lunch boxes: meet the next generation of laptop computers
THEY’RE skinny, they’re light, and they’re flexible: meet the new generation of laptop computers that prove you can be sexy and smart.
TODAY’S laptops are travel-friendly, sleek, and often ready to stand in for a tablet or a TV.
If you haven’t updated your most mobile computer recently, the new generation is worth consideration, and at least a solid window-shop.
Razer Blade Stealth
4/5 / $1500-$3000, razerzone.com
It’s cheaper and more powerful than its Apple rival, and a step up from the last skinny Razer notebook. This 12.5-inch laptop features a stunning 4K touchscreen, adds a battery that is 15 per cent larger than before, and uses the latest Intel Core i7 chip. It can also be boosted with up to 16GB RAM and a terabyte of solid-state storage, features a chroma keyboard that can light up in fun patterns, and weighs just 1.29kg. The new Blade Stealth is more than just a gaming laptop and well worth considering by anyone who wants a 1.31cm-thick laptop made by a company other than Apple.
Acer Spin 7
4/5 / $1999 / store.acer.com.au
At under 11mm thick and billed as the thinnest hybrid laptop on the market, there is a lot to like about this convertible computer’s solid design that uses a 360-degree hinge to fold its bright 14-inch screen over into tablet mode. Its USB-C ports, which enable the thin design, necessitate dealing with dongles but the convenience of a device that is just 1.2kg will appeal to those who carry their computer everywhere.
Dell Alienware 15
3.5/5, $2799, dell.com/au
That’s not a computer. This is a computer. Dell’s latest gaming machine is positively huge at 3.49kg and 2.5cm thick, but you get a lot in that package. This luggable laptop features an Intel Core i7 chip, 16GB RAM, a 256GB solid-state drive for booting and an extra one terabyte drive for storage, as well as a 6GB Nvidia graphics card. The sum is a machine that barely pauses during everyday use, and one powerful enough to run advanced virtual reality games like those from Oculus and HTC. Its keyboard also excels, with more travel than typical, and a generously sized trackpad makes everything easier to navigate. Its screen lets this computer down somewhat, though, as its full high-definition resolution and brightness can look dimmer than desirable.
Toshiba Portege X20
4/5 / from $2145 / mytoshiba.com.au
Toshiba labels its latest hybrid a five-in-one device thanks to a solid hinge that transforms it from a laptop into a tablet, and adds other angles and uses in between. Powered by either an Intel i5 or i7 chi[, is has USB-C and Thunderbolt ports (adaptors), Harman/Kardon speakers, and a stylus. The 12.5-inch Corning Gorilla Glass screen offers better protection than some hybrid devices but, surprisingly given this is pitched as a premium unit, the screen’s resolution is merely high definition.
Asus Zenbook 3 UX390
4/5 / $2699 / asus.com/au
This is an undeniably sexy machine with well-considered design details, including a fingerprint scanner on its touchpad. There’s just one large caveat: with just one USB-C port you will want to add a dock for greater options. Other negatives include the 12-inch display not being touch-sensitive and less than all-day battery life, but this Zenbook has style to match the Apple MacBook and a body less than 12mm thick.


Created attachment 8856934 [details] bug.png User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0 Build ID: 20170316213829 Steps to reproduce: Pressed "Shift + Ctrl + P" to open Private Window. Initially Window looks good, But when i tried to move window from one screen to another then it disappears with Blank View. Actual results: Blank Window opened Expected results: Should remain as it is, even if i move that window between multiple screens.
Tested this on Windows 10 x64 with FF 52 release and FF Nightly 55.0a1(2017-04-13) and I can reproduce this issue, when I move the private window from one screen to another everything works as expected, I don't see any blank view. Can you please try the followings: Please test if the issue is reproducible in safe mode, here is a link that can help you: https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Procedures-to-diagnose-and-fix/Troubleshoot-Firefox-issues-using-Safe-Mode/ta-p/1687#w_how-to-start-firefox-in-safe-mode If you still have the issue please create a new profile, you have the steps here:https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Managing-profiles#w_starting-the-profile-manager
Operating System: Ubuntu 15.10 x64 Firefox Version: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/52.0 I worked this bug on my firefox. The private window opens correctly. I could not reproduce the bug. [bugday-20170410]
(In reply to ovidiu boca[:Ovidiu] from comment #1) > Tested this on Windows 10 x64 with FF 52 release and FF Nightly > 55.0a1(2017-04-13) and I can reproduce this issue, when I move the private > window from one screen to another everything works as expected, I don't see > any blank view. > > Can you please try the followings: > > Please test if the issue is reproducible in safe mode, here is a link that > can help you: > https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Procedures-to-diagnose-and-fix/Troubleshoot- > Firefox-issues-using-Safe-Mode/ta-p/1687#w_how-to-start-firefox-in-safe-mode > > If you still have the issue please create a new profile, you have the steps > here:https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove- > firefox-profiles?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Managing- > profiles#w_starting-the-profile-manager Hi, As per your suggestion, I have tested this issue in Safe Mode(Add-ons Disabled) and everything works as expected. May be there is problem with Add-ons. Thanks, I appreciate your support.
Adwebtest.92, Thanks for your effort, what I can suggest further in your case, is to try to disable one by one the add-ons and see which one cause the issue.


Mass. points finger at NH/Vt. hunting seasons in response to backlash over bear killing
"The bear was euthanized due to the current active New Hampshire and Vermont black bear hunting seasons," said Amy E. Mahler, spokeswoman for the state Department of Energy and Environmental Affairs. "Additionally, Massachusetts environmental police and the state Division of Fish & Wildlife have a joint memorandum of understanding that no chemically immobilized animal is released within 45 days of the hunting season, which is open again on Nov. 4.
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A skydiving school plane landed on the main road to a Jersey Shore town Sunday morning to the surprise of people going about their day on the shore. The incident left one instructor hurt.
The small aircraft from Skydive East Coast skydiving school in nearby West Creek landed safely in the median along Barnegat Road (New Jersey Route 72) near Main Street (U.S. Route 9) in Stafford Township, New Jersey shortly before 10:15 a.m., said Stafford Township Police. The road is the main route to and from Long Beach Island.
The single-engine, four-seater, white-and-blue aircraft was carrying five people including students from Skydive East Coast when it lost power forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing, said police. A skydiving instructor suffered a minor cut on his arm. Shawn Maloney of Beach Haven, New Jersey witnessed the landing.
let me just crash land my plane on 72 real quick pic.twitter.com/EBet7tYpME— tierney goetz (@TierneyGoetz) July 12, 2015
"He hit the ground and bounced a couple times, " he said. "Nice and easy and then hit the median in the grass and he went back and forth a little bit and just missed cars by a few feet maybe. And power lines too."
John Demming was driving along Route 72 with his daughter when they suddenly saw a ton of traffic.
"We initially thought it was heavy shore traffic but it was odd because it's such a nice day," said Demming. "We then saw fire trucks and police as we drove and then saw the airplane in the grass median and couldn't believe it. Definitely not something you see every day."
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Officers closed the left lanes of traffic in both directions as they investigated the incident. After about 90 minutes, Stafford police tweeted a photo showing the fixed-wing Cessna -- with no visible damage -- pulled off the roadway and into a nearby parking lot.
The Federal Aviation Administration will investigate the incident.


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If you attended Expos games in the early 1990s, you may have seen a banner made out of a white bed sheet hanging from the right-field bleachers.
That banner had one word spray painted on it: Boogerville.
It was an homage to the team’s up-and-coming right fielder, a Canadian by the name of Larry Walker. His nickname was Booger.
The founding citizens of Boogerville were Pastor John Kehoe, his wife Ellen and their three children, who used to regularly make the 55-minute drive to the Olympic Stadium from Alburgh, Vt., a town just south of the border.
They watched the “home team” play from the benches in the right-field bleachers, tickets that sold for $1 each — or about 75 cents US.
Walker played for six seasons with the Montreal Expos, from 1989 until he left as a free agent before the 1995 season. On Tuesday, he will find out whether he’ll be immortalized in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
This is Walker’s 10th and final appearance on the ballot. And while becoming a Hall of Famer would be an amazing accomplishment for him, fans like Kehoe who watched him all those years would be thrilled, too.
It all started one day in 1993, when the family was en route to a game in Montreal. Walker was being interviewed on the radio and mentioned that his former teammate Tim Wallach had bestowed upon him the nickname Booger.
“My wife came up with the idea to bring a sign the next time we go, hang it up and call [the section] Boogerville,” he said.
The banner made its debut April 20, 1993, when Wallach returned to Montreal for the first time with his new team, the Los Angeles Dodgers.
After that, the Kehoe family brought it to every game they attended.
“Everybody noticed it. Some people even thought that the team put it out there,” he said.
Walker himself noticed it, and he would wave to the members of his unofficial fan club from time to time.
The banner, Kehoe said, has a winning record — by his estimate, the team won about 80 per cent of the games they played when the sign hung in the outfield.
Kehoe was a fielder in his playing days, which gave him a particular appreciation of Walker’s skills.
“He was just an excellent outfielder. We saw all the catches he made [and] it seemed like almost every time he went to a game with the Boogerville sign, he hit a home run,” he said.
“Now I know that didn’t happen, but I mean, your memory sort of builds it up.”
A regular guy who loves baseball
According to a popular Hall-of-Fame tracker, Walker is on pace to garner more than 85 per cent of the vote, based on the ballots of voters who have made their ballots public. He needs 75 per cent to make it in.
For years, Walker has been relatively nonchalant about his Hall of Fame chances. He told CBC last year that just being on the ballot brought him joy.
Kehoe met Walker on a handful of occasions and can vouch for his down-to-earth demeanour.
The banner was retired in 1995, but five years later, Kehoe brought it to a game and Walker, by then a star for the Rockies, signed it. These days, it’s in a box somewhere.
Kehoe said it’s clear that Walker never took himself too seriously: he was just a regular guy who loved playing baseball.
“It was fun, as a family, to watch him,” he said.
“He was our right fielder, and he was our Booger.”


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Choose the best diet to lose weight.
The first step when deciding on any diet is to know yourself, and genetics has a lot to tell us in this regard. Next, discover the diet that will allow you to lose weight more effectively. When planning a diet, Nutrigenetics makes a big difference. We often see people losing weight on a diet that simply doesn’t work for us. It’s time to see what our genes have to tell us in this regard.


Manufacturer SonyEricsson, or just Sony because in 2012 will only be named Sony. Sony will manufacture super phone of year 2012 named LT28at, but this will probably be Xperia Arc HD phone, but this information is not official, it is just a rumor and our prediction. But, whatever this super mobile phone will be called, we have its specifications. Super phone will running on Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system and will probably be powered by Quad-core processor. Super phone will have 4.55 inch touch screen with support for the 720p videos. Main feature of this phone will be its camera. With 13 megapixels this will probably be first smartphone with 13 megapixels camera, but we assume that most phones in 2012 will have similar or beter cameras with 12+ megapixels. Also, this will be 4G LTE phone for sure and will support up to 40MBPs per download and 8 MBPs per upload. We will provide you more details of this superphone soon, until we get some official informations and specifications. Remember that this informations provided here are not official and that they are just our predictions.
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The Go with Kobelco27 June 2023
5 minute read from Roads & Infrastructure
Troy Hand, TRT Crane Sales and Pacific Islands Manager sheds light on the big and little differentiators that set Kobelco cranes apart from the rest.
If you work in the infrastructure sector, odds are that you’ve heard of Kobelco cranes.
The company has been manufacturing equipment for just a short of a century, using more than 80 years of experience to develop and distribute the latest in lattice boom crawler cranes, telescopic boom crawler cranes, and heavy-duty base crawler cranes.
The company now has more than 22 crawler crane models across the Kobelco range, each distributed in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Fiji by Tidd Ross Todd Limited (TRT) since 2020.
This range includes lifting capacities varying from 4.9 to more than 550 metric tonnes.
Troy Hand is well-placed to evaluate the performance of these machines. Before becoming the TRT Crane Sales and Pacific Islands Manager, Hand oversaw the operation of crane machinery as part of his own private business.
Hand says he’s seen plenty of cranes in his time, but when it comes to quality and reliability, Kobelco cranes stand out.
“I’ve been around Kobelco cranes for more than 20 years,” he says. “With Kobelco, it always comes down to quality and reliability. These are just two of the biggest reasons why the crawler crane fleet sells so well.
“When you hand them over to a customer, people know what they’re going to get. It’s not just selling the product for the sake of it, because we believe in the product. You know that the crane is going to help build the client’s company and that they’re going to get 20 years plus of use from that asset.”
The brand promise
According to Hand, the quality and reliability of Kobelco cranes stem from the “fit-for-purpose” design of each unit, as well as the flexibility each unit provides.
“If customers want, they can use units as just a lift crane, or they can use it as a piling crane as well. There’s definitely versatility there for customers.”
As part of this design, Kobelco prioritised the sustainability, as well as the productivity of each unit.
For ease of operation, each unit features simple control layouts, which are consistent across the range.
“Operators can hop in a 80-tonne crane, or a 550-tonne crane and the layout is the same,” Hand says. “The feel and smoothness of operation is second to none.”
This is thanks in part to Kobelco’s hydraulic control system, which can help to comply with specific jobsites.
Inside the cabin, operators can benefit from a limiter monitor, which helps to reduce the skill gap required to operate the machine. This includes a touchscreen panel, as well as easily understandable icons. Operators can also benefit from extra-wide windows that boost visibility.
Transportability is another key factor, with several units able to comply with transport regulations across Australia. Units can be adjusted to satisfy size and weight regulations required for local travel.
“[Kobelco] make the cranes very easy to transport across Australian roads. That ease of transport aspect is something that they definitely keep in mind with each of their designs,” Hand says.
Contributing to a sustainable environment is one of six pledges of the Kobelco brand.
This is in part one of the reasons why Kobelco cranes feature the iconic green livery. But how does Kobelco machinery contribute to sustainability?
Kobelco has implemented its ‘Gmode’ into new machinery that helps to reduce the fuel and energy required to carry out lifts on site.
One such element is the AIS (Auto Idle Stop) mode. This mode can save fuel by automatically stopping the engine once it’s entered an idling state, therefore reducing energy wastage daily.
Also included as part of Gmode is the G-Engine mode, which enables the machine to increase the displacement of hydraulic pumps. Allowing high-speed operation while reducing the maximum engine revs required, reduces the fuel consumption of the unit.
“Keeping up with emissions is an evolution which everyone must take. Doesn’t matter who the manufacturer is, it’s a standard evolution going green,” Hand says. “We need to have a look and see how we can take it to the next level.”
There, every step of the way
Each Kobelco product sold in Australia is also backed by TRT’s network of dealers, service offerings, and spare parts. Hand says the two companies have a strong agreeance and focus on sustaining quality while supporting customers in the long run.
“Both companies are manufacturers, so I think there’s a level of understanding there. Both companies also understand and work to overcome challenges such as supply chain and shipping issues,” Hand says.
TRT can provide 24/7, 365 days-a-year support for customers during the entire life of their cranes – Australia-wide – as part of a comprehensive package. The company has more than five decades worth of experience in servicing and repairing cranes.
“We’ve got some new models that are making their way across to Australia. Our domestic customers absolutely love our current models to death,” Hand says.
TRT can supply a variety of Kobelco units for the Australian, New Zealand, and Pacific markets.
Avopiling is just one of many companies that have benefitted from Kobelco machinery.
Current owner and Managing Director Avo Tevanian, says the company took orders for six cranes in 2022 alone.
“I’m a big fan of the Kobelco range, they are the ideal solution for the type of work we carry out, and the reliability on these cranes is fantastic,” Tevanian says.
“I’ve operated them myself for many years, they offer outstanding performance in tough conditions. Reliability and ease of operation would be the two main drivers that influenced our decision to invest in Kobelco.”
“The required lifts are getting heavier. A three or four-tonne lift was normal, then a 15-tonne become quite regular. Next thing is 40 and 50-tonne scale lifts were becoming more sought after and now we can rely on Kobelco to do this work for us.”
Another company that has placed it faith in Kobelco is Boddington Crane Hire. The company, specialising in dry hire equipment, has been operating Kobelco machinery for more than 12 years.
Manager Tom Hunter says the company looked to Kobelco when it needed machinery with more capabilities for larger works.
“Recently we have sent equipment to areas in the remote Goldfields, Pilbara, and Kimberley where you are a long way from support, and downtime is not an option. We enjoy the challenge of putting our equipment and people to the test and keeping our clients happy no matter what the situation,” Hunter says.
“It was the reliability of the crane which comes from the top quality produced by Kobelco. For us, reliability and quality coupled with backup support have to be the top consideration in purchasing any new equipment.”
If you’re interested in a quote or would like to chat with Troy about Kobelco, you can contact him on +61423561111 or email email@example.com. For more information on Kobelco you can also visit TRT’s website: Here


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The most prominent feature of the Observatory is the Lovell Telescope, the largest fully steerable radio telescope in the world on completion in 1957, and which still operates as the third largest on Earth. The Telescope stands, to this day, as both an international icon of science and engineering, and as a working research instrument that inspired the construction of others around the world. It now constitutes a huge, internationally-recognised, public landmark. While it is the most iconic part of the site, it becomes universally significant when combined with the other sites at Jodrell Bank.
The Telescope, which is a Grade I listed structure (by Historic England), stands 89 metres high (the same height as the Big Ben clock tower in Westminster) dominating the Cheshire plains. The Telescope was conceived by Sir Bernard Lovell, founder of the Jodrell Bank Observatory, and designed by engineer Charles Husband. The main reflector dish is a colossal 76 metres in diameter and is paraboloid in shape.
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CONSTRUCTION OF THE LOVELL TELESCOPE
The Lovell Telescope was built in 1957. Photo courtesy of Jodrell Bank.


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It Follows feels like a timeless film. While Unfriended could only exist here and now, It Follows could easily take place during almost any time in the past few decades. Director David Mitchell himself said he intentionally wanted us to be unsure about when the movie is set, often feeling like the 1970’s but with one of the characters using some sort of smartphone type device. It’s an ingeniously simple film, which uses its low budget and few resources to its advantage to produce a seriously chilling, claustrophobic nightmare. Mitchell delivers the scares and makes us think about the teenage angst associated with sex, the paranoia of life as a young adult, and the power of meaningful relationships in our lives.
You may have heard It Follows described as the movie about an STD ghost, and yeah, that’s kind of the plot. The monster is some sort of mysterious creature which latches on to one person at a time, following them very slowly but violently killing them if it gets close. There’s a catch, though: You can transfer the entity to someone else through sex.
This creates an interesting moral dilemma. Would you be willing to subject another person to these horrors in order to save yourself? To do so, you’d naturally have to lie. Will you sink to that level? Will you go sleep with the first person you see in order to be rid of the curse? In the first act of the film, a character transfers the monster by having sex with a girl who is none the wiser. From her perspective, she’s engaging in a loving act with a man who she has opened herself up to, but from his perspective, he’s deceiving her with an ulterior motive.
The movie, then, speaks to the anxiety associated with sex, especially during our teenage years. Can I trust this person I’m about to become so intimate with? Are they using me for something? Does it really mean anything to them?
Taking this metaphor to its logical conclusion, It Follows allows us to see how people behave in the aftermath of that betrayal. In this case, that means having an entity thrust upon you and becoming its target, but we can also interpret that as a stand in for sexual betrayal in general, either from a partner lying to get you into bed, or even, God forbid, committing sexual assault. How can one possibly move on after that?
We never quite see the “it” in the film, as the entity always takes the form of other humans, often who the target knows. In a world where a romantic partner could lie, trick or assault at a moment’s notice, how are we to trust anyone ever again? Similarly, how can we have faith in anyone when they could be “it”? Our protagonists must look twice at anyone they see, analyzing their movements as possibly being a telling sign. Is this person “it”? Is this person going to mislead me? Can I trust them? Can I love them?
Without getting too heavily into spoilers, the film suggests that in a world full of creatures like these, we must work hard to find the one who really, truly cares about us and who will help share the load. Our pain may seem impossible to deal with, but split among two people, and with someone else looking out for us, it might not be so bad.
It Follows is truly scary, stylistic, and with one hell of a soundtrack. Having the entity take the form of a person might sound cheap at first, but it’s actually an incredibly resourceful idea, and there’s something so creepy and wrong about the image of an old woman following someone down a school hallway. Sometimes the most straightforward ideas, when put in the right hands, are the most effective.
Maika Monroe is pitch perfect as the lead, calling to mind Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween (the movie pays tribute to Halloween in a number of ways). The group of friends has a believable dynamic, though only Jay and Paul are particularly memorable. But this is a film that cares about its characters, and that can be surprisingly rare in horror.
Like The Babadook, It Follows doesn’t have that many overt scares, but its more about the impeding sense of doom that haunts every frame. We feel the paranoia the characters do, like something is constantly lurking around the corner. It’s tremendously scary, but even more than that, the themes have stayed with me for weeks since I saw it. Like many of the greatest horror movies, the whole thing serves as a brilliant metaphor, and one that you’ll want to discuss immediately afterwards. The film, as dark as it often gets, is also somewhat hopeful, reminding us of the power of meaningful relationships to help us through the terrors that follow.