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The Master of Advanced Studies in Landscape Architecture (MASLA) is a post-professional research degree offered in a two-year curriculum. Students work in independent research-based studies in collaboration with faculty members engaged in certain research themes. This immersive program is for those who wish to synthesize existing knowledge in landscape architecture and progress contemporary concepts in the field. Within the wider University community, students immerse themselves in a focused research environment enriched by resources and support from related disciplines such as community and regional planning, civil engineering, geography, and art history, visual and theory.
The MASLA program is intended for qualified applicants with a previous professional degree with the capacity for independent research. The main criteria for admissions include a comprehensive proposal for their research and prior consultation with individual faculty members to discuss student's ambitions and supported research topics.
Our two-year Master of Advanced Studies in Landscape Architecture program immerses you in a focused research environment, allowing you to synthesize existing knowledge in landscape architecture and progress contemporary concepts in the field. You will work independently and in collaboration with faculty members to investigate specific research themes, culminating in the completion of your thesis. You may enrich this research through related disciplines such as community and regional planning, civil engineering, geography, art history, and visual art.
This program does not fulfill the requirements for licensure. If you already hold a professional degree in landscape architecture or a related field and have a capacity for independent research, this program may be a good choice for you.
- Degree: Master of Advanced Studies in Landscape Architecture
- Subject: Science
- Mode of delivery: On campus
- Specialization: Landscape Architecture
- Program Components: Coursework + Thesis required
- Faculty: Faculty of Applied Science
- School: School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
The Master of Advanced Studies in Landscape Architecture degree requires the completion of 31 credits, which includes your thesis. You will largely design your own trajectory and specialized studies through elective coursework in interdisciplinary fields. In your first year, you will broaden your knowledge in academic research and electives to prepare for your research thesis in the second year. The degree normally takes two years to complete.
- LARC 523 Landscape Architecture Theory
- LARC 525 Research Methods
- LARC 541 Landscape Planning and Management
- LARC 593 Landscape Architecture Seminar
- LARC 599 Research Thesis
This list shows faculty members with full supervisory privileges who are affiliated with this program. It is not a comprehensive list of all potential supervisors as faculty from other programs or faculty members without full supervisory privileges can request approvals to supervise graduate students in this program.
- Condon, Patrick Michael (Sustainable urban design, landscape architecture, sustainable communities).
- Dahmen, Joseph (technical methods and cultural effects of resource use at the scales of architecture and territory).
- Girling, Cynthia (Sustainable communities, Visualization and community engagement, urban design, public realm).
- Herrington, Susan (Children’s outdoor play environments, Playgrounds, Natural play environments, Risky play, Landscape architecture, Landscape architecture history, landscape theory, Contemporary theory, globalization and contested theory, design, and history of landscapes).
- Kellett, Ronald (Environmental quality, urban form, development of tools for urban design, green neighbourhoods).
- Lokman, Kees (design studios in the landscape architecture).
- Mooney, Patrick (sustainable development; urban biological diversity; environmental restoration; wetland restoration; therapeutic landscapes; sustainable development; urban biological diversity; urban ecosystems; environmental management in urban planning; birds in urban environments; habitat management; Japanese gardens; habitats, Sustainable landscape planning, ecological restoration, design studio, environmental issues).
- Roehr, Daniel (Sustainable communities, sustainable design, materials and construction, landscape architecture, integration of living roofs as holistic system for stormwater management).
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Amazon Studios at TCA today announced the first group of regulars set to star in their adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings series. The cast officially includes Robert Aramayo, Owain Arthur, Nazanin Boniadi, Tom Budge, Morfydd Clark, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Ema Horvath, Markella Kavenagh, Joseph Mawle, Tyroe Muhafidin, Sophia Nomvete, Megan Richards, Dylan Smith, Charlie Vickers and Daniel Weyman. Cameras roll next month. Table reads in New Zealand are already underway.
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Kim Kardashian hasn't ruled out walking down the aisle one more time. In fact, she thinks her fourth husband could be the one that finally sticks.
In a preview from the new episode of their Hulu show this week, the reality star said, “To me, a baby, you're stuck for life. Marriages come and go, take it from me.” But she added with a laugh, “I believe in love. That’s why, hopefully, there will be just one more wedding for me. Fourth time’s the charm!” Kardashian was only declared legally single from her last marriage in March of this year after originally filing for a divorce from her third husband Kanye West in February 2021. They share four children together, 8-year-old North, 6-year-old Saint, 4-year-old Chicago, and 2-year-old Psalm.
But Kardashian is no stranger to matrimony as she was also previously married to music producer Damon Thomas from 2000 to 2004 and infamously wed NBA player Kris Humphries in a Keeping Up With the Kardashians televised special — a relationship that only lasted 72 days after they said “I do.” While the KKW Beauty founder didn't mention anyone in particular she has lined up to become husband number four, she and her boyfriend of six months, Pete Davidson, do seem to be getting pretty serious lately.
Last month, the couple made their official red carpet debut at The White House Correspondents’ Dinner and posted their first official Instagram PDA on Kardashian's account following the premiere of her family's new Hulu reality show. If that's not proof enough that the pair are committed to one another, Kardashian also revealed on The Ellen Show in March that Davidson has a handful of tattoos he's gotten in her honor. “That’s what tattoo people do, right? They get tattoos of what’s going on in their life,” she said in an attempt to undercut the seriousness of those permanent additions to his body. She went on to explain that a couple of them are “cutesy things,” another one near Davidson’s collarbone reads “My girl is a lawyer” in celebration of Kardashian recently passing California’s “baby bar” exam after multiple attempts, and there’s one that’s actually a brand of her first name that’s been seared into his chest. “I think he was like I want something that’s there that I can’t get rid of," she said "because he’s in the process of getting rid of his arm tats and his neck tats, so he’s like, ‘I don’t want to be able to get rid of it or to cover it up and I just wanted it there as a scar on me.’”
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About 100 people had assembled this evening for a candlelight vigil outside the Englewood neighborhood family home of Academy Award-winning singer and actress Jennifer Hudson, where her mother and brother were found slain Friday.
It was confirmed Monday that the actress' 7-year-old nephew also had been killed.
The group outside the Hudson home included both friends and strangers that came to support the family with song and prayer.
The memorial outside the home in the 7000 block of South Yale Avenue had grown substantially Monday with photos of the victims, stuffed animals, balloons and posters for people to sign.
Around 6 p.m., the crowd sang Jennifer Hudson's song "Spotlight."
News of Julian's death was on everyone's mind.
Latrice Wells, 31, from the neighborhood, was at the vigil and said she knew the family. Wells recalled seeing Julian riding a four-wheeler down the block. "He loved being outside playing and talking to everyone. He was a joyful little boy," she said.
Wells found out about Julian's death on television and said she cried. She arrived at the memorial site with a stuffed animal. "I feel what they're going through," Wells said.
Some people who didn't know the Hudson family said they showed up to provide support.
Shelia Smith, a nurse at nearby hospital, brought a yellow rose. "It really hit home because it's like losing one of your own," she said.
Hudson, who gained stardom after appearing on "American Idol" and then won an Academy Award for the movie "Dreamgirls," spent the days since the murders out of the public eye but high in public consciousness. And Monday, her family and supporters feared the worst -- that the body found early Monday on the West Side in a white Chevrolet Suburban was Julian.
The SUV belonged to Jason Hudson.
A parade of cars moved slowly past her family's home Monday morning, squeezing past news vans and a gathering crowd of reporters. Neighbors came by to drop items on the memorial or simply came to stand quietly and reflect on the violence that is too often a part of the neighborhood.
"Everybody is sick of going through stuff like this," said Artisha West, who did not know the Hudson family but used to live in the area. "We all have to stick together. All these young children are dying, and for what?"
Soon after Julian's body was found, neighbors and well-wishers from the Englewood neighborhood flocked to the Hudson home, dropping off teddy bears and flowers at an ever-growing memorial on the sidewalk.
No one knew each other or planned it ahead of time. All said they gathered in a common grief.
"To hear of this tragedy, the only thing I could do was come by and pray," Rev. Luther McDade, a pastor at the First Missionary Baptist Church on East 75th Street, said as more than a dozen people from the gathering crowd encircled the memorial in prayer.
"Everybody is touched by this," said Kevin Smith, who brought his 5-year-old son, little Kevin. "You just wish there was more that you could do. You can't do nothing but come by here and pay your respects and pray that your own family is taken care of."
Lynetta Clark rushed to the home moments after learning a third body had been found.
"It's just crazy," she said. "You need to hold onto your baby as tight as you can. I feel so sorry for the family."
In front of the Hudson's home, men in heavy jackets and hooded sweatshirts came to kiss the twin white crosses marked for Darnell Donerson and Jason Hudson.
"They were a very close family, I just can't believe this," said neighbor Jemia Laye, who said she was friends with Jennifer's sister Julia growing up. Laye dropped off a pink monkey stuffed animal onto the pile.
"She loved that boy," Laye said of Julia. Of the woman's son, Julian: "He was always happy and saying hi to everybody."
As pieces began coming together in the police investigation, the Hudson family also had spent the weekend praying, holding out hope until reports said a boy's body was found in Jason Hudson's SUV.
"All we can do is pray," said Rev. Krista Alston of Pleasant Gift Missionary Baptist Church, who is Hudson's cousin. "We're a family of deep faith."
-- Joel Hood, Stacy St. Clair, Dan Blake, Angela Rozas, David Heinzmann, James Janega and Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah, Emma Graves Fitzsimmons, Chicago Tribune


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Downtown Nice multiplexes typically screen Hollywood blockbusters dubbed in French; however, they are beginning to offer English language movies; look for “V.O.” after each title or use their websites’ filters to discover them.
Try something different at Gerson Cafe Theatre, famous for its comedy performances. Many young comedians start their careers here.
1. Cinema Varietes
Cinema Varietes, located close to Sunlight Properties holiday rental apartments and villas, provides an array of entertaining theatre. Unlike mainstream multiplexes that only show Hollywood blockbusters dubbed in French, Cinema Varietes shows French films in addition to many English language movies (marked V.O. for “Version Originale”).
This erotica and pornographic movie once reigned supreme in cinema halls before receiving an X rating in 1975. Following renovation work, its long pink facade has taken on more neutral tones, while access corridors were removed to create a central atrium that captures sunlight throughout the day and features suspensions to evoke its canvas-like surface.
Download the Cinema Varietes mobile app to stay informed on movies, times and tickets on-the-go! Plus you can even buy tickets directly!
2. Pathe Massena
Pathe Massena cinema, just steps from Nice Etoile Center Commercial District, features seven screens and 1 332 seats for film lovers to enjoy an extensive selection of indie, cult, foreign, documentary and foreign language film releases in their original languages.
Theater attempts to recreate the kind of connection ancient Roman performers and audiences had. Actors, for instance, often integrate music and drawing into their shows.
Place Guichard Bourse du Travail Metro station is just steps from this theatre, providing easy access. For more information, check the website or call. Some cinemas also offer French versions with voiceover. Check their schedule before heading over; though not a guarantee, this may be your best bet for non-French speakers in the area. Additionally, LostinFrenchlation can arrange English screenings in certain Paris cinemas at slightly increased costs but well worth your while!
3. Cinema Varietes
Cinema Varietes has evolved into a seven-screen theatre showing art-house films while upholding its historical mission of music hall and chanson. It stretches across a courtyard and features a large 2,000-seat auditorium that can be divided into four rooms by means of sliding partitions with rotating stages, orchestra pits, false roofs and projection booths built directly into its ceiling.
At this cinema, visitors will experience a one-of-a-kind multisensory viewing experience with D-BOX seating, wind, rain, mist, back and leg ticklers, scents and air jets as well as sound, fog lighting (including thunder) and bubble effects – an excellent option for couples or groups of friends alike. Such cinematic projections possess long had an audible presence ever since the Kino-Variete (1913-1914) was made – an iconic revenge melodrama featuring Emil Jannings who makes his mark on it still today!
4. Pathe Massena Dolby
Le Centre Commercial de Nice-Lingostiere now hosts an amazing new Pathe cinema equipped with Dolby Cinema that provides the ultimate cinematic experience. Featuring fully inclinable premium recliners spaced 2 metres apart to reduce visual disturbance and optimize viewing of the screen, this theatre delivers the full cinematic experience.
Pathe is one of the largest chain operatorss in France, operating theaters across France, the Netherlands and Switzerland. Each week it presents an eclectic and complementary program at seven comfortable, climate-controlled theaters that feature Dolby Stereo technology – four equipped with Dolby Cinema as well.
Pathe Massena stands out from downtown multiplexes by showing films in their original language (look for films with V.O). Plus it offers a good selection of concessions. Conveniently located near Liberation tram stop and offering free parking all year long; entrances on ground floor, first floor and roof top levels provide easy accessibility to viewing movies!
5. Cinema Varietes
Cinema Varietes is an ideal choice for an evening out in Nice, situated within walking distance from both Winter Resort Town of Nice and Boscolo Exedra Nice Hotel Non Refundable Room. Offering a wide selection of movies in an ample auditorium and with numerous bars and restaurants close by allowing customers to unwind after watching a film with drinks or food from various nearby establishments, Cinema Varietes makes a memorable nighttime out!
At Cinema Varietes in downtown Nice, unlike crowded mainstream multiplexes, Hollywood blockbusters are usually shown in their original language (look for films with V.O. after their title). On occasion they also show more explicit or even pornographic movies – so keep kleenex handy! Likewise, seating includes standard chairs as well as sofas upholstered with velvet for maximum comfort; some chairs even boast retractable headrests! Furthermore, this theatre boasts retractable roof and rotating stage features.
6. Pathe Massena
Pathe Massena cinema in Nice is an ideal spot to enjoy watching films with its wide array of seating options and convenient location near the city center. Furthermore, they also provide drinks and snacks.
Watching a movie at home is an ideal way to escape the city and unwind after an exhausting day of sightseeing. Enjoying your favourite flick without worry over traffic or finding parking is sure to provide relaxation after touring all day long!
Nice is home to several hotels that provide delicious breakfast options, with Le Meridien Nice, Hotel West End Nice and Villa Saint Exupery Beach Hostel among the more well-known choices. Breakfast can help start off your day right; for travelers traveling with children it is key that their hotel offers child-friendly menu options.
7. Cinema Varietes
This seven-screen cinema in Nice’s historic Old Quarter showcases art house, cult, foreign and documentary movies often in their original language. Look out for profiles of Marseille composer Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) and Alexandre Dumas fils (1724-1895) adorning its facade!
Restructuring of the building has resulted in clearer room distribution and an elevator between floors. By eliminating many old corridors, a large empty space has opened up beneath its vaulted ceiling that captures light, illuminated by suspended suspended lamps hung from suspension cables in space – this area now hosts a large sculptural staircase to connect all rooms on the second floor at once.
8. Pathe Massena
Pathe Massena cinema is located just steps away from Nice Etoile shopping centre, providing visitors with access to the latest film releases. Popular among both business and leisure guests alike, Pathe Massena also serves as an ideal venue for private parties and events of up to 250 people and boasts facilities like meeting rooms and audiovisual equipment to ensure everything runs smoothly.
Some hotels in Nice provide delicious breakfast foods like pancakes and bagel stories for their guests to enjoy, such as Le Meridien Nice, Hotel West End Nice and Villa Saint Exupery Beach Hostel are the top spots to stay for those seeking a satisfying breakfast experience.
9. Cinema Varietes
Contrasting with the overcrowded mainstream multiplexes in town that typically show Hollywood blockbusters dubed into French, Cinema Varietes provides independent, cult, and foreign films in original language. Check their website to view their current lineup; be sure to filter for films marked “V.O” (Version Originale).
Recent efforts to give cinematic projections an impactful presence are increasingly popular, yet have long roots. German Kino-Variete productions from 1913-1914 attempted to enhance filmic images through texture and depth by combining film projection with live performances like dance of the stars or music-hall shows with projection.
10. Pathe Massena
Pathe Massena (Chemin de l’Etoile), located in the city center, offers films for everyone in its large cinema with state-of-the-art technology and provides the ideal setting for family outings.
The theater is well known for its comedy performances, and you may just catch an emerging comedian before they become household names! Located east of the Rhone and north of Gabriel Peri metro station.
Studio 28 (Chemin de l’Etoile) provides an intimate cinematic experience and offers a selection of films from which you can choose. Additionally, its beautiful building was designed by Matisse; once owned by Jean-Pierre Mocky who regretted not having his films distributed in movie theaters he purchased this space to showcase them himself and promote his works.

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- Commission directs police to modify methods of probing minority girls' forced conversions, marriages ..
Commission Directs Police To Modify Methods Of Probing Minority Girls' Forced Conversions, Marriages
Faizan Hashmi 8 days ago Sun 21st February 2021 | 03:30 PM
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st Feb, 2021 ) :The Chaiman one-man Commission on Implementation of Minorities Rights, constituted by the Supreme Court, has directed the Inspectors General of Police (IGPs) of all the provinces to modify investigation patterns and official hierarchy leading investigation process in the matter of forced conversions and marriages of minority girls.
Commission head Dr Shoaib Suddle chaired a meeting of the Inspectors General of Police (IGPs) of all the provinces, including Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), and Additional IGP from Islamabad Capital Territory Police to review the matters pertaining to forced conversions and marriages of non-Muslim girls, and implementation of paragraph 37 of the SC's Minority Rights Judgement in the suo motu case (SMC) 1 of 2014.
Dr Suddle said the forced conversions of religion and marriages were mostly taking place with Hindu and Christian girls in Punjab and Sindh, which were damaging the country's image at the global level.
A foolproof mechanism should be devised to ensure proper age determination of the victim girls, he stressed.
He said in case of forced marriages, there should be thorough investigation to verify whether the girls had given their consent willingly or through coercion.
Dr Suddle also directed the police high-ups to take steps for curbing hate speech and material related to minorities, filling vacant positions on minorities' quota in their respective departments, and raising a dedicated force in their domains for the protection of minorities' religious places.

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Enjoy some poetry written during lockdown and performed by some of Renfrewshire’s finest contemporary poets and spoken-word artists.
As a celebration of Renfrewshire’s cultural activism, local poets and spoken word artists will share a new piece of work inspired by some of the Sma’ Shot 2020 themes.
You can also watch the show on our Facebook Event page.
Here’s a quick rundown of all the performers.
Paisley-born Shaun Moore (host) has performed at Spoken Word events and music festivals all over Britain. Part of the vibrant creative and music scene in Renfrewshire, Shaun loves taking poetry to new audiences, for radio, comedy clubs, community and charity events, rallies, conferences and private functions. Since 2015 he has organised and hosted the annual Sma’ Shot Bigshot Poetry Slam and is excited about this year’s innovations.
Mairi Murphy graduated from Glasgow University MLitt with distinction, where she was awarded the 2016 Alistair Buchan Prize for poetry. Published in New Writing Scotland 30 & 35, her first collection Observance was published by Clochoderick Press in 2018. She is the co-founder of Four-em Press, publishing Glasgow Women Poets in 2016.
M McCorquodale is a writer living in Glasgow. M has performed across Glasgow and Edinburgh. In 2018 her first poetry collection What I Told Frank was published. M is currently working on a novel. M’s writing focuses on themes like mental health, identity, relationships and a healthy dose of punk.
R Munford is a writer and poet based in Renfrewshire. Munford has been studying an MLitt in Creative Writing at the University of Strathclyde for the last year and is currently working on a novel. Munford’s writing explores themes such as identity, mental health and discrimination.
Tracy Patrick lives and writes in Paisley. Her debut novel, Blushing is for Sinners, was commended by the Saltire First Book of the Year judges 2019.
George Colkitto writes for the pleasure of words Recent publications are two poetry collections from Diehard Press, The Year of the Loch and Waitin tae meet wie the Deil and a pamphlet from Cinnamon Press, Brantwood, that place of Little Green Poems.
Gordon Christopher Powrie is a poet born and bred in Paisley. A multiple poetry slam winner and 3 three-time Scottish Poetry Slam Championship finalist, Gordon performs live at various venues around Scotland. All poets need a day job; Gordon is a support teacher for care experienced young people in Renfrewshire.
Andy Judge is a poet from Paisley and regular performer on the Glasgow scene. After years of ranting into the void about politics on Facebook, he decided to experiment by switching to live performances, so he could be stone-faced in real time. At least in that respect, he’s quite happy that the lockdown means he can now do this from home.


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Piping plovers are released in Maine
HAMPTON — Two endangered piping plover chicks were returned to the wild this past week after surviving an attack by a feral cat at Hampton Beach last month.
The chicks were released at Scarborough Beach in Maine by that state's Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and the N.H. Fish and Game Department.
Fish and Game officials said the feral cat killed the male parent of the chicks and injured the mother and three siblings. The three chicks and the mother were taken to a rehabilitation facility in York, Maine. However, the mother and one chick didn't make it. The two remaining chicks were taken to a rehabilitation specialist in Bridgton, Maine, where they remained up until this past week.
"Biologists usually avoid keeping piping plover chicks in captivity because their best chance for survival is when they're reared by other piping plovers," said Jody Jones, coordinator of Maine Audubon's Piping Plover Recovery Project. "This was a unique situation and we felt the chicks deserved a second chance after losing both their parents."
They were not released back to Hampton Beach because it has been a difficult season for plovers on the N.H. coast.
"We released the chicks in Maine in order to give them the best chance for survival," said Brendan Clifford, piping plover monitor for N.H. Fish and Game's Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program. "They can join other plovers in the area that will flock up and migrate together."
Officials believe the feral cat that attacked the plovers was attracted to the beach because there's a feral cat feeding station near the beach. Wild cats at the beach get food from the station, which has been placed on private property by feline rescue groups.
"Cats in the wild present a danger to wildlife," said John Kanter, coordinator of the Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program. "In a fragile ecosystem with endangered birds like plovers, cats can have a disastrous impact on the population."
A study published in an issue of National Wildlife magazine, which is published by the National Wildlife Federation, reveals small animal and bird populations are being decimated by cats.
The plovers are considered endangered in this state and threatened nationally.
Fish and Game began protecting the birds within the past eight to 10 years. Last summer, three pair of birds nested at Seabrook Beach and one pair at Hampton Beach State Park.
Fish and Game sets up fencing where the plovers nest to protect them. Once hatched, however, the small birds run around the sand chasing bugs to eat. If threatened, they squat down still, where their light color makes them all but invisible in the sand.


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For classic country fare, sit down for a meal at a cosy pub. Try The Sir George in Jugiong for a long Sunday lunch, sample local beef at the Willow Tree Inn near Tamworth, admire the art deco style of the Royal Hotel Queanbeyan and relax in the garden of the Burrawang Village Hotel in the Southern Highlands.
You’ll also find a strong cafe culture in Country NSW, so a good cup of coffee is never far away. Racine in Orange, Highlands Merchant in Moss Vale and Deadwood in Braidwood are local favourites. And don’t forget to stop off at small town bakeries for the perfect pie or vanilla slice.
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There are nine distinct wine regions to choose from in Country NSW, each producing their own signature varietals. Join a wine tour to hop between cellar doors, meet the makers, walk through the vines and stock up on a few bottles for the wine rack at home.
If beer, cider and spirits are more your thing, you won’t go thirsty in Country NSW. Head for Thirsty Crow Brewery in Wagga Wagga, Devil’s Hollow Brewery in Dubbo or the Mudgee Brewing Co.Black Gate Distillery in the Warrumbungle area specialises in whisky and rum, while Baker Williams makes delicious liqueurs.
Go straight to the source and sample the best local produce. Farmers markets are held in many country towns and are a great place to meet the growers, and pick up fresh fruit, vegetables, meat and more. Follow a farm gate trail and see exactly where your favourites are grown.
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What better way to celebrate the bounty of Country NSW than alongside lots of other happy foodies? You’ll find tasty festival all across the region, like Orange F.O.O.D Week, Pie Time in the Southern Highlands, Moree on a Plate, Taste Tamworth and the Mudgee Wine and Food Festival.

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BJP today accused Congress of forcing its Chief Ministers of Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh to retract statements on Naga peace accord and said it "augurs badly" for the country that the opposition party does so on the issue of national security.
BJP asked Congress to introspect and reminded Sonia Gandhi of the Shillong Accord signed in 1975 when the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi did not brief or consult the Chief Ministers of North East, charging it with adopting different measures for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and NDA government.
Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman rebutted the charge that no one was consulted by Modi government before signing the Nagaland Accord with NSCN (IM) and said the Prime Minister held detailed discussions with the Chief Minister, the Speaker and members of Nagaland assembly besides also working in close coordination with Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
"Congress party should introspect rather than criticise the government even on a measure like this which has waited for a very long time and several governments have been engaged for it. It is not good for the country, particularly for the North East. I think the approach of Congress party should be for more in the national interest," she said.
Sitharaman accused Congress of going against the voice of its own Chief Ministers and MPs who had initially welcomed the move but are now opposing the accord.
"To muffle their voice and make them speak much against their own opinion does not speak about any freedom of speech, freedom of expression and democracy within Congress party and on a matter of national security," she said.
The Minister added that it is important that Congress plays an important role of being in opposition, as a constructive opposition and differentiates on issues and their national importance rather than pick up a fight on every issue and say they are shocked, surprised and will tooth and nail oppose it.
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Organizers have officially canceled the 2020 Orange International Street Fair that was scheduled for Labor Day weekend, saying they’re unable to get the necessary permits due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Instead, organizers are planning an online event to help raise $250,000 for 50 nonprofits that had registered for this year’s event, which has traditionally served as one of the biggest fundraising opportunities for those organizations.
“There’s some excitement they will have some opportunity to raise funds,” the fair’s president, Adam Feliz, said. “We’re looking forward to raising funds for those groups who haven’t been able to participate in anything since the pandemic.”
This year marks the first cancellation of the popular fair since its inception in 1973. It has been one of the biggest events in Orange County, with more than 400,000 visitors spilling into the Old Towne Orange Plaza every year to enjoy food, entertainment, arts and crafts.
Even as other gatherings across the county were shutting down, the fair’s organizers waited to make an official cancellation announcement because they were hopeful that businesses and events might have resumed by now, Feliz said. But with the pandemic still raging, county and state officials are unable to issue permits, such as of those that allow food vendors and alcohol sales at the event, he said.
For the virtual fundraiser, people can donate via the fair’s website. Orange restaurants can also give a percentage of their sales during the Labor Day weekend to the fair. All the proceeds will be pooled and distributed evenly to participating nonprofits, Feliz said. He also said the staff hopes to recoup some of its monthly expenses – usually covered by street fair profits – through those donations.
The fair is also planning to offer 20 hours of live content that will be streamed on its social media accounts during the weekend the fair would have been held. The content will highlight restaurants and nonprofits participating in the fair and feature entertainment, interviews with local residents and trivia about the event, Feliz said.
Old Towne Preservation Association President Sandy Quinn said he understands the decision to cancel the fair. The association typically sells beer and sandwiches at the event.
“The cancellation was inevitable and necessary,” he said.
If this year’s virtual fundraiser meets its goal, that would mean $5,000 for the association, which Quinn said is less than what his group typically raises at the fair. They’ll also miss out on the chance to recruit new members, he said, adding that the street fair “gives us opportunities to talk to hundreds of people.”
But Quinn said he’s pleased to at least have a virtual event that will give nonprofits like his an opportunity to get some financial benefit.
Feliz said he and others plan to hold the event in-person next year, just as they’ve done for more than four decades. “I would hope a year from now, we would be out of the woods, so to say.”

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gosh could be piston rings
Depends on where it is coming from. If it seems outside of the vehicle, it could be a hub bearing.
Coming from the drive wheels? Could be worn CV joints
you could add gas treatment liquid to your gas tank or you could buy the fuel injector cleaner tool and run the system with fuel injector cleaner which is alot faster. other then tht you could take each fuel injector out and spray carb clener through the fuel injector until you see nice spread out spray coming out.
Is it really white and not light gray? What does it smell like? Gray is burning oil. White could be condensation in the mufflers. also it could be a broken piston or worn piston rings
Where is the oil tank? Do you mean gas in the engine oil? Bad fuel injector or bad computer causing injector to stay open and let gas leak into engine after shut down. Should be missing and rough idle also. Clicking could be oil is thinned out by gasoline.?
the inlet manifold could Be leaking so check the gaskets or the injector seals
engine is burning oil could be valve seals or piston rings
It could be a starter problem....can you tell where the click is coming from? is it the started clicking, or a relay clicking?
Could be an injector spraying at below the pressure that it should. Or a head gasket. Check your radiator for milky fluid, if not you can determine the bad injector by loosening the nut at the injector line/injector until the sound of the engine changes. The one that does the least change to sound/rpms is the bad one. You can have it tested at your local dealership.
Possible a failing U-joint.
Could be several things depending on how hard of a knock it is. Rod bearing, stuck piston ring, cracked piston, low oil and lifters chattering, fuel injector stuck. Any knock is usually serious and almost always expensive to fix.
If the problem followed the fuel injector then it is a bad injector. If the problem stayed at the same hole with a different injector then it could be bad wiring.
I suggest that you take your car to the dealer and they can help you there and tell you if there is somthing wrong with it or not.
the harness could be bad on that injector chech to see if its firing and if it is then the injector is bad
Diesels don't use "GAS"!!!!
Where are you finding the fuel coming from? Could be a bad O ring on the #8 fuel injector.
If it is just one injector, it is a bad injector or a problem in the wiring harness or connector for that injector. If it is all of the injectors, it could be a fuse, the entire injector harness, a broken loose or unplugged connector on the injector harness, or the fuel pump or fuel pressure regulator.
could very well be the injector. could also be the distributer or the plug lead
It could be several things. that coil pack could be going bad, although that is unlikely. It could be a plugged injector, or it could be a bad piston ring, or valves ( In other words engine issues)
Most likely, since the code is specific to bank 2 (which are the opposite pistons to where the number 1 piston is), it might be an injector that's staying open to long, but it could be as simple as a spark plug or wires in bad shape.
Yes the pump feeds them or you could just unplug injector(s)
The condition may possibly be piston slap.
Probably that you're burning oil. This could be for several reasons, the most likely being that your piston rings are faulty/worn.


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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
This week's Diva Challenge is to use this string to create your Zentangle tile or Zentangle Inspired Art. I made two attempts, with and without border, and definitely am more pleased with the second tile than the first. Nevertheless I really am grateful for Diva's dedication to maintaining this challenge, especially with everything she has on her plate. Thanks Laura, and Happy Tangling! And thanks to everyone who commented on last week's post. Feedback is always appreciated.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
The Diva's Weekly Challenge is more than just a fun exercise for Zentangle enthusiasts. It is a community where tanglers share their art, and also get to know each other....one stroke at a time. The Diva aka Laura is also a mom who shares her heart with her readers and has a son with Moebius Syndrome. She's doing her part to spread awareness about the disorder and this week's challenge is to use the symbol in your Zentangle art. Mine both might look a bit more like a pretzels, but in keeping with the challenge, here goes anyway:) The round Zendala is on lavender paper, which I used to try to incorporate purple, the color for MSAD.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Happy days are here again. The Diva Challenge is back from the holidays and the UMT (use my tangle), chosen for the challenge is "Phicops", a really interesting tangle that B-rad, Diva's husband, created. The post about this challenge is really cool as it explains the origin of the tangle and also has Laura's (aka Diva's) reflections about passing the 100 challenge milestone.
Phicops might seem a little tricky at first, but once you practice, it is well worth the effort for the interesting Zentangles you can make using this tangle. I'm sharing three tiles with Phicops and the first one happened to come out like a butterfly, although at first that was not my intention:) The second is a monotangle with Phicops, and third one was a chance to use the new tangle with a few old and new favorites. And, then I also decided to share another recent tile. Happy Tangling~
|Phicops, Diva Dance, Tipple, random N'Zeppel|


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LONDON — Simon McBurney was chatting about his children as a technician adjusted his microphone. How many photographs he had of them on his phone — more than had ever been taken of him in his lifetime. How memories are preserved and created around images and sound. “Put on your headphones,” he urged, going on to explain how binaural technology — sound transmitted separately into each ear — works, fooling the brain into imagining a person is just inches away.
It was a hot summer day at a community center in North London, where Mr. McBurney, the director of the celebrated theater company Complicite, was camped out with the technical team that creates “The Encounter,” his one-man show, which begins previews Sept. 20 for a limited run at the John Golden Theater on Broadway before touring to Ann Arbor, Mich., and Los Angeles.
But Mr. McBurney, who wrote and directed the play, wasn’t really chatting casually. He was rehearsing the monologue at the start of “The Encounter,” for which each audience member wears headphones. In those first moments, he was doing what he has done throughout his theater-making career: building magic from the stuff of everyday, drawing the audience in to the ruminations about storytelling and memory, illusion and reality, fantasy and imagination, time and consciousness that permeate “The Encounter.”
The play, Ben Brantley wrote in The New York Times, is “a journey to the center of your mind that begins in your auditory nerves and keeps burrowing deeper.”
The two-hour show is inspired by Petru Popescu’s “Amazon Beaming” (1991), a novel based on the 1969 real-life encounter between Loren McIntyre, an American photographer, and the almost unknown Mayoruna tribe living deep in the Amazon rain forest. As well as offering metaphysical considerations, it’s a kind of a “Boy’s Own” adventure for which Mr. McBurney uses little more than his own voice and body, a desk, a few microphones, and plastic bottles of water to create sounds and story layers that take us deep into the Amazon.
His voice and other voices are in the ears of each audience member. So are the sounds of the Amazon rain forest, the shriek of birds, the crackle of leaves underfoot, the chatter of children, the whine of mosquitoes and the roar of a Cessna plane. Interspersed with McIntyre’s adventures are recorded interruptions from Mr. McBurney’s 7-year-old daughter and snippets of testimony from experts on the nature of consciousness, memory and time.
It’s not exactly standard Broadway fare. Although Mr. McBurney’s production of “The Chairs” came to Broadway in 1998, Complicite is usually presented by festivals and theaters with an experimental bent. Richard Frankel, one of the producers of “The Encounter,” said that he and his partners were nonetheless immediately convinced that the show would work. “People go to the theater to be moved and engaged and engrossed, and this does it in spades,” he said.
Nigel Redden, the director of the Lincoln Center Festival, which has presented Complicite five times since 1996, described Mr. McBurney as “one of the great theater-makers in the world today.” He added: “I think his strength is that he is doing absolutely his own work. He has increasingly become someone who can tell a very complicated story and make it simple and personal and utterly compelling.”
Mr. McBurney is a compelling storyteller offstage, too. In an interview over lunch at an Italian restaurant near the rehearsal rooms, he managed to eat, gesture and talk, almost without stopping, about “The Encounter,” which had its premiere at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2015, had a sold-out season at the Barbican in London and has toured Europe. He is 59 and compactly built, with large, mobile features, an intense stare and thinning hair that stands up in jagged peaks on his head when he runs his hands through it.
“There is a short answer and a long answer,” he began, when asked about the genesis of “The Encounter.”
He proceeded to give both, recounting how he was given Mr. Popescu’s book by a friend in 1994, how the tale “remained on the list of things that keep haunting me” and how he finally began to develop it as a theater piece five years ago.
The long answer, he said, was more complicated. “The question of when something really begins is impossible to answer,” he began, plunging into a discussion of childhood influences (his American-born father was an anthropologist); early adult experiences (“The question of identity was very important to me — am I American? Why did I feel at home in Scotland?”); and his fascination over the years with the processes of memory.
“One of the things that most excited me was discovering that every time you remember something, you are making it anew,” he said. “Synaptic connections, at unbelievable speed, form a pattern or electrical charge in the brain that brings memory or images to life. Your mind has to make the pattern each time; it doesn’t exist somewhere intact. That means memory and imagination have the same syntax and biochemistry, which is very exciting for an artist.”
During the making of many of his theater pieces, Mr. McBurney talked to neuroscientists, philosophers and psychologists. He realized, he said, “the extraordinary fictional nature” of the world.
“Ideas that surround us, like identity, nationhood, countries, language. These things don’t exist or have meaning outside imagination,” he said. “A sense of being lost and a huge doubt about my own culture resurfaced in me, and I thought about ‘Amazon Beaming,’ and how it’s about a man who is lost and gradually loses everything, who cuts the connections that are the scaffolding for meaning or what he takes to be immutable truths. He encounters another narrative; that’s what it’s really about. I have no Rousseau-esque illusions that these people live better lives. The point is that their narrative is as important as ours.”
Mr. McBurney said he worked on “The Encounter” collaboratively, the way he has always worked with Complicite, which he founded together with Annabel Arden, Fiona Gordon and Marcello Magni in 1983. (He has supported these endeavors in part with a parallel career as a film and television actor, with roles in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” and “Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation,” among others.)
Soon, he said, he realized that McIntyre’s solitude was the key to the story.
“Obviously we can sit in the theater together and understand the man is alone,” he said. “But the thing about theater is that it’s a social activity, we are experiencing it together. I thought, could I do the piece for one person? Or what if each person felt it was an individual experience?”
As it is for the experimenters in the Wooster Group, technology has always been important in Complicite’s process, and Mr. McBurney was familiar with the use of the binaural head (essentially a large microphone shaped like a human head) in music. “I asked myself, what would happen if you see the head and hear the effect?” he recounted.
Working with the sound designers Gareth Fry and Pete Malkin, Mr. McBurney slowly developed the piece. Although he is alone onstage, two live sound operators respond to his every line and movement, modifying voices as he switches characters (for McIntyre, Mr. McBurney’s voice is American and several pitches lower), looping sound effects, interspersing the recorded extracts, coordinating with the lighting and video technicians. “It’s a dance between us all,” Mr. McBurney said.
He added that in telling the story of McIntyre’s journey (the photographer died in 2003), he wanted his own role in the narrative to be clear.
“I am telling the story but also asking myself what it all means,” he said. “I want to create that sense of uncertainty that we all feel when we ask ourselves existential questions. Something very important in this story is questioning how we understand time. Being able to tell it with the sense of the present moment, to make people highly aware of what is in front of them, yet take them into another world as well — perhaps that places people in the experience of this man.”
Mr. McBurney came up for air. “At another level,” he said, “I want to entertain you. We all like hearing stories.”


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LL Watkin is the pen name for writing partnership Liz Smith and Louise Smith, two sisters from the North of England who've been writing together for nearly ten years but only started publishing in 2012. We write a mixture of short stories and full length novels in the science fiction and fantasy genres, and while some stories may be more Louise's and others more Liz's, all spring from a collaborative process.
As of the middle of 2015 we have six novels and two short story collections in print. The Leviathan series (Jethabel, Therion, Pathiel) is a ship bound sci-fi, and The Handmaiden (The Abbey at the World's End, The Chapel in the Wasteland, The Cathedral in the Void) is a genre-crossing sci-fi with magical elements affair. The short story collections (The Harpers & other stories, The Drowned Leviathan & other stories) each contain 12-16 stories in a range of genres and styles, some of which are also available separately.
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Several things were a bit jumbled and/or misleading. The cover hinted at a nice tale of friendship between a boy and his unicorn. There was a unicorn, but no boy, instead a young warrior. Mary a commoner or knights daughter with a tiara marries a widowed lord to provide an heir, and thus spare everyone from an evil fate. The bad guy apparently is a sorcerer and causes a storm that drowns Mary's father and probably her husband; it is a bit unclear if his body was found. She is rescued by the secret warrior and decides to seduce him to produce an heir. The end.
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Netgear Nighthawk X8 R8500 AC5300 Router Brings Link Aggregation Mainstreamby Ganesh T S on December 31, 2015 8:00 AM EST
Link Aggregation in Action
In order to get an idea of how link aggregation really helps, we first set up the NAS with just a single active network link. The first set of tests downloads the Blu-ray folder from the NAS starting with the PC connected to port 3, followed by simultaneous download of two different copies of the content from the NAS to the PCs connected to ports 3 and 4. The same concept is extended to three simultaneous downloads via ports 3, 4 and 5. A similar set of tests is run to evaluate the uplink part (i.e, data moves from the PCs to the NAS). The final set of tests involve simultaneous upload and download activities from the different PCs in the setup.
The upload and download speeds of the wired NICs on the PCs were monitored and graphed. This gives an idea of the maximum possible throughput from the NAS's viewpoint and also enables us to check if link aggregation works as intended.
The above graph shows that the download and upload links are limited to under 1 Gbps (taking into account the transfer inefficiencies introduced by various small files in the folder). However, the full duplex 1 Gbps nature of the NAS network link enables greater than 1 Gbps throughput when handling simultaneous uploads and downloads.
In our second wired experiment, we teamed the ports on the NAS with the default options (other than explicitly changing the teaming type to 802.3ad LACP). This left the hash type at Layer 2. Running our transfer experiments showed that there was no improvement over the single link results from the previous test.
In our test setup / configuration, Layer 2 as the transmit hash policy turned out to be ineffective. Readers interested in understanding more about the transmit hash policies which determine the distribution of traffic across the different physical ports in a team should peruse the Linux kernel documentation here (search for the description of the parameter 'xmit_hash_policy').
After altering the hash policy to Layer 2 + 3 in the ReadyNAS UI, the effectiveness of link aggregation became evident.
In the pure download case with two PCs, we can see each of the PCs getting around 800 Mbps (implying that the NAS was sending out data on both the physical NICs in the team). An interesting aspect to note in the pure download case with three PCs is that Machine 1 (connected to port 3) manages the same 800 Mbps as in the previous case, but the download rates on Machines 2 and 3 (connected to ports 4 and 5) add up to a similar amount. This shows that the the network ports 4 and 5 are bottlenecked by a 1 Gbps connection to the switch chip handling the link aggregation ports. This is also the reason why Netgear suggests using port 3 as one of the ports for handling the data transfer to/from the link aggregated ports. Simultaneous uploads and downloads also show some improvement, but the pure upload case is not any different from the single link case. These could be attributed to the limitations of the NAS itself. Note that we are using real-world data streams transferred using the OS file copy tools (and not artificial benchmarking programs) in these experiments.


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Went there with family and friends after my son's funeral. Service and food was excellent. This is not a fast food restaurant. Almost everything is made to order. But well worth waiting for. After a torturous day, it was great to casually relax and enjoy...a good meal.More
I stopped here for a quick little lunch. All I ordered was one little sandwich and iced tea. I ended up with enough food for dinner. The fish sandwich was huge considering the $3.49 price. And it was prepared perfectly. Delicious. It came with enough...lettuce and tomato with dressing to make a salad that filled half the plate. And the tea was obviously homemade and delicious too. I am a fan.More
Clean kinda down south feel.
All the staff had lots of smiles.
Waitress was efficient and attentive.
Chicken n dumplings above average with lots of white chicken.
Prime rib was average cut, quality but tasty.
Ribs were ok..not smoked however and the sauce was a...little to sweet.
Salads were fresh, dressings were good.
Deserts were pre packaged but a decent quality and tasted pretty good.
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The service was bad and the food was cold and very poor quality. Everything we got was prepackaged frozen and served. One of our friends that was with us was served French fries that were still partially frozen. We had chicken strips. They were about...a quarter of an inch thick at their thickest. We had a group of about 30 and they tried serving all of us at the same time instead of bring the food out as it was prepared. THIS IS NOT A PLACE I WOULD RECOMMEND.More
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In my mind there’s only one thing better than building a classic competition car, and that’s building one with proper history – such is the case with this beautiful first generation Ford Escort. The story of how this particular Mk1 came about can be traced back to 1970, when an RS1600 rolled off the production line at Halewood to be delivered as a dealer car in London. Less than one year later however, it was snatched back by Ford’s Advanced Vehicle Operations (AVO) department in Boreham, and turned into a Works rally test mule.
The car remained with AVO through 1971 and during that time was stolen by an employee and stripped, then recovered and pieced back together again, and tested by British rally royalty, Roger Clark. In rough condition, it was eventually purchased by New Zealand driver Mike Marshall and run in a couple of UK events in 1972, before the Kiwi was given the opportunity to rebuild the car at the AVO factory alongside the works machines of the day. The spec included an all-steel 1790cc BDA, Rocket box, and an experimental four-link rear suspension arrangement.
Beautifully prepared, Marshall ran the car on the ’72 RAC, but ended up crashing and having to strip and rebuild the car around a new Works body shell, but this time with all the latest AVO rally gear. The car competed in two more events in the UK during 1973, before being shipped to New Zealand and eventually running in the Heatway International Rally with two other Escorts under the Woolmark Ford Team banner – one driven by Hannu Mikkola. The car had the latest 2.0L alloy BDA and ZF five-speed fitted for that event, but afterwards was switched back to the 1790cc spec and sold on.
Given the nature of the motorsport, the RS1600 was continually modified, but then eventually crashed. Stripped of its running gear, it was relegated to a farm paddock in 1988, and sat that way half covered by a tarpaulin for eight years until being purchased by local rally man, Peter Bryan. Being exposed to the elements for such a long time had taken its toll on the shell and combined with the heavy accident damage, there was no way it could ever be brought back to life. Instead, over the course of more than a decade, Peter prepared a new shell to the exact same AVO specification – including full seam welding, period four-link boxes and steel bubble arch flares – and transferred over all the existing Works gear that was still intact, with the idea to revive the car to its RAC Rally specification. And the result of all that hard work is rather spectacular…
Making all the right noises under the bonnet is a 1.6L BDA that Peter pieced together from various parts he accumulated over the years. Although the DOHC 16-valve motor has plenty of good bits – such as a Holbay steel crankshaft, Weber 45DCOE carburettors and a Cosworth-based dry sump system – it’s very much a temporary measure, and eventually a mechanically injected 1790cc engine (as the car would have run in the ’72 RAC Rally) will find its way into the bay.
Still, with close to 170hp on tap, it’s a lot of fun, as I found out when Peter threw me the keys. Drive is transferred through an AP Racing triple-plate clutch and ZF five-speed close-ratio gearbox out to a Gartrac/Atlas rear end with a ZF 4.63.1 limited slip diff, Group 4 axles and 3/4 floating hubs. The four-link set-up in the rear – which was modelled exactly from the AVO-spec shell – features Gartrac bars and Bilstein shocks with slipper-type leaf springs, while the front end benefits from Bilstein coilovers, adjustable rose-jointed lower arms and Gartrac tarmac-spec steering arms, among many more upgrades.
One of coolest details of the build has to be the genuine right-hand drive Works high-top dashboard complete with 150mph speedo and 12,000rpm tacho, Halda Twin Master rally meter and super-rare Heuer clock/stopwatch unit. Unbelievably, the dash was still in the car when Peter rescued it, and although it wasn’t totally complete, it was absolutely able to be restored back to its original early ’70s glory, complete with aircraft switchgear and warning lights.
Ensuring the Escort could compete in rallies both now and in the future was a very important aspect for Peter and as such, it’s been built to FIA/MSA Historic regulations. As it sits now, the only change he needs to make to bring it up to spec is to switch out the RS1600 Contours out for FIA-spec race seats with integrated headrests.
As great as the Mk1 looks from a distance, the real beauty of this build is in the details. Many of the original period fittings and fixtures were long gone by the time the original car was abandoned in a paddock, and those that couldn’t be purchased, Peter made – sometimes only having old photos of AVO Works cars as a guide. All the blood, sweat and tears has definitely paid off though, because this has to be one of the coolest retro rally cars in New Zealand. Better still, Peter’s not shy about using it!
I'm in love, amazing article.
Makes me want a Mk1 even more. Nice article!
this basically sums up why i want a mk1 escort, now why are they so damn expensive, and how am i going to get the money to buy one?
Seriously, this thing makes me drool. Absolutely love escorts, especially mk1s. Brad, this is one of the unexpected features on here and this is what I love, a credit to you
Love the dashboard the most.
Awesome to see Pete's deserving car on here!!
Thanks Brad for supplying this superb article on our car. It took a long time rebuilding it to get it to this standard and get great enjoyment every time we use it. We love it too !!!!!
Jill and Pete
Mk.1 Escort perfection, love it!
I know it's been restored but wow, this is so beautiful!
great write up never seen a high top dash before and been in to mk1"s nearley 25 years,every days a school day.
More more more......
Great article Brad, and that close cropped rear shot at the top is pure porn!!


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2017 Garden Plans: Bed 2 – Grocery Garden
Several years ago, we did a garden called the Family of 4 Garden. We always weighed the produce harvested and assigned it a dollar value based on grocery store prices. It’s been a few years since we did that, and we are bringing this back in a revised form as the “Grocery Garden.”
We tried to emphasize vegetables or specific varieties of vegetables that are either difficult to find or more expensive in the grocery store.
For spring, we have both a snow and a sugar snap pea on the trellis, as well as some high quality mixed greens under the trellis. We will have lettuces, spinach, arugula, and mesclun. The spring plantings will also feature purple and yellow carrots, cylindrical and gold beets, and red cippolini onions. We have also planned for a Romano (flat podded Italian) green bean.
Of course, any grocery garden wouldn’t be complete without tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant. We opted to reprise the ‘Esterina’ cherry tomato from last year, as well as the ‘Escamillo’ and ‘Red Knight’ peppers. We are also including another Oriental eggplant, a lavender long skinny variety called ‘Bride.’
Once the peas are done in the late spring or early summer, we will replace them with a spaghetti squash and a butternut squash on the trellis. Other fall vegetables will include a mixture of the leafy greens, some leeks, cauliflower, and broccoli. The cauliflower is a green romanesco variety called ‘Veronica’ and the broccoli will be a purple sprouting broccoli, ‘Santee.’
We will be tracking the yield and dollar value of these vegetables throughout the season.
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