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Saturday, June 28, 2008
We left Manitouwadge heading towards Manitoba. Manitouwadge is 40 minutes off the highway and then about 3.5 hours east of Thunder Bay. It’s a beautiful drive all the way through Ontario, but it’s been slow going since we left the TO area. The speed limit is often 70-90 and there is so much construction. So, it was slow again along this route. The last 100kms before Thunder Bay are called the Courage Highway, a monument to Terry Fox, whose journey ended there. At Thunder Bay you hit the shores of Lake Superior and once again, it’s massive and beautiful. We stopped to dip our feet, it was more accessible than Lake Ontario, and took some photos. It is quite incredible that you can drive for hours and still be along its shores.
The landscape changes dramatically after Thunder Bay. Throughout the former portions of Ontario it actually slightly resembled Newfoundland with a lot of jagged rock and brushy forests. The trees are bigger of course and there seems to be more variety, but it has that very rugged feel, not lush like the Mainland Atlantic Provinces. Immediately after Thunder Bay the rock disappeared and the trees became more sparse, the fields more bare and the ground looks quite marshy.
Along this stretch we entered the “Arctic Watershed” which means that all the rivers and lakes after that point drain North into the Arctic Ocean, which is kind of cool. And then we passed the Central Standard Time Zone line so we moved our clocks back. We joked to the kids that we had gone back in time and that any mistakes they had made over the past hour could be redone - The Thiessen Time Machine - they took us a bit too seriously for a minute! We are now 2 hours ahead of BC and 2.5 hours behind Newfoundland.
Around 9pm we were treated to perhaps the most incredible sunset I’ve seen. Because we’re so far North and travelling West we seem to be chasing it and it doesn’t quite want to go away. That’s fine with us, it’s a beautiful driving back drop… or front drop I guess.
Our moose count is climbing! The moose here seem to be much darker and if possible, even bigger, than those in Newfoundland. I don’t know if that’s a seasonal thing, like molting or something, but they’re pretty tough to see. Only one was on the road - that was on the stretch to Manitouwadge. He was taking his merry time across the road, but they are almost impossible to photograph.
So, as it stands it’s 9:48pm and we’re about 50km from Dryden. We had initially planned to stop in Kenora but we’re aiming for Dryden instead. Actually, I think the itinerary says Upsala but we’re a few hours past that. Man, there is NOTHING up here. It’s so big and open and beautiful. The sun is still trying to set, the road is long and even. If I was sitting on a clock I could say that I see the sunset from 10 o’clock to 5 o’clock, almost all the way around me. It only recently stopped raining, lots of rain today. We lost our ‘moose mangler’ because I had to stop and attempt photos of the sunset. There’s no one else out here. Three quarters of the kids are sleeping and the temptation to plug on to Winnipeg comes again. We are so excited to get to Winnipeg (yes, that’s right, excited to get to Winnipeg!). Barton’s sister is there and his parents are visiting her as well! But, we’ll stop … There’s a sign, 48km to go.
We took off once more for the longest stretch of our journey – 15 hours to Manitouwadge, Ontario, to stay with friends there. Our intention was to get to about Blind River, part way between Sudbury and Sioux St Marie, which is a pretty long day of driving but would make the next day a little shorter. We actually made it “The Sioux” and were faced with the dilemma of stopping or ploughing on. The drive would be another 5 hours, but the kids were falling asleep and it would mean having the entire next day to relax and play. Stopping would mean spending on a hotel and then not getting out to our destination until probably 3pm the next day. *Some people* have a hard time getting up in the morning and then there’s breakfast and repacking so it’s usually 10 before we can pull away. We called Jeremy and Loreal, our friends there, and decided that since we would be staying in the house next door and not disturbing anyone showing up in the middle of the night, we would plough on. I of course got the wickedly foggy stretch! Barton took over just before Wawa and at 3:40 am, 15 hours plus rest stops after leaving Niagara Falls, we pulled into Manitouwadge. We found the house no problem and crawled like dying turtles into our beds.
We were treated to a pancake feast the following morning with Loreal and their 5 adorable boys. Us girls were fairly outnumbered and had to stick together! It was already scorching and the boys dragged Barton out for a bike ride. The little ones were left behind and Loreal and I visited and played. The boys showed up a few hours later soaking wet and waving their underwear like white flags. They had gone to a bike park and somehow ended up swimming in the local lake. Barton made them all tie their underwear to their handlebars, so they fashioned themselves a bit of a gang. We had some lunch and naps and headed back to the beach with the whole group for a swim. The boys, in typical boy fashion found some mud… it started innocently with just a few rocks tossed in. You know what’s coming right? Then they moved in a little… eventually every single boy plus a few locals were covered head to toe in black mud. Once everyone had been thrown into the lake and made their way back home, Jeremy showed up with BBQ. The bugs were quite bad so everyone was nursing some constellation of bites on their bodies. We had a great evening playing, visiting and more of the same in the morning.
We had a pretty relaxed morning on the 24th. I spent some time uploading photos, we did laundry and packed. The kids played with the cousins a bit more (they got to stay home from school another morning!) and were introduced to Rock Band... it was so great to get to know this family and hopefully we can keep in touch!
We left Oakville around 2pm and set a course for Niagara Falls. It was a leisurely drive as we were already outside of Toronto. We drove along Lake Ontario for awhile and had to work pretty hard to convince the kids that it was actually a lake, not the ocean as it looked.
Niagara was incredible of course. We were told by many that they ‘only’ way to see it was on the Maid of the Mist so we did. It was awesome, we got soaked and got an up close and personal look, it’s quite shocking really, how much water is there. The day was scorching so that was perfect. We walked around a bit and then headed up to my Uncle and Aunt’s in St Catherine’s.
We arrived just in time for supper, but put it off a bit so that everyone could take a dip in the pool. What a great day! We feasted on chicken, corn cobs and baked potatoes, with cold Pepsi and then ice cream with strawberries for dessert. That meal had ‘Baerg’ written all over it! I am 30 years old and this was my first time to their house, terrible I know. It was wonderful to finally see them there and my cousin joined us too from Hamilton. (but she’s not ‘from’ Hamilton, I’m sure she’d like me to clarify for you…) The older kids got to sleep in the tent trailer while we slept with Mattea in the house. We are so thankful for the blessing of so many beds and roofs provided for us on this trip!
Friday, June 27, 2008
More later... leaving tomorrow, will stop over night before going to Winnipeg.
Also, I'm having some issues with the Quebec photos... I've got 'em but I won't have them up right away.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
It was a long day of driving straight through to Toronto, but it was beautiful. We had the full gamut of weather, starting with thunder showers and more lightning followed by hot sun and finishing with more rain in Toronto. Unfortunately, during this ride I realized that, to make a long story short, I deleted my photos of us at the Parliment Buildings in Ottawa. I was really upset, but it's turned into one more reason to come back this way on our return trip home (as opposed to through the States.) We'll see, there's lots of time to make that decision.
It was lots of fun pulling into the outer limits of Toronto waiting to catch a glimpse of the CN Tower. Many times the kids thought they saw it but it turned out to be a crane or water tower. Finally, there it was! We had arrived in the big T.O!
We zipped through on 7 lane highways and made our way past into Oakville where Barton's cousins live. We thoroughly enjoyed the city limit signs through the different suburbs, figuring out how the populations compared to ours at home. Mississauga has more people than all of Newfoundland and Labrador, while the 'smaller' suburb of Oakville still has more than St John's. Every few exits was a new city, with still more people than we've seen in a very long time! Even so, the traffic was great coming in and we arrived just before 10pm.
Once again, we were welcomed in by a generous family! Don and Brenda and their four kids let us take over their basement. We were up pretty late catching up and then crashed like never before. When we got up this morning, the kids said they had had the best sleep EVER (of the trip). We ate breakfast on the porch and watched Barton and the kids set up the tent to dry it out. We threw in some laundry and packed up for Canada's Wonderland.
Though our drive to Wonderland was stunted by a bit of a 'traffic issue', we arrived at lunch time to Wonderland and the kids began their day of speed-demon ride obsession. The lines were pretty long but they got a few good runs in before a quick lunch and the water-parking it for the afternoon. Then it was back to more rides for late the afternoon and evening when we shut the park down at 10:30pm. We almost all took a turn on the new ride "Behemoth" (me too!) (http://behemoth.canadaswonderland.com/public/fun/videos.cfm) and a few others became faves. Nikolai loved "Dragon Fire" and rode it by himself at the end of the day. He and cousin Adrianna are the same age and had a great time in the kids area, while the bigger kids rode the rides with higher height restrictions. It was a fantastic day with a huge gang of awesome kids including one of the cousin's friends who brought our kid-total to 9!
Now everyone has completely crashed but we're looking forward to a relaxing morning, with no rush to get out to Niagara for the day.
All of the regular tricks and systems for discipline kind of go out the window at 120km/hr when you're all strapped into your seats for a week straight. The whole "when we get home
- Must plug ears or not get headphones during movie watching
- For more severe punishments, plug ears and watch movie in
- Cannot participate in car games
- Car counting for lengths of time deemed appropriate for offence
- Grounded from any flavour of Tim Bit except Vanilla
No but seriously, it's an interesting twist on misbehavior. We're stuck in the front, they're stuck in the back and really, when they've been in a car for a week, can you really blame them for lashing out? Maybe we should start a point system?
Monday, June 23, 2008
We left Montreal yesterday at 12:30 started out towards Ottawa. We FINALLY got to eat at a sugar shack. We were actually able to hit up the one Barton and I went to almost 3 years ago called the Sucrerie de la Montagne. It’s so awesome! If you’re ever in the area it’s so definitely worth it. It’s beautiful and delicious.
I wrote a story about it ages ago… http://smudgemedia.blogspot.com/2008/02/true-sugar-shack.html
Lunch was long and relaxing so we arrived in Ottawa just before 6pm when we found a camp ground and set up our tent. We brought out tent and sleeping bags but NOTHING else! (This is where Nikolai would correct me and say “Not NOTHING else!”) Just after we had everything set up and taken out of the van we heard some loud cracks of thunder… so everything got packed away again. We left the tent up and tried to cram everything else into the van.
The boys and Riley were out riding their bikes around the camp ground and within 10 minutes we found them, looking like drowned rats riding bikes. Nikolai was terrified, the thunder and lightning were so close! They jumped in the van soaked completely through and Bridger had a new gash across his chest where he tripped over Nikolai’s bike when Nikolai dropped his bike and ran for the hills. “That which doesn’t kill you…”
So we drove into Ottawa soaking wet and were unfortunately too late to actually go into any buildings. However, it was warm enough so we walked around the Parliament Buildings and some of the downtown. It’s very beautiful, especially along the Ottawa River. The kids really enjoyed the ‘eternal flame’ in front of the Parliament Buildings as well as looking for all the guarding gargoyles.
We were back to the camp ground and as we were all tired and wet and we had no lantern or campfire, we all found some softish object to use as a pillow and were all sleeping by 10! We woke up to the sound of light rain on the tent which is always a nice sound, especially when you’re dry and warm inside.
Mattea’s first night in a tent was a complete success! She slept very well and the other kids were great, they can sleep anywhere! We tried our best to manoeuvre ourselves into the van and change without getting too wet, most just ended up staying in what we slept in. We left the tent, hoping it would stop raining and at least partially dry out while we were in the city. When we found parking we changed into what we could and ate what was found in the car!
We went to the Museum of Civilization in Gatineau which is absolutely amazing! I cannot believe the detail and work put into it. You have to go if you’re here. There’s a huge kids section and all the other museum sections are so amazing that you can’t help but enjoy it. We ate lunch there and just returned back to the campground to pack up the tent. I’m not sure how dry it is, Barton’s dealing with that!
We unfortunately don’t have time to go for a tour of the Parliament which is something I would have really liked to have done. Maybe next time we drive across the country…
The kids were surprised at how French it still was here and were excellent at communicating at the sugar shack and the museum in French.
I forgot to tell you about the deer I almost hit in Fredericton! We had no wildlife encounters through most of the latter part of New Brunswick. I pulled into the city limits of Fredericton, was driving through major traffic in the industrial section and of all places, THIS is where a deer decided to boot it across the road. I had a semi to the right and barricades to the left. I really had to slam on the brakes that time, it was a bit frightening really.
And Mattea has two new teeth! One is French, one is English. I woke up today to discover a brand new tooth on the bottom, completely out! Who knew?! So that one came out somewhere in Quebec. Her new one is just poking through now, so that will be an Ontarian tooth. That makes 6! She also has totally stood on her own a few times and yesterday in the camp ground we thought she might teach herself to walk because she DID NOT like the feel of her knees in the dirt.
The lightning along the way has been so cool!
OK, that’s all for now, I should probably go and help the 'tent situation' and I'm still working on time to upload those photos…
Sunday, June 22, 2008
It is so hot!!! The kids are outside playing with O&J's kids. They have a ball hoop and lots of space to run. Finally too, there are girls Riley's age! They are so funny though, they were all excited to see each other but once we got here they all stood around scared to say anything. I think the ice is broken now though, so we'll let them play for a bit. It's sprinkling a little but so warm. What a treat!
The kids are doing awesome! They are being amazing travellers. We've had a few scraps here and there but all in all they are being excellent. Mattea loves hanging out with the kids so much. So far they've only watched 3 in car movies, which for a 4 day trip doesn't seem so bad! I think they were a little relieved to hear that Ojistoh and Jamie don't speak French at home! =) But all the way through the rest of Quebec and into Ottawa we can keep the French train going.
Ok, well, we're all eating breakfast and I'm being a little anti social so I should go! Jamie just brought home a traditional Sunday lunch...
We're going to Ottawa today and I think we'll spend the day there, maybe camp tonight. The next few days we'll be in the GTA area going to a Jays game, Canada's Wonderland and Niagara falls.
At 11am we made our way to the Quebec border at which point we banned the kids from using any English. At first our ride was very quiet… but they finally got more comfortable with it. Quebec City was next on our stop and we got there early afternoon. We went back to the Plains of Abraham where we enjoyed the Carnaval Du Quebec earlier this year. Instead of trudging through 3 feet of snow, however, we walked and biked in tank tops through the park, past friends and couples lying in the grass enjoying the sun, sharing a bottle of wine or throwing a Frisbee – a slightly different scene! We enjoyed the area immensely. I loved the way it felt there. The whole area was alive as they prepared for a big festival to celebrate the 400th birthday of QC, and as it was Saturday, there were prom parties doing photographs and picnics in abundance.
After that we were off again! What a whirlwind! Out towards Montreal were started, trying to find a Sugar Shack for our supper. Our attempts were constantly foiled so we ate sandwhiches in the grocery store parking lot… we will try again tomorrow! We did get some pretty awesome looks from people coming and going into the grocery store =). Lots of French muttering and a few "Bon Appetite!"s. We have just pulled into the city limits of Montreal as I write this, we will be spending the night and morning with a friend and her family on the Kanawake reserve just outside the city. More tomorrow!
Maitland’s property is beautiful, set back in trees and dead quiet. We had some breakfast and a cup of coffee OUTSIDE. Yes, that’s right. After months and months of scarves, mitts and toques, we enjoyed our breakfast outside before 9am. Even the bugs were out! It was short and sweet and we were on our merry way by 10am.
West Amherst is on the order of New Brunswick so we shortly thereafter made our way into our third province of the trip. We couldn’t decide between going to the Hopewell Rocks or PEI. We opted for PEI to be sure that we would hit every province along the way. We also have to come back through NB anyway, so we’ll hit the rocks on our way home.
It’s pretty quick into PEI. It was about an hour to the Confederation Bridge and then half an hour into Charlottetown. PEI is very pretty. Picturesque and green with lush red fields. After trying to garden on The Rock we both thought it would be pretty awesome to sink our fingers into some of that dirt! We went down to the waterfront and had a picnic and threw around the baseballs. As we headed back to the bridge, we stopped at the little market area for Moos ice cream. Yummy!
Back into New Brunswick we headed. I found New Brunswick to be completely stunning. It was so so so green. Lush and full of rivers and rolling hills covered in green trees. We didn’t stop for much along the way except for supper in Fredericton. After supper we took one last stretch out into Edmonston. It is very close to Quebec and as we made our way closer and closer it became more and more predominantly French. I always knew that NB had a large French population but in the last 100km or so, the signs slowly transferred from English with French to French with English. Eventually there was barely any English at all. We crashed at a Days Inn around 11pm.
Some things I have found interesting at this point in our trip:
We have a great, great expanse of beautiful land in this country that is almost completely untouched. I was especially struck by this through NB. Just so much space! Also, so far, the other provinces are so far beyond Newfoundland with respect to recycling that it’s silly! It’s a minor thing to notice, but every public garbage can has 4 compartments, garbage, recycling, paper and compost. Pretty impressive. The other thing was the rivers! I love the rivers.
We're off the boat and have two provinces under our belts! Wednesday got off to a good start. The boys had their last day of school, so while they were away we had the final packings and sortings to get finished and then the task of finding spots for everything in the van.
Riley's teacher called with the heads up that they were on their way from the St Pierre ferry and so we tried to gage the rest of the day to their timing.
Riley's teacher called again and they were way ahead of the schedule we were expecting so we were all of a sudden packing in a frantic hurry and literally throwing things into the car, assuming we'd be able to make space for Riley later! We dashed out the door at the 4:30, much behind this new schedule. We did our best to get to Riley as quickly as possible but when they called from the meeting point we were still 3o minutes away.
We finally arrived, I felt so bad! We scooped her up and said good bye to her friends and teacher. We were off!!!
Riley had a fabulous time in St Pierre. They were very busy with all of their activities and learned lots, including the fact that in France, kids can 'legally' smoke at 13 and drink when they are 15 or 5 feet tall!
Barton drove the stretch to Clarenville where we stopped for a quick supper.
We had told the kids we wouldn't be eating out anymore until we were on our trip so we hadn't been out in months! They were thrilled to finally get to eat out!
From Clarenville I drove and the weather was good. I hit a really foggy patch along the way but all in all in it was quite uneventful. The forests along the road were incredible with amazing shades of green. There was no one else on the road and it felt like we had the whole province to ourselves! I suppose a Wednesday evening isn't the most popular time to take a drive across the province! It got dark around 10:30 and we had a good 4 more hours to go. It is not recommended to drive through Newfoundland at night because of the moose, but we really didn't have much choice. I positioned myself behind a nice big truck to use as my moose catcher and away we went. I saw two moose on my driving shift and only once did I have to really try to slow down for it.
At Gander we switched and Barton did the driving, hopped up on some energy drink. The fog lifted and the moon was full, which made for gorgeous driving. We saw about 4 more moose. We made it through the infamous Wreckhouse stretch with little wind. *phew!* (Google it!)
We arrived in Port Aux Basques at 3:30am. We parked ourselves in the visitor's info lot and tried to sleep until morning. At 7am Barton drove down into the ferry line up only to find that the ferry was not arriving until 11am! (We were set to leave at 8:30.) So, back into Port Aux Basques we went. We got breakfast at Tim Horton's and then the boys pulled their bikes off the back and we went for a little excursion.
At 9 we headed back down to the ferry. They said that even though it arrives at 11, by the time it would be unloaded and loaded back up it would most likely be closer to 1 that we would be leaving. So far, our 'itinerary' was getting very messed up! So, we got ourselves to the ferry lineup and hung out at the terminal for the morning. Mattea napped in her car seat and so I tried to sleep as well, feeling very gross from the lack of sleep the night before. At 12:30 we boarded the ship.
We found our way to our little cabin and we were pleasantly shocked at how great it was. Four bunks with tucked bedding and bathroom with a shower! We explored the boat a bit before everyone but I went down for a nap. I stayed outside for awhile. In the fresh air. It was very cold but it was getting quite wavy and it made me feel better to be outside.
The kids slept a good long time and when Barton got up we traded places. There weren't many people on the boat so it didn't take long for most people to recognize Mattea and for her to make some new friends. The kids got up around 5 and we were treated to a complimentary dinner because of the delay in sailing. We showered and it was time to get off the boat. Not too horrible.
Now we're heading to Riley's friend's house in Amherst Nova Scotia. We will stay the night there and move along in the morning.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Riley left for St Pierre bright and early this morning. For those of you who did not know this, there is a French island just south of Newfoundland called 'Saint-Pierre and Miquelon'. From the cars and architecture to the voltage, Euro and language, it is France. It is very, very small! Every year in Riley's school, the grade 6 French Immersion class (and often some English students) go on a trip there to use their language skills. Now that grade 6 is the last year of elementary school it is also a great send-off for the kids moving on to junior high. The kids have been looking forward to this for year. Riley was so excited until yesterday when she started to get nervous! All of a sudden she really didn't want to go, but we worked it through. They take a very nice coach bus for 5 hours to the ferry terminal and then the ferry ride is 1.5 hours. I didn't get any calls and the phone tree just informed me that they have arrived in France safe and sound. Their time there is jammed packed with French activities and many, many croissants! (It's a good thing they'll be walking a lot!) They are to be arriving back on Wednesday evening and we'll leave early, meeting the bus at the junction of the main highway and the highway to the ferry. It will at least save Riley about 3 hours in the car.
Yesterday, in anticipation of the heat and humidity of the majority of our fine country, I hacked off all of my hair. Well I didn't, but Tara at the Hair Connection did. I've done it many times before, but it always takes awhile to get used to! The boys will also get a visit from Mr Clippers tomorrow. (it was supposed to be tonight, but, well, it didn't happen.)
Today I ran a bunch of mundane errands, those lame things that need to be done but take up so much of your valuable time. *sigh*. I also had fun putting together the work sheet binders I've made for the kids for the trip. Lots of Canada puzzles and activities as well as activities for each province. My hope is it will turn into a great memory book that some day they can open up and enjoy with fond memories, not memories of mom making them do 'homework' the whole way!
Tonight I am sorting and packing clothes, tomorrow is cleaning-the-van day (and maybe the fridge?). A friend has graciously offered to have the boys after school and with Barton and Riley out of town, it's just me and Mattea. (Any takers for her???;) She's really good and naps perfectly so hopefully I can do some power prepping throughout the day.
Speaking of sorting clothes, I guess it's calling me now.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
My Carschooling book said that for long trips you should put a twin sized mattress pad or fitted sheet over your car benches/seats to protect them from the obvious long-journey messes. You cut slits in them for the seat belts and then at any time you can shake them out or wash them. I think this is quite smart for ANYTIME with kids, really. So I got a fitted crib sheet that fits over the back 2-person bench (just the seat part) of our van and then used an old twin-sized fitted sheet on the middle 3-person bench and it actually fits right up and over the back too. I'll slit holes for the seat belts, position-adjusting handles as well as for the head rest poles. I think it'll save at least a little wear and tear off of the upholstery in our van. I do have a twin sized mattress pad that I might try on the middle bench. If it saves just ONE juice spill...
The thing I think is so fun about this is, if you did it just regularly (considering how cheaply you can get sheets) you could go neutral to match your car or play with all kinds of colours!
Anyway, just thought I'd share! (Did I mention we have 7 days to go? Barton leaves tomorrow morning for the next 5...)
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
My piles have started. I have a to-pack pile going on the couch, eventually there will be nowhere to sit! I have some audio books and summer gear as well as books about Canada. I have also found some great resources for turning the trip into a semi-educational adventure. I figure, if I decide to home school next year I'll have Geography, History and Languages covered for the whole year!! I found a book called "Car schooling" that is FULL of super fun and creative travelling games. The whole book is broken into subjects and the games actually meet curriculum requirements!
Barton leaves this Friday morning for Halifax to a big conference, so I'm on my own for the weekend. Riley leaves with her class on Sunday morning on their trip to St Pierre. (She could probably tell you how many hours until they go!) Barton is back Tuesday morning and we will leave Wednesday at lunch. Riley's class is coming back in the direction that we're heading (there aren't many options when you're on an island!) so we are actually going to meet her in Goobies (seriously it is, look it up!) and snatch her from the school bus. It'll at least save her a few hours of backtracking.
Ok, that's all for now...
Monday, June 9, 2008
We had an impromptu visit from a cousin this weekend and it was awesome! Although she decided to escape a 37* heat wave, I'm not sure she was counting on a 30* swing... overall, the weather was quite lovely. We had a great weekend sightseeing, walking a lot and participating in our many family activities. We did find a few icebergs but the whales completely let me down, I'll have to go have a chat with them.
Now it's time to crackdown.
I have discovered a serious market niche and have decided I'm the one to fill it. I won't tell you about it now but I will warn you - if my posts seem incredibly frequent and ridiculously detailed... I have a reason. ;)
I have decided to spend my time sorting, organizing and packing and not do any cleaning. I'll probably do one good clean over today and then it's going to the dogs (Though no longer literally. They should make an expression, "it's going to the kids."). I am going to have someone come in AFTER we've left to clean and get the house ready for the sublet-ers. Why I think I'm too good to do that, I'm not sure, but there's a heck of a lot of other stuff to do instead.
So, today the serious list-writing begins (as opposed to jotted lists that get lost) and piles are going to be started all over the house. Why, then, am I sitting here? Well... OK, I'm pretty good at procrastinating... but I'm going now. Really.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
We're two weeks away from our Great Journey! I am not even close to ready... getting ready for a two month trip has proven to be much more difficult than initially imagined. Not only do we have to pack very lightly because of 'space issues' in our van, but we have to pack enough that we can function for 2 months away from home! We also have to get the house ready to be empty for awhile as well as inhabited by sublets; considering food left in the cupboards, which appliances to leave on and who will get the mail. Barton and Riley will both be gone the weekend before we leave so we should have as much done as possible beforehand. As it stands, we will be leaving St John's on June 18th, catching the ferry from Port Aux Basque on the 19th.
Thankfully, we have the time to get ready, I'm sure it will all come together in the end and hopefully we won't rush out the door without anything important! I am pretty sure we won't be encountering any dragons or trolls and I know we won't be coming home with treasure and jewels, but hopefully we will find ourselves growing, experiencing and becoming more than we imagined together. It's definitely a trip to change our lives!!!
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Got Muslims? Got Jihad. All over the lands of the infidels, whether first-world or third-world, wherever colonies of mohammedans have become established, our police and associated law enforcement agents are being run off their feet trying to keep ahead of a/ the criminal activity so often engaged in by mohammedans nd b/ seditious and usually mass-murderous jihad terror plots hatched by mohammedans. There have been plenty of similar raids and arrests in the past, carried out in order to nip jihad plots in the bud; and until and unless Australia stops importing mohammedans and starts figuring out how to evict those already established, there will be many more.
Breaking news, as reported by our ABC this morning (there is, of course, no mention of the M-word, the J-word, or of That Which Must Not Be Named, no reference to You-Know-Who and You-Know-What, but the location of certain of the raided premises – heavily-Islamised Lakemba, and similarly-Islamised Punchbowl – still gives it away).
‘Sydney Counter-Terrorism Police Carry Out Raids Aimed at Foiling Attacks, Prime Minister Says”.
‘Police have carried out raids at several properties across Sydney to disrupt plans for terrorist attacks in Australia“, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says.
He would never be brave enough to utter the words, “to disrupt Muslim plans for terror jihad attacks on Australian infidels”. But that is what he should have said. – CM
‘Four homes across Sydney were raided by heavily-armed police on Saturday evening as part of a terrorism investigation.
Note that the police went in ‘heavily-armed’. Sydney police have learned from bitter experience that when dealing with the Mohammedan mob one must be prepared both to display and use overwhelming force. – CM
‘Australian Federal Police (AFP), ASIO, and New South Wales Police conducted operations in the inner-city suburb of Surry Hills, and the south-west suburbs of Lakemba, Wiley Park, and Punchbowl.
Surry Hills is a bit unexpected – but Lakemba and Punchbowl are among the most heavily-Islamised parts of Sydney and indeed, Australia. Wiley Park is also inhabited by Muslim families already known to have produced jihadis. – CM
‘The AFP said four men had been taken into custody.
‘A source has told the ABC the plot was believed to relate to an attack on an aeroplane, but it was understood police are trying to work out whether the threat was credible.
‘A woman has told the ABC her son and husband were arrested after her Surry Hills house was raided denied they had any links to terrorism.
That’s because in the Muslim mind – assuming she is Muslim, which is a safe bet – ‘terrorism’ is what happens when Infidels refuse to Submit to Islam. In Saudi Arabia you are a ‘terrorist’ if you are an atheist. Muslim aggression of all kinds against Infidels, undertaken in order to force the Infidels to Submit to Muslim dominance, whether as converts or as near-slave Dhimmis, is not ‘terrorism’; it is seen as perfectly justified and justifiable. – CM
“I love Australia”, she said, as she was accompanied to a waiting car by police.
Oh sure she loves ‘Australia’ – meaning by ‘Australia’ the large chunk of turf, packed full of potential booty for mohammedan robbers and rapists. It’s Infidel Australians she doesn’t love at all – that, indeed, she views with murderous contempt and hatred – if she is a Mohammedan. – CM
‘The Prime Minister’s Office released a statement saying the operations were “designed to disrupt and prevent plans to undertake terrorist attacks in Australia”.
“I have been kept closely briefed on the progress of the operations by the heads of our relevant security agencies”, Mr Turnbull said.
“However, as the operations are ongoing, it is inappropriate to provide further detail at this stage.”
Watch this space. More, no doubt, to come.
And there will be more, and more, and yet more, jihad plots – and sooner or later, one or more or many that will evade surveillance until it is too late, bringing about the deaths of one or many or hundreds or even thousands of despised Aussie Infidels, attacked by Muslims to punish them for their outrageous refusal to Submit totally to Muslim despotism and Muslim laws and customs – unless and until the authorities in Australia put a complete stop to all further Muslim immigration, evict all non-citizen Muslims already within the country, and then intern the rest as a potential public danger, pending changes in the law to make possible strippings of citizenship and mass deportations to the dar al Islam. – CM


Grand River listed among most endangered in nation (with video)
The Grand River, which empties into Lake Erie in Fairport Harbor, has been named one of the most endangered rivers in the country.
The annual list, America's Most Endangered Rivers, is released by American Rivers, an organization that seeks to protect and restore the country's rivers and streams.
The Grand River is sixth on the list because of threats from natural gas development, especially hydraulic fracturing.
At an announcement event Monday at Hidden Valley Park, Kathryn Hanratty with the Network for Oil and Gas Accountability and Protection said the process damages the river by withdrawing millions of gallons of water and also by polluting it.
"Even when everything goes as planned, toxic fracking fluid blows back at high pressure as part of the process," Hanratty said. "This routine step has the potential for contaminating fields and streams."
Hanratty said the river is an important habitat in Northeast Ohio.
"Due to the 80 or 90 bird species that are found here, the National Audubon Society has declared the Grand River an important bird area," she said.
Besides the inherent value of the birds, bird watching contributes more than $26 million and almost 300 jobs to the economy of the region, Hanratty said.
The river also supports more than 75 kinds of fish, 18 types of reptiles and almost 50 different mammals, Hanratty said. Continued...
The 10 rivers on the list are not the most polluted rivers in the country.
Instead, a river on the list is facing a significant threat and is at a crossroad or tipping point.
Trent Dougherty, director of legal affairs for the Ohio Environmental Council, said the Grand River is a jewel of Lake Erie and the heart of Steelhead Alley, which refers to the type of trout.
"But it's also a place that will be, very soon, inundated with oil and gas drilling, fracking and with wastewater disposal," Dougherty said.
Senate Bill 315, which may be voted on as early as this week, needs to be improved so it can provide protection at the highest industry standards to rivers across the state, he said.
With the opening of the Horseshoe Casino in Cleveland coinciding with the announcement, Dougherty said he hopes legislators don't leave the fate of the river up to chance.
"Our call today is that the governor and the general assembly need to stop gambling with the Grand River," he said.
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Desire and Demise
Better Than Quidditch
“N.E.W.T.s are less than two months away, Ron! How can you just sit there messing with your stupid chess set?”
Hermione, hidden behind a large pile of books and a smaller pile of notes, could not be seen, but that didn’t mean she couldn’t be heard.
“You’ve officially lost your mind,” the boy responded, picking up a pawn and chucking it at Hermione’s pile of books. “And Wizard’s Chess is far from stupid.”
A red-eyed, tousle-haired Hermione peered over her pile of study materials and shot Ron a glare. Crookshanks, who had been curled up in her lap only seconds before, jumped to the floor and began to paw at the thrown chess piece.
“Alright, fine. I suppose Wizard’s Chess does require a decent level of wit, but it certainly won’t help you on your Potions N.E.W.T.” the girl replied before diving back into her studying.
Ron let out a disconcerted sigh before abandoning his chess set and walking over to Hermione’s table. He sat down next to her and picked up one of the books she had carried up from the Library. Reluctantly, he opened it up to page one and began reading. It was better than arguing, at any rate.
After no more than two minutes, Ron set the book back down and turned to face Hermione.
“Hermione,” he pleaded. “Please, can we do something else? Dinner, perhaps?”
They were the only two in the Common Room at present. Most of the students were either outside enjoying the spring weather or downstairs eating dinner in the Great Hall.
Hermione took one look at his face and a smile found its way onto hers. The boy had stuck his lips out in a pout – an almost flirtatious pout.
“Your stomach is a bottomless pit,” the girl replied before setting her papers down and standing up. “Alright, we’ll go downstairs. But I think dinner’s almost over now. The Quidditch match is about to start.”
“Is it really that late? Why didn’t you tell me?” Ron asked, a panicked expression taking hold of his features.
Hermione shook her head. “Will you ever grow up?” she asked, laughing quietly.
“Sorry, Hermione. I gotta run. I am the Captain, after all. Meet you down there, okay?” the boy said before running out of the Common Room.
Hermione rolled her eyes and began packing her notes away into her schoolbag. She had been looking forward to the game for some time now. The season was winding down, and Gryffindor was currently in the lead. But they were playing Ravenclaw, the team that was currently in second place. If Gryffindor won, they would be assured a place in the final match for the Quidditch Cup. If they lost, it would mean they’d have to work extra hard to win the next two matches. A lot was riding on this game, that was for sure.
“Oh, Crookshanks,” Hermione said, taking Crookshanks in her arms and cradling him like a child. “What on earth am I going to do with Ron?”
The cat mewed in response and licked Hermione’s nose with a sand paper tongue.
“Give him a sharp kick in the arse?”
Another response met her ears. It was a male voice, but the room was seemingly empty. Crookshanks jumped from Hermione’s arms and hid under the sofa, at which time Hermione frantically spun around, searching every inch of the Common Room.
“Who – who’s there?” she asked, her heart beating in her throat.
“Guess,” the voice said.
The voice caused goose bumps to erupt over her skin, and she knew immediately who had spoken those words, even though she couldn’t see him.
“Draco? How did you – Where are you?”
Slowly, cautiously, the boy walked out of the shadows. He had been standing mere feet from her, by the window, yet she hadn’t noticed. Neither had Ron.
He gave her a meek smile before crossing the room and sitting upon the brown armchair in front of the fire. The sky outside was darkening, but the light created by the fire was enough to brighten the boy’s face. His cuts and bruises were completely healed, and the sadness and exhaustion that had always been present in his ice blue eyes had vanished.
“How did you get in here?” Hermione asked, looking around to be sure he had come alone.
“It doesn’t matter,” he replied, staring into the flames.
Hermione made her way over to Draco, and sat down next to him.
“Yes it does,” she replied, eyebrows furrowed.
The boy didn’t answer. Instead, he turned his head so that his eyes were locked on Hermione’s. There was a strength in them that Hermione had not seen before, which came as quite a shock.
“Where have you been? It’s been nearly two months,” she said.
“I went back home to console my mother. She’s having a rather tough time, and she was alone at our manor. It was terrible watching her. She was – well, she was cleaning,” Draco said, in a voice that made it obvious he thought this behavior to be nothing short of psychotic.
“But why is it no one seemed to know where you were?” Hermione pursued.
“Because I didn’t tell them,” Draco answered bluntly. After a short pause, he added, “Well, I didn’t want anyone to know. I was… hiding.”
“Hiding?” Hermione repeated. “But why?”
“Those two people you were bugging me about months ago… they’re Death Eaters. I’m sure you already know this, seeing as you are Hermione Granger. But what you don’t know is that they were ordered by Voldemort himself to watch over me, and to make sure I followed my orders,” Draco explained, his icy exterior finally having cracked in Hermione’s presence. “Well, I wasn’t exactly following orders. As I told you previously, I was sent to kidnap you and bring you to the Dark Lord, which I simply refused to do. Around Christmastime, those two Death Eaters began paying me visits, scolding me for my sluggishness in completing the task. The visits didn’t end well. I was practically a tenant in the Hospital Wing. And that’s why I disappeared for several months. I needed to escape. They’ll be furious with me, if they find out I have returned.”
The silence that followed Draco’s explanation ate away ate Hermione’s flesh. The sensation stopped only when Hermione’s arms flung out and wrapped themselves around Draco’s shoulders. Instead of rejecting this sign of affection, Draco remained as stiff as a board, allowing Hermione to hug him, but not returning the embrace.
“I’m sorry,” Hermione said, letting go of the boy.
Draco nodded, and turned his head so that it was facing the window.
“Weren’t you going down to the game?” he asked finally.
“Oh, yes… the game,” Hermione said, noticing a terrible sinking feeling slide into her stomach. “It’s already started, there’s no use going down now.” Ron wouldn’t notice if she was there or not anyway, right?
“Don’t want to support your boyfriend, then?” Draco asked, his tone bitter.
“Boyfriend? If you are referring to Ron, then you are mistaken,” Hermione replied, anger beginning to kindle within her chest.
“Oh, really?” Draco responded, attempting bitterness but failing miserably. He seemed reassured, in fact.
“Well, then, you certainly wouldn’t mind if I -” the boy stopped short and leaned in, closing the gap between him and Hermione, and pressing his lips up against hers.
A jolt of warmth ran along Hermione’s spine as his lips collided with her own. Whether it was a jolt of pleasure or a jolt of shock, she did not know. Her mind had gone utterly, blissfully blank, but for some unknown reason, she felt herself pull away, feeling cold and unsatisfied.
“Wha -” she said, pressing several fingers against her now tingling lips.
An enormous roar had begun outside. Shouts and jeers rang through the air, along with the unmistakable chanting of “GRYFFINDOR WINS!” Ginny had apparently caught the Snitch, ending the game and assuring the Gryffindors a place in the finals.
“You have to hide! And quick!” Hermione said suddenly, standing up and grabbing at Draco’s robes. No sooner had she shoved him into a shadowy corner than the Gryffindor team entered the Common Room, followed by the crowds of cheering Gryffindor fans. Some were waving gold and red flags, some had painted their faces entirely red or gold, and others were carrying large ‘Gryffindor for the win!’ banners.
“Let the party begin!” Ron, who was at the front of the group, yelled.
An assortment of food and beverages was carted in by several fifth years. The banners were hung over the balcony of the staircase, and a continuous stream of confetti fell from the ceiling. Loud music seemed to be leaking from the stone walls, and people were soon running about the room, creating a huge mess that would take the House Elves all night to clean up.
Before Hermione knew what to do with herself, Ron was at her elbow, his face positively gleaming.
“Did you see us, Hermione? We were brilliant! Bloody brilliant,” he yelled over the ruckus.
“Yeah, you were, well, you were great, Ron,” Hermione quickly lied, giving Ron a hearty pat on the back.
“It’s Ginny who was great,” he replied. “The game had been going on for – hmm – maybe fifteen minutes, and she caught the Snitch! The Ravenclaw Seeker didn’t even know she’d found it. Did you see him flying around near the ground?”
“Yeah… looked rather dumb, didn’t he?” Hermione replied nervously.
Ron laughed, spilling nearly a fourth of his butterbeer onto the floor. He was then ushered away by his teammates to the center of the room, at which time Hermione eyed the shadowy corner apprehensively, terrified that Draco would be found any moment.
Several hours later, the party began to die down. Students were flooding up the stairs to get to bed, leaping over a fallen banner and other party remnants. Hermione remained glued to the couch, nibbling away at her third cookie. The kiss she had shared with Draco would not leave her mind, even with the party raging on in the background. The closer and closer she got to confronting Draco about what had happened, the more terrified she became.
For six plus years, she had hated the boy, or at least pretended to. He was Harry’s enemy, and treated her horribly, so it was only natural she hate him. But underneath it all, even though she hadn’t even admitted it to herself, she had had feelings for him. It had all become so clear in these past few months. And now that it was confirmed he felt the same, those butterflies in her stomach simply would not leave her alone. It was torture.
“You going to bed, Hermione?” a very tired Ron asked her.
“In a minute,” she replied, giving Ron a small smile as he headed towards his dorm.
The last of the Gryffindors made their way upstairs, leaving Hermione alone with Draco at last. It was close to a miracle he hadn’t been found, and that her stomach hadn’t turned inside out.
“Not drunk, I suppose,” came a sarcastic voice from somewhere behind Hermione’s head. She began to doubt whether Draco actually did have feelings for her. He might’ve just been messing with her head – a new method of causing her anguish.
“Of course not,” she replied, not bothering to turn her head. “Butterbeer is nothing like firewhiskey, Draco.”
“Pity.” He was now sitting beside her on the couch.
The fire was dying down, but Hermione could still feel its warmth.
“Were you expecting something?” the girl asked, shocked.
“I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t,” he replied as his lips curled upwards into a small smirk.
“Typical,” Hermione replied. “And I thought you had changed… that you were more respectable now. I was wrong.”
Hermione stood up and made to leave, but Draco grabbed at her arm, holding her back.
“Please don’t go,” he begged. “I’m sorry. Old habits die hard.”
Arms crossed, the Gryffindor sat back down. She immediately began searching for some means of escape. Something inside of her told her that she wouldn’t be able to resist Draco, and she hated thinking that he was the only one with the ability to break down her will power.
”I have Prefect duties,” she said quickly. “I have to patrol the hallways now.”
“Don’t lie to me, Hermione,” Draco shot back. “I know the new Headmaster has gotten rid of Prefects. That bloke is a bit over the top, don’t you think? Forbidding students to exchange presents inside the castle on Christmas because he’s afraid of Dark objects falling into the wrong hands… then doing away with Prefects and Heads because he thinks patrolling the hallways after hours is dangerous.”
“Being safe is never over the top,” she replied shortly.
“Alright,” Draco replied, letting the subject drop.
After another period of silence in which Draco’s fingers danced absentmindedly across the fabric of his sweater, he spoke again: “I wanted to thank you, Hermione.” His tone contained a genuine kindness. It sounded so strange coming from his mouth that Hermione felt herself fidgeting uncomfortably. Her face grew hot. “If it weren’t for you, I don’t know if I would’ve gotten through this.”
“Don’t mention it,” she replied, smiling meekly. “Everyone needs help sometimes.”
She pursed her lips. This wasn’t right – Draco wasn’t himself. Had he truly changed, or was this a trick? It was impossible to decipher.
“I never would have thought it’d be you that I’d -” He paused, clearly deciding whether or not he should speak his mind. Hermione held her breath. “Never mind,” he said, finally.
Hermione let her breath out. She wanted desperately to ask what Draco had chosen not to say, but was too nervous to ask. It felt as though her insides had tied themselves into a tangle of knots.
A jolt ran through her body as she felt Draco’s fingers float across the skin of her exposed collarbone. Hermione turned to face him only to find that he was leaning in, his eyes mere slits.
“Enough small talk, Hermione. I know you want to kiss me again.”
‘Yes, in fact, that would be quite nice,’ she thought to herself. ‘Wait, what am I thinking? I...’
But before she could protest, Draco’s lips were against hers again. The familiar feeling was comforting, and Hermione felt her protests die within her throat. They would never be heard.
Years of longing were coursing through Hermione’s small body as Draco snaked an arm around her waist, pulling her closer. She didn’t resist. An arm wrapped itself around Draco’s neck as the boy deepened the kiss. She could smell him, taste him. He was all around her.
Her mind was blank again. Thoughts of Ron, Harry and everyone else slipped into non-existence. They didn’t matter now.
Draco pulled Hermione on top of him, but the girl was unaware of her surroundings. She gave in without the slightest struggle, running her fingers through Draco’s silky blond hair. The girl was quite sure that the overwhelming sense of warmth filling the air was love. They both felt it. It was certain.
The confetti and wrappers littering the floor vanished. The memories of this year, of Voldemort, Ron’s kiss, and Harry’s disappearance, faded. The fear and uncertainty that Draco didn’t love her ceased to exist. She was lost in his kiss.
Author’s Note: This chapter is my favorite. If you’re a fan of Draco/Hermione, then hopefully you’ll find it cute. (:
Anyway, I am seriously excited for the sequel. I’m continuously thinking up ideas, and I’ve been jotting them down in a notebook which is now almost half filled. I’m planning on having Desire and Demise done and posted by February, and then I will begin posting the sequel in March or April. I need to have a few chapters written before I start submitting them, otherwise I feel rushed and my writing is crap.
That was a long AN, haha. Please leave me some reviews. I love ‘em, and I love you all for reading this fanfic. < 33 It’s my baby.
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A new neighbourhood in and around a redeveloped 18th-century mill in Stockport will become the 'coolest' and 'possibly the best place to live in Greater Manchester', one of its bosses has said as it reached a new milestone.
Work began on a £60m redevelopment of Weir Mill in the town centre in July last year. As well as the mill buildings themselves, which are undergoing a painstaking restoration, the development also features a 14-storey tower block that sits next to, and rises above, Stockport's iconic viaduct.
When it's completed the sprawling 130-acre site will feature 253 apartments, new green outdoor space and around a dozen independent bars, restaurants, and shops.
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All of the concrete structures are in place on the tower block, which has reached its highest point. Bosses marked the occasion with a 'topping out' ceremony atop the new building on Wednesday.
Windows are now being installed and once the buildings are air and water tight the process of fitting them out begins. The first show apartments in the mills and the new build are expected to be ready early into the new year.
The project is expected to be completed in around nine to 10 months. Adam Higgins, co-founder of Capital and Centric, the developer behind the project, told attendees at the ceremony that it would be the 'coolest' and 'possibly the best place to live in Greater Manchester' when it's completed.
Speaking to the M.E.N afterwards, he said: "I think it is. It's the quality of what's being created here. Everything we're doing here is worthy of any city centre in the UK.
"It's worthy of something in London, but we're actually building it in Stockport. There has been no expense spared, no corners cut.
"From the size of the plants in the landscaping to the quality of everything we're providing within the apartments, everything is going to be top drawer. Really, really good quality.
"Everything we're putting into the apartments is good quality. And that's really important because we need to be attracting the right people to come and live in Stockport, who perhaps would have gone and lived in Manchester city centre. Or Birmingham city centre, or Liverpool city centre.
"We want them to come to Stockport. Because if we can get the right people living in Stockport, the employers then follow because we've got the right talent pool for jobs and that's then all about creating jobs and economic growth.
"We're providing residents with a cinema room, private dining areas, a gym, yoga studio. There's lots of extra benefits for the people that will live here."
As well as apartments the development will have spaces for a number of businesses as well. "We're about to launch the commercial aspect of the scheme," Mr Higgins said.
"There's about 10 or so spaces depending on how we sub-divide it all on the ground floor which will be for coffee shops, delis, ideally a little general store, bars, restaurants, that kind of thing. We're about to go out and seek people who want to become part of this story here.
"We've had lots of expressions of interest already from businesses who are aware of it. But we didn't want to enter detailed conversations until we're ready to get people into the scheme and they can see the space we're creating, and I think we're at that stage now."
Mr Higgins said he believed the scheme would benefit the entire town centre. "It's going to be open 24/7 to everybody," he said.
"It's not a gated community and you don't need to live here to come down and enjoy the gardens that we're creating.
"The whole point of basing it around a garden is to make sure we're bringing greenery back into town centres and city centres. There's not an awful lot of that in Manchester or even Greater Manchester.
"Then you put that next to the famous Stockport Viaduct which sails across the top of the site, I think it creates a really stunning environment. You can't recreate that because no one is ever going to build a viaduct over a site just to make it look good. We've already got it."
Its proximity to the Viaduct meant the development was controversial when it was going through the public consultation process.
The town's MP Nav Mishra spoke out against the tower element of the scheme, which was also objected to by the Victoria Society and Historic England. A petition titled 'Don't hide our viaduct' was signed more than 4,500 times.
Mr Higgins said now it was in place, he hoped views of the tower would 'soften': "At the end of the day, the viaduct has been here a long time. It's been here since the mid-1800s.
"But there's been other developments along the way, other buildings have popped their head anove the parapets of the viaduct over the years. And towns need to move on.
"They can't stay the same. They can't stay as relics. I think what we're doing here is bringing back a really important site within Stockport, which is part of its history and heritage, and bringing it back for public use.
"So I think that's the overriding thing here." He also said he believed it would bring benefits to the rest of the town centre.
"It's common knowledge that town centres have struggled over recent years due to the internet, and Covid has hastened their demise," he said.
"For me, it's about trying to provide places where people can live right in the heart of town centres and city centres again and Stockport's a good example of that.
"With the scheme we've got here, the interchange, and other plans that council and Mayoral Development Corporation (MDC) have in the area, it's getting people living right on the doorstep of the retail and that can only give a boost to the footfall and a boost to the trades.
"For existing retailers but also hopefully allowing some new offers to come into the town – coffee shops, restaurants, bars, whatever they might be to refresh the town."
Coun Mark Hunter, leader of Stockport Council, said: “This is a huge achievement and testament to the drive and ambition of everyone involved to bring this historic building back to life and greatly improve this area of the town centre, providing much needed, good quality homes.
“The pace at which change is happening across the town centre is quite staggering, with work at the nearby Transport Interchange and new urban park due for completion next year, it’s a really exciting time for Stockport.
“There’s a real buzz about the place. There’s national media attention on Stockport for the first time in a long while which is good. It’s a place where people know there are things happening.”
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Remarkably Human-Like: Next-Gen Robots
Since the beginning of the industrial revolution in the late 18th century, machines and humans have worked together to transform human societies in many ways; machines have helped us unlock mass production, transform information sharing, and explore new planets. As we gear up to enter 2022, it appears the boundary between humans and machines is further blurring, thanks to the next generation of robots.
The next generation of robots powered by AI is expected to look and act like humans, all while capable of doing tasks much beyond our abilities. While older robots were simply programmed to fulfil specific tasks, these new robots created in our image will work alongside humans, sharing our spaces, interacting with us, and collaborating to perform complex functions.
To this end, there has been a dramatic acceleration in robotic capabilities, giving rise to machines that are more flexible, mobile, and capable of responding intelligently to unpredictable situations. Broadly, new generation robots will fall into three categories; cobots or collaborative robots that work with humans, interactive robots that talk to and educate humans, and assistive robots that enhance human operations.
The next generation of robots has arisen due to a convergence between the physical and digital world. Physical Artificial Intelligence brings together innovations in material science, mechanical engineering, computer science, and biology to build robots that interact with each other, and the environment like intelligent organisms. These robots are not just designed to perform tasks perfectly, but act more human while doing them. Take, for example, the robots that power the Makr Shakr bar in Milan. Although these are capable of handling glassware, and mixing cocktails, they were specifically made slower to ensure they match human paces and assimilate with the environment.
One aspect of new-generation robots that set them apart from older robots is their dexterity. Advancements in actuators(devices that power the movement of robot joints) powered by force sensors have unlocked intricate motions. No-touch grippers take this further, using ultrasonic sensors to allow robots to grip and manipulate objects without touching or contaminating them. Next-gen surgical robots leverage these capabilities to guide needles through soft tissues and thus place sutures with a low risk of infection.
Furthermore, to allow them to navigate the workspace without human guidance, next-gen robots have built-in computer vision capabilities, location sensors and mapping algorithms. In addition to moving around, these capabilities ensure the robots can detect and respond to blocks in their path. As a result of these improvements, robots can independently function on the industrial floor, performing complex operations such as manufacturing, and packing by switching from one task to another. Another example is the Boston Dynamics’ Atlas, a human-like bipedal robot designed to perform search-and-rescue operations in rough and challenging terrains.
In conjunction with the hardware, the software is also improving. To truly interact with humans, and respond to the environment, next-generation robots must be smarter. To this end, artificial intelligence, natural language processing and machine learning solutions are enabling robots to ‘learn’ through each interaction. Some robots are even capable of watching and learning from videos, feeding the information into neural networks that resemble the human brain.
These next-generation robots are not futuristic pipe dreams; the field currently valued at $26.25 Billion is growing at a CAGR of 61%. In turn, the regulations are catching up to the changing market. The ISO standards that once mandated separations of humans and robots in workspaces to minimise injuries is changing to allow more human-robot collaborations.
Yet, allowing robots to integrate with human life is bound to bring about new challenges, and unintended social consequences. For example, researchers at Yale found that when humans interacted with robots, they acted less ethically. Another concern is robots taking over human jobs. Although industry experts insist robots will never replace humans, uncertainty remains regarding the future. No doubt, this fourth industrial era is going to change human life as we currently know it. The question is, are we ready for it?
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Karachi, July 29, 2020 (PPI-OT): The Sindh Branch of Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has launched an emergency cash grant of over Rs3.15 million to help people having lost their jobs and livelihood in lockdown or directly affected due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A statement issued here on Sunday said that initially, Rs 15,750 was being given to each of the 200 most vulnerable families. For this, two areas of Karachi including Redhi Goth in Malir and Al Aqsa Colony in Orangi Town have been selected, where the daily wagers, persons with disabilities, families infected by coronavirus, and transgender individuals, are being provided economic assistance as a one-time grant under the PRCS’s emergency cash program. The designated staff of Sindh Branch visited the cash distribution sites and supervised the process at the retailer shop and resolved the issues faced by the beneficiaries while receiving cash grants.
Mrs. Shahnaz S. Hamid, Chairman, Pakistan Red Crescent Society Sindh, said that Pakistan is passing through critical times of its history due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has affected almost all the population of Pakistan in terms of livelihoods. The people living in rural and semi-urban parts of the country with low income have been severely affected by the COVID-19 crisis.
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MOSCOW, July 10 (Itar-Tass) – Russia’s state-owned operator of railways, OAO Russian Railways /RZD/ is restoring the throughput of cargoes along the lines leading to the parts of the southern Krasnodar territory that evidenced a disastrous flooding over the weekend, Valdimir Morozov, the corporation’s First Vice President said Tuesday.
“Today we started loading the cargoes consigned to that region but the amounts of cargoes admitted aboard trains are limited for the times being so as to ensure the throughput of the trains stuck en route now,” Morozov said.
Blocked on the lines alone are more than a hundred cargo trains.
“The accident compelled us to put into effect some conventional measures that restricted the consigning of cargoes for the Novorossiysk transport hub,” Morozov said. “Trains are also stuck on neighboring lines.”
“Prior to the calamity, this part of the North-Caucasian branch of the RZD handled daily 25 inbound and 25 outbound cargo trains,” he said. “In addition, twelve trains would bring crude oil and oil products to the Grushevaya station daily.”
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Easton police filed new charges Friday against three people already imprisoned for allegedly stealing a wallet from a vehicle and going on a spending spree.
Soumira Haddad, 23, of Forks Township, is among those charged. She is also accused of stealing from a vehicle in Northampton.
Haddad along with David Barndt, 31, and Scott Dittmar, 28, were arraigned on the new Easton counts Friday before District Judge Antonia Grifo.
They were ordered held in Northampton County Prison in lieu of additional bail, and all three waived their rights to preliminary hearings. They are now scheduled for formal arraignment April 11 in Northampton County Court, where they will face trial unless a plea deal is reached, or their cases are disposed of in another way. Grifo ordered drug and alcohol treatment as a condition of their release on bail.
The three are accused of taking cash, change and laptops from vehicles on College Hill, according to court records. The owners reported break-ins to two vehicles in the 100 block of Parker Avenue and one vehicle in the 200 block of Wayne Avenue on Jan. 12. Another victim reported Jan. 15 that two vehicles had been broken into in the 700 block of Weygadt Drive. Police spoke Jan. 21 with the fifth victim, who said his vehicle had been broken into Jan. 11 in the 800 block of Paxinosa Avenue.
Haddad, of the 1700 block of Clarendon Drive in Forks; Barndt, who has Wilson Borough and Easton addresses; and Dittmar, of the 100 block of Wayne Avenue in Easton, were initially charged Jan. 18 by Easton police. Detective Ben Mastrofilippo filed the additional charges with Grifo’s office Friday following further investigation.
Barndt told police he is addicted to drugs and would drive Haddad and Dittmar around College Hill, where Haddad and Dittmar would check the door handles on vehicles and take whatever they could to buy food and illegal narcotics, according to court records. Dittmar told police he only entered one vehicle but did not remove any items, records say.
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In the Northampton case, Haddad was charged Thursday with taking $50 cash plus $280 in Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem vouchers discovered missing Jan. 8 from a vehicle in the 300 block of East 12th Street in the borough, according to court records. Police Detective Glenn Deist said he searched records and video at the casino and learned Haddad had cashed out the vouchers. She is charged with theft and receiving stolen property in that investigation.


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The value of bitcoin might surge multi-fold from its present degree to $400,000 as its institutional adoption has intensified, famous Bloomberg analysts. Of their latest report on the first cryptocurrency, additionally they urged that BTC is changing the “old-guard” gold extra “sudden than gradual.”
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Within the newest monthly report on BTC’s efficiency, Bloomberg’s analysts, led by senior commodity strategist, Mike McGlone, outlined the $50,000 value mark because the asset’s baseline assist.
Though they acknowledged $60,000 as the important thing resistance in bitcoin’s approach up, they imagine it’s really “eroding” because of the huge adoption from behemoths like Morgan Stanley, Visa, Goldman Sachs, Tesla, and extra.
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By referring to “previous patterns,” the strategist predicted a substantial value enhance proper behind the nook.
“Widespread companions for robust annual rallies within the first-born crypto – low volatility and halvings – are aligned favorably. Our graphic depicts Bitcoin on comparable floor because the roughly 55x acquire in 2013 and 15x in 2017.”
Ought to the asset certainly mimic even the extra modest value surge, its worth might strategy $400,000, based mostly on the “regression because the 2011 excessive.”
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Talking of the yellow steel, the analysts doubled down on a previous assertion suggesting that the first-ever cryptocurrency is on its option to take over. Their most up-to-date paper named gold the “old-guard” and predicted a “extra sudden than gradual” substitute course of.
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On 17 August, it was reported that with mediation of Smolensk Region Commissioner for Human Rights Alexander Kapustin and active assistance of Ombudsman of Tajikistan Zarif Alizoda, applicant R. was provided with a certificate confirming his labour experience in harmful working conditions in Tajikistan.
On 14 August, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Jewish Autonomous Region Alexander Zolotukhin held a working meeting with Acting Governor Alexander Levintal. During the meeting the Commissioner gave an overview of the human rights situation in the region.
On 14 August, Commissioner for Human Rights in Novosibirsk Region Nina Shalabaeva visited the Pre-Trial Detention Centre No. 1 ( SIZO-1 ) of the Novosibirsk Region General Directorate of the FPS of Russia to investigate the appeals submitted by its detainees.
On 13 August, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Alexey Efimov visited a special temporary accommodation centre for migrants in the city of Yakutsk.
On 14 August, Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Buryatia Yulia Zhambalova launched a hotline on the issues related to wildfires in the republic.
On 14 August, Commissioner for Human Rights in Chelyabinsk Region Alexey Sevastyanov took part in the "Public Monitoring Commissions" roundtable discussion arranged by the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation.
On 12 August, Commissioner for Human Rights in Sverdlovsk Region Tatiana Merzlyakova repeated her visit to the temporary detention centre (IVS) at the Zarechniy Intermunicipal Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Beloyarskiy Settlement. Following the visit, the Commissioner noted improvement of detention conditions.
In early August, the right of residents to be provided with hot water supply was restored in the city of Nikolsk with assistance of Commissioner for Human Rights in Penza Region Elena Rogova.
An illustrated and full-colored Activity Report 2014 of the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Chuvash Republic came out.
On 7 August, Commissioner for Human Rights in Kamchatka Territory Irina Orlova and territorial Commissioner for Children’s Rights Viktor Tyumentsev held a scheduled detention conditions’ inspection in the Pre-Trial Detention Centre No. 1 of the Kamchatka Territory Directorate of the FPS of Russia. No infringements were found out.


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