President of the Royal Town Planning Institute for the UK and Ireland
As part of an ongoing documentary, I was on the Whitehead seafront to film the arrival of John Acres, President of the Royal Town Planning Institute. He met with the Blackhead Path Preservation Society and I got a chance to find out what he thought of Whitehead and the closure of the Blackhead Path.
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Ferreting: Trapping
Simon Whitehead punctuates the rising rabbit numbers by rekindling a method that works while he sleeps
Feeling that my resources were stretched, I needed a method of control that worked while I was elsewhere, as I can only be in one place at any moment in time. This was a job for my two favoured traps — the cage trap and the rabbit drop box. With these ancient methods, I could keep the pressure on the rabbits even when I was asleep.
However, I needed to dig in some more drop boxes on a newly erected fence line, where the rabbits were savaging the emerging sugar beet.
To the unaccustomed a rabbit drop box is a contemporary interpretation of the “tip trap” utilised by the warreners of the 1800s on their sprawling warrens on the Brecks of East Anglia. This feat of ingenuity is now invaluable to, not only myself, but any rabbit catcher. It consists of a holding chamber dug into the ground with a mesh floor and a tunnel with a counter-balanced false floor that tips and resets itself when set. You place these traps along rabbit fencing, and the tunnel presents the rabbit with what looks appealing — a passage of no resistance to and from their feeding grounds. Once the rabbits are accustomed to travelling through the tunnel, the counterbalance is removed, thus setting the trap. Over the course of a day/night this discreet method will resolve those public outcry that always arise due to their location and environment. From conservation areas, nature reserves to public rights of way, rabbits can be harvested without anyone knowing anything different.
Simple, yet effective
As many of you will have experienced, fencing alone will not solve your problems, especially if you happen to manage the surrounding fields. It only delays the inevitable of rabbits chewing a hole through the fence, or, worse still, the “toothpaste” effect, where rabbits are squeezed down a passage onto another source of food. There are several differing versions, but I use the Leader rabbit trap from Scotland, a tried and tested operational and long-lasting trap that has the potential efficiency to render itself redundant within 12 months! On most sites though, it keeps the rabbit numbers down to a manageable and realistic level for decades, dependent of course on the size of the surrounding rabbit reservoirs. The simplicity and beauty of this trap is that the rabbits are led into a false sense of security. Nothing visibly or physically alters but then when set, the clank signals another victim of this timeless yet very effective piece of engineering. For these rabbits, the grass wasn’t greener on the other side.
A nocturnal solution
I really like these methods that are effective when I am asleep. The childlike anticipation when going to empty them out never deserts me. Experience has taught me to empty them with an air of caution, as I have nearly been bitten by stoats, mauled by squirrels and gnawed at by rats. Working off a tunnel system, they have the ability to catch anything that passes through them, but with this trap and the cage trap, any non-target species can be liberated, unharmed and none the worse for their experience but these traps do need a rabbit fence in order to be at their most efficient. Cage traps on the other hand can be used anywhere as long as the two-legged fox doesn’t interfere with them.
Berkhamsted Conservation Area
We are consulting on the draft Berkhamsted Conservation Area Appraisal which includes proposals for extending the boundaries of the conservation area and provides a list of locally listed buildings. The consultation closes on 9 November 2012. For more information see dacorum.gov.uk/conservationareas
How do I get planning permission in a conservation area?
How do I get planning permission in a conservation area? Many clients that The Thinking Hand Studio works with have beautiful homes in conservation areas - areas designated of special architectural and historic interest. These areas require special attention, and thoughtful design to gain planning permission for new contemporary buildings. In this video Rion discusses some of the most important aspects to consider if you desire such a project.
Places to see in ( Hornsea - UK )
Places to see in ( Hornsea - UK )
Hornsea is a small seaside resort, town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The settlement dates to at least the early medieval period. The town was expanded in the Victorian era with the coming of the Hull and Hornsea Railway in 1864.
The civil parish encompasses Hornsea town; the natural lake, Hornsea Mere; as well as the lost or deserted villages of Hornsea Beck, Northorpe and Southorpe. Structures of note with the parish include the medieval parish church of St Nicholas, Bettison's Folly, Hornsea Mere and the sea front promenade.
The Hull and Hornsea Railway opened 1864, and was closed in 1964 – the main railway station, Hornsea Town, is still extant, and the former trackbed forms the section of the Trans Pennine Trail to Hull. In the First World War the Mere was briefly the site of RNAS Hornsea, a seaplane base. During the Second World War the town and beach was heavily fortified against invasion. Hornsea Pottery was established in Hornsea c. 1950 and closed in 2000. Modern Hornsea still functions as a coastal resort, and has large caravan sites to the north and south.
The civil parish of Hornsea is located on the Holderness coast approximately 16 miles (25 km) northeast of Hull. The parish is bounded by the civil parishes of Atwick to the north, Seaton to the west, Hatfield and Mappleton to the south, and by the North Sea to the east. The civil parish contains the coastal town of Hornsea, and a suburb of Hornsea Bridge or Hornsea Burton south of the former railway line, as well as Hornsea Mere.
The old town of Hornsea is centred on the Market Place, and includes Southgate, Westgate and Mere Side; the resort and promenade is connected to the old town by Newbegin and New Road, and includes much of the Victorian development of the town.
The area of 'old' Hornsea centred on the Market Place, and including Hall Garth Park and the large houses around Hornsea Town railway station and Grosvenor Road are now (2007) part of a Conservation Area – the area excludes the 19th/20th century resort, and promenade.
Like other small North Sea coastal resorts Hornsea has a promenade, laid out gardens, hotels, fish and chip shops, gift shops and so on. On the southern edge of Hornsea, near the site of Hornsea Pottery is a shopping centre known as Hornsea Freeport – the Freeport adapted some of the original theme park set up by Hornsea Pottery.
( Hornsea - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Hornsea . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Hornsea - UK
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Clementine Hunter; History of Forgery by Tommy Whitehead
The talk will present a biographical sketch of the folk artist, Clementine Hunter, born in southern Natchitoches Parish in late 1887 and died January 1, 1988.
Around 2000 a group of paintings appeared on the market supposedly by Hunter but later found to be painted by Beryl and William Toye. The lecture will include details of the fraud and how eventually law enforcement took what became an extraordinary criminal case and prosecution.
The subsequent investigation and legal proceedings resulted in a case study of an art fraud that spanned over 35 years. Extensive work by the FBI and leading scientific and analytical experts exposed a great range of forgeries by the Toyes, including modern masters such as Matisse and Degas.
The lead agent from the FBI on the case, Randolph Deaton IV, and Joseph Barabe, Senior Research Microscopist, McCrone Associates, Inc., will present details of the investigation and successful prosecution.
Tom Whitehead, a retired professor from Northwestern State University, knew the artist and became her unofficial biographer. He co-authored Clementine Hunter: The African House Murals in 2005, and Clementine Hunter: Cane River Artist to be published by the LSU Press in the fall of 2012.
Kedleston Hall Visit, Derby-Part 2
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Kedleston Hall was always intended as a showpiece rather than a comfortable family home; in fact the family has lived in the private family wing and still do to this day. The large central block was a largely uninhabited entertaining space with the servants' quarters and service areas housed in the West Wing. What is now our restaurant was once the Great Kitchen, catering for the Curzon families' great banquets and dinner parties.
The State Floor reflects the austere grandeur of a show palace and that’s how it was always intended. Purposely designed to showcase the families wealth and power, as a ‘temple to the arts’ to showcase their collection of art and fine furniture. From the moment you ascend the Great Staircase to the State Floor you are transported back to 18th century opulence. Painstakingly restored over the last 30 years, it reflects Robert Adam’s original vision of luxury.
Dates
Keep Friday 16 November 2018 free for our first Colonial Countryside children's conference at St. James the Greater Church in Leicester, UK. The children's conference is part of the free Literary Leicester festival.
Resources for writers
This website will shortly be populated with resources for writers who wish to research and write about country houses’ Caribbean and East India Company connections.
Web links
· Colonial Countryside: Ten New Creative Commissions
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Dr Corinne Fowler (csf11@le.ac.uk)
Memorial of Jon C. Thomas
Jon Charles Thomas, Sr., 74 of Gainesville passed away on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at Shands @ UF. Jon was born on January 22, 1939 in Uniontown, PA to Robert and Myrtle Thomas. He served in the US Army from 1957 until 1965, receiving an Honorable Discharge.
Jon was an Entrepreneur and Philanthropist. He has been a Licensed Funeral Director since 1959, owning and operating several different funeral homes, cemeteries and cremation businesses. In 1986 Jon became the Chief Executive Officer of Thomas-Pierce and Company, specializing in sales, acquisitions, mergers, construction, development, marketing, and cash flow management for the funeral and cemetery industries and cremation businesses throughout the United States and Canada. Since 2004 Jon has owned, along with his wife, Patsy, Forest Meadows Funeral Home and Cemeteries, Moring Funeral Home in Melrose, Evans-Carter Funeral Home in High Springs and A-Direct Cremations in Gainesville and Summerfield and has served as CEO for each company since their acquisition.
In 1970, Jon was elected to the Florida State House of Representatives and went on to serve in the Florida State Senate until 1978. Throughout his political career he served on many committees, including Governmental Efficiency Study Commission as its Chairman, Florida Real Estate Commission Education and Research Foundation Advisory Committee, Chairman of Health and Rehabilitative Services Committee, Appropriations Committee, the Commerce Committee and had been a Board Member of the State of Florida Medical Examiner from 2009 until his resignation earlier this month.
During his lifetime, Jon won many awards, all of which he was so very proud of, with each holding a special meaning to him. Some of those awards include Young Man of the Year in Fort Lauderdale, 1967; Legislator of the Year, 1973, 1976, and 1977 by the Florida Association for Retarded Children; Conservation Legislator -- Wildlife Federation and the National Wildlife Federation; Presented the Florida Wildlife Special Service Award, 1977; Recipient of the Leonard L. Abness Human Relations Award, 1978, by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, and most recently, Rotary Club of Gainesville 2012 Ethics in Business Award.
Jon was also very active in the Funeral Care Industry. His professional associations included: Board Member, Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science; Florida Funeral Directors Association; National Funeral Directors Association; Florida Cemetery Association; Independent Funeral Directors of Florida; Selected Independent Funeral Directors: Order of the Golden Rule; American Cemetery Association; Southern Cemetery Association; Pre-arrangement Interment Association of America (PIAA).
Jon was always involved in his community and very committed to his church, wherever he lived. He served in many civic organizations as: President of the Tallahassee Region Soap Box Derby, Inc. Tallahassee, Florida; Past Board Member -- Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce; Past Chairman- Bay North Homeowners Association; Past Board Member -- Goodwill Industries; Past President -- Leon High School Cheerleading Association; Past Chairman -- Leon High School Foundation. Jon served as member of the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce, Gainesville Quarterback Club, and Gainesville Rotary Club and attended Trinity United Methodist Church in Gainesville. Jon also had affiliations with: Royal Order of Jesters, Tallahassee Court #194; Jackson Lodge #1, F & AM; Keystone Chapter -- Royal Arch Masons; Scottish Rite Temple, Tallahassee; Morocco Temple, Ambassador at Large, Jacksonville; and Marzuq Temple, Ambassador at Large, Tallahassee.
Jon's success came from ambition, knowledge of business, professionalism and compassion for those he served. He was admired and respected by his colleagues and employees. When asked about his accomplishments, he responded I owe my success to my love and faith in God, and my family. My family is my most valued reward.
Jon is predeceased by his parents Robert and Myrtle Thomas and a brother James Thomas. He is survived by his wife Patsy Ann Fowler Thomas, children Timothy James Thomas (Lance Licciardi), Hollee Ann Bollman (Kyle) and Jon Charles Thomas II (Karen). A brother Gerald Thomas (Joy) and grandchildren Cole, Hannah and Miles Bollman and Charlie, Julia and Sailor Thomas.
Home Extension in Conservation Area Douglas Strachan Chartered Architect Midlothian Edinburgh
A flythrough showing how a new extension in a conservation area puts the kitchen at the heart of this family home.
Douglas Strachan is a Midlothian Architect with a passion for high quality design in residential architecture, property development and sustainable regeneration. We enjoy helping with alterations and extensions, and have particular expertise with listed buildings and development in conservation areas.
Our team provides friendly and straightforward architectural services; from measured surveys and designs, through planning permission and building warrant applications, to the drafting of construction details and oversight of building work.
We are excited to work on a range of projects throughout Edinburgh, Midlothian and beyond, whilst remaining committed to our work in the community. A friendly and straightforward service.
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Walking Wandsworth Episode 8 Trailer 28 Jan 18
Sunday 28 Jan 2018 Episode 8 of Walking Wandsworth at 8pm GMT -
This Week on Walking Wandsworth
Get fit, lose weight and improve mood with a lovely 5.6km Sunday Walk from Cannon Hill Common to The War Memorial in Church Path Wimbledon.
An interview with the General Secretary of The Paddock Allotments Ruth Whitehead.
Memories of Battersea and Wimbledon
And we'll be talking about the conservation of our local history and heritage.
All this and more so be Sure to listen 8pm Sunday night. It's Walking Wandsworth
on Wandsworth Radio.
Fieldsports Britain - FerretCam - amazing rabbit-hunting footage
We're hunting rabbits with ferrets and, for the first time, we have given the little animals movie cameras to record all the underground action. The rabbits are damaging crops and hedgerows, so the farmer wants them removed. Ferrets are the best option, and Shooting Times columnist Simon Whitehead is the UK's best-known ferreter. He is bolting the rabbits to shotguns. Meanwhile, Roy Lupton is getting kitted up for the start of our news series on airgunning, Pellet Power & Performance, and Mark Gilchrist ends his two-parter on how to get permission to go shooting. There are the regulars: News Stump features American gun control, dead cats and fighting deer, Hunting YouTube has everything from roebuck to carp to bobcat, and Hallo Charlie leads on pigeons shooters. What else could you possibly want to watch on telly?
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RVing in Key West for Lobsterfest 2018 - Traveling Robert
We visit Key West, Florida for Lobsterfest. Lobster and rum and beer tasting, Cuban food, snorkeling, a bit of Cuban history and much more!
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Our Great Big Hope for Canada's Whales
From coast to coast, Canada has some of the greatest diversity of whales on the planet. Many species were nearly wiped out from centuries of commercial whaling and their recovery remains fragile.
Join us for an exclusive conversation with:
Tonya Wimmer, Manager, Species Conservation, WWF-Canada
Dr. Hal Whitehead, Professor, Dalhousie University
Janie Wray, Researcher, Cetacea Lab
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Osprey Banding - A Reintroduction Success Story
Learn about the role Three Rivers Park District played in the reintroduction of the osprey to the Twin Cities metro area.
Why Big Oil Conquered The World
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The 20th century was the century of oil. From farm to fork, factory to freeway, there is no aspect of our modern life that has not been shaped by the oil industry. But as the post-carbon era of the 21st century comes into view, there are those who see this as the end of the oiligarchy. They couldn't be more wrong. This is the remarkable true story of the world that Big Oil is creating, and how they plan to bring it about.
Energy Efficiency Dragon's Den | 06.11.2015
With the announced closure of the flagship Green Deal scheme this Summer, there is now uncertainty about the future of household energy efficiency policy in the UK. New policy thinking is needed in this area. This ‘Dragon’s Den’ style event will see a number of experts pitch their policy ideas on how to incentivise households to adopt energy efficiency measures, to be critiqued by our panel of Policy Dragons.
Our speakers include:
DRAGONS
Richard Howard, Head of Environment & Energy, Policy Exchange
Dr Dan Poulter MP, Member of the Energy and Climate Change Committee
Alan Whitehead MP, Shadow Minister for Energy and Climate Change
Richard Black, Director, Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit
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Simon Roberts, Chief Executive, Centre for Sustainable Energy
Dustin Benton, Head of Energy and Resources, Green Alliance
Richard Griffiths, Senior Policy and Business Development Advisor, UK Green Building Council
David Adams, Technical Director - Energy Services, Willmott Dixon
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Hillside Farm History
IF YOU VISIT THE LANDS AT HILLSIDE FARMS THIS WEEKEND... YOU'LL FEEL AS IF YOU'VE BEEN TRANSPORTED BACK IN TIME!
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER ANJA WHITEHEAD TAKES US TO JACKSON TOWNSHIP WITH MORE.
NEW ZEALAND Nature Sounds & Bird Song - AOTEAROA Nature Sounds of New Zealand by Symbiosis
'AOTEAROA - Nature Sounds of New Zealand' is an album of uniquely relaxing recordings from the 'Land of the Long White Cloud' released by the group Symbiosis. (symbiosis-music.com) It features the beautiful calls of native birds like the Tui, Bellbird and Kaka, as well as the sounds of Pacific shores, gentle rain, distant thunder, calming bush atmospheres, hot springs and even some bubbling mud! The album is now one of of their best sellers world-wide on iTunes and has been included in many TV and radio soundtracks including the BBC mini-series 'The Lost World'.
Each track sounds like a gentle journey through a different region of New Zealand... 'Kapiti Island - Tui's Paradise' is alive with the distinctive songs of tui, kaka, whiteheads and North Island robin; 'Wattle Track in the Wind' features tuneful bellbirds, saddlebacks and stichbirds on Tiritiri Matangi Island; while 'Waitomo & King Country' takes the listener on a journey from daybreak in Waitomo Gulley down into the famous glow-worm caves themselves, via gentle waterfalls and rolling thunder in the nature reserve at Mapara. The longest track, 'Dawn to Dusk Relaxation' is a peaceful 'postcard in sound' from the North Island, with tranquil dawn chorus bird-song, gently lapping waves, streams, cicadas, fantails playing in the bush and, as night falls, a lone morepork owl calling in the distance. 'Pacific Shores' eavesdrops on the protected birds of the Little Blue and Yellow Eyed Penguin colonies by the ocean on South Island and, finally, 'The Power of Mother Earth' reveals the surprisingly soothing sounds of hot streams, steam and boiling mud.
These extra-ordinary digital field recordings were made by ex-BBC sound engineer and producer Clive Williamson using 'super-hearing' pre-amplifiers. Clive says, New Zealand is a fantastic place to discover unspoiled nature and its wildlife is unique! I have tried to capture the essence of this wonderful environment in sound... Especially in places where threatened species are being given a second chance. If you have ever been there, or have read, heard or seen Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine, you should really enjoy listening to these recordings! This introductory video features a commentary by Clive (which is NOT on the album itself) and images of many of the recording locations and signature sounds and images of the country, including the tui, bellbird, yellow eyed penguin (hoiho), the endangered tuatara, and views of Rotorua's Champagne Lake, the Kaikoura coastline, off-shore island nature reserves, the Moeraki Boulders and Lake Rotoiti.
© Symbiosis Music, 2009. ℗ Symbiosis Music, 2009. Sound recording, photography, editing and production by Clive Williamson. Sounds taken from 'AOTEAROA - Nature Sounds of New Zealand' by Symbiosis (SYMNZ2009). The album is available from symbiosis-music.com and can be auditioned and downloaded from iTunes. It is also available in many stores in New Zealand, where it is distributed from Auckland by Ode Records.
SYMBIOSIS BIOGRAPHY: Creating sounds that are either calming and refreshing or thought-provoking and atmospheric, British-based group Symbiosis are a unique fusion of ambient soundscapes with superbly played natural instruments such as flutes, guitar, woodwind and gentle percussion. Their best known albums for relaxing and healing are 'Touching the Clouds' and 'Amber and Jade', which are both over 70 minutes long and whose tracks blend one into another, creating a continuous flow of music suitable for massage, meditation, yoga or holistic therapies.
DISCOGRAPHY: Tears of the Moon; Song of the Peach Tree Spring; Touching the Clouds (72 mins and extended 90 minute Therapist's Edition); Lake of Dreams; Autumn Days; Amber & Jade; Sea of Light; The Comfort Zone; Dancing in your Dreams; and AOTEAROA - Nature Sounds of New Zealand, which features the sounds of: Wai-o-Tapu and Waimangu Thermal Reserves (Rotorua), Waitomo Glow-worm Caves, Hauraki Gulf, Kaikoura, birdsong and bird calls, tui, bellbird (korimako, makomako), saddleback (tieke), kaka, fantail (piwakawaka), morepork (ruru), whitehead (popokatea), new zealand robin (toutouwai), stitchbird (hihi), red-crowned parakeet (kakariki), grey warbler (riroriro), yellow eyed penguin (hoiho), blue penguin (korora), weka, bush weta, cicadas (kihikihi), chaffinch, song-thrush, sparrow, Tiritiri Matangi and Kapiti islands, gentle rainfall, distant thunder, surf, Mapara Reserve, Oamaru, Otago Peninsula, Shakespear Regional Park, Nga Manu Sanctuary, Whangaparaoa Bay, dawn chorus, rain forest, Pacific ocean.