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Discussion in 'General Rifle Discussion' started by mossyoak69, Nov 13, 2012.
Does anyone know how much m-1 30-06 is worth
You need to give more info.
To give you an idea go to Cabela's web page. I think it is www.cabelas.com In the top left is a search box. Hit the down arrow and choose Gun Library. It will have a searchbox in the center. Enter M1 Garand and search. They list a number of M1's and the pertinent info needed for pricing and prices. You will learn what some of the necessary info. that is needed to value a firearm.
Then make your post cause these folks know their stuff.
With the information given, I'd ballpark it at $500-$3500 , seriously, we need a lot more to go on...
BTW, stop by the introductions section and tell us a little about yourself.
^^^^ This.
Who made it?? You could have a buyer right here.....
Your question is equal to "I have a Ford car. It is blue and has a V-8. What's it worth?"
Values will depend on maker, condition, and originality. If you go to the website for the CMP, you can learn a bit about different grades of rifles. It is possible for prices to be all over the place, depending on is it an original, with all matching parts, in very good condition, or is it a rewelded Frankengun with a mongrel dog's heritage, and worn out.
It says USA and its made out of walnut stock and Heavy
The rear of the reciever should read:
U.S. rifle caliber .30 M1
The blank part will be the maker.
These are the markings on an M1 Garand. See the maker's name?
Sorry but Cabelas is not a good source of pricing Garands
Need alot more info than just the maker to give a accurate estimate
Need detailed pictures, also need serial number, and to break the rifle down and record all the drawing numbers on each part .
Need to list anything that is stamped on stock, alos look to see if there is any Import Stamps (usually on the barrel by muzzle)
Need to know overall condition along with muzzle ,throat wear measurements


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Compare the special effects used in "Merlin" and in "The Tempest."
The common thing between "Merlin" and "The Tempest" is that we are creating fantastical effects. However, "The Tempest" has an earthly reality, and therefore we have to be true to the backgrounds as we apply the elements. We're trying to maintain the quality of the original images and earthiness of the original footage and combine it with the flame effects, rain effects or other visual effects. Hopefully we are keeping it very reality-based.
What sort of effects are we going to see in this story?
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For audiences who are looking for eye candy, will this be visually spectacular?
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Some of the effects were done on the computer. Please explain how these are done.
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Mandy Moore joined Kristen Bell at the Ultimate Disney Fan Event during Disney's D23 EXPO 2017 in Anaheim, California on Friday (July 14).
Perhaps going for the girly sweetness of a Disney princess dress, she wore a pastel-pink Carolina Herrera floral lace-embossed, peplum frock styled with Stella Luna sandals.
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I rarely visit with a pastor who enjoys doing weddings. Just mention weddings to a group of pastors and you hear things like this:
- "It takes the whole weekend: Friday rehearsal, Saturday wedding, and boom—Sunday is here."
- "Everybody wants a Princess Di wedding these days. Couples are more concerned with how things look than what it means."
- "Many of the couples don't take premarital counseling seriously."
- "I feel like rent-a-preacher."
- "Weddings? I'd rather do a funeral any day."
- And "You never know about the mother of the bride."
Enjoy them or not, they are part of our duties as pastors. They provide an opportunity to deepen relationships with a church family, provide leadership to help a couple build a better marriage, and offer a gospel opportunity in the wedding sermon/devotional. In short, weddings give a pastor another avenue to shepherd the people toward Jesus.
I have mixed emotions when it comes to doing weddings. The better I know the couple and the family, the more I enjoy doing their wedding. I've been pastor where I am long enough that I have married persons who I visited at the hospital on the day of their birth. Those weddings mean a little more. Lots of shared history and experience together. I feel like they are family. It helps me, too, because I will only marry persons with whom I have connection. I haven't been rent-a-preacher in years. At least two or three times a year, I get a call at the office: "Hey, pastor, we're going to be in Hot Springs two Saturdays from now, and we're looking for a Baptist preacher to do our wedding. Will you do it?" I feel zero guilt and remorse when I say, "No thanks." If a person is connected to the church, I am glad to be part of the wedding. If they are not, there are plenty of rent-a-preachers available.
That said, let me chart out some things to think in regard to pastors and weddings:
If the church doesn't have a wedding policy, help the church formulate one. Policies protect both the church and the pastor. Policies detail who can be married in the church and who can perform weddings in the church, a requirement (or not) to use the church wedding coordinator, calendar considerations, costs, premarital counseling expectations, A/V and custodial requirements and costs. Some policies even spell out the kind of music that can be played. The key in any policy statement is detailed enough to provide clear direction on the things that matter most to a church but general enough to provide a little wiggle room.
Determine your personal positions on issues like these: interfaith weddings or where one of the couple is not a Christian; how you will respond to a couple that is already living together before marriage; how you think about things like doing the Lord's Supper for the couple only during the ceremony; what you will do if after getting acquainted with the couple, you're convinced the marriage is a bad idea.
Determine what you will expect of the couple in regard to premarital counseling. Some churches offer required classes. If you do the counseling, how many sessions and what is your plan? Will you use some kind of standardized testing? Will you require any outside reading or homework assignments between sessions?
Know your role in the wedding rehearsal. These days, many churches provide coordinators or the couple hires a coordinator. If a coordinator is employed, what is your role. Personally, I prefer to run the rehearsal. If the wedding is in the church, I do run the rehearsal. I know how to do it. I do it well. I get everybody ready for the wedding day. I'm efficient. But these days, more and more weddings are in non-church venues. In that case, I tell the coordinator that while she/he is in charge of the overall rehearsal, I will take charge once we get the wedding party in their places. It works well. As to the rehearsal dinner, sometimes I go, sometimes I don't.
Develop a wedding day ritual. I like to get there at least 30 minutes before the wedding, check in with the coordinator, check on the wedding party, and refresh my thoughts for the sermon/devotional. I like to share an appropriate Scripture, keep my words brief and to the point (5-10 minutes), keep it as personal as I can, and insert the gospel in the process. For years, I rarely mentioned the gospel. I've tried to remedy that in my old age. A wedding is as much a gospel opportunity as a funeral. After the service, I ask the photographer if he/she can take my picture with the couple first. I've yet to encounter one who wouldn't do that. When I was younger, I went to more receptions. Of course, most receptions in those days were in the church. Fewer and fewer receptions are in the church now. So I may or may not go to a reception. I've yet to have anyone complain if I didn't show up.
Consider your attire: make sure you own a black suit (a marrying and burying suit, as one preacher called it). Black is always appropriate. Of course, some couples prefer more casual attire. Check with the couple about that. I learned from my wife to ask about the bridesmaids colors, so I can pick a tie that doesn't clash.
And what about taking an honorarium for your work? My policy, as I tell the couple during premarital counseling, is that I don't want to be paid to perform their wedding. I consider it part of my responsibility as their pastor. If I pastored a church that didn't pay very well, I would rethink that policy. I've never charged a fee, but I have gratefully received whatever a family wants to give. These days, since families know my no-charge policy, they tend to give me a gift card of some kind. Most want to do something. Let them.
So there you go: a few thoughts about weddings. What have I missed? What would you add or change?


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Robin Li emerged from near poverty to start Baidu, which is often called "the Google of China." Now 43, he is worth more than $10 billion and considered the country's wealthiest man. His ascent was particularly steep, but his rags-to-riches arc is familiar among China's exploding number of high-net-worth individuals, most of whom rocketed from humble origins to breathtaking wealth with few stops in between.
Asia is now home to more high-net-worth, or HNW, individuals than any other continent. Its more than 3 million of them, defined as people with at least $1 million in investible assets, exceeds North America by 200,000, according to industry reports.
In the U.S. the number of HNW individuals dropped nearly 5% in 2011, but China's economic boom continues to generate new wealth, with its count rising by more than 5%. China now boasts the fourth-highest total in the world, behind only the U.S., Japan, and Germany.
According to the Accenture Wealth and Asset Management Services study, in spite of this growth, China's HNW market is massively underpenetrated by wealth managers, with only 7% of its more than $4 trillion in investible assets under management.
This could soon change, however.
The slowdown of the Chinese economy has prompted HNW individuals to consider overseas investment alternatives. Foreign wealth managers have an opportunity to gain traction based on access to sophisticated investment vehicles that can't be entered from within mainland China. But before pursuing this audience, Western firms should first develop nuanced understandings of Lee and his suddenly wealthy peers, who collectively represent an HNW audience quite different from those found in the West.
Most of China's HNW individuals are 40 to 50 years old and were born into poverty, not to mention a world without a stock market. Economic liberalization, which gained momentum over the last decade, catapulted many Chinese into sudden wealth.
China recently claimed the No. 2 spot on the 2012 Forbes' billionaires list, with 95 of them, thanks primarily to a record number of initial public offerings that made billionaires out of their founders.
Chinese society has long been hierarchical by nature, and China' HNW individuals so appreciate prestige and the status of wealth that they are among the world's largest consumers of luxury goods. Therefore they have a persistent interest in short-term, high-return investment channels, which so far they have found in stocks and real estate.
However, those two asset classes, which have driven double-digit growth over the last decade, now appear in danger of losing their status as the nation's dominant wealth builders.
The first sign of trouble came in December 2011, when Haitong Securities, the second largest brokerage firm in China, called off its planned IPO. The Shanghai Index subsequently dropped to levels not seen since 2000. In parallel, heavy investments and speculative buying drove housing prices up to levels found in New York and Tokyo, overheating the real estate market and putting housing prices beyond the reach of most Chinese.
The first-generation Chinese HNW individuals, being self-made, are confident of their business acumen, protective of their hard-earned wealth, and inclined to manage investments themselves rather than enlist the help of unfamiliar firms. However, they now face a challenge they cannot solve alone.
Amid newfound skepticism about the long-term stability of their economy, many of them want to hedge their investments by accessing markets overseas. Here are four ways wealth managers can capitalize on this opportunity:
1. Address the specific psychological and behavioral approaches of Chinese HNW individuals: To succeed in China, Western wealth managers must modify their existing products and services. Customizations might include devising products focusing on shorter-term returns; opportunities to enjoy prestigious relationships and exclusive access; and client-centric fee models driven by investment returns rather than transaction volumes.
2. Engage through education: In the name of transparency, foreign firms should consider devoting increased resources to educating HNW individuals. Forums such as professional conferences, investment workshops, and social events are excellent vehicles for building social capital.
3. Pursue an onshore/near-shore model: Given mainland China's restrictions on investing in foreign currency products, a number of Western companies like Goldman Sachs have pursued onshore/near-shore models so as to provide HNW individuals access to a portfolio of global products and services. Business ports like Hong Kong are exempt from the mainland's foreign currency limitations. Many Chinese entrepreneurs have staged recent IPOs in Hong Kong while also opening overseas branches, thus enabling the yuan to legally flow into the foreign currency investment market.
4. Engage in strategic joint ventures with Chinese domestic banks: Chinese domestic banks dominate HNW client acquisitions, thanks to their retail coverage and local client knowledge. Foreign institutions should look closely at collaborating with Chinese banks that have solid client bases and the desire to grow their wealth management businesses.
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Born in Los Angeles, California on May 10, 1989, Jessie Vargas is a boxer with excellent technical skills honed by years of amateur fighting experience. He won two national championships in Mexico and two junior national championships in the United States, and also earned a spot on Mexico's 2008 Olympic boxing team. By the end of his amateur career, he had compiled a record of 120-20.
A few months after turning 19, Vargas made his professional debut on September 5, 2008 against the 1-0 Joel Gonzalez. He made sure the fight didn't last long, as he scored a KO in the very first round. He followed that up with three more fights, one every month, to close out 2008, earning two decisions and one stoppage after two rounds.
Jessie Vargas would go on to pile up the victories, eventually building a record of 21-0. That earned him his first title fight, a match against the 23-0 Wale Omotoso on March 16, 2013 for the WBC Continental Americas welterweight title. He ended up cruising to a win by unanimous decision after 10 rounds.
After another 10-round decision win, this one over Ray Narh, he fought Khabib Allakhverdiev for the WBA and IBO super lightweight titles. This fight, which took place on April 12, 2014, was his first that was scheduled for 12 rounds. It ended up going the distance, with Vargas picking up another unanimous decision victory. He would defend his WBA belt twice after that, against Anton Novikov and Antonio DeMarco, with the results being the same – unanimous decision victories after the full 12 rounds.
One reason Jessie Vargas hadn't broken through, despite his skill and his 26-0 record, was his lack of finishing ability. From September 17, 2011 to November 22, 2014, he won 10 fights in convincing fashion, but all of those were wins by decision. When he started working with Dewey Cooper, the trainer claimed he had helped the young fighter improve his punching power, although many scoffed at this and said that power was a natural trait that Vargas simply didn't have.
He got his highest-profile fight to date in his next match, which was on June 27, 2015 against Timothy Bradley, known for his rivalry with Manny Pacquiao. The fight was for the WBO interim welterweight title, and for the most part, it wasn't close. Bradley continually landed sharp punching combinations throughout the fight, but Jessie had his moment in the 12th and final round, stunning Bradley with a hard right hand. He pounced and went for the finish, but unfortunately the referee made a mistake, believing that the 10-second warning was the signal for the end of the fight. That meant the fight was stopped early and went to a decision, where Bradley won on all the scorecards.
Vargas bounced back when he took out Sadam Ali with a dominant performance, eventually scoring a TKO in the ninth round to win the WBO welterweight title. Next, he faced superstar Manny Pacquiao, and while he fought hard, he ended up losing a unanimous decision.


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Sep 30, 2004
Reg X 969 UDM... I think.
Anyone know of this car and wether or not its worth a look
Is this the one of the Audi site pictured outside a house ? it looks the dogs mate !
looks like it, yes.
Have you seen the car in the flesh or just the same pic as me?
just the pic mate -
Just noticed there is a new 04 reg one on the audi site looks awsome - Do they still make them ?
Look at the audi site search for RS4 and you will see the pic etc
There's some info about the '04 RS4 on Tyresmoke. Apparently it was stolen, unregistered in 2001, then recovered and registered in August this year. I'd be very supsicious of a car that had been run, stolen and unregistered, for nearly 3 years/20k - absolutely no history and probably driven very hard.
The 2004 RS4 being discussed elsewhere (i.e. the one on Audi.co.uk) is Avus Silver.
I just called the dealer
It was stolen before it was delivered and missing for 2 years. It was then retunred to ASN Group and bought by the dealership. Yes it has done 20K miles and yes it is an 04 registered car.... the only one!
APARENTLY, it has no marks, stone chips, singns of abuse, etc. I would have thought that the deale would take a long hard look at the car before buying it so there can't be much wrong with it. They will be selling the car with a 2 or 3 year warranty (hopefully 3 yr Audi)
It's a truly bizarre story but maybe there is a thief out there with a conscience /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
Oh and BTW, this thread has nmixed the red RS4 @ Stratford (My original question) with this stolen / recored car which is in London
And I can't type........... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/goofy.gif
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Expect multiplied dissent by way of indefinite US military detention and human rights errors
In case no one else has noticed, the Congressional escalation of the NDAA, or the indefinite military detention bill, has occurred at the exact same time, as the delivery of legal consequence to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and to PFC Specialist Bradley Manning. You don't have to be a military strategist to see the indefinite detention of Brad Manning and supporters will spawn, literally, millions of legitimate oppositional dissenters and human rights defenders. So much so, the only thing that would make sense to a high ranking military strategist is locking up anyone who has a difference in opinion and whomever also has the legal high ground to do so - like a US citizen.:::MORE HERE:::
And as an aside, here is the letter I dumped on the History Channel's, Brad Meltzer's Decoded who recently covered Mob Activity in the United States.
I saw the latest Decoded on the presence of mob or organized crime in the United States. It was revealing, because like your typical History Channel viewer I simply substitute the words "south of the border drug cartel" with "CIA" and it seems to make much more sense to me. The light glaze of "honorable" to "dishonorable" street felons went from white US mobs to "the Mexicans"- seemed a bit racist to me, frankly. You didn't even graze the Russian mob - which has ties to nuclear arms trade, human trafficking & white slavery.
There were a few other things I did really take issue with. It was the epoxy reasoning your team used to glue the very very broad swath of criminalization taken with the Internet. I walked away from this show thinking the producers might have a military propaganda driven agenda to qualify America as an active war zone [by way of widespread and unknowable mob activity].
Here's why... I think you really should have decoupled this topic from exclusively mob activity. You muddled big privacy issues where a corporation like Facebook can sell all of your fan viewers information to the highest bidder and that might include authoritarian regimes like Egypt as buyers. There are huge issues here with Big Brother and the mass surveillance state being built by your government to watch everyone. There wasn't any room touch the fact that there are a ton public-private contractors involved in corporate espionage, who do the same things tin-can bedroom hackers can. In fact, they might be the same people, but you really didn't flip that coin to show the viewers the other side. These contractors work for the government and anyone who pays. A lot of times these guys also work on Wall St.
The lack of military and law enforcement distinctions in these areas make it very very tricky territory when you get into The Internet. You branded Anonymous as a "gang" - a .gov label which goes disputed in the Internet community. You may not be a fan of Wikileaks or PFC Bradley Manning but they are being classed as terrorists at this time. The NDAA FY2012 is part and party to this sweeping Internet "terrorist" classification. If Obama signs that as is you can kiss your 6th Amendment goodbye and let the US military continue to make the rest of your production decisions.
After watching this program I might be inclined to think you agree with that assessment, but that also means anyone who has a difference in opinion with a US military authority in the very near future will join that [terrorist] classification. This includes protestors, talk show hosts and the US Judicial Branch.
This is just a note to let you know someone notices what happens on this [program]. I might not be the only one.
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2018 sees the 70th anniversary of the NHS which started life at Park Hospital on 5 July 1948.
Originally built by Barton upon Irwell Union in a corner of Davyhulme Park, Park Hospital is now Trafford General.
In 1926, at the same moment as negotiations for the sale of Rickmansworth Park were underway, the Union started building their hospital. It was opened by the Princess Royal (HRH Princess Mary) on 1 June 1929, the same person who presented the prizes at the School in 1927 when it was still at Clapham.
At the outbreak of war in 1939 Park Hospital was taken over by the War Department for use by the Armed Forces. The well-equipped School San came under close scrutiny by Rickmansworth Council at much the same time. They had it in mind to create a casualty clearing station but the School authorities resisted. You could say they repelled all boarders – except those who were female, of school age and were registered as pupils at RMIG!
Park Hospital was de-requisitioned in September 1945 by which time plans for the NHS were well underway. The world's first universal health care system provided by government was steered to fruition by Aneurin (Nye) Bevan. He died in 1960 just 'up the road' from the School in Ashridge House, near Berkhamsted.
So the School Sanatorium, the 'hospital' in the park, has some interesting parallels with Park Hospital and the birth of the NHS.
At the time the plans for RMIG were drawn up, the NHS was unheard of and provision was therefore made for the healthcare of all the pupils. This had always been considered as part of the overall package from the moment pupils were accepted by the charity. Medical practitioners offered their services gratis for pupils and there was an awareness from the outset that a group of people living in close proximity were subject to the possibility of contagion. From 1795, all prospective pupils were required to have a certificate, signed by a medical practitioner, to say that they were safe from smallpox and had no defect in sight or limbs. If having a certificate of health pre-admission seems strange, it should be noted that by 1818 some 272 girls had been educated at the School and, of these, only five had died whilst at School. Given the rate of childhood mortality beyond the School, this is quite a remarkable success story.
The first school site being an already existing building adapted for the purpose, it is unlikely to have had a designated area for sick children. When the School moved to Southwark, the floor plans do not specify any area dedicated to treatment and care of sick pupils but there clearly was some. The matron's duties extended to healthcare although primarily she was responsible for ensuring that the girls remained healthy rather than actually nursing them. It was her job to ensure that any contagion was dealt with swiftly so, for example, in 1821, two girls who contracted scarlet fever were removed to the Fever Hospital in Gray's Inn Rd.
"The London Fever Hospital (LFH) was founded in 1802 at 2 Constitution Row, Gray's Inn Lane, just north of Guilford Street … it had 15 beds, and was staffed by three nurses, a medical officer, an apothecary and a porter." https://aim25.com
An article in The Spectator declared:
The ward fees are seven shillings a day for adults and five shillings for children.
This indication of charges, albeit later than when used by the School, underlines that healthcare could be costly but throughout the School's pre-NHS history, there was never any question of pupils not receiving the appropriate healthcare on grounds of cost. For example, a pupil in 1921 was treated at the Yarrow Convalescent Home in Broadstairs at a cost of 25/- per week from July for a month, followed by 3 months convalescence. The costs would have been met entirely by the School.
By the time RMIG reached Clapham, there was dedicated provision with resident staff. Often referred to as 'The San', it was officially the Infirmary and was referred to formally as such by the Head Governess. However, the two names were clearly interchangeable. For example, a former pupil, Gertrude Craik, in 1920 'became the assistant to the nurse in the Sanatorium' before moving on in 1922 to Great Ormond St Hospital. In another example, Betty Starling 'Contracted scarlet fever in 1924 and was retained in sanatorium over school holidays, later transferring to the Joyce Green Hospital, Dartford so that the San. could be disinfected.'
The infirmary at Clapham was updated from time to time, as need arose and the school roll increased. It had its own dispensary as the picture from about 1912 below shows.
By the time the School had left the metropolis and moved to the fresh fields of Herts, it was also ready for a larger medical section. At Clapham, it had been recognised that a separate entrance to the infirmary would be a good idea as a method of keeping contagion controlled. At Ricky, it went one step further – well several steps actually – by having the Sanatorium in a separate building. Furthermore, although all the other buildings of the time were connected by underground service tunnels, the San was not (and still isn't).
Making up the fourth side of a quadrangle, the San had a south façade with larger windows and balconies and a north façade with smaller windows.
The solaria were placed to take advantage of stronger sunlight to aid recovery. The two balconies were designed to enable patients to sit outside (whether they wanted to or not!) on the basis that 'fresh air is Good For You'.
The architect's plans show the several entrances, the main one of which was (and still is) flanked by a design probably based on the medical symbol the Rod of Asclepius and crafted by Joseph Cribb.
But probably the thing that most astonishes the modern pupil, for whom the NHS has always existed, is that the Sanatorium had its own operating theatre.
As a former pupil who experienced the facilities both as a patient and, later, as a probationer, said:
There was an operating theatre, consultant room, dental clinic, pharmacy, solarium, wards and single rooms, and, in 1955, even x-ray facilities.
… we were lucky to have such an efficient, highly commendable health care system, especially as [this] was before the birth of the National Health System in 1948.
There were resident nursing sisters who were assisted by school leavers known as probationers. These were girls who wanted to go into nursing but were not old enough to start their formal nursing training. Probationers, under the supervision of the Sisters, were responsible for the care of the girls and day to day cleaning.
"We learnt basic nursing skills which stood us in good stead for our later careers."
The picture below shows two of these probationers engaged in cleaning the operating theatre.
A doctor visited daily but was not resident and there was also a dentist who treated the girls requiring fillings etc in the dental clinic in the San. ("Having teeth filled in those days was no picnic with no pain killers available," recalled another pupil, presumably from experience) but anyone requiring orthodontic work was sent to Harley St or the Royal Masonic Hospital.
The two sisters held surgeries morning and evening for basic treatment. Those requiring treatment in the sanatorium were given a bed whilst those needing a little less intensive care were in the sanatorium as day cases. Some eligible for day care were those who needed TLC, especially new girls, which shows an understanding that for some girls being a long way from their families was an ordeal in itself.
All girls were subjected to regular eye, dental and medical examinations.
"For the less fortunate adolescent teenagers with acne, every Wednesday and Saturday, they received ultra violet treatment in the solarium, all sitting in a circle wearing darkened goggles."
Pupils were regularly weighed and measured at the beginning of each term.
"The skinny ones were fortified by cod liver oil tablets and malt. Those deemed to be overweight were scrutinised at meal times by the House Matron."
Judging by the numerous recollections of feeling permanently hungry (Children's Hollow Legs Syndrome), obesity was far less of a problem than it is today.
The San was the equivalent of a 50 bed cottage hospital, quite possibly better equipped than many. For the most part, there would be 6-10 girls staying in overnight or longer but, just occasionally, if an epidemic broke out, extra space would be allocated. For example, in September 1954 a flu epidemic hit the school. The sanatorium was soon full to capacity with the nursing staff run off their feet. Girls at the recuperative stage were transported by ambulance (St John's) to Ruspini House which served as a convalescent house whilst new cases took their beds in the sanatorium.
"This lasted nearly a month," recalled a former pupil, "but, true to fashion, it all ran like clockwork under the eye of Sister Taylor."
The beds in the ward were typical hospital beds.
Each girl admitted had a day basket in which to put personal clothing and in-patients wore pyjamas and pretty smocked embroidered pink and blue bed jackets. As all the uniform, including nightwear, was provided, no doubt these too were standard issue.
One who was a probationer recalled that they were paid £2.00 a month, just as the pupil teachers also received an allowance. They had one day off a week. Their uniform – of course – was provided and, in addition, when they were ready to move onto nurse training beyond the School, they were equipped with any compulsory requirements listed by the teaching hospital, such as black shoes and a watch with a second hand. Like all school leavers, they also received leaving outfits and were taken to Arding & Hobbs in Clapham where additional clothing was bought.
The healthcare the pupils received, both before and after the NHS was born, was exemplary.
"… when we left the Masonic School, we were as medically fit as possible"
Not sure if the following counts as an item to ensure medical fitness but the Head Governess in the 1890s wrote in her report:
"Miss Davis will feel obliged if the Committee will again allow one dozen pint bottles of claret for the children during that week, as she has found that the best thing for their refreshment in the midst of their work."
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Thursday, 17 July 2008
Emile et Rose is here
I have just taken delivery of six enormous boxes of Emile et Rose baby clothes, it is the first part of their Autumn / Winter collection. Rather alarmingly there is more to come next month. I ordered all this stuff back in January. What was I thinking?! I have snapped the boxes sitting on the shop floor awaiting my attention. The mug resting on the top contains a nice strong cup of coffee - I'm going to need the energy!
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I woke up at 3.30 am today. Got abuse from my poor wife who was sleeping like a normal person at that hour. Went and switched on the TV in the living room. Shami had just bowled a beauty to Finch. Cut him in half. Warner got out soon after. Our predicition was looking good. Then Steve Smith came in. And looked like he would bat all day.
This has been the Summer of Smith.
He has come a long way from the awkward, slightly pigeon toed leg-spinner in 2010 who didn't know his a** from his elbow to become test captain of Australia. He has tormented the Indian team (and Indian fans) since 9 December 2014 when the test series started. And his peculiar brand of shuffly, twitchy torment continued today.
I'm not ashamed to say it – I went back to sleep during the Steve Smith-Aaron Finch partnership. That partnership was the game-breaker and even though we got some wickets at the end, India were way behind the game even before Mitchell Johnson's 27 off 9 assault.
India flirted briefly with the idea of a miracle. One catch went down and one didn't carry. Shikhar went after Faulkner like he was batting in Eden, not Sydney. But the pressure of chasing more than 6.5 an over in a knockout game got to the batting line-up. It was unreasonable to expect it not to. The end came quickly and sadly was more like Jo'burg 2003 than Motera 2011.
That said, Australia was quite clearly the better team. We were outclassed by a superior opposition who batted better, bowled with intensity and fielded superbly. Maxwell's throw to run Dhoni out, which turned out to be the final nail in the Indian coffin, was simply outstanding.
In my opinion, there was no shame in losing to Australia today. We had a great run and got beaten by a team in form that was far better than us on the day. In all honesty, we would have had to play out of our skins to beat Australia anyway.
What has really disgusted me though is certain parts of the media's reaction to our defeat.
Apparently it was a shame, a surrender, a humiliation, a disgrace.
Dhoni wasn't committed. He didn't cry like the South Africans. He batted like Misbah. He didn't apologise to the Indian public.
Why should Dhoni apologise? The man has won more trophies than any other Indian captain before him. As a batsman, he has won any number of matches off his own bat (including the last World Cup final, lest we forget his 91* sealing the game with a six). MSD has given us a billion reasons to cheer. He has given us enough hope to keep watching until he gets out. Like today.
And you question his commitment? The man has been so busy trying to win India the World Cup that he hasn't spent any time with his new born daughter!
And why does he not cry in public? Because Dhoni is Captain Cool not Vinod Kambli and thank God for that! As a leader, he was dignified in defeat and defended his teammates at the press conference. He cracked jokes about his own future.
He treated this disaster just the same as he treated that immense triumph in Mumbai.
That takes true courage. Respect.
My dad told me the other day that our generation seems to think that we have a "lien on winning". That winning is everything. The only thing.
Naturally, as all good sons do, I disagreed with him then but today I think I see his point. For a team that wasn't expected to get past the group stages when the tournament started, we had an amazing run as the only sub-continental team to have made the semi finals on bouncy Australian pitches. Remember, we were unbeaten until today. Not even Australia could say that.
But that is not enough TRP mileage for some people.
Maybe they've been spoilt by success. Maybe they don't understand that the World Cup is at its core a contest between bat and ball played by human beings, not machines.
Someone wins. And someone has to lose. Life goes on.
Dhoni understand this.
As Indian fans, we should thank our stars we got this far. We can have the World Cup back some other time.
P.S. Can we please ban the Anushka Sharma-Virat Kohli jokes and memes? Unfunny, sexist and basically stupid. Does your girlfriend/wife get blamed every time you have a bad day at work? Virat broke every batting record there was to break during the test series. Then he was a hero. Now people come up with weird theories about his filmstar girlfriend. It's astoundingly lazy, do a little work for your kicks people!
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Outsourcing may be the required due to excessively high workloads in the tool room or short delivery requirements from the customer. For some companies, outsourcing may be part of an emerging or existing business strategy. Sometimes, it is simply be a better economic choice.
When considering to outsource any tooling, either domestically or internationally, you should first conduct a "make-or-buy" study first. A high-quality make-or-buy study ought to include a thorough evaluation of the following:
Design and Engineering Capability: Does the project require you to have die designers and engineers on staff with varied experiences? Does the project require unique processes engineering skills that your company does not possess? Does your engineering department have the full range of capabilities and design tools (CAD, CAM and CAE) needed for the project being considered? Will the project require extensive communications with internal management, manufacturing, engineering and quality disciplines? Do you have experienced project managers that can effectively communicate with internal and external customers and tool sources?
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Other Considerations: Airfare, car rentals, hotel bills and meals can add up quickly, especially if the project develops problems. Depending on your supplier's location, in-bound freight, taxes and duties can offset any perceived savings, not to mention transportation time.
You may have projects that would not be advisable to outsource. Products or processes that are part of a core business activity and those based on intellectual property would be two examples. Customers that require you to have in-house capability and capacity would be another.
A qualified supply base should consist of no more than three or four suppliers. When your suppliers know they only have two or three competitors they can to do a better job for you. Each company has a 25-33% chance of winning your business. If there are five or six other competitors bidding the same job, each has roughly a 15% chance of earning the business. When a supplier's proposal department becomes very busy, attention will likely be devoted to the piece of business with a 33% opportunity rather than one offering 15% or less.
Don't rely on suppliers to do your estimating: The chances of receiving accurate quotes diminish dramatically for jobs you have not been awarded. It is not uncommon to see pricing vary by 50%, 100% or even 200% between suppliers.
The reason for this disparity is quite simple: If your company is bidding a job against four other competitors, the likelihood of you winning that business is one-in-five, or 20%. Your four tooling suppliers each have a one-in-four chance to win the business from you. But, it is a one-in-four chance at your 20% opportunity. The bottom line for your tool suppliers is a meager 5% chance at the business. Tooling suppliers that realize they are acting as your estimating department may be quick to no-quote your business, or refuse to do business with you at all.
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How well staffed is their engineering department? Will you have a dedicated program manager? Is all of the engineering done onsite or do they outsource? If so, where to? Can they design in 3D solids? Do you need them to? How available are services and supplies such as foundries, tools steel suppliers, heat treating, plating and coating? Are these services readily available or is there typically five to seven days lead time?
Look for tooling suppliers that are cooperative and proactive in addressing problems. Insist they be part of a team - your team - that is dedicated to continuously improving design, manufacturing, assembly and serviceability of your process. Do they have resources to support these activities? Are they committed to building good relationships with your organization through continuous and cooperative communication?
Once you have established your potential supply base, the first obligation to communicate clearly and effectively lies with you. Your suppliers will need clearly stated (written) die design and build specifications. Make sure your technical requirements and acceptance criteria are written in a way that is clearly understood and make sure they agreed upon by the supplier in advance of any quotation.
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We have had a few RFC's pass through internals ever since the creation of the wiki, but embarrassingly enough the very first one is still up in the air: Traits. Actually Stefan has since tweaked the proposal and in the latest version it includes an alternative approach called Grafts along with the original Traits idea, which is essentially language level delegation pattern support. I am absolutely sure that we will either see Traits or Grafts in the next non patch release of PHP (aka 5.4 or 6.0). So I rather want to see this patch make it into trunk sooner than later (btw since my last post the old 6.0 has been moved to a branch, Jani's 5.4 branch has been deleted and trunk has been recreated from 5.3 using the version 5.3.99-dev). However for that we need as many people as possible to review the RFC and better yet try out the patch. Right now Grafts look like the better approach to me. So either leave your comments on this blog, which I will then take into account when providing additional feedback on the mailinglist, send a mail to Stefan or participate in the discussion in the internals mailinglist.
You got a typo in the headline. Should read "traits" not "triats".
Just from a quick once-over I think Grafts seem way more complicated than traits.
traits remind me a lot of what would happen if I did something like
class Foo {
include "foo_methods";
function blah() {}
Which is way simpler than the Grafts methodology which reminds me a lot of multiple inheritance.
I can see use cases for _both_ traits and grafts. One thing unanswered in the RFC is whether classes using grafts would inherit from the grafted class for purposes of typehinting (e.g., if a class "Foo" is grafted into class "Bar", would "Bar" satisfy the typehint "Foo"?). My inclination is that it wouldn't as you can selectively choose which methods to accept, but I'd like to see a definitive answer.
Regardless -- I want them both *now*. :)
I am pretty sure that you cannot detect usage of a Graft/Trait from the outside, nor would it make sense, since you do not know how the methods are named.
As such I expect even interfaces that were implemented by the Graft to not show up in the Graft using class unless they are explicitly defined there as well. Its just a way to import logic, this is clarified by the introduction where Stefan explains that this all is a method to get back to the original idea behind inheritance and that is to express an "is a" relationship.
I can see use cases, but I think they are not worth it comparing to complexity these proposals add. Features like these move PHP more and more to object oriented world. And personally I don't see PHP as a great object oriented language. If you want one, just use Java, Ruby, Python or something more object oriented.
PHP mainly just needs a new good extensions. Extension for openid, nosql dbs, social networks, etc. Then we just glue these together with simple PHP constructs. No Traits/Grafts needed. If you want to use PHP more as a general purpose language than web gluing language, I think you are using a wrong language.
I much prefer Traits, as Grafts seem confusing to me (haven't heard of the concept before, so that might be the reason).
After reading somewhat through the discussion, I still can't figure out what happens to class members in a grafted classes context. Do they need to be "imported", are they accessible from other grafts?
To me it seems that Traits create more complete objects, but I might be wrong.
I'd prefer semi-automatic resolution in case of duplicate methods, just like in other languages that use traits. Just based on the order the Traits are applied/listed.
Hmm for me Grafts are much clearer. Essentially a Graft is just like delegation. As in the Graft object is totally encapsulated and you explicitly expose methods from the Graft. As a result properties of the Graft are not exposed at all to the outside.
The concept of Traits is also easily understood: its just language supported copy&paste. But it brings with it surprises during use, like what happens with overlapping properties? Answer: its the job of the trait user to prevent that, and there is no way to fix things if the overlap is in Traits you are using.
I like the original traits concept as per your first link. It is clear, concise and understandable. I had to read the grafts one twice before I had a basic idea what it was trying to accomplish.
I prefer the semantics of grafts over traits. I agree they are cleaner and avoid a number of surprises that appear to crop up with traits.
The name 'grafts' does seem uninviting though. I was predisposed to traits on the basis that they sound more familiar and easier to understand. In actuality, it turns out they are more complicated.
If grafts are truly just like delegation, should they be called delegates instead?


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How and what to insulate a wall with largely depends on the location and function of the wall itself.
All walls in a building can be insulated. Typically external walls are insulated to prevent heat loss; the insulation can be located on the exterior surface, in a cavity if one exists, between timber studs for timber frame, or on the internal face.
Internal dividing walls (structural and partition) can also benefit from thermal insulation but more commonly this will include an acoustic function i.e. noise reduction.
Broadly speaking there are two types of wall, load-bearing and non-load bearing:
Load-bearing walls
- External walls that support the structure (and themselves) including floors and roofs
- External walls protect from weather and provide the thermal 'shell' of the building
- External walls are where windows and doors are located interrupting the 'shell' of the building, openings must be suitably reinforced to maintain integrity
- The internal face of an external wall is the optimum location for an airtight layer
- Party walls divide and support adjoining properties, their function is 'shared' between the adjacent buildings
- Internal walls can be load-bearing and divide and support the structure these are typically supported directly off foundations
Non-load bearing walls
- Internal walls divide the structure
- Internal walls provide acoustic and thermal benefits
These two types of wall can be made in various ways. Some of the most common are:
Solid wall insulation
Very common in existing buildings built before 1920 as structural walls, typically masonry, block or brick they have no cavity although can contain voids if rubble-filled. Generally these walls stay dry by allowing moisture to evaporate through the brick (or masonry) and a lime mortar paired with good ventilation and heating.
Modern solid walls include insulated concrete formwork, clay or concrete blocks, cast concrete and some timber frame designs.
Cavity walls
These are made up of two layers with a gap in between (the cavity) joined by 'ties' to prevent them moving together/apart either located in the mortar layer or sometimes mechanically fixed. Some early buildings have no ties. These can be installed later by through-drilling and fixing ties with epoxy resin glue. The outer layer is usually made of brick with an inner layer of brick or concrete block.
Cavity walls are common in properties built after 1920 although occasionally can be found in properties built pre 1900. Originally used to protect against moisture penetration and wind-driven rain, the addition of cavity wall insulation was a later introduction as was retrofitting by injecting insulation into empty cavities. Cavity wall construction is the most common way of building a wall today throughout most of the UK.
Walls that contain spaces (a form of cavity but not considered as a 'cavity wall') are also fairly common, typically in timber frame construction where spaces are used for ventilation commonly on the cold side of the insulation layer for example beneath external cladding (see notes below). These spaces are designed to protect the fabric of the wall by allowing water vapour to be moved to the outside such spaces are vital to ensure peak thermal performance and building durability.
Party walls
Typically found in terraced or semi-detached buildings they are usually made from the same materials as the rest of the building's load-bearing walls. They support and divide but are not exposed to the weather.
Internal walls within the roof space, where the masonry or brick ends at the roof plate level, are simply to divide roof spaces. They are often plasterboard and should be constructed to meet current fire regulations.
Protruding party walls above roof level are a potential site for the ingress of water and must be suitably sealed with flashings.
Insulating external walls
Locating the insulation layer will be a function of the type of wall. Cavity walls made from brick and block will be insulated in the cavity either partial or full fill using either rigid boards or vitreous fibre batts. Retrospective cavity fill can be with blown glass wool, polystyrene beads or polyurethane foam, none of which are natural or particularly environmentally friendly. This is one area that cannot be insulated with natural materials.
Insulating solid walls
Solid walls can be insulated on the external or internal face or both. Timber walls can be insulated from the outside, inside and in-between studs or often all three.
Insulation choice depends on many factors which are often out of the control of the occupant of the property. Planning, Listed Building or Conservation Area restrictions may prevent insulation from being installed externally.
There may also be practical restrictions such as:
- roof overhangs
- abutting walls
- lamp posts
- cable connections
- complex external surfaces
- adjoining properties or walls
Any of these could mean that external insulation would either be extremely tricky to install or would be incomplete.
External wall insulation on solid walls will typically achieve higher levels of insulation with little risk of moisture problems either internally or within the wall structure. It also keeps the thermal mass of the building within the insulation envelope.
Synthetic insulation materials do not manage water in the same way as natural ones. Natural insulation is vapour-permeable, materials such as dense wood fibreboards ensure the safe transfer of moisture from the masonry walls to the exterior of the building. Vapour open materials actively dry damp masonry walls and can keep them dry. Wood fibre boards finished with a vapour-permeable but water repellent render provides a long-lasting, dirt and stain resistant facade.
Insulating wall cavities
There are no suitable natural insulation materials for use in the cavity in a cavity wall.Retrofit however is a different case.
External wall insulation can be used to renovate the exterior of buildings with cavity walls. When correctly installed it will ensure the proper functioning of the cavity wall insulation by preventing water penetration and by moving the condensation point outwards beyond the cavity, meaning the cavity insulation stays dry and functions properly.
Our advice would be to only ever fill an existing cavity wall if you're going to externally insulate as well. The cavity is there for a reason - it's there to keep the building dry and it really should not be filled. The reason is very simple – if you fill the cavity, moisture can track from the outer skin all the way through to the inner skin, plus any moisture generated within the building during the winter months which gets into the cavity will condense, wetting the insulation. This will increase the risk that it can migrate back towards the interior, so adding cavity wall insulation retrospectively can create damp problems rather than solve them.
Insulating timber frame walls
For the general builder, the most common way to insulate a timber frame is to use a foil-faced foam board or a glass/mineral wool batt, both of which can be combined with a multi-foil blanket to improve the U-values.
Synthetic insulation
Whenever synthetic insulation is used in a timber frame the design and installation MUST keep moisture out of the structure. As a result, these insulation materials require vapour barriers but also necessitate gaps (cavities) within the construction to 'manage' water vapour safely away, in other words to stay dry. On paper and in the lab this works really well but in practice ensuring perfect continuity of these layers and membranes is very difficult.
Building sites are dirty, windy, wet places, timber frames get wet, insulation materials get wet and even prefabricated panels get wet on-site, so it is important to use a system that can dry quickly to help the timber frame to dry.
Natural insulation
Natural insulation materials, especially wood fibre, can absorb water if allowed but, importantly, release it again so the structure dries out again very quickly. Once natural insulation is dry it will continue to take up excess moisture from the studs until both materials reach a similar, low level of humidity. Limiting the pathways for air movement between the insulation and the surrounding surfaces, including studs, boards and membranes, is vital in maintaining (or achieving) target thermal performance)
Insulation needs to achieve a snug fit so eliminating air leakage pathways. Foil boards are almost impossible to fit in this way. It's worth noting that where the structure is fully 'vapour open' from plaster to render gaps are not required. It is only when impermeable elements are included that present a barrier to the diffusion of water vapour that condensation can occur and a gap is needed to allow ventilation to remove the moisture.
Natural insulation used in a breathable (vapour open) structure does not require interstitial gaps or spaces, the wall section can be fully filled. The hygroscopic nature of the wall will then facilitate the safe movement of moisture to the outside surface to be wicked away for example through a lime render or directly from the building surface behind a ventilated façade.
Wood fibre batts
Flexible wood fibre batts, Wool and Hemp are among the best ways to insulate between studs simply because they are compressible. Cut a little larger than the void to be filled they will self-support by being 'friction fit', once in place they will spring firmly against the edges of the void, ensuring there are no gaps for warm air to move through.
Rigid fibre boards
Rigid foam boards are very difficult to install effectively between timber studs. Because they are brittle and inflexible it is near impossible to cut a single piece to exactly the right shape to fit between timbers and so air gaps will form. Plus all PIR boards shrink, even a small gap in the structure can be ruinous to the performance of a building. Our advice, don't use rigid boards between studs in a wall.
Flexible wood fibre batts are a very high-density form of insulation (typically 50kg/m3) that allows fast and effective insulation between timber studs.
The internal face finish can be a rigid plaster carrying wood fibreboard, an engineered airtight racking and vapour control board (not OSB) or plasterboard. Use OSB3 if a service void is to be included. It is important to check if the use of an internal membrane is required.
On the external face a rigid wood fibre sheathing board can be used, there are versions that are render carrying or for slips or masonry or the board can be battened to accept cladding. Wood fibreboards used on the exterior of studs to create a weather-tight shell that keeps the building warm in winter and importantly, cool in summer.
Recently many timber frame constructors have moved towards ever simpler designs often walls contain no more than 4 or 5 elements. A typical make-up might include an airtight internal racking board, flexible natural insulation batts in between the timbers and an external wood fibre sheathing board either rendered to or battened to support cladding. Simple, uncomplicated, easy to fit and a secure way to deliver thermal performance comfort whilst providing superb protection from the elements.
Insulating internal walls
Internal wall insulation tends to be used less than external mainly because of the disruption it causes to the occupants, although it can be simpler to install and can offer really noticeable improvements to winter comfort. Internal insulation is not subject to the weather so can be less robust than external; this has the consequence of making it cheaper.
Internally applied insulation disconnects the plaster layer from the masonry beneath allowing the plaster to warm up to somewhere near the internal air temperature. Internal plaster will radiate heat back into the room which is picked by our skin and makes us feel warm. This is especially true of lime plaster.
Bricks, concrete and masonry tend to absorb infra-red radiation without this being emitted back from into the room; the result is we feel cold. This means that higher U-Values can be designed for internal walls whilst still achieving big improvements in internal comfort.
Internal wall insulation must be installed carefully, completely and must not create a situation where the moisture levels in the wall rise which then has implications for any timber beams/joists buried in the wall.
Wood fibre insulation has been shown to be the safest form of internal wall insulation to use in all levels of weather exposure, and should be the first consideration for above ground insulation. Wood fibre allows a certain amount of drying towards the interior of the building, meaning external walls stay dry improving the longevity of timber in the walls.
Issues with incomplete insulation
It may be assumed that adding any insulation must help however there are plenty of examples that show incomplete insulation can cause moisture and mould issues, negatively affect indoor air quality and can seriously affect the health of the occupants.
A good way of thinking about this is to imagine the flow of water: it will always seek out the path of least resistance, the dam has to be complete and unbroken. Gaps in the dam are the equivalent of thermal bridges which lead to the problems above. Just like the water behind a dam the same volume will try to get through smaller gaps, increasing its pressure and speed to do so. This is why 'how insulation fits and is fitted' is so important.
A recent survey of UK builders found that over 54% of respondents thought that insulation was only about keeping the heat in and nothing else.
How did we get to the stage where the industry knows so little about a fundamental part of building design, construction and comfort? Maybe there is a reason, maybe a little bit of history might help shed some light on this.
Insulation in the UK – a timeline
Today, the most common impression people have about insulation is that they only have a choice of glass, mineral wool or foil-backed board.
Comparison of wall insulation materials
You would think it would be sensible to compare insulation materials in order to consider all the possible features and benefits but this process is largely ignored. The entrenched attitudes towards insulation specification and application mean that the same products get used time and time again even when better products are available.
There is also widespread use of insulation in inappropriate locations where consequential performance issues can arise. A good example would be the use of rigid PIR boards between timber studs leading to excessive air movement through poor fitting and gaps caused by post-installation shrinkage.
The results from the Ecomerchant survey revealed just how little awareness there is about insulation, even in the trade. The Protexion Campaign aims to open up the possibilities for natural insulation materials. Here you will find information to help you explore how natural insulation works and the benefits that it can bring to realise the possibility of building better. Globally, wood fibre is the most common natural insulation material that is commercially available. It works just as well as petrochemical insulation, however, it additionally offers (as do many natural insulation materials), features and benefits which are not found in synthetic insulation. Most importantly, it adheres to all the eight roles insulation should contribute to a building.
The multiple roles of natural insulation
Within the eight roles there are a wealth of features provided by wood fibre that contribute to fulfilling the role, for example 'breathability' an inherent capacity of wood fibre to absorb, attenuate (store) and release moisture with no prejudicial effects at all. This feature is a key part of delivering improved comfort, health, durability and thermal performance.
Why choose natural wall insulation?
Conventional wall insulation typically includes materials that require a lot of energy to produce, such as fibreglass, mineral wool and multi-foils, and can contain numerous chemicals such as blowing or foaming agents, dust inhibitors, fire retardants, binders and adhesives. Vitreous and foam insulation is widely available and inexpensive, these products are often favoured based on the publication of U Values in the Building Regulations where compliance is the target criteria.
Synthetic insulation materials like these also argue that the benefits gained from their use outweighs any unwelcome environmental consequences from production, such as embedded energy or potential to pollute, so they can be sold as 'green products'.
However, modern consumers, designers and specifiers are more discerning and are not won over by such simplistic claims. The emergence of low carbon construction as a new driver of regulation and the campaign to reduce plastics have highlighted the need for better choices of insulation and adaptation of building design to meet our changing demands.
The use of natural insulation materials in the appropriate situations not only fulfils the thermal and acoustic benefits required but bring a host of other welcome attributes such as being safer to handle and fit, breathability, thermal mass, no off-gassing, no waste disposal issues.
The main benefits
Below are just some of the main benefits which go far beyond just preventing heat loss:
- Natural fibre insulation materials can deliver thermal and acoustic insulation comparable to other insulation materials
- They have a lower or potentially a negative carbon footprint
- Fewer health issues during installation as they do not present a problem for eyes, skin or the respiratory system
- Low to zero toxins
- Easy to reuse
- Significant health benefits throughout the lifecycle
- Offer some thermal mass
- Natural fibre insulation materials are comparatively more robust in handling than synthetic products
- Natural fibre insulation off-cuts do not require specialist waste streams and typically can be composted so avoid unnecessary landfill
Natural fibre insulation also tends to have very good hygroscopic qualities and are all vapour-open. Vapour permeable systems are particularly useful where the building is vulnerable to moisture decay. This would be the case for timber frames, timber roofs, lightweight steel constructions and older buildings often made from traditional materials.
They can also assist in regulating relative humidity, and can provide a vapour-permeable system. When used as part of a vapour-permeable system they can reduce the risk of moisture build-up and consequent moulds and bacterial activity which can be injurious to health and costly to rectify.
Customers want alternatives to synthetics
Most of the market growth is driven by customers wanting healthier products that function on a number of levels and compliment the higher performance levels that are being designed into modern buildings and into refurbishing existing properties.
Terms such as 'breathable' and 'airtight' have created awareness that natural products have multiple and consequential benefits, plus they do not degrade or pollute the environment.
Wall insulation as part of sustainable construction
What kind of wall Insulation you use contributes to meeting an ethical, environmentally friendly project in two broad ways:
- Does what it's made of have an impact on the environment or your health in a negative way?
- Does it reduce or eliminate the need for fossil-based fuels to heat a domestic or commercial property?
The UK home insulation market alone is huge and worth over £800 million per year. Of this, a staggeringly small amount is made up of natural insulation products – probably less than 1%. This is improving and needs to improve further.
Figures are hard to come by but there is one common factor across the market, natural insulation products are growing their market share. For a while, the manufacturers of synthetic insulation focused on embodied energy as their meter for comparison but the overall benefits of natural insulation products cannot be ignored.
Building regulations and carbon targets?
Carbon reduction both embodied and operational will become part of the regulatory framework for construction, Part L of the Building Regulations is being toughened up and The Future Homes Standard will require new build homes to be future-proofed with low carbon heating and world-leading levels of energy efficiency; it will be introduced by 2025. Up to 50% of a new build properties' lifetime carbon footprint is already there when you are handed the keys so what a building is made of is a significant carbon contributor, meaning what you build from will become much more important.
Natural insulation materials not only reduce carbon through their energy reducing properties (insulating against heat loss or gain) but also through what they are made from, especially wood based insulation, they sequester and store carbon as a valuable contribution to meeting the new targets. We believe that current proven options using natural insulation materials to deliver the proposed reductions should be adopted much more widely now, there is no need to wait. Talk to us about how you can use natural insulation materials to meet or exceed the proposed new standards.
Why choose Ecomerchant as your supplier?
We only sell natural insulation products
The Ecomerchant vision is to lead the move to low carbon living through sustainable construction, energy efficiency (which reduces energy bills) the elimination of waste and pollution and to reduce our overall environmental impact.
We engage with all our customers in a straightforward and understandable way, to sponsor a permanent long-term behavioural shift in our attitude to how we build and live.
We save you money
We carry large stocks of natural insulation materials and cover the whole of the UK. We are happy to supply any of our insulation products in any quantity from a single board or pack up to full loads. You can also buy online it couldn't be easier, just one click and the goods are on their way, just when you need them and no need to waste or store any surplus.
We offer guidance on wall insulation
Every home and every wall installation will be different but the methodology for calculating important considerations is tried and tested:
- How much wall insulation is required
- How it will perform
- What material/type you need
These considerations are a well-trodden path for our experts. If you're unsure or need a hand figuring out what you want, just call us and ask for help. This is what we do day in, day out. Our manufacturer partners and our team will always be able to help you to work out what is the best available option for your particular job.
Ask an expert today
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Not really sure if you've noticed the persistent "image caption" feature that WordPress 2.6 has developed. I was happily blogging this past week when I've noticed that some of the images I posted vis a vis the blog posts have defaulted to a "nil" caption. I do love this improvement, but was a little "blind sided" as there was no announcement regarding it until now, well I read it just now, hee hee. So I had a bunch of images with "nil" captions in them. Had to manually remove it to blank (thankful they allow blanks).
It has gathered about 185 varied responses from "that stinks!" to "oh ok, it would take getting used to". But nonetheless I think it is best practice to put captions to photos to make your blog posts a little friendlier and much understandable.
To add a caption to an image, press the image media icon just above the editor buttons:
In the same pop-up window, you can see there are other image fields to complete like "title", "description", "link URL", "alignment" and "size".
Problogger wrote a short post regarding the importance of blog images:
- to enhance posts by giving a visual point of interest
- to engage people to read (imagine talking about a celebrity minus the juicy photos!)
- to emphasize the message
- giving your blog a more personal touch
From experience, my family blog (sorry, no URLs for privacy) gathered more hits and lesser bounce rates (from Google Analytics) WHEN I include a set of photos. When I posted that I posed with a python around my neck, guess which album they clicked through and browsed often. Or when I held a croc in my hands like so…
I RSS read my boss' personal blog and when I saw a blog pic of him trying a spaghetti noodle up his nose I stayed on and watched the video even! haha.. that was a laugh.
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LAUSD superintendent 'outraged' over charges against teacher
Los Angeles Unified Supt. John Deasy said he is "outraged" over news that a teacher who taught for three decades at Miramonte Elementary School in unincorporated South L.A. may have been terrorizing students in his classroom.
Mark Berndt, 61, is charged with lewd acts on 23 children for allegedly tying them up, placing giant cockroaches on their faces and possibly feeding them his semen from a spoon, Los Angeles County sheriff's officials said. He was taken into custody Monday.
"We are as outraged as parents are because it is disgusting," Deasy told Fox 11. Deasy said he has seen some of the images and described them as "horrific."
"We trust our teachers to do what is right," he added when asked to explain how the acts could occur.
Deasy did not immediately return calls from The Times.
Berndt was fired in March and was being held Tuesday on $2.3-million bail.
Capt. Mike Parker of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said the alleged victims identified so far are 23 boys and girls aged 7 to 10 who had contact with Berndt between 2008 and 2010.
Investigators were tipped off by a photo processor. They recovered photos from Berndt's home that allegedly showed students bound and blindfolded. Some showed large Madagascar cockroaches crawling on the students inside the school setting, authorities said.
"Early in the investigation, special victims bureau detectives recovered a blue plastic spoon and an empty container from the trash within the suspect's classroom," Parker said. "The recovered items tested positive for semen," he said.
Through further investigation, the suspect's DNA was obtained and tested, and officials said it matched that of the DNA found on the spoon and container.
Parker said that, so far, 10 children in the photos recovered have not been identified. More than 80 children and staff have been in interviewed. Miramonte Elementary is in the Florence Firestone unincorporated area of Los Angeles County.
Teacher allegedly told kids it was 'game'
Document: Felony complaint against Mark Berndt
Photo store discovered teacher's disturbing images, officials say
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Photo: Mark Berndt. Credit: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.