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rora Glass Foundry is a charitable, non-profit organization operated by the St. Vincent de Paul Society in Eugene, Oregon. Profits from Aurora Glass assist homeless and low-income people through emergency services, housing, jobs, training, other charitable endeavors.

The Foundry recycles scrap glass and turns it into various decorative glass products for sale on their website.

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Packaging

Regular Bawls is packaged in a dark blue glass bottle, while Bawls Exxtra comes in a clear bottle. Both containers are covered in approximately 122 bumps to increase the traction of the container in an individual’s hands, and BAWLS Buzz features 207 artificial bumps on the tin, with no texture. The bumps also add to the distinctive look of the Bawls bottle. In early fall 2006, the bottle design underwent a small change that increased the size of the words “Bawls” and “guarana.” An alternate bottle sold at paintball fields has multi-colored “paintball splatters” and is sometimes called “PaintBawls.”

Aside from being available in glass bottles, it can also be packaged for shipping overseas to U.S. military APO’s/FPO’s. The “Military Gift Pack” consists of 12 aluminum cans rather than glass bottles in order to save money on shipping and reduce the risk of spoilage. Cans of Bawls are designed to imitate the bottles by having 59 white circles with a fake beveled appearance.

Bawls is sold in individual bottles at convenience stores, grocery stores, LAN gatherings, traditional arcades, rock gyms, and dance halls. It is also available in 12 and 24-pack cases when purchased from convenience stores, computer stores, grocery stores, or purchased online.

Product Line

A can of Cherry Bawls

Bawls Mints

Bawls Guarana

The original flavor. This product comes in a 10 oz glass bottle and a 16 oz can.

Bawls Guarana Exxtra

Bawls Guarana Exxtra (formerly Bawls Guaranexx) is a sugar-free version of Bawls Guarana. It is sweetened with sucralose. This product comes in a 10 oz glass bottle and a 16 oz can.

Bawls Cherry

On May 1st, 2007, Bawls released Bawls Cherry, which is similar to the original, but with some cherry flavor. This product comes in a 16 oz can. The can is red with white circles that change to blue when the drink is cold. Additionally, Cherry Bawls is sweetened with high fructose corn syrup instead of corn syrup like the original flavor.

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A guarana spiked high-caffeine root beer called “G33K B33R” is the newest flavor of Bawls. It comes in a 10 oz. studded bottle, similar to the original Bawls bottle, except it is brown and 16 oz. silver cans much like the Cherry. This product was released on April 1st, 2008 online and in select stores. The first location in the nation to carry G33K B33R was Hard Knocks in Oviedo, Florida , jars with lid .

Bawls Buzz

Bawls Buzz, consist of the same content as the regular Bawls drinks, only in mint form. They replaced a previous similar product called “Bawls Mints” that had a different formuation. They are small blue tablets, and are carbonated, giving an effect similar to that of Pop Rocks though much milder. Each mint contains about 1 mg of caffeine “via Guarana & pure caffeine.” These mints can be put into a bottle of Bawls to rapidly release the carbonation of the drink and mint to produce a large head of foam which often overflows. This is called a “Fizzing Blue Bawls.” Bawls Buzz was featured on Food Network’s Unwrapped.

SnoBAWLS

SnoBAWLS is a frozen version of Bawls containing similar flavoring and caffeine content. (SnoBAWLS contains 120 mg of caffeine per serving.) SnoBAWLS is available at 7-Eleven locations in the following metro areas:

New York City

Chicago

St. Louis

Detroit

Kansas City

Culture

Bawls has been targeting consumers in urban areas such as New York City, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, and Kansas City as well as gamers and different kinds of sports, such as motocross, BMX and paintball. Bawls also sponsored 24-Hour Comics Day, and gave away cases to comic stores holding the event.

Caffeine content

For “regular” formula, a 10 oz. bottle of Bawls contains 64 mg of caffeine and a 16 oz. can has 103 mg of caffeine; a 16 oz. can of Bawls “Exxtra” contains 150 mg of caffeine. For reference, a 12 oz. can of Coca-Cola usually contains 34.5 mg of caffeine. An 8 oz. serving of brewed coffee generally contains between 60 and 120 mg of caffeine.

See also

List of energy drinks

References

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Career summary

Early years through college

Mickelson was born in San Diego, California and raised there and in Arizona. Although right-handed otherwise, he swings with his left hand, as he learned by watching his right-handed father swing and mirroring it. He graduated from the University of San Diego High School in 1988, then attended Arizona State on a golf scholarship, where he graduated in 1992. During his time at Arizona State, he became the face of amateur golf in the United States, capturing three NCAA individual championships and three Haskins Awards (1990, 1991, 1992) as the outstanding collegiate golfer. He was the second collegiate golfer to earn first-team All-American honors all four years. In addition, in 1990, he became the first left-hander to win the U.S. Amateur title. Perhaps his greatest achievement, though, came in 1991 when he won his first PGA Tour tournament, the Northern Telecom Open. He did so as an amateur, becoming only the fourth in PGA history to accomplish this feat and the first since Scott Verplank, who won the 1985 Western Open in Chicago.

PGA Tour pro

Mickelson continued to win many PGA Tour tournaments, including the Byron Nelson Golf Classic and the World Series of Golf in 1996, the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in 1998, the Colonial National Invitation in 2000 and the Greater Hartford Open in 2001 and again in 2002. He also won the Buick Invitational in 2000, defeating Tiger Woods and ending his streak of consecutive tournament victories at six. After his win, Mickelson said, “I didn’t want to be the bad guy. I wasn’t trying to end the streak per se. I was just trying to win the golf tournament.” Mickelson also shot a round of 59 at the PGA Grand Slam of Golf at Poipu Bay Golf Course on November 24, 2004. Mickelson was known for his powerful full swing but even more so for his sweet short game, most of all his daring “Phil flop” shot in which a big swing with a high-lofted wedge against a tight lie flies a ball high into the air for a short distance , wholesale canvas tote bags .

Despite these accomplishments, for many years Mickelson was often described as the “best golfer never to win a major”. Mickelson often played well in majors: in the five-year span between 1999 and 2003 he had six second-place or third-place finishes. Mickelson holds the record for the most second-place finishes in U.S. Open history with 5 , sports handbags .

According to a Sports Illustrated feature entitled “The Fortunate 50″, Mickelson is the second-highest paid athlete in the world, behind Tiger Woods. In 2007, Mickelson earned $62 million, $53 million of it from endorsements. The same article estimated that he earned $51 million in 2006. In January 1994 Mickelson made a short cameo appearance in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman in the episode named “Witness”.

Since joining the PGA Tour, Mickelson’s caddy has been Jim “Bones” Mackay. Mickelson has a life exemption on the PGA Tour for being a tour member for over 15 years and having 20 plus tour victories.

Three majors

His first major championship win came at the 2004 Masters, where he won with a 18-foot final hole birdie putt, defeating Ernie Els in a Sunday back-nine duel in which the stars traded birdies and eagles back and forth. In addition to getting the “majors monkey” off his back, this made him only the third golfer with a left-handed swing to win a major, the others being New Zealander Sir Bob Charles who won the British Open in 1963 and Canadian Mike Weir who won The Masters in 2003. (Like Mickelson, Weir is a right-hander who plays left-handed.)

Just prior to the 2004 Ryder Cup, Mickelson was dropped from his long standing contract with Titleist/Acushnet Golf when he took heat for a voicemail message he left for a Callaway Golf executive. In it, he praised their driver and golf ball and thanked them for their help in getting some equipment for his brother. This memo was played to all of their salesmen and eventually found its way back to Titleist. He was then let out of his multi-year deal with Titleist 16 months early and signed on with Callaway golf, his equipment sponsor to this day. He endured a great deal of ridicule and scrutiny from the press and fellow Ryder Cup members for his equipment change so close to the crucial Ryder Cup matches. He faltered horribly at the 2004 Ryder Cup going 1-3-0, but refused to blame the sudden change in equipment or his practice methods for his performance.

The following year, in a Monday final round, Mickelson captured his second career major championship with his victory at the 2005 PGA Championship at Baltusrol. On the 18th hole, Mickelson hit one of his trademark soft pitches from deep greenside rough to within a foot and a half of the cup, and then made his birdie to finish at a 4-under-par total of 276, one shot ahead of Steve Elkington and Thomas Bjrn.

Mickelson captured his third major championship the following spring by winning the 2006 Masters. Mickelson won his second Green Jacket after shooting a 3 under par final round, winning by 2 strokes over his nearest rival Tim Clark. This win propelled him to 2nd place in the Official World Golf Rankings (his career best), behind Tiger Woods and ahead of Vijay Singh and Retief Goosen.

Disaster at Winged Foot

At the 2006 U.S. Open at Winged Foot, Mickelson finished second to Geoff Ogilvy after one of the most memorable final hole collapses in major championship golf. Scottish golfer Colin Montgomerie also had a similar collapse on the 18th, handing victory to Ogilvy, who had a two-stroke lead in the middle of the round, only to fade away and needed to chip in at 17 and hole a 6-footer at 18 to finish at 5 over par. Mickelson, then leading by a stroke with one hole to play, chose to hit driver on the final (72nd) hole of the tournament, and hit it well left of the fairway. This decision was widely criticized since he had only hit two of thirteen fairways previously in the round. The ball bounced off a corporate hospitality tent and settled in an area of trampled down grass that was enclosed with trees. He decided to aggressively go for the green with his second shot rather than play it safe and pitch out into the fairway. His ball then hit a tree, with the following shot plugging into the greenside bunker. He was unable to get up and down from there, resulting in double bogey and costing him any chance of winning the championship outright or getting into a playoff (a bogey would have gotten him a playoff with Ogilvy), and also ending his bid to join Ben Hogan and Tiger Woods as the only players to win three consecutive professional majors (he had two heading into Winged Foot).

Reflecting on his performance afterwards Mickelson admitted: “I still am in shock that I did that. I just can’t believe I did that. I’m such an idiot.”

2006 to present

Mickelson teeing off on the last hole of his 2007 Players Championship win.

During the third round of the 2006 Ford Championship at Doral, Mickelson gave $200 to a spectator after his wayward tee shot at the par-5 10th broke the man’s watch.

Mickelson has also shown other signs of appreciation. In 2007, after hearing the story of retired NFL player Conrad Dobler and his family on ESPN explaining their struggles to pay medical bills, Mickelson volunteered to pay tuition for Holli Dobler, Conrad Dobler’s daughter, at Miami University in Ohio.

Frustrated with his driving accuracy, Mickelson made the decision in April 2007 to leave longtime swing coach Rick Smith. He currently works with Butch Harmon, a former coach of Tiger Woods. On May 13, 2007, Mickelson came from a stroke back on the final round to shoot a three-under 69 to win The Players Championship with an 11-under-par 277. This Mother’s Day win was his first without his wife and children present.

In the 2007 U.S. Open at Oakmont, after shooting 11 over par after 2 rounds, Mickelson missed the cut (by a stroke) for the first time in 31 majors, since the 1999 British Open at Carnoustie. He had been hampered by a wrist injury that was incurred while practicing in the thick rough at Oakmont a few weeks before the tournament.

On September 3, 2007, Mickelson won the Deutsche Bank Championship which is the second FedEx Cup playoff event. On the final day he was paired with Tiger Woods who ended up finishing 2 strokes behind Mickelson in a tie for second. It was the first time Mickelson was able to best Woods while paired together on the final day of a tournament. The next day Mickelson announced that he would not be competing in the third FedEx Cup playoff event. The day before his withdrawal, Mickelson said during a television interview that PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem had not responded to advice he had given him on undisclosed issues.

Mickelson has spent over 550 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings, the most by anyone not ranked number one.

In a recent Men’s Vogue article, Mickelson recounted his effort to lose 20 pounds with the help of trainer Sean Cochran. “Once the younger players started to come on tour, he realized that he had to start working out to maintain longevity in his career”, Cochran said. Mickelson’s regimen consisted of increasing flexibility and power, eating five smaller meals a day, aerobic training, and carrying his own golf bag.

Mickelson, paired with Tiger Woods, struggled mightily at the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. On his 3rd shot on a par 5, his shot landed short of the green and rolled back down the hill. The same shot happened 3 times, leading to a quadruple bogey.

He won for the first time in 2009 by defending his title at the Northern Trust Open at Riviera Country Club. He…

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Simplified Chinese:

Transliterations

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Cantonese

- Jyutping:

gwaan1 dou1

- IPA:

kan55 tou55

Yanyue dao

Chinese:

Literal meaning:

reclining moon blade

Transliterations

Mandarin

- Hanyu Pinyin:

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Cantonese

- Jyutping:

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A guandao, kwandao, or kuantao is a type of Chinese pole weapon that is currently used in some forms of Chinese martial arts. In Chinese it is properly called a yan yue dao (“reclining moon blade”), the name under which it always appears in texts from the Song to Qing dynasties such as the Wujing Zongyao and Huangchao Liqi Tushi. It is comparable to a European fauchard and consists of a heavy blade with a spike at the back and sometimes also a notch at the spike’s upper base that can catch an opponent’s weapon. In addition there are often irregular serrations that lead the back edge of the blade to the spike. The blade is mounted atop a 1.5 m to 1.8 m (5-6 foot) long wooden or metal pole with a pointed metal counter weight used to balance the heavy blade and for striking on the opposite end. The blade is very deeply curved and therefore unlike most polearms, solely useful for sweeping cuts where it relies on range and power.

On modern versions, a red sash or tassel is attached at the joint of the pole and blade. Variations include having rings along the length of the straight back edge as found in the nine-ring guan dao, having the tip curl into a rounded spiral as in the elephant guan dao (literally Elephant Knife”, or featuring a more ornate design as exemplified by the Dragon head guan dao. However, apart from the “Elephant knife” none of these variations seem to have historical ground.

History

A statue of Guan Yu with a Guan Dao in his hand.

According to legend, the guan dao was invented by the famous general Guan Yu during the early 3rd century AD, hence the name. Due to his large stature, he was able to wield such an imposing weapon and developed the guan dao into a versatile tool. Guan Yu’s guan dao was called “Green Dragon Crescent Blade” () which weighed 82 Chinese jin (estimated 18.263 kg. a Han Dynasty jin equals 222.72 grams in metric system)

However, historically speaking it is more likely that Guan Yu would have used a dagger-axe (ji) . While the famous novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong describes him as wielding the guan dao, this description might be an anachronistic one, as there is no illustration to show that it was ever used prior to the 7th century, (Tang or Song dynasty) when it was first illustrated in the military manual Wujing Zongyao. The guan dao, therefore, was likely neither invented nor ever used by Guan Yu, meaning that it is somewhat of a pop culture-derived misnomer. Some historians believe that the guan dao was simply an uncommon, rare weapon prior to the Song dynasty and was thus not illustrated before then but without historical proof this will remain speculation.

While it could be used from horseback, and was so by the Koreans, the guan dao could also be used by infantry as an anti-personnel and anti-cavalry weapon. The modern guan dao as adopted by martial artists today usually weighs between 2 kg and 10 kg (5 and 20 pounds), while it is said that Guan Yu’s original guan dao weighed between 50 and 100 kg (100 and 200 lb). During the Qing dynasty some extraordinarily heavy versions of guan dao were made for use in military examinations: a candidate had to be able to wield a weapon weighing 80, 100, or 120 jin (48, 60 or 72 kg) in order to pass. The weight of Guan Yu’s weapon was probably mis-estimated based on some of these examples.

Historical guan dao, for the most part, were largely used by Chinese infantry, in the Qing it was only used by the all Han Green Standard Army. Apart from that, the lack of standardization of the antique examples that survive to today seems to indicate that at least from the 19th century it was popular in the civilian martial arts realm as well.

Combat Uses

The guan dao is used quite frequently in the part of contemporary Wushu derived from the Shaolin or Wudangquan form of martial arts in modern times. According to contemporary Wushu practice, its purpose is more to disarm an opponent and deflect his strikes rather than to attack. To that end, a large veil cloth is attached to the end to dissuade and confuse opponents. However, there is no evidence of this being an authentic aspect of the weapon’s usage. Tassels and cloths are attached to numerous weapons such as jian, dao, and guan dao used in Chinese opera, one of the sources of movements found in contemporary wushu. In actual combat a guan dao, or any other member of the family of long handled sabers, was used to hack and slice through an opponent. The considerable weight of the blade and the leverage of the handle would have allowed it to cut through most leather, chain, scale or light lameller armor of medieval China. It was obviously an offensive and not a defensive weapon. Deflecting motions would be done with the back of the blade and rear of the handle, with direct blocks done more often with handle than blade to avoid chipping it.

Forms utilizing the weapon in nearly all traditional styles of Chinese martial arts, emphasize strong slashing movements and momentum to keep the heavy blade moving through a series of spinning cuts. The considerable weight of the weapon also makes guan dao forms good for training the overall conditioning of the body.

See also

Pudao

Dadao

Woldo

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Types of Chinese weapons

Short Swords

Dadao Dao Hudie Shuangdao (Butterfly Sword) Jian Liuyedao Nandao Niuweidao Piandao Yanmaodao

Long Swords

Changdao Miao Dao Wodao Zhanmadao

Polearms

Guandao Ge (Dagger-Axe) Gun Ji Nangun Podao Qiang Yueya Chan (Monk’s Spade)

Roped/Chained

Liuxing Chui (Meteor Hammer) Sheng Biao (Rope Dart) Jiujie bian (nine section whip) Sanjie Gun Shuangjie Gun

Projectile

Huochong Huoqiang Nu Shouchong Tu Huo Qiang Zhuge Nu

Handheld

Chui Emeici Lujiao Dao (Deer Horn Knives) Hook Sword Ji Lian Fenghuo Lun

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Pseudonym

In an interview the cartoonist has given an explanation for his sombre name. With “Gregorius” he refers to Pope Gregory IX, who instituted the Papal Inquisition, and “Nekschot” means literally “shot in the neck,” a method used, according to the cartoonist, by “fascists and communists to get rid of their opponents.”

Freedom of speech

Theo van Gogh

Gregorius Nekschot was an associate of filmmaker Theo van Gogh who was murdered in 2004 by a young, homegrown, Muslim fundamentalist by the name of Mohammed Bouyeri. Van Gogh supported Nekschot by including his cartoons on his website De Gezonde Roker (The Healthy Smoker). Both Van Gogh and Gregorius Nekschot criticized Islam’s perceived unwillingness to adopt the Dutch value of tolerance. They defended their right to criticise, provoke and speak freely. Nekschot’s two comic books Misselijke grappen (Sick jokes) are published by Uitgeverij Xtra in Amsterdam. The same company publishes Theo van Gogh’s Allah weet het beter (Allah knows best) , men’s jean jackets .

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Following the murder of Theo van Gogh a debate arose in The Netherlands about the limits of freedom of speech. This debate became alive again with the Danish cartoon affair and the making of the controversial film Fitna in 2008 by Dutch MP Geert Wilders of the PVV party. Justice minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin of the Christian CDA party wished to revitalize a law on blasphemy and expand it with protecting non-religious philosophies of life. Since writer Gerard Reve was acquitted in 1966 for writing about intercourse with God as a donkey, the government had no longer prosecuted blasphemy. Hirsch Ballin met with opposition in parliament however, which wanted to completely abolish laws on blasphemy.

Lse majest

Another law which might affect cartoons by Gregorius Nekschot is that of ‘Lse majest.’ The cartoonist has indeed drawn the majesty of queen Beatrix in compromising positions. The last time that such an offence, in an artistic expression, was prosecuted, was in 1969 when the majesty of queen Juliana was insulted by cartoonist Willem Holtrop who presented her as a red light district prostitute and was fined 200 guilders.. However, the cartoons for which Nekschot was investigated did not include those of the queen in sexual explicit positions with the prime minister.

Discrimination

Never have artists been prosecuted for discriminatory speech. Discriminatory speech was first brought within the penal code in the years preceding WW II. The present wording of the code follows a 1966 treaty to banish all forms of racial discrimination. In 1996 however, a Christian MP, and a few years later, a Muslim imam were prosecuted for derogatory comments about homosexuals. Both were acquitted, the judge giving priority to their freedom of religion.

In a weekend special of Trouw newspaper on May 24, 2008 about the Nekschot ‘affair’ author Nahed Selim of Allah houdt niet van vrouwen (Allah doesn’t like women, 2007) argues that discrimination laws have turned out to be discriminatory themselves, allowing only religious people to speak freely. She cites a case of a mosque in Amsterdam selling ancient books with paragraphs about homosexuals and of an imam in The Hague giving instructions for light corporal punishment of women, both of which were not prosecuted. She observes this to be a reversal of the intention of freedom of religion: to protect people from discrimination, not to provide a safe haven for it. Selim concludes that equality before the law in a rechtsstaat then demands abolishing the laws on discriminatory speech.

Criticism

Nekschot has met with strong resistance from elements in society he seeks to criticize. His early work appeared in the satirical Amsterdam student magazine Propria Cures. The mainstream newspapers were unwilling to publish his cartoons on a regular basis, with the exception of weekly magazine HP/De Tijd. Nekschot says he has been threatened by fundamentalist Muslims and Dutch anarchists. Dutch Jews, perceiving parallels with cartoons in Nazi publication Der Strmer, and a member of parliament for the CDA party emailed him with strong objections to his cartoons. After his release Nekschot said he had never before received objections from authorities. Only a local initiative against discrimination of Muslims, supported by a city district of Amsterdam, once summoned him to remove cartoons from his website. However, he deliberately seeks to criticize islam because of the ‘apartheid’ it advocates between men and women, muslims and non-muslims and because he considers circumcision of children a crime. The cartoonist was nominated for a Clickies, a Dutch web-comic award in 2005.. A review of his Misselijke grappen in de Volkskrant newspaper of March 31, 2006 considered his (quoting the artist himself) ‘needlessly offensive’ work was not mirrored by any form of idealism. The reviewer did not discuss who is to judge the need or cause to offend. Having no such judge, may in itself be an ideal. When asked where he himself believed freedom of speech should stop, Nekschot replied that a cartoon should never call for violence.

Arrest

On May 13, 2008 Gregorius Nekschot was arrested at his home in Amsterdam. The cartoonist was taken into custody for interrogation, but released after 30 hours. According to the press release by the prosecutor’s office, the arrest was made in the presence of a judge, a public prosecutor, two assistants to the prosecutor and six civilian clothed police officers.. According to the same release, the home of the cartoonist was traced by establishing who paid the monthly fees for the website and a search of the premises was necessary to confirm the identity of the cartoonist. After his release, Nekschot arrived at the editorial board of HP/De Tijd magazine with a new mobile phone, his previous one apparently confiscated by the police. In an interview with newspaper de Volkskrant, he commented that it was the first time in 800 years of satire history in the Netherlands that an artist was put in jail. Expanding on his arrest Nekschot said that police took much material like DVDs from his home. They also confiscated sketchbooks with never published draughts for his cartoons. He suspects that they were hoping to find material which would tie him to right wing extremist views. Nekschot says that he remained silent during interrogation, but nerves and laughter once broke his silence when police were reading him in official jargon a description of one of his cartoons.’It felt like being in a Monty Python’. Justice minister Hirsch Ballin informed parliament on May 20, 2008 that the purpose of the police visit was the search itself and that it was only a concidence that the cartoonist had been present and was arrested.He also added that two uniformed police officers had stood guard in front of Nekschot’s house..

Allegations

Gregorius Nekschot’s arrest was preceded by several reports to the police of discrimination, the first of which was made in April 2005. Many said the reports were made at the initiative of a controversial Dutch convert to Islam, but no source was given. The office of the public prosecutor alleged that after reviewing dozens of cartoons by Gregorius Nekschot, it considered that eight cartoons, by attributing negative qualities to certain groups of people, are insulting and constituted the crime of discrimination according to article 137c and possibly also the crime of inciting hate according to article 137d of the Dutch Penal Code.

Anonymity

In several reports the cartoonist’s fear of losing his anonymity and becoming a target of physical attack have been mentioned. The editors of HP/De Tijd have reported that the cartoonist experienced that one police officer made fun of him losing his anonymity because of his arrest. It has also been reported that if the cartoonist would not admit guilt and accept a fine, the ensuing legal proceedings would reveal his identity. When the cartoonist confronted police officers with their responsibility for endangering his anonymity, they became angry and said it was all his own doing.[citation needed]

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Prosecution

The public prosecutor in the case has been named as Paul Velleman who according to some[who?] sources is also heading the LECD (Landelijk Expertisecentrum Discriminatie): a national centre of excellence in knowledge about discrimination within the prosecutor’s office. This LECD should not be confused with another LECD (Landelijk Expertisecentrum Diversiteit) which is a police institution and knowledge centre for diversity, which in March 2008 started a campaign to encourage people to report hate crimes.. In an article in de Volkskrant Henny Sackers, from the law school of Radboud University in Nijmegen, is quoted to suggest that the prosecutor may use Nekschot as a case-study to explore the limits of the laws on free speech. In parliament, the evening before, the justice minister Hirsch Ballin had denied a similar suggestion by MP De Wit for the SP. Hirsch Ballin specified his own involvement with the arrest of Nekschot as follows. The prosecutor’s office had intensily and meticulously been busy with the cartoons and had at several occasions been in contact with the minister. The prosecutor himself had done a very careful assessment, in which the LECD was of the utmost importance, but had by himself concluded for which cartoons he was to prosecute. In December 2006 the prosecutor had informed tne minister about his intention to press charges against Gregorius Nekschot. In this communication the prosecutor specified which cartoons he deemed liable to prosecution and which…

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Plot

Maggie Evans is recovering from her ordeal at the hands of Barnabas Collins but, under hypnosis, she starts to remember an imaginary friend from her childhood…

Cast

Maggie Evans - Kathryn Leigh Scott

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Dark Shadows

Characters

Angelique Bouchard Collins Nicholas Blair Barnabas Collins Daniel Collins David Collins Jeremiah Collins Quentin Collins Millicent Collins-Forbes Naomi Collins Maggie Evans Willie Loomis Count Petofi Elizabeth Collins Stoddard Victoria Winters Josette du Pres List of Collins family members

Films

House of Dark Shadows Night of Dark Shadows

Audio plays

Angelique’s Descent The Book of Temptation The Christmas Presence Clothes of Sand The Ghost Watcher The House of Despair The Path of Fate The Rage Beneath The Skin Walkers

Revivals

1991 remake 2004 remake Reunion

Other

Collinsport, Maine Collinwood Mansion

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North and Central American Fingerweaving

Some patterns and color combinations were originally restricted to certain societies or clans, while others were available for general use by all. Belts, sashes, leg bands, capes, gun straps, even dresses, shirts, and pants were created by the sometimes intricate patterns and methods. Often beads or feathers were interwoven into the patterns of the articles.

The French Voyagers (fur traders in the northern US and southern Canada) adapted the finger weaving patterns to create belts and sashes which showed which company they belonged to. The belts were the original weight belts, as they added extra support to their stomachs when they were lifting heavy canoes or packets of beaver pelts, which sometimes weighed up to 600 lbs.

The Spanish conquistadors used fingerwoven sashes to proclaim which command they were in, as well as to record their conquests over the Native Americans.

South American Fingerweaving

Although South American styles shared much in common with those from North America, some differences are reliably observable. In addition to many of the specific weaves from the north, additional styles were created by using multiple weft strands at a time.

Basic Weaves

Arrowhead weave

The most basic weave is called a diagonal weave, as it creates a series of parallel lines running down the length of the weave at a diagonal. Whether one weaves from left to right or from right to left does not matter, as the pattern is the same, however, the direction must stay the same or the pattern will change.

As with loom weaving, one starts with an even number of warp strands, but with no weft strand. Divide the warp strands into two groups, a top and bottom row. Take the top left (or top right) strand, and run it between the top and bottom rows, turning it into a weft. Reverse the position of each warp strand (from top to bottom or bottom to top), making sure to keep all strands in the same order and placement to form a single interlocked row , heart rate pedometer .

For the second row, take the new top left (or top right) warp strand, and tuck it between the top and bottom, forming a new weft strand. Again, interlink the top and bottom rows, making sure to use the old weft strand from row #1. Continue this process until the desired length is completed , banquet chair covers .

Other common, but more difficult patterns include those of lightning bolts, arrowheads, and chevrons. By making slight changes to the weaving process, a wide variety of unique patterns can be created.

References

Austin, Robert J, A Manual of Fingerweaving, Cherokee Publications - 1973

Turner, Alta A, Finger Weaving: Indian Braiding, Crazy Crow Trading Post - 2000

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Weaving

Weaves:

Basketweave Charvet Coverlet Double weave Evenweave Lampas Oxford Pile weave Piqu Plain weave Satin weave Twill

Components:

Textiles Warp Weft Yarn

Tools and techniques:

Chilkat weaving Fingerweaving Heddle Ikat Inkle weaving Jacquard weaving Kasuri Loom Navajo rug Shuttle Tablet weaving Tniko Tapestry

Types of looms:

Dobby loom Jacquard loom Lancashire loom Northrop loom Power loom Roberts Loom

Weavers:

Acesas Ada Dietz Micheline Beauchemin Pamphile John Rylands Brigitta Scherzenfeldt Clara Sherman Judocus de Vos

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Georgian house in England with sash windows

A sash window or hung sash window is made of one or more movable panels or “sashes” that form a frame to hold panes of glass which are often separated from other panes (or “lights”) by narrow muntin bars. Although any window with this style of glazing is technically “a sash”, the term is used almost exclusively to refer to windows where the glazed panels are opened by sliding vertically, or horizontally in a style known as a “Yorkshire light” or sliding sash. Sash windows are common in Europe and former colonies including the United States and many developing nations. The design of the sash window is attributed to the English scientist and inventor, Robert Hooke. The oldest known examples of sash windows were installed in England in the 1670s, for example at Ham House, London.

The sash window is often found in Georgian and Victorian houses, and the classic arrangement has three panes across by two up on each of two sashes, giving a “six over six” panel window, although this is by no means a fixed rule. Innumerable late Victorian and Edwardian suburban houses were built in England using standard sash window units approximately 4 feet (1.2m) in width, but older, hand-made units could be of any size, as the image illustrates.

Exceptionally wide sash window (approximately 2m wide) in a pub in Bromyard, Herefordshire, England

To facilitate operation, the weight of the glazed panel is usually balanced by a heavy steel, lead, or cast iron sash weight or counter-weight concealed within the window frame. The sash weight is connected to the window by a sash cord or chain which runs over a pulley at the top of the frame, although spring balances are sometimes used. Sash windows may be fitted with simplex hinges which allow the window to be locked into hinges on one side while the counterbalance on the other site is detached, allowing the window to be opened for escape or cleaning.

The name “hung sash window” is more usual in the United States, and typically refers to a double hung window with two sashes that can move up and down in the window frame. A single hung window has two sashes but normally the top sash is fixed and only the bottom sash slides. Triple and quadruple hung windows are used for tall openings, common in New England churches.

Construction is usually of softwood, and units are generally single glazed; although double-glazed sashes are available it is more common for single-glazed sash windows to be replaced with top-hung casements when double glazing is retro-fitted. Some top-hung double-glazed units are manufactured to give the appearance of sashes , martial arts uniform .

Traditional problems with wooden sash windows include rot, swelling or distortion of the woodwork, rattling in the wind (due to shrinkage of the wood), and problems brought on by careless application of paint. The sliding mechanism makes sash windows more vulnerable to these problems than traditional casement windows. Sash windows are relatively high maintenance, but offer advantages in return (looks, abides by laws (relating to older houses and buildings), natural resources etc). It is also possible to clean all the glass from within the building by sliding the two panes to different positions , super bowl jersey .

A significant advantage of sash windows is that they provide efficient cooling of interiors during warm weather. Opening both the top and bottom of a sash window by equal amounts allows warm air at the top of the room to escape, thus drawing relatively cool air from outside into the room through the bottom opening.

References

^ Ching, Francis (1997). A Visual Dictionary of Architecture. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. ISBN 0-442-02462-2.

^ Louw, HJ, Architectural History, Vol. 26, 1983 (1983), pp. 49-72+144-150 JSTOR, BBC

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External links

Historic Scotland’s Sash Maintenance Guide

Maintaining Repairing Sash & Case Windows

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History

The House of the Faun was built in the second century BC, during the Samnite period (200 - 80 BC). There is evidence, most notably in the eastern walls of the tetrastyle atrium, that after the great earthquake in AD 62, the House of the Faun was rebuilt or repaired; yet, the building was only used as a house from the second century BC until AD 79, ultimately rendered unusable by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Although the eruption was devastating, the layers of ash covering the abandoned town preserved artworks, like the mosaics of the House of the Faun, which would have otherwise been likely destroyed or decayed due to the passage of time.

The House of the Faun was named for the bronze statue of the dancing faun located, originally, on the lip of the impluvium, a basin for catching rainwater; it has been moved to the center of the impluvium, as you can see in the picture to the right. Fauns are spirits of untamed woodland, which Romans often connected to Pan and Greek satyrs, or wild followers of the Greek god of wine and agriculture, Dionysus.

Archaeologists discovered an inscription bearing the cognomen Saturninus, suggesting that the dwelling was owned by the important gens, or clan, Satria; a ring bearing the family name Cassius was also found, indicating that someone of the Cassii family married into the gens Satria and lived in the House of the Faun.

Artworks

The Alexander Mosaic

The House of the Faun is most famously known for the Alexander Mosaic, depicting the Battle of Issus in 333 BC between Alexander the Great and Darius III of Persia. This mosaic is inspired by or copied from the Greek painting finished in the late fourth century BC, probably by the Greek artist Philoxenus of Eretria. Unlike most Pompeian pavements of the late second and early first centuries, this mosaic is made of tessarae, and not the more common opus signinum, or other grades of stone chips set in mortar.

The Alexander Mosaic is complemented by other floor mosaics with Nilotic scenes and theatrical masks. Other notable works of art from the House of Faun include an erotic Satyr and Nymph and the fish mosaic, a piece closely resembling other mosaics in Pompeii.

Architecture

Building Plan

The House of the Faun covers nearly 3,000 square meters, and occupies an entire city block, or insula. The house can be divided into five major parts: the tuscan atrium, tetrastyle atrium, service rooms and corridors, first, or Ionic, peristyle, and second, or Doric, peristyle, and their corresponding dependent rooms. Like many ancient Roman houses, the House of the Faun had tabernae, or storefront shops, and a highly-sophisticated building plan, which details the many rooms. The entrance is decorated by the Latin message AVE, a greeting both for meeting and parting.

Like other wealthy aristocrats of the Roman Republic, the owners of the House of the Faun installed a private bath system, or balneum, in the house. The bathing room was located in the domestic wing, which was to the right of the entrance, and along with the kitchen was heated by a large furnace. The servants quarters were dark and cramped, and there was not much furniture. The house features beautiful peristyle gardens, the second of which was created as a stage to host recitations, mimes, and pantomimes. Additionally, the house contained an entrance passage, a number of bedrooms (cubicula), dining rooms (triclinia) for both the summer and winter, a reception room (oecus), and an office (tablinum).

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Today visitors can still explore the remains of the House of the Faun in modern Pompeii, along Via di Nola. Although most of the original artworks have been relocated to the National Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico Nazionale) in Naples, the most famous pieces, like the Dancing Faun and the Alexander Mosaic, have been recreated to give tourists a clearer picture of what the house was originally like. Pietro Giovanni Guzzo, Pompeii current archaeological superintendent, explained, want visitors to have the impression that they are entering the same luxurious house in which the ancient Pompeian owners lived before it was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.9]

Gallery

Mosaic with a Nile Scene

Erotic mosaic of a satyr and nymph

The Creeping Cat Mosaic

Opus Sectile in vestibulum

References

^ a b c d e Grant, Michael; Kitzinger, Rachel (1988). Civilization of the ancient Mediterranean: Greece and Rome. New York: Scribner’s. ISBN 0684175940.

^ The Cambridge Ancient History. [New] ed. London: Cambridge University Press, 1970.

^ a b Dwyer, Eugene J. (2001). “The Unified Plan of the House of the Faun”. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 60 (3): 328343. doi:10.2307/991759.

^ Gordon, Mary L. (1927). “The Ordo of Pompeii”. Journal of Roman Studies 17: 165183. doi:10.2307/296132.

^ The Natural History. Pliny the Elder. John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A. London: Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, 1855.

^ a b Westgate, Ruth (2000). “Pavimenta Atque Emblemata Vermiculata: Regional Styles in Hellenistic Mosaic and the First Mosaics At Pompeii”. American Journal of Archaeology 104 (2): 255275. doi:10.2307/507451.

^ “Dictionary Entry Lookup.” The Perseus Digital Library. Tufts University. .

^ Stillwell, Richard; MacDonald, William Lloyd; McAllister, Marian Holland (1976). The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

^ a b Merola, Marco (2006). “Alexander, Piece by Piece”. Archaeology 59 (1). http://www.archaeology.org/0601/abstracts/mosaic.html.

Further reading

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: House of the Faun (Pompeii)

Butterworth, Alex; Laurence, Ray (2005). Pompeii: The Living City. New York: St. Martin’s Press. ISBN 0312355858.

Hornblower, Simon; Spawforth, Antony (1996). The Oxford Classical Dictionary (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Little, A. M. G. (1935). “The Decoration of The Hellenistic Peristyle House in South Italy”. American Journal of Archaeology 39 (3): 360371. doi:10.2307/498623.

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Fire Stations

Greenbank fire station, Plymouth

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service operates 84 fire stations, of which 13 are crewed day and night (wholetime), one day crewed (Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 18:00), two volunteer, one special operations station and the remainder are crewed by retained firefighters who live near to their fire station and can arrive there within five minutes of a call being received. The breakdown of stations is as follows:

5 whole time stations (all in Plymouth)

8 whole time/retained station , oak staircase .

1 day crewed (Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 18:00 , beam clamps .

67 Retained stations (the largest number in England)

2 volunteer stations

1 special operations station (USAR)

Breakdown of the different areas and locations of each fire station station number: here

Devon Wholetime

Western Command: 48 Camels Head (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender, Aerial Ladder Platform, Line Rescue Unit, Ranger 4×4), 49 Crownhill (Water Tender Ladder, Turntable Ladder, Two Reserve Water Tender Ladders), 50 Greenbank (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender, Incident Command Vehicle), 47 Plympton (Water Tender Ladder, Water Foam Carrier, Multi Role Vehicle, Handyman Vehicle, Reserve Water Tender), 51 Plymstock (Water Tender Ladder, Fireboat)

All of the above are in the Plymouth area.

Devon Wholetime / Retained

Torquay fire station

Central Command: 01 Barnstaple (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender, Aerial Ladder Platform, Water Foam Carrier, Handyman Vehicle, Prime Mover, Environmental Pod, Incident Support Unit, Ranger 4×4, Two Reserve Water Tender Ladders), 32 Exeter (Two Water Tender Ladders, Water Tender, Aerial Ladder Platform, Water Foam Carrier, Handyman Vehicle, Prime Mover, Environmental Pod, Incident Support Unit, High Volume Pump, Ranger 4×4, Two Reserve Water Tender Ladders), 33 Exmouth (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender 4×4, Incident Command Vehicle, Two Rescue Vehicles, Ranger 4×4), 60 USAR, Service Headquarters (Pick-Up, Prime Mover, Prime Mover Module 1, Prime Mover Module 4 (+ Bobcat), Prime Mover (+ Sub Module), USAR Timber)

Western Command: 18 Paignton (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender, Prime Mover, Environmental Pod, Incident Support Unit), 17 Torquay (Two Water Tender Ladders, Water Tender, Aerial Ladder Platform, Water Foam Carrier, Handyman Vehicle, Ranger 4×4, Two Reserve Water Tender Ladders)

Devon Day Crewed

Central Command: 02 Ilfracombe (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender, Incident Command Vehicle, Line Rescue Unit, Ranger 4×4)

Devon Retained

Ivybridge fire station

Central Command: 03 Appledore (Water Tender Ladder), 34 Axminster (Water Tender Ladder), 35 Bampton (Water Tender Ladder), 04 Bideford (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender, Reserve Water Tender Ladder), 05 Braunton (Water Tender Ladder), 36 Budleigh Salterton (Water Tender Ladder), 06 Chulmleigh (Water Tender Ladder), 37 Colyton (Water Tender Ladder), 07 Combe Martin (Water Tender Ladder), 38 Crediton (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender, Emergency Response Unit), 39 Cullompton (Water Tender Ladder), 08 Hartland (Water Tender Ladder), 09 Hatherleigh (Water Tender Ladder), 10 Holsworthy (Water Tender Ladder, Emergency Response Unit), 40 Honiton (Two Water Tender Ladder, Hoselayer), 11 Lynton (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender 4×4), 12 North Tawton (Water Tender Ladder), 13 Okehampton (Two Water Tender Ladder, Incident Response Unit), 41 Ottery St Mary (Water Tender Ladder), 42 Seaton (Water Tender Ladder), 43 Sidmouth (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender), 14 South Molton (Water Tender Ladder), 44 Tiverton (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender), 45 Topsham (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender), 15 Torrington (Water Tender Ladder),46 Witheridge (Water Tender Ladder), 16 Woolacombe (Water Tender Ladder)

Western Command: 19 Ashburton (Water Tender Ladder), 52 Bere Alston (Water Tender Ladder), 20 Bovey Tracey (Water Tender Ladder, Ranger 4×4, Incident Response Unit), 21 Brixham (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender), 22 Buckfastleigh (Water Tender Ladder), 23 Chagford (Water Tender Ladder, Emergency Response Unit), 24 Dartmouth (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender), 25 Dawlish (Water Tender Ladder, Ranger 4×4), 53 Ivybridge (Water Tender Ladder, Prime Mover, Environmental Pod, Incident Support Unit, Emergency Response Unit), 26 Kingsbridge (Water Tender Ladder), 55 Modbury (Water Tender Ladder), 27 Moretonhampstead (Water Tender Ladder, Emergency Response Unit), 28 Newton Abbot (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender), 56 Princetown (Water Tender 4×4), 29 Salcombe (Water Tender Ladder), 57 Tavistock (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender, Hoselayer, Ranger 4×4), 30 Teignmouth (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender), 31 Totnes (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender, Incident Command Vehicle), 58 Yelverton (Water Tender Ladder)

Devon Volunteer

Kingston fire station

Central Command: 85 Lundy Island (Ranger 4×4, Bowser, two trailer pumps) - Lundy Island now has a formally recognised fire station. Up until June 2008 the fire station had little support from its mainland companions, other than training. The fire station has been given official volunteer status (its crew is made up of 9 volunteers, most of which are coastguard volunteers too). The island was presented with its own Ranger to assist with tackling incidents. The Service was assisted by the Royal Marines in transporting the vehicle to Lundy.

Western Command: 54 Kingston (Water Tender 4×4)

Somerset Wholetime / Retained

Taunton fire station

Somerset Command: 62 Bridgwater (Two Water Tender Ladders, Water Tender, Aerial Ladder Platform, Water Foam Carrier, Incident Command Vehicle, Hoselayer, Animal Rescue Tender, Light 4×4 vehicle, Canteen Unit, Fire and Emergency Support Service (British Red Cross), 61 Taunton (Two Water Tender Ladders, Water Tender, Aerial Ladder Platform, Incident Support Unit, Rescue Tender, Incident Response Unit, Two High Volume Pumps, Light 4×4 vehicle), 73 Yeovil (Water Tender Ladder, Two Water Tenders, Aerial Ladder Platform, Water Foam Carrier, Incident Support Unit, Rescue Tender, Light 4×4 vehicle)

Somerset Retained

Glastonbury fire station

Somerset Command: 63 Burnham-on-Sea (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender, Bulk Foam Tender, Light 4×4 vehicle), 74 Castle Cary (Water Tender Ladder, Light 4×4 vehicle, 75 Chard (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender, Light 4×4 vehicle), 76 Cheddar (Water Tender Ladder, Pinzgauer, Light 4×4 vehicle), Chelston Workshops (Reserves Two Water Tenders, Light 4×4 vehicle, Water Foam Carrier, Rescue Tender), 77 Crewkerne (Water Tender Ladder, Light 4×4 vehicle), 64 Dulverton (Water Tender Ladder, Pinzgauer, Light 4×4 vehicle), 78 Frome (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender, Light 4×4 vehicle), 65 Glastonbury (Water Tender 4×4, Rescue Tender, Light 4×4 vehicle), 79 Ilminster (Water Tender Ladder, Incident Command Vehicle), 80 Martock (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender, Light 4×4 vehicle), 66 Minehead (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender 4×4, Light 4×4 vehicle), 67 Nether Stowey (Water Tender 4×4, Brendon Pump Unit), 68 Porlock (Water Tender 4×4, Supacat, Light 4×4 vehicle), 81 Shepton Mallet (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender, Brendon Pump Unit), 82 Somerton (Water Tender Ladder, Light 4×4 vehicle), 69 Street (Water Tender Ladder, Incident Command Vehicle), 70 Wellington (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender, Light 4×4 vehicle), 83 Wells (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender, Light Utility Vehicle), 71 Williton (Water Tender Ladder, Water Tender, Light 4×4 vehicle), 84 Wincanton (Water Tender Ladder, Light 4×4 vehicle), 72 Wiveliscombe (Water Tender Ladder, Incident Command Vehicle)

Cheddar and Dulverton each operate a Pinzgauer which is a specially built 6×6 vehicle. They are located to tackle tough terrains in their respective locations. The Supacat at Porlock is a high mobility fire fighting appliance. It is transported on a trailer to incidents that are difficult to access.

Co-responder Stations

Emergency Response Unit (Co-responder vehicle)

Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service works in partnership with South Western Ambulance Service to provide emergency medical cover to areas of Devon and Somerset. These are areas that have been identified as having a greater need for ambulance cover. The aim of a co-responder team is to preserve life until the arrival of either a Rapid Response Vehicle (RRV) or an ambulance. Co-responder vehicles are equipped with oxygen and automatic external defibrillation (AED) equipment.

As of May 2008, Co-responder stations are getting a dedicated vehicle for Co-responder calls. The new vehicle known as the Emergency Response Unit (ERU), replaces the fire appliance from going, providing there are enough crew still on duty to allow the fire appliance to remain available. There is some controversy over this as the new vehicles are funded entirely by fire service money despite having no use for fire service duties.

14 of Devon fire stations operating as co-responders:

Axminster 34

Chagford 23

Combe Martin 07

Crediton 38

Dawlish 25

Hartland 08

Hatherleigh 09

Holsworthy 10

Ivybridge 53

Lynton 11

Moretonhampstead 27

Princetown 56

Seaton 42

Woolacombe 16

In addition, the following 6 Somerset fire stations have been set up as co-responders:

Cheddar 76

Crewkerne 77

Dulverton 64

Nether Stowey 67

Porlock 68

Williton 71

Station Grounds

The M5 Motorway

The M5 motorway is the arterial route through Devon and Somerset. It is the main link to the south west from London, Bristol and the North. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service…