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Darren Schiller has added a photo to the pool:
Queen’s Chambers, opened in 1869 as a suite of offices for George Witherage Cotton, was among several buildings – also including Eagle and Gladstone chambers – that Adelaide City Council allowed to be erected on its “corporation acre” along the Pirie Street southern side of the town hall built in 1866.
The Queen’s Chambers architect was Daniel Garlick of Garlick & McMinn and the builders Crocker & Lawson. Garlick had also designed the Prince Alfred Hotel, on the northern side of the town hall, also opened in 1869.
The Queen’s Chambers’s design, with its cantilevered balcony, differed markedly from the Dry Creek bluestone and stucco themes for the town hall, the Prince Alfred Hotel and the later Gladstone and Queen's chambers. The Queen's Chambers remained mostly unaltered with changes going on around it. In 1914, the city council built offices directly behind it but these were demolished in the 1970s for the council’s Colonel Light administration centre also involving the the Pirie Street Wesleyan Church, next to Queen's Chambers, being demolished.
President says ‘four bad Republicans’ joined Democrats to pass ‘meaningless’ resolution to block him from continuing war against Iran
Donald Trump has claimed – without evidence – that there is cheating going on in California’s elections as the “votes are all tied up” and “may not be in for weeks”, and that the US Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles is investigating.
He wrote on his Truth Social platform:
There’s BIG cheating by the Dumocrats in California. Votes are all tied up. May not be in for weeks. Under investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles. Why the vote counting DELAY???
Yesterday, in a meaningless vote, the House voted, 4 bad Republicans and all of the Dumocrats, to limit my War Powers, right in the middle of my final negotiations to end the War with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Who would do such an unpatriotic thing. They know where the negotiations stand.
The Democrats are fueled by Trump Derangement Syndrome. They would rather have our Country fail than give me another, of many, victories. The four Republicans, that’s a whole other story - They’re GRANDSTANDERS! They should be ashamed of themselves. MAGA!!! President DJT
Continue reading...Plan departs from policy of bringing CDC staff back to US for treatment and offering support to all health workers
Former top US officials and other experts are urging the Trump administration to abandon plans for an Ebola quarantine and treatment centre in Kenya, as the union for workers with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) calls for Americans exposed to Ebola to be brought home for treatment.
Soon after the US revealed it was setting up a field hospital in Kenya for the Ebola quarantine and treatment of Americans, the Kenyan high court blocked the order – but the Kenyan and US governments moved forward anyway, with the first American responders reportedly landing at the Laikipia airbase on Saturday.
Continue reading...The New York Knicks are fighting history as well as the Spurs. On Wednesday night in San Antonio, they took a crucial step towards defeating both
It is uncommon to begin counting down after the opening game of an NBA finals, but these are uncommon times in New York, and the Knicks have been counting since Richard Nixon was president, their coach, Mike Brown, was three years old, and their opponent, the San Antonio Spurs, played in the American Basketball Association. After the Knicks took Game 1 105-95, the anticipation in New York rose to yet another level.
Game 1 was not a good game, but it was a great game. The first quarter was ragged. So was the second. Neither team could shoot from distance – the Knicks shot 31% from three, the Spurs 26%. The Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama, the sport’s heir apparent, made his finals debut with six turnovers, 6-for-21 shooting from the field, defensively alive but never transcendent. Both Wembanyama and Jalen Brunson, the Knicks’ superb, always underestimated engine, took nine three-pointers. Each made two.
Howard Bryant is the author of 11 books, including The Heritage: Black Athletes, A Divided America, and the Politics of Patriotism and Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America.
Continue reading...Deliveries in 30 minutes or less coming to Manchester and Birmingham and fresh groceries service to start in London
Amazon is expanding fast-track deliveries in the UK, including adding fresh fruit and vegetables to same-day services, after closing its standalone grocery stores.
The firm said it would expand Amazon Now, its ultra-fast delivery service that already delivers goods in less than 30 minutes to parts of London, to also serve Manchester and Birmingham this year.
Continue reading...Pulp Fiction director writes in Sight and Sound that ‘since the pandemic … it seems almost impossible for a new movie to come out that I don’t pick to death’
Quentin Tarantino has criticised contemporary Hollywood, calling it “a flavourless sausage factory”.
Writing in Sight and Sound magazine, Tarantino said that “since the pandemic … it seems almost impossible for a new movie to come out that I don’t pick to death”. He added: “Flaws, implausibilities, audience pandering, miscast performers or just plain stupid shit usually torpedoes every new movie coming out of the flavourless sausage factory that used to call itself Hollywood.”
Continue reading...Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro is in the soprano’s DNA, but she’s never thought about directing it. Creating her own production has been daunting and fascinating – and her son’s building blocks even helped
I am not one of those performers who has spent their life on a theatre stage or film set thinking, “I wish I could direct this”. However, earlier this year, I found myself with an unexpected six-week gap. A scheduled project had been delayed for technical reasons, and it was at this time that Wild Arts’ producer Max Parfitt asked how well I knew The Marriage of Figaro.
I have lived with Mozart’s opera for as long as I can remember. Susanna’s “Deh, Vieni Non Tardar” was one of the first major arias I sang, aged 12 or 13, while studying in Los Angeles. Later, I wrote my final high school paper on Figaro, the adaptation from Beaumarchais’s play to Da Ponte’s libretto. I even translated the entire score word for word, which is probably why I still know it so deeply. My Metropolitan Opera debut at 19 was in Figaro, singing Barbarina. I performed my first Susanna on the same New York stage a few years later, and I’ve since sung the role many times all over the world.
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Mannelijke tuimelaars kunnen agressief zijn om een paring af te dwingen. Vruchtbare vrouwtjes gaan de grootste agressors waar mogelijk uit de weg.
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De Partij voor de Dieren krijgt een andere fractievoorzitter: Christine Teunissen. Esther Ouwehand doet een stap opzij, ze blijft wel Tweede Kamerlid.
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Palantir has secured a £9 million ($12 million) government contract to provide software for managing firearms licensing across the UK. The US spy-tech biz will also handle Home Office licensing for explosives, explosive precursors, and poisons. The contract covers a replacement for the National Firearms Licensing Management System (NFLMS), which has been in use since the mid-2000s. According to a recently published procurement notice, the new system will help 43 Police Forces in England and Wales record how they grant, renew, and revoke firearms licenses. The contract — set to last up to ten years, including possible extensions — could also support Police Scotland and the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) if required. Three companies made the final bid stage, though Accenture and NEC Software lost out. An earlier tender notice valued the deal at £17 million including tax. The procurement was run by the Police Digital Service, which is responsible for “coordinating, developing, delivering, and managing digital services and solutions”, according to its website. The quango — a “delivery vehicle” for digital strategy in police services — gets funding from grant funding, “pass-through” from commercial activities, membership fees, funded program, and other sources. It launched plans for the new firearms database last year, in collaboration with the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and the Home Office. It said it would buy a commercial off-the-shelf solution to replace the legacy NFLMS platform and enable integration with partner agencies and national systems. Palantir's selection may raise a few eyebrows. The firm was founded with CIA venture capital, and its leadership has courted controversy. CEO Alex Karp, for example, once said Palatir was designed to "power the West to its obvious innate superiority". Earlier this week, the House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee said the government's reliance on Palantir represented an “unacceptable point of weakness.” The company’s other contract wins include the controversial £330 million NHS Federated Data Platform and the £240 million deal with the Ministry of Defence, awarded without a procurement process. ®
Bijna elke avond en nacht hebben bewoners van de Rotterdamse wijk De Esch last van ongewenste bezoekers die hen met lawaai van hard optrekkende auto’s en ronkende motoren wakker houden, en dat al drie jaar. De bewoners zijn het zat en eisen binnen twee weken maatregelen van de gemeente. “De wijk moet op slot.”
Bijna elke avond en nacht hebben bewoners van de Rotterdamse wijk De Esch last van ongewenste bezoekers die hen met lawaai van hard optrekkende auto’s en ronkende motoren wakker houden, en dat al drie jaar. De bewoners zijn het zat en eisen binnen twee weken maatregelen van de gemeente. “De wijk moet op slot.”
WOERDEN (ANP) - Koninklijke Horeca Nederland (KHN) doet onderzoek naar de grootte van een datalek in de sector en is een meldpunt aan het inrichten. De branchevereniging krijgt signalen van meerdere hotels waarbij gasten nepberichten met betaalverzoeken krijgen, bevestigt KHN na berichtgeving in meerdere media over een datalek in de hotellerie.
"Hoeveel hotels het exact betreft gaan wij nu inventariseren", stelt voorzitter van KHN Marijke Vuik. "Of veel consumenten benadeeld zijn, is ook nog niet bekend. Dit wijst mogelijk op een breder cyber- of phishingprobleem in de keten van reserveringssystemen." Volgens Vuik is het moeilijk om vast te stellen waar het probleem zit.
KHN adviseert consumenten om alert te blijven. "Twijfel je over een bericht? Klik dan niet op links, deel geen gegevens en neem altijd rechtstreeks contact op met het hotel of boekingsplatform via de officiële contactgegevens", stelt Vuik.
ROTTERDAM (ANP) - De groene stroom die consumenten en ondernemers krijgen is wel echt duurzaam te noemen, zeggen energieleveranciers Eneco en Essent in een reactie op een onderzoek van klimaatstichting HIER. Die organisatie meldde donderdag dat ongeveer een derde van de groenestroomproducten niet van duurzame bronnen in Nederland komt, maar wordt 'vergroend' met certificaten uit het buitenland. Daarbij gaat het onder meer om bepaalde producten van Eneco en Essent.
Volgens HIER zijn vier zakelijke producten van Eneco niet echt groen te noemen, omdat de stroom deels of helemaal uit het buitenland wordt geïmporteerd. Een woordvoerder licht toe dat Eneco wel vindt dat dit echt groene stroom is en spreekt van een "definitiekwestie". "HIER vindt certificaten blijkbaar te onduidelijk. Voor ons werkt het certificatensysteem naar behoren en we kunnen duidelijk inzien of we groene stroom kopen."
Op een van de producten van Essent heeft HIER soortgelijke kritiek.
The president of AmCham Russia said the inaugural match will take place at the Kristall ice palace within Moscow’s Luzhniki Olympic Complex on July 1.