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I am of the opinion that Venom: Let There Be Carnage is a not a very good movie. Others may disagree about that, and they are well within their rights to do so. There is one aspect of the film, though, that will surely unite every audience that sees it, whether they love, hate, or are indifferent to it. And that is its post-credits scene, which has the chance to shake up not just the Venom franchise but the future of all Marvel Cinematic Universe movies.

It takes place some time after the end of the main Let There Be Carnage storyline. Venom and Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) have gone on the lam because of all the chaos they caused in their battle with Carnage. Just before they credits roll, they sit on a tropical beach somewhere and make plans for their shared future. It’s a happy ending!

Not for long. After the credits roll, Venom and Eddie are back in their hotel room watching a telenovela. The two begin bickering, because that’s what they always do. Venom talks about how much smarter he is than Eddie, thanks to his access to the “80 billion years of hive knowledge” he possesses as an alien symbiote. Eddie claims he wants to share all of that information, but Venom warns him that trying to comprehend it all would fry his brain. Eventually Venom agrees to share “the smallest fraction of the things we symbiotes have experienced” with Eddie.

Right after Venom gives Eddie a taste of his symbiote brain or whatever, the room they are in changes. Their grungy and dim cabana is now a bright and clean hotel room. Instead of a telenovela on the screen, the TV is playing a Daily Bugle featuring J.K. Simmons’ J. Jonah Jameson. In fact, it’s the same video as the one that ended Spider-Man: Far From Home, which revealed to the world that Tom Holland’s Peter Parker was Spidey — and allegedly also a murderer.

Venom is immediately intrigued by the figure on the television and licks the screen, at which point a guy walks out of the bathroom and asks Eddie “Dude, what are you doing in my room?” Eddie just shrugs. Cut to black.

While Spider-Man and Venom don’t technically interact in this scene, this is the first time the Venom franchise has acknowledged Spidey’s existence. The Tom Holland Spider-Man films — HomecomingFar From Home, and the upcoming No Way Home — take place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sony’s Spider-Man spinoffs films. Prior to that post-credits scene, the Venom franchise and the upcoming Morbius and Kraven the Hunter were all technically set in “Sony’s Spider-Man Universe.” These films star Marvel characters, and may contain allusions to MCU characters and events, but they’re considered a separate fictional entity, one that Marvel maintains relatively little creative input or oversight about. When Eddie Brock hopped from one room to another, he also clearly jumped  from Sony’s Spider-Man Universe to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, clearing the way for Venom and Spider-Man to finally meet.

But the implications are much larger than that. Marvel’s recent television shows like Loki and What If...? have established the concept of a multiverse, where an infinite number of realities all exist together simultaneously, each possessing different versions of familiar Marvel characters and events. So far, the alternate timelines audiences have seen have all been invented and controlled by Marvel. But Venom: Let There Be Carnage confirms Sony’s Spider-Man Universe as yet another part of that multiverse. Bringing Venom into Tom Holland’s world essentially means that any Marvel character from any movie could potentially return and join the modern Marvel Cinematic Universe.

They could use this same basic concept to introduce Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine, or Nicolas Cage’s Ghost Rider, or Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four. (Well, maybe not that last one. That would be unfortunate.) Literally, nothing is off the board now.

The next question is whether this tease will be played off in some way in Spider-Man: No Way Home. It’s certainly plausible that it could. The film is about Spider-Man and Doctor Strange accidentally messing with the multiverse, triggering the returns of villains from previous Spider-Man movie series like Alfred Molina’s Doctor Octopus and Jamie Foxx’s Electro. Tom Hardy’s Venom would fit right in.

Even if he doesn’t play a role in the plot, he could still show up after the credits the same way J. Jonah. Jameson and Spider-Man did in Let There Be Carnage. Or Venom could appear in Marvel’s Eternals movie, or in the Hawkeye TV show. Both of those seem incredibly unlikely, but now they’re not impossible. And that’s pretty exciting, even if the rest of the Venom sequel is not.

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In many ways, those of us who live here are guilty of retaining a dim view of our beautiful country. Many of us are guilty of taking our little Island’s blessings for granted. As Irish people, we are hardwired to whine and complain mostly about the weather (or the government). But lads, Ireland is grand isn’t it. If you are thinking of moving to Ireland here are some reasons to help you make that decision.

Let’s start with a good one – The Craic!

Undeniable in every sense of the word, The Craic is mighty here in Ireland. And in an unexpected move away from the stereotypical drunken Irish, we have finally evolved to have the ‘craic’ in a sober fashion. The modern Irish man and woman no longer rely on falling around the streets singing rebel songs covered in chips cheese and garlic. Last year in fact Kantar consumer insight director Charlotte Scott said: “It was a relatively sober Christmas, as sales of alcohol dropped by €10.5m,”. So you can now officially order a non-alcoholic beer in a pub and not be ridiculed but in fact, join in the good humour and sing songs.

We are a Business Hub

Ireland boasts one of the lowest corporate tax rates in the world. Apple chose Cork for its European headquarters and likewise Google in Dublin. With these two tech giants paving the way for a host of other major organisations such as PayPal, Facebook, LinkedIn, Microsoft and Accenture. Ireland is the second-largest exporter of software in the world. This is the reason for the huge demand for IT professionals in Ireland. And not only that but the Pharmaceutical and Medical Technology Industries are certainly thriving here too. Ever wanted to work for Pfizer, Boston Scientific or Johnson & Johnson?

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Ireland is Multicultural

Possibly as a direct result of the reason above, Ireland has attracted some of the top professionals from around the world to work and live here. Subsequently, Irelands dated schooling and education has become far more diverse and adaptive to accommodate a multicultural nation. Ireland is a safe place to live and Irish people are renowned for their welcoming nature.

You get used to the Weather

One of the biggest complaints about living in the emerald isle is the weather. It is true, it’s not like the postcards you receive. It rains here… ALOT! But with all that rain you also get the beautiful views of vast, lush, healthy green fields. A thing of pure beauty is our outdoors. The lush green fields also produce some of the very best in dairy and meat. We let our export numbers speak for themselves. And when we get a good summer… all those rainy days are a small price to pay. Plus, we never have earthquakes or tornados 🙂

A small Island

Ireland will typically be much smaller than wherever you are moving from (unless you are from Andorra or Malta). In fact, you don’t need to take a flight to reach the next city. We all share the same time difference. If you want to travel from the very bottom to the very top it will take you roughly 8.5 hours. Our coastline – particularly the wild Atlantic way is quite spectacular. There are endless opportunities for weekend trips to scenic gems throughout the country.

Neutral and part of the E.U

Moving steadily away from the stereotype of the fighting Irish (apart from Mcgregor) we are a peaceful nation. We do not become embroiled in wars abroad. Being apart of the E.U allows you to freely travel to all countries within the EEA (European Economic Area). And if you become a citizen of the Republic of Ireland your passport is ranked in 6th place globally when it comes to passport power, having been placed between 4th and 7th over the last decade. The Irish passport is considered one of the most prized in the world because it offers visa-free travel to 183 countries. According to Paddy Blewer, group public relations director at Henley, “Given the fact that Ireland is stable both economically and politically, is a core member of the European Union and is a safe country, the Irish passport will continue to be highly sought,”.

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In May 2015, Ireland voted to legalise same-sex marriage on a national level by a huge majority. The New York Times hailed the victory as putting Ireland at the “vanguard of social change”. Considering Homosexual activity was only decriminalized in Ireland in 1993, it shows an incredible U-turn of the liberal views of the Irish people. In 2018, we repealed the eighth amendments, which changed the abortion law to give equal rights to the woman as to the unborn. Ireland is changing its views fast and not only catching up but pioneering the way for a more modern, accepting republic.

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“I had not been long back from Hiroshima when I heard someone say, in Szilard’s presence, that it was the tragedy of scientists that their discoveries were used for destruction. Szilard replied, as he more than anyone else had the right to reply, that it was not the tragedy of scientists: it is the tragedy of mankind.

“There are two parts to the human dilemma. One is the belief that the end justifies the means. That push-button philosophy, that deliberate deafness to suffering, has become the monster in the war machine. The other is the betrayal of the human spirit: the assertion of dogma that closes the mind, and turns a nation, a civilization, into a regiment of ghosts – obedient ghosts, or tortured ghosts.

“It’s said that science will dehumanize people and turn them into numbers. That’s false, tragically false. Look for yourself. This is the concentration camp and crematorium at Auschwitz. This is where people were turned into numbers. Into this pond were flushed the ashes of some four million people. And that was not done by gas. It was done by arrogance, it was done by dogma, it was done by ignorance. When people believe that they have absolute knowledge, with no test in reality, this is how they behave. This is what men do when they aspire to the knowledge of gods.

“Science is a very human form of knowledge. We are always at the brink of the known; we always feel forward for what is to be hoped. Every judgement in science stands on the edge of error and is personal. Science is a tribute to what we can know although we are fallible. In the end, the words were said by Oliver Cromwell: “I beseech you in the bowels of Christ: Think it possible you may be mistaken.”

“I owe it as a scientist to my friend Leo Szilard, I owe it as a human being to the many members of my family who died here, to stand here as a survivor and a witness. We have to cure ourselves of the itch for absolute knowledge and power. We have to close the distance between the push-button order and the human act. We have to touch people.”

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Wake County Sheriff-elect Gerald Baker sworn in

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- With his daughter by his side, Wake County Sheriff-elect Gerald Baker was sworn into office on Monday morning following a midnight ceremony.

Baker's promise to residents, he said, is to run an office that is transparent, accountable and serves everyone.

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"It's going to be a lot of emotions," Baker said. "My parents. That's my weakness. I'm a blessed man. Very fortunate to have them still here to see this moment. God has shown me this in a vision. And here it is."

Baker, a 28-year retired law enforcement veteran, has worked in every division of the sheriff's office.

He said his immediate focus is beefing up staffing, by adding support to the Domestic Violence and Victims Assistance Unit, Sex Offender Registry Unit, and introduce a crime prevention unit.

"Society is different. People are different. And they see things differently now. So we gotta go out and meet that now. Make sure we're doing everything according to the law but also making sure our policies are current and up to date to today's world."

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Baker said the sheriffs office will also embrace new forms of technology, and neighbors and businesses should expect more patrols in unincorporated areas of the county.

ABC11 asked Baker what will be going through his mind during the swearing-in.

"First thing I'm going to be doing is thanking the Lord," he said. "I couldn't have made it without him. But equally making sure that we're going to represent, serve, and protect this county."

Baker will serve a four-year term that, which began at midnight.

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Parents in Valley Village battle school district over tree removal

VALLEY VILLAGE, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The history of Colfax Elementary is literally rooted in the trees on campus. Before it was a school, the site was an arboretum, and more than 100 trees still there were part of it.

Today, there's construction to add new classrooms, and with that comes tree removal.

"Having had a child at the school, in the summer, they need the shade from the trees," Christine Turner-Sage, who lives across the street from the school, said. "They play under the trees in the shade and hacking them down is not going to help the school."

Earlier this week, 19 trees were cut down, and 44 are scheduled to be removed. The most upsetting was the removal of the school's mascot tree, which used to be in the center of campus.

A group of parents have launched a petition drive to save the remaining trees. The district has stopped the tree removal for now.

District officials, concerned parents and neighbors are scheduled to meet next week to see if they can work something out.

"It's really fun to be around the trees," Emerson Cunningham, who just graduated from Colfax said. "They provide oxygen for the kids who come. It's just heartbreaking to see it."

"We also do understand that some of the trees are old and at the end of their life," parent Sarah Angel, who has two kids attending school at Colfax, said. "And if they could be diseased or losing limbs, we certainly want to protect our children from that."

The meeting between the district and neighborhood is going to take place at Colfax Elementary on Sept. 6th at 6 p.m.
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CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (WLS) -- There are a lot of local organizations aimed at helping veterans in our area.

One of them is Veterans Path to Hope in Crystal Lake.

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Laura Franz, the executive director, joined ABC7 Thursday to talk about how the organizations is celebrating 25 years this year and an event this weekend to help veterans.

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HOUSTON -- Investigators are expected to examine the design of safety barriers and the use of crowd control in determining what led to a crush of spectators at a Houston music festival that left eight people dead and hundreds more injured.

Authorities planned to use videos, witness interviews and a review of concert procedures to figure out what went wrong Friday night during a performance by rapper Travis Scott. The tragedy unfolded when the crowd rushed the stage, squeezing people so tightly they couldn't breathe.

Billy Nasser, 24, who had traveled from Indianapolis to attend the concert, said about 15 minutes into Scott's set, things got "really crazy" and people began crushing one another. He said he "was picking people up and trying to drag them out."

Nasser said he found a concertgoer on the ground.

"I picked him up. People were stepping on him. People were like stomping, and I picked his head up and I looked at his eyes, and his eyes were just white, rolled back to the back of his head," he said.

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"You couldn't even scratch your face": Astroworld 2021 attendees spoke to "Good Morning America" about the deadly chaos during Travis Scott's performance.

Over the weekend, a makeshift memorial of flowers, votive candles, condolence notes and T-shirts took shape outside at NRG Park.

Michael Suarez, 26, visited the growing memorial after the concert.

"It's very devastating. No one wants to see or hear people dying at a festival," Suarez said. "We were here to have a good time - a great time - and it's devastating to hear someone lost their lives."

The dead, according to friends and family members, included a 14-year-old high school student; a 16-year-old girl who loved dancing; and a 21-year-old engineering student at the University of Dayton. The youngest was 14, the oldest 27.

Houston officials did not immediately release the victims' names or the cause of death, but family and friends began to name their loved ones and tell their stories Sunday.

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A ninth grader, a 16-year-old and a 21-year-old were among the eight victims who died Friday night at NRG Park, according school administrators and family.

Thirteen people remained hospitalized Sunday. Their conditions were not disclosed. Over 300 people were treated at a field hospital at the concert.

City officials said they were in the early stages of investigating what caused the pandemonium at the sold-out Astroworld festival, an event founded by Scott. About 50,000 people were there.

Authorities said that among other things, they will look at how the area around the stage was designed.

Julio Patino, of Naperville, Illinois, who was in London on business when he got a middle-of-the-night call informing him his 21-year-old son Franco was dead, said he had a lot of questions about what happened.

"These concerts should be controlled," Patino said. "If they don't know how to do that, they should have canceled the concert right then, when they noticed there was an overcrowd." He added: "They should not wait until they see people laying down on the floor, lifeless."

Steven Adelman, vice president of the industry group Event Safety Alliance, which was formed after the collapse of a stage at the Indiana State Fair in 2011 killed seven people, helped write industry guidelines widely used today.

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The artist talked about his efforts to help the families of the victims from Friday's tragedy where eight people died and 25 were takento hospitals. He said he's devastated by what happened.

Besides looking at safety barriers and whether they correctly directed crowds or contributed to the crush of spectators, Adelman said, authorities will look at whether something incited the crowd besides Scott taking the stage.

Adelman said another question is whether there was enough security there, noting there is a nationwide shortage of people willing to take low-wage, part-time security gigs.

"Security obviously was unable to stop people. Optically, that's really bad-looking," he said. "But as for what it tells us, it's too early to say."

Contemporary Services Corp., headquartered in Los Angeles, was responsible for security staff at the festival, according to county records in Texas. Representatives for the company - which advertises online as being "recognized worldwide as the pioneer, expert and only employee owned company in the crowd management field" - did not immediately respond to emails and phone messages seeking comment.

Houston police and fire department officials said their investigation will include reviewing video taken by concert promoter Live Nation, as well as dozens of clips from people at the show.

Officials also planned to review the event's security plan and various permits issued to organizers to see whether they were properly followed. In addition, investigators planned to speak with Live Nation representatives, Scott and concertgoers.

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Izabella Ramirez of Texas City was celebrating her 21st birthday and said that once Scott came on stage, no one could move.

"Everybody was squishing in, and people were trying to move themselves to the front. You couldn't even lift up your arms," Ramirez said.

Ramirez said a security guard pulled her over the barricade, while her date, Jason Rodriguez, lifted her up.

"Everyone was yelling for different things. They were either yelling for Travis or they were yelling for help," Rodriguez said.

On video posted to social media, Scott could be seen stopping the concert at one point and asking for aid for someone in the audience: "Security, somebody help real quick."

There is a long history of similar catastrophes at concerts, sporting events and even religious events. In 1979, 11 people were killed as thousands of fans tried to get into Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum to see a concert by The Who. Other past crowd catastrophes include the deaths of 97 people at a soccer match in Hillsborough Stadium in 1989 in Sheffield, England, and numerous disasters connected with the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.

Experts who have studied deaths caused by crowd surges say they are often a result of too many people packed into too small a space.

Also Sunday, one of the first of many expected lawsuits was filed on behalf of a man injured in the crush of people in state court in Houston. Attorneys for Manuel Souza sued Scott, Live Nation and others, saying they were responsible.

In a tweet posted Saturday, Scott said he was "absolutely devastated by what took place." He pledged to work "together with the Houston community to heal and support the families in need."

Associated Press writers Jake Bleiberg in Dallas; Randall Chase in Dover, Delaware; Kristin M. Hall in Nashville and Bob Christie in New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania, contributed to this report.
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Mommy vs. media in sexualization of girls: Where are the dads?

An article on AlterNet about sexualization of young girls concluded “Mothers are a strong predictor — even more than the amount of media consumption alone — of whether a girl will regard herself as a sex object.” But I couldn’t help but wonder: What role do fathers play in their daughters’ sexualization?

The article, titled “I Want to Be Sexy… Just Like Mommy,” is by Tracy Clark-Flory, and the hypothesis may be unexpected.

The new study reported on in the article focused on the media/parent divide within heterosexual, two-parent families. Using a set of two papers dolls — one dressed provocatively and the other dressed conservatively, yet fashionably — it gauged 60 young girls’ preferences to appear “sexy.” The girls, aged 6 through 9, overwhelmingly labeled the sexy doll as the more popular doll — the doll they’d most like to look like.

Some researchers argued that if children are predisposed to sexualization by their mothers, they will be more likely to accept and recreate sexual trends glamorized by the media. Others argue that the media’s omnipresence will inevitably turn young girls into sexualized creatures; it is up to the mothers to be role models for their daughters and help them develop a sense of media literacy if they are to “escape” the trend of sexualization. That sounds like a lot of responsibility to place on one parent alone. Where are the men in this picture?

Helping one’s child develop media literacy is always, ALWAYS a good thing — but why does this duty so often rest solely on mothers? Certainly mothers can provide valuable insight — as women, they inevitably have been sexualized by society in some way — but are fathers’ insights not equally valuable? Men have historically been the perpetrators of such objectification. A father explaining to his daughter the crude nature of current media trends would serve just as valid a purpose as a mother doing the same.

Of course, it’s understandable that the study found mothers’ behaviors as the primary predictor of early-on sexualization. As young girls, many of us aspire to emulate our mothers’ habits and appearances. (Dress-up in mom’s old clothes, anyone?) It makes sense that mothers who refrain from overt self-sexualization would inevitably encourage their daughters to develop similar routines.

But don’t fathers’ behaviors have an equal impact? Fathers who sexualize and objectify women suggest to their daughters that doing so is acceptable by society at large. Fathers who respect women, who refrain from consuming media that represents women as sex objects and little else, are just as valuable as mothers who discourage such objectification.

In two-parent families, raising children is a two-way street, and blame for the early onset of self-sexualization and objectification is no exception.

Especially recently, it seems that American mothers are receiving a whirlwind of pressure to have it all, balance career, friends, and family, and be perfect role models for their children. Should mothers shoot for the stars when raising their daughters, be strong role-models, and encourage media literacy? Definitely. But studies like this fail to grasp the reality that if both mothers and fathers assumed those responsibilities, young girls would be doubly prepared to enter a sexualized culture with a sense of self-worth and strength.

What do you think? What are the best ways for mothers and fathers to engage their daughters in discussions about sexualization and the media? For those readers who grew up with a mother and a father, which parent do you think played the bigger role in shaping your own sense of self-confidence and self-worth?

Hailey Magee is a Women’s and Gender Studies and Politics double major at Brandeis University. Her foremost interests include media literacy and empowerment of young girls. Hailey hopes to one day pursue a career in the political arena and become an advocate for gender equality.

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  1. Absolutely spot on. As a mother AND father our girls look up to us as their first heros and sheros. It is ultimately our responsibility to be our kid’s role model. There is no cable in my home. The only thing we watch are movies and preselected videos series of programs I have approved of first. I wouldn’t want my daughter to flip through the channels and see Toddlers and Tiaras and think this is normal behavior.

    I spent so much time watching all the nonsense on tv that when I turned it off I went into reality tv withdrawal. Luckily it only lasted a couple of weeks and it has been so refreshing being free of that drama.

    Great article and thank you for getting the message out!

  2. My Mom and Dad were both very involved parents. My mother especially concerned herself with teaching me and my 2 sisters (and the 5 brothers too!) appropriate dress conduct and we were not allowed to purchase or wear anything that was inappropriate or sexual in nature. We learned which undergarments were to be worn under dresses and skirts and blouses. It seems mothers don’t teach their girls that any more. I for one, with a 7 year old daughter, am very aware of the affect media has on little girls and boys. They soak everything up in their little brains and I refuse to fall into the trap of allowing TV to dictate appropriate behavior for my girl. My husband and I are very up front about what is inappropriate and appropriate for her to watch, read, eat, hear, do, wear and see. No ifs, ands or buts. It is our job to shape her and help her become a strong, independent woman who carries herself in a respectable manner and respects her body and mind and doesn’t allow others to treat her without the same level she deserves. I love About Face and your efforts to get the message out!

  3. I love the accompanying “father” photo, where the girl child is working in service of Dad. Doesn’t that reinforce the girl’s view of her place in the world?

  4. Late to the party, but wanted to chip in: I think in addition to directly talking with and counseling his daughter, a father can dramatically impact her through the way he treats his wife. Does Dad view Mom as an object, only commenting on her looks? Or does he openly affirm her intelligence, value, and abilities? Does he care more about what she looks like or about who she is? Does he demonstrate attraction and affection towards her on her scruffy days, or only when she’s done herself up in makeup? Does he speak well about his wife to his daughter?

    All of those actions, in my opinion, send a strong message to the daughter about how she should expect to be treated and valued–by her future husband or boyfriend, yes, but also by society as a whole. I think it is powerful to have male involvement in that message, to give an early counter to the argument which claims this is “the way that men are”. A father getting involved demonstrates this to be an issue of right vs. wrong, rather than male vs. female. The more solidarity both parents show on the issue, the better.

  5. Men are stupid, can’t. think correctly and many times are missing in ads. Women don’t. need men. They can build, repair anything, make major decisions involving family matters. Women can run everything better than a man., even gove rnment. Women don’t. need no damn man. Where is the Father in their Daughters life.

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  • Language: English
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  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
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Full Length Research Paper

Study personal characteristics of agriculture extension workers in North of Iran

Mohammad Karim Motamed1*, Mohsen Moshkbeed Haghighi2, Abbas Sadeghi3, Hamid Devisti4 and Ebrahim Azarpour5
1Department of Rural development, Guilan University of Iran, Iran. 2Teacher Training Centre, Rasht, Iran. 3Department of Educational Sciences (Counselling), Guilan, University of Iran, Iran. 4Department of Rural development, College of Agricultural Sciences, Guilan University, Islamic Republic of Iran. 5Department of Agriculture, Lahijan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Lahijan, Iran.
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  •  Accepted: 05 April 2012
  •  Published: 12 June 2012

It is quite evident that efficient extension workers play a crucial role in the success of extension programs. This study was conducted in Guilan province, Iran, and the statistical population of which the entire agriculturalist worked at least one year as an agriculturalist in Jihad-Agricultural organization in Guilan. Data collection was done through a questionnaire assessing extensions and Edward personality priority test (EPPS) using Murrey’s (1938) manifest needs questionnaire as the foundation for item making. The top and successful extensions whose assessment scores exceeded the average score of the average population were separated. The results obtained show that the most prominent traits of the extensions working in this province were tolerance, effort, progress, perseverance, and discipline, respectively. All such traits were observable among the successful extensions except the order of which were tolerance, discipline, and perseverance; whereas unsuccessful extensions showed traits like tolerance, discipline, and selfishness (sense of superiority). All three groups had the traits “show off” as their last trait in order according to the questionnaire and their performance. Finally, it can be said that perseverance, discipline, and autonomy were three major traits that distinguished successful extensions from unsuccessful ones.

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I played this song while a afternoon fill-in DJ for the late Jerry Bledsoe on WWRL AM 1600 radio, New York City, the original Black American music station in the nation, circa 1983 after doing the 2AM – 6 AM shift on North Haven, Connecticut’s WKCI/KC101FM. I really never knew what this song was about until now – domestic violence, which they did not have a name for back then. Songs come and go sometimes when you are a radio personality. I guess I did not have time to analyze every lyric and message. Sometimes you just like the “sound” of the hook of a hit record, it seems to topically fit your personal experiences and it sticks.

“Too Late” by Junior is on par with and, in my mind, the follow-up to the SMASH hit, “Mama Used to Say”, IMO.
I am humbled and shocked by my naivete` not originally knowing what this song was about. Until a few minutes ago, I thought it was about unrequited love and the breaking up of two lovers! When I heard it in my musical jukebox mind and found it finally on YouTube, it was always about her being “too late” because I have moved-on to another relationship. Yeah, Right! As-if I always had that control, lol.
That was what I was all about in the early 1980s. If I’d really listened to the vamp, “I don’t have to stay with you, I can take the kids and go” I might have gleaned a more clean analysis. Such is life.
I am blown away that this song was so far ahead of its time, preceding the “OJ Simpson trial” and all of the ancillary offshoots that precipitated the lame and unecessary reality television of today that has contributed to the dumbing-down of America that now permeates every aspect of society, from how people drive their cars to our manners and morality. I wonder now, was this Junior’s experience, growing up?

I could/can never tolerate when a nice-looking lady told me her man “beat her up”. How cowardly! And I always say, “Just leave him!” Yet, curiously, in most cases they made excuses not to do so! WTF? If someone I was living with was violent, it would not take me a second heartbeat thought to get the f*** out! Yet, many women seem to think differently regarding this, despite the physical abuse and stay upon a bullshit excuse.

**PICKHITT: This can become an anthem for the “MeToo” movement.

When he comes home intoxicated from the club
All the kids they go and snuggle up to mom
He starts shoutin’ again, and they start runnin’ again
This ain’t no life for them to lead

In her mind she knows she has to let him go
In the children’s eyes she sees the fear inside
How does she tell him, he won’t take nothin’
This ain’t no life for them to lead

Too late, too late, baby, bye-bye
Now’s my time to go
Too late, too late, baby, bye-bye
Now’s my time to go

In the morning when he wakes up from the couch
Not recallin’ what had happened the night before
He starts askin’ questions, he don’t get no answers
What the hell’s goin’ on in here

Too late, too late, baby, bye-bye
Now’s my time to go
Too late, too late, baby, bye-bye
Now’s my time to go

Too late, too late, baby, bye-bye
Now’s my time to go
Too late, too late, baby, bye-bye
Now’s my time to

She starts saying she can’t take it no more
When he comes home he always beats her to the floor
This old line she’s givin’, hey, about them leavin’
He can’t take it at all

But it’s too late, too late, baby, bye-bye
Now’s my time to go
Too late, too late, baby, bye-bye (I just got to let you know)
Now’s my time to go (Yeah, yeah)

Too late, too late, baby, bye-bye
Now’s my time to go
Too late, too late, baby, bye-bye (Bye-bye)
Now’s my time to

Too late (Too late), too late, baby, bye-bye (Too late, yeah)
Now’s my time to go (I don’t want to be around you)
Too late, too late (I just got to take the kids and go), baby, bye-bye (Oh, no)
Now’s my time to go…”

Comment please and Take GOOD care.

Deeper than the idea that Obama will ever be thus until he learns not to listen to the “stuffed-suits” advising him all the time, think for himself, occasionally representing the Black American Man and talk about the poor people of all colors for a change, “You’re INSIDE the Pajama Bar…” will remain the GOLD-standard of music journalism :- j

Actually this show is the last we performed on WRVU FM before Vanderbilt University sadly went down the path towards selling their station’s radio license to the hideous local “NPR”.  It began with this last trip,  by axing most of us “community volunteers”, aka ‘older adults’.  I was okay with it, too much drama was happening for no reason at a great facility now gone to waste like so many things I grew into appreciating.  Would death be so reminisce?

Succinct, live-at-the-time music mixing on-the radio from ‘009. I was just trying to stay true to the advice of my friend, the late  Chuck Leonard, who always said, “‘…just stay on the mic…”  as advice to keep in myself on the air.  But government deregulation and technology made his advice moot – and it sux.

  We always count upon your comments and suggestions at I.M.I.J. Produckshunz.  ThanX & Cheers.

                                                                  Whether you are a regular or infrequent visitor to my blog, undoubtedly you have heard me refer to Frankie Crocker as my inspiration for wanting to become a high-paid celebrity professional radio personality. I haven’t looked, but I bet in each of “My Vinyls” I mention him. The “high-paid” part never happened, but he hipped me to so much music via his programming and radio show, while teaching me, in a vicarious way, how not to take any shit from people while doing my shows.

I remember him once giving me the advice, to take full control of your show whenever you are on, no-matter what or who (but he put it another way as described in my book) tries to interfere. Frankie was very quotable and had a lot of “sayings” – many direct and controversial.

In my first radio memoir book, “He’s In A Meeting…Adventures In Getting Past Gatekeepers (My Pursuit of Modest Fame In The Radio Game And Other Assorted Lefe Letters/Short Stories)” – which you can see the front cover of below in the right sidebar – I write about Mr. Crocker and how he influenced me and so many of us during his times. I describe some of the ways I got “past” his gatekeepers; secretaries like Denise Colon and Champaine of WBLS FM, New York, and some other fun “things” I did to get his attention along the way, in the book.

Pickhitt: I’d  be remiss if I didn’t credit my loving and full-of-good-ideas beloved, Inna, who thought of me doing this book promotional post! Cheers, Babychka!

Read more about the legendary ‘Chief Rocker’ in “He’s In A Meeting, Adventures In Getting Past Gatekeepers” [CreateSpace/Amazon KDP].

“If Frankie Crocker’s not on your radio, your radio’s not really ON…”  😀  ~~ Jimi

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Turkish soaps invade Latin America, land of 'telenovela'

Turkish soap operas have finally broken into the South American market and gained great success among viewers
View of a billboard advertising Turkish soap opera "El Sultan" on December 14, 2014 in Santiago (AFP)

By Paulina Abramovich

The tortured romance between Sehrazat and Onur, the central drama of Turkish soap opera "Thousand and One Nights," is taking Chilean television by storm and reshaping prime time in Latin America, the land of the "telenovela."

In exchange for the money she desperately needs to treat her son's leukemia, Sehrazat, a widowed architect, reluctantly agrees to spend the night with Onur, her powerful boss, who falls hopelessly in love with her, setting off a torrid chain reaction that has captivated Chileans for months.

Dubbed in Spanish by Chilean actors, "Thousand and One Nights" has achieved an audience share not seen in years in the South American country, reversing the sinking fortunes of the channel airing it.

The phenomenon has caused TV executives across Latin America to start importing Turkish series to a region more used to exporting its own telenovelas -- prime-time soap operas such as "Ugly Betty" -- around the world.

Chilean channel Mega was a struggling network when it bought "Thousand and One Nights" after the program was turned down by Canal 13, one of the country's leading broadcasters.

The series began airing in March and soon became the most-viewed show of the year, pulling the rest of Mega's programming by its coattails.

The channel now has the top news show and morning program, as well, and is the only Chilean network on track to turn a profit in 2014.

That success has sent other Chilean broadcasters scrambling to buy their own Turkish series, including Canal 13.

Mega has meanwhile signed up two more Turkish shows, "What is Fatmagul's Fault?" and "Ezel."

Breaking into the Americas

Other Latin American networks have taken note.

Sehrazat and Onur are now playing out their burning romance in Colombia and set to premier in Uruguay, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.

The series has also been sold in Argentina and Bolivia.

That represents a coup for Turkish television, whose soaps have faithful audiences in dozens of countries across Europe and the Middle East but had never cracked the Americas.

"We took a long time to break into the Latin American market," said Izzet Pinto, head of Turkish distributor Global Agency.

"But we managed to enter the region this year. We were lucky to have a lot of success in Chile, and that opened up other markets," he told television industry website TodoTV News.

Francisco Villanueva, vice president at Miami-based distributor Somos Distribution, said his firm had sold "about 10" Turkish series -- either adaptation rights or complete productions -- in five Latin American countries.

"Interest is growing and we're getting a lot of business proposals," he told AFP.

"Turkish soap operas are excellent from the point of view of the stories, narrative and artistic and technical elements," he said.

"The casting is very much in sync with our region and very attractive, with exotic exteriors that place a high value on production and extraordinary directing and camera work."

More romance, less sex

The Turkish soaps are classic melodramas with lots of romance and minimal sex.

"People like the old, traditional format, the classic script, the love triangle, where the baddies are really bad and the hero suffers throughout," said Francisco Cortes, head of telenovelas at Chilean broadcaster TVN.

Sociologist Manuela Gumucio, head of the Chilean media observatory, said the Turkish soaps "have a very traditional romantic element, which are ultimately these universal formats that never get old."

The Turkish invasion comes at a time when Latin America's own soaps have turned toward erotically charged dramas and "narco-telenovelas" that revolve around drug trafficking.

TV critic Rene Naranjo said Turkey's soaps appealed to an audience weary of that trend.

"Latin American series have drifted toward more violent plots with a more visible sexual element, abandoning their main audience: women over 45," he said.

In Chile, Mega's success has forced other networks to overhaul their own programming.

Last week Canal 13 premiered "The Magnificent Century," a period drama starring Halit Ergenc, the actor who plays Onur in "Thousand and One Nights" -- now a celebrity in Chile.

Based on the life of 16th-century Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, the series was a smash hit in Turkey, where fast food chain Burger King even launched an "Ottoman" hamburger topped with hummus.

"There's a seasonal effect in television. Whatever is successful sells," said Naranjo.

"And that creates a multiplier effect."


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Saturday, 26 May 2018

Swift boxes in an 18th century brick wall

Helen Copperthwaite of Millgate, Aylsham, Norfolk lives in an 18th century maltings, with walls 1.5 bricks thick. (~350mm). At least that's what we thought when we started. She was keen to have Swifts nesting in her gable - so being something new, we decided to have a go at it.

Helen kindly laid on a cherry picker, as it may not have been sensible to work all day on ladders at that height.

Our idea was to remove a header and stretcher from the outer wall, then drill out any brick remaining in the middle producing a cavity 350mm long and 85mm high leaving a half brick between the nesting place and the room inside.

We would then cut a 40mm wide piece off the outer stretcher, replace the header with a Cambridge System half brick entrance piece and we would end up with a very nice internal nest space 350mm x 185mm x 85mm.

Where the wall was 1.5 bricks thick this went very well according to plan:

Stretcher, header and bricks in centre of wall removed
Nest concave inserted - bedded down in mortar
Bill Murrells pointing up the inserted components
Sliced stretcher and entrance piece mortared in.
The mortar will dry to a good match with the old mortar
However, unknown to us, in some parts of the wall, the inner bricks had been removed and replaced by studs (timber) and insulation, so we had a wall  only 1-brick thick (~225mm). However, in the places that we broke through to the insulation there was always a stud against the wall. So we screwed a rectangular piece of plywood to the stud, completely blocking any access to the insulation, leaving a nest space 350mm x 175mm x 85mm, similar to the space above. We think this is a viable solution to any wall that is just 1 brick thick.

The final result was 5 new nest places:

5 new internal boxes embedded in the wall.
To demonstrate the principle of how we fitted boxes in the 1-brick thick parts of the wall, these illustrations might help.

Outside view
Inside view
[UPDATE June 2020 : 3 of the 5 nest chambers are occupied by breeding Swifts!]

Thursday, 24 May 2018

Queen Anne Car Park Cambridge

We were asked by Guy Belcher of Cambridge City Council to dream up something for Queen Anne car park. It should be a good location, in central Cambridge, overlooking Parkers Piece. The location is high, but accessible from above The walls were not suitable for attaching anything directly to them.

So we came up with the idea of a 'Stretched Model 30' - 6 chambers in each of 2 long colony boxes. It was important that the boxes were beyond the reach of vandals with long arms, so to secure it, we designed 2 brackets to hang from the top of the wall.

The two boxes came from just 1 sheet of plywood 2440mm x 1220mm plus a bit more for the ends and internal partitions. The roof and ends are both covered in 9mm PVC fascia board, none of the plywood is exposed to sun or rain. The plywood back is well ventilated.

This installation took a lot less work than installing 12 single boxes.

Arrival at the top of the car park
Assembling the cabinets to the brackets
The boxes are positioned to avoid entrances vertically aligned. Photo Alan Clarke
Ready for installation
Final installation

Computer views inside and outside the wall
Using the same design, but different fixings Colin Wilson arranged for 2 Stretched Model 30's to be installed on Camberley Theatre in the borough of Surrey Heath. Two more are to be installed on a local shopping centre:

Photo Colin Wilson
Addendum 2:
[Update 2019 - one of the 6 chambers occupied in 2019]
[UPdate 2021, 4 chambers are occupied by Swifts]
Another example in Cambridge, this time with a hinged roof

Hinged lid, with stop to prevent lid falling outwards
6 new boxes with an already occupied box, 1 of 3 occupied on this house
6 new boxes

Wednesday, 23 May 2018

Swift boxes under very broad open eaves

Margaret & Ian Hobson of Beer in Devon asked us what would go best under broad open eaves, nearly 50cm wide, with about 33cm between the joists.

Beautiful view of the English Channel
Click to enlarge
The first idea was to have 2 boxes between each pair of joists with the entrances near the wall or near the outer edge. However, as we have no idea which the Swifts may prefer, we came up with a design for a double box between each pair of joists with one entrance near the wall and another near the outer edge.

We chose to give the entrance near the wall a landing platform, for no better reason than, in our experience, we have had more success with entrances near the wall with a landing platform than those without, but not enough evidence to be definitive. The landing platforms are grooved by making shallow horizontal cuts with a mitre saw.

The outer entrances face down at 45°. There are plenty of examples of success with sloping entrances e.g. the Zeist and Model 30 boxes.

As this was a new idea, we decided to have a go at it ourselves, and we then shipped the boxes flat-packed to their destination in Devon, where they were competently reassembled.

The boxes are installed by removing the bottom, screwing the sides to the joists, then replacing the bottom.

Preassembled box - landing platform on the right.
The bottom is configured so it is easily removed for installation.
It also provides a small step for the Swifts.

View prom above - 2 nice-sized chambers

Boxes reassembled, painted, concave glued down and feathered, ready for installation
4 double boxes installed

Sunday, 20 May 2018

Lymington Business Centre. creating a Safe Environment for Swifts

Thank you to Nick Windibank and Andy Broadhurst of Hampshire Swifts for sending us this story.

Lymington Business Centre
Lymington Business Centre occupies a building which was renovated in 1986 from its original use as a squash club. It consists of three storeys, the top level being of a wooden frame construction which has eaves on two sides with protruding rafters and is clad in slate.

The building is known to us due to its association with what are known locally as the “library Swifts” which form large groups over and above the nearby library but which we now know nest in some of the gaps above the slate cladding on the Business Centre.

Slates showing where a Swift was trapped
In the winter of 2017 it was noted that there was what seemed to be nest material adhering to some of the slates and this was investigated as there was concern Swifts could get entangled.

It quickly became apparent that this material was in fact the corpses of two Swifts and a Starling, which had the misfortune to get trapped in the vertical gaps between some of the slates. We subsequently found out that a nearby resident had called the fire brigade on one occasion to free a bird caught in this way.

Having the opportunity to examine the spaces between the rafters we determined that additional nest sites could easily be created by attaching mounting bars to each rafter and then screwing a horizontal sheet to create the base of a nest site.

An example of 2 exposed rafters
showing the potential to create a nest site
Each sheet would have a nest hole and then be painted to match the rafters so rendering the whole assembly virtually invisible to passers-by. The original plan was to survey the two eaves in the summer of 2018 to determine which gaps already had Swifts nesting in them and then, during the close season, create new nest sites in the spaces not already used by Swifts or other species.

Examples of nest sites created between rafters
Concerned about the possibility that more Swifts would get trapped in 2018 we brought forward the plan, relying on the man on the ladder to determine whether or not there were gaps in the structure which could be used by Swifts. If not, then they were converted to new design Swift nesting sites. If so, they were left.

In this way 18 gaps on the rear aspect and 10 on the side aspect were converted to new nest sites, complementing those already present. At the same time all the gaps between the slates were sealed making it impossible for birds to get trapped in future.

To avoid disturbance to the tenants of the Business Centre, work could only proceed at weekends and in the evening and so progress was slow, especially on the side aspect when scaffolding was required to gain access to theeaves. The final nest site was created on the 7th May and birds were already entering some of the retained original nest sites.

This summer we will check out the occupancy of the remaining potential sites to determine what the baseline occupancy is, in the hope that in future years this building will develop into a major colony.

Thanks are due to Don Mackenzie, the owner of the Business Centre who enthusiastically supported this work and made a significant contribution towards our costs, Tim Norriss who designed the nest sites and Roger Maynard, roofer extraordinaire who actually did the work come rain or shine. Thanks are also due to Waitrose Lymington branch which, through their Community Matters scheme, raised a total of £ 451 for this project.

Friday, 18 May 2018

Trumpington Meadows Nature Reserve

Trumpington Meadows is a spacious expanse of flowering meadows, riverside, woodland, hedgerow and parkland.

According to their website:

"... this expansive nature reserve and country park sits alongside the River Cam and Byron’s Pool Local Nature Reserve, straddling both sides of the M11. Created for wildlife and for people, it is a place to discover and enjoy nature, explore diverse habitats and wander by the river and through flower-filled meadows. There is a Wildlife Trust office and garden, allotments, and a range of interpretation features and hand-carved nature sculptures throughout the site. "

Trumpington Meadows is managed by Beds, Cambs and Northants Wildlife Trust

Action for Swifts was approached to see if it might be possible to increase the biodiversity of the site by installing nest boxes for Swifts. Initially, a Swift Tower was considered, but given that the offices on site included a high gable, it was decided to build a 10-box triangle colony box instead.

At the same time, in the year of Swift Awareness Week, Nature Picture Library was looking for a Swift project suitable for sponsorship. So what better, a high profile location on the outskirts of Cambridge with an ideal building for installing Swift boxes, and a benefactor looking for a Swift project to support.

Nature Picture Library makes a regular contribution to a small charity or specific project which is making a difference. They choose a different charity every three months. You can read about them here: and about some of the projects that they have supported here:

AfS has previously implemented triangular colony boxes containing 3, 5, 6 and 9 nesting chambers. With its shallow roof (30°), we decided to go for 10 nest chambers this time. It is a proven concept as most implementations so far have nesting Swifts.

We used this project as an opportunity to progress our attempts to determine whether Swifts prefer a dark or light interior. Half of the boxes are painted black inside.

Having carefully assessed the risks and devised a safe method of work, the body of the cabinet, weighing nearly 20kg, was installed by 3 people lifting it up 3 ladders. The central ladder had a reinforced standoff platform, which was raised every time the cabinet was raised. Finally, the middle person climbed the middle ladder to put the screws in while the 2 on the sides held it in place. The screws were carefully positioned in line with the internal timbers Then the front was screwed on. It all went very smoothly.

A camera is installed in the top chamber, as this is the most likely to be occupied first, and all of the other chambers have been prepared for cameras if and when Swifts move into them. A tweeter for attraction calls is installed out of the weather under the box.

[At the time of writing, Swifts have already been seen approaching the boxes]

Front removed, ready for installation. Half the nest chambers are painted black.

A good height in a northerly facing aspect
Frontal view
Oblique view

Tweeter, installed out of the weather, and the AV cable.

[UPDATE June 2018: Swifts have been seen entering the bottom left box and the middle box
Further update July 2018 - a chick was seen peering out of the middle box]
[UPDATE October 2019: On inspecting the boxes, we found evidence of Swifts in all chambers, 5 contained a Swift's nest and 4 had obviously bred. In addition there was a pair of Swifts in the Starling box on the same gable, so 6 pairs of Swifts in all.]

Monday, 7 May 2018

The boys are back in town!

John Day was inspired today when the first Swifts showed up in Potton - on schedule on 7th May. So he decided to parody Thin LIzzy's song, "the boys are back in town" with the following lyrics:

"Guess who just got back today
Them wild-eyed swifts that had been away
Haven't changed that much to say
But man, I still think them swifts are crazy
They were askin' if their nests were around
How they was, where they could be found
Told 'em there were some still downtown
That haven't been blocked up today
The swifts are back in town
(The swifts are back in town)...... "

Thank you John! It captures the moment perfectly.

Friday, 4 May 2018

Successful Project with a Derbyshire school and housing agency

This is a good story in the year of Swift Awareness Week
by Nick Brown

Last autumn a meeting was arranged by the Derbyshire Swift Conservation Project with Rykneld Homes with additional support from Derbyshire Wildlife Trust. Rykneld manages the social housing for NE Derbyshire District Council.

An Ibstock Swift brick
While most of their work is maintaining the 8000 houses they have already, occasionally they build new properties. Jude Milburn, Rykneld’s Community Involvement Officer, attended the meeting and took up the Swift cause. Liaising closely with us, he worked to get internal Swift boxes put in nine of the 50 houses in a new social housing development in North Wingfield, close to the village school (with some bat boxes in addition).

He also arranged for the Project to meet Rachael Peacock, the head teacher at the newly built village school. We explained how Swifts would make a great learning topic for the children – an idea she embraced enthusiastically. In addition, Jude gave her six Swift boxes to put up on the school. On 20th April, Rykneld organised a small ceremony to mark the completion of the new houses.

Swift boxes in 6 country colours
On a lovely sunny afternoon, thirty children from the school joined in by painting their six boxes in the colours of the flags of some of the countries the birds fly over on migration to and from Africa (Spain, Morocco, Ghana etc). This novel idea was first dreamed up by Ian Carstairs in Harleston, Norfolk so we can’t claim it as our own!

The children worked enthusiastically and the boxes will be put up on the school as soon as possible.

There are Swifts nesting in the village and we hope Rachael will be able to get the children to ask their parents if they know where, prior to us doing some survey work in the summer.

In addition, some of the children from the school will be moving into the new houses. Should they move into the ones with Swift boxes, Jude will ensure that they are made aware of their boxes and the reasons they were installed. Ideally we hope Jude will be able to engage with all the new tenants and to that end we will be providing him with copies of the new AfS leaflet and booklet to hand out.

Engaging the next generation

Job done!

Wednesday, 2 May 2018

Swift boxes in a rendered cavity wall

In a rendered wall, one cannot see the brick structure, so doing a neat job, as in the Cambridge System, is not an option.

[See update at the bottom of this post where we re-engineered the entrances]

Christina Day had 9 Swift boxes in the gable of her house in Haverhill (see here). Circumstances conspired so that she had to move to Lode, leaving four occupied boxes behind. Her new home is a one storey house on the end of a terrace with a gable 6 metres high.

So we inserted 6 boxes in her gable by using a 78mm diameter core drill (acquired from Screwfix) through the render and outer leaf and a 107mm core drill through the inner leaf. The entrance was reduced with mortar to a half-moon 30mm high, with a ramp across the width of the outer leaf.

The 50mm cavity is bridged with a 100mm pipe.

The risks in this project were that we could have hit a wall tie, or the render could have been laid on steel mesh - but fortunately we encountered neither of these.

We did not anticipate that the bricks in the outer leaf would have a 'frog' facing down, leaving holes in the entrance passage which needed making good ('frog' = a depression made in a brick). Nor did we anticipate the state of the inner leaf, with much of the mortar loose, needing substantial repointing.

6 neat holes in the gable
6 installed Swift boxes with a satisfied Bill Murrells
Close up of entrance exterior
Close up of entrance interior
Installed Swift box, with perspex back and cover removed.

Section through computer model
Tool used to fashion entrances

UPDATE September 2018

We are pleased to report that one pair moved in to one of the boxes, laid 2 eggs and hatched 2 chicks. However, we had second thoughts about the entrances after the chicks fell out and were then replaced in the box.

We realised that any chick venturing as far as the conical tunnel entrance would not then be able to reverse back into the box. so it was decided to re-engineer the entrances. This was achieved by drilling a rectangle of small holes around the circular entrance and then inserting a half-brick entrance piece. For this project we used up some entrance pieces made from sections of air brick liner as described here.

A further problem was that, in the long hot summer, the temperature in the roof space reached 42°C, so the chicks were taken into rehab and were successfully fostered by Judith Wakelam. The plan is to install ventilation tiles in the ridge of the roof.

Finally, on inspecting the boxes at the end of the season, 2 other boxes had feathers stuck down to the nest forms, so maybe more pairs will materialise next year.

6 re-engineered entrances

Close-up of re-engineered entrance