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Belton: Olympic Gold Postbox To Stay!
The postboxes painted gold to celebrate the London 2012 medalists - will stay that colour forever. Including one for one of the region's paralympians.
It means the one for 16 year old swimmer Jessica Jane Applegate in Belton in Norfolk will stay as a landmark for the village.
In a statement they said: the post boxes it painted over the summer to celebrate the gold medals of Team GB and ParalympicsGB will be remaining gold on a permanent basis. This includes the gold post box on Station Road South in Belton, celebrating Jessica-Jane Applegate's Paralympic Gold medal in the Swimming: Women's 200m Freestyle - S14.
Exactly 110 have been painted across the UK. Each post box will have a plaque which names the athlete and marks their gold medal achievement. The post boxes have now become cherished local landmarks, with many members of the public visiting them and circulating pictures of them on social media channels. The location of every box can be seen at www.goldpostboxes.com along with many pictures uploaded by visitors.
Painting the iconic post boxes gold was a part of Royal Mail's plans to honour the victories of Team GB and ParalympicsGB, along with the gold medal stamps programme. Royal Mail was the first postal administration to produce stamps for every gold medallist in both Games. The stamps can still be bought online from www.royalmail.com.
The decision to keep the post boxes gold marks the first time in Royal Mail's history that it has painted its iconic post boxes a different colour permanently to mark an historic achievement.
Moya Greene, Chief Executive Officer, Royal Mail Group, said; "We are delighted at the way people took to this simple idea. "The gold postboxes gave communities even more opportunity to mark the successes of Team GB and Paralympics GB - and became a part of local celebrations of London 2012 across the UK. I am pleased to confirm that these postboxes will be kept gold permanently."
The missteps of Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar and Irom Sharmila of Manipur provide full references to enable us to understand the danger of projecting icons and organisations larger than aspirations. Their cautionary stories are also about undermining the coalesced people’s fervour towards their movements.
True democracy aspired by the people still remains elusive even after Aung San Suu Kyi became the de facto leader of the Myanmar Government in 2016. Suppression of the minorities and less space for media freedom are some of the issues in Suu Kyi’s Myanmar today.
“…for the Nobel Peace laureate and onetime democracy icon, suppressing criticism has become a hallmark of her leadership,” reported The New York Times. “If the government continues in this way, we will never achieve democracy and we will go back to being a dictatorship,” Maung Saungkha, a free speech advocate who served six months in prison under the previous government, was quoted as saying by the report.
We are not going to discuss on what is driving Suu Kyi to do so, but according to analysts, the Myanmar’s democratic transition “appears to have stalled,” as per a report in the BBC.
“But since becoming Myanmar’s de facto leader in 2016 after a democratic opening, Ms Suu Kyi has been rounded on by the same international leaders and activists who once supported her,” it noted.
Regarding Irom Sharmila, who was one of the biggest brands internationally one time, her decision to enter electoral politics after 16 years of agitation against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) was considered by the people a misstep. She was badly defeated in the 2017 Manipur Assembly Elections. Since then she keeps a low profile.
The aforesaid accounts have been raised to drive home the point that the entirety of charms of any movement, once they are attached or become synonymous with organizations or icons, the movement would find it very difficult to find succor, in the event of ‘misstep’ by the icons or the organizations.
When such a situation arises, anyone or group will appear askance at their effort to continue the movements. To save genuine movements, it is high time we examine whether we are projecting icons and organizations bigger than our aspirations.
Alton’s Brooke Wolff (left) goes up with teammate Abbigail Powers to block the attack from Edwardsville’s Emma Garner in Thursday’s SWC volleyball match in Edwardsville.
Alton’s Janelle Rose (right) Hits In The Block Of Edwardsville’s Morgan Tulacro In Thursday’s SWC Volleyball Match In Edwardsville.
Alton’s Shiann Johnson (3) Hits Into The Block Of Edwardsville’s Alexa Harris (6) And Corrine Timmerman In Thursday’s SWC Volleyball Match In Edwardsville.
Alton’s Sammi Dosso Receives A Serve In Thursday’s SWC Volleyball Match In Edwardsville.
Alton’s Grace Kane Backs Up To Make A Pass Of A Serve In Thursday’s SWC Volleyball Match In Edwardsville.
Edwardsville’s Lexie Curtis (left) And Emma Garner Celebrate A Point In Thursday’s SWC Volleyball Match In Edwardsville.
Edwardsville’s Emma Gardner His Crosscourt In Thursday’s SWC Volleyball Match In Edwardsville.
Edwardsville’s Alexa Harris Sends The Ball Over The Net In Thursday’s SWC Volleyball Match In Edwardsville.
Edwardsville’s Corrine Timmermann Attacks Before Alton’s Janelle Rose And Leilani Hill Can Rise Up For A Block In Thursday’s SWC Volleyball Match In Edwardsville.
Edwardsville’s Alexa Harris Receives A Serve While Teammates Rhianna Huebner (2) And Jillian Allen Back Up The Play In Thursday’s SWC Volleyball Match In Edwardsville.
More than 1,300 people shuffled through the Fox Theater in Riverside on Thursday as a preview celebration to its makeover. By the time the new stage is finished, it will be the second or third largest of Southern California's restored old theaters.
Michelle Baldwin, left, and Patrick Brien, as seen from the projection room, stand on the Fox Theater stage greeting people during a city-hosted tour Thursday.
aisle, past the stage and up another aisle.
“Gone With the Wind” that took place at the Fox.
surprised by the large turnout.
cameras to capture their visit.
that simulates the appearance of painted wood.
New seats and new carpets are also part of the plan.
Southern California’s restored old theaters.
“We really want to have classy acts come in,” he said.
The city is hoping to complete the project by December 2008.
What do they say the perfect woman should be? A maid in the living room, a cook in the kitchen and a **** in the bedroom. Sounds like a great deal we have going there… Then again, if you add the Demy to the mix, it might make our job slightly easier. But what is this rather delectable looking device, and how does it work?
The Demy is a touchscreen digital cookbook, which can store up to 2500 recipes. You can browse through them on the device and add your favourites to your shortlist. The idea is that you use this in conjunction with the Key Ingredient site, which has masses of free recipes for you to download.
The device is uses a fully colour touchscreen, and you can sync it to a Mac or PC with a USB cable. They’re a little vague on product specs, but they say the screen size will be 5×7, and that the capacity is for 2500 recipes, with no mention of what the internal storage is. It does come equipped with a couple of nifty features though, and I’m particularly impressed with the fact that they’ve included three timers, which you can set per recipe, so you know just when to take the meat and veg out.
There’s also a conversion tool, which lets you decipher American recipe ingredient portions and a handy ingredient substitution list, to save you running to the shops when you’re out of flour.
The font size can be changed, and you can either prop the Demy up on its stand, or have it lying flat on the counter.
It’s splash resistant, which is apparently why they’re calling it ‘kitchen safe’. Whether it will stand up to be knocked on the floor in the flurry of cooking is another matter, but let’s not quibble now.
It’s a nice idea, and I like the fact that all the recipes are free, but I do have to wonder about the price. It seems like a lot of money for something that might have a short shelf life, and we’re not given any info about whether it runs off batteries or mains power. You may also not be a fan of the Key Ingredient site which would invalidate the pint of purchasing a Demy, and when they say kitchen resistant, I’d like it to be durable enough to stand up to knocks and bumps.
Three local companies are among the world's most sustainable firms, although two have fallen in the rankings from last year while StarHub has dropped out altogether.
Singtel was placed 63rd in the top 100 list, followed by developers CapitaLand at 98 and City Developments (CDL) at 100.
Go back a year and CDL was in 30th place, Singtel at 52nd and StarHub at 69, while CapitaLand never made the cut.
The list was selected from a pool of 5,994 listed companies by Corporate Knights, a Toronto-based media and investment research firm.
It evaluated firms by using up to 17 environmental, social and governance indicators relative to their industry peers using publicly available information.
French software giant Dassault Systemes, which helps firms and governments reduce waste, adopt renewables and create smarter cities, topped the table from 11th last year.
Its climb is due to strong female board representation, a relatively small pay gap between the chief executive and average worker, and a strong financial contribution to society, Corporate Knights said.
Singtel CEO Chua Sock Koong said: "We believe our reputation and long-term success depend not just on financial performance, but also achieving the highest standards of corporate governance and contributing to positive change in our society."
Despite its lowly placing at 98, CapitaLand is actually the top-ranking real estate development and management company in the table.
It noted in a report that it had reduced its carbon emissions intensity by 26.2 per cent and and water intensity by 21.8 per cent last year compared with 2008.
CDL said that as part of its 2030 blueprint, it aims to raise its carbon emissions intensity reduction target from 25 per cent to 38 per cent by 2030 against 2007 levels.
It has also set new targets to reduce its total waste and to ensure that 50 per cent of its construction materials are derived from recycled content, low-carbon sources or certified by environmental groups.
Corporate Knights research director Michael Yow said: "Due in part to methodology changes, there has been a high turnover in this year's ranking."
At 14 years old, Tyler Jones has already established himself as one of the top golfers in Onslow County.
The New Bridge Middle School eighth grader is on the Callaway Junior Development Program and consistently plays in statewide tournaments that feature the best junior players in North Carolina.
He works on his craft every day. He doesn't look at it as a job, but rather something he truly enjoys.
But while Jones has experienced a lot during his lifetime commitment on the links, his latest outing will be a first.
Jones will captain the five-man Camp Lejeune team during the 48th Intercollegiate Golf Championships at Paradise Point Golf Course aboard Camp Lejeune.
The Intercollegiate is a three-day tournament that starts Friday and features NCAA Division I and II programs, among others, competing on both the Gold and Scarlet courses.
Methodist University from Fayetteville has won the tournament the last three years.
Simply, this area teen will be in charge of a team that includes some older gentlemen.
Jones will be on a team that also features longtime area golf veterans Chris Martinez, Filipo Bartley, James Simpson and Steve Pippen.
The youngest of the crew earned his captain position by finishing first during a two-day qualifying tournament aboard base March 9-10.
Jones, however, didn’t look at it as beating a bunch of older players.
Jones added that it means a lot to him that’s he’s not treated any differently, despite his age. Simply, he’s just one of the guys.
And yet the younger Jones will find himself calling the shots this weekend.
J.R. Jones feels his son will simply go about business like normal.
And another opportunity to expand his golf resume. Jones said his goal is for the Camp Lejeune team to win the tournament.
As far as his play, Jones feels his consistency and short game are improving.
But Jones knows being captain at the Intercollegiate goes beyond the golf scores.