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A White-tail doe at Oxley Nature Center in Tulsa

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La Nina weather 66% likely to emerge in Sept-Nov, US forecaster says Aug 8 (Reuters) - There is a 66% chance of the La Nina weather pattern, characterized by cold temperatures in the Pacific Ocean, emerging during September-November, a U.S. government forecaster said on Thursday. The neutral phase between La Nina and El Nino weather patterns is expected to continue for several months, with a 74% chance of La Nina during November-January, the National Weather Service's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) said in its monthly forecast. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT La Niña, a climatic phenomenon characterized by cooler-than-average ocean temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific, is associated with both floods and droughts affecting global agriculture, and higher Caribbean hurricane activity. CONTEXT The cycle between El Nino, La Nina, and a neutral phase typically lasts two to seven years. El Nino is a natural warming of eastern and central Pacific Ocean surface temperatures, while La Nina is characterized by colder temperatures in the equatorial Pacific region. Experts have said Latin America and the Caribbean should brace for the arrival of La Nina. India is set to receive monsoon rainfall that is above the average as a La Nina weather pattern forms in August and September, promising to boost farm output and growth in Asia's third-biggest economy. KEY QUOTES "A return of La Niña could provide some respite for those commodity producers who have been hit hardest by El Niño," David Oxley, head of climate economics at Capital Economics said. "Changes to the weather typically associated with La Niña in South America could affect the production of key agricultural commodities such as soybeans, corn, coffee and sugar for which the region is a key source of global supply." "If a strong La Niña system eventuates, we expect it would raise supply risks for oil, natural gas, coal and iron ore," analysts at ANZ said.

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Fourth Avenue Residences Facade

Fourth avenue residences balance unit A particular preferred position of being settled in a Good Class Bungalow and low-ascent enclave is that inhabitants with units on higher floors will appreciate unblocked clearing perspectives on the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve and MacRitchie Reservoir.

Inhabitants who want to live on lower floors will appreciate invigorating perspectives on flawless green spaces and the sky blue pool.

 TOP EDUCATION OPTIONS IN A CHOICE LOCATION

Giving youngsters a head start by method of decent training is a first concern for most guardians. Fourth Avenue Residences sits deliberately on a school belt with trustworthy instructive organizations, for example, Raffles Girls' Primary School, Nanyang Girls' High School, National Junior College and Hwa Chong Institution.

Hwa Chong Institution

 Making every moment count AT BUKIT TIMAH

On the culinary front, participate in an assortment of lavish encounters along Bukit Timah Road. For the best Peranakan food this side of Singapore, head down to Violet Oon's Kitchen, a windy five-minute stroll from Fourth Avenue Residences. For delightful informal breakfast passage, Riders Cafe at the Bukit Timah Saddle Club is a perfect decision.

The peddler culture is a major piece of the neighborhood food scene. Individuals aware of everything scramble toward nasi lemak, satay and prawn noodles at Adam Road Food Center.

As we gain ground towards a vehicle light Singapore, having Sixth Avenue MRT station at Fourth Avenue Residences' doorstep is an additional advantage for inhabitants. With direct access to the Downtown MRT line, venturing out to business territories, for example, the Central Business District and Marina Bay Financial Center should be possible in less than 30 minutes.

Riverfront Residences is a 99-years leasehold brand new development that has been previously a privatized HUDC real estate Rio Casa. The development below went a prosperous enbloc by joint venture firm Oxley-Lian Beng Venture. Riverfront Residences Condo received considerable interest from developers on account of the favorable features and place close to Hougang MRT Station. Additionally, Riverfront Residences is poised to get decent attention from the floor since there's not any new launches recently around the region. Riverfront Residences Condo additionally have place features that's near Hougang MRT Station in addition to Hougang Bus Interchange.

 Riverfront Residences Hougang Avenue 7 has been manufactured beneath the Oxley-Lian Ben Venture as well as the stakeholders discuss are Oxley and KSH Development every includes a 35 percent stake, Lian Beng includes a 20 percent stake and the Teo household's Apricot Capital retains 10 percent. The collective economy comes in a moment where programmers are optimistic about the residential real estate market and owners of all HUDC estates are happy to cash in their gains in the sale of the property. Plans are underway from the programmer to make a exceptional development with majestic palaces and palaces views of Sungei Serangoon in addition to the Upper Serangoon region. The development include a total of 1472 Components and is among the biggest improvements in Singapore.

 Riverfront Residences Lian Beng Venture unique place along Sungei Serangoon permits an immediate 200m frontage of this riverfront. Along with its proximity to Hougang Mall in addition to Hougang Transportation hub, Riverfront Residences Hougang is going to be an perfect property both for house remain in addition to for investment.Hougang Mall, formerly called NTUC Hougang Mall is a popular shopping center located right alongside Hougang MRT Station. There's a favorite food cluster found in the mall .

 There are lots of anchor tenants located inside the shopping mall for example KFC in addition to Subway. It's a favorite shopping mall one of the young and fashionable too. Hougang Mall attempts to entice the audiences via routine events like the lucky draw and holiday topics. Additionally, there are lucky draws held frequently in the mall.Riverfront Residences is situated within minutes walk from the Hougang MRT Station on the North East Line in addition to Hougang Bus Interchange. Traveling to other areas of Singapore such as Dhoby Ghaut in addition to Chinatown is a breeze since the North East line connects right to those MRT Stations.

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Jon Balke — Discourses (ECM)

Listening to Norwegian pianist Jon Balke’s new solo album kept bringing to mind the lyrics Al Jarreau performed to Dave Brubeck’s “Blue Rondo à la Turk”: ”Melody married to harmony, one and the same.” The pianist’s harmonic sense is as melodic as a lover of arpeggiation could possibly manage, and even his miles-long lines imply as many tonal centers as they then eschew, but Balke’s love of sound ensures that Discourses operates on more intricately disunified levels than the mere wedding of elements you’d find in Music Theory 101.

If the piece titles are indicative, the album is constructed as a semi-linear series of philosophical or political arguments, a characteristic that carries over into the declamatory nature of the music. The second of the “Afterthoughts” subseries is a case in point; melodic disjuncture conceals just as many semisolid harmonic cases made and then jettisoned with equal rapidity. “Assumptions,” from earlier in the disc, is even more tantalizing in that it’s key is subtly and nearly imperceptibly disrupted throughout as Balke’s deft pianism introduces pitches that don’t quite burst the tonal bubble he’s so painstakingly constructed with deliciously broken chords.

Arpeggiation seasoned with constantly varying shades of articulation, all caught by that wonderful ECM engineering, is a hallmark of Balke’s playing and of his love for elusive sonics. Like Warp before it, this album is suffused with sound but often at a surprisingly low level, a kind of world beneath the world evoked by the myriad forces behind strings and hammers. Balke’s use of electronic processing is akin to Tony Oxley’s as the most delicately diverse simultaneities pervade extremities of the sound spectrum. The relationship between these Protean eddies and streams to what he’s playing is as complex as it is fascinating, blurring rationale even while reconstructing it. “The First Argument”’s piano component ripples, cajoles and muscles its way forward in fits and starts only to peter out, but beneath the surface, in a whole other tonal area, some sort of baroque sediment emits the corrosive gas that destroys syntax. Yet, the opposition is so subtle, so sublime as it overtakes only to disappear, but is it backwards piano from some other point on the album? Whatever it is, the contrast is both complete and effective. The third “Afterthought” employs the same percussively liquid backdrop as the first, bringing another level of unity to a disc replete with multiplicities and completely elucidating the album’s title.  

The delicacies so integral to Balke’s work roll back on repeated listening, opening the way to a universe of half-realized possibility sufficient unto itself. Sub-frequencies roar while never losing the grace suffusing them, and each tone’s melodic and harmonic implications become clear only in the often-illusory context afforded by its neighbor. The resulting soundscapes form paths dimly lit until they’re not, until moments of brightness throw all arguments and positions into the stark relief the most creative art makes manifest.  

Marc Medwin

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The wild nature in Nathan

Day 4: 8th Jan 2020

First let’s appreciate my effort in making these purple sweet potatoes sandwiches.

I mean look at the marble print *deep breath*

Okay now, the famous Griffith University is in this area, and almost half of Nathan is the campus, the other half is the forest.

And this is the legendary “Red Zone” listed on the Google map. I think ya’ll just try to get me into lecture hall.

My destination is the Toohey Forest Environmental Education Center. After my last miserable hike due to my insufficient research, I have made sure that this center is located within 5-minute walking distance from the bus station.

Arrived at the entrance and within 2 minutes, I had ants climbing on my feet and bit me.

Discovered a huge python skin hanging on top of me. I should probably run now.

I saw Cheese Tree,

I found Cheese Tree. Shame on you Cheese Tree, shame on you.

So 10 minutes into the forest, I got scared by a wild iguana, a python skin, and a broken stick that I stepped on it. I am getting outta here.

189 Locations: The List

Acacia Ridge

Albion

Alderley

Algester

Anstead

Archerfield

Ascot

Ashgrove

Aspley

Auchenflower

Bald Hills

Balmoral

Banks Creek

Banyo

Bardon

Bellbowrie

Belmont

Boondall

Bowen Hills

Bracken Ridge

Bridgeman Downs

Brighton

Brisbane Airport

Brisbane City

Brookfield

Bulimba

Burbank

Calamvale

Camp Hill

Cannon Hill

Carina

Carina Heights

Carindale

Carseldine

Chandler

Chapel Hill

Chelmer

Chermside

Chermside West

Chuwar

Clayfield

Coopers Plains

Coorparoo

Corinda

Darra

Deagon

Doolandella

Drewvale

Durack

Dutton Park

Eagle Farm

East Brisbane

Eight Mile Plains

Ellen Grove

England Creek

Enoggera

Enoggera Reservoir

Everton Park

Fairfield

Ferny Grove

Fig Tree Pocket

Fitzgibbon

Forest Lake

Fortitude Valley

Gaythorne

Geebung

Gordon Park

Graceville

Grange

Greenslopes

Gumdale

Hamilton

Hawthorne

Heathwood

Hemmant

Hendra

Herston

Highgate Hill

Holland Park

Holland Park West

Inala

Indooroopilly

Jamboree Heights

Jindalee

Kalinga

Kangaroo Point

Karana Downs

Karawatha

Kedron

Kelvin Grove

Kenmore

Kenmore Hills

Keperra

Kholo

Kuraby

Lake Manchester

Larapinta

Lota

Lutwyche

Lytton

Macgregor

Mackenzie

Manly

Manly West

Mansfield

McDowall

Middle Park

Milton

Mitchelton

Moggill

Moorooka

Morningside

Mt Coot-tha

Mt Crosby

Mt Gravatt

Mt Gravatt East

Mt Ommaney

Murarrie

Nathan

New Farm

Newmarket

Newstead

Norman Park

Northgate

Nudgee

Nudgee Beach

Nundah

Oxley

Paddington

Pallara

Parkinson

Petrie Terrace

Pinjarra Hills

Pinkenba

Port of Brisbane

Pullenvale

Ransome

Red Hill

Richlands

Riverhills

Robertson

Rochedale

Rocklea

Runcorn

Salisbury

Sandgate

Seven Hills

Seventeen Mile Rocks

Sherwood

Shorncliffe

Sinnamon Park

South Brisbane

Spring Hill

St Lucia

Stafford

Stafford Heights

Stones Corner

Stretton

Summer

Sunnybank

Sunnybank Hills

Taigum

Taringa

Tarragindi

Teneriffe

Tennyson

The Gap

Tingalpa

Toowong

Upper Brookfield

Upper Kedron

Upper Mt Gravatt

Virginia

Wacol

Wakerley

Wavell Heights

West End

Westlake

Willawong

Wilston

Windsor

Wishart

Woolloongabba

Wooloowin

Wynnum

Wynnum West

Yeerongpilly

Yeronga

Zillmere

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Armadillo at Tulsa’s Oxley Nature Center

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Data Center Physical Security - What You Need To Know

Data is something that needs a robust security model for perfect management. Even a minor breach in the cloud storage system will badly affect a company’s reputation and have disastrous financial effects.

When a business uses a cloud infrastructure, it is most likely to include a data center for storage. The data center is a dedicated storage space housing computers and networking components to gather, store, backup, and process data remotely.

Data Center Physical Security - A Priority or Compulsion

As most of you would have guessed, cloud hosting companies have to ensure the best data center physical security to avoid security breaches. Any suspicious person getting access to the data center means the entire operation is stalled, and the reputation of the company is at stake.

Just think how severe it would be the consequences if someone is having unauthorized access to a data center with a server of an accounting or legal firm.

What is Data Center Physical Security?

Physical security is always considered a key aspect of data center security. Since the data center is accountable for making available the services, a cloud hosting provider often has to come up with different ways to add to its physical security.

The data center’s physical security is the set of rules/practices followed within the data center building in order to avoid any physical harm to the systems keeping the data.

Those practices must be carefully designed to deal with everything starting from industrial espionage and cyberattacks (such as Ransomware) to environmental disasters.

Data Center Physical Security - There is no Escape

Cloud infrastructure comes with data centers that are always under the threat of physical attacks. Physical invasion can happen anytime under the disguise of a technician or cleaning staff. Employee deceit or mistakes are too common. Environmental disasters can cause debacle; so can heat/cooling-related problems.

Cloud hosting providers must secure their data centers from a wide variety of physical risks, and ensure that their IT managed service providers do it effectively.

This is very crucial, with business data getting expanded more and more, putting pressure on the cloud. This data is physically stored in a data center establishment. Those in charge of securing the data center facility should evaluate the risk of physical attacks from within and outside. There are certain areas where they need to deploy high-security measures.

1. Data storage facility

2. Server/computer room

3. Networking unit

Data Center Physical Security - Multiple Layers

Cloud infrastructure has simply contributed to the urge for data centers to offer a 100 percent uptime and safe trade operations. Since the data center faces the most unexpected risks in the form of theft, sabotage, and unauthorized access to data, protecting its physical resources become more crucial.

The most tactical way to attain optimal physical security in the data center is to plan and control it layer-wise. Layering adds value to the data center’s physical protection arrangement, making the entire system unaffected even with the collapse of one or more elements.

These layers are also implemented to put off nasty or even accidental data breaches by in-house employees.

The four layers of data center physical security are:

1. Perimeter security

2. Facility controls

3. Computer room access controls

4. Cabinet access controls

Covering all these layers means complete and included protection starting from the data center’s perimeter to its cabinets.

Data Center Physical Security - Applicable Standards

While planning the data center’s physical security or working on the enhancement of existing locations, there are many standards and legal necessities applicable to protect crucial or confidential data on the cloud. In many cases, there could be fines charged for nonconformity, so the 3rd party provider must follow the most common data center security standards.

Here is a list of some relevant standards and legal obligations.

1. SSAE 18 (SOC1/SOC2) - It is the latest standard that has superseded SSAE16 and applies to SOC 1. The SOC 1 is a Type 1 audit report focused on a cloud hosting service provider’s controls and processes that could affect the client’s ICFAR (internal control over their financial reporting). The SOC 2 or Type 2 is a separate audit report that checks on controls at a cloud service provider about security, accessibility, processing reliability, confidentiality, and safety of a system.

2. SSAE 16 - It is a familiar auditing report or standard created by the AICPA that has replaced the SAS70 standard. SSAE 16 shows how adequate and effective are internal controls for hosting or processing data of customers.

3. ANSI/TIA-942 - It recommends how to protect data center belongings with improved physical security (video surveillance, access control, fire prevention) and monitoring of people's activities/actions.

4. Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS - These are additional standards and legislations in favor of certain access controls for data center locations.

Top Measures for Data Center’s Physical Security

Data infrastructure security continues to be a big concern for businesses all over the world, and with a shift to the cloud platform, customers have now started to give it a high priority.

To minimize the possibility of physical attacks on data centers, the following measures could be considered:

CCTV recordings and entry logs: locations & all access points with a minimum of 3 months of video preservation.

24×7 video surveillance

On-premise security guards

NOC (Network operations center) monitoring services and team on deployment

Anti-pass-back/ Anti-tailgating feature in turnstile system. Permitting only one person to enter after authentication.

Single access point for employees into a co-location data center facility.

Control traffic through custom managed data halls, cages, and suites.

Added access control and security like fencing around private cages

Three-factor authentication (3FA) with passwords, access cards, and PINs

SSAE 18/16 standard compliance

Check on energy issues (heating/cooling effect, power grid failure)

Checking the hardware design and provenance in a cloud

Lowering insider attacks by monitoring authorized users’ activities and safely keep their work credentials

Fire prevention protocol/training with the use of dry-pipe sprinkler in the danger zone

Natural disaster-free or risk-free locations for data center

Conclusion

More businesses are now moving their ever-growing data workloads to cloud-hosted servers and infrastructure. There is always the danger of data centers undergoing physical attacks. Matching the service providers with all the measures mentioned above is very necessary.

You can’t wait for the next data breach to occur. Choose someone who practices the best security measures to keep your data safe. 

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Deluxe Flooring: Elevate Your Space with Timber Floors in Brisbane and Surrounding Areas

When it comes to transforming the ambiance of your living or working space, few elements make as significant an impact as the flooring. Timber floors have long been revered for their timeless beauty, durability, and versatility. In the vibrant locales of Brisbane and its neighboring areas such as Rocklea, Oxley, Goodna, Ipswich, and West End, the demand for exquisite timber flooring is on the rise, and Deluxe Flooring is at the forefront of delivering unparalleled quality and craftsmanship.

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Spent a little bit at the Oxley Nature Center and decided to take a few photos. I want to go back when I have more time and explore.

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Tulsa past and present: Oxley Nature Center #oklahoma #tulsa #oxleynaturecent

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Pre-Christmas snow. Hiking in Mohawk Park. #wintercame #wherewolvesrun #tothetrees #mysacredground #takemetochurch #straightoutofthecamera (at Oxley Nature Center)

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#selfie (at Oxley Nature Center)

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Image from page 128 of "Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society" (1912)

Some cool pipe mould maker images:

Image from page 128 of “Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society” (1912)

Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: transactionsofbr35bris Title: Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Year: 1912 (1910s) Authors: Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. cn Subjects: Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Publisher: Bristol, Eng. : The Society Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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Text Appearing Before Image: bird in raised ornamentation,the sides of the neck of the vessel being decorated with shortraised loops, and the body covered with a conventionaldesign in low relief. In size the perfect pitcher must havestood at least 14 to 16 in. in height (see illustrations). The Norman potters were certainly very original in theirwork, and the fragments, which are pieced together as far aspossible, show much quaintness in design. I do not remembera vessel in any of the London or provincial museums at allsimilar. Many other fragments were found of early mediaevalpottery, including a darkgreen glazed head forming the mask lip of yet anotherpitcher. It is a curiously boldpiece of moulding and veryecclesiastical in character, forthe head is depicted wearinga tonsure (see illustration). We naturally wonder if theartist – potter modelled thesevessels to order, or if theywere the working of his ownfertile brain ; and also inwhat houses in this Norman town they were in use beforegetting so badly smashed.

Text Appearing After Image: too < Transactions for the Year 1912. A fragment of a fourteenth or a fifteenth-century inlaidpavement tile, doubtless thrown out from one of the old city•churches, and the following various items, all came to handfrom another rubbish pit:— A seventeenth-century iron stirrup. An iron bullet, ^-in. diameter. Two clay tobacco pipes bearing the initials N.M.on the heels, which is a makers mark not previouslyrecorded. A Gloucester Traders Token, bearing on the obverse : LVKE . NOVRSE . MAIOR . 1657 1 = C. G. (City of Gloucester). A small R the initial of Thomas -Rawlins the engraver, beneath the letters. On the reverse : for . necessary . CHANGE=Armsof the City of Gloucester ; three chevrons betweenten torteaux. The issuer of this token was Mayor of the City in 1644,the same year in which Toby Jordan (one of the messengerswho carried the answer of the citizens to King Charles Iin Tredworth Field, when he summoned the city tosurrender) was Sheriff. Luke Nourse was elected Mayoragain

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Bristol trade directory 1871 – Dress makers & Milliners

Image by brizzle born and bred Millinery and dressmaking constituted the higher end of female employment with the needle; they were "respectable" occupations for young women from middle-class or lower middle-class families. The number of women involved in dressmaking alone in the early 1840s was estimated to be 15,000.

Bristol Dress Makers

Allen Mrs. 55 St. Michael’s hill Baker M. 54 Bellevue crescent Ball Miss, Regent street Beard L. E. 25 Thrissell street Beer Harriet, 53 Mead street Bethell Mrs. Redcliff hill Bruton H. 39 Triangle Butcher C. 1 Redcross street Butcher H. and A. 16 Orchard street Canning Miss M. 35 College street Cantle Mrs. 2 Lansdown terrace Carpenter A. 13 College street Cawless Miss, 28 Trinity street Chedzoy and Allen, 7 Picton street Cole Ann, 3 Upper Wells street Cole Mrs. 10 Alfred place Coombs Mrs. 39 Park street Cottle Miss C. 5 Eldon place Davey M. K. 5 Low. St. Michael’s hill Davis Mrs. Wells street, Culver street Davis Mrs. 6 Ellenborough place Downs Miss C. 45 Woolcott buildings Ellis Miss. 10 Regent street, Clifton Ellison Mrs. 6 St. James’s square Fairbrother Mrs. Tankard’s close Farrow Miss H. 1 Cotham side Felton Ann, Lower Castle street Ferguson M. 4 Alfred place, Kingsdown Ford Miss, Portland Place Gallo M. 9 Grove p ace, Redland Gast 21 South place, New river Gillard E. 18 Denbigh street Gitson Mrs. 5 Castle green Griffin Mrs. 15 Dove street Gummer Mrs L. 7 Cheltenham bldgs Hanson Mrs. Kinburn cottage, Belgrave rd Harper E. Queen’s road Harrison H. M. 33 Upper Arcade Harvey Miss, 4 Lower Westfield place Hay E. Terrell street Healls Miss, 12 Horfield road Hillier Elizabeth, Lodge street Holesgrove Misses, 38 College green House Mrs. Portwall lane Howell Miss, Regent street Hurd Miss C. 1 Waterloo street Hyatt Mrs R. P. Upper Victoria place Jolly and Son, 43 College green Keel Miss, Gloster street, Clifton Kellaway Mrs G. 12 Oakfield place, Clifton Kernick Mrs. 27 Triangle King Mrs J. 30 Clarence place Lambert Mrs. Elton place Lang Miss L. H. Portland place Lawless Miss Harriet, Hampton place Lewis Miss, 9 Dover place Lewis Miss, 24 Clifton wood crescent Michell Sarah, 3 St Andrew’s bldgs Moody Mrs. 5 York buildings Moore Miss, 49 Thrissell street Morgan Miss, 47 Park street Morgan Miss, St Michael’s hill Moulding Miss, 12 Stokes croft Mountsteven A. 22 The Triangle Newman J. 24 Ninetree hill Newman Miss, 9 Stanley terrace Owen and Hathaway, 4 College green Pain Miss, 24 Paul street, Kingsdown Parsons J. 50 Bellevue crescent Penny Miss ll Wellington terrace, Clifton Phillips Mary Ann, 40 Milk street Pile Mrs. 19 Osborne terrace, Totterdown Roberts Miss, 12 Highland place Rogers Miss, Egerton road Sellick Miss, 3 Old park hill Smith the Misses, 7 North street Sollis E. and A. Lower College green Sully F. J. Somerset street, Cathay Spark and Tait, 32 College green Thomas E. 21 Lower Arcade Thomas Mary, Whitson street Thresher Miss, 16 College green Treadwell Mrs. 50 St. Michael’s hill Waite Mary Ann, 5 Devonshire terrace Ward S. and C. 3 Ruysdael place White Paulina, 5 Somerset crescent Whitmarsh Mrs. W. 13 Kingsdown parade Williams Louisa, East Redcliff crescent Windsor Mrs. 8 Sunderland terrace Wren Misses, Totterdown

Dressmakers’ Pattern Maker

Williams David, 8 Brunswick place, Hotwells

Milliners

A milliner is a hat maker. This was a very important trade in Victorian times. If you look at Victorian photographs you will find that you rarely see anyone outside without a hat.

In Victorian times ordinary working people got all their clothes locally (or made their own). The dressmakers listed here would have been kept busy.

Adams Louisa, 26 Park street Adams Mrs. 6 Cumberland street Allen Misses, 1 Bedford view Avins Mrs. Oxford street, Totterdown Bailey Mrs. 3 Ninetree hill Baker Mrs. 34 The Triangle Barnes Miss, 20 Thomas street Bartlett R. C. 58 Redcliff street Bartley Mrs. 33 Paul street Bendall Mrs E. George st. Bedminster Bolwell T. 21 Redcliff street Bolwell Thomas, 4 Peter street Bond Mrs. 9 Hampton terrace, Totterdown Bond Mrs. Lower Clifton hill Bound E. 1 Union street Carter Elizabeth, 11 East Redcliff crescent Choffin Mrs. 35 Upper Arcade Clarke Alfred, 4 Old King street Coombs & Morgan, 17 Harford street Coombs Mrs, 39 Park street Cooper Elizabeth, 29 Lower Arcade Davis Mrs, 28 St Michael’s hill Dimond M. 15 Bedminster causeway Dowell J. H. 67 West street Drinkwater and Son, 6 High street Duck Mrs, 124 Thomas street Dunn Mrs. Pipe lane, St Augustine’s Edmonds Mrs. 12 Alfred place Floyd Mrs. 1 Lower Arcade Gibbs Mrs. 5 Elton place Gibson Hannah, 11 Rosemont terrace Gravell E. 2 Clarence road Gray and Co. 28 Wine street Harris Mrs Charles, Denmark house, Wells road Harvey Miss, 4 Lower Westfield place Harvey Mrs. 25 Elton place Hatherley E. & M. 23 Cumberland st Heall G. 1 John street, Easton Heard William, 3 Upper Arcade Hill Miss, 6 Upper Maudlin street Holesgrove the Misses, 38 College green Hooper M. A../19 Broadmead Hooper Miss, Wellillgton place Houston and Burgess, 28 The Triangle Howell Mrs R. 9 Spring st. Bedminster Humphries Miss M. King square avenue Hutton Mrs. 8 Dover place Iles Mrs. Egerton road Jennings Miss, 6 Stoke’s croft Jolly and Son, 43 College green Jones A. and M. 3 Claremont buildings Jones Misses, 25 The Triangle Kernick Miss, 24 The Triangle Kittyle Misses, 5 St Michael’s park Lapworth Miss, Shortgrove, Durdham down Lasbury S. 3 Orchard st. St. Philip’s Lee Mrs. Paul street Lee Mrs. Abbotsham place Levy Miss, 3 Bridge street Lilly S. & M. 3 Osborne terrace, Totterdown Light L. 18 Upper Arcade Linklater T. 129 Whiteladies road Lodge J. and Co. .49 Wine street Loosemoore Misses, 7 Unity street Lucas Miss, Mansion house avenue Maggs Mrs. F. 39 Castle street Maishman A. T. 11 and 12 Wine street Marshall Mrs. 10 Norfolk street Martin Miss, Royal Prom. Queen’s rd. May Miss R. Shortgrove, Durdham down Meek Mrs. The Triangle, West Mitchener Mrs. 8 Gloster street Morgan Miss, 1 St. Michael’s hill Naish Jane, 1 St. James’s parade Newman Miss Julia Ann, Ninetree hill Oxley Mrs. 4 Granby place Pope Mrs. St Augustine’s place Prestidge Miss, 30 Montague hill Richards Mrs. 12 Mall place Roberts Mrs. 12 Highland place Rogers Mary, 5 Raglan place Saunders John Edwin, 17 Castle street Simpson Miss, 55 Park street Skewes Mary Ann, 9 Devonshire terrace Slade Eliza and Ann, Surrey street Slade Misses, 59 Park st Smith Mesdames, 7 North street Smith Misses, 33 Park street Sowden Miss, 7 Wellington place Stone Miss E. L. 9 Prince st, St Paul’s Sullivan Mrs. Anjer’s rd, Totterdown Sully Miss, 3 Hanmer’s buildings Summers Mrs M. 83 Redcliff street Sydenham Mrs J. 112 Wellesley place Symes Miss, 3 Manor buildings Tarver Miss, Garibaldi bldgs, Knowle Taylor J. F. 34 College green Tennell A. A. Portland street Tovey M. and F. Stapleton road Tripp Miss Sarah, 45 Whiteladies road Turner H. 22 Lower Arcade Voisey and Healls, 3 Dover place Wainwright Miss, 10 Orchard street Wall M. A. 9 St. James’s churchyard Watson Mrs. 19 Meridian place Wayland Miss, 19 Lower Arcade Webb and Thomas, 10 Redcliff hill Wellington E. 77 Stoke’s croft Weston Stephen, 34 Wine street Westbury Mrs. 16 Southampton par. Willey and Davis, 2 Clifton place, Clifton Williams Mrs M. 18 Camden terrace Windsor Mrs. 8 Sunderland terrace Wyatt Mrs. 16 Paul street, Portland sq York Mrs. Ann, 12 St. Michael’s hill

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The Coastguardsman Who Survived Two Sinkings on D-Day

[By Scott T. Price, Chief Historian, United States Coast Guard]

On July 17, 1942, at the age of 18, Eugene Edwin Oxley, enlisted in the United States Coast Guard. Two years later, he would distinguish himself on D-Day, earn the nickname “Lucky Ox,” and receive the Silver Star Medal for combat heroism.

Hailing from the small burg of Stilesville, Indiana, Oxley joined the legions of young men who enlisted in the Coast Guard. After he signed recruitment papers at Indianapolis, the Coast Guard sent him to St. Louis where he formally enlisted and shipped out to the Coast Guard’s Recruit Training Center at Curtis Bay, Maryland. 

After boot camp, Oxley was assigned to the Coast Guard-manned LCI-85. LCI-85 was part of an unusual class of vessels designed for one purpose: landing large numbers of troops on enemy shores. The British developed the unusual looking landing craft--some crediting its genesis to Winston Churchill--that would ultimately be designated the “LCI(L)” also known as Landing Craft, Infantry. Lovingly called “Lousy Civilian Idea” by their crews, LCIs could reach a top speed of 17 knots, but their narrow hull and shallow draft made them anything but comfortable at sea. 

Coast Guard-manned LCIs and smaller landing craft in England just before the voyage across the English Channel to Normandy. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Typically, an LCI approached its landing area and dropped a stern anchor as it prepared to beach itself. After beaching, two long ramps placed on either side of the LCI’s bow were run out and a crewmember deployed down each ramp. The crewmen ran ashore carrying a line with a 30-pound anchor at the end secured to the ramp on the other end. These brave volunteers placed the anchor in the sand to keep the line taught and guide the disembarking troops ashore.

Among the hundreds of LCIs constructed in shipyards across the U.S. was a flotilla crewed entirely by Coast Guardsmen. designated Flotilla 10. This LCI flotilla served in battle against Axis forces in the assaults on Sicily and mainland Italy. For D-Day, Flotilla 10 was reinforced with 12 Navy-manned LCIs, increasing its total number to 36 landing craft divided equally between units destined for the infamous Omaha and Utah beaches.

Photo of soldiers in a cramped troop compartment of a Coast Guard-manned LCI. (U.S. Coast Guard)

As late May 1944 approached, troops were placed aboard the LCIs and no one permitted ashore. With over 200 soldiers and 30 crewmen aboard each LCI, one can imagine the claustrophobia experienced in the cramped quarters. After foul weather postponed the landings scheduled for June 5, word spread that they would take place the morning of June 6. The 85 was scheduled to land on the right side of the Easy Red sector of Omaha Beach at 8:30 a.m., two hours after the first landings. Oxley volunteered to take a ramp line ashore once his ship grounded on the beach.

As with most combat situations, LCI-85’s landing did not go according to plan. Waiting in the hills above Omaha Beach were well-armed Nazi defenders, concealed in bunkers and reinforced trenches. Unfortunately for the American troops, Allied bombers supposed to soften up the defenses had dropped their payloads well inland of the Germans. They also missed thousands of deadly “Rommel’s Asparagus,” nicknamed after German general Irwin Rommel and made of small wooden logs, which covered the Normandy beaches from the high-tide line to well below the low-tide line. Atop many of these stakes were Teller mines set to detonate as soon as watercraft touched them.

The fog of war on D-Day as Allied landing craft put ashore troops on June 6th at Omaha Beach. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Early that morning, Flotilla 10’s LCIs approached the French coast in the dark. They gathered together ten miles offshore and began circling to await instructions from control vessels directing incoming ships. At 8:20 a.m., the LCIs fanned out and approached the Line of Departure, an artificial starting line on their charts that paralleled the beach. The control vessel then directed the 85 by loud hailer to head in. What no one noticed was a strong current that pushed the LCIs away from their designated beaches, so the 85 no longer steamed to its designated landing area.

As it approached the beach, the 85 let go its stern anchor as it prepared to ground and let out its infantry ramps. Next, Oxley ran down the portside ramp, with his line and anchor, and jumped into the water. But the 85 had not grounded on the beach, but on a shallow obstacle, so Oxley plunged in over his head while the LCI remained too far out to disembark troops. Oxley’s shipmates pulled him back in and the 85 backed off. By this time, the stern anchor winch had failed and there were no smaller landing craft to convey troops to the beach, so the 85 attempted another landing. As the LCI backed off the beach, a large enemy shell hit one of its troop compartments—the grim sounds of wounded and dying Army troops were amplified to the rest of the ship by 85’s voice tubes.

The 85’s captain located a clear stretch of beach about 100 yards away and ordered the 85 forward. It grounded once again, but this time over a “Rommel’s Asparagus” topped by a mine that blew a hole in the ship’s forward compartment. Heavy enemy machinegun fire began peppering the vessel on the starboard side so only the port ramp was operational. Once again, Oxley grabbed the line, jumped overboard and made it to shore. In the process, the anchor he was supposed to secure in the sand had been shot away. Undeterred, he braced himself on the beach under heavy fire and held the line taut for the debarking troops. For the soldiers, it was a march into oblivion with only six out of the 36 men surviving the withering fire to set foot on the beach. Miraculously, Oxley was never hit.

Meanwhile, incoming shellfire was devastating, with hits taking their toll on the 85’s crew and soldiers in the troop compartments. After a shell hit the port ramp and blew it off the LCI, the ship backed away once again, leaving Oxley stranded on the beach. The 85 later managed to offload the remaining troops into small landing craft, which took the men ashore while the 85 made it out to an area where the troopships gathered. There, it unloaded the dead and wounded to the Coast Guard-manned transport USS Samuel Chase. In all, the thin-skinned 85 suffered six direct hits from German artillery with dozens of troops killed, but miraculously only four Coast Guardsmen were wounded. Despite the crew’s efforts to save their ship, the 85 capsized and sank after unloading its dead and wounded men. 

LCI 85 just before its sinking (U.S. Coast Guard)

Oxley was left to his own devices on Omaha Beach. By now, he was shoeless with no battle helmet, so he dug a small foxhole and hunkered down. Unfortunately, Lucky Ox had to hide not only from the enemy, but also Mother Nature as the tide began to rise up the beach. As soon as he was flooded out of one foxhole, he dug another. In the span of an hour, he dug and was then flooded out of half a dozen soggy holes.

Soon, he saw a smaller LCT preparing to return to sea after delivering its troops. He sprinted for it and got aboard. But misfortune struck a second time and, as the craft backed off the beach, it too sustained multiple shell hits and began to sink. Oxley abandoned it and again found himself in the water. He swam to the nearby LCI-93, another Coast Guard-manned LCI, which had just finished debarking its first load of troops.

LCI-93 steamed back to the troop transport staging area to collect more troops and headed back to the beaches. Unfortunately, when it landed, the 93 was also targeted by German artillery, sustained mass casualties and had to be abandoned. Oxley jumped off its stern as he had with the LCT. He later noted that he felt like a jinx. Once again, he swam ashore, later telling a reporter “I lay there in a foxhole from 3 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. It was hell!” After nearly three hours hiding from enemy machinegun fire in a shallow foxhole, Oxley was evacuated to a destroyer by landing craft. Having endured 12 hours of unrelenting enemy artillery and machinegun fire, Oxley only had his trouser bottoms shot away, but no wounds.

Eugene Oxley and other Coast Guardsmen who lost their vessels that day, including four of Flotilla 10’s LCIs, returned to England where they were placed in “survivor camps” until reassigned to new units or sent home. Awarded the Silver Star Medal for his incredible actions on D-Day, Oxley was sent home a war hero. In the U.S., he participated in Coast Guard public relations events, including War Bond tours and recruitment drives. The head of Coast Guard Public Relations Division at the time, Rear Admiral Ellis Reed-Hill, would later note that “of all the Coast Guard heroes during the Normandy landings, Oxley stands out as one the Service may be justly proud!”

Boy’s Life magazine illustraton of a young Sea Scout superimposed over Oxley in uniform (Boy's Life)

This article appears courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard Compass and may be found in its original form here.

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