Ivor Maxse

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Sir Ivor Maxse
22 December 1862 – 1958
General Sir Ivor Maxse
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	General
Unit	World War I
Commands held	1 Bn Coldstream Guards 18th (Eastern) Division XVIII Corps 9th Army Corps Northern Command
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Distinguished Service Order

General Sir (Frederick) Ivor Maxse, KCB, CVO, DSO, (22 December 1862-1958) was a World War I general, best known for his innovative and effective training methods.

Contents 1 Military career 2 References 3 Further reading 4 External links

Military career

Educated at Rugby School and Sandhurst, Maxse was commissioned into the 7th Royal Fusiliers in 1882. He transferred to the Coldstream Guards in 1891, commanding its first battalion from 1903 to 1907. In 1910, he was promoted to command of the 1st Guards Brigade.

In World War I, as a divisional commander, he led 18th (Eastern) Division when it took all its objectives on the First Day of the Somme. He achieved this in part by hiding the division in no man’s land before the battle was joined and having them closely follow the creeping barrage towards the German line. They were “probably the best fighting division possessed by the British Army in September 1916″, recruited from volunteers from London and the south-east. In January 1917, Maxse was given command of XVIII Corps, commanding them at Passchendaele. Maxse’s speciality was training and he was moved from field command in June 1918, to become Inspector General of Training to the British Armies in France, preparing men for the combination of assault and open warfare that was to characterise the Hundred Days Offensive.

After the War he became General Officer Commanding 9th Army Corps in Germany. He went on to be General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Northern Command in 1919; he retired in 1923.

References

1. ^ The Times (obituary), 29 Jan 1958; p. 10; Issue 54061
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
3. ^ Nicholls, Jonathan Cheerful Sacrifice: The Battle of Arras 1917 Pen & Sword, 1990, p12

Further reading

• Baynes, John Far from a Donkey: Life of General Sir Ivor Maxse KCB CVO DSO Brassey’s (UK) Ltd, 1995, ISBN 1-857531-85-X
• Nicholls, Jonathan (2006). Cheerful Sacrifice: The Battle of Arras 1917. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books. ISBN 1844153266 ISBN 978-1844153268

External links

• Who’s Who: Sir Ivor Maxse
• General Sir (Frederick) Ivor Maxse, 1862-1958

Military offices
Preceded by Sir John Maxwell	GOC-in-C Northern Command 1919–1923	Succeeded by Sir Charles Harington

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Ian Moore (musician)

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Ian Moore (born August 8, 1968 in Berkeley, California, USA) is a guitarist and singer-songwriter from Austin, Texas. He studied fiddle as a child, but switched to guitar when wrist problems interfered. His music contains elements of folk, rock and roll, world music, and blues. After playing guitar in Joe Ely’s touring band and appearing on one studio album, he spent time in Austin with his own group, first Ian Moore and Moment’s Notice, then The Ian Moore Band. Prior to Luminaria’s release, he moved to Vashon Island, located in Puget Sound near Seattle in the State of Washington, where portions of “To Be Loved” were recorded in his home studio.

Covers from “Green Grass”, which was his first non-Capricorn based album, include Jimmy Cliff’s “Many Rivers to Cross”, the Beatles’ “Hey Bulldog,” and Bob Dylan’s “You’re a Big Girl Now.” He has played with such musicians as the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, and ZZ Top, and appeared in Billy Bob Thornton’s movie Sling Blade.

Contents 1 Discography 1.1 Albums 1.2 Videos 2 See also 3 External links

Discography

Albums

• Ian Moore (1993)
• Live from Austin (1994)
• Modernday Folklore (1995)
• Ian Moore’s Got the Green Grass (1998)
• And All the Colors… (2000)
• Via Satellite (2001)
• Luminaria (2004)
• To Be Loved (2007)
• El Sonido Nuevo (2010)

Videos

• Bootleg ‘96 (1996)
• Live from the Cactus Cafe (2003)

See also

• Music of Austin

External links

• Ian Moore’s Official Site
• Moore Music: Live Music of Ian Moore
• Obnoxious Listeners: Ian Moore

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Comparison of usability evaluation methods

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Evaluation Method	Evaluation Method Type	Applicable Stages	Description	Advantages	Disadvantages
Think aloud protocol	Testing	Design, coding, testing and release of application	Participants in testing express their thoughts on the application while executing set tasks	Less expensive Results are close to what is experienced by users	The Environment is not natural to the user
Remote testing	Testing	Design, coding, testing and release of application	The experimenter does not directly observe the users while they use the application	Efficiency, effectiveness and satisfaction, the three usability issues, are covered	Additional Software is necessary to observe the participants from a distance
Focus groups	Inquiry	Testing and release of application	A moderator guides a discussion with a group of users of the application	If done before prototypes are developed, can save money Produces a lot of useful ideas from the users themselves Can improve customer relations	The environment is not natural to the user and may provide inaccurate results. The data collected tends to have low validity due to the unstructured nature of the discussion
Interviews	Inquiry	Design, coding, testing and release of application	The users are interviewed to find out about their experience and expectations	Good at obtaining detailed information Few participants are needed Can improve customer relations	Can not be conducted remotely Does not address the usability issue of efficiency
Cognitive walkthrough	Inspection	Design, coding, testing and release of application	A team of evaluators walk through the application discussing usability issues through the use of a paper prototype or a working prototype	Good at refining requirements does not require a fully functional prototype	Does not address user satisfaction or efficiency The designer may not behave as the average user when using the application
Pluralistic walkthrough	Inspection	Design	A team of users, usability engineers and product developers review the usability of the paper prototype of the application	Usability issues are resolved faster Greater number of usability problems can be found at one time	Does not address the usability issue of efficiency

Source: Genise, Pauline. “Usability Evaluation: Methods and Techniques: Version 2.0” August 28, 2002. University of Texas.

See also

• Usability inspection
• Exploring two methods of usability testing: concurrent versus retrospective think-aloud protocols
• Partial concurrent thinking aloud

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Finian McGrath

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Finian McGrath TD
Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office  May 2002
Constituency	Dublin North Central
Born	9 April 1953 (1953-04-09) (age 56) Tuam, County Galway, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Independent
Spouse(s)	Anne Russell (Died in 2009)
Children	2
Website	Official website

Finian McGrath (born 9 April 1953) is an Irish independent politician. He is currently a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North Central constituency.

Originally from Tuam, County Galway, he was a primary school principal before entering politics. He was elected to Dublin City Council in 1999 with the second highest vote in the Clontarf electoral area, McGrath stood as an Independent Health Alliance candidate. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2002 general election. He joined the Technical Group, established to ensure Dáil speaking time for the Independent TDs. He retained his Dáil Éireann seat at the 2007 general election, despite his constituency being reduced from four to three seats and despite a countrywide squeeze on independents. He generally holds left-wing political views and has cited health, education and disability as his policy priorities. McGrath has also campaigned against the Iraq War and the US military’s use of Shannon Airport as a stopover, and on local environmental issues, and has spoken in support of Fidel Castro’s socialist government in Cuba.

In March 2003, due to being a dual mandate TD, he gave up his Dublin City Council seat to Ger Drogan, who later was replaced by Fintan Cassidy, who failed to get elected in the subsequent 2004 local elections.

McGrath was a contestant on the You’re a Star charity special in summer 2005, where he came in second. He released a charity single in December 2005 which featured the Christmas song “Angels We Have Heard on High” and the classic “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”. All proceeds from the sales of this single were donated to Down syndrome Ireland.

As an independent member of the 30th Dáil, McGrath pledged his support for the new government formed in June 2007. In so doing, he secured a deal with then Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, which he made public by entering it in the Dáil record. This public announcement was hailed by many observers who had criticised other independent TDs for keeping similar deals secret.

On 20 October 2008, following the 2009 Budget, McGrath withdrew his support for the government, in protest at the abolition of an automatic medical card for the over-70s, cuts in education and the increase of the pupil-teacher ratio.

McGrath endorsed the Independent candidate Damien O’Farrell at the 2009 local elections for the Clontarf electoral area.

His wife, Anne, died in November 2009.

References

1. ^ “Mr. Finian McGrath”. Oireachtas Members Database. http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=30&MemberID=1822&ConstID=85. Retrieved 30 September 2009. 
2. ^ “Finian McGrath”. ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=3957. Retrieved 30 September 2009. 
3. ^ “Damian O’Farrell selected as Independent Candidate for June Local Elections”. Finian McGraths’s website. 12 February 2009. http://www.finianmcgrath.ie/damian-o-farrell-selected-as-independent-candidate-for-june-local-elections. 
4. ^ “Wife of Finian McGrath dies”. The Irish Times. 7 November 2009. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1107/1224258281686.html. 

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• Finian McGrath’s official website

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Paulsgrove Halt railway station

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Paulsgrove Halt
Location
Place	Paulsgrove
Area	Portsmouth City Council
Grid reference	SU640058
Operations
Pre-grouping	No station
Post-grouping	Southern Region Southern Railway (1928 to 1939)
Platforms	2
History
10 August 1928	Opened
1 September 1939	Closed
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Paulsgrove Halt was a railway station opened in 1928 to serve the adjacent racecourse Paulsgrove Park–a pony racing stronghold. The racecourse, and station, lay in the Paulsgrove district of Portsmouth, southern England; rather than the modern area now known as Wymering. The station was located on the West Coastway Line between Cosham and Portchester, and generated much income within the area.

The funding for the station along with the racecourse came from local businessman George Cooper, who lived at nearby Paulsgrove House and was a keen sports fan. The station was built in the style of a halt rather than a full station.

The station closed along with the racecourse when the land was acquired by the military in 1939, at the outbreak of World War II; it was to be used as an ammunition dump. Since the end of WWII the area has been developed for housing and there have been a number of attempts made to open a station on the same site. Provision for a station has been included in the Local Development Plan of the City of Portsmouth for many years.

On the 26th October 2007, Portsmouth F.C. announced plans to relocate to a new 36000 seat stadium on Horsea Island, which is situated to the south of the former station site. As part of the stadium plans, they are drawing up an integrated transport policy which includes examining the feasibility of opening a station. South West Trains indicated on 29 October 2007, via an interview in the Portsmouth News, that the clubs’ plan may generate sufficient business, even if the station was only opened on match days, for them to consider a further study should the club wish to proceed.

Gallery

The halt was located by this bridge

Racecourse Lane, Paulsgrove

External links

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Cosham		Southern Railway		Portchester

References

1. ^ Details of opening
2. ^ Pony racing links
3. ^ ”Railways and Portsmouth Society” Riley, R.C : Portsmouth, Portsmouth City Council, 2001 ISBN 0901559997
4. ^ Location of track
5. ^ Bridge to Course
6. ^ Local trade opportunities
7. ^ “Lost railways of Hampshire” Oppitz,L: Newbury, Countryside Books, 2001 ISBN 1853066893
8. ^ Early history
9. ^ New Paulsgrove Station

Coordinates: 50°50?51?N 1°5?27?W? / ?50.8475°N 1.09083°W? / 50.8475; -1.09083

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Hurricane (1979 film)

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Hurricane is a 1979 romance film by Jan Troell starring Mia Farrow, Dayton Ka’ne, Jason Robards, Timothy Bottoms and Max von Sydow. It has a runtime of 120 minutes and is rated PG in the USA.

External links

• Hurricane (1979 film) at the Internet Movie Database

v • d • e Films directed by Jan Troell Feature films Here’s Your Life (1966) · Who Saw Him Die? (1968) · The Emigrants (1971) · The New Land (1972) · Zandy’s Bride (1974) · Bang! (1977) · Hurricane (1979) · Flight of the Eagle (1982) · Il Capitano: A Swedish Requiem (1991) · Hamsun (1996) · As White as in Snow (2001) · Everlasting Moments (2008) Documentaries Land of Dreams (1988) · A Frozen Dream (1997) · Presence (2003)

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USS Phoebe (MSC-199)

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Career
Name:	USS Phoebe
Builder:	Harbor Boat Building Co.
Laid down:	26 February 1953
Launched:	21 August 1954
Commissioned:	29 April 1955
Reclassified:	MSC-199, 7 February 1955
Struck:	1 July 1975
Fate:	Scrapped, 1 September 1976
General characteristics
Class and type:	Bluebird-class minesweeper
Displacement:	362 long tons (368 t)
Length:	144 ft 3 in (43.97 m)
Beam:	27 ft 2 in (8.28 m)
Draft:	12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion:	2 × Packard diesel engines, 600 hp (447 kW) each 2 shafts
Speed:	13.6 knots (25.2 km/h; 15.7 mph)
Complement:	39
Armament:	• 2 × 20 mm mounts

USS Phoebe (MSC-199) was an Bluebird-class motor minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for clearing coastal minefields.

The second Phoebe to be so-named by the Navy, AMS-199 was laid down by the Harbor Boat Building Co., Terminal Island, California, 26 February 1953, launched 21 August 1954, sponsored by Mrs. Anne Elizabeth Gotch; reclassified MSC-199 on 7 February 1955; and commissioned 29 April 1955, Lt. George D. Ferguson in command.

Contents 1 Service as training ship 2 Operations in the Far East 3 Supporting Operation Market Time 4 Boarding junks and other operations 5 Decommissioning 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

Service as training ship

After training out of Long Beach, California, and San Diego, California, Phoebe served as a schoolship for the prospective crew of Whippoorwill (MSC-207) in early summer and in September, of Widgeon (AMS-208).

Operations in the Far East

Phoebe became flagship of Mine Division 31, Mine Squadron 3, on 6 January 1956. She departed Long Beach 4 March for the Far East, touched the Hawaiian Islands, and arrived Yokosuka, Japan, 4 April. Six days later she shifted to Sasebo, her permanent base of operations. A unit of Mine Squadron 3, Phoebe spent the next eight years in a rigorous schedule of minehunting and warfare tactics with the U.S. 7th Fleet. Much of her time was taken for maneuvers with minesweeping units of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force, the Chinese Nationalist Navy, the Republic of Korea Navy, and the Republic of the Philippines Navy. This duty took her to the principal ports of Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Okinawa, and the Philippines.

Early 1964 was spent operating out of Japan and Okinawa In July Phoebe sailed for Subic Bay, the South China Sea, and Vietnam, returning to Subic Bay in August. A U.S.-Korean mine exercise was held in October, and a U.S.-Japanese mine exercise in December.

Supporting Operation Market Time

Phoebe spent five months of 1965 on “Operation Market Time” in Vietnam. She spent the beginning, middle, and end of the year in Japan. During the year she steamed 24,000 miles, reaching as far from her homeport as Bangkok.

In March 1967 Phoebe resumed “Market Time” operations in Vietnam waters. Most of the rest of the year she operated out of Sasebo, with a combined U.S.-Republic of China mine exercise in September, and more “Market Time” service in November.

Boarding junks and other operations

In February 1968 Phoebe took part in a combined U.S.-Japanese mine exercise. Most of the rest of the year she operated out of Sasebo, with a “Market Time” patrol in September and October, during which she boarded 201 junks and a U.S.-Korean mine exercise in November. As of late 1969 Phoebe still operated out of Sasebo, Japan.

Decommissioning

Phoebe was decommissioned, (date unknown), struck from the Naval Vessel Register, 1 July 1975, and was disposed of through the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service for scrap, 1 September 1976.

See also

• List of United States Navy ships
• Minesweeper

References

This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

External links

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Michoacan Pocket Gopher

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Michoacan Pocket Gopher
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Geomyidae
Genus:	Zygogeomys
Species:	Z. trichopus
Binomial name
Zygogeomys trichopus Merriam, 1895

The Michoacan Pocket Gopher (Zygogeomys trichopus) is a species of rodent in the Geomyidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Zygogeomys. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

Source

1. ^ Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I., Lacher, T., Vázquez, E. & Arroyo-Cabrales, J. (2008). Zygogeomys trichopus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 15 March 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is endangered

v • d • e Extant species of family Geomyidae (Pocket gophers) Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Castorimorpha · Superfamily: Geomyoidea Cratogeomys Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher (Cratogeomys castanops) · Smoky Pocket Gopher (Cratogeomys fumosus) · Merriam’s Pocket Gopher (Cratogeomys merriami) · Querétaro Pocket Gopher (Cratogeomys neglectus) · Naked-nosed Pocket Gopher (Cratogeomys tylorhinus) · Zinser’s Pocket Gopher (Cratogeomys zinseri) Geomys (Eastern pocket gophers) Desert Pocket Gopher (Geomys arenarius) · Attwater’s Pocket Gopher (Geomys attwateri) · Baird’s Pocket Gopher (Geomys breviceps) · Plains Pocket Gopher (Geomys bursarius) · Knox Jones’s Pocket Gopher (Geomys knoxjonesi) · Texas Pocket Gopher (Geomys personatus) · Southeastern Pocket Gopher (Geomys pinetis) · Central Texas Pocket Gopher (Geomys texensis) · Tropical Pocket Gopher (Geomys tropicalis) Orthogeomys Chiriqui Pocket Gopher (Orthogeomys cavator) · Cherrie’s Pocket Gopher (Orthogeomys cherriei) · Oaxacan Pocket Gopher (Orthogeomys cuniculus) · Darien Pocket Gopher (Orthogeomys dariensis) · Giant Pocket Gopher (Orthogeomys grandis) · Variable Pocket Gopher (Orthogeomys heterodus) · Hispid Pocket Gopher (Orthogeomys hispidus) · Big Pocket Gopher (Orthogeomys lanius) · Nicaraguan Pocket Gopher (Orthogeomys matagalpae) · Thaeler’s Pocket Gopher (Orthogeomys thaeleri) · Underwood’s Pocket Gopher (Orthogeomys underwoodi) Pappogeomys Alcorn’s Pocket Gopher (Pappogeomys alcorni) · Buller’s Pocket Gopher (Pappogeomys bulleri) Thomomys (Smooth-toothed pocket gophers) Subgenus Megascapheus: Wyoming Pocket Gopher (Thomomys clusius) · Idaho Pocket Gopher (Thomomys idahoensis) · Mazama Pocket Gopher (Thomomys mazama) · Mountain Pocket Gopher (Thomomys monticola) · Northern Pocket Gopher (Thomomys talpoides) Subgenus Thomomys: Botta’s pocket gopher (Thomomys bottae) · Camas Pocket Gopher (Thomomys bulbivorus) · Townsend’s Pocket Gopher (Thomomys townsendii) · Southern Pocket Gopher (Thomomys umbrinus) Zygogeomys Michoacan Pocket Gopher (Zygogeomys trichopus) Category

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Bradshaw Mountain Railroad

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Bradshaw Mountain Railroad
Locale	Central Arizona
Dates of operation	1901–1912
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1?2 in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge)
Headquarters	Prescott, Arizona

The Bradshaw Mountain Railroad was a subsidiary of the Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway (SFP&P) in Arizona. The 35.65 mile railroad was built to serve the mines in the Bradshaw Mountains. The railroad built from a connection at Poland Junction and at Mayer with the Prescott and Eastern Railroad. The Prescott & Eastern was also operated by the SFP&P.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Operating railroads 2 Route 3 See also 4 References

History

The railroad was incorporated on February 6, 1901. It commenced grading from the Prescott & Eastern connection at Mayer on September 10, 1901. The line reached Turkey Creek on November 30, 1902 and the following year it reached Saddle. Just prior to the line being completed to Crown King, on January 1, 1904, the Bradshaw Mountain was leased to the SFP&P. On May 4, 1904 the Crown King Branch was completed to Crown King.

The railroad also constructed a branch to Poland from a connection with the Prescott & Eastern at Poland Junction. The Poland Branch was completed on December 17, 1905.

The railroad was operated by the SFP&P by two Brooks 2-8-0 locomotives SFP&P #51 and #56 (later ATSF #2439 and #2444) until 1912. On January 2, 1912 the Bradshaw Mountain Railroad was merged into the California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway. The California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway did not operate the line as it only existed on paper as a subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

The Bradshaw Mountain Railroad was built to serve the mines of the southern Bradshaw Mountains. Unfortunately, these mines were never very productive, and the BMRR was a financial failure. The line from Middleton to Crown King was abandoned in 1926, and both the Crown King and Poland branches were abandoned in 1939. Much of the road to Crown King uses the old railbed.

Operating railroads

• 1901-1912 by the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Railway
• 1912- by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Route

The line was eventually abandoned by the ATSF.

• Mayer
• Blue Bell
• Cordes
• Middleton
  • Tunnel
• Crown King

Poland Branch

• Poland Junction
• Henrietta
  • Tunnel
• Poland (the track was later extended to Walker)

See also

• List of defunct Arizona railroads

References

• Robertson, Donald B. (1986). Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History: The Desert States: Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers. pp. 77, 102. ISBN 0-87004-305-6. 
• Walker, Mike (1995). Steam Powered Video’s Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Arizona & New Mexico. Kent, United Kingdom: Steam Powered Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 1-874745-04-8. 

• Sayre, John W. (1985), Ghost Railroads of Central Arizona, Boulder, Colo.: Pruett, ISBN 0-87108-683-2

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KenBuster

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KenBuster is a GPS-enabled mobile device that will automatically pay the London congestion charge when the vehicle in which it is located enters London’s congestion zone. It is intended to avoid paying a heavy penalty resulting from the delayed or neglected payment of the charge. This wireless payment tool was jokingly named after Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London at the time of the congestion zone’s introduction.

There are sceptical views about the device’s economic sense, due to its high purchase and operating cost compared with the fine for non payment.

References

1. ^ Reid, Rory (21 November 2007). “KenBuster: Auto Congestion Charge payment nonsense”. cnet.uk. http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/0,39029552,49294380,00.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-11. 

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• The Kenbuster Company
• Transport for London

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