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At the top of this post is a view of Balaklava harbor, on the southwestern tip of the Crimean peninsula, photographed by Fenton in 1855. In addition to the ships, there is a view of the “bell tents.” In the foreground, along the shore, there is a pen filled with horses.
A cityscape showing buildings and residences of Balaklava; men and horses in the foreground and military installations in the background.
A view from a hillside cavalry camp showing people, horses, and tents on the plains of Balaklava.
A group of officers from the 8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars, a regiment formed in 1693 that fought in the Charge of the Light Brigade during the 1854 Battle of Balaklava — the ultimately disastrous engagement that was immortalized in Alfred Tennyson’s poem.
The 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, a cavalry regiment established in 1685, also fought in the 1854 Battle of Balaklava — part of the “heavy brigade” that complemented the light brigade’s charge. Here, soldiers from the 4th relax in camp, with a goat and a horse.
A photograph of Balaklava’s harbor, with railway stores in the distance.
Fenton’s famous shot, “The Valley of the Shadow of Death,” which was determined to have been taken on April 23, 1855, in a battle-worn ravine (though not, as noted by Susan Sontag, in the same location that the Light Brigade made its fateful charge). In recent years, there’s been much debate over whether or not Fenton ...
An example of the portraiture taken by Fenton during the Crimean campaign, this photograph shows Fenton himself, dressed in a borrowed uniform of the Zouave, a French infantry regiment.
Marcus Sparling, Fenton’s assistant, seen seated atop their mobile darkroom, a repurposed wine merchants’ wagon.
Although L Brands' comparable sales increased in the five weeks ended July 7, it was a slow down from May's results.
Shares of L Brands (NYSE:LB), a women's personal care and beauty retailer with brands Victoria's Secret, Pink, and Bath & Body works, among others, are down 10% as of 11:15 a.m. EDT Thursday, after its sales pace slowed in June.
L Brands announced that net sales increased 6% to $1.282 billion for the five weeks ended July 7, 2018 over the prior year period. The 6% rise was a slow down from May's 10% increase. Comparable store sales for the five weeks ended July 7, 2018 increased 3% compared to the prior year. Again, despite the year-over-year ...
It's been an extremely tough year for L Brands, which has shed 45% of its value year to date. Despite its well-known brands, the company is struggling to revive its gross margins, operating margins, and net income margins, which have slowly declined over the past five years. It could force the company to increase adver...
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s baby has not even been born and the Duchess of Sussex’s half-sister has already found a way to cash in on the child. Ever since Meghan first started dating the prince, Samantha Markle has found a way to monetize the fact that the two share a father.
Samantha, 54, has even turned her stories of her younger half-sibling into books she’s trying to publish, portraying the Duchess of Sussex as a “pushy princess” dedicating a Twitter account to bashing Duchess Meghan.
The Australian website 9 Honey says that while Duchess Meghan is in her third trimester, her half-sister is enjoying her own attention, lining up interviews and talk show appearances for after the baby is born, and she’s demanding payment for her time at a rate of $3,600 an hour.
As a result of her daily dialogue on social media, Samantha Markle has been put on what Kensington Palace calls their “fixated persons” list.
A media representative for Samantha Markle says that she doesn’t receive any money from Duchess Meghan and so there is no reason that she can’t “earn her own money” by dishing on her famous connection.
The rep continues saying that Samantha has “every right to celebrate the birth” of her half-niece or nephew by providing color commentary on Duchess Meghan’s childhood and upbringing.
Duchess Meghan famously froze out her entire father’s side of the family after her father Thomas Markle and Samantha tried to publicly turn their connection into a payday and asked Meghan for her help to do so.
While initially much of the media wanted to hear what Samantha Markle had to say, the tide has turned against the Duchess’s half-sister, who now has interviewers calling her out for what has been seen as “bullying” behavior.
Samantha said it was for marketing reasons, to which he responded by calling her a loser, hanging up, and ending the interview.
Fifth-graders at select Houston ISD schools will get richer for passing math tests — and their parents will get paid, too — under a rare experiment to try to boost student performance with cash incentives totaling as much as $1,020 per family.
The Houston school board signed off Thursday on the $1.5 million program, which is funded by the Dallas-based Liemandt Foundation. The incentives will go to students and parents at 25 elementary schools that rank among the lowest in math achievement.
The pilot program — thought to be the first that offers joint incentives for parents and students — will allow fifth-graders to earn up to $440 for passing short math tests that show they have mastered key concepts, according to the draft proposal. Parents will get slightly less money for their children doing the work,...
Combined, the students and their parents can pocket $1,020.
"This is trying to say (to parents), 'We want you to be involved with this math process,'" said Chuck Morris, HISD's chief academic officer. "And it is an incentive for them to take that time to go to the school.
"In many cases, where we have parents who are working hard and are barely making ends meet - 80 percent of our kids are on free- and reduced-lunch - why shouldn't we help them in order to be more involved?"
Parents can opt out of the pay program, which also is expected to include money for teachers - up to $40 per student - for holding the parent conferences. The Houston Independent School District already has the nation's largest program that rewards teachers and school staff for boosting students' scores on standardized...
HISD has identified 70 elementary schools that could be eligible for the incentive experiment based on their low percentages of students scoring at the "commended," or advanced, level in math on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills. Principals and teachers will have to commit to the project for their campuses t...
Nationwide, public support is low for school districts paying students for specific behaviors, such as reading books, attending class or getting good grades, according to the 2010 Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll. About one in four Americans favor the idea. A similar number said they had paid their own children for academic...
Houston mom Adela Ruiz, who has a son at one of the eligible schools, Frost Elementary, had a mixed reaction to the incentive plan.
"Maybe it will encourage the kids to do better - to work a little harder - and get the parents more involved in their child's education," she said, smiling when told the payout could top $1,000.
Then, she added, "Parents really shouldn't have to get paid to get involved in their children's education. It's their responsibility."
Dovion McCardle, a fourth-grader at Frost, giggled upon learning about the cash and then answered practically about what she would do with it.
"It's going to be good because you get to collect money for college," she said.
The Education Innovation Laboratory at Harvard University is partnering with HISD to study the pay program. The lab, led by Roland Fryer, an economics professor, has done other studies on student incentives in Chicago, Dallas, New York City and Washington, D.C.
The other programs yielded mixed results, with improved student performance in Dallas and Washington.
The Houston program appears to be based on the Dallas work. Second-graders in Dallas were paid $2 for each book they read once they passed a simple quiz to confirm they had done the reading. Fryer's study found that the students who were promised money improved in reading comprehension and language more than those who ...
In HISD, the students and their parents will get $2 for each math objective the child masters. Students will get practice math assignments on a total of 200 concepts and then will take a five-question test. They will get the money for correctly answering at least four questions on each, according to the draft proposal.
Parents will get their money in the form of debit-like cards. The district plans to encourage the students to get their money directly deposited into a savings account that HISD will help set up. Workshops on savings and financial management are included in the project.
HISD Trustee Paula Harris said she wanted to make sure the district set goals for what results it expects from the incentive program.
"That being said, I think it is a wonderful research project," she added.
The Harvard researchers will compare the results of students at the schools paying students with those at similar HISD campuses that are not participating. The analysis will include scores on standardized tests, student behavior, attendance and teacher outcomes such as retention and migration, according to the draft pr...
The idea of paying parents intrigues Dan Ariely, a Duke University professor who studies human behavior, but he said he expects little long-term benefit from the cash rewards for students.
"The parents actually have some control over the kids," he said. "They can tell the kids to study."
For the students, he said, the monetary incentive will do nothing to instill in them a love of learning. "What is questionable is whether you could create short-term learning or not," he added.
HISD has put another pay experiment on hold. That plan, which had been slated to start this year at the nine campuses in Superintendent Terry Grier's Apollo 20 reform program, would have paid students for attending Saturday tutorials. Morris said Thursday that the district is halting that plan for now because the schoo...
What’s the Next Status Clog?
The clogerati is an easy enough group to join. Unlike the literati, you need not publish several acclaimed texts. And unlike the illuminati, the clogerati isn’t a secret. Look downward, and you can identify members (mostly adult, coastal women) by their bulbous footwear. Dues to join are a pair of clogs — preferably a ...
Writer Lauren Mechling deserves credit for both coining the term clogerati, and confirming No. 6 as the current clog that confers status on its owner. In her New Yorker essay, “The Life-Changing Magic of Clogs,” she describes losing her job and then hurrying to the No. 6 store in Soho, to begin her new and fuzzy “grid-...
“I needed a pair from No. 6, there was no question,” Mechling told me over email. “They’re the priciest, yes, but the most pleasing to the eye and also the most flattering — you could say they’re the Manolo of the increasingly crowded klompen field.” They’re also not even really a trend anymore. “They’re absolutely cla...
Luckily, members of the clogerati are easy to find, and they love clog talk. On her site Girls of a Certain Age, France linked to Mechling’s story. Here on the Strategist, and on other style blogs like this really good one, Sweetbitter author Stephanie Danler has praised her clogs. On Twitter, women clamored to announc...
No contest, Beklina is the next clog to know. The most ardent No. 6 fans I spoke to all agreed, without pause: This line is for the true appreciator. “They are super niche and in-the-know,” Mechling says. “They say, ‘I am queen of the clognoscenti.’” Beklina is a studio with a “tight edit of beautiful and thoughtful fa...
… and this ladylike pale blush.
Perennial style-maven favorite Rachel Comey makes a shapely wooden and leather clog with a slightly higher heel, similar to Beklina or No. 6. Like those lines, the Comey silhouette is also elegant, rather than just chunky. France has two pairs. It’s truly beautiful — but at $430, less attainable.
For the clog owner who’s got the basics covered, the Comey also comes in this handsome mossy green.
A small operation, Bryr makes each of its classic-looking wood-and-leather clogs upon getting orders. The San Francisco shop uses only American materials and manufacturing processes, which appealed to Stephanie Beard, the designer and founder of Austin-based apparel line Esby, who name-checked them as her new favorite....
These also mimic Danler’s Loeffler Randall Austen clogs, what with the sandy-brown leather, the lift, and a little extra detail — this time in the form of a buckle strap.
Or just go for the classic oiled “sane nurse” leather.
The starter clog, and the one that inspires mad fandom and lasting loyalty among the clogerati. Can’t go wrong with these.
And as a bonus for making it this far: No. 6 released these extremely cool platforms this year, with some groovy cutouts on the sides. They come in a few regular colors, but I think these lemony uppers are the coolest. Would pair well with cozy heather-gray socks.
Who Makes Maya Rudolph’s Clogs on Forever?
MOBILE, Ala. — Drew Lock, Daniel Jones and the other Senior Bowl quarterbacks have spent the week practicing with new teammates and learning a simplified NFL offense.
Now, the NFL prospects get to play an actual game today, even though most of the league's coaches, scouts and executives high-tailed it out of town long before kickoff. That doesn't mean it won't be part of the evaluation process for teams considering using a draft pick on one of the quarterbacks, or any of their teamm...
"It'll certainly weigh in, because it's full-speed, live," said Jon Gruden, head coach of the Oakland Raiders and the North team. "When you're live, that's the only evaluation that we're lacking. We could have all these controlled environments all we want, but the best evaluation is live."
Lock and Jones, North teammates, are considered likely first-round draft picks. Other top quarterback prospects, like Ohio State's Dwayne Haskins and Oklahoma Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray, have also declared for the draft.
The game might not be the biggest part of the equation this week, but it can definitely be a factor.
"I think it matters a lot how well we lead the team down the field, how well you throw the ball," Jones said. "I think that matters a lot. Winning the game is important for me."
The game also features two of the top pass rushers in the draft, Mississippi State's Montez Sweat and Louisiana Tech's Jaylon Ferguson , and a number of other likely early-round picks on the offensive line, like Washington State's Andre Dillard. Plus playmakers such as wide receivers Deebo Samuel of South Carolina and ...
The game's eight quarterbacks took different paths to this point. Lock's career as a four-year starter for the Tigers is almost mundane compared to Washington State's Gardner Minshew, whose breakout season came at school No. 4.
West Virginia's Will Grier (Florida), North Carolina State's Ryan Finley (Boise State) and Auburn's Jarrett Stidham (Baylor) also moved on from their initial schools. Stidham, Jones and Buffalo's 6-foot-7, 249-pound Tyree Jackson skipped their senior seasons to enter the draft. Finley and Penn State's Trace McSorley ar...
They all bring confidence to the weeklong NFL audition.
"From a competitor standpoint, I'm going to have to tell you I do believe I'm the best quarterback in the draft," said Lock, who passed for 10,000-plus yards at Missouri and set a Southeastern Conference record with 44 touchdown passes as a junior.
Grier offers no caveats in his own self-belief and scoffs at any notion that his arm strength might be an issue.
"I don't understand some of the things that have been put out there," he said. "I'm the best quarterback in this draft. I think my arm talent's there and my play will speak for itself.
"Ask my receivers. Ask the guys at Florida. Ask the guys I played against if my arm strength was a problem."
There's no doubting his production. Grier passed for 300-plus yards in 19 of his 22 games at West Virginia and was fourth in the Heisman voting. Minshew was fifth after leading the nation in passing yards per game.
Stidham didn't put up such big numbers and had a drop-off in production last season while the Tigers struggled on the offensive line and in developing consistent playmakers. He finished with a 373-yard, five-touchdown performance in a Music City Bowl romp over Purdue and tried to build on that momentum this week.
"You get a chance to meet and play in front of every type of NFL personnel that you can think of," Stidham said. "It's a great opportunity to really showcase your skills. My job is to come out here and execute a new offense and do it at a high level."
Justice Minister Andrew Little says he wants to discuss the issue of name suppression with big international companies, after internet giant Google breached name suppression in the Grace Millane case.
A 26-year-old Auckland man has been charged with the murder of the English tourist whose body was found in west Auckland bushland last weekend.
The man has interim name suppression.
Google admits it inadvertently emailed the accused's name to a number of subscribers earlier this week after it proved to be a popular search topic.
Mr Little says Google is responsible for the breach and has to be called to account.
"They should not be allowed to say 'it's all the machine's problem it's nothing to do with us.' The truth is, Google is responsible for publishing in New Zealand information that's been suppressed by a court. They've acted in contempt of court accordingly. We have to find a way of calling those folks to account," the m...
"The reality is we have principles in our justice system whereby if information is suppressed it's done in the interests if making sure that justice is done ultimately," he said.
"Justice has to be done not only to the defendant in any case, but to the victim in any case. And by distributing suppressed information in the way that they have they are undermining our justice system."
Mr Little said the Government can't pass laws it might consider passing that would prevent this from happening.
"We can't pass laws in New Zealand that are enforceable overseas. So the answer's not going to lie there.
"It might lie in talking to outfits like Google - and let's face it they have staff in New Zealand, we know that - about how this sort of stuff can be prevented in the future," he said.
"No one one should take any pleasure or pride in getting access to information that's been suppressed."
In a statement, Google said: "We respect New Zealand law and understand the concerns around what is clearly a sensitive case.
"When we receive valid court orders, including suppression orders, we review and respond appropriately.
"In this case, we didn't receive an order to take action. We are looking for ways to better ensure courts have the tools to quickly and easily provide these orders to us in the future."
A hallmark of Twyla Tharp's genius is her ability to inject hints of theater into her short works: the vaudeville of "Push Comes to Shove," for instance, or the abstract drama of "The Fugue."
Conversely, a drag on her career has been her efforts to marry theater and dance. "The Bum's Rush" was her most notorious flop, while with American Ballet Theatre.
While flush with many of the foibles that inherently plague the full-length dance-theater effort, "Movin' Out," to the songs of Billy Joel, is nonetheless Tharp's personal best in this crusade so far. Choreographically, despite setbacks and mistakes, she does for Joel, at times brilliantly, what she has managed more co...
Throughout, "Movin' Out" lacks narrative clarity. But even Tharp's stumbling Act 1demonstrates she can react to Joel's vernacular with intricate, natural responses more respectful and layered than anything in the best music video. In a deft male trio (always a great form for Tharp), John Selya kicks an invisible footba...
But much of the Act 1 dancing is luminous only in fits and starts: willowy Ashley Tuttle's balletic widow, for one. Tharp ends with a dud, freezing the dancers in an ineffective tableau. In Act 2, Tharp reacts more simply to Joel's work. The results rush forward like a Niagara cascade.

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